The Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor, by Robert Weston and Robert Taylor, 1987

Taylor, Robert, with Robert Weston. The Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor. St. Catherines: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1987. First edition printing. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. Original dust jacket.  Presented is a first edition printing of Robert Taylor Air Combat Paintings by Robert Weston and Robert Taylor. Published in 1987 by Vanwell Publishing Limited in St. Catherines, Ontario, this book features a foreword by Air Vice Marshal ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL. The book is volume one, of six total volumes, of Taylor’s dramatic aviation paintings. This was the first book published featuring a comprehensive selection of Robert Taylor’s aviation paintings. The book features in-depth visual studies of many of Robert’s most outstanding early paintings, along with a wealth of pencil sketches and photographs. A number of great pilots illustrated in his paintings have contributed their own personal recollections, including first-hand accounts of the airc