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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. b/w Plates (illustrateur). 1st. 1st printing; 300 clean, unmarked pages; dj in mylar.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Both Volumes Near Fine in Softcover. Vol.1 568pp Vol.2 440pp. Tall 8vo.s.

163 pages. Hardcover: H 31.25cm x L 23.25cm. No dust jacket. Blue cloth, some soiling and light staining to boards, mild fraying at spine ends. Interior leaves have faint staining at bottom spine corner margins extending upward by about 4cm from heels with shallow extensions into bottom margins; some scattered soiling to interior pages as well but otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A good+ copy. With front endpapers illustrated in blue and white, Foreword by Lt. General H.H. Arnold [Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold], early leaves inclusive to page 16 enhanced by some color illustration but remaining majority of book features b/w photographs/illustrations. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 2.75 pounds (1.24 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. THERE IS A SMALL OWNER'S LABEL ON THE TITLE PAGE. THIS IS THE THIRD AND LAST OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN WAGING THE WORLD WAR II AIR WAR IN EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC. THERE ARE 76 VIVID PHOTOGRAPHS AND 19 CHARTS AND GRAPHS OF THE DEVASTATIONS OF THE AIR WAR INCLUDING IMAGES OF THE AIR WAR IN EUROPE, THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND THE AIR POWER OF THE FUTURE. INCLUDED IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GERMAN AIR POWER BY DESTROYING THEIR LANDING FIELDS, THEIR AIRPLANE AND MANUFACTURING PLANTS, THEIR OIL AND GASOLINE FIELDS, THEIR AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES AND THEIR RAILROADS. THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC RECORDS THE DEVASTATION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI BY ATOMIC BOMBS THAT HASTENED JAPAN'S DECISION TO SURRENDER AND END THE WAR. A FINAL INTERESTING ASPECT IS THE GERMAN VENTURE INTO JET POWERED AIRCRAFT AND ROCKETS. AN UNCOMMON ORIGINAL BOOKLET OF WORLD WAR II.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Illustrated by b&w photographs and reproductions in two sections. Stated first (H-Y) edition. copy of W.A. Ten Eick Jr. (under jacket flap front pastedown). Black washable cloth, gilt spine label, uncut fore-edges. 8vo. pp. xii, (2), 626. Index. Very Good/In like jacket/Clipped price in clear archival cover. Trace wear to gilt label with light overall toning internally in bright No. 3168 jacket with toning and light soil to white areas. ".salty human report.and look behind the scenes of history at many levels, and in all theaters of WWII" from General in both the U.S. Army and Air Force. (No.7761 front flap blurb and No. 7762 rear flap blurb). OWBGLO118110.