This is an original graphite pencil drawing of Spitfire ace Al  Deere on sepia recycled card with white highlights by Steve Teasdale. It features the genuine signature of Al Deere professionally mounted underneath the drawing. The bookplate would fit in most books on the Battle of Britain and especially in Deere’s own story - Nine Lives. 
After having joined the RAF in 1937, New Zealander Al Deere was in the thick of the action right from the start of World War II, serving with distinction over France and Dunkirk in May and June 1940 against the Luftwaffe.. He survived a crash-landing during a head-on attack and helped to defend London and the south-east during the Battle of Britain effecting numerous escapes in tight combat situations. He went on to command a flight in 602 Squadron, to lecture in America, to command RAF Kenley, Biggin Hill and then to lead the 145 French Wing in France before becoming Wing Commander, Plans with 84 Group.