Metal Canvas - Canadians and World War II Nose Art
by Fochuk, Stephen M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1551250136
- ISBN 13
- 9781551250137
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Vanwell Publishing Limited. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1551250136 . "From national insignia, squadron markings and number/letter combinations nose art evolved into more personalized artwork, and individual pilots began sporting colourful, even outrageous schemes. Stephen Fochuk has devoted himself to a study of Canadian Air Force history, and has in this volume amassed a mammoth photographic collection of aircraft sporting nose art. The images evoke a powerful sense of spirit, courage and bravado of these young aviators." - dust jacket. 191 pages. Index. Bibliography. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Gift quality. ; 4to .
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 847j0599
- Title
- Metal Canvas - Canadians and World War II Nose Art
- Author
- Fochuk, Stephen M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1551250136
- ISBN 13
- 9781551250137
- Publisher
- Vanwell Publishing Limited
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 1551250136, Airplanes, Military - Decoration - Canada, World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial Operations, Canadian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Aviation;
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