First edition book collecting is a long-established hobby, but in the last fifty years is one of the fastest growing categories in the books of the collector of military autographs of important personalities of the Second World War.
Just visit any bookstore and you see the large section devoted to recognize the military works, such as dominant themes of World War II shelves. A closer look reveals the dominance of books on aviation, with its variety of topics ranging from biographies to technical aspects.
The growth in this highly specialized niche market book comes from an extraordinary interest in the Second World War – a time in the history of aviation, when aircraft more news in the air that was at any other time since the start of the flight. It is not surprising that time is of great interest to buff the aviation industry.
From the perspective of a collector, the large number of different books available, it is difficult or impossible to build a library of sense if some sort of specialization is assumed. Perhaps the most fascinating and potentially lucrative collection of books of pilot and highly decorated crews and commanders of the air war is signed remarkable.