Pioneer Mitchell, Signed (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal corner bumping/wear, previous vendor stickers, and rubbing. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Author has signed half-title page. Text is clean and free of blemishes, save for ownership sticker on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Fore edge of book has been damp, resulting in some staining to first few pages and lightening of the black cloth covers along fore edge, affected area is mostly the top third of text block but lightening extends down the covers from top nearly to bottom. Fortunately there is very little wrinkling to pages, nearly none ; Illus. , inscribed and signed by the author, spine cloth clean and lettering bright; 420 pages; Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ownership notation dated 1943. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing otherwise clean and undamaged, minor wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid, neatly covered & protected (no bubbling!) in clear contact by previous owner. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, only marking is name of previous owner in ink top of opening page. Due to the size and lighter weight of this item, postage cost will be less than what is quoted here. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NICE . as pictured , with an inscription on the half title page First Edition very good condition softcover, unread no creases clean 287 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Biography of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, as well as a revealing historical analysis of the development of aviation & air power in the US in World War I, drawing on the late general's private files & personal sources. Orig. published in 1943, this is the Second Printing of that FIRST EDITION, an association copy inscribed by the author on ffep to Brig. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe (who would later play a key role in the development & early operations of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber). The inscription is dated Aug. 1944.with "hearty wishes for Billy Mitchell luck in the air & for glorious victory." In 420 pages including Index + Frontispiece + 8 photographic plates throughout text. Hardcover 8vo has black matte cloth-covered boards lettering in sharp gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges. The unclipped DJ is Good, with many small chips & rubbed spots, edgewear, but still colorful & bright; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stated First Edition. Presentation copy: "To Eleanor Mercein Kelly 'Willie' Mitchell's earliest biographer with the compliments of Isaac Don Levine Feb. , 1943" (Signed on the front fly-leaf). (Kelly was a well-known novelist who grew up as a playmate of the Mitchell children and was the first to write a biography of Mitchell) . Illustrated with black-and-white photographs (one of which Kelly(? ) has made a correction of the placement with the instruction 'reverse! ' in the center of the page). The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. The dust jacket is heavily chipped with scattered foxing and the spine panel is sunned. The book itself has scattered foxing, particularly on the tops of the photographs. Good+ condition in good dust jacket. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; viii, 420 pages; Signed by Author.