B29822

Language code

eng, fre

Shelfmark

Oc.6.22

Author

Coppens de Houthulst, Willy, baron

Title

Days on the wing :, being the war memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de Houthulst. Translated from the French by A. J. Insall. With a foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John M. Salmond. Illustrated by Leonard Bridgman.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, John Hamilton,, [1934]

Physical description

xv, 290 p. :, front. (port.) plates. ;, 22 cm.

Provenance

Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.

Binding

Brown leather quarter binding with gilt lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.

Copy-specific note

At request of Eugen Millington-Drake, ms. inscription in French by Willy Coppens de Houthulst in front endpaper, dated 1937.

Copy-specific note

Portrait photograph pasted into front endpaper with doodle in ink.

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Aerial operations

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Personal narratives, Belgian

Added entry--name

Millington-Drake, Eugen, donor.

Added entry--name

Bridgman, Leonard, illustrator.

Added entry--name

Insall, Algernon John, translator.

Added entry--name

Best & Co, binder.

Added entry--name

John Hamilton, publisher.

Added entry--place

England, London.

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