[Rarebooks] FS: HOLLYWOOD PILOT, Eddie Rickenbacker's copy

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new Internet-only Catalogue which has just been posted on our 
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It contains 57 AVIATION & SPACE items including a selection of books 
from the library of leading World War I Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, as well 
as books signed by Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, 
and Antoine Saint Exupery, and some interesting 19th century aviation 
material.

DWIGGINS,  Don  (RICKENBACKER,   Eddie).  HOLLYWOOD  PILOT:  THE
BIOGRAPHY  OF  PAUL  MANTZ. Garden City: Doubleday & Co.  1967.  First
Edition.  Illustrated  with  photographs; foreword by  Lowell  Thomas.
This  copy  INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front  endpaper:
"To/Captain    Eddie   -/a  man  who   inspires  us   all-/and   whose
autobiography/will  remain  one of the great/stories of  aviation  for
all  time!/Kindest regards--/Don Dwiggins/Malibu, California/June  18,
1968."  Medal of Honor-winning World War I aviator Eddie  Rickenbacker
first  gained fame in the formative years of auto racing as a  driver.
Before  owning  and  operating  the Indianapolis  Motor  Speedway,  he
participated  in some of the first 500-mile races held there finishing
in tenth place in 1914. Rickenbacker flew a total of 300 combat hours,
reportedly  more than any other U.S. pilot in World War I, and his  26
victories  as a pilot constituted an American record that stood  until
World  War  II. After the war, he started an  unsuccessful  automobile
company,  but  his  most lasting business endeavor  was  his  lifelong
leadership  of Eastern Air Lines which Rickenbacker transformed from a
small  airline  to  a   major  international  transportation  company.
Author's  business  card taped below inscription. Laid in is  a  typed
note    from   Rickenbacker's  son   giving  further   details   about
relationships  between  those  discussed  in the  book.  Rather  faint
dampstain  to  lower  section of both covers of  the  dustwrapper  and
book. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper.                    $150.00
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