{"product_id":"goering-air-leader-asher-lee-1st-edition-signed","title":"Goering Air Leader, Asher Lee — 1st Edition, Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Gerald Duckworth \u0026amp; Company Limited, 1972\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 256, plus photographic plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. The volume presents exceptionally well, bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with bright, unoxidised gilt lettering to the spine. The binding remains tight and square, with no discernible leaning and negligible shelf-wear to the extremities. Internally, the text block is notably clean, free from foxing or spotting, and the pages retain a crisp brightness. The accompanying dust jacket is similarly well-preserved, exhibiting only trivial edge-wear and faint rubbing to the top margin, but remaining vibrant and free from any major loss or tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a true first UK edition, complete with the original dust jacket and black-and-white photographic plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Hermann Goering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eNotably, this copy holds significant provenance, bearing a genuine, dated signature by the author (\"Asher Lee, '75.\") cleanly inscribed on the title page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eSigned copies of the Duckworth first edition are scarce on the open market, distinguishing this from the more common unsigned or American (Hippocrene) variants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eAsher Lee, a recognised authority on air forces and intelligence, provides a comprehensive technical and biographical assessment of Hermann Goering's leadership of the Luftwaffe. Tracing Goering's trajectory from his early days as a First World War fighter ace to his orchestration of the German air war in the Second World War, the narrative critically evaluates his strategic decisions, administrative successes, and ultimate failures leading up to the Nuremberg trials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55854758527315,"sku":"7015","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261110_113411.jpg?v=1794484085","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/goering-air-leader-asher-lee-1st-edition-signed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}