Nesbit, Roy Conyers, — THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
Sutton Publishing, Thrupp, Stroud, 200, 1st edn., [iv], 257pp, decorated title, maps, coloured, half tone and sepia ills. in text, [iii] bibliography and index, photo pictorial endpapers, large format (12 x 8.5 inches approx.), dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Battle of Britain by the respected aviation writer, describing Britain's defensive state pre-WW2, the expansion (which still fell 25% short of the minimum defensive requirement by the outbreak of the war), the contribution of resources to the BEF in France and the battle itself, using numerous photo ills. many from private sources, heavy, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, fine in a near fine dustwrapper,
