Claude Grahame-White; Harry Harper — Heroes of the Flying Corps
London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1916. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the book Heroes of the Flying Corps, written for children with a keen interest in planes and aerial warfare. This book is purely non-technical and is written to interest boys and concerns the use of aircraft during 1915 and the first nine months of the First World War amid a growing interest in aerial warfare among boys. With six colour plate illustrations and sixteen pages of publisher's adverts. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. There is some fading to the boards, spine and joints and some bumping to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Cyrus Cuneo. Very Good .
