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An Aviator's Field Book: Being the Field Reports of Oswald Bolcke, from August 1, 1914, to October 28, 1916.
Translated from the German by Robert Reynold Hirsch. With a Foreword by Joseph E. Ridder. 1st Ed. thus., 203pp., portarit frontis., 12 photos. NY: National Military Pubg. Co.
1917
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The German ace's letters to his parents while on active service on the Western Front, until shot down & killed in October 1917. Includes a biographical Introduction by has father. Orig. blue cloth, titled in red, little rubbed & worn, near VG with attractive colour printed bookplate of Benjamin & Mary Fitzpatrick of jasmine Hill. Note: Jasmine Hill Gardens, Alabama, was established in the 1930s by the Fitzpatricks as an outdoor museum and botanical garden inspired by ancient Greek culture. Benjamin, grandson of Alabama governor and U.S. Senator Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), owned a successful chain of retail stores across Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, allowing him and his wife to pursue their interest in this manner.
£60
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