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London: Herbert Jenkins, (1952). First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xiv + 314 pp. Very Good+, with bookplate and light sunning to edges; in a Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear and soiling. From dust jacket: This is the age of inter-hemispherical air strategy. Peace can be maintained -- or victory in war achieved -- only by a clear-cut superiority in long range aircraft capable of operating across oceans and destroying an enemy’s means of waging war at their source. Only such a force can deter aggression and shield the countries of the West from atomic destruction. Such is the thesis of this book. In an eye-witness report on Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Bikini the author re-evaluates the place of the atom bomb in modern warfare, and from this emerges the conclusion that despite its fearful power the A-bomb does not alter the basic principles in the air-power era. Sharply taking issue with present military policies, de Seversky deals with such vital… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950 126 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean, bright, intact.. First Edition.. Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good.

Simon and Schuster, New York: 1950., 1950 pp. xxiv, 376 + Plus numerous photographs. Top edge red. Uncut. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, spine faded. Seversky was a Russian born in 1894 and was a air hero in World War I. A protege of General Billy Mitchell in the War Department in the 1920s, he went on to found the Seversky Aircraft Corporation later Republic Aviation. He designed the P47 Thunderbolt, the world's then fastest amphibian plane. WWII 2 0.0. Hardcover.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Dust jacket has a small chip top front and minor edge wear. In Brodart cover.. Very Good/DJ Good. Octavo.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, minor shelf wear. Binding tight. Endpapers foxed, text unmarked. Av. Stax.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 1st UK Edition. Blue Cloth. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 314 pp. Foreward by Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte. Original paper wrapper, not price clipped. Photograph of atomic explosion at Bikini to rear of wrapper. Light soiling to wrapper, with a few nicks from the edges of the wrapper. Tear of 12 mm from lower edge of rear of wrapper. Some foxing to te fore edges and prelims. Several photographic plates and additional drawings illustrate the text. A very good copy of this book.

New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. (slight wear) signed by author; presentation copy; Early printing. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. (slight wear) signed by author; presentation copy; Early printing. .

London: Jenkins, 1952. First Edition. . Cloth. Good+/G. 314pp. Plates. portrait of the Author pasted to title-page; protected dustwrapper taped down Size: 8vo

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. fair to good, fair. 376, illus., appendix, index, some discoloration inside boards, DJ soiled: small tears at spine, several small pieces missing. For its time, this was a very influential book. Published only a few years after the establishment of the U.S. Air Force, the book contains a prologue on lessons learned from the Korean War.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1950. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in blue cloth with gold lettering (some fading and wear to spine.). First printing. Inscribed on the front endpaper with the words "personally with thanks."

London: Herbert Jenkins. Chipped and torn jacket. Bookplate to fep. . Very Good. Cloth. 1952.

Herbert Jenkins, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE front endpaper. Dated in the year of publication. This is a presentation copy from the author Inscribed to the Honorable J. Percy Priest. Priest was an Arizona Congressman. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 376 pages. Color fold-out. Photos. Annotated.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket xiv + 314pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Author, who flew for Russia in WWI & founded Republic Corporation, contends that the US can dominate the world through Air power

E-228: Simon and Schuster. Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950. Xxiv, 376 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Alexander de Seversky on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped with pieces missing present to the edges). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Foxing present to the edges of the text block. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. If you know about this famous aviator, his aircraft designs, and his impact on the offensive and defensive uses of military aviation for the protection of the United States, you don't need an introduction. VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER (originally published in 1942) are his opinions on how the USA could win (what turned out to become) WW2, through proper use of military aviation. After WW2, he went… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Signed presentation copy, inscribed by the author: “To W.P. Fuller III with my best wishes. Alexander de Seversky, 10/24/50.” Illustrated. Very good without dust jacket. Seversky was born a Russian in 1894 and was an air hero in World War I. A protege of General Billy Mitchell in the War Department in the 1920s, he went on to found the Seversky Aircraft Corporation later Republic Aviation. He designed the P47 Thunderbolt, the world’s then fastest amphibian plane.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 314 pages. Illustrated with 15 b/w plates, including maps and diagrams. Pages good condition. Foredges and endpapers lightly soiled. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges lightly worn. LIght fading at edges with about 1 inch of tail of spine discolored. White and blue DJ with red title. DJ has long taped vertical tear near spine edge of lower cover. Head/tail of spine and corner worn with section missing from tail of spine. Not price clipped. VG/GOOD-. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Octavo. Foreword by Richard L. Simon. With a prologue on "The Lesson of Korea" jacket design by Sol Immerman. Illustrations and folding map. Includes publisher's information card laid in loose. Dust jacket (unclipped; some tape reinforcement). Very good. 356 pages.

Signed and inscribed by Seversky: "To Governor J. Bracken Lee, with my warmest regards…1/19/51."
J. Bracken Lee (1899-1996), Governor of Utah, 1949-1957.