![[Item #86498] The Imperial Russian Air Service: Famous Pilots & Aircraft of World War One. text, intro, Alan DURKOTA, Thomas Darcey, Victor Kulikov, Ian Stair, Harry Woodman, drawings.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/86498.jpg?auto=webp&v=1754437163)
The Imperial Russian Air Service: Famous Pilots & Aircraft of World War One
Mountain View, CA: Flying Machine Press, 1995. First Edition. Folio (31cm); red boards with titling and decorative element stamped in gilt on spine; illustrated map endpapers; dustjacket; xii,[2],3-545,[3]pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to recto of front endpaper. Light shelf-wear to lower board edges; Very Good+. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear, else Near Fine.
Sections include "Overview of Main Branches of Imperial Russian Aviation", "Aces in Foreign Service", and "Russian Aircraft Manufacturers", with Suir's and Woodman's three-view scale drawings alongside illustrations by Durkota, Terry Waldron, and James Dietz throughout. [86498].
Price: $85.00