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SAGITTARIUS RISING
by Lewis, Cecil
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 1999. Introduction by Max Arthur. Lithographs by C. R. W. Nevinson. Pp. xvi+230, frontispiece portrait, plus 10 plates (3 double page); small med. 8ov; olive green cloth spine and lower board, the spine lettered in red, white & blue, pictorial black & white upper board; within red ribbed card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1999. Second printing. Folio 60/926, footnote. *Autobiography, originally published by Peter Davies in 1936. Cecil Lewis (1898-1997) was a British fighter pilot who served with distinction in both World Wars. Bernard Shaw called him a 'prince of pilots'. In 1922 he co-founded the British Broadcasting Company, the precursor of the BBC, where he was a writer, producer, and director.
Synopsis
A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn’t even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron—and live to tell the tale. Full of infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel, Sagittarius Rising beautifully recounts Lewis’s harrowing exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is unlike any other WWI memoir you’ve read before.
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- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 173710
- Title
- SAGITTARIUS RISING
- Author
- Lewis, Cecil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
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