A Deluxe Signed Limited Edition. One of 401 copies, this copy numbered 295, signed by the six members of the creative team on the mounted authentication leaf. With 25 profile portraits of R.A.F. pilots in silhouette, signed in pencil by each of the 25 Battle of Britain fighter pilots, tissue guards, with photographs and biographies of each. Folio. Publisher’s blue crushed Morocco, raised bands to spines within gilt rules, titles to second compartments gilt, front cover lettered in gilt, with embroidered RAF insignia, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, blue silk bookmarkers, prospectus loosely inserted in sleeve in inner box lid, housed in publisher’s blue cloth box, original publisher’s mailing box. Published by The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (London), 1990.
A fine example.
The first copy of this deluxe edition was presented to Queen Elizabeth II, and the preface was written by Prince Edward. The sale of this deluxe edition raised a significant sum of money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The fighter pilots commemorated in this volume are: Wing Commander P.P.C Barthropp; Wing Commander R.P. Beaumont; Squadron Leader G.H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H.A.C. Bird-Wilson; Air Commodore P.M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Group Captain W.D. David; Air Commodore A.C. Deere; Squadron Leader B.H. Drobinski; Flight Lieutenant J.H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Group Captain T.P. Gleave; Wing Commander N.P.W. Hancock; Squadron Leader C. Haw; Commander R.C. Hay; Group Captain C.B.F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Commodore A.R.D. MacDonell; Squadron Leader M.J. Mansfeld; Wing Commander A.G. Page; Wing Commander P.L. Parrott; Group Captain D.F.B. Sheen; Wing Commander F.M. Smith; Wing Commander J.E. Storrar; Wing Commander G.C. Unwin.
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A Deluxe Signed Limited Edition. One of 401 copies, this copy numbered 295, signed by the six members of the creative team on the mounted authentication leaf. With 25 profile portraits of R.A.F. pilots in silhouette, signed in pencil by each of the 25 Battle of Britain fighter pilots, tissue guards, with photographs and biographies of each. Folio. Publisher’s blue crushed Morocco, raised bands to spines within gilt rules, titles to second compartments gilt, front cover lettered in gilt, with embroidered RAF insignia, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, blue silk bookmarkers, prospectus loosely inserted in sleeve in inner box lid, housed in publisher’s blue cloth box, original publisher’s mailing box. Published by The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (London), 1990.
A fine example.
The first copy of this deluxe edition was presented to Queen Elizabeth II, and the preface was written by Prince Edward. The sale of this deluxe edition raised a significant sum of money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The fighter pilots commemorated in this volume are: Wing Commander P.P.C Barthropp; Wing Commander R.P. Beaumont; Squadron Leader G.H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H.A.C. Bird-Wilson; Air Commodore P.M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Group Captain W.D. David; Air Commodore A.C. Deere; Squadron Leader B.H. Drobinski; Flight Lieutenant J.H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Group Captain T.P. Gleave; Wing Commander N.P.W. Hancock; Squadron Leader C. Haw; Commander R.C. Hay; Group Captain C.B.F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Commodore A.R.D. MacDonell; Squadron Leader M.J. Mansfeld; Wing Commander A.G. Page; Wing Commander P.L. Parrott; Group Captain D.F.B. Sheen; Wing Commander F.M. Smith; Wing Commander J.E. Storrar; Wing Commander G.C. Unwin.
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
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