COLLECTION OF FOUR RAAF WARTIME PUBLICATIONS - 1940S AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY

A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF FOUR ORIGINAL ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PUBLICATIONS FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR ERA, DOCUMENTING THE SERVICE AND OPERATIONS OF THE RAAF DURING WARTIME. THIS COLLECTION COMPRISES: THESE EAGLES: STORY OF THE R.A.A.F. AT WAR, RAAF SAGA, RAAF LOG, AND VICTORY ROLL.

OVERVIEW:
THESE PUBLICATIONS REPRESENT IMPORTANT PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL DOCUMENTING AUSTRALIAN MILITARY AVIATION DURING WORLD WAR II. EACH VOLUME FEATURES DISTINCTIVE PERIOD ARTWORK AND DESIGN, WITH STRIKING COVER ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDING THE ICONIC RAAF ROUNDEL AND STYLISED AIRCRAFT IMAGERY. THE COLLECTION DEMONSTRATES THE PROPAGANDISTIC AND DOCUMENTARY PURPOSES OF WARTIME PUBLISHING, COMBINING OFFICIAL MILITARY NARRATIVE WITH ARTISTIC PRESENTATION TYPICAL OF 1940S DESIGN AESTHETICS.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- THESE EAGLES: STORY OF THE R.A.A.F. AT WAR: BLUE CLOTH BOARDS WITH BLACK EAGLE SILHOUETTE AND RAAF ROUNDEL. PRINTED DUST JACKET PRESENT. INTERIOR CONTAINS COLOUR PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS OF AIRCRAFT IN COMBAT.
- RAAF SAGA: CREAM AND BLACK BOARDS WITH GOLD FOIL AIRCRAFT ILLUSTRATION. DEPICTS LANCASTER BOMBER AND GROUND CREW. HARDBOUND WITH ORIGINAL BINDING INTACT.
- RAAF LOG: CREAM BOARDS WITH NAVY BLUE SILHOUETTE OF PILOT IN FLYING GEAR. GILT LETTERING TO SPINE. ILLUSTRATED WITH PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS AND AIRCRAFT ARTWORK.
- VICTORY ROLL: BLUE CLOTH BOARDS WITH WHITE AIRCRAFT SILHOUETTES IN FORMATION. FEATURES SPITFIRE AND OTHER FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. DUST JACKET PRESENT WITH PERIOD TYPOGRAPHY.

CONDITION NOTES:
ALL VOLUMES EXHIBIT HONEST WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. COVERS SHOW FADING TO ORIGINAL COLOURS, PARTICULARLY THE BLUE BOARDS WHICH DISPLAY UNEVEN DISCOLOURATION. SPINES SHOW RUBBING AND LOSS OF GILT LETTERING IN PLACES. PAGE EDGES ARE BROWNING AND FOXED THROUGHOUT, TYPICAL OF 1940S PAPER STOCK. DUST JACKETS, WHERE PRESENT, SHOW CREASING, EDGE LOSS, AND COLOUR FADING. BINDINGS REMAIN SECURE WITH NO LOOSE PAGES OR DETACHED SECTIONS. INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND TEXT REMAIN LEGIBLE THROUGHOUT.

PROVENANCE:
SET UP, PRINTED AND BOUND IN AUSTRALIA BY HALSTEAD PRESS PTY LIMITED, 9-19 NICKSON STREET, SYDNEY, 1954. REGISTERED IN AUSTRALIA FOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE POST AS A BOOK. THIS PUBLICATION INFORMATION APPEARS IN ALL VOLUMES, CONFIRMING AUSTRALIAN WARTIME PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.

THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE VALUABLE DOCUMENTARY RECORDS OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY AVIATION HISTORY AND REPRESENT IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF 1940S AUSTRALIAN PUBLISHING AND DESIGN. THEY REMAIN SIGNIFICANT FOR RESEARCHERS, MILITARY HISTORIANS, AND COLLECTORS OF AUSTRALIAN WARTIME MEMORABILIA.

Item Size: Height: 28cm, Width: 22cm, Depth: 9cm, Weight: 4Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

TOORMINA
548799+10

Location of item: 9 Hi-Tech Drive, Toormina, NSW, Australia

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