JOACHIM DRESSEL AND MANFRED GRIEHL. TRANSLATED BY M. J. SHIELDS - Luftwaffe Album, The: Fighters and Bombers of the German Air Force 1933-1945

London, United Kingdom, Brockhampton Press Ltd, 1999. Omnibus Edition, Binding: Decorative Boards, Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 186019978X Hardback Combining the authors' works Bombers of the Luftwaffe and Fighters of the Luftwaffe, this omnibus edition provides impressive photographic coverage of over 35 fighter aircraft and more than 50 bombers. They are illustrated by over 500 photographs taken from rare personal and national archives. For the historian, enthusiast or modeller this unprecendented pictorial guide to German aviation in World War Two is outstanding value, a ready-made photo library. Such a range of images could not be privately purchased for any sum of money yet it is here presented for the price which would be asked for one of the photos from some commercial libraries. Furthermore, the illustrations are selected in order to show the full aircraft, in each important variant, but then in close detail also. This enables features of weaponry, cockpit, markings, engines and other design elements to be shown, including machines during construction, in prototype and in action. As an owner of this omnibus volume you already possess one of the finest photograph libraries of German military aviation from the 1939-45 conflict. Illustrated thrughout. Illustrated laminated boards.