Bishop, Edward, — THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1960, 2nd imp., 235pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by 'M•M', not so much a diary of the battle but an examination of the actual and perceived strengths of the RAF and Luftwaffe, the pre-1940 political neglect of defence, the contemporary perceptions of battle progress by both sides, with anecdotes from those involved in the air and on the ground, slightly cocked, rubbed and buimped at extrems., edges tanned, endpapers tanned and foxed, hinges cracked at endpapers, ink dewey number handwritten on copyright page and ink date on final free endpaper, dustwrapper: well rubbed and creased at extrems. with loss at spine ends and cnrs., dewey number in ink at spine, repaired to reverse, fair in a fair dustwrapper,