[Rarebooks] FS: Eddie Rickenbacker's copy of FIGHTER ACES

[Charles Agvent]

 From a small group of books from the library of Eddie Rickenbacker that 
is part of our new AVIATION & SPACE catalogue which will be posted on 
our website next week: http://www.erols.com/agvent
In addition to the Rickenbacker material many scarce items are included, 
among them some interesting 19th century pieces and signed books by 
Earhart, Lindbergh, and Neil Armstrong.

TOLIVER,  Colonel  Raymond F. & CONSTABLE,  Trevor  (RICKENBACKER,
Eddie).  FIGHTER  ACES.  New  York: MacMillan  Company  (1965).  First
Edition.  A  survey of the history of aerial combat with  an  official
listing  of  every  American  ace and  his  record;  illustrated  with
photographs.  This  copy  INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the  author  on  the
front  endpaper  to  the  leading American ace of  World  War  I:  "To
'Eddie'   Rickenbacker/with  warmest   regards  and/best  wishes--/Ray
Toliver/Washington  D.C./2  November  1965."  Medal  of  Honor-winning
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.  He   is,  of  course,   much
discussed  with photographs in this book and with a photograph of  him
on  the  front  cover  of the dustwrapper. Near Fine in  a  Near  Fine
dustwrapper.                                                   $350.00

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