SIGNED BY WORLD WAR I ACE EDDIE RICKENBACKER

RICKENBACKER, Edward V. Edward V. Rickenbacker. An Autobiography. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, (1967). Octavo, original black and blue cloth, original dust jacket. $1200.

First edition of this autobiography of an aviation pioneer, signed and dated by Rickenbacker in the year of publication.

America's "Ace of Aces" during World War I, Rickenbacker "was much more. He became a highly skilled corporate executive and manager who contributed constructively to the economic life and strength of the United States and to the development of modern aviation transportation" (ANB). Illustrated with numerous photographs.

Fine condition.