Mitchell Gen William (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st ed. First Edition. 312p. Photos. Jacket priced. Fine/Near Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st. ed. 312p. Photos. Fine/Very Good Copy.

Hardcover. First. First U.K. edition. N.d. (1930). Sky blue cloth wth spine lettering gilt. 314 pps. with index. Illustrated with numerous monochrome plates. A cornerstone work on early 20th century aviation by Gen. "Billy" Mitchell, a key (and controversial) figure in the establishment of the U.S. Army Air Force. Mitchell does not confine himself to only to military matters but also examines the making of pilots, commercial and sporting aviation, airships and airplane manuvers, etc. A tight copy, spine a bit sunned but gilt lettering bright. No jacket. The U.K. edition is considerably harder to find.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book in very solid, unmarked condition. Dust jacket unclipped, in protective mylar, features attractive front and rear panel but spine is faded and stained.

Illustrated stiff wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 4to. Pp. xi, 111. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs. Maps, including one fold-out. Bibliography. Index. Bound in glossy stiff wrappers illustrated with black-and-white photos. Brief gift inscription on the title page. Recounts the author's experiences, 1901-1903, in establishing Alaska's military telegraph line. Below-freezing weather was the most severe detriment to his men. While the author was firm in his prohibition of alcohol, he waxes favorably about Perry Davis Pain Killer, "the greatest medicine ever invented for the North." Per Mitchell, "I do not know the ingredients, other than it is about half alcohol and contains some laudanum, but I would hazard a guess at opium, red pepper, turpentine and tabasco juice." He would give it to his men suffering frostbite.An unaccountably scarce first edition. Reprinted in 1989, this first printing is presented here in a bright, fresh copy. .

Hardcovers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Board edges with beginning toning, faint small owner name stamped on front free endpage, spine cloth ends lightly pushed; dustjacket with one inch chips on the front and rear panel topedges, spine ends chipped, two quarter-inch perforations on the spine, wear at cornes and lightly toned, mostly on the spine. A clean, tight copy in Very Good condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover.