WWI Aviation books cover art

[Gregvan]

Hey Dan,

Thanks for clearing all that up! I figured you would know, if anyone would.

Here's more by Jo Kotula:

[Gregvan]

Hi,

I just spotted this edition of Oughton's The Aces on ebay. I don't know the artist, but he sure had a unique approach to the camouflage on that Albatros!

[Russell Smith]

Originally Posted by dpolglaze

And since we've had a few posts without cover art, here's an oldie. I don't know who did it. It's actually a little print affixed to the cover of the book.

This one was done by Clayton Knight for one of Elliot Springs' books. The original hangs at the White (Springs) Homestead right down the road from here.

Russ

[Pete Hill]

To Jastaflieger,

in answer to your question you asked a couple of pages back, yes this thread and the one I started in the books forum on WW1 air-war fiction has made me much more informed but also a little financially poorer as I have been tracking down some of the books on ebay.
So far, I have bought copies of Arthur Gould-Lee's 'No Parachute', Rene Fonck's 'Ace of aces', James McCudden's 'Flying Fury', Nordhoff and Hall's 'Falcons of France' and Peter Saxon's novel "The Warring Sky" (the only one of his trilogy of WW1 air-war novels that I didn't have).
Reading about John Harris' Martin Falconeur WW1 novels made me very nostalgic about them. Last weekend I attended an anniversary open day at my old high school and I had a look in the school library. To my amazement, the two books I had read when I was 13 (25 years ago)- "The Victors" & "The Professionals" were still both sitting on the shelf, both in the same condition I had last seen them. I looked at the borrowing record in the inside cover and the last time either had been borrowed was April 1983, ie when I had read them. They had been sitting there untouched for 25 years since I had returned them. I commented about this to the Librarian and she said I could have them as the library was going to be selling off a lot of their old books soon anyway and they would only sell these ones for maybe 50c or less. I insisted on giving her $5 for them.
Now if I can just find a copy of the first one in the series 'The Fledglings' which is set in 1915 and deals with Martin's older brother's experiences on the Western Front. So far the only copy I can find for sale is a very expensive rare edition on abebooks.com which is beyond my price range. I have also never seen the post-WW1 novel in the series which I think was called "The Mercenaries".
These covers are great! Pete

[dpolglaze]

Here's another Kotula cover


And one from Jack W. Gilbert


Dan

[karrart]

Originally Posted by dpolglaze

Here's another Kotula cover


Dan

and another- the infamous surreal Taube.
Robert Karr
OLD BIRDS STAYING ALIVE - THE AVIATION ART OF ROBERT KARR

[jastaflieger]

I know that i stated earlier that this thread was costing me money, because the cover art was compelling me to seek out and purchase new books!!!
Now, i want to thank Dan for posting the cover of Upon a Canvas Sky(post 22): wow, what a great little book: that artwork in the book is fantastic: if anyone is familiar with the graphic novel THe War Idyll: Enemy Ace with the illustrations in that book by George Pratt, the illustrations in Canvas Sky are uncanny in their similarity. Good stuff, so thanks Dan!Keep posting so i can learn about new books to find!
Jim

[dpolglaze]

Here's a couple of line drawing covers - something a little different, but art nonetheless.

artist listed only as MAC


Chas Payzant - this is a book of cartoons by Payzant


Maybe these won't set you back much. They're pretty hard to find. And if anyone wants to sell the Brooks Field book, let me know. It's on the very short want list of a collector friend of mine. The next one I find is for him. Took me three years to find the first ...

Dan

[jastaflieger]

I think it is interesting to see how the same books have different covers depending on publisher/ country and perhaps even the time that it was released, ie covers from the 1930's simply would not happen today, and the covers from the 1960-70's are so recognizable.

[jastaflieger]

I think that Mr Ferguson should come out with some limited edition prints of his works, he has done a lot of work for the covers of Schiffer books and i esp like this one.
by the way, Charlie Woolley's book is fantastic for anyone wanting to read about the 94th!
Jim