[Rarebooks] FS: Floyd Clymer's THOSE WONDERFUL OLD AUTOMOBILES Inscribed to Auto Racing Pioneer

[Charles Agvent]

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It contains 57 AVIATION & SPACE items including a selection of books 
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CLYMER,  Floyd  (RICKENBACKER,   Eddie).  THOSE  WONDERFUL   OLD
AUTOMOBILES.  New  York:  McGraw Hill (1953).  First  Edition.  Quarto
(8-1/4"  x 11"); illustrated with photographs and drawings. This  copy
INSCRIBED  and  SIGNED  by the author on the half-title  page  to  the
leading  American  ace  of  World   War  I:  "To/Captain  "Eddie"/with
appreciation,  thanks/and best wishes from/Floyd Clymer/Nov. 1, 1953."
Rickenbacker  wrote  a foreword for this book. Medal of  Honor-winning
aviator  Eddie  Rickenbacker served as Pershing's staff driver  before
he  became a combat pilot. He 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. He is cited on one page  with a
photograph. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper.                   $400.00

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