Elliott White Springs (142 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Clayton Knight, Illus (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good/Fair to Good. Generously illustrated throughout! Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated B&W Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. dj. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near fine book and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Just slightly bumped at the bottom of the spine. Otherwise a nice bright and crisp copy with no markings. Dust jacket has only slight wear with no creasing, nicks or tears.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1926 Grosset Dunlap No issed DJ Pictoirial cover. Blue boards. Some wear on cover and spine. pen marks and craypn on splash page. A general good copy. .Shelving cpode CB23.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Light damp stain at bottom corner of front endpaper. Minor damp ripple at bottom edge of the pages. Dust jacket is faded on spine and is lightly bumped at spine tips and corners. 277 pages. Illustrated. …

Condition: New.

Condition: acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. a nice copy. some loss to green of book. otherwise a vg/vg copy.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean, no marks or notations, front hinge is shaken, dust soiled and faded hard cover. LF.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Aviation. WWIi. 1951. Pictorial paper wrappers. First Printing of this edition, which originally appeared in Liberty Magazine. Octavo. 160 pages, with b/w illustrations throughout with a including full color cover illustration by Clayton. From the rear panel "reprinted, unabridged, as it originally appeared in Liberty Magazine." A nice copy, with minor wear along the extremities.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 277 pages, with illustrations. Light wear only. Written by American fighter pilot Elliott White Springs, but largely taken from the diaries of fellow pilot John MccGavcock Grider, who was listed as missing in action in June, 1918. Clayton Knight (illustrator).…

382p. ill, slight creasing to cover, wraps, Good+.

Paperback. Reprint Edition. NN, very good , (Pin-Ups + 32 Pages of Photos), paperback.

octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 392 pp. University of South Carolina Press, Ranked among the top five American flying aces of World War I, Elliott White Springs (18961959) was credited with shooting down twelve enemy aircraft during his tour in France. In the postwar years, he was a prolific writer whose nine books include War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator, a classic air combat narrative. After his father's death in 1931, Springs inherited Springs Mills and quickly became one of South Carolina's most innovative and successful textile mill owners. Edited by David K. Vaughan, this engaging collection of Springs's wartime correspondence follows the derring-do of an accomplished World War I fighter pilot before he became one of the best-known tycoons in modern South Carolina history. Following enlistment at Princeton University, Springs was sent to England, where he trained with the Royal Flying Corps and joined the prestigious British 85 Squadron, commanded by Canadian ace William "Billy" Bishop. Springs had earned four kills before being wounded in a crash landing in June 1918. On return to duty he transferred to the 148th Aero Squadron of the U.S. Army, where he remained for the next four months. By the end of the war, Springs had amassed eight more kills and was awarded the British Distinguished Flying Cross and the American Distinguished Service Cross. Because of his unique career as a pilot in both British and American flying squadrons, Springs was able to offer especially colorful descriptions of his flight training and aerial combat experiences from both perspectives. Grouped into sections according to his training and combat assignments, Springs's letters from his combat years are rife with the wit, bravado, and fatalism of a young aviator deeply enthralled with the wartime culture of England and France. His detailed accounts of dogfights bring readers into the action with all the vigor and danger of the era. In contextualizing this correspondence, Vaughan explores Springs's complex relationships with his father and young stepmother on the home front and maps the connections between Springs's firsthand experiences and his subsequent literary endeavors. This collection highlights the thrills, tactics, and technical aspects of early air warfare from the candid perspectives of a brave young flyer with deadly aim, unflinching nerves, and a prosperous future waiting for him back in his native South Carolina. With 29 illustrations. Small black dot on bottom of text block, else a very fine, clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Texas A & M Univ Pr April 1988 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 446pp. Illustrations. Somewhat of a spine slant, else a clean, tight, VG+ copy in a good dust jacket (some edge-chipping). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. 277pp. Illustrations by Clayton Knight. Prev owner name inked to front pastedown. Stain to bottom edge of textblock. Blue cloth w yellow lettering and figure to cover and spine. Bumping to edges, head and tail. Surface scuff to tail. Binding is sound. Soiling commensurate w age and handling. Duodecimo: 195 x 135mm. n.d. Based on the war diary of John McGavock Grider who served with the author, the book was first published under the title, Diary of an Unknown Aviator, by George Doran in a private edition of 210 copies (1926), and then serially by Liberty Magazine (1926), an American weekly which added "War Birds" to the title. A later public edition by Doran was followed by UK and Australian editions, as well as this Grosset & Dunlap edition, which includes a Foreword by the author dated July 1927. Knight, Clayton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Quarto in black cloth binding with color plate mounted on front cover. Color and B&W plates. Condition: a well-worn copy with spine ends worn & rubbed; paper spine label soiled and nicked; corners lightly bumped; first free endpaper and frontispiece illustration missing; else a good copy. 72 pages.…

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Above the Bright Blue Sky: More About the War Birds. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has a sunned spine and light soiling. Book.

hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardcover with dust jacket.