Rare Book Time (S1 E2): World War 2 British commemorative volumes

Welcome to the second episode in our new video series Rare Book Time. It's a time to spend with you showing and discussing some of the treasures you'll find at Lighthouse Books, ABAA, in Dade City, Florida.

This time we're proud to show a beautiful two-volume set that was published in 1990 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. These books are titled after a phrase from the August 1940 speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill honoring the pilots who few to protect Britain from the bombing raids by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. Churchill said ""Never was so much owed by so many to so few."

The two volumes are titled So Many and So Few. One volume honors the 25 then-surviving pilots who fought off Nazi bombers as they endlessly bombed London during The Blitz. The other volume honors those serving on bombers that counterattacked the coastline across the English Channel to disrupt preparations for Operation Sea Lion, Germany's plan to invade Britain.

The books include silhouettes of the pilots, signed by famed British artist Michael Pierce as well as the depicted airman. The cover of the bombing volume includes a bas relief of a British aviator created by artist James Butler, R.A.

You may know that for decades we were located in St. Petersburg, the Sunshine City on the western side of Tampa Bay. Last year, we moved to Dade City, a beautiful little town north of Tampa. We've settled into our new home and we love the area, and we think you will, too, when you come to visit (hint, hint!). Dade City is a wonderful little town full of antiques shops and unique restaurants. It's a perfect place for a getaway, and it's nestled next to Florida's famed Green Swamp.

So come on up and pop in to see us. We'd love to show you around. If you're from out of the state and just visiting, we're a short detour off Interstate 75. See you soon.

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