Pierre-Henri CLOSTERMANN, Paul LENGELLÉ
Le grand cirque - Souvenirs d'un pilote de chasse français dans la R.A.F.[The Big Show]
Flammarion|Paris 1948|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Arches wove deluxe paper, the deluxe issue.
A blue ballpoint pen mark to the upper cover, spine and boards slightly and partially sunned, as often encountered.
Uncut copy, illustrated.
A typed letter of thanks from Pierre Clostermann, signed by him and addressed to Henri Torrès, has been mounted to the left margin of the half-title page.
This copy is further enriched with two original watercolours depicting two R.A.F. bomber aircraft flown by Pierre Clostermann: the Vickers-Armstrong "Wellington" and the Bristol Beaufort.
We attribute these two signed watercolours to Paul Lengellé...
€1,500