Falcon's Disciples. by Gregory, Howard - 1967

New York, Pageant Press, 1967-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good. Some wear. in a Worn jacket. Name or gift inscription inside book. bookplate inside. Very serviceable copy.

Pageat Press, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Browning to page edges. Chipping to jacket at top of spine. Price-clipped. Previous owner name.

New York: Pageant Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and price-clipped dust jacket are in very good condition, generally crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. SIGNED gift inscription by one of the subjects of the book (Herbert "Shorty" Stark) to his son, commercial pilot Glen Stark. "Shorty" Stark was billed as the Human Bat, a record-breaking parachute jumper, a daredevil wing-walker and a James Cagney lookalike who did Hollywood stunts. He was a celebrity in three World War II air shows, he mingled with Wiley Post, Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh. Historic photos of skydivers throughout. 8vo. 291 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. .

New York; (1967): Pageant Books. First Edition. Octavo. . 331 pages, index, .photographic images. Inscribed: "Lee, I hope you enjoy the book. Howard". The wonderful photography, reviews of the book and the details of parachuting are noted with praise by the Army Times, the U.S. Parachute Association, Flying Magazine, and Sky Diver's Magazine. The appendix lists the Medal of Honor Parachutists, as well as the Brits and Germans in World War II. Bound in blue cloth, spine lettering black, endpapers are maps, below inscription is a tipped in sheet of reviews, A very nice copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with a closed tear to rear panel near head, light wear to spine ends and corners.