Lemay Curtis Gen (2 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). 4th Prtg. Very clean and tight with minimal wear; dj is bright and clean. Size: 4to - 9 3/4" - 12" Tall. Photos (illustrator). Hardcover.

First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on title page: "to Ed Jablonski / Curtis Le May," further inscribed beneath signature, "To my favorite author & friend / best regards, Chuck Morrell." Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xiv,581pp; 16 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Slight rubbing to board edges; dust-soil to text block edges; still a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, price-clipped, slightly rubbed and a shade darkened on spine panel; Very Good. A distinguished copy of LeMay's memoir of service in the U.S. Air Force, beginning as a pursuit pilot in the Thirties, through his command over the devastating carpet-bombing campaigns of Japan.in the final year of WW2, to his appointment as Air Force Chief of Staff in 1961. Inscribed to the prominent American biographer and military aviation historian Ed Jablonski, apparently through the agency of Hollywood personality Chuck Morrell (1937-2005), who appeared in numerous bit parts through the Sixties and Seventies. Jablonski (1922-2004), himself an ex-fighter pilot, was the author of numerous books on WW2 aviation including Flyiing Fortress (1968), Airwar (1971) and Double Strike (1974). Signed.…