Alert West (32 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. UK hardback reprint, 2003 Wrens Park Publishing. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Illustrated.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Printing. A good paperback. 1rst pocket edition 1958. Slit spine sland and wear along the spine. Hinge might have been reglued.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 159 pages, fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 303.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Published in GB. 202 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Red water staining to rear panel. Wear marks overall.

Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. Glossy pictorial paperback. First softcover edition. Book is in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners Historic photos included. 8vo. 159 pp. Including index.

Condition: Good. 1955. First English edition. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 24 cm. 159 pages Near fine book in near fine dust jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The author was a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe late in the war, rising rapidly to command a wing against the overwhelming USAAF and RAF that attacked the German forces and territory, these are his memoirs. Includes 9*b/w photographs. 201pp. Rubbing to extremities of DJ. Tape stains to free endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint (first published in 1955). Hardback copy in burgundy cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 159pp. B/w photographic frontispiece, b/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (9/7).

Hardcover. Condition: Good Hardback. No Jacket. First Published. Memoirs of a Luftwafre fighter pilot.

Condition: As New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of the first edition with similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. very nice copy; scarcer Kimber memoir of a German pilot in WWII;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st English edition. 1st English edition. 22cm. VG h/c, no DJ, dealer label inside front cover, slight foxing on title page. 202 pages, 9 b/w photos. A Luftwaffe fighter pilot describes the futile efforts of that force to counter the Allied military machine after D-Day to the defeat of Germany. A gripping account.

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

Cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: With Jacket. First Edition. Very Good some light spotting in a very good protected jacket with light handling wear PP 202, frontis and illustrations Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Photos (illustrator). 1st Thus. This early book containing the reminiscences of a German fighter pilot in the last year of WWII was initially printed in German, with this first English edition of 1955 translated by Mervyn Savill. At the time of the D-Day landings Heilman had been flying with the Luftfwaffw for three years --- a real survivor. Here he tells of the last year of the Luftwaffe --- defensive battles over France and into Germany, the desperate and unsuccessful all-out attack on Allied airfields on New Year's Day 1945. From there on it was all downhill for Heilmann's unit, the famed "Greenhearts." Flying in FW !90s to the end, the author paints a graphic picture of the demise of a once much-feared air force. First edition of 1955, 202 pages followed by six pages promos for publisher's other war titles, 10 b/w photos plus frontis author portrait. Red hard covers VG with few tiny spots to front, spine with gilt titles lightly sunned, internally VG+, no inscriptions. A scarce book.

8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With 6pp publisher's catalogue at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.183.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Along with Adolf Galland's account of German fighter operations in WWII, Willi Heilmann's own record, originally publishcd in 1955, has become a classic. ALERT IN THE WEST covers the author's personal involvement and action as a pilot with JG54 'Grunherz' from early 1944 until the end of the war. He joined III Gruppe, which was based in France while the Geschwader's other Gruppen were on the Eastern Front, and experienced the increased air activity from the Allies in their build-up to the Invasion. - Heilmann's Gruppe, in common with other Luftwaffe units were gradually pushed back by the Allied forces and regrouped to form the backbone of the hastily assembled Defence of the Reich. - Heilmann's account of those hard fought days flying his Fw 190 on innumerable daily missions ranks with the other 'classic' aviation histories of thc Second World War. 159 p. very good condition, with remains of a small sticker on the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The dust jacket is very edgeworn, chipped and creased but has been covered for extra protection. There is foxing and tanning throughout and damp spotting to the sides of the text block. DJ is clipped. Endpaper has a pen inscription.

First Edition. First Edition. octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (208)pp. William Kimber, Translated to English by Mervyn Savill. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Frontispiece of Heilmann. Action-packed memoir of an eventual fighter wing commander. Sydney bookseller stamp inside front cover. A nice, clean copy with some minor foxing on the half title, title page, dedication page and in the text block. octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. MILITARY GENERAL World War II Luftwaffe -The insideÂstoryÂof the chaos which existed in theÂGerman Luftwaffe in the closing stages of the war describes in detailed and dramatic fashion his experiences.Book detailing the experiences of a Luftwaffe fighter pilot named Willi Heilmann, who served on the Western Front during World War II, primarily focusing on his harrowing dogfights against Allied forces in the skies over France and Germany during the later stages of the war, particularly from the D-Day landings until the war's end;Âproviding a first-hand account of the desperate struggle of German pilots facing overwhelming odds against superior Allied air power.Â"This is a much underrated, yet fundamentally excellent account of one pilots war, flying FW-190s for the Luftwaffe in the closing stages of WW2.This is a superbly written (although very clunkily translated and quite poorly edited) account of a senior pilot in the elite JG54 fighter squadron, fighting against overwhelming odds from D-Day to the last battles of WW2. Willi Heilmann had an interesting career, fighting as an infantry officer from the outset before transferring to the Luftwaffe. It is a minor disappointment that this no doubt interesting facet of his career is left almost untouched, but perhaps it is for the better as the book concentrates in some detail (with considerable success) on the relentless, overwhelming and ultimately futile battle against the odds.Heilman was a very successful fighter pilot and a wily character who survives against the odds during a period of high losses after D-Day (by the end of the book only him and one other have survived from the 80 replacements who started previously). He seems to spend half of the book either in a parachute or a badly damaged FW190 and seems to have been incredibly lucky to have survived the war almost unscathed, unlike the majority of his compatriots. His accounts of aerial combat are excellent and some of the best I have read, if you have any interest in aerial warfare this is a must read and definitely one of the best accounts, particularly of the German side.This is a book about the reality of the German side of the war: young men killing and dying for an ultimately futile cause. Despite Heilmann fighting for the Nazis you will fail to be unmoved by the last chapter of the book and it says everything about what these men must have thought as the Germany they had loved and died for collapsed around them."pp. 202, illusts First Edition #160225 (Name on prelims.)  Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Very Good +. Edgewear to jacket.

1st edition dust jacket As New lge. octavo 159pp., frontis., b/w plates, Story of an FW 190 Pilot in the last year of the War. First published in 1955.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60070212: 1957. In-Folio. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 107 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins et de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleur. Grand In-4°. Petits manques sur le premier plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.