Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Compiled by W. M. Lamberton. Edited by E. F. Cheesman. Drawings by J. D. Carrick and F. Yeoman. Produced by D. A. Russell, M.I.Mech.E.
1960 · Letchworth, Herts
by Lamberton, W. M.
Letchworth, Herts: The Garden City Press Ltd., (1960). Quarto, yellow boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 224 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner bookplate; in a Very Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with sunned spine. From dust jacket: This book is concerned with that period of some 40 to 50 years ago when the forcing house of a World War produced the first military aircraft, and in a space of only 4 years developed the designs from mere stick-and-string creations, to the highly specialized types evolved and used at the end of that conflict... The space available in some 224 pages has enabled the compilers to describe no less than 84 aircraft most comprehensively in text, photographs and 1/72 scale 3-view drawings. Altogether, there are just over 700 photographs in this book, a number of which will be of special interest to builders of solid scale models; as included are about 150 close-ups of parts of aircraft, such as machine guns and various types of mountings, engines, engine installations and exhaust systems, cockpit layouts and under-carriage arrangements. (Inventory #: 3338gl)