Battle Over Britain; A history of the German air assaults on Great Britain, 1917-18, and July-December 1940.

St. Albans: Alban Books/McWhirter Twins Ltd, 1969. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's burgundy buckram titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 636pp. Clean, bright and strong with only the lightest wear to the cloth; internally clean and fresh, from the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator and bibliophile, bearing his bookplate to the verso of the front flyleaf; in a clean, strong dustjacket with some light wear and scuffing to the extremities. A very good, handsome copy indeed.

A dense and expansive single volume sourcebook for all aspects of German aerial aggression against Great Britain during both World Wars, culminating in the Allied victory over the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Exhaustive detail of units, planes, and actions performing during the extended air war. This copy clearly printed in the UK for the US market with an Alban Books distribution label placed over the New York distributor's imprint.