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			[001348] Johnson, Air Vice-Marshal J. E. Signed Photograph. Signed photograph, (c. 1970), 10.5 x 7.5 cm. which was used on the dust-jacket of Johnson's first book, Wing Leader, 1956 showing Johnson in his RAF group captain's uniform smiling and smoking a cigarette. £75.00
			[005068] Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. North to the Orient. London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Inscribed. Inscribed By Authors. Very Good / Good. Inscribed on the half-title page by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh and dated 1937, maps by Charles Lindbergh, russet cloth, corners slightly bumped, outer edges slightly browned and spotted, dust-jacket (in protective sleeve), fraying and chipping to extremities, small losses to head and tail of backstrip, faded, a few short closed tears, UNCOMMON. Inscribed by both Lindberghs. This work was published during the famous kidnap trial of their son who was tragically murdered. The book details the flight the Lindberghs made during the summer of 1931, by the Great Circle Route across Canada and Alaska to Russia, Japan and China. Anne Morrow Lindbergh was the wife of aviator Charles A Lindbergh and became his co-pilot and wrote extensively about their pioneering adventures in flight. She published 13 books of memoirs, fiction, poems and essays. In 1930, she became the first American woman to get a glider pilot's license. On April 20, 1930, the Lindberghs set a transcontinental speed record, flying from Los Angeles to New York in 14 hours and 45 minutes. Anne Lindbergh was seven months pregnant at the time. In December 1927, she met Charles Lindbergh who was already an American hero, having recently become the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. £800.00 [005338] Ross, David M. S.. Stapme: The Biography of Squadron Leader B. G. Stapleton DFC, DFC (Dutch). London: Grub Street, 2002. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Boards. Signed Copy. Signed by Author and Subject. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1 902304 98 5. Signed by the author, subject 'Gerald Stapleton', aviation artist Nicholas Trudgian and another pilot (74 squadron? unidentified signature ) on the title-page, 3 4 x 6 colour photographs of the author, subject and artist at the book signing loosely inserted, foreword by Squadron Leader Paul Day, appendices, plain photographic illustrations, blue boards, pictorial dust-jacket (in sleeve). A fine copy signed by 'Stapme' and others connected with the book with 3 photographs from the signing loosely inserted. The biography of 'Stapme' Gerald Stapleton who was born in Durban, South Africa in 1920. In January 1939 he took up a short service commission in the RAF and eventually joined 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron in December 1939, prior to becoming on of the outstanding fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain, accounting for nearly 20 enemy aircraft destroyed, probably destroyed or damaged. All his scores were achieved on Spitfires during this battle and he was revered as one of Richard Hillary's contemporaries in whose book "The Last Enemy", he features. Nicknamed "Stapme" after a phrase used in his favourite cartoon strip "Just Jake", in February 1942 he became flight commander of 257 Squadron, then joined 2 ADF at Colerne the following year before becoming a gunnery instructor at RAF Kenley and Central Gunnery School, Catfoss. He returned to operations in August 1944 to command 247 Squadron on Typhoons. He received the Dutch Flying Cross for his part in the Arnhem operations. Forced to land inside German lines in December 1944, he spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I on the Baltic coast. One of the real "characters" to survive the war, and to many the quintessential image of a Battle of Britain fighter pilot. £60.00
			[001347] Stanford Tuck, Robert. Inscribed Photograph. A photograph of British pilot, Robert Stanford Tuck, inscribed "To David Wood, best of luck, Bob Stanford Tuck." 12 x 17cm. With Imperial War Museum copyright stamp to reverse. Squadron leader Robert Stanford Tuck was one of the best-known RAF aces of the war. He joined the R.A.F. on a short service commission and proved to be such a backward pupil at flying training school that he feared he would be "washed-out" However, when the war began he proved to have an outstanding instinct for air fighting of the kind that distinguished the top aces. Aged twenty four, Tuck fought first with a 92 Spitfire Squadron and subsequently with 257 Hurricane Squadron at Debden. £210.00
			[004934] Wellman, William A.. Go, Get'em!. Boston: The Page Company, 1918. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. introduction by Eliot Harlow Robinson, frontispiece portrait of the author, plain photographic illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, decorative cloth, minor rubbing (in mylar.) A bright copy of this early aviation title from 1918 by 'Billy' Wellman who was an American aviator in the Lafayette Flying Corps. £150.00

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