Edward whitehouse (10 Ergebnisse)

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Acceptable. original wraps show moderate wear, tear, chipping. pages are tanned and brittle.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 290mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). 203pp. Green illustrated laminated card cover.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 290mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). 193pp. Green illustrated laminated card cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Reprint Edition. 296, illus., maps, glossary, tables, index, usual library markings, bds scuffed, tears at spine, top & bottom spine edges quite worn. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (born Edward Rickenbacher, 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 racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines. In late May 1917, Rickenbacker was invited to sail to England with General John J. Pershing. By mid-June, he was in France, where he enlisted in the United States infantry. In February and March, 1918 Rickenbacker and the officers of the nascent 1st Pursuit Group completed advanced training The 1st Pursuit Group was the first air combat group formed by the Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, on 5 May 1918. The Group was first organized at Croix de Metz Aerodrome, near Toul, France, as a result of the United States entry into World War I. As the 1st Pursuit Group it saw combat on the Western Front in France. The pilots of the 1st Group included Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, credited as the top scoring American ace in France during World War I. This is one of the best first-hnd accounts of air combat in World War I, by an American "ace of aces." Eddie Rickenbacker had an extraordinary career: inventor, race car driver, fighter ace, Medal of Honor winner, and finally president of Eastern Air Lines. In this book he recounts how he achieved 26 confirmed kills in less than a year of combat on the Western Front, rising from the ranks to lead the famed "Hat-in-the-Ring" squadron. Early pilots had to contend with primitive engines, unreliable guns, no parachutes, no oxygen, and wings that could tear off in a dive. Just surviving was a daily challenge, and Rickenbacker saw many friends and comrades die through no fault of their own. In this book he unflinchingly explains all of the errors that he made in combat, and how he learned to become a better dogfighter. He also gives the reader a glimpse of the tremendous psychological pressure that came from being America's leading ace - every previous holder had been shot down - and from his own leadership style of leading from the front.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Accordia Specialist Studies on the Mediterranean, Volume 4. 1st printing (July 2000). 336pp. NEAR FINE copy. Acquired from the private library of Etruscan scholar Ellen Macnamara.

On a piece of paper roughly 8.5 x 19 cm. Heavily aged, creased and with wear to extremities. Signatures clear and entire. Some loss to bottom left-hand corner. Printed text (involving a transfer) with manuscript insertions. Two red wafers. Signed 'A Whitehall | Admiralty | Paymaster R.N.'; 'E. M. Primrose'; 'Henry Crane | 14 Broad St | Clerk'; 'Joseph Chamberlain'. Chamberlain left Southbourne in Edgbaston in 1880. See Image. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 11 volume set (incomplete; vols. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15). 1st printings (1993-2018). 184; 156; 198; 168; 192; 196; 178; 154; 151; 159; 116pp. All vols NEAR FINE copies. Acquired from the private library of Etruscan scholar Ellen Macnamara.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York. 1965. 296 pgs. Illustrated. Signed by 5 US Air Service Aces: Maj. Reed M. Chambers, 7 victories (1 balloon, 2 shared) , Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, 26 (5 balloons, 4 shared) , George Augustus Vaughn Jr. (13 victories (7 shared) , Lt. Douglas Campbell, 6 victories(1 shared) , Arthur Ray Brooks 6 victories (4 shared). DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards are lightly rubbed and worn. Arthur Ray Brook's bookplate present to the front pastedown with a note discussing when he read the book and the date of the death of his wife. Text has some text marks and notes present to correct the text. Binding tight and solid. Arthur Raymond Brooks (1 November 1895 17 July 1991) was an American World War I flying ace of the United States Army Air Service credited with shooting down multiple enemy aircraft. Among his most prominent achievements was when he single-handedly took on a squadron of German-flown Fokker (Dutch make) planes officially downing 2 of them in one aerial battle piloting his Smith IV Spad XIII. He was a pioneer in the development of radio navigational aids (NAVAIDs) used by pilots for location and navigation as well as air-to-ground communications. Brooks also participated in early endeavors to commercialize aviation as a passenger-carrying business and was one of the earliest commercial pilots involved with carrying mail (air mail) for the US Post Office Department. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages.…

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Zustand: Very Good. Whitehouse, Edward Orange Wildman. A.L.s. to Latimer Clark. Westminster [London,] April 15, 1860 or 1861[year illegible]. 2- pp. 205 x 129 mm. Remains of mounting present. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Whitehouse was the engineer appointed by Cyrus Field to supervise the design and manufacture of the first Atlantic cable, which ceased to function a few weeks after its installation in 1858. Whitehouse's letter to Clark is largely illegible, but the phrases "joint testimony" and "the line during its manufacture at Chelsea" suggest that Whitehouse is referring to the hearings conducted by the joint committee appointed by the British government to investigate the causes of the cable's failure. In those hearings, blame for the cable's failure was laid largely at the feet of Whitehouse. Origins of Cyberspace 214. .…