Item #5558 Sky Fighters of France Aerial Warfare, 1914-1918. Lieutenant Henry FARRE.
Sky Fighters of France Aerial Warfare, 1914-1918
Sky Fighters of France Aerial Warfare, 1914-1918
Sky Fighters of France Aerial Warfare, 1914-1918

Sky Fighters of France Aerial Warfare, 1914-1918

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Henry Farre. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. xvii, 142. Introductions by Captains Heurtaux, de Kerillis, Roeckel and Lieutenant Partridge. Color illustrated frontis. With illustrations from paintings by the author, tipped in. Bound in new full green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine, original wrappers bound in. Light staining throughout. A handsome, presentable copy. Very Good. Item #5558

An exciting account of aerial warfare in its infancy, presented by a flier who's artistic ability ably captures the glory and distress of that volatile period. Among his subjects are the bombing of Zeebrugge, difficulties at Dunkerque, 1916, bombardments at Autrecourt, near Verdu, also 1916, Guynemer, torpedoing a submarine, etc.

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