WITH POSTCARD SIGNED BY ACE JOE FOSS—THE HIGHEST-RANKING MARINE CORPS ACE OF WORLD WAR II

FOSS, Joe and BRENNAN, Matthew. Top Guns. America's Fighter Aces Tell Their Stories. New York: Pocket Books, (1991). Octavo, original half cloth, original dust jacket. $450.

First edition of this collection of firsthand accounts from U.S. aces from World War I through Vietnam, with a postcard-sized color illustration of author Joe Foss's Grumman F4F Wildcat tipped to the half title and signed by Foss, the highest-ranking Marine Corps World War II ace.

Joe Foss was the executive officer of the Cactus Air Force flying out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal; on combat missions, he led a flight of eight Grumman F4F Wildcats that became known as Foss's Flying Circus. With 26 victories he is the highest ranking Marine Corps ace of World War II. Top Guns includes tales from 19 aces who flew and fought in World War II, six from the Korean War, and one each from Vietnam and World War I.

Fine condition.