"A History Of Fireworks" 1949 BROCK, Alan St H. Chairs

"A History Of Fireworks" 1949 BROCK, Alan St H. ChairsBROCK, Alan St H. [280] pp. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1949 9 7 8" x 6 1 2" With Eight Plates in Colour, 32 in Half tone and Line Blocks in the Text. 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is an update of the author's first book, "Pyrotechnics: the History and the Art of Firework Making." It is still the best book on the History of pyrotechnics. A written illustrated history of fireworks by world famous pyrotechnist Alan St. Brock.

water features

and celebrity

Features a preface and essay by Terence Pepper

the man who draws pictures like those assembled here is obliged to create a nightmare landscape of his own and to people it with men

12 1/4" x 10"

--Cornelius Vanderbilt

Bruce Fox was a young artist

Sz: 7"H x 14"L x 6"W

much to the chagrin of the real-life James Bond and his wife

Her sister was Marie Lillian Stokes

Further (pencil) signed by the crew including the helmsman

Frame Sz: 16 1/4"H X 21 1/2W