Warsaw 1933, published by Lucjan Zlotnicki. 34x25 cm, pp. (8), 420, plates with color illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations and photographs in the text, 4 full-page woodcuts by Stanislaw Ostoi-Chrostowski, publisher's binding, cloth with gilt on the front and spine, decorative boards, original cardboard case from the publisher preserved. Very good condition (minimal soiling of the binding).
The layout and binding of the book were designed and initials in woodcut by Stanislaw Ostoja-Chrostowski. Text proper preceded by portraits of Ignacy Moscicki and Jozef Pilsudski. The layout of the book was carried out, color plates and heads were drawn by Jerzy Radlicz.
"In 1933, the Monument in Honor of Fallen Airmen called the Aviator Monument was unveiled in Warsaw. The monument is complemented by a book "In Honor of Fallen Aviators," in which the work and lives of our winged knights were ripped from oblivion and preserved for future generations as a model of fortitude and love of the Fatherland. The book, moreover, illustrates the history of our aviation, inspiring faith in the Great Aviation Tomorrow of Poland." [from the introduction].
In Content: Outline of the history of Polish aviation. The beginnings of Polish aviation. Aviation in independent Poland during the war period 1918-1920. Squadrons - their history. Balloon military in independent Poland in the period of the war 1918-1920. Military aviation in the peacetime period 1921-1933. Civil aviation in the period 1918-1933. Biographies of fallen aviators. Monument to an aviator in Warsaw. Committee for the construction of a monument in honor of the fallen aviators and the unveiling ceremony of the "Aviator".