Edwin C Parsons (61 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good (small fault). Two tiny tears in cloth at base of spine. Owner's name, address, date. blindstamp on ffep. Dust jacket edge worn but damp staining on spine (book not affected).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dj Has Light Edgewear With Light Soiling. Dj Spine Is Tanned. Light Wear. Moderate Soiling, Heaviest To Page Edges. Top, Back Book Edge Has Been Bumped. Book Does Have An Old Basement Odor.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. I Flew With the Lafayette Escadrille. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nice clean copy, illustrated with photographs, 335 pages. Former owner's name rubber stamp on front and rear pastedowns otherwise fine. Dust jacket has some light wear at edges.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This work is a tale of aviation adventure, a great piece of American history. The unselfish spirit shown by this group of young men is not unlike that shown by the founding fathers of this country. Photographs are included. Jacket has some wear and chips, now in mylar; otherwise, this copy is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. WW One American flying Aces memoir. He retired as a Navy Admiral. The best single book on American WWOne combat flying. mesmerizing history. Illustrated . VG+/VG. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Shows minor wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings. Small tears to the edges of the dust jacket, in a protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Tan cloth-effect boards, lettered in brown. Corners rubbed with mild exposure to front cover corners, spine extremities mildly rubbed. Lacking dust jacket. 1st ed. thus (1963). xiv,335 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. New Edition (2nd). 335pp.; HB lt.brwn.w/blk.; slight rub w/sml.chip,tp.spine; PON&bookplate; clean,tight pgs.; sepia print&photos. DJ lt.brwn.w/brwn.-pic.cover; slight rub w/spine sunned. "A tremendously exciting and factual saga of the Lafayette Escadrille - ." illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. E.C. Seale & Company, Inc., IN. The first printing of the 1963 reissue of the scarce 1937 edition. An unit history of the lives and adventures of the squadron of American aviators flying with the French Air Force before America was in WWI. The accounts of the pilots of all types of backgrounds but trained by the French, and their exploits is interesting history. Very good copy in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket has some fading on the spine and small tears the edges. 335 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Various (Photographs) (illustrator). Reprint. Cover is in good order save for corner bumping. DJ is in good order save for rubbing and a tear to bottom edge of front cover. Text is clean and tight in binding. No ownership or other markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Later Printing. 8vo; 335 pages; Minor soiling and edgewear to the jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 335 pages. Laminated pictorial jacket over orange cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stamps to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards assumed in good condition as covered with library-laminated jacket. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***Please Read*** personal note inside cover - book comes with two newspaper articles' and a picture - there is some wear on the edges of the boards of the cover - No marks on text - My shelf location 36-f-14.

hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: near Very Good. reprint edition. Originally published in 1937 as THE GREAT ADVENTURE. Octavo, xiv [2] 335 pages. Illustrations in half-tone. Tan cloth covers with black spine titles. Dust jacket spine browned, and some browning and spotting on rear panel. Store price sticker on rear panel. Parsons was the only pilot who did not transfer to the American Air Service (from the Lafayette Escadrille), choosing to remain with the French in Escadrille Spad 3 of the Storks until the Armistice was signed. He was decorated with the French Legion of Honor, the French Medaille Militaire (that nation's highest award for combat troops), the French Croix de Guerre with eight palms, the Belgian Order of Leopold, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. After the war, Mr. Parsons became a member of the first class of FBI agents. 092508DA Aviation, World War I, The Great War.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 335 pages. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Spine lightly cocked, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 856931.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). li, 452pp + plates. 18 b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dj in a protective over seal fixed to the jacket. Reissue of the scarce 1937 edition. An unit history of the lives and adventures of the squadron of American aviators flying with the French Air Force before America was in WWI. The accounts of the pilots of all types of backgrounds but trained by the French, and their exploits is interesting history. Aircraft WWI.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. B&W Illustrations; This is a reprint of the 1937 printing by E. C. Seale & Co. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with the exception of some light bumping, edge wear and a couple of small nicks to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have generalized toning, especially to the spine, along with several edge tears, wrinkled spots and creases. The spine joints have rubbing as well. "Early in 1916, a year before the United States entered World War I, a handful of valiant Americans banded together as the Lafayette Escadrille to forge their mark in history in the skies over France. Be it for fame, adventure or patriotism, they stepped forward to meet the common enemy long before their own nation realized the true extent of the threat to world freedom.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. E.C. Seale, Indianapolis, 1963. Hardcover, 335 pp. History of the World War One volunteer American air unit that fought for France. Near fine condition with blindstamp on front free endpaper. Water spot on head of text block - does not affect any pages. Dust jacket near fine in a mylar sleeve.