General Robert Lee Scott (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A novel of a jet pilot in the air force of the 1950s. The story follows the career path of the author with twists and turns from his imagination or maybe his daydreams. 278 pages. Ex library with usual markings. Inked gift inscription on ffep. Shelf wear to boards. Shelf wear to fair dust jacket. Dust jacket in mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bumps to both bottom and top of front cover, some spine lean; Illus. , inscribed and signed by the author. Roughly at the center of the title page Scott has simply signed "Robert Lee Scott Jr". His inscription starts at top of title page (above title) then continues below author name, and Scott then signed at end of inscription simply "Bob Scott". Dust jacket (not price-clipped) now in a clear protector; 238 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Illus. , inscribed and signed by the author, inscription on upper ffep "Best wishes to -previous owner's name- Thank you for buying this book and backing the Museum" signed below inscription "Bob Scott". Roughly in the center of the ffep Scott has simply signed and dated the book "Robert Lee Scott Jr, Feb. 14, 1991" with the date directly below the signature. The previous owner has, in pencil, written just below the signature "Bday April 12, 1908", and in the lower right corner of ffep the previous owner has written, in ink, "Great Book" along with her first initial and last name; 238 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing (Stated). Author weaves the story of his Air Force career around his last Air Force flight. 292 pages. Shelf wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing stated. A very good copy with an abrasion on the front endpaper in a very good DJ with light on the edges, protected by a removable mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #B6. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 0 through 1 to the copyright page, $17.95 to the jacket's flap. Double SIGNED by the late multi-awarded pilot and author of GOD IS MY CO-PILOT to the front end-paper. Once simply SIGNED: 'Robert Lee Scott, Jr.' and once inscribed and SIGNED 'To Jane .Best Wishes, Bob Scott'. Inscribed by 'Jim' and dated 1988 in small script to 'Jane', the inscribee mentioned above, to the upper corner of the half-title page. Illustrated with twenty-five photographs on glossy black-and-white plates to a center section. The autobiography, with life-long aviation career details, of Robert Lee Scott, Jr. 1906-2006, who garnered numerous accolades including two Silver Stars, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, and Four Air Medals, and was a bomber pilot with the Flying Tigers in WWII. Fine, crisp, firm and tight in blue linen over blue boards with silver embossed titles to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $17.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. NO remainder mark. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed and inscribed with a message from the author. Stamp of a previous owner on the title page. Minor wear to the book. DJ has wear and multiple tears. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292 pages with photographs.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, like new.; Sm 4to; 150 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. [1st Blue Ribbon ed., 1st printing] xiii, 277 p. plates, ports. 21 cm. OCLC 2949268 LC D790 .S35 Dewey 940.544973 red cloth in worn dustjacket ; Contents: I knew what I wanted -- Bumpy landings -- 84,000 miles of girl-trouble -- When death flew the mails -- Hazards of being an instructor -- Too old for combat -- Dream mission -- Take-off from Brazil -- Lost over the Atlantic -- Across Africa -- Burma-Roadsters -- Two miles above Everest -- The general preferred to walk -- Situation very confused -- Too much tin -- No hits, no runs, one error -- Rats on the Burma road -- Salute to the AVG -- You've got to shoot at people -- Great day -- Some good, honest lead-poisoning -- Too busy to remember -- The Chinese really know how -- We're doing all right -- Stranger than fiction -- Morale-builder -- Farewell to "Old Exterminator" -- We've got to learn to hate -- Calling cards on Hongkong -- So sorry, please, so sorry -- Keeping the Japs guessing -- Our biggest bombing -- The "chip" of invincibility -- Goose for Christmas -- How to cure a general -- No use fooling ourselves ; map on endpapers . penciled name on title page ; else VG/FAIR. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Early Reprint. Octavo, [xiii], [1], 277pp, [1]. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Rubbing to tips, solid text block. Top edge dyed red. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, chipping along top edge, some loss at the spine, bright illustrations, a very good example. Signed on the title page by the author. General Robert Lee Scott Jr. (1908-2006) was a World War II flying ace, credited with shooting down 13 Japanese aircraft. His memoir, God Is My Co-Pilot (1943), was adapted into a film in 1945. This reprint edition follows the first edition, published in 1943 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Signed copy of God Is My Co-Pilot by General Robert Lee Scott Jr., World War II flying ace. (illustrator). Signed.…