9780498025402 - Take-offs and Touchdowns: My Sixty Years of Flying de Jacob, Fred E. (23 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good. 2nd Printing. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed with non-personal inscription by author on colored endpaper, 1981 1st printing, Fine-/VG DJ in Mylar, price-clipped dustjacket has tiny tear at top corner, very mild shelfwear, in new Mylar, no other markings found, not a remainder, author's businees card taped in on endpaper.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. Signed. inscribed and signed by the author on the ffp. signed note from the author on a card laid-in. dj shows minor wear and fading. pages clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Fine second printing in a very good dust jacket. Binding is solid, pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright with just a touch of edgewear. Protected in an attractive, clear mylar cover.Overall a very attractive copy. Would make a good gift for the flying aficionado.

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. This work is a celebration of flying. It is a nostalgic evocation of the great machines and greater people who pioneered aviation, fought the air war against the Axis, and helped make the sky a safe and dependable thoroughfare for commerce and recreation. It is a revealing personal account of what it has been like to be a pilot during much of the history of aviation. Photographs and illustrations are included. Related promotional material is laid in. This copy is clean and solid. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the FFEP. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xii, 301p. : ill. ; 25cm. Subjects: Jacob, Fred E. Air pilots -- United States -- Biography. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. First Edition. Signed " With the best wishes - signed by the author on the front free end page. First edition, First printing. Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a small amount of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Not chipped, tiny bit of crinkle. dust jacket IS price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. All-Ways well boxed, All-Ways fast service. Thanks and Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hard cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First edition. The dustjacket is edgeworn with some short tears. With much on his time in World War II; photos throughout. Inscribed "To Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Amick It is our hope, Patty & Arthur that their are a few items in this little effort of ours, which will bring back memories of those happy bygone days. Fred & Evelyn Fred E. Jacob Major AUS-AF Ret 9/11/81". Fred E. Jacob was a barnstorming pioneer pilot who started the United Flying Octogenarians (UFO) organization. Born in St. Johns, Mich., and educated at the University of Michigan, Jacob started flying in the 1920s. He later wrote a book about his adventures over the decades called ?Takeoffs and Touchdowns.? He served as a captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II, ferrying B-17s and B-24s to England and commanding the 310th Ferrying Squadron under his longtime friend Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. Jacob, who had lived in Glendale since 1933, operated Jacob Equipment Co., which installed refrigeration and shelving in supermarkets. He was adept at photography as well as flying, and photographed many U.S. presidents. Signed by Author.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xii, 301p. : ill. ; 25cm. Subjects: Jacob, Fred E. Air pilots -- United States -- Biography. 1 Kg.

Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Hbk 302pp INSCRIBED by the author on front endpaper, an excellent clean tight and unmarked text in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj, as new.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Xiv, 301 Pp. Fine In Fine Dj, With Generic Inscription By The Author, A Card With A Quotation Taped Below, And The Author's Flyer For The Book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 9780498025402. Hardback. First edition as stated on copyright page. Personalized inscription by author on front endpaper; photo of author and wife on front pastedown. Very slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning and dustsoiling to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to flaps; Very Good condition. Inscribed by Authors.

Hard Cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First, Signed. Inroductory comments by Lt. Gen. James. H. Doolittle. Back of jacket has several creases in it. Jacket has been covered to prevent any further damage. Front endpaper is signed To Tom Azliner with the sincerest best wishes of Fred E. Jacob. Major AUS-AF-Ret. A first Edition. Taped to the page is Fred Jacobs buisness card. the front of the card reads: No Future No Adress No Business No Prospects Fred E. Jacobs. Retired. When the urge comes to exercise, I lie down until it passes by. No Phone No Office. The back of the card reads: I am fully aware that my youth has been spent. That my "Get up and Go" has "Got up" and went. But after 60 years of flying since 1918-- I really don't mind and my face lights up with a grin When I think of all the countries and places, My "Get up" has been. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. private library liquidation new unread.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Blue illustrated dustjacket, unclipped. Owner's name and label to title page and front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A. S. Barnes & Company, Inc., San Diego, 1981. Hard Cover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: V Good. First, Signed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inroductory comments by Lt. Gen. James. H. Doolittle. t. Jacket has been covered to prevent any damage. Front endpaper is signed To Jack, another High Flyer with the sincerest best wishes of Fred E. Jacob. Major AUS-AF-Ret. A first Edition. Taped to the page is Fred Jacobs buisness card. the front of the card reads: No Future No Address No Business No Prospects Fred E. Jacobs. Retired. When the urge comes to exercise, I lie down until it passes by. No Phone No Office. The back of the card reads: I am fully aware that my youth has been spent. That my "Get up and Go" has "Got up" and went. But after 60 years of flying since 1918-- I really don't mind and my face lights up with a grin When I think of all the countries and places, My "Get up" has been. Signed by Author. Includes the original promotional letter from Jacobs, and a loosly hand typed page entitled "A couple of yearns I picked up while autographing books at the experimental aircraft assn convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin 05/1982. Yes.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. San Diego and London: A. S. Barnes & Company; The Tantivy Press, 1981. Stated first edition, first printing, 1981. In addition to a non-personalized inscription signed by the author, this copy has an additional inscription from Retired Air Force Brigadier General J. H. Doolittle [James Harold Doolittle], to United Technologies (UTC) CEO Harry Gray. Doolittle was best known for the daring Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during World War II (believed to be a suicide mission when first planned), and as namesake for the Doolittle Award for achievement in aerospace technology. Black hardcover with dustajcket. The book is in very good condition with a small bump to the lower edge of the front cover, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [14.95] and has two tiny closed tears, no chips. Signed By the Author and By Gen. J. H. Doolittle. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.