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Lot 409: Kaplan, Philip and Rex Alan Smith. One Last Look. Abbeville Press, 1983. (DJ)

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A large-format hardcover edition of One Last Look: A Sentimental Journey to the Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Bases of World War II in England, authored by Philip Kaplan and Rex Alan Smith and published by Abbeville Press. The volume is presented in a bespoke wooden slipcase designed to resemble a military equipment crate, finished in olive drab paint with white stencilled text on the front reading CONTENTS BOOK (I) / ONE LAST LOOK / KAPLAN, PHILIP / SMITH, REX ALAN / ABBEVILLE PRESS. The book retains its original photographic dust jacket featuring a cockpit interior. The work provides a detailed narrative and photographic record of the American heavy bomber bases located in England during the Second World War, containing numerous contemporary and archival illustrations.