WWII Flying Tigers Autographed Autobiography : "A Flying Tiger’s Rendezvous With Fate" Erik
A second edition, revised hardcover copy of the autobiography Destiny: A Flying Tiger’s Rendezvous With Fate by Erik Shilling. The title page is hand-numbered 315 and bears an ink signature by the author, Erik Shilling, located above the printed name. The interior includes a black and white photographic frontispiece of the author in uniform at age 26 in Calcutta, 1942. Accompanying the book is a color photograph of three men seated at a table, identified by a handwritten ink inscription on the reverse as Dick Rossi, Chuck Older, and Erik Shilling in San Diego, dated May 1, 1998. The back of the dust jacket provides a biographical summary and a black and white photograph of Shilling as a flying cadet at Kelly Field, Texas, in 1938. Pickup is Monday, Nov. 9, from 11 am to 7 pm at our facility in Lancaster, OH. Alternate pickup day is available by appointment for a $5 fee per lot, or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. If shipping – once packed up, we will send you a separate invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax collected on this auction. Our warehouse is in Lancaster, OH. If not shipping – pick up within 10 days or we will dispose of the item and you will not receive a refund.
[ translate ]A second edition, revised hardcover copy of the autobiography Destiny: A Flying Tiger’s Rendezvous With Fate by Erik Shilling. The title page is hand-numbered 315 and bears an ink signature by the author, Erik Shilling, located above the printed name. The interior includes a black and white photographic frontispiece of the author in uniform at age 26 in Calcutta, 1942. Accompanying the book is a color photograph of three men seated at a table, identified by a handwritten ink inscription on the reverse as Dick Rossi, Chuck Older, and Erik Shilling in San Diego, dated May 1, 1998. The back of the dust jacket provides a biographical summary and a black and white photograph of Shilling as a flying cadet at Kelly Field, Texas, in 1938. Pickup is Monday, Nov. 9, from 11 am to 7 pm at our facility in Lancaster, OH. Alternate pickup day is available by appointment for a $5 fee per lot, or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. If shipping – once packed up, we will send you a separate invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax collected on this auction. Our warehouse is in Lancaster, OH. If not shipping – pick up within 10 days or we will dispose of the item and you will not receive a refund.
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