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Lot 399
[ROYAL AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II AVIATION]. [HOLMES, Tony, compiler]. Aircraft of the Aces Legends of the Skies. [Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004].
Estimate: $200 - $400
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$180
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[ROYAL AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II AVIATION]. [HOLMES, Tony, compiler]. Aircraft of the Aces Legends of the Skies. [Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004]. Folio. Illustrated by Iain Wyllie and Mark Postlethwaite. 143 pp. Publisher's full white cloth, spine stamped in metallic blue, publisher's unclipped (no price, but printed price sticker on front flap) dust jacket.
Condition
Light rubbing to cloth spine, minor soiling to boards; jacket lightly rubbed. Fine. FIRST EDITION, SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION, #4/100 COPIES WITH LARGE BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY 11 RAF ACES. This edition was co-published by The Aviation Bookshop, with an informational sheet naming the pilots who signed, and their kills. A fitting tribute to the RAF pilots who served with distinction during WWII.
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