[Printed pamphlet.] The Great Air Raid on England, September 3rd, 1916. Souvenir Photographs of the Wrecked Zeppelin. Also Photograph of Lieut. William Leefe Robinson, V.C., Worcester Regiment & R.F.C. [...]

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[Zeppelin raid on England, 3 September 1916; Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (1895-1918); the Great War; World War I]
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St. James's Press (T.U.). 22, Rosoman St., London, E.C. [1916.]
£280.00
SKU: 10770

Landscape 12mo, 16 pp. Stapled. Printed on art paper. Text and all images clear and complete. Worn and aged, with closed tear to last leaf repaired with tape. Title ends: '[...] Worcester Regiment & R.F.C., Who attacked the Zeppelin under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing to the ground as a flaming wreck.' Page of text, headed 'Official Report', followed by a page carrying the report of Robinson's award of the V.C., from the London Gazette, and then eleven full-page photographs, showing Robinson, English soldiers among the wreckage, 'Exclusive Photo of the Zeppelin just before bursting into flame', 'Exclusive photo of the Zeppelin falling to earth in a mass of flame'. One photograph is captioned 'Photo shows removing one of the girders. Our experts hope to reconstruct portions of the framework.' Excessively scarce: the only copy on COPAC at the Imperial War Museum.