Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

First American edition of this historic battle for the skies over Great Britain. Octavo, original half cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with 33 maps and drawings, and 68 black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "I'm proud to add my signature to such a page - Len Deighton July 1994." Signed by eleven World War II fighter pilots from both Britain and Germany on the front free endpaper: Macky Steinhoff, Johnnie Johnson, Geoffrey Page, Gunther Rall, Adolph Galland, Fritz Oblesser, Walter Krupinski, Dietrich Hrabak, Alan Lopez, Hugh Dundas, and Peter Townsend. Accompanied by an autograph note from the author and list of the fighter pilots laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by A.J.P. Taylor. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. A unique example.