Hill David Lee Tex (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Autobiography and pilot narrative of an AVG pilot in World War II. Inscribed by author on ffep. 322 pages. Shelf wear to fair dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Second printing, hardcover, inscribed by Hill on the first free end page with book signing invitation laid in. The book has slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and a touch of rubbing to the covers. Overall, a Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and light rubbing to the covers. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stated second printing, fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket has just slight wear at edges and corners. Foreword by Robert L. Scott, USAF (Ret.). Includes many photographs and an index; 322 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and dated in 2005. 0. Inscribed by Author(s).…

hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition in hardcover of the late David Lee "Tex" Hill, fighter pilot - flying tiger - and Ace in World War Il and later Korea. Hill died in 2007 in San Antonio, Texas and is buried in Fort Sam Houston cemetery. No names, writing, or marks in book or on dust jacket. Dust jacket and book are in Near Fine condition with only light wear at the edges of the dust jacket. ; Standard Book Size.; 318 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Second Edition. Signed by author Hill, front free-endpaper.; 322 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed on the front endpaper by David Lee Hill "To Al. To one Pilot to another. Thanks for your interest in our history. All the best "Tex" Hill". In addition Reagan Schauup has signed at bottom of page. Foreword by Brigadier General Robert L. Scott, Jr. USAF {Ret}. Laid-in is a copy of the letter from the White House congratulating Tex on receiving the Distinguished Service Cross, two photographs on back side with Tex and friends. Sticker shadow on front pastedown. Dust jacket rubbed at the edges and folds, paper scuff on spine panel, no chips or tears, dj now in a new protective mylar sleeve. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author on ffep, no other marks or writing, second printing, not clipped (price not stated) release flyer laid in, bottom corners and spine ends bumped, glue bleed through on front and back end papers and hinge, dj has shelf wear, some wrinkling on corners and spine ends, a tear on front bottom near spine, covered in mylar. Signed by Author.…

8vo. 224 pp. Numerous photos, maps on endpapers. Bright orange cloth, black & blue lettering w/ tiger unit patch insignia in blue & black on front cover (slightly cocked, very minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. splendid Arthur Hawkins cover art (light rubbing, edgewear, slight dustsoiling, faint old scotch tape ghosting at lower corner), still a VG/VG copy signed by Flying Tiger and Army Air Corps World War II ace, "Tex" Hill on title. First edition, 1st printing, signed by "Tex" HIll, of this excellent early wartime account of the Flying Tigers under Chennault in Burma and China, who within six months flying 70 American aviators flying for China downed more than 286 Japanese planes. Captain Hill (1915-2007) had resigned his commission in the U.S. Navy in 1941 to join General Clair Chennault in Burma, and became a flight leader with the Second Pursuit Squadron of the A.V.G. and destroyed 12 Japanese aircraft in an 8 month period, and after the US Army Air Corps entered the War, he fought with the 75th Fighter Squadron, and later commanded the 23rd Fighter Group. He was the first pilot to down a Japanese Zero with a P-51 Mustang, and destroyed 18 more enemy aircraft, placing him among the top American fighter aces, and later commanded the 412th Fighter Group, as well as flying the Bell XP-59 and Lockheed P-80.…