A Glint In The Sky: German First World War Air Attacks On Folkestone, Dover, Ramsgate, Margate & Other Kentish Towns (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARTIN EASDOWN)

Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Local, 2004. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARTIN EASDOWN, without dedication or inscription on title-page.160pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. On the warm spring evening of 25 May 1917 the tranquility of the modest seaside town of Folkestone, Kent was shattered by an air raid. German bombers, flying on their first ever attack on Britain, killed 96 people, and 61of the dead came from a single that exploded on Tontine Street. Martin Easdown's compelling account of the raid and its appalling aftermath is the first comprehensive history of the episode to be published He records the experiences in detail of similar attacks. by bombers, seaplahes and Zepplins on other Kentish towns, including Dover, Ramsgate, Margate and Sherness. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARTIN EASDOWN.. Signed by Author, Martin Easdown. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.