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[MARK P. FRIEDLANDER JR., GENE GURNEY, CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER]. FIVE DOWN AND GLORY. Ballantine Books, New York, 1958. BB F488K with 50 cent price on the spine. First Edition Thus. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases to extremities, light staining to outer text block, scuffs to covers, overall pages are clean, slightly age toned yet generally bright and binding tight. Neat previous owner inscription on intro page. Foreword by Cast, Eddie Rickenbacker. Front cover art of P-38 by Bob Blanchard. Aviation military history and fighter pilots, collectible. 245 pgs. 16mo.

[BRUCE MACGREGOR, TED BENSON]. PORTRAIT OF A SILVER LADY: THE TRAIN THEY CALLED THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR. Pruett Publishing Co., 1977. First Edition, Second printing. Condition: Near Fine / VG+. Appears unread, with original silver boards, title stamped on spine of book and illustration on front of slipcase, minor book creases to extremities, faint soiling to covers, minor indent to spine and one centimeter closed tear to slipcase, else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. With original publisher's slipcase, this unusually rare version has boards that are simply silver coated, not one-quarter black bound as the commonly found first edition version, this second printing version appears to not have been issued the dust jacket with the cover painting by Howard Lockhart Fogg. With over 400 historic photographs. The original California Zephyr train route was from Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City and several other cities. In 1983 it was operated by Amtrak until… Read More

11 X TOTAL AUTOGRAPHS. SIGNED & INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPIES! - HISTORIC AUTOMOTIVE RACE CAR / DRAG RACING 3 BOOK LOT. [ART BAGNALL]. ROY RICHTER: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE. 9 X SIGNATURES AND INSCRIPTIONS. Art Bagnall Publishing, Los Alamitos, CA., 1990 First Edition. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears gently read, pages are clean and binding tight. In original publishers laminated boards, mild warping to boards, light soiling, else a about fine to very good plus copy. Signed by Formula One and Indy 500 Champions; Phil Hill and Sam Hanks. Additionally signed by Bob Estes, Joe Gesma, Gordon Schroeder, Andy Furci, Joe Henning, and Rex Mays Jr. Signed by author Art Bagnall. All inscribed to California automotive author, curator James Buckley Duffy III of radio pioneer Willet H. Brown's famous California automotive collection. James B. Duffy was from the famous California Carrillo family and the cousin of actor Leo Carrillo, the original star actor for The Cisco Kid. Philip Toll Hill Jr. - (April… Read More