The Pictorial History of Air Battles by Burton Graham

The Pictorial History of Air Battles (Illustrated 1974 Aerial Warfare History in Dust Jacket)

A lavishly illustrated survey of the aircraft, airmen and battles that changed the way wars are fought

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: The Pictorial History of Air Battles
• Author: Burton Graham
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish, London
• Publication Date: 1974
• ISBN-10: 0856850837
• Edition Details: First published 1974 by Marshall Cavendish, a Golden Hands book.
• Binding: Dark blue cloth-covered hardcover boards, spine lettered in gilt with the Golden Hands Books logo. Issued with an illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large, heavy quarto-format illustrated volume with full-page photographs and captioned text.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The plain dark blue cloth boards beneath the jacket are clean, with no visible damage. The illustrated dust jacket shows some darker marks and rubbing on the upper front panel and across the aircraft image, and the back panel shows scuffing and whitish speckled wear. The jacket spine appears intact.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, and the binding is tight. The only mark is a bookseller's pencil note at the top of the title page.
• Provenance: Bookseller's pencil price note at the top right of the title page. No signatures or bookplates.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated jacket, with a Stuka dive-bomber photograph, shows surface wear, darker marks to the front and scuffing to the back panel. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

First published in London in 1974 as part of the Golden Hands series from Marshall Cavendish, The Pictorial History of Air Battles is a large-format illustrated account of aerial warfare. It looks at the aircraft, the airmen and the key air battles that changed the way wars are fought, including the Battle of Britain.

Written by Burton Graham, the book is arranged around individual battles and is built around full-page photographs with detailed captions. It covers the aircraft's several military roles and draws on both the First and Second World Wars.

A handsome, visual reference for readers of military aviation history, offered in its illustrated dust jacket.

Author Profile: Burton Graham

Burton Graham wrote on military and wartime subjects. With Frank Smyth he co-wrote A Nation Grew Wings (Melbourne, 1946), an account of RAAF Beaufort squadrons in New Guinea.

He also wrote Escape from the Swastika, issued by Marshall Cavendish in its Golden Hands series in 1975, and Escape from the Nazis (Castle Books, 1975).

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