Rickenbacker captain edward (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Garden City, 1943; blue cloth covered boards; mild corner andback strip edge wear; good illustrated jacket with corner and edge wear 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 118 pages.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Gift inscription ffep Size: Thick Large Octavo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday, Doran and Company. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good. There is no dust jacket. Former owner's signature on FFEP. Great reading copy! FIRST EDITION. (CK).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Includes original promotional pamphlet. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the Book Club Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

pp. x, 106, b/w plates, pages browned, or.cl., good in rubbed d.j.

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 386 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 386 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 386 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Zustand: gut. 2010. Fighting the Flying Circus In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", blue boards, pict dustjacket, 118pp. Toning to front pastedown, 1/2 title and title page else very good condition, dustjacket is price clipped with soiling and edge tears. Comes with his newspaper obit. Book Club edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON FFEP "TO MY YOUNG FRIEND 'PAUL STEWART MADSEN' CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER 1942/1963".…

First edition of Rickenbacker's account of 24 days adrift in a life raft. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With my every best wish to Gertrude Moellering Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker." Very good in a good dust jacket. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was one of the most famous American heroes to emerge from World War I. The leader of the 94th Aero (âHat in the Ringâ) Squadron, Rickenbacker became the countryâs âace of acesâ with 26 aerial victories. He was awarded the Medal of Honor and a record ten Distinguished Service Crosses. On October 21, 1942, Rickenbacker, together with his aide Col. Hans Adamson and Sgt. Alexander Kaczmarczyk, took off from Hawaii for Canton Island, an atoll about 1,600 miles southwest of Hawaii. Unable to locate their destination an hour after taking off, Cherry was able to belly land the B-17 in the water. It remained afloat long enough for the seven men to scramble out and get into three small life rafts. What happened next was a 24-day epic of survival. Jammed into rafts barely large enough to hold them, the men suffered extremes of hot days and freezing nights, with only six oranges and no fresh water among them. On the afternoon of their 24th day at sea, Kingfishers found Rickenbackerâs life raft. Rickenbacker completed his assignment and delivered his message to General MacArthur. Rickenbacker wrote this book about this experience, Seven Came Through, the following year.…