ITALO BALBO (1896-1940) Italian aviator and politician who commanded mass transatlantic flights to Brazil and the U.S., shot down over Tobruk. A superb association signed book, his book La Centuria Alata, Casa Mondadori, [Italy], 1934, bearing a full-page inscription in Italian on the half-title page to his fellow aviator Cesare Sabelli, boldly signed and dated July 3, 1934. Near fine, with slipcase. $200-300