Captains and Kings (signed by Alfonso de Orleans y Borbon, Spain's first military pilot, and one of the subjects of this book)

First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Alfonso de Orleans y Borbon, Spain's first military pilot, and one of the subjects of this book. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of photographs. Interviews with royal pilots from across Western Europe, recounting their collective history and exploits. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of photographs. Very good in original purple cloth and very good pictorial dust jacket, light spotting to edge of text and front free endpaper. Octavo. 6.75 x 10 in. 256 pp. A lovely copy, rare with historic signature.