Signed book: War Birds: Diary Of An Unknown Aviator. NY: George H. Doran, 1926. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.5, 281 pages. From the 1920s to the mid-1960s an American aviator collected, in this wonderful book, these 662 signatures, quotes, dates, and ranks of aviation pioneers; WWI and WWII aces; commanding officers, heroes and legends; barnstormers and stunt fliers; combat pilots, airplane designers and builders; air racers, altitude record breakers, aviation industrialists and other prominent figures in aviation history. Space does not allow us to list more than a few of those included in this unbelievable collection: Amelia Earhart, Douglas “Wrong-Way” Corrigan, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clyde Pangborn, Orville Wright, Wiley Post, Frank Hawks, Vincent Bendix, Jimmy Doolittle, Clarence Chamberlain, Clayton Folkerts, Alex de Seversky, Ira Eaker, Carl Spaatz, Jack Kemp, Babe Meigs, Charlie C. Thompson, Ernst Udet, E.E Aldrin, Richard Gimble, and hundreds more of the who’s who of early American aviation all signed in this one book. Several separated pages, wear and chipping to the spine and covers, and page toning, otherwise very good condition. R&R COA.
