called “Parachutes for Airmen’ by Charles Dixon in 1931
It has a signature and an ownership stamp
The Ownership stamp says “F D Paul 1931”
The signature though difficult to read says “Frank Dnnnnn Paul”
Anyway, must be a Pilot methinks so I google “F D Paul” Pilot and up comes London Gazette with him in RAF and later RNVR
It turns out the Dnnnnn is Dawson and I find this Francis ‘Frank’ Dawson Paul a BoB pilot and the first RN Ace of WW2 who was sadly killed in the BOB and grandson of founder of Boulton-Paul company
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Dawson-Paul
Photo of him here
He must of got it as a aviation mad teenager
By: Feather #3 - 12th January 2015 at 23:01
Recent cleanup down our way elicited Guy Gibson’s #2 logbook. Amazing!
G’day 😉
By: Stepwilk - 12th January 2015 at 22:48
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By: CIRCUS 6 - 12th January 2015 at 22:28
I bought Flight of the Mew Gull, by Alex Henshaw over the inter web and happily found his dated signature inside it. Very pleased with that 🙂
By: Matt Poole - 12th January 2015 at 22:15
A wonderful find, Paul.
For pennies, I once purchased a signed copy of an obscure book, “From Father to Son: the letters of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker to his son William, from boyhood to manhood”. Inside was Rickenbacker’s business card…from 1970, but, still, an unexpected bonus.
At the same second-hand bookshop on another occasion I mulled over purchasing a signed Billy Bishop book — also greatly undervalued — probably because the bookseller in Washington DC didn’t know of this Canadian’s legacy. But I hesitated. When I returned a day later, it was gone.
And I’ve been burned, too — once with a fake Ploesti Raid B-24 senior commander’s signature. There was no “Jack Woods”, only “Jack Wood” on that raid. His widow later confirmed that I’d been had, and the signature wasn’t even close to the real thing.
I won’t be buying anything signed “Tiger Wood”, “Keith Richard”, “John F. Kennedy 1964”, or “Pete Townsend”. Won’t get fooled again!
By: CeBro - 12th January 2015 at 21:15
Interesting. Years ago while visiting Foyles in London I spotted several paperbacks of the famous book ” the wooden horse”
They all were signed by Eric Williams. Did not buy any of them, as I had already read the book. Hmmmm….
Missed opportunity here?
Cees
By: Robbo - 12th January 2015 at 18:25
Nice one.
I found this inside the cover of a copy of “The Fledgling” by Arch Whitehouse. I’d already got a few of Arthur Gould Lee’s books so I was quite chuffed.
The Fledgling – Arch Whitehouse by shuttleworthpix, on Flickr
By: bazv - 12th January 2015 at 18:15
What a great find Paul : )
By: Creaking Door - 12th January 2015 at 18:03
Quite an amazing thing really, when you think about it.
By: paulmcmillan - 12th January 2015 at 17:50
It cost £18
However, I bought it because it was cheapest price for book title I could find (I wanted to read the actual book, not the signature (didn’t even ask what is said) – that was a bonus) .. I did not ask what the signature was it was bought ‘blind’ over the internet
Paul
By: Scramble Bill - 12th January 2015 at 17:36
Wow,when I read something like this, I makes you wonder what else is out there…
By: Creaking Door - 12th January 2015 at 17:25
How much was the book? 🙂
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