Vintage sixth-printing Ballantine Books paperback edition of The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938–1945 by Adolf Galland, translated by Mervyn Savill. This illustrated account of the Luftwaffe and Germany’s World War II air campaign contains numerous handwritten signatures and inscriptions on the interior covers, title page, and introductory pages, including a Galland signature. The book shows age-related toning, cover and spine wear, edge rubbing, creasing, and handwritten ownership markings. Approx. dimensions (in): 7.25 x 4.25 x 0.75.

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