Description
Fighter Aces by Colonel Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor J. Constable, signed by the authors and 107 pilots from World War II and the Korean War.
Including Chuck Yeager, Gen. Charles R. Bond, Gabby Gabreski, and German Ace Gunther Rall.
Octavo, 354pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated “third printing” on copyright page. Rubbing along bottom of text block, cloth fraying at tips of boards. Solid text block. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $7.95 on front flap, bright illustrations, a bright near fine example. Jacket paired with this copy. Includes laid-in documentation from the owner of this copy. Mostly signed on the endpapers, with 15 signatures on photographic plates.
Notable signatories include the following: Chuck Yeager, Gen. Charles R. Bond, Don Blakeslee, Jim Brooks, Jim Swett (Medal of Honor winner), Walker Mahurin, Francis “Gabby” Gabreski, Frank D. Hurlbut, German aces Gunter Rall, and many more.
Provenance: From the World War II Aviation Collection of Greg Dortch, Lot 203, Sale 260, March 2003.
