Introduction by Manfred Jager (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Quarto; hardcover, full cloth with upper board decoration and decorative endpapers; 296pp., with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise. Minor wear; slightly rolled. Dustwrapper. Near fine. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. This book's packed weight is over 1kg so extra charges for overseas postage will apply. Books listed on Abebooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, quarto, 296pp, b&w photos. Light wear on edges, free corners of boards lightly bumped; a very good copy. During WWII, Hartmann brought down 352 enemy aircraft to win the Diamonds to his Knight's Cross and become the premier fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare. After the war, the US Army turned him over to the Russians where he was condemned as a war criminal and spent the next ten years in Soviet jails. This is an illustrated account of his life and military career: captioned photos chronicling the various phases of his life, accompanied by Jager's introduction.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Dust jacket spine just a bit sunned. ; llus. , jacket now in a clear protector. Book previously belonged to (or possibly presented by) Oscar Boesch, WWII German Ace (18 victories). On the half-title page toward upper right of page is his small ink stamp with "Wings of Man" below his name and above his address. Phone number written in ink just below the stamp. Then just below the stamp/phone number is one of Oscar Boesch's business cards taped to the page (taped at both ends). Card reads "Wings of Man. Fascination of Silent Flight, Performed by Oscar Boesch" with his phone numbers and address below. On page 31 at bottom, just below a large photo of Hartmann, is a 5" x 3 1/2" color photograph taped to the page (but only along the left edge). Photo is of Hartmann and Boesch, both in sport coat and tie, probably taken in the 1970's or possibly 1980's. Both have signed the photo with black felt-tip just above their likenesses. Very nice signatures, photo is easily removeable; 296 pages; Signed by Notable Personage, Related.…