WWI Aviation books cover art

[jastaflieger]

THis is an illustration from a very brief article in the readers digest, i thought the illustration was worth posting- an early R Grinnell, again circa 1968
jim

[jastaflieger]

Okay,
Who out there has not put together a scrapbook or something when they were younger, maybe we could all share some of our work! THis one is probably from about age 10 or 12, simpler times as now one could scan the images and make a streaming video or mult-media presentation, and i truly believe my son or daughter could easily do so!
Does bring a tear to my eye, because i know those aircraft profiles are cut from my Enemy Ace comics, which would be nice to have intact these days.
Anyway, i showed enthusiasm, if not artistice savvy or skills.
Promise i have improved Russ!!
jim

[Gregvan]

Thanks for all those, Jastaflieger! I, too did a scrapbook of WWI stuff (it started out encompassing all of WWI, then slowly focused on aviation) when I was a kid, from about the same era. Like you, I cringe today seeing how I chopped up some of my old comic books, etc. Could sell 'em for bucks on ebay today! I would have loved to have that copy of the Sunday Chicago Tribune Magazine when I was 13 (in 1968!).

I have that very same Reader's Digest article on the Lafayette.

I'll see what I can post - though I'm afraid we might be taking this thread off topic.

[karrart]

Originally Posted by Gregvan

Thanks for all those, Jastaflieger! I, too did a scrapbook of WWI stuff (it started out encompassing all of WWI, then slowly focused on aviation) when I was a kid, from about the same era. Like you, I cringe today seeing how I chopped up some of my old comic books, etc. Could sell 'em for bucks on ebay today! I would have loved to have that copy of the Sunday Chicago Tribune Magazine when I was 13 (in 1968!).

I have that very same Reader's Digest article on the Lafayette.

I'll see what I can post - though I'm afraid we might be taking this thread off topic.

Around '68 or '69 the L.A. Times Sunday Magazine had a largish piece on MvR accompanied by a full page color profile of one of his Albatroses- complete with the little Albatros logo on the tail, perhaps the first time I ever really payed attention to that little detail. The issue is still around here, in the legendary land of "Somewhere" (and the Times was just as twisted, authoritarian, and crummy then as it is now).
Robert Karr
not yet gone:
RK’s Pfalzhood - Pfalz, Halberstadt, Nieuport, CAMEL!!!

[YavorD]

Cover art by Thijs Postma.

Flugzeug-Raritäten des Ersten Weltkrieges 1915-1917 : Waffen-Arsenal : Waffen und Fahrzeuge der Heere und Luftstreitkräfte : Special Band 3
Podzun-Pallas-Verlag GmbH, Dorheim, 1992, paperback, 52 pages.

Regards,
Yavor

[YavorD]

Volo sull'Altopiano
Antonio Iozzi, olio su tela, 1996

Gli Assi dell'aviazione italiana nella Grande Guerra by Roberto Gentilli, Antonio Iozzi and Paolo Varialle
Aeronautica Militare - Ufficio Storico, Roma, 2002, hardcover, 516 pages.

Regards,
Yavor

[Jos]

Hello,


I don't know who made the covers.







Jos

[Gregvan]

Hi Jos,

The cover to the "Lafayette Escadrille" book is a portrait of Thaw by the great French war artist Henri Farré:

The cover of Charlie Woolley's book is by S.W. Ferguson, who also did the color profiles in this book (and Charlie's book on the 94th).

[dpolglaze]

This is a reprint of The Propeller, from 1918. I think the artist name is Lester Grey, but it's hard to tell, and nothing in the book indicates who it is. I think it's pretty neat, though.



Dan

[YavorD]

Ritorno al fronte
Antonio Iozzi, olio su tela, 1994

I Reparti dell'aviazione italiana nella Grande Guerra by Roberto Gentilli and Paolo Varriale
Aeronautica Militare - Ufficio Storico, Roma, 1999, Hardcover, 493 pages

Regards,
Yavor