B29753

Shelfmark

Ob.3.22-Ob.3.28, Ob.2.01

Author

Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

Title

The war in the air :, being the story of the part played in the great war by the Royal Air Force /, by Walter Raleigh.

Varying form of title

Added title page title: Official history of the war.

Publication, distribution, etc.

Oxford :, Clarendon Press,, 1922-1937.

Physical description

6 v. ;, 23 cm ;, 1 v. of maps., 1 index v.

Series statement

(History of the Great War based on official documents by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence)

Note

Vols. 2-6 by H. A. Jones.

Summary, etc.

Scope and content: Volume of maps contains 42 maps of "typical aeroplane raids, 1914-1918".

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

Ms. letter from Walter Raleigh to "Jones" (i.e. H.A. Jones) tipped into front endpaper of volume 1, dated June 1925.

Copy-specific note

Ms. inscription by H. A. Jones on title pages of volumes 2-6.

Subject

Great Britain. Army, Royal Air Force.

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Aerial operations

Subject

Aeronautics, History

Subject

Aeronautics, Military

Added entry--name

Millington-Drake, Eugen, donor.

Added entry--name

Jones, H. A, (Henry Albert), author.

Added entry--name

Best & Co, binder.

Added entry--name

Clarendon Press, publisher.

Added entry--place

England, Oxford.

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