Luukkanen Eino (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Unread.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback--excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover blue faux boards with silver lettering on the spine and cover with inset color pictorial cover, silver edges, illustrated endpapers and red ribbon marker. Includes b/w illustrations, 254 pages with laid in notes from the publisher and a blank bookplate. No DJ as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket, as issued. Good binding and cover. Spotting to edges.

HARDCOVER. Reprint. 254pp, octavo. tight binding, small stickers to ffep, clean throughout, Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Silver titles/color paste-on, on embossed steel blue glossy cloth. Text block richly silver-edged. Bound-in satin ribbon bookmark. A volume in the Time-Life Wings of War series. Reprint of the 1963 MacDonald & Co. edition. Size: Octavo.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 254p. Contents unmarked on bright pages with some b/w photos. Blue cloth boards are pointed with a 1.5" inch bug eaten hole on surface, as pictured. Firmly bound with secure hinges. Jacket is unclipped and glossy with some closed tears on spine ends. Previous owner's name embossment on front endpage and title page. Top of board edges are lightly bud-eaten.

HARDCOVER. 1st UK edition. 254pp, octavo. missing 1" section from top rear dj, tape repair to spine ends. minor bumping to fore-edge corners, some foxing top page edges, solid binding, foxing to endpapers, text clean throughout, Very Good- light chipping to corners, missing 1" section from top rear dj, tape repair to spine ends, no major tears, covers clean, Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine unmarked copy of this unique title, with a near fine bright price clipped dust jacket.

First Edition. 1st UK edition, 1963, translated from Finnish. Blue cloth with gilt; B&W illustrations. Ex RAF library - stamps on pastedowns. A little light foxing; spine faded, browned & spotted, with worn gilt; some fading on boards Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback (no dust jacket).

Gebunden mit Umschlag. Condition: Befriedigend. Umschlag mit Randläsuren und größeren Fehlstellen, Schnitt etwas stockfleckig A5010 Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. Photos, Map, Aircraft Three-Views (illustrator). 1st Thus. Books on the air war between Russia and Finland, which began in late 1939, were sparse in the early years followjng WWII and this first English translation of the Finnish original provided a valuable insight into that David and Goliath contest. This was a war with many unique features, notably how a tiny nation initially held at bay the might of a vastly superior neighbour. Also, it was little publicised owing the the wider influence of the wars in rhe Euripean and Pacific theatres. It was also signifcant that the Finnish air arm was equipped with a selection of mostly obslete aircraft from a number of countries, but was able to compete on equal terms with the Soviet air force. However, Finland was forced to surrender (March 1940) to the superior power. Luukkanen's biographical account also covers the second outbreak of war with Russia, in June 1941. The German attack on Russia occurred a week later and Finland did not then face Russia alone. The Luftwaffe began to operate from Finnish air fields and supplies of German aircraft enabled the replacement of the Finn's mixed fighter fleet with late-model German fighters. Although small in numbers the Finnish pilots were experts in their field, with the author beaing one of the leading aces, credited with 54 enemy aircraft destroyed in his two "Winter Wars." His "Fighter over Finland," although an early account on that topic, can still be regarded as a "classic" for that largely overlooked conflict. Features of it worthy of comment are an excellent selection of more than 60 b/w photos, including frontis showing the author, one map, also its two appendices, the author's victories list and the principal aircraft types operated over Finland with each type description accompanied by a a three-view line drawings. The book's English translation was by Manuo A Salo. being first published by Macdonald in 1963, 254 pages, blue hard covers with gilt spine titles are VG with hint wear spine extremities, faint fade band top edge both boards, internally excellent, no inscriptions. Graphic colour DJ is VG-, unclipped with few short edge tears and small section missing rear panel adjecent spine.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Wood, John W. (illustrator). First Edition. 110 pages. Features: Nice photo ad for the de Havilland Sea Vixen; Photo ad for the Fairey Fireflash - the first British guided weapon; The Short S.C.I. - article and full-page colour photo of this unusual craft; Nice photo ad for the Beverley, made by Blackburn and General Aircraft; Ouragan - article and colour illustrations of this French jet fighter; Farnborough Preview; The P.1 - article with photos; Shot from a Flying Wing (AW 52) - article and photo of "Jo" Lancaster; I Tested Focke-Wulfs; Thwarted Fighters - the delayed success of James Marton; Crash Landing in France (part 2); The Hawker Hunter F.6 - British Jet Fighter; The Missile Age - a special directory of rockets and missiles; Air Intelligence; Russia's Flying Wagon - The YAK-24 - article with photos; Test Flight to Freedom!; I Got My Sausage!; The Luftwaffe's Workhorse - the Ju 52/3m; Captain Ray Salute to the Spitfire; Ad for the Reliant three-wheeled car; Milland Flies Again; Colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features helicopter at sea; and more. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Pages age-toned. A worthy reference copy.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 1st ed. 254p. Photos. Line drawings. He claimed 54 kills. Blue cloth. Spine slightly sunned. Near Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. Eino Antero Luukkanen se stal tretim nejuspesnejsim finskym stihacem za 2. svetove valky. Toto jsou jeho vzpominky od zacatku u letectva a jeho prvniho sola, pres sluzbu u namorni peruti az po posledni sestrel, ktereho dosahl v lete roku 1944. Celkem dosahl 58 vitezstvi, dalsi 2 mu byly uznany Rusy po valce, dale sestrelil 2 balony a velke mnozstvi nepratelskych letadel poskodil. Jiz ve druhe kapitole se dostava k popisu bojovych operaci na fronte, ale v knize naleznete tez vypraveni o boji s pocasim, letani pri teplote -40o C apod. Kniha obsahuje 60 cernobilych fotografii letadel finskych i stroju protivnika, barevne kresby letounu, na nichz Luukkanen letal, a dve mapy oblasti boju. Dale kniha obsahuje tabulku Luukkanenovych sestrelu (vcetne identifikace mnoha protivniku), srovnavaci tabulku finskych hodnosti, prehled nejuspesnejsich finskych stihacu atd. Diky tomu vsemu by se mohla stat ctivym pruvodcem historii finskeho stihaciho letectva v letech 1939 az 1945.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in boards. Silvered text block edges. ; Wings of War.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. 254p. Photos. Line drawings. Finnish ace: He claimed 54 kills. Owner's emboss. Fine/Very Good+.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 254pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., map, appends., Author fought with the Finnish Air Force in WWII and claimed 54 kills. Fine appendices of aircraft types and characteristics. Scarce.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 254pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., map, appends., Author fought with the Finnish Air Force in WWII and claimed 54 kills. Fine appendices of aircraft types and characteristics. Nice copy in like dust jacket with tiny chips & small repair. Scarce.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 254pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., map, appends., Author fought with the Finnish Air Force in WWII and claimed 54 kills. Fine appendices of aircraft types and characteristics. Scarce.

1st edition dust jacket Very Nice Copy octavo 254pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., map, appends., Author fought with the Finnish Air Force in WWII and claimed 54 kills. Fine appendices of aircraft types and characteristics. Scarce.