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DAVIS, JIM: : WINGED VICTORY: The Story of a Bomber Command Air Gunner. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.AYLESFORD,KENT,R.J. LEACH & CO,1995.

ISBN 187305016X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten black ink,warm dedication: 'To Reg Scott & his wife Devon County Council Former Lord Mayor & Lady Mayoress of Plymouth.A lovely couple whom I feel honoured to call "My Friends".Sincere wishes to you both.Jim Davis OP.R. C.M. 28th July 1995.' to front free endpaper, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by author,upper panel and subject colour portrait photographic rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip,minimal slight,light scoring to rear panel.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backs trip and immaculate plain white eps with aforementioned,author's inked,warm dedication.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED 1st edn,1-144pp [paginated] includes Pts I-VI, 32pp of contemporary,subject related+ biographical b/w photographs in one block between pp88/9.Plus [unpaginated] title-page,dedication+thanks+poem,foreword by assorted people including Mrs Ly Bennett (wife of Air Vice Marshal D.C.T. Bennett, C.B.,C.B.E, D.S.O. Commander Pathfinder Force 1942-5),Reg Scott,Dame Vera Lynn,and tribute page by Sir Arthur 'Bomber' T. Harris and Air V-Marshal Don Bennett), contents list/table and 8pp facsimile letters+official documents to rear. A reflection over a lifetime's experiences,'Winged Victory' takes it's readers through a carefree childhood in pre-war Britain and an adolescence troubled by bereavement and upheaval due to the outbreak of war. This book portrays the feelings of helplessness and fear experienced by the young people of Britain during the Blitz and tells of how being a witness to such destruction inspired many to "do their bit" in order to put an end to the suffering. The author achieves this by joining R.A.F Bomber Command and this book tells of the horror,tears and laughter of such an experience.The account goes to reveal the years of hard work put in to establish a worthy tribute to these young people and indeed all those who fought in the Allied Air Forces. 'Winged Victory' takes it's readers from the 1920's to the present day in a nostalgic remembrance of the achievements of one man,Jim Davis. Through the author's/subject's patience and persistence in cutting through bureaucracy and red tape which culminated in his planning and building the first and only International Air Monument which now stands on Plymouth Hoe where the names of those men and women who gave their lives during WW2 will live in perpetuity.He is also a life-long artist and of some international repute,with many of his own prints sold to swell the funds to make the monument a reality.It was realised on 3rd Sept,1989,as the memorial with a statue of an inknown airman on the top,was unveiled on Plymouth Hoe in front of 17 Allied Nations and a crowd of 20,000 people. Since April 2013,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So, please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author inscribed,dedicated+dated.

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