Captain Albert Ball by R.H. Kiernan first edition 1933

KIERNAN, R.H. – Captain Albert Ball V.C. D.S.O
 
London: John Hamilton (1933)
 
8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth boards with gilt lettering to the upper board and spine; with the superb dust wrapper displaying a portrait by artist Denholm Davis of Captain Ball, that is repeated on the frontispiece; pp xxii, 198 [v]; Overall a near fine copy, the book displaying very little wear at all, the jacket on the reverse showing scorch marks from tape, and on the reverse of the lower panel one strip of tape over a small patch of the wrapper that has thinned the paper; an excellent copy with no loss. 
 
Described as a historical record by the author, it is a biography of one of the outstanding fighter pilots of the RFC in the great war. Albert Ball was only 20 years old when he was shot down patrolling the Somme. By that time, he had become a national hero credited with 43 victories. He received the Victoria Cross and D.S.O two bars for his heroic deeds. This book is full of plates about his life and the role he played in the war.