Description: ARMY FLYER by LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. H. ARNOLD & BRIGADIER GENERAL IRA C. EAKER PUBLISHED by HARPER & BROTHERS 1942 FIRST EDITION AS STATED MAKING IT A FIRST PRINT WITH LETTER CODE C-R (C=MARCH AND R=1942) THE DUST JACKET IS IN A NEW ACID-FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE COVER, JACKET HAS PRICE TORN OFF, JACKET IS IN ROUGH SHAPE WITH TEARS AND CREASES AND PIECES MISSING AND FOXING AND CHIPPING AND 2 LONG PIECES OF CLEAR TAPE ONE HOLDING FRONT COVER TO SPINE AND THE OTHER HOLDING FRONT COVER TO INSIDE FRONT FLAP ALONG FOLDS (SEE PICTURES) - THE NEW CLEAR COVER HELPS TO PRESENT IT BETTER THE PEBBLED BLACK CLOTH COVER WITH GOLD LETTERING ON SPINE AND BLIND EMBOSSED PUBLISHER LOGO ON FRONT IS SQUARE AND TIGHT AND CLEAN OTHER THAN SOME MOISTURE STAIN SPOTS ON BACK COVER, BOTH BOTTOM CORNERS ARE BUMPED, SPINE HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR AT TIPS AND A FEW TINY SPECS AND A 1/4” AREA OF SCUFFING ON RIGHT EDGE THE INSIDE BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH TOUCHES OF TANNING, THE FRONT END PAGE IS SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER MAJOR RUDOLF L. (LEONARD) GAASLASS AIR CORPS FROM STILLWATER, MINN. THE 299 PAGES ARE TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH A GLOSSY PHOTO FRONTISPIECE OF ARNOLD & EAKER ***** ARMY FLYER WAS CONCEIVED AND WRITTEN TO ACQUAINT THE VAST ARMY OF NEW FLYING MEN, BEING TRAINED FOR THE ARMY AIR FORCES, WITH THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THEIR NEW PROFESSION. IT TRACES THE WHOLE GAMUT OF THE MILITARY AIR CAREER FROM RECRUIT TO GENERAL, PROVIDING CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EVERY ASSIGNMENT AND DUTY. AS AMERICA WENT ABOUT THE GRIM BUSINESS OF BUILDING THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL AIR FORCE, IT IS FORTUNATE INDEED THAT TWO OF HER LEADING AIRMEN HAVE TAKEN THE TIME AND THE TROUBLE TO SET DOWN THEIR EXPERIENCES OF THIRTY YEARS IN ARMY AVIATION AND TO CHART A COURSE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF NEWCOMERS IN THE FIELD. . . ***** M5C20B22A#300(50) I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS * THANK YOU
Price: 97.5 USD
Location: Windham, Maine
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
Place of Publication: NEW YORK & LONDON
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Subject: Military & War
Year Printed: 1942
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, First Printing, Signed by Major Rudolpf L. Gaalaas Air Corps
Sub-Topics: Aviation Training - Info for Cadets
Sub-Topic: Army Air Force - Army Airmen
Author: H. H. ARNOLD & IRA C. EAKER
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: WWII (1939-45)
Character Family: n/a
