Fighting the Flying Circus
by Rickenbacker, Edward V
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick Stokes, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Experiences of the famous air commander in the first world war. Bound in dark blue cloth boards with orange stamped titles & decoration. SIGNED by author on verso of half-title page: "In appreciation of your confidence Captain E. V. Rickenbacker". Frontis portrait of Rickenbacker with tissue guard which has 3/4" tear at top corner. 371 pages, index. Illustration of direction changes. Small foxing spot at bottom of two pages. Couple of creases on spine of book. No jacket, but enclosed in a fine blue and red custom slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16525
- Title
- Fighting the Flying Circus
- Author
- Rickenbacker, Edward V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- world war one, wwI, military, aviation, noisbn
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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