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Jones, Ira - Wing Commander.
An Air Fighter's Scrap-Book.
Publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth;
Date of Publication: 1942
Stock Code: 12542
First Penguin edition; number 360. Pp., 192. Softcover octavo; advertisements and author portrait to end. Light foxing to covers; spine slightly rubbed with very slight loss to head; slight splits (1cm) to top and bottom of upper joint. Text-block clean. A very good copy. A rare copy of a thrilling account of the exploits of an air ace of the First World War. At the time of publication, the author commanded a British Fighter School, training those pilots who would be deployed in the coming battles of the Second World War. Expectedly printed on wartime standard economy paper. £35.00