First English edition, first printing. Publisher's original light brown cloth with titles in black to the upper board and spine, in the Howard Leigh illustrated dustwrapper. With a black and white portrait frontispiece of German World War I flying ace Lieutenant Rudolf von Eschwege, 20 tipped-in black and white photographic plates, and 36 small black and white illustrations throughout. Fold-out map to the rear. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with spotting to the closed text block and prelims, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. The folding map is without loss or tears. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper, that has a chip at the base of the spine, a few closed tears (secured with tape to the underside) andis somewhat dust-marked to the rear panel and flap edges. Not price-clipped (7/6 net to the lower front flap).
The third and final volume of retired Captain Haupt Heydemarck's World War I flying memoirs, following 'Double-Decker C666' and 'Flying Section 17'.
Stock code: 30066
£135