Bulwer's Petrel Sleeping Beauty issued with Portal’s own preface

issued with Portal’s own preface as Chief of the Air Staff

Loosely inserted is the original typed presentation letter on The Times letterhead

with only light rubbing to extremities and modest softening to spine ends and corners

served in both wars

and with the folding colour map of Central Asia and adjacent regions at the rear

Bulwer's Petrel Sleeping Beauty issued with Portal’s own prefaceArtist: Alexander Francis Lydon Engraver: Benjamin Fawcett Date: 1870 Style: Hand Coloured Prints Paper Size: Approximately 26cm x 17cm 10 x 6. 5 inches Description: The illustrations were designed by Alexander Francis Lydon and produced by the noted printer and engraver Benjamin Fawcett at his workshop in Driffield, Yorkshire. Fawcetts plates were created using multiple engraved wood blocks, with separate colours printed in succession before being