Profusely Illustrated 1944 "Fighting Wings - Pictorial History of Aerial Combat" by Paust & Lancelot

Circa 1944 Fighting Wings - A Pictorial History of Aerial Combat by Gilbert Paust and Milton Lancelot. This example is a 1st Edition and nearly every one of the 255 pages contains a photograph of aircraft in flight. The book is a wonderful collection of both images and information and was printed during wartime shortages.

Circa 1944

Approximately 9-3/4" x 6-5/8"

Sewn binding, hard cover, ink, paper

Sewn binding

"COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY ESSENTIAL BOOKS", "FIRST EDITION", "A WARTIME BOOK THIS COMPLETE EDITION IS PRODUCED IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENTS REGULATIONS FOR CONSERVING PAPER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL MATERIALS", "DESIGNED BY MILTON LANCELOT", "LITHOGRAPHED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY AFFILIATED LITHOGRAPHERS INC., NEW YORK"

This is from a book collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAX02 LBHX1/16

7 (Very Fine): The book shows moderate age wear to the cover and some slight discoloration to the pages, all pages seem to be intact with no rips or tears.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.