Life and Letters of Richard Ashley Blodgett, First Lieutenant, United States Air Service.
Printed by MacDonald & Evans, Boston, MA, no date,
First Edition. small octavo, blue cloth with gilt decoration on front cover and corner of front cover stamped in red, white and blue. (184)pp. Printed by MacDonald & Evans, Boston, MA, Item #34684
Photographic illustrations in black and white. Contains reminiscences of Blodgett as a young boy by his mother, letters, and three poems, two by his mother and the other by William Swinton Bennett Hopkins. Also contains "Richard Ashley Blodgett, An Appreciation by his Mother." Blodgett was with the American Field Service Section 26 as a six-month volunteer driving an ambulance but was required to drive a munitions truck when he arrived in France in 1917. He transferred to aviation, was trained as a pilot, and was killed 17 May 1918 while flying with the 95th U.S. Aero Squadron [Noffsinger 256]. Frontispiece is a photo of Blodgett. Very fine copy with only light wear at edge of boards.
Price: $295.00