[Rarebooks] FS: Eddie Rickenbacker's copy of the U.S. in WWI: The Story of General John J. Pershing

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new Internet-only Catalogue which has just been posted on our 
website: http://www.erols.com/agvent
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.

LAWSON, Don (RICKENBACKER, Eddie). THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR
I:   THE  STORY  OF  GENERAL  JOHN   J.  PERSHING  AND  THE   AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY    FORCES.  London/New   York/Toronto:   Abelard-Schuman
(1963).  First  Edition.  Illustrated  with photographs  and  maps  by
Robert  Standley. 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  my sincere thanks/ --Don Lawson/2 May 63." Medal of
Honor-winning  aviator  Eddie Rickenbacker served as Pershing's  staff
driver  before  he became a combat pilot.
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, cited several
times  in  the  book,  and  on the  front  cover  of  the  dustwrapper
Rickenbacker  has  penned "See pages 37 and 89." Very Good in  a  Very
Good dustwrapper.                                              $350.00
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