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Fighting the Flying Circus (SIGNED 1ST)
by (Military) RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward (Eddie)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Back in Time Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7032
- Title
- Fighting the Flying Circus (SIGNED 1ST)
- Author
- (Military) RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward (Eddie)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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