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PAUL TIBBETS. Return Of The Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing August 1998, 1998.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Pilot Paul Tibbets. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Dust jacket has minor surface and edgewear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return Of The Enola Gay. Mid Coast, 1998.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardcover first edition published by Mid Coast with dust jacket in archival protective wrappers. Book appears unused. SIGNED by Tibbets. Professional packaging and prompt shipping.
Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing, Columbus, OH., 1998.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: viii + 339 pp., b/w frontis photo, b/w photos, index. Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay that dropped the first atom bomb.Flat signed by Paul Tibbets. Black cloth bound hard cover book in fine cond., d/w in near fine cond. Tibbets was highly decorated including the DSC, DFC, Air Medal w/3 oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart, etc.
Seller: Ross & Haines Old Book Co., Hudson, WI, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing, Columbus, 1998.
Price: US$78.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Tibbets; very nice copy
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1998.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Signed and dated by the author below photo of the crew on page before title page : "Paul Tibbets 4-13-02" with blue felt pen. A Paul Tibbets Book. Mid Coast business card with "Enola Gay" on front laid-in. 8vo. Black cloth stamped in silver on spine. 44 chapters plus index. Many B&W vintage photos. Dust jacket. Like new/ Like new condition.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return Of The Enola Gay. Mid Coast, USA, 1998.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: PUBLISHER: Mid Coast - Enola Gay Remembered Inc. DATE/EDITION: 1998, revised edition, first edition thus. BINDING: Hardbound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine, 339 pages. DUST JACKET: Near fine condition, very clean and bright with no rips or chips. BOOK CONDITION: Near fine, sharp corners and very bright lettering on very clean covers. The binding is tight and the interior is very clean and unmarked. DESCRIPTION: Signed by Paul Tibbets below the frontispiece photo and dated 3-14-04.
Seller: RT Books, Wexford, PA, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. RETURN OF THE ENOLA GAY. Mid Coast Marketing, Columbus, 1998.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This work details the preparation, training, and testing involved with the first atomic bomb and its target, Hiroshima, in August of 1945. Tibbets was in command of the operation and responsible for carrying it out. This is his story. Included are photographs and an index. This copy is clean, solid, and is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing Ohio, 1998.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover SIGNED (and dated 12-7-02) by author/pilot Paul Tibbets, his autobiography; fine in fine dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; clean and bright, appears unread; Tibbets, who passed away in 2007, became the first pilot in history to drop an atomic bomb when he released one over Hiroshima
Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return Of The Enola Gay. Mid Coast, Columbus, OH, 1998.
Price: US$149.95 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: SIGNED -- First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. Signed and dated by Paul Tibbets on photo page prior to title page. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing signed copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful rare collectible copy. Unread. Pristine. GIFT QUALITY
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return Of The Enola Gay. Mid Coast, 1998.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition of this account of the dropping of the first atomic bomb by the pilot of th Enola Gay. Signed by the author on a photographic end page before the title page; inscribed to neighbors on the ffep. Fine in fine DJ. Includes materials from a 2002 book event, including photos of the author. Also includes obituaries of Tibbets from two Florida newspapers.
Seller: Anima Books, Fort Washington, MD, U.S.A.
TIbbets, Colonel Paul W.. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing, Columbus, 1998.
Price: US$159.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean un-read virtually new copy. The jacket has some light rubbing wear, light edge wear. This book is the re-writing of the Flight of the Enola Gay by Tibbets. The author added chapters and up-dated material where needed. This copy has been signed by Tibbets only and dated 10-13-04. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return Of The Enola Gay. Mid Coast Publishing, Columbia, 1998.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Captain Paul w. Tibbets, signed by navigator Theordore J. Van Kirk. Near fine copy. DJ has ripples in the laminate o/w in NF condition. BP/WWII/Atom Bomb
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W.. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing, 1998.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ix, 339 pp. A "rewriting of 'Flight of the Enola Gay.'" Signed by Tibbets, and 2 of the crew members on the front endpaper. 14 pages of b&w photos. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. DJ has some light shelf wear, rear panel has a light crease and tiny closed tear.
Seller: Frabjous Books, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [10], 339, [7] pages. Illustrations. Index. Signed by the author under his picture on the page after the fep. Affixed to the inside of the front cover is an envelop containing a photograph taken in 1998 of World War II Marine Robert Preston with the author, General Paul Tibbets (Ret.) and a brief typed note describing the photograph. Affixed to the fep is a statement stating Col Tibbets look up to Sgt. Preston Confederate Air Force @ Midland (1998). Ink notation at the top of the Acknowledgments page referencing two pages and another ink notation at the bottom of the Dedication page associated with the previous owner. Some yellow highlighting and additional ink marks observed. "In the hours before dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay lifted off from the island of Tinian carrying a uranium atomic bomb assembled under extraordinary secrecy in the vast endeavor known as the Manhattan Project. Six and a half hours later, under clear skies, then-Colonel Tibbets, of the Army Air Forces, guided the four-engine plane he had named in honor of his mother toward the bomb's aiming point, the T-shaped Aioi Bridge in the center of Hiroshima, the site of an important Japanese army headquarters. At 8:15 a.m. local time, the bomb known to its creators as Little Boy dropped free at an altitude of 31,000 feet. Forty-three seconds later, at 1,890 feet above ground zero, it exploded in a nuclear inferno" (New York Times). Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 - 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tibbets enlisted in the United States Army in 1937 and qualified as a pilot in 1938. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he flew anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic. In February 1942, he became the commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with the Boeing B-17. In July 1942, the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group to be deployed as part of the Eighth Air Force, and Tibbets became deputy group commander. He flew the lead plane in the first American daylight heavy bomber mission against Occupied Europe on 17 August 1942, and the first American raid of more than 100 bombers in Europe on 9 October 1942. Tibbets was chosen to fly Major General Mark W. Clark and Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gibraltar. After flying 43 combat missions, he became the assistant for bomber operations on the staff of the Twelfth Air Force. Tibbets returned to the United States in February 1943 to help with the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. In September 1944, he was appointed the commander of the 509th Composite Group, which would conduct the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, he participated in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946, and was involved in the development of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet in the early 1950s. He commanded the 308th Bombardment Wing and 6th Air Division in the late 1950s, and was military attaché in India from 1964 to 1966. After leaving the Air Force in 1966, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, serving on the founding board and as its president from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W. (Signed). Return of the Enola Gay.. Mid Coast Marketing, Ohio., 1998.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This book is a First Edition of the re-writing of his 1st book with new material and added chapters signed and dated, 10-3-99, by author and pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul W. Tibbets - signed only - no other names, writing or marks. The book and dust jacket are in Fine, as new, condition. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets (1915-2007) was solely responsible for the organization, training, and command of the world's first nuclear strike force. On the morning of August 6, 1945, Col. Tibbets flew the Enola Gay into the future by dropping the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This is his story. 339 pages, index. ; Standard Book Size.; Signed by Author
Seller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [10], 339, [7] pages. Illustrations. Index. The fep is a special page with name spaces for the signatures of crew members Tibbets, Ferebee, and Van Kirk, but there are no signatures on this page. Signed by the author under his picture on the page after the fep. The previous owner also signed on that page with comments and a phone number. No other markings noted. "In the hours before dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay lifted off from the island of Tinian carrying a uranium atomic bomb assembled under extraordinary secrecy in the vast endeavor known as the Manhattan Project. Six and a half hours later, under clear skies, then-Colonel Tibbets, of the Army Air Forces, guided the four-engine plane he had named in honor of his mother toward the bomb's aiming point, the T-shaped Aioi Bridge in the center of Hiroshima, the site of an important Japanese army headquarters. At 8:15 a.m. local time, the bomb known to its creators as Little Boy dropped free at an altitude of 31,000 feet. Forty-three seconds later, at 1,890 feet above ground zero, it exploded in a nuclear inferno" (New York Times). Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 - 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tibbets enlisted in the United States Army in 1937 and qualified as a pilot in 1938. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he flew anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic. In February 1942, he became the commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with the Boeing B-17. In July 1942, the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group to be deployed as part of the Eighth Air Force, and Tibbets became deputy group commander. He flew the lead plane in the first American daylight heavy bomber mission against Occupied Europe on 17 August 1942, and the first American raid of more than 100 bombers in Europe on 9 October 1942. Tibbets was chosen to fly Major General Mark W. Clark and Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gibraltar. After flying 43 combat missions, he became the assistant for bomber operations on the staff of the Twelfth Air Force. Tibbets returned to the United States in February 1943 to help with the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. In September 1944, he was appointed the commander of the 509th Composite Group, which would conduct the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, he participated in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946, and was involved in the development of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet in the early 1950s. He commanded the 308th Bombardment Wing and 6th Air Division in the late 1950s, and was military attaché in India from 1964 to 1966. After leaving the Air Force in 1966, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, serving on the founding board and as its president from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul.. Return of the Enola Gay.. Mid Coast Marketing, 1998, 1998.
Price: US$338.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 339p. b/w Photos. SIGNED by Tibbets & Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay, below their photos on the frontispiece. Fine/Fine Copy
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
TIbbets, Colonel Paul W.. Return of the Enola Gay. Mid Coast Marketing, Columbus, 1998.
Price: US$499.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean un-read virtually new copy. This book is the re-writing of the Flight of the Enola Gay by Tibbets. The author added chapters and up-dated material where needed. This copy has been signed by Tibbets, Major Thomas W. Ferebee Bombardier, Captain Theodore J. van Kirk Navigator. The book has been inscribed. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
PAUL W TIBBETS. RETURN OF THE ENOLA GAY. MID COAST MARKETING, 1998.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: BOOK AND DJ -FINE CONDITION- SIGNED BY THE PILOT WHO FLEW THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE NUCLEAR BOMB ON HIROSHIMA
Seller: Del Mar Books, Del Mar, CA, U.S.A.
Tibbets, Paul W. RETURN OF THE ENOLA GAY. Mid Coast Marketing, 1998.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Precedes the 60th Anniversary Restoration edition published by Enola Gay Remembered, Inc. Signed on an illustrated endpage by Tibbets and crew members Bombardier Thomas W. Ferebee and Navigator TheodoreJ. Van Kirk as issued by the publisher. One of an unspecified number as such. Introduction. Contents. Epilogue. Index. Black and white photographs. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
TIBBETS, PAUL W.. RETURN OF THE ENOLA GAY. Mid Coast Marketing, 1998., Columbus, Ohio, 1998.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed by Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk - Navigator, Thomas W. Ferebee - Bombadier, and Paul W. Tibbets - pilot.Black cloth, titles stamped in white on the spine, [10], 339 pp., acknowledgements, introduction, frontispiece, illustrated from photographs, epilogue, index. This is the re-writing of "The Flight of the Enola Gay" by Tibbets with additional chapters and updated material and revisions where needed. On the morning of August 6, 1945, Col. Tibbets flew the Enola Gay into the future by dropping the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.