Colonel Ross Greening (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Printing. oblong quarto. . 24 cm x 27cm. 265pp. Signed by author C. Greening and Dorothy Greening. A very nice copy in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover - VG/VG - Book and dust jacket are clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated - Ex-Library - 265 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, 2001. 1st edition, inscribed by Driscoll on title page, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. Illustrated with b & w photos, many examples of Col. Greening's wartime drawings and paintings (many in color) and 2 maps. Includes notes, sources and index. Greening (1914-1957) flew B-25s in Doolittle's raids on Japan in 1942, flew 27 missions out of North Africa, shot down in Italy, escaped, blew up prison train, recaptured, escaped again, captured and spent rest of war in a stalag in Barth, Germany. Detailed his own experiences and many of those who were his fellow captives. He created and directed a national touring POW exposition. Died unexpectedly at age 43, after an eventful and fulfilling life. Nice copy, great story. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st edition dust jacket Fine oblong octavo 265pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., bibliog., index, Author flew B-25s and was an accomplished War Artist. Review slip & owner's bookplate o/w nice copy.

Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. No. 88 of 195 limitation, signed by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle and also by Colonel C. Ross Greening. Oblong, 25.5 by 34 cm. Unpaginated, 58 leaves, with 50 numbered color plates, and text explanation on facing page, which is generally the verso of the preceding plate. Also half-title and final leaf have color illustrations and are essentially color plates, thus arguably bringing the total number of color plates to 52. Four smaller illustrations, in color, on title and text pages. James Harold Doolittle, better known as Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993) was an American war hero and aviator best known for the Doolittle Raid, an air raid on the primary islands of Japan just a few months after Pearl Harbor, but also before and after achieved a good number of aviation firsts. He also was a general in the U.S. military. This book celebrates Doolittle's experiences primarily during the Second World War, mostly through vivid pictures but with accompanying text that explains the visual depictions with a breezy, easy-to-read manner. Col. Greening (1914-1957), who was the primary force behind this hagiography, was himself a pilot and participated in the Japan Raid under Doolittle, among other heroic wartime exploits. The cover of this limited edition has gilt impressed lettering and an illustration of an old air controller's tower. Hardcover. Cloth (Linen). Plastic comb spiral.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. A crisp clean as new copy. Pasted down label on inside front cover indicates special edition number 169 of a limited printing of 195 copies. This special edition reprinted for the American Aviation Historical Society. Linen cloth with gilt titles bound with brown plastic spiral. Signed on the front paste down by Lt. General James H. Doolittle, and signature of the Author/Artist on Preface page appears to be blue fountain pen. Encased in original corrugated mailer. Includes extra paste down label. ; Signed by Author & Illustrator.