Seven Came Through (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)
by (Aviation) RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 118 PP. Signed, "To my good friend & associate / "Hugh Knowlton" / With my very best wish(es) / Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker 1943" directly on the FFEP.<br /> <br /> Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $1.50 intact on front flap. Signed by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to his friend and the man largely responsible for his purchase of Eastern Airlines from General Motors in 1938. Rickenbacker, a Medal of Honor Recipient, is best known as the most successful fighter ace of WWI. After WWI Rickenbacker parlayed his fame into an eventual purchase of Eastern Airlines for $3.5 million. In 1942 Rickenbacker was sent by the Secretary of War (Henry Stimson) on a tour of Pacific Theater Operations at the outset of WWII and survived 24 days adrift at sea after his plane crashed. <br /> <br /> A clean copy with minor toning. DJ a bit chipped and worn at edges and folds. Tape repairs to inside of DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Back in Time Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5515
- Title
- Seven Came Through (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)
- Author
- (Aviation) RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- aviation, wwi, wwii, pilot
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; WWII;
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