Victory Through Air Power By Major Alexander P. De Seversky, Signed and Inscribed, in Original Dust Jacket, 1942

Seversky, Alexander. Victory Through Air Power. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. Signed and inscribed. In the publisher’s original unclipped dust jacket and boards. Presented in a new, archival slipcase.  This first edition of Victory Through Air Power is signed and inscribed by Major Alexander de Seversky. Pasted on the first free endpaper is a cream card, signed and inscribed, “With best wishes, Alexander de Seversky.” Victory Through Air Power was published in New York by Simon and Schuster in 1942. This book retains the original publisher’s blue and gray dust jacket and blue hardcover boards. It is presented in a new, archival cloth slipcase.  Major de Seversky was a pilot during WWI, who also designed fighter planes as well as bombsights. He quickly became convinced that air power is one of the strongest forces in modern warfare. While WWII was underway, he used this book to urge the U.S. to take the offensive against the Axis Powers through the use of planes. He