ABC of the RAF - Portal’s Specially Bound Copy with C.F.A.P. Initials British air force history Green and Co

Green and Co

Navy Morocco Design Binding

while the repeated gilt eye motifs on the spine evoke the novel's central image of constant observation

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with clear black lettering to the upper board and spine

ABC of the RAF - Portal’s Specially Bound Copy with C.F.A.P. Initials British air force history Green and CoHAMMERTON, Sir John, editor. ABC of the RAF: Handbook for All Branches of the Air Force. London: The Amalgamated Press Limited, 1942. New and enlarged wartime edition, specially bound for Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Chief of the Air Staff, with C. F. A. P. gilt stamped to the lower cover, for Charles Frederick Algernon Portal. Blue leather grain binding, gilt RAF badge and title to upper cover, all edges gilt, bright blue patterned