The Years of the Sky Kings

N.Y.: Doubleday, Garden City, 1959. [1st ed.]. Octavo in grey coth boards with pictorial stamping; black pictorial DJ with yellow and orange text; 336 pages illustrations; 22 cm Near fine copy in very good (+) DJ with slight edgewear; now in archival mylar. Hardcover.

Chronicle of aerial warfare from 1914 to 1918 by a former air gunner and pilot of the R.F.C. with much space devoted to the air duels and victory scores of the acesContents: How air fighting began (1914). The machine gun takes wings (1915). The zeppelin killers (1915). The year of indecision (1916). The year of the sky gods (1917). The year of tactical aviation (1918). America's great contribution (1918) List of U. S. [i.e., United States] aces (World War I). List of Allied and enemy aces (World War I). Conclusion. Glossary.