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...So Few, by Michael Pierce

Creator: Michael Pierce
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

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PIERCE, Michael, et al.

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...So Few,
A Folio Dedicated to all who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain 10th July - 31st October 1940.

Stock Code 109763
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990

Current price£3,650.00
A lavish and stunning tribute. The fighter pilots commemorated in this volume are :Wing Commander P.P.C Barthropp; Wing Commander R.P. Beaumont; Squadron Leader G.H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H.A.C. Bird-Wilson; Air Commodore P.M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Group Captain W.D. David; Air Commodore A.C. Deere; Squadron Leader B.H. Drobinski; Flight Lieutenant J.H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Group Captain T.P. Gleave; Wing Commander N.P.W. Hancock; Squadron Leader C. Haw; Commander R.C. Hay; Group Captain C.B.F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Commodore A.R.D. MacDonell; Squadron Leader M.J. Mansfeld; Wing Commander A.G. Page; Wing Commander P.L. Parrott; Group Captain D.F.B. Sheen; Wing Commander F.M. Smith; Wing Commander J.E. Storrar; Wing Commander G.C. Unwin.

Limited edition, number 161 of 401 copies, signed by six authors and artists; folio (340 x 250 mm); 25 profile portraits of R.A.F. pilots in silhouette, signed in pencil by each of the 25 Battle of Britain fighter pilots, with photographs and biographies of each, all edges gilt, publisher's blue goatskin (by Hartnoll Bookbinders of Bodmin), upper cover with mounted embroidered RAF insignia, lettered in gold to upper cover and spine, preserved in original silk-lined solander box, with prospectus loosely inserted in a integral sleeve, all in find condition; with publisher's original deliver box, completely intact.

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Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1980-1999
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	109763
Incollect Reference #:	669542

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