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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.
Rickenbacker, Edward V.. Fighting the Flying Circus. Frederick Stokes, New York, 1919.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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. Not available for international shipping.
Seller: Old Algonquin Books, Arvada, CO, 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.