Tumult In The Clouds The Aviation Art Of Russell Smith

[Reno, Nev.]: Aeronaut Books, 2011. First Edition. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards over a sewn binding with dark blue text on the spine and the title above the artist's scene of a dog fight between British fighters and a single German plane. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 172 pages of text and illustrated throughout with illustrations from color and black and white photographs and exquisite color painting by the artist Russell Smith. This book is not only a superb tribute to the extremely detailed World War I Aviation art of Russell Smith, but also a wonderful historical tribute to the pilots and planes of both the German, French, Italian, Australian, American and British forces.