Flying by Pilot, Signed (9 results)

Repro-Porträtfoto (in Uniform mit Ritterkreuz) rückseitig mit aufgezogener eigenhändiger Empfehlung, Unterschrift (Briefschluß) signiert.

Repro-Porträtfoto (in Uniform mit Ritterkreuz, mässige Bildqualität), bildseitig eigenhändig signiert.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. Contains 102 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. White card mounted to the title page SIGNED by the author 'Roland Beamont', period monochrome photograph of Beamont tipped opposite the title page. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Dundas was called up early in the Second World War, serving with No. 616 Squadron flying Spitfires. He was shot down on 22 August 1940 and wounded during the Battle of Britain. Jeffrey Quill transferred full-time to Vickers Supermarine in 1938, whereupon he took complete charge of Spitfire test flying. Contains (ix), 180 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper. + No. 1499 of 2010 '50th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Spitfire' flown cover SIGNED to the front cover by 'Hugh Dundas 616 Sqdn. Spitfire' and 'Jeffrey Quill' - 5th March 1986 post marked stamp, one other stamp to the rear 'Royal Air Force Coningsby 5th March 1986', certification signed by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle - Royal Air Force Museum, one cachet insert. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

First edition second impression hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Printer's code to the copyright page 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contains 208 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Very near Fine condition book in Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper. Number 417 of 746 souvenir flown cover SIGNED 'Roland Beamont' to the front cover. 13th June 1994 post marked stamp, reverse signed by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle (Royal Air Forces Escaping Society), + 1 other stamp 'Biggin Hill Airport 28th October 1994', two cachet inserts. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

Albumblatt (1 S. quer 4 to, links gedruckte Biographie, rechts sein Foto, vor seinem Flugzeug stehend), unter seinem Foto eigenhändig signiert.

Albumblatt (1 S. quer 4 to, links gedruckte Biographie, rechts sein Foto, vor seinem Flugzeug stehend), unter seinem Foto eigenhändig signiert.

Hardback. Originally published in colored stiff paper wraps, this copy has been rebound on full brown leather, gilt lettering with 5 raised bands on spine and a diagonal strip of blue cloth on the upper front cover. The cloth strip is 1.5" wide with dark blue edges and light blue center with a red line in the center. All edges of text block gilt. The original colorful front cover has been bound in. Signed on the ffep by Frank Messervy and inscribed "in memory of Ernest, who was shot down in a fight over the German lines with Richthofen's Circus-1917. RIP." Probably referring to Captain Ernest Dyce Messervy, member of 56th Squadron RFC, killed July 20, 1917. Both Ernest and Frank Messervy were members of the same Eton class prior to World War I. General Sir Frank Walter Messervy (1893-1974) was a British Indian Army Officer who saw action in France and the Middle East during World War I. During World War II, he commanded the Indian 5th Infantry Division in the East African Campaign, and commanded 4th Indian Division during the Battleaxe and Crusader operations as part of the Eighth Army. Transferred to India, Messervy eventually was appointed to command IV Corps in it's drive to Rangoon in Burma. Old bookseller stamp bottom of rear paste-down only mark in book, binding tight. Three small spots of soiling on rear cover, but a rather handsome copy of this title. Book condition VG+. Binding: HB.

UNSER OZEANFLUG Lebenserinnerungen von Hermann Köhl, James C. Fitzmaurice, E.G. Freiherr von Hünefeld. Der erste Ost-Westflug über den Atlantik in der BREMEN, mit 33 Abbildungen. Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 10. erweiterte Auflage (um 1930), 275 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, Hldr. 8°),Buchrücken-Leder mit Abrieb, sonst gut erhalten - limitierte, nummerierte VORZUGSAUSGABE # 111/200, in Tinte von Hermann Köhl und James Fitzmaurice mit militärischem Rang Hptm./Colonel eigenhändig signiert (Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld, war bereits am 5. Februar 1929 in Berlin gestorben, seine Sinatur wurde hier daher gedruckt zugefügt. Im Dritten Reich wurde später die Signatur von Fitzmaurice und sogar sein Bild als Kriegsgegner weggelassen.).