Crescent, New York, 1978, 1^st pr.  ISBN 0-517-22477-1.  Hard cover, 248 pages including Appendix, Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations, Index, and Picture Credits.  Red paper over boards with gilt lettering on spine; lower edges show shelf wear with bits of board exposed at corners and spine; binding sound.  No jacket.  Interior clean and unmarked; profusely illustrated with black & white and colour diagrams, photos, cutaway illustrations, maps.  ‘Unlike other air forces, which ostensibly existed for defence, the true pupose (sic) of the Luftwaffe was to attack. …  this book is not just an account of Hitler’s Luftwaffe in World War II.  It traces the genesis, formation and growth of the Luftwaffe in pre-war years, and the Technical Section includes descriptions of not only all the aircraft that served with the embryonic Luftwaffe before 1939 but also all the military aircraft that failed to make the grade.’ (from Introduction)