BIRTH of a LEGEND ~ The SPITFIRE

BIRTH of a LEGEND ~ The SPITFIRE

By Jeffrey Quill OBE AFC FRAe

Multi-Signed Limited Edition

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    Limited Edition number 139 signed by 16 distinguished Spitfire pilots

    Paddy Barthropp                                     Jeffrey Quill
    Laddie Lucas                             Duncan Smith
    Brian Kingcome                                Neil Wheeler
    Hugh Dundas                 Denis Crowley-Milling
    Alan Deere                             Pete Brothers
    Geoffrey Page                        Johnnie Johnson
    Bob Stanford Tuck                         Eric Brown
    George Baldwin                      Harry Broadhurst

    Quiller Press 1986 First edition. 160 pages including numerous photographs and colour plates.

    Fine condition hardback book in blue faux leather boards with silver gilt titles and page edges and dark blue end papers. Fine condition unclipped dustjacket.

    This book was published for the Spitfire’s 50th anniversary and Jeffrey Quill recounts the events leading up to its dramatic and triumphant birth and of the precarious first few years of its development.

    As Supermarine Chief Test Pilot, the author’s life was centred on the Spitfire and nobody was better qualified to write this book.

    A brilliant Spitfire book with some fantastic Battle of Britain and Spitfire Ace signatures.

    birthofalegend0001Signatories at the RAF Club book launch in February 1986