Our Flying Navy

New York: The Macmillan Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This interesting book was published prior to the end of hostilities in World War II. The text was "prepared with assistance of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air)," and contains "80 full-color reproductions of paintings by Howard Baer, Adollf Dehn, Robert Benney, Don Freeman, Joseph Hirsch, Lawrence Beall Smith, and George Schrieber." The illustrated section is titled: Our Flying Navy in Pictures from the Abbot Collection of Naval Aviation, and their are also short biographies of the artists. There is an introduction by James Forrestal. The illustrations are not included in the page count. Quite a few illustrations depict Air Ships and Sea Planes as well as traditional fighters assigned to carriers. This is a large-format book in the original blue cloth publisher's covers with white spine and cover lettering and a gilt circular decoration on the front cover. The pages are lightly age toned at the edges and there are a few light spots to the bottom edge of the cover, else this is a clean, tight unmarked book. There is a faint old three line Valentine's Day gift inscription at the top of the front pastedown which is dated 1945. Please inquire if you would like more information.; Color & b&w Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 97 pages .