Men of the RAF with 40 Rothenstein Drawings-1st Ed-1942

Men of the RAF with 40 Rothenstein Drawings-1st Ed-1942

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Men of the R.A.F Forty portraits with some account of life in the R.A.F by Sir William Rothenstein A layman’s glimpse by Lord David Cecil A Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal A poem by John Masefield, O.M. Poet Laureate and a Complete List of R.A.F drawings by Sir William Rothenstein November 1939- October 1941   Published: Oxford University Press First Edition 1942   Hardback: Plain buff brown cloth over board with gilt title on spine. Top edge coloured brown No Dust Jacket Size: Tall 8vo - over 7¾” to 9¾” Tall   134 pages. With 40 photogravure illustrations   Condition: Good ++ Cover slightly rubbed and bumped around the edges and along the spine Spine is sunned. Gilt titles moderately bright Binding good Very slight foxing of edges Front endpaper and ffep are slightly dirty with some prices in pencil Internally page colour uniformly light brown, with occasional slight marks. Text and illustrations are bright and clean   Note on the Illustrations by Sir William Rothenstein ‘The greater number of the drawings here reproduced were made during the first year of the war, when Air Marshals Sir Frederick Bowhill, Sir Hugh Dowding, Sir Arthur Longmore and Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt were at the four Commands. The subjects were chosen as being representative of these Commands, irrespective of any special exploits carried out, since I felt that while individual airmen are awarded signal recognition, they stand for the quality of the airmen of the Air Force in general. The ranks and decorations in the lists are for the most part those in force at the time the drawings were made’   A lovely book which maybe of particular appeal to collectors of WWII, R.A.F books and/or memorabilia   Any questions are most welcome   Thank you.