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Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon. Fighting the flying circus,. Frederick A Stokes Company, 1919.
Price: US$15.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Glossy blue boards with silver spine titles; illustration pasted on front; minimal wear; all edges silver; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. top corners of pages wavy with rear pages showing tide marks, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked; ribbon marker bound in; 371 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Authors stories of his air battles in France . 8vo. Pp, viii, [4] , 371, [1] . Original Board Covers which are worn ,drawing of plane on front and title , rear has drawing of American Hat. spine is faded also with title . Frontispiece has photograph of author in uniform, also his signature . Eddie Rickenbacker was the idol of the automobile racing world when America entered the war, but what he wanted was to fly. A great book, with tales of a hero who joined a Squadron of fighting pilots!
Seller: Highstreet Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in orange on front cover and spine. (xii); 371pp. Frederick A. Stokes Company, Foreword and maps by Laurence La Tourette Driggs. The stories of American ace Rickenbacker's day to day battles with German airmen and his intimate thoughts and feelings of those battles. Clean copy, light shelfwear to head and foot of spine with weat to one corner of lower spine. octavo, blue cloth stamped in orange on front cover and spine
Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.
Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker. Fighting the Flying Circus. Frederick A. Stokes Company,, 1919.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: *Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers.Yellowing to pages. Foxing to exterior edge of pages. - Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing.
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: 371pp, small octavo, pastedown images to cover boards. owner name, cover wear, page edges mildly soiled, mild wear and scuffing to pictorial covers, tight binding, clean throughout, Good +
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
RICKENBACKER (Capt. Edward V.). Fighting the Flying Circus.. 1919, 1919.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: 1st Ed., Reprint, xii+371pp., portrait frontis., 2 maps, diagram. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Memoirs of high scoring commanding officer of 94th Pursuit Sqdrn., US Air Service, in France 1918. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to sp. with dec. paper onlays to front & rear boards, VG. See illustration on our website.
Seller: Turner Donovan Military Bks, Brighton, SXE, United Kingdom
RICKENBACKER (Capt. Edward V.). Fighting the Flying Circus.. 1919, 1919.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: 1st Ed., xii+371pp., portrait frontis., 2 maps, diagram. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Memoirs of high scoring commanding officer of 94th Pursuit Sqdrn., US Air Service, in France 1918. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to sp. with dec. paper onlays to front & rear boards, VG. See illustration on our website.
Seller: Turner Donovan Military Bks, Brighton, SXE, United Kingdom
Rickenbacker, Edward V.. Fighting the Flying Circus. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1919.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Description: 370, maps, tables, index, blue & red crayon scribbling & underlining on several pgs, binding shaken, both flyleaves torn out. Address sticker and ink notation inside front flyleaf, boards quite worn, stained, and scuffed, spine missing, small stains to fore-edge, some foxing and small stains to text. Eddie Rickenbacker's stories of his air battles in France.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Rickenbacker, Edward V.. Fighting the Flying Circus. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1919.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. First or early edition with a non-personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper, along with Nov. 10, 1923, Detroit. Externally worn copy in dark blue cloth printed in orange, frontis portrait of the author with facsimile signature below, 371 pages, no dustjacket. Covers rubbed with additional wear to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to frontis portrait, pages clean. Inscribed by The Author. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Rickenbacker, Capt. Edward V.. FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS.. Frederick Stokes Co: NY, 1919.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Description: Frontis photo portrait, 7.5 x 5, blue cloth, 371 pp with index, covers quite rubbed, extremities fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, prelims spotted pp toned. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CAPTAIN RICKENBACKER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Description: Illustr, 7 x 5.25, cloth with pict labels front and back, 371 pp. Disbound, covers worn, rubbed, scratched, front pict is stained top and bottom and missing lower corner, rear is missing a couple of corners, corners bumped and worn, spine tips bumped, spine has a few small holes and a tear near upper front gutter, lacking free front endpaper (& blank page?), soiling & spotting (mainly near front & rear), minor staining, a few small tears, text block cracked, loose signatures, FIRST ED, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED IN 1929 BY RICKENBACKER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth, spine panel lettered in orange, color front and back cover pastedown illus. Text block edges typically somewhat tanned, with minor loss along top edge/corner of cover pastedown, otherwise only slight wear. Color illus. dust jacket shows area of loss along top front edge, minor loss to corners, several closed tears and rubbed joints/folds, now in mylar. xii,371 pp., illus. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Rickenbacker, Edward V.. Fighting the Flying Circus. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy with some rubbing on the cover; the jacket has several chips and tears but looks much better in it's clear protective wrapper.
Seller: Braintree Book Rack, Cohasset, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 371 PP. First edition in original blue cloth with orange title work to cover and spine. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Rickenbacker on half title verso. First book from Rickenbacker, the leading ACE Pilot of WWI and Medal of Honor winner. Rickenbacker went on to be an owner and longtime head of Eastern Airlines. DJ chipped and worn at edges and folds, with large chips at spine. Circular (glass) stain to front cover.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Rickenbacker, Edward V.. Fighting the Flying Circus. Frederick Stokes, 1919.
Price: US$348.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: very nice copy of the first edition in very nice dust jacket
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.