Item #5515 Seven Came Through (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY). Capt. Edward RICKENBACKER.
Seven Came Through (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)
Seven Came Through (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)

Seven Came Through (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 118 PP. Very Good / Very Good. Item #5515

Signed, "To my good friend & associate / "Hugh Knowlton" / With my very best wish(es) / Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker 1943" directly on the FFEP.

Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $1.50 intact on front flap. Signed by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to his friend and the man largely responsible for his purchase of Eastern Airlines from General Motors in 1938. Rickenbacker, a Medal of Honor Recipient, is best known as the most successful fighter ace of WWI. After WWI Rickenbacker parlayed his fame into an eventual purchase of Eastern Airlines for $3.5 million. In 1942 Rickenbacker was sent by the Secretary of War (Henry Stimson) on a tour of Pacific Theater Operations at the outset of WWII and survived 24 days adrift at sea after his plane crashed.

A clean copy with minor toning. DJ a bit chipped and worn at edges and folds. Tape repairs to inside of DJ.

Price: $1,250.00