Rickenbacker: An Autobiography.

RICKENBACKER, Edward V (Eddie).

Item Number: 133220

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967.

First edition, early printing of the American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient’s autobiography.  Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author “Eddie Rickenbacker 1968” on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

America's "Ace of Aces" during World War I, Rickenbacker "was much more. He became a highly skilled corporate executive and manager who contributed constructively to the economic life and strength of the United States and to the development of modern aviation transportation" (ANB).