New Guinea Skies-92 Tapa dura - 1991

Ames, IA, USA: Iowa State University Press, 1993. 1st Edition 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, second printing. 262pp. Quarter bound in green cloth over blue cloth-covered boards, white titles on spine. Pages just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has three closed tears top of front (two internally sellotape-repaired, has marked cover) shelf wear, light chipping to edges. 8vo. Personal story of a World War Two fighter pilot stationed in the South Pacific which captures basic human experiences and feelings that are as relevant today as they were in the 1940's.

Iowa: Iowa State University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0813808367 . With photographic illustrations, Previous owners inscription onf ront endpaper, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. New Guinea Skies is the personal story of a World War II fighter pilot stationed in the South Pacific. Built around the framework of the author's 1943-44 war diary, this book chronicles his life from boyhood on an Indiana farm through pilot training and into wartime action as a member of the Thirty-ninth Fighter Squadron - the first squadron equipped with the P-38 Lightning aircraft that could challenge Japan's Zero for air supremacy. The Thirty-ninth became the first squadron to shoot down a hundred Japanese planes, and Lieutenant Rothgeb's account is filled with harrowing clashes, including a fiery crash and a raid on Rabaul. New Guinea itself posed a challenge to pilots as well, with its menacing jungles, fetid swamps, and… Leer más

Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. Blue & green cloth binding lightly rubbed; cloth lightly stained; former owner's sticker, newspaper clipping about author, and inked information on front endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed; small closed tears on rear panel; jacket now protected in clear mylar cover. ; Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages; Signed by Author .

Ames: Iowa State Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813808367 . DJ is chipped and torn in multiple places. Inscribed by author on ffep: "...You were in England -- Here is what was happening on the other side of the world --" ; B&W Photographs; Height: 9.75 Inches, Length: 6.5 Inches, Weight: 1.34922904344 Pounds, Widt; 261 pages; Signed by Author .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.