LUFTWAFFE AIRCRAFT - PAINTINGS BY MICHAEL TURNER, COMMENTARY BY FRANK MASON. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1986 PUBLISHED BY CRESCENT BOOKS. ALL OF TURNERS' PICTURES ARE IN VIBRANT COLOR. PAGE 80 LAID IN LETTER WITH HAND WRITTEN NOTE BY, 9 VICTORY ACE(ALL 4-MOTOR) HAJO HERRMANN(KG4, KG30 & JG300). PAGE 97 LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF WOLFGANG FALCK (ZG1 & NJG1) 7 VICTORY ACE. PAGE 142 LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF HANS- EKKEHARD BOB(JG3, JG51 & JG54) 59 VICTORIES. PAGE 149 LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF WOLFGANG SPATE(JG7, JG54, JG400 & JV44) 99 VICTORIES. $290.00
Me.262 - THE STORY OF THE GERMAN AIR WEAPON THAT ALMOST CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE WAR... BY EDWARD MALONEY AND FRANK RYAN. CHALLENGE PUBLICATIONS 1st EDITION 1965. GREAT BOOK WITH GREAT PICTURES ON THE "SWALLOW". LAID IN AT THE PICTURE OF HEINZ BAER (BAR) IS A WWII POSTCARD OF HAUPTMANN BAER. $65.00
AIREVIEW'S GERMAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, EDITED BY SEKIGAWA. 2 VOLS, JAPANESE TEXT 1ST 1958 & ENGLISH TEXT 2ND 1960 IN PUBLISHERS SLIPCASE. JAP TEXT HAS FOLDOUT SCHEMATIC OF ME109 & AR234. THE JAP TEXT HAS PHOTO PLATES WHERE 10 AMERICAN ACES & 3 R.C.A.F. ACES HAVE SIGNED ON THE PAGE WITH THE TYPE AIRCRAFT THEY SHOT DOWN. Pgs.20/21 RODERICK SMITH, JAMES EDWARDS & VICTOR CABAS R.C.A.F., FRANK KLIBBE & MICHAEL GLADYCH. Pgs.22/23 ROBERT RANKIN, BOB GOEBEL, JERRY JOHNSON, GABBY GABRESKI, & WALKER MAHURIN. Pg. 28 URBAN DREW, Pg.30 CLYDE EAST, Pg.130 HERSCHEL GREEN. $225.00
LUFTWAFFE PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS, A PICTORIAL HISTORY IN ORIGINAL GERMAN POSTCARDS, BY JAMES WILSON. 1ST ED 1996. LAID IN pg.109 (AT HIS PIC) 1ST DAY ANNIVERSARY COVER SIGNED BY ADOLF GALLAND PLUS SIGNED BY SS-STURMBANNFUHRER JOSEPH SCHREIEDER OF THE SD(GERMAN SECURITY POLICE), IN ENVELOPE IS A BIO FOR GALLAND AND A WRITEUP WITH 2 PIX ON SCHREIEDER. ON pg.112 IS A LAID IN PHOTO SIGNED BY ACE HERMANN GRAF JG52 & 11 212VIC's 10 4-MOTOR. ON pg. 115 IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF HANS JOSEPH "HAJO" HERRMANN KG4, 30 & JG300 9 VIC's ALL 4-MOTOR. ON pg.116 A WAR TIME PHOTO CARD W/VDA STAMPED ON BACK, SIGNED BY HERBERT IHLEFELD JG77,52,11 & 1, 130 VIC's 7 IN SPAIN & 15 4-MOTOR $615.00
STUKA AT WAR, BY PETER C. SMITH. 1ST ED 1980. LAID IN 1ST DAY ANNIVERSARY LIMITED ED #15 OF 19 COVER, SIGNED BY (KC) STUKA PILOT, ELMAR SCHAEFER 1./St.G. 1, BIO. AND PIC IN ENVELOPE. ALSO A LAID IN SIGNED PICTURE OF SIEGFRIED FISCHER (KC) St.G. 1, TOTAL OF 713 MISSIONS INCLUDING 123 IN THE FW190. SHOT DOWN 12 TIMES, 15 AERIAL VIC's & 80 DESTROYED TANKS. BIO. AND OTHER INFO INCLUDED. $115.00
STUKA, DIVE BOMBERS-PURSUIT BOMBERS-COMBAT PILOTS, BY GEBHARD ADERS & WERNER HELD. 1ST ED 1989. LAID IN (pg.66) 1ST DAY LIMITED ED #1 OF 11 COVER SIGNED BY ERWIN-PETER DIEKWISCH St.G. 1, SG5 & KG200. 934 MISSIONS MOSTLY IN THE JU87, 12 AERIAL VIC's, 1 DESTROYER, 1 SUB., AND 2 SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK, 64 TANKS & 5 IMPORTANT BRIDGES DESTROYED. BIO & PIC IN ENVELOPE. LAID IN (pg.77) 1ST DAY LIMITED ED #23 OF 25 COVER SIGNED BY GEORG CHRISTL 7 VIC's COMMANDER OF III/ZG26 & JG10 AS TEST PILOT. BIO & PIC IN ENVELOPE. LAID IN (pg.183) 1ST DAY LIMITED ED #8 OF 13 COMMEMORATIVE COVER SIGNED BY HANS-KARL STEPP (KC W/OAK) COMMANDED ST.G. 2. 2 PIX AND BIO IN ENVELOPE. $175.00
UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE LUFTWAFFE VOL.1:1933-1940 & VOL2: 1040-1945, BY BRIAN L. DAVIS. 1ST ED 1991. VOL 1 HAS A LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY MAJOR HERBERT IHLEFELD AT HIS PIC ON pg.206, JG11, 52 & 77 130 VIC's, 7 IN SPAIN & 15 4-MOTOR. VOL 2 HAS A LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY GUNTER RALL 275 VICTORIES, AT THE PIC OF DIETRICH PELTZ BOTH OF JG52 AND GOOD FRIENDS. $295.00
STUKA PILOT, HANS ULRICH RUDEL, BY RUDEL. PAPERBACK, ABANTAM WAR BOOK. PRINTED FEB. 1979. FRONT COVER FROM PAINTING BY WILLIAM PHILLIPS FAMOUS AVIATION ARTIST. BANTAM STATES "THAT THIS EDITON CONTAINS THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL HARDCOVER EDITION, NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMMITED". LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY MAJOR KARL KENNEL ZG26, ZG2, SG152 & COMMANDING SG2. IN THIS UNIT HE PROVIDED FIGHTER COVER FOR RUDEL'S ANTI-TANK STAFFELN. KARL HAD 957 MISSIONS & ACHIEVED 34 AERIAL VICTORIES (THE COVER IS ALSO SIGNED BY "THE EMINENT YUGOSLAVINA AVIATOR, COL. GENERAL BOZA LAZAREVIC, PEOPLE'S HERO OF YUGOSLAVIA WRITEUP CARD ENCLOSED IN ENVELOPE. IN EXCELLENT CONDITON. $55.00
(2 BOOKS TOGETHER) ERNST UDET, MEIN FLIEGERLEBEN, BY ERNST UDET. PRINTED IN BERLIN 1935. GERMAN TEXT. & ACE OF THE IRON CROSS, BY ERNST UDET. (A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS GERMAN ACE OF WWI) 1ST ED 1970. THE BOOKS COME WITH A (REPO) BAND CUFF OF "JAGDGESCHWADER UDET" WITH SILVER STITCHING AND A DECAL OF JG3 UDET. $95.00
LUFTWAFFE, BY WILLIAMSON MURRAY. 1ST ED 1985. NO DJ. SIGNED LAID IN BOOKPLATE pg.131 BY WOLFGANG FALCK FATHER OF NIGHTFIGHTING. SIGNED LAID IN BOOKPLATE pg. 171 BY HAJO HERRMANN COMMANDING THE WILD BOAR DIVISION. $60.00
ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS AND BADGES OF THE THIRD REICH, BY DAVID LITTLEJOHN & COL.C.M. DODKINS. 4TH PRINTING JUNE 1973. LAID IN AT HIS PIC pg.109 & SIGNED ON A 1ST DAY ANNIVERSARY LIMITED ED 1 OF 9 COVER BY ADOLF GALLAND. ALSO SIGNED BY SS-STURMBANNFUHRER, JOSEPH SCHREIEDER OF THE SD (GERMAN SECURITY POLICE). THERE ARE 2 OTHER SIGNATURES THAT I CAN NOT MAKE OUT. $240.00
GERMAN SMALL ARMS OF WWII, BY A.J.R. CORMACK. 1ST ED 1979. NO DJ. $75.00
AIR COMBAT 1939-1945 LUFTWAFFE ISSUE. VOL.3, #5 1970-71. WRAPPERS. SIGNED LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF WOLFGANG FALCK- FATHER OF NIGHTFIGHTING ON CHAPTER TITLED " NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 2 (NJG2). $75.00
JUNKERS Ju-88 TYPE A-5 & A-4, BY HEINZ NOWARRA. 1ST REBOUND IN CLOTH 1967. EX-LIBRARY COPY. SIGNED LAID IN 1ST DAY COMMEMORATIVE COVER LIMITED ED #3 OF 7 OF Ju-88 PILOT MAJOR ERNST THOMSEN (KC). $30.00
HEAVEN NEXT STOP, IMPRESSIONS OF A GERMAN FIGHTER PILOT, BY GUNTHER BLOEMERTZ. REPRINT ED. 1968. $30.00
NIGHT WITCHES, THE UNTOLD STORY OF SOVIET WOMEN IN COMBAT, BY BRUCE MYLES. 1ST ED 1981. $15.00
FROM NORMANDY TO THE RUHR, WITH THE 116TH PANZER DIVISION IN WWII, BY HEINZ GUNTHER GUDERIAN. 1ST ED 2001. FRONT COVER SEPERATION FROM BINDING. IN UNISSUED SLIPCASE. $35.00
(2 BOOKS) ESCAPE FROM CANADA, THE UNTOLD STORY OF GERMAN POW's IN CANADA 1939-1945, BY JOHN MELANDY. 1ST ED 1981 & THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, BY KENDL BURT & JAMES LEASOR. 1ST ED 1956. THE STORY OF GERMAN ACE FRANZ von WERRA'S ESCAPE FROM CANADIAN PRISON CAMP. $45.00
(4 SMALL WRAPPER BOOKS) 1. GERMAN PHRASE BOOK, RESTRICTED TM30-606. PRINTED BY WAR DEPT. NOV. 30, 1943. 2. DIE LUFTWAFFE, ABZEICHEN UNIFORMEN AUFBAU EINFATZ, BY OBERLEUTNANT DEMBOWSKI. NO DATE (1939circa), GERMAN TEXT. (3RD BOOK) FLIEGEN LERNEN! NO DATE (1939-40circa) GERMAN TEXT. 4. RED GRIFFINS OVER RUSSIA-WWII OVER RUSSIA AS SEEN FROM THE COCKPIT OF A He-111 BOMBER, BY GEORG ZIRK. 1ST ED 1987. $95.00
(3 BOOKS) 1. THE LAST BATTLE, BY CORNELIUS RYAN. 1ST ED 1966 NO DJ. 2. THE BUNKER, BY JAMES O'DONNELL. 1ST ED 1978 NO DJ. 3. SELLING HITLER, THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE CON JOB OF THE CENTURY- THE FAKING OF THE HITLER DIARIES, BY ROBERT HARRIS. 1ST ED 1986. $30.00