Aircraft of the Aces: Legends of the Skies by Holmes, Tony - 2004

Osprey Publishing, 2004. Book. Illus. by Iain Wyllie and Mark Postlethwaite. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Beautiful first edition, first printing, in clean unchipped dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. White cloth boards with blue metallic lettering on spine. A couple of tiny spots to cover (pencil point in size) else bright clean white. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean - no names, writing or marks. Clean sky blue endpapers. Showcases the outstanding artwork produced by Iain Wyllie and Mark Postlethwaite featuring 33 action-packed paintings from the most successful aviation series of the past decade. Each artwork is accompanied by a detailed discussion of the action depicted in the painting. Supporting the full-color paintings are33 aircraft profiles and over 100 color and black & white archival photographs. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. An awesome book..