[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED to Eddie Rickenbacker: THOSE WONDERFUL OLD AUTOMOBILES, price reduced

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Price reduced to $110 NET

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. (#013936)        $250.00

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