They Fought for the Sky The Story of the First War in the Air
London: Cassell & Company, 1958. Octavo, black harcover, silver lettering on spine, xx, 298 pp., illustrated with 16 double-sided black-and-white plates. Foxing on edges of text block and endpapers, foxing on edges of some leaves throughout, light browning of leaves as is common to some publications of the time, dust-jacket worn and torn at edges without loss of text and foxed on the inside; otherwise a good copy. First edition.
An account of the British, French, German and American flyers of World War One and of the development of the aeroplane as a fighting machine. Despite little training or support, the brave pilots who went into battle in the air heralded the age of the flying aces whose deadly exploits made thrilling newspaper headlines. Item #5025
From the library of Clare Marshall.
Price (AUD): $70.00