War - World War II Pacific

Missoula, MT, U.S.A.: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1987. Clean, corners lightly bumped, p58 bottom closed tear, 288pp, illus. Account of the second USS Laffey (DD-724), a WW2 destroyer that survived fierce kamikaze air attacks at the Battle of Okinawa. Author was commanding officer of Laffey and later advanced to Admiral. Book is inscribed on short title page, "To Chief xxx with best wishes, F. Julian Becton". Contains crew rosters.. Inscribed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Harper & Row, 1975. 406pp., illus. "Development and operations of the ... aircraft carrier task force..." in world war 2.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York NY: Harper & Row, 1970. Clean, no marks, 384pp., illus. Excellent insight into the complex battle launched on Easter Sunday 1945 to gain the last stepping stone to mainland Japan.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Arbor House, 1982. 403pp., illus. Collection of WW2 interviews of Marines. Author uses words of individual Marines describe battles and events in the Pacific Theater.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Lippincott, 1975. Very good plus dust jackets with some discoloration to spine of vol 1 (white), previous owner's name on end paper, 1055pp., illus. Definitive account of World War II U.S. submarine operations in the Pacific. Two volume book club edition.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2003. Mylar dust jacket cover, single name inside front cover, o/w clean, 398pp., illus. A book only to be read by those with a strong stomack for war time atrocities.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York NY: Berkeley Books, 2006. Clean, no marks or names, 258pp, illus. with DVD. Photo essay of WW2 battle for Iwo Jima by US Marine Corps.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2001. No marks, 485pp., illus. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Unknown (Asian), 1967. Mylar dust jacket cover, 368pp. illus. maps. The last weeks of the Imperial Japanese military in WW2.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Harper Collins, 1994. Clean, no marks or names, 343pp., illus., maps. Largest naval battle ever fought with 282 ships and over 200,000 men.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: William Morrow and Company, 1993. 462pp. Of the estimated 150,000 allied prisoners the Japanese captured in early WW2, one in four died as result of barbaric treatment and conditions.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: McGraw-Hill, 1961. Small chips on lower/upper dust jacket spine, previous owner's bookplate, 248pp. illus., end maps. John F. Kennedy's exploits in the Navy motor torpedo boats of World War II.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987. No marks or names. 238pp., illus. Captain of American submarine who sunk IJN aircraft carrier Shinao tells his story.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York NY: G. P. Putnam, 1975. Dust jacket edge rubs, clean and tight copy, 301pp., illus.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1992. Clean, no creases, text markings or names,gently read once, 620pp, illus., maps. First printing. In depth study of the tedious and costly Battle for Okinawa that influenced the US decision to use nuclear weapons against the Japanese mainland.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1968. Red cover with USMC gold seal, page edges lightly soiled, library stamps and pocket, 943pp., illus., maps. NOTE: Appendices B through M (tables of organization & equipment, pp 784-885) and maps inside rear cover have been removed. History section complete. Volume 5 of 5.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket - As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Ballantine, 1969. 160pp. Benis Frank served many years as historian for the U.S. Marine Corps and was one of the authors of the definitive official history of the Marine Corps in WW2, History of the U.S. Marine Corps Operation in World War II. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1955. Dust jacket light edge wear, 4th printing, 266pp., illus., maps. The Japanese view of Midway by IJN veterans. Captain Fuchida led air attack on Pearl Harbor and was wounded at Midway. The English translation has been heavily edited with footnotes and correlation of events. Pineau, Roger and Kawakami, Clarke K. (eds.). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Annapolis MD: Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1983. 212pp., illus. Peleliu was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. Halsey asked the invasion to be called off, Nimitz overruled.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books, 1987. No marks or names., 262pp., illus., end maps. War patrols of the USS Halibut detailed by commanding officer, Galantin.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books, 1987. Dust jacket edge creases, 262pp., illus., end maps. War patrols of the USS Halibut detailed by commanding officer, Galantin.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Hyperion Press, 2000. Clean, no marks, 181pp. Remarkable escape of American army officer from the Japanese and the Bataan death march in the Phillipines to Australia in early 1942.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pacifica CA: Pacifica Press, 1988. No names or marks. Appears unread. 444pp., illus., maps. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Orion Books, 1989. Dustjacket closed tears, 252pp., illus., maps. US Army routes the Japanese in Central Solomon Islands, 1943.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Detroit MI: Pettigrew Enterprises, 1979. 276pp., illus. Riveting story of American of Japanese ancestry in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Translators and intelligence work of the Nisei in were indispensable. Index of names, although many operations were classified for decades after the war.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Schocken, 1989. Clean, no name or markings, 111pp., illus b/w pencil drawings. Reprint of 1943 Knopf edition. U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in first major island campaign of Pacific in WW2.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Dickson, Donald L. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979. Dust jacket edge wear, former owner's book plate ffep, 231pp., illus., maps. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Paul S. Eriksson, 1975. 206pp., illus., maps. First battle after Pearl Harbor between US and Japanese naval forces and the first naval action where opposing sides did not see one another. In number and type of ships lost the US was bested by the Imperial Japanese Navy, but in the overall outcome the IJN lost use of two front line carriers that would have impacted the soon to be Battle of Midway.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Stein & Day, 1981. 303pp., illus. Excellent history of the first major thrust of the Allies in the Pacific 1942.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Van Nostrand, 1982. Lower back corner nicked (chewed?), 235pp., illus. Last three months of the struggle in the Pacific.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Stein & Day, 1981. 303pp., illus. Excellent history of the first major thrust of the Allies in the Pacific 1942.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Small closed tear base of dust jacket spine, 270pp. Marine aviator in WW2. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pantheon Books, 1978. 316pp. Japanese scholar confronts history.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington DC: Office of Air Force History, 1987. Clean, no markings or names, 595pp., illus. Reprint. Army Air Corps in WW2 Pacific Theater.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York NY: Morrow, 1985. No marks or names. 256pp., illus. . Book Club. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Athemeum, 1990. Clean, no markings, 331pp., illus., maps. Tragic event of July 30,1945 when the cxruiser Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk east of Guam. The unreported disaster leaves the men in the open sea for days. Only 316 survivors out of more than 1200 Indianapolis sailors survive. Later chapters deal with the trial of Captain McVey.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Moisture stain to bottom spine of dust jacket and book cover, no page curl, 546pp., illus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1984. 295pp., map. Introduction by John Toland. Lawton, WWII Army officer, chronicles survival of Bataan Death March and 3 1/2 years of captivity.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: William Morrow and Company, 1985. Dustjacket lower rear has chip, 596pp, illus., maps. Inside story of the breaking of Imperial Japanese Navy code from the early days of WWII. . Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Viking Penguin, 1995. 220pp., illus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Crown Publishing, 1992. 485pp. Author deduces that FDR knew of Japanese attack but refrained from alerting Hawaii Commanders Kimmel and Short; Churchill knew of Japanese attack but didn't warn U.S. because he wanted America at war; and Soviets knew of attack but also wanted U.S. in war.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Light edge wear, rubs, closed tear to dust jacket, 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Dust jacket large chip from lower rear and spine lightly sunned, intact but front hinge weak, 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Elsevier-Dutton, 1978. 184pp., illus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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NY: Viking Press, 1977. Dust jacket closed tears, 322pp, illus, maps.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Viking Press, 1977. Dust jacket spine chip, 322pp, illus, maps. Fascinating story of volunteers who took positions behind the Japanese lines on Pacific Islands durning WW2 in order to keep the Allies informed of enemy ship and aircraft movement and to facilitate the rescue of downed airman. Great read!. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute, 1994. Clean, no marks or names, appears unread, 272pp. Battle of Okinawa from the deck of the USS Aaron Ward DD-483. This destroyer on radar picket duty was hit by 10 Japanese kamikaze planes in an hour span, afire from stem to stern, and the heroic crew saves the ship. A classic of naval literature.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980. Library stamps and pocket, mylar jacket cover, 251pp., illus. The seven war patrols of the USS Batfish (SS-310) 1943-1945.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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