Greening C Ross (20 results)

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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.

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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).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition in green cloth with silver lettering. Oblong binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective cover and is as new. 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, was shot down in Italy, escaped, blew up prison train, recaptured, escaped again, captured and spent rest of war in a stalag in Barth, Germany, continuing to make an amazing pictorial record of the war -- of his own experiences and those of dozens of other POWs who related their accounts to him. Near the war's end the Allied prisoners seized control of their camp and Greenings invaluable watercolors, sketches, logbook and other items were sagely brought out by Doolittle's B-17s. Greening created and directed a national touring POW exposition. Died unexpectedly at age 43, after an eventful and fulfilling life. Marked "First Printing" on publisher's page. Keywords: Military, World War II, Ross Greening, Combat, Doolittle Raid, 20 Cent Bombsights, Stalag, POW, Prisoner of war, Allied Prisoners, Wtercolors, Sketches 2.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. [36] pages : illustrations (including portraits) ; 28 x 22 cm. Col. Greening was one of the 'Doolittle Raiders' who was shot down later in the war on a bombing mission over Naples, Italy. Sgt. Spinelli was a combat photographer who was captured in the early fighting in North Africa. This scarce, fascinating, and profusely illustrated booklet describes their experiences as POWs in Germany for the duration of World War II. …

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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oblong. Stiff Wrappers. Signed by Author. Graphic novel, written by gonzo surf journalist, DC Green. Lash Clone was a regular monthly feature in Tracks Surfing Magazine in the 1980's. This novel illustrated with intricate line drawings and has full colour psychedelic cover picture. Very Hard to find item, especially a signed copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Adam Ross (illustrator). Signed by Author.…

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Washington State University Press, Pullman 2001. Oblong 4°. 265 pages. Illustrated ion b/w and colour. Orig. soft cover. Spine and part of front cover sunned. Top corner with a bend. Light traces of use. Very good++.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy; signed by Greening and Jimmy Doolittle; #29/195 copies. Signed by Author(s).

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.…

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Unpaginated [36 pages including covers]. Illustrations (black and white photographs and drawings). RARE SURVIVING SIGNED COPY. This is bound in soft covers over saddle-stapled binding. The cover has slight wear/rubbing, minor spine area creases, and some soiling. Signed by C. Ross Greening [one of the survivors of the famed Doolittle Raid!] on the front cover. Colonel Charles Ross Greening (November 12, 1914 - March 29, 1957) was an accomplished pilot and artist. He was one of the 73 men out of the 80 Doolittle Raiders to survive the attack and return home to his family. He entered the military on June 23, 1936, at Fort Lewis, Washington. On 9 June 1937, Greening graduated from the Air Corps Flying School at Randolph Field. He was then assigned to the 20th Pursuit Group at Barksdale Field, flying Curtiss P-6 Hawks and Boeing P-26 Peashooters. Greening joined the Doolittle group at Eglin Field. Greening eventually took over the role of pilot for plane #40-2249, with Kenneth Reddy (co-pilot), Frank Kappeler (navigator), Melvin Gardner (engineer-gunner), and William Birch (bombardier- gunner). Greening designed a new bombsight out of Duralumin, in reference to the lead line used by Mississippi River paddle wheelers. He launched from the United States Navy's aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), in the Doolittle Raid of Japan. Greening attacked several patrol boats in Tokyo harbor. After reaching China northeast of Quzhou, they were forced to bail out, abandoning their aircraft. The crews eventually reunited on the ground, and with Chinese assistance, finally made it to Chongqing on 29 April 1942. After he returned to the United States in June, Greening trained in the Martin B-26 Marauder, made Group Commander within the 17th Bombardment Group, and promoted to Lt. Col. He was assigned to Telergma in North Africa, and flew 27 missions before being shot down over Naples on July 17, 1943, and taken prisoner. Greening ordered his crew to bail out. On the descent, Greening suffered a bullet wound near his knee, a dislocated hip, and two sprained ankles, besides barely missing landing in the crater of Mount Vesuvius. While a captive of the Italians, Greening drew his captor's portraits, both to occupy his time, and to get better food and treatment for himself and his men. Greening ended up in the Chieti POW camp. German troops took over the camp on 23 September, and plans were made to move the POWs to Germany. Greening escaped from the prisoner transport train on 3 October 1943, during an air raid on Bolzano. He evaded capture until 23 March 1944. On 18 April 1944, Greening arrived at Stalag Luft I POW camp, where he stayed for the duration of the war. Making productive use of his time once again, Greening turned to art. He organized classes, taught students the basic principles of drawing and painting, drew portraits, sketched combat scenes as described by his fellow prisoners, put on a "Display of the Week" in the mess hall, and organized the "Kriegie Kraft Karnival" with art work and models on display from all over the camp. After the war, Brown & Bigelow printed Not as Briefed, which contained 75 of Greening's paintings. After the German surrender, the POWs were flown out by B-17s and C-46s, with Greening flying out on 14 May 1945. Greening was able to transport 56 crates of arts and handicrafts made by the POWs. Some of this collection was used to prepare a POW Exposition, which included a reproduction of the camp's 16-man room, solitary confinement cell, and escape attempts. The exposition opened on 1 October 1945 in the Rockefeller Center Museum of Science and Industry. The exposition appeared in several cities before concluding in Washington, D.C., that September. After serving in numerous positions in the Pentagon from November 1949 to August 1953, Greening attended Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, from August 1953 to August 1954, and then attended the Attaché Course with the Strategic Intelligence School in Washington, D.C., from August to November 1954. Greening served as Air Attaché to Australia and New Zealand from January 1955 until he was forced to return to the United States due to an illness in June 1956. THIS RARE WORK WAS NOT CITED IN HIS WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE! Angelo M. Spinelli was a combat photographer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during WWII. He was captured by Rommel's troops on February 14, 1943 in Tunisia during the Northwest Africa Campaign. Sgt. Spinelli spent 27 months in German POW camps. There he learned the art of bribing and bartering with prison guards, using chocolate bars and cigarettes sent by the American Red Cross and in care packages from his family, in order to obtain a camera, tripod and film. He hid these in his baggy pants and used them to secretly take 1,200 photographs of the camp's activities and life as a Kriegie (short for the German term "Kriegsgefangenen," or prisoners of war). Other photos show the lack of warm clothing, the vermin and pervasive hunger the prisoners endured. Still other photos show how the prisoners attempted to cope with Stalag life by putting on shows, playing baseball and worshiping in the chapel that they built. Angelo Spinelli explained his dangerous POW photography, "As a war photographer, I felt it was my duty to myself and the country that the American people should know how we survived in the prison camp." Spinelli was the only United States prisoner of war known to have taken photos while in captivity and his photos comprise the largest single collection of its kind in existence. C. Ross Greening and Carl Holmstrom (illustrations (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 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.…