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Published by Essential Books, New York, 1944
Seller: The Book Cellar, Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Shelfwear, rubbing, discoloration on back board, light internal tanning, inside back hingepaper spilt with webbing visible, but hinge is intact, preface, acknowledgments, plentiful black and white photos.
Published by Essential Books, 1944
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket.
Published by Essential Books, New York, 1944
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Blue cloth lettered in silver. Heavily illustrated. Ownership signature, cloth at the bottom of the spine is chipped, spotting on the rear board, a good reading copy without dustwrapper.
Published by Essential Books 1944 (first edition), 1944
Seller: Jenny Hurst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
HB/noDWblack boards slightly rubbed, contents bright and clean. A pictorial history of aerial combat.256pp illustrated throughout with black-white photographs.
Published by Essential Books, New York, 1944
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 256 pages. Illustrations. Cover has wear, soiling and staining. Interior is in good to very good condition. This book brings the story of the great weapons which is making victory in the Second World War possible--the modern military airplane. The great mass bombing raids are simply a climax to the story which had its beginning on the sands of Kitty Hawk in 1903. Fighting Wings tells the story of the birth and development of a new type of warfare. The scientists at work in their laboratories have give us every conceivable kind of arms and armor, but in no field of research have they accomplished so much as in the field of aviation. They have answered new problems in aerial strategy with new plane types, armament and equipment. Bombers have become progressively larger and more powerful and capable of carrying heavier and heavier bomb loads. Fights have increased their speed and been equipped with tremendous firepower. Efficient night fighters, liaison planes, dive and torpedo bombers and long-range patrol bombers, paratroop transports and gliders have all played important roles in battle. Pressurized cabins, oxygen equipment, improved airfoils, and engines with tremendous horsepower have been developed and deployed. The Norden Bombsight, the gyro pilot, radio location finders and many other devices are products of science at war. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.