Shelfmark
Oc.6.22
Author
Title
Days on the wing : being the war memoirs of Major the Chevalier Willy Coppens de Houthulst. Translated from the French by A. J. Insall. With a foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John M. Salmond. Illustrated by Leonard Bridgman.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Hamilton, [1934]
Physical description
xv, 290 p. : front. (port.) plates. ; 22 cm.
Provenance
Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.
Binding
Brown leather quarter binding with gilt lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.
Copy-specific note
At request of Eugen Millington-Drake, ms. inscription in French by Willy Coppens de Houthulst in front endpaper, dated 1937.
Copy-specific note
Portrait photograph pasted into front endpaper with doodle in ink.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 Aerial operations
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, Belgian
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Bridgman, Leonard, 1897 - ? illustrator.
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Insall, Algernon John translator.
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Best & Co. binder.
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John Hamilton publisher.
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England London.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B29822