Men of the R. A. F. (inscribed by Rothenstein)
by Rothenstein, Sir William, Lord David Cecil, a poem by John Masefield & foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal
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- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1942 1st ed. INSCRIBED on ffep by Sir William Rothenstein. 134pp. illus. orange cloth sm 4to: Good/no dj [brief ink gift inscription on ffep; fading of orange covers; top corner bump with some front cover creasing owing to thinness of wartime boards; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Some 40 drawings of Royal Air Force personnel done between November 1939 and October 1941 by the English artist Rothenstein (1872-1945), most noted for his pictures from both world wars.
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- Bookseller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23420
- Title
- Men of the R. A. F. (inscribed by Rothenstein)
- Author
- Rothenstein, Sir William, Lord David Cecil, a poem by John Masefield & foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1942 1st ed.
- Publisher
- London: Oxford Univ. Press
- Keywords
- SIGNED COLLECTIBLE COPY WORLD WAR II TWO SECOND GREAT BRITAIN BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYERS ARTIST PORTRAITS AVIATION HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War Two;
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...