Captain Edward V Rickenbacker (56 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardcover in DJ with chips to edges, 118 pages with photo illustrations, BCE edition, no markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine condition. No jacket, as issued. Facsimile reprint. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1990. Unread copy. Very Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Classic first-hand account of aerial combat in WWI. Autobiography of America's greatest ace with 26 "victories." Medal of Honor-winner Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, 'Ace of Aces' was the most decorated pilot of World War I. Rickenbacker first burst upon the national scene as a record-setting race car driver in 1914. Also included here is the dramatic account of the crash he survived in the Pacific during WWII, when he floated 24 days in a rubber raft until rescued. Facsimile reprint of the 1919 Stokes original. This copy is complete with the publisher's Wings of War insert for Fighting the Flying Circus, written by Walter J. Boyne. Frontispiece photo of Rickenbacker. Maps. Foreword by Lawrence La Tourette Driggs. Embossed blue simulated leather cover with full-color photo of clouds on front. A volume in the Wings of War series. All edges silver. Red satin ribbon marker sewn in. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 371pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, December 1997. First (1st) Printing of the First Edition Thus. (This work was first published in 1919 by Frederick A. Stokes Company.) As New condition. No Dust Jacket, as issued. Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, very tight, straight and square, with bright gilt top-edge and no markings of any kind. The Binding is fulll brown cloth, color uniform throughout, with bright gilt logo of the publisher on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. No Dust Jacket. See photos. lxxii [Introduction], 435, i pages. 4 1/2" x 6 7/8". The Lakeside Classics Series, vol. 95, containing numerous photos, illustrations and maps. The story of the air war in World War One told by the most successful and most decorated American pilot of the war. Rickenbacker was awarded, among others, the Croix de Guerre with Palm from France (1918); Legion of Honor (Chevalier) from France (1918); Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster (eight times in1918); Congressional Medal of Honor, November 6, 1930.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Garden City, 1943; blue cloth covered boards; mild corner andback strip edge wear; good illustrated jacket with corner and edge wear 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 118 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 118 pages. Introduction by W. L. White. Corners and edges of backstrip bumped and rubbed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Lakeside Classics. Foreword by Laurence La Tourette Driggs. Edited by W. David Lewis.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gift inscription ffep Size: Thick Large Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. x, 118 pp. Blue cloth boards with blind stamped illustration of airplane on front cover. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrations (out-of-text 8 plates - b/w photos). Captain Rickenbacker's story of 21 days which he and his companions spent adrift on the Pacific. Owner's name at top of front end-page. Else a tight, crisp book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Later Edition. 118pp Illus "Rickenbacker's Full Story." Intro by W.L. White. Wear to extremities and cover soil.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the true story of Captain Rickenbacker and his seven companions' survival on rafts in the Pacific Ocean after their plane crashed during WWII. They floated for twenty one days without food or fresh water with only one death. Seven surviving soldiers finally were rescued when spotted from the air by one of our planes. This dramatic story contains 118 pages with b/w photos inset in the middle. The condition is fine. The pages are clean and free of all marks, tears and folds. The bright blue cloth cover is clean with the title and author stamped in gold on the spine. There is a small plane indented on front cover. The corners are sharp and the binding is tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday, Doran and Company. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good. There is no dust jacket. Former owner's signature on FFEP. Great reading copy! FIRST EDITION. (CK).

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Fighting The Flying Circus. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very Good Hardcover with Dustjacket some wear to cover, previous owner's bookplate.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Aviation pioneer Rickenbacker's full story including his message to America. Fine in a near fine jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Fighting The Flying Circus. Book.

Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 117 pps.

Hard cover. 8vo. 118pp. Clean unmarked text. Fine boards and binding. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Includes original promotional pamphlet. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the Book Club Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Front and back hinges well connected. DJ minor chipping, creasing, and shelf wear. Remnants of stamp on first leaf. The rest of the Interior Text Body has no inscription in fine condition.