CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER Complete Life Story de RUNYON, DAMON & WALTER KIERNAN - 1942

Frail, with a few tears, chips - 1942 paperback. 34 pages of text and photos. The covers are missing altogether. Lots of fine photos inside however.

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011-10-15. Paperback. Good.

New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc, 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Good/Wraps. International News (Photographs), A. Ajay (Art Edi. The format is about 8.5 inches by 11.5 inches. 6 pages. Colorful illustrated front cover. Black and white Illustration on the other side. Has some wear and creases. Suitable for framing. This is the separated cover of a brief biography, which was published with 34 pages in a magazine like Life format. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 - July 23, 1973) was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. He was also a race car driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines. In late May 1917, a week before he was to race in Cincinnati, Rickenbacker was invited to sail to England with General John J. Pershing. By mid-June, he was in France, where… Leer más

New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1942 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Quarto. 4to. 34 pp, illus. Thin stapled wrappers. Front wrapper loosening, otherwise vg. No markings, otherwise tight binding. 8." x 11.25". Pictorial wrappers in protective sleeve..