Detroit: Alved, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to an early automobile pioneer: "To Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,/My old friend of early/motor car days/with all good wishes/and admiration for/his contribution then/and since to higher/principles of living/and.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with silver lettering and decorations. The special Presentation Edition of the First Edition of Lindbergh's SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS issued in an unstated limitation of 1000 copies. This is Copy #672 SIGNED in full by the author and is.....
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED on the title page by the author and by the subject's son, aviator Charles Lindbergh, who wrote the foreword. The first biography of the liberal Minnesota congressman of the early 20th century known for his ties to the farming and.....
Framed Photograph. A hand-colored, original 8" x 10" photograph of a painting by American artist Howard Chandler Christy, dated March 1943, of the famed aviator, Eddie Rickenbacker. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the subject "To my good friend/ 'Charles Froesch'/ Eddie Rickenbacker." Nicely matted and framed circa 1943 to an overall.....
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1942). Bernard Lamotte. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's blue leather-backed boards. Copy #198 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and the illustrator Bernard Lamotte. Usually found without the slipcase and with severe rubbing to the spine, this copy has no rubbing to.....
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1942). Bernard Lamotte. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's blue leather-backed boards. Copy #31 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and the illustrator Bernard Lamotte. Usually found with severe rubbing to the spine, this copy has virtually no wear but the slightest rubbing.....
Detroit: Arnold-Powers, Inc., 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs. Copy #92 of an unknown SIGNED limitation. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the frontispiece photograph to an early automobile pioneer: "To E. V. Rickenbacker/In appreciation of/30 years of friendship/Chris Sinsabaugh/Dec. 17, 1940." Medal of Honor-winning aviator.....
Philadelphia: Joseph A. Speel, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, in the publisher's brown cloth; 310 pages with Errata slip tipped in. THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON AERONAUTICS. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and 12 lithographic plates, most illustrating famous balloons. Wise is considered to be the first American aeronaut.....
