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MR. TETTLEY'S TENANTS, BY CAPT. GROVER C. HALL JR. FIRST EDITION 1944 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION FOR MR. TETTLEY'S TENANTS BY SANDERS PHILLIPS AND COMPANY, LTD. THE BAYNARD PRESS, CHRYSSELL RD., LONDON, S.W.9 THIS BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A LITTLE FOXING/FADING ON FRONT & BACK BOARDS & FREE PAGES. IT IS ALSO SIGNED BY S/Sgt. PAUL G. FOX. PAUL FOX WAS A CREW CHIEF FOR THE 334TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 4TH FIGHTER GROUP. $900.00SOLD

Mr. Tettley's Tenants by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. 1st edition 1944. 180pp. Forward by Ira Wolfert. Illustrated from photographs throughout. 9 3/4x6, blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author (who was in the Eagle Squadron)on the front free endpaper. Signed in book by their pictures of 5 Eagle Squadron Aces & Pilots are; Jack L. Restivo, Roger G. Braley, Joseph H. Bennett, Herbert J. Blanchfield, Steve Pisanos & 3 signed in front of book are; John A."Red" Campbell, arthur "Art" F. Roscoe & William C."Bill" Slade. There are 10 Aces signed on laid in bookplates; Don Blakeslee, Jim Goodson, Carroll W."Red" McColpin, Gregory A."Gus" Daymond, Oscar Coen, Reade Tilly, Barry Mahon, Jim Goodson(again) with his wingman Robert "Bob" Wehrman & George Carpenter. Also signed on laid in bookplates are Robert S. Johnson(56thFG) where he is pictured with Don Gentile pg.147 and Walter Cronkite as a war correspondent with United Press who has a writeup on pg.113. A total of 21 signatures. $1400.00 SOLD

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MUSTANG AT WAR, BY ROGER A. FREEMAN, 2^ND EDITION 1975. THERE ARE 4 LAID IN ARTICLES, JUNE 1981 AIR FORCE MAGAZINE STORY BY JEFFREY L. ETHELL TITLED "THE FOALING OF THE MUSTANG". JANUARY 1, 1944, AERO DIGEST SHOWING CUT-AWAYS OF MUSTANG DESIGN FEATURES PLUS ANOTHER CUT-AWAY FROM JANUARY 15, 1944 AUTOMOTIVE AND AVIATION INDUSTRIES MAGAZINE OF A P-51A MODEL. ALSO A COPIED ARTICLE CALLED MUSTANG MISCELLANY. THERE ARE 5 LAID IN & SIGNED BOOKPLATES. AT THE PICTURE OF ACE JAMES GOODSON IS A INSCRIBED TO GREG BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY GOODSON ALONG WITH HIS WINGMAN WITH 3 VICTORIES BOB WEHRMAN & ACE STEVE PISANOS. LAID IN AT HIS PICTURE IS A BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ACE HERSCHEL GREEN. LAID IN AT THE PICTURE OF HIS P-51 AND WRITE-UP IS A BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ACE WILLIAM F. TANNER. LAID IN AT PICTURE OF HIS MUSTANG "PASSION WAGON" SIGNED BOOKPLATE OF ACE ARVAL J. ROBERSON AND AT HIS PICTURE LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ACE TEX HILL. $155.00

THUNDERBOLT- A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC P-47, BY ROGER A. FREEMAN. 1^ST AMERICAN EDITION 1979. THIS BOOK COMES WITH A LOT OF EXTRA INFO BIO?S & PICTURES ON THE P-47. THE MOST UNUSUAL IS AN OLD SEPTEMBER 17, 1942 ORIGINAL 2 PAGE TYPED, "REPORT ON CONFERENCE WITH REPUBLIC ON P-47B WITH LOW DRAG WING" IT HAS TYPED, MEMBERS: GRUMMAN ? C. TILGNER, R. HUTTON, I. GEYER & L. GREENE & REPUBLIC ? R. MILLER, G. PAPPAS AND THERE ARE HAND WRITTEN NOTES. I HAVE LAID IN 3 SIGNED BOOKPLATES AT THE PICTURES OF ACES; HERSCHEL GREEN, GERALD W. JOHNSON & WALKER M. MAHURIN. $130.00

WE THOUGHT WE HEARD THE ANGELS SING, 20^TH PRINTING MAY 1949, BY LT. JAMES C. WHITTAKER. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY THE AUTHOR LT. JAMES C. WHITTAKER. THE COMPLETE EPIC STORY OF THE ORDEAL AND RESCUE OF THOSE WHO WERE WITH EDDIE RICKENBACKER ON THE PLANE LOST IN THE PACIFIC. $55.00

FIGHTER ACES BY CHRISTOPHER SHORES. 1ST ED. 1975 PRINTED IN ENGLAND. THIS IS A DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND NOW DAYS & COME WITH 8 ACES SIGNATURES ON BP'S LAID IN WHERE THEY ARE PICTURED OR WRITTEN ABOUT. (THE DUSTCOVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE WHITE STREAKS ARE FROM THE FLASH) SIGNED BY; ROBIN OLDS, WALKER "BUD" MAHURIN, FREDERICK "BOOTS" BLESSE, EUGENE ROBERTS, FRANCIS "GABBY" GABRESKI, GERALD JOHNSON, FRED CHRISTENSEN & TEX HILL. $275.00SOLD

THE BUFFALO GAL, WITH THE MIGHTY EIGHTH & THE FIFTEENTH AIR FORCES IN ACTION OVER EUROPE IN WWII, BY C.B."RED" HARPER. 1^ST ED. c1985 WRAPPERS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. ALSO SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT HIS PIX pg. 62 IS 100^TH BG PILOT ROBERT ROSENTHAL. $40.00

BIG FRIEND, LITTLE FRIEND, MEMOIRS OF A WWII FIGHT PILOT(354FG,356FS), BY Lt.Col. RICHARD E. TURNER. 1^ST ED. 1969. SIGNED IN BOOK BY 1 ACE OF THE 354^TH FG. 355^TH FS CLAYTON KELLY GROSS, 3 ACES OF THE 356^TH FS CARL GEORGE BICKEL, LOWELL K. BRUELAND & CARL M. FRANTZ SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATES AT THEIR PIX. $95.00

GREATEST FIGHTER MISSIONS, OF THE TOP NAVY AND MARINE ACES OF WWII, BY EDWARD H. SIMS. 1^ST ED. 1962, NO DJ. SIGNED ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE INSIDE FRONT COVER BY ACE & MOH RECIP. JOE FOSS. SIGNED IN BOOK AT TITLE PAGE BY ACE ROBERT G."BOB" OWENS JR., ALSO SIGNED IN BOOK BY ACES KEN WALSH & BRUCE D. JAQUES OF VF-29. 6 ADDITIONAL ACES SIGNATURES ON LAID IN BOOKPLATES AT THEIR PIX ARE; MARION E. CARL, JAMES E. SWETT (MOH), ALEXANDER VRACIU, JAMES F. SWOPE, HARRIS E. MITCHELL & JAMES B. FRENCH. $250.00

FIGHTERS UP, THE STORY OF AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOTS IN THE BATTLE OF EUROPE, BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM & SAMUEL W. TAYLOR. 1^ST ED. 1945, NO DJ. SIGNED ON INSIDE COLOR PAINTING BY ACES FRANCIS GABRESKI & WALKER MAHURIN. SIGNED ON PIX ARE ACES FRANK KLIBBE, JERRY JOHNSON, FRED CHRISTENSEN, ROBERT RANKIN, STEVE PISANOS, URBAN DREW(ON 2PIX), JACK ILFREY, GERALD BROWN & IN BACK AT LISTING OF ACE BY MICHAEL GLADYCH & RUSSELL HAWORTH. TOTAL OF 13 SIGNATURES. $225.00sold

PEGASUS BRIDGE, JUNE T, 1944, BY STEPHEN E. AMBROSE. (2 COPIES) (1^ST COPY) 1^ST ED. 1985. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. $40.00SOLD

(2^ND COPY) FRENCH TEXT 1^ST ED 1987. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. ALSO SIGNED IN BOOK BY 3 SURVIVORS OF PEGASUS BRIDGE ALONG WITH THEIR UNITS; T.A. MONTGOMERY(RELATIVE OF FIELD MARSHALL BERNARD MONTGOMERY), OWEN EVANS, D. GRAHAM & O. BUCK A GLIDER PILOT. $75.00

DESERT EAGLES, BY HUMPHREY WYNN. 1^ST ED. 1993. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. SIGNED ON 2 DIFF. PIX BY 71 EAGLE SQUADRON PILOT & 239 Sqd. IN NORTH AFRICA, IS MICHAEL MILUCK WHO IS ONE OF THE PILOTS THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN ABOUT. $65.00

1000 DESTROYED, THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE 4^TH FIGHTER GROUP, BY GROVER C. HALL,JR. 2^ND ED. OCT. 1961. (THERE ARE 4 COPIES OF THIS BOOK). (1^ST COPY) SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY ACES/PILOTS OF THE EAGLE SQUADRON/4^TH FG ARE; JACK L. RESTIVO, STEVE PISANOS, CARROLL "RED" McCOLPIN, BOB WEHRMAN(WINGMAN TO JAMES GOODSON), HERB BLANCHFIELD & JOSEPH BENNETT. SIGNED ON 2 DIFFERNT PIX BY ACE STEVE PISANOS, SIGNED ON HIS PIX ACE HUB ZEMKE, SIGNED ON 3 DIFFERNT PIX ACE DON BLAKESLEE, SIGNED AT PIX OF HER FATHER, CHARLES W. HARRE IS CHARLENE JETT, SIGNED ABOVE HIS PIX BY R.G.BRALEY AND SIGNED IN BACK AT PICTURES/DRAWINGS OF AIRCRAFT BY THE ARTIST RICHARD GROH WHO ALSO DID THE FRONT COVER ART. $270.00SOLD

(2^ND COPY) IS ALSO A 2^ND ED. OCT. 1961. SIGNED ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE BY AUTHOR/PILOT GROVER HALL ON FRONT FREEPAGE ALONG WITH ACE STEVE PISANOS & BOB WEHRMAN (WINGMAN TO JAMES GOODSON). LAID IN BOOKPLATES ARE SIGNED BY ACES DON BLAKESLEE, JIM GOODSON, READE TILLEY, BARRY MAHON & C.W."RED" McCOLPIN. $250.00

(3^RD COPY) 3^RD ED. 1978. INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST THAT DID THE FRONT COVER RICHARD GROH ON THE FRONT FREEPAGE. AT TITLE PAGE SIGNED IN BOOK BY ACES JOSEPH BENNETT & C.W."RED" McCOLPIN PLUS WINGMAN TO JAMES GOODSON, BOB WEHRMAN(WEHRMAN ALSO SIGNED ON 2 DIFF. PIX PAGES, ON ONE INDICATING HE WAS GOODSONS' WINGMAN). ACE STEVE PISANOS SIGNED ON 2 DIFF. PIX PAGES, ACE DON BLAKESLEE SIGNED ON 3 DIFF. PIX PAGES. ACE HUB ZEMKE SIGNED ON HIS PIX. $275.00

(4^TH COPY) 3^RD ED. 1978. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACE STEVE PISANOS. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY ACES READE TILLY, BARRY MAHON, JIM GOODSON AND HIS WINGMAN BOB WEHRMAN. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT HIS PIX ACE DON BLAKESLEE. 175.00

LETTER'S FROM ENGLAND, BY JOHN M. BENNETT, JR. 2^ND ED. 1986 WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY 7 CREWMEN OF THE BLOODY 100^TH BG; PILOTS/CREWMAN; ROBERT ROSENTHAL, BUCK CLEVEN, JOHN D. BRADY, HARRY CROSBY, BOB WOLF & JACK KIDD & ON pg.13 BY OWEN D."COWBOY" ROANE. $75.00SOLD

THE WAR LOVER, BY JOHN HERSEY. 1^ST ED. 1959. SIGNED ON FRONT FREEPAGE BY FOUR 100^TH BG PILOTS/CREWMAN; BOB WOLFF, BUCK CLEVEN, HARRY CROSBY(GROUP NAVIGATOR) & MAJOR GENERAL JACK KIDD PLUS ON TITLE PAGE BY ROBERT K. MORGAN PILOT OF THE MEMPHIS BELLE 91^ST BG. $95.00SOLD

THE ELEVENTH HOUR, BY GENERAL LEWIS W. WALT. 1^ST ED. 1979 WRAPPERS. SIGNED BY GENERAL WALT. $10.00

MEDITERRANEAN SWEEP, AIR STORIES FROM EL ALAMEIN TO ROME, BY MAJOR RICHARD THRUELSEN. 1^ST ED. 1944 NO DJ. SIGNED IN FRONT BY 3 ACES; JOEL OWENS, THOMAS MALONEY & JIM MOREHEAD. $40.00

AIRCRAFT DOWN, EVADING CAPTURE IN WWII EUROPE, BY BRIG.GENERAL PHILIP D. CAINE. 1^ST ED. 1997. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED PLATE. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY 4^TH FG ACE OSCAR COEN AT HIS PIX pg.19. $40.00SOLD

DAMNED TO GLORY, BY Col. ROBERT L. SCOTT JR., 2^ND ED. 1945. SIGNED TWICE BY AUTHOR AND ACE ROBERT L. SCOTT JR. ON INSIDE FRONT COVER & AT TITLE PAGE. $45.00

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