This is a specially produced glossy bookplate bearing the original  signature of Paul Farnes. Paul Caswell Powe Farnes, DFM, AE (16 July 1918 – 28 January 2020) was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot and Second World War flying ace who flew during the Battle of Britain as one of "The Few". He flew the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire in aerial combat. He scored 8 kills (comprising 7 and 2 shared destroyed, 2 'probables' and 11 damaged).