Wings of the Tiger: A Novel

New York: Frederick Fell, Inc, 1966. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red cloth, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,285,[5]pp. Some beginning oxidation to the gilt, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.95), lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears, and some very faint foxing on verso; Near Fine.

While not "The First Novel of Vietnam" (as the front panel copy purports), Wings of the Tiger is an early Vietnam War novel, centered around the role of the United States Air Force throughout the conflict. The author served in the Air Corps during World War II. 87114.