Military History

Montoursville, PA: International Masters Publishing , 2006. Part of the publisher's Weapons of War series; As New 40 min. DVD in original shrink-wrapped case, includes reference guide booklet; footage from key battles and conflicts, evolution of US air power, close-ups, facts. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1962 Five generals - O'Connor, Cunningham, Ritchie, Auchinleck and Montgomery who fought against Rommel, the Desert Fox, in the desert campaign of 1940-43. First Thus softcover edition of Barnett's 1960 book by the same name. Very Good +, light corner & edgewear; no marks in or out. 286 pp., b/w maps. Berkley Medallion # S605. In protective sleeve.. First Thus. Vintage Paperback. Very Good +. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1944 Near Fine First Edition in blue cloth binding; clear gilt title text, mildly faded edges, no marks in or out except pale bookstore stamp & very lightly pencilled price + one name Xmas 1944 on front fep. Good DJ now in Brodart cover is whole & retains price but is chipped at spine & edges with larger pieces missing along top; "Buy War Bonds" blurb on rear. Endpaper maps, b/w drawings; 192 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Creekmore, Raymond. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chino, California: Chick Publications, 1972. One of a series of comics distributed by 1970s Christian organizations; the story of a Christian man in the military, his efforts to convert his colleagues, and how to achieve salvation. Unpaginated [24 pp] illustrated; very good, with rubbed covers, staple beginning to rust. In mylar sleeve; small (3x5 inches; 8 x 13 cm) stapled softcover. . Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good/None Issued. Illus. by Chick, Jack T.. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1985 Near Fine First Edition in full cloth boards, no marks in or out but two small smudges on front fep; in a Near Fine dj with only very mild edgewear; 135 pp. in Brodart cover. Poetry from the World War I era's "Stars and Stripes" & "The Amaroc News." Pride & Patriotism, Sea Change: Over & Back, How They Served & Soldiered, Heroes All: the Honored Dead, Shores of Home, Les Femmes, Allies & Enemies, The Lighter Side: Laughs & Levity, and A Miscellany. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing, Ltd., 2000 Very Good + softcover is new, clean & tight; bumped outside upper corner, box opener cut lower front, mild shelfwear; 96 pp., b/w photos, index. Part of the Aviation Pioneers series.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Lakemont, GA: Copple House, 1979 Lockheed Hercules C-130, history 1954 - 1970s. Near Fine 2nd printing, straight & very tight, no marks; Very Good dj has mild edgewear, slightly rubbed spine, back & folds; 416 pp., b/w photos; appendix has production & delivery details; Brodart cover. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Co., 1955. An unofficial supplement to the Manual for Courts-Martial written for the Army, Navy, Air Force, & Coast Guard; 401 pp., abbreviations list, index, b/w; 6th edition, revised reprint of the 1951 edition. Near Fine, cloth biniding, gilt title-text, straight & tight, clean with no marks but old price writen on front fep; only light wear at spine head/tail.. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Arco Publishing, Inc., 1984. Written by founding member of the armored corps of the Israeli Defense Forces. Very good, no marks in or out; some edge & corner wear; diagnonal crease to front cover corners; a few tiny spots to closed side textblock; 208 pp, many b/w & color photos, index, credits, glossary. WWII to the early 1980s.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/None Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Union City, TN: H. A. Lanzer Company, 1970. Civil War and Reconstrucion in a county in the northwest corner of Tennessee; its county seat, Union City, was an important railroad junction near Kentucky, an early neurtral state. Includes TN & KY muster rolls, John Cavanaugh's 1922 Sketch of the Obion Avalanch (Co. H., 9th TN Inftr, CSA), 1862-66 letters; 222 pp., b/w repros, a tipped-in color photo. Fiine, no marks, straight & tight; no dj.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Fort Bliss Officers' Wives' Club , 1976 Eight sections include mens' recipes, German specialties, Mexico/Southwestern, as well as meats, seafood, hors d'oeuvres, salads, cakes, etc. Very Good + is clean, throughout, mild edgewear, light diagonal crease to front; 216 pp., b/w photos, coil-bound softcover. Coil-bound Soft Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-Published. more information

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Paulton House, London : Macdonald & Jane's Co. Ltd., 1977 Photos and technical data on tanks & fighting vehicles of the armies of the world; 268 pp, with b/w photos, index. Very Good + has only call # on front fep, spine has tape evidence where call # once was, no other library marks. Hardback, no jacket, light edgewear to boards; 4 1/2 in. high / oblong 8vo.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London, England: Blandford Press , 1988 Over 200 b/w photos with captions give the history of specialist aircraft; part of the Blandford War Photo-Files series; unpaginated [217 pp.]. Very good with no marks in or out; some spine, corner & edgewear, some mildly rubbed areas on covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Pageant Press, 1967 Endpaper maps of Foremost Combat Parachute Actions, U.S. & International Parachute Meets; b/w photos; 331 pp., index; appendices. Near Fine in a Very Good dj; no marks in or out, mild edgewear to bottom of cloth boards; dj has some light age soiling, wear & chipping at folds & head/tail spine, one tiny closed tear at back, now in Brodart cover; 2nd printing. American history of parachuting competitions, summery of significant combat parachute actions, medal of honor paratroopers, British parachutists awarded Victoria Cross, highly decorated German parachutists of WWII. . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943 Excellent U.S. Air Force history piece. Look, USAAF, Acme Wide World, & AP photos in color & b/w; endpapers show USAAF insignia including shoulder patch, metal insignia, squadron insignia; "Air Force in Action" & "Army Aircraft Development" sections of fighters and bombers painted by John T. McCoy Jr, 1st Lt. A.C.; includes commanding officers' portrait photos & "Silhouettes" for aircraft spotters. Very Good, clean throughout, corners & spine lightly bumped, back board top outer edge worn, slightly faded spine, owner's stamp on front pastedown; no dj; 97 pp. Produced by Editors of Look in cooperation with the US Army Air Forces; royalties went to the US Army Air Forces Aid Society.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979 History of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF); signed by author on title page; Full page color photos of 20 American, German, Japanese aircraft, silhouettes & specs; complete 1942 "Fundamentals of Air Fighting" pamphlet is reproduced; CAF squadron & CAF aircraft lists. Near Fine First Edition is clean & tight; first 10 pp. very lightly creased at lower corners. Very Good + dj has light chipping & edgewear, 3 short closed tears repaired inside with archival tape; 114 pp.,, Brodart cover. Rectagular 9" hi x 10" wide. . Signed by Author / Photographer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Illus. by Makanna, Philip (photographer). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 Author covered the story of Faulkner's 1993 suit to be admitted to the [then] all-male military college in Charleston, S.C., for The NY Times. Signed on half-title page by the author. Near Fine First Edition includes loose "with the compliments of the author" card; in protective Brodart cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1967 Near Fine in green full cloth binding with clear gold & black title text;square & tight, unmarked; no dust jacket; 409 pages, index, numerous b/w photographs; maps & sketches by Jac Purdon. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Purdon, Jac. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988 Poems by a former Army captain and decorated Vietnam comabt veteran who became Poet Laureate of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Very Good Softcover is straight & tight with no marks in or out; one bumped corner and one tiny spot on side textblock. A Touchstone Book. . First Trade. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Atlanta, GA: Brannon Publishing Co., The Georgia Mint, 1991 The raid to take possession of the Macon & Western RR, Atlanta's lifeline; notes, bibliography, 189 pp., b/w photos, plus 3 unnumbered b/w maps. Limited Edition is no. 202 of 937 and is First Thus; originally published by Dorrance & Co, Philadelphia, 1976. Very Good, in full cloth, mild corner, spine & edgewear; library marks are stickers and spine call # on exterior, stamps & pocket front fep, sticker noting "Fayetteville p.80" on Contents page. . Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Atlanta, GA: Cross Roads Books, Inc., 1978 Subtitiled "The Exciting Story of Vietnam Hero Lt. Clebe McClary." Signed by Author on title page; Foreword by Tom Landry. Good + First Edition has no marks; crease & some wear near spine, mild corner & edgewear, light spotting on back & top closed textblock; now in protective mylar sleeve. McClary rebuilt his life as a dedicated Christian after the loss of an eye & an arm in Vietnam & 26 operations. LC # 78-66754. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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St. Louis, MO.: Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation, 1980 Report (Sept. 1980) on the F-15 Tactical Fighter Aircraft is cleverly written as if by the Russians, complete with notes about the aircraft and its capabilities & statistics, price, etc. Cover title is in Russian, with English title on next page. Scarce 16 pp. (8 1/2" x 11") publication is Near Fine stapled soft cover with no marks in or out; red wraps have only light edgewear & mild rubbing; full-color photos, maps & diagrams are b/w with red & blue highlights. In protective sleeve.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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New York: Washington Square Press, 1997 Winner of the 1996 California Book Award for First Published Work of Fiction; eleven different stories on a soldier's life, including that life during the Vietnam War. Very tight, clean softcover is near fine; First softcover trade paperback printing; 167 pp.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, England: MacDonald and Jane's, 1978. Very Good + hardcover has only light corner & edgewear; only library marks are call # on half-title page, tape left on spine where call # once was; no dj. Small classic, covers all types of warships of the world including technical data; 244 pp., index, b/w line drawings; 4 1/2 in. high, oblong 8vo.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Elsevier-Dutton, 1978 Near Fine First Edition is clean, tight & bright with no marks; Very Good dj has light spine & edgewear, a few small closed tears; 184 pp. with 77 b/w photos; in Brodart cover. Part of "Men & Battle" series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nashville, IN: Two-Star Press, 1991. Letters to and from Eisenhower, fictionalized and used to document events and personalities of WWII; written by a respected offficer and newspaperman. Signed by author on title page, below a whited out "to" name; small bookstore stamp bottom of page; 274 pp., b/w photos, maps, bibliography, index. Very Good + softcover has light wear, a light scratch and evidence of small price sticker on lower rear.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Helsinki, Finland: Lehtiyhtyma Oy, 1947 Post WWII reconstruction in Finland, scenes of German-caused destruction in north Finland; American, Swedish & Canadian aide; rationing; disabled soldiers; bath houses; temporary & new housing. Very Good 1st ed., sepia-toned photos; 107 pp., list of photographers. Tight, no marks in or out, boards have edgewear, pictorial covers have light spots; spine has some wear at head & tail and is slightly cocked; some age darkening to blank front/back endpapers; no dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover with Pictorial. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2003 This Fine First Edition is signed by the author on half-title page; in a Fine dj; 236 pp., b/w photos; now in Brodart cover. The horrific true experiences of an American WWII soldier who became a Japanese P.O.W. for 3 1/2 years; as a slave laborer he suffering beatings, TB, & other diseases, followed by his difficult homecoming & recurring nightmares.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1995 Very good, tight softcover with absolutely no interior markings; only insignificant wear to exterior with some black marks at lower left corner, a few other stray black marks to covers; 147 pp. in a protective poly sleeve. Events of summer 1990, Epilogue, information on participating officers, Glossary, and Index. Volume one (of two) on the Gulf War air campaign; published Jan. 1995. Preface by USAF Colonel Reynolds, Forword by Gen. Charles G. Boyd, . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Corinth, MS: Margaret G. Rogers, 1987 Near Fine softover has little to no wear, clean but for store stamp on title page; 46 pp. on gray stock, many b/w illus; in protective mylar sleeve. The siege of Corinth and two battles fought for Corinth's control, October 3 & 4, 1862 are told through the stories of Corinth families, the women nursing the wounded, and officers & soldiers on both sides. . First Edition. Spiral Bound Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-Published. more information

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Chattanooga, TN: University Publishers, 1984 Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Churchill LaSalle Scott, Jr., U. S. Air Force Bomber Pilot & Flight Instructor Chief of Staff to Brigidier General Forrest, written to his wife, Mada, with her account of their lives together & apart before and during the war. Scott died on a mission over Germany, Aug.1943. Very Good, no marks in or out; 161 pp., b/w photos; some spine & edgewear, spine crease on front. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Andersonville, GA: Friends of Andersonville and the Georgia Humanities Council, 2000 Sent overseas in 1942, PR photographer Spinelli was taken prisoner in N. Africa. He traded cigarettes for a camera; in 20 months, camera concealed, he'd photographed life in three camps [Stalag III A, Stalag III B, and Stalag VII]. Spiral bound softcover is 8 1/2" x 11"; Near Fine, no marks in or out; a partial price sticker on back; now in protective sleeve. . First Edition. Spiral Bound Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Spinelli, Angelo (photographer). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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New York: Vantage Press, 2001 An account of war and its effects. Signed by Author on front pastedown, inscription inked out. Very Good + First Edition is straight & tight, with small bookstore stamp bottom front fep; dj has edgewear at folds, a few tiny spots, a bit of ink on price; 146 pp. in Brodart cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1965 Collectible. Unused; center section is double-page U.S. map of "Major Space Installations," 8-page "Science Bulletin" prepared by Science Service, stickers [6 for the folded chart insert "Man In Space: How Man Will Get to the Moon & Back Again" & 8 for the booklet itself]; Revised edition; 64 pp. in protective sleeve. Near Fine, clean white pages, straight & tight, light rubbing at stapled spine only.. Stapled Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Headquarters. Strategic Air Command, 1986 Booklet put out by the U.S. military since 1971. Resources, strategic offensive & defensive forces, theater forces, command/control, and research & development of the mid 1980s Soviet military. Very good +, no marks, lightly rubbed covers; color photos, graphs, stats; 66 pp. in protective poly sleeve. The 6th edition revision (information cutoff date of 31 March 1986). . Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good +/None Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs Merrill Company , 1944 Straight & tight, no marks, cloth binding has crisp gilt title text, very light corner & edgewear. Near Fine First Edition; Good dj is whole. retains price, though chipped & worn at folds & edges, one scratch across front; 318 pp. with rough cut edges; appendices, bibliography; now in Brodart cover. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company , 1999 Includes tests & evaluations, the factory & assembly line, cockpit & weapons, full design coverage of each; 96 pp., b/w and color photos. Near Fine softcover, straight & tight with mild wear, one word name inside front cover, no other marks.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Acworth, GA: Names of Distinction , 1975 Near fine in a Near Fine dj; signed by Turra with an inscription to prior owner; no other marks in or out; 174 pp., b/w photos; now in Brodart cover. Life of a 12 year old boy in Italy during World War II after Italy's surrender to the Germans, including the rescue of a downed American piolot. Turra later worked for NATO, married an American, & moved to Atlanta, Georgia. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Fort Bliss, TX: Gaynes Printing Book is undated, ca. 1975; includes recipes from Pres. & Mrs. Ford, Secretary of the Navy, Commandant of US Marine Corps, various generals, other officers, and contributions from women the world over. Typed cookbook is clean & tight coil-bound softcover; local ads; 264 pp., b/w photos, drawings.. First Edition. Coil-bound Soft Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-Published. more information

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Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 106 pp., figures, tables; b/w photos. Very Good + softcover is square & tight, no marks, only light soiling. Chapters include historical origins, two decades of terror - statistical overview, terrorism in the future, domestic terrorism, international terrorism, detecting explosives, x-ray technology, chemical & biological warfare, etc. Appendices include nuclear-based explosive detection, congressional request & support letters, etc. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Avon, 1962 Korean War novel has author's references to sources on China rated "interesting," "useful," or "important." Vintage Paperback is tight, no marks, only light creases, mild corner, spine & edgewear; Very Good, now in protective sleeve. Cover illustration by Robert Jones; Avon # S-139 (LC # 62-16951).. First Edition. Vintage Paperback. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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New York: Primus / Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1986 A new foreword by the author, introduction by Robie Macauley. Very Good + softcover, straight & tight, no marks, very mild edgewear, slight spine crease; 350 pp. First published 1947 and became a film "The Strange One" in 1957; predates Pat Conroy's novel with a similar theme. Part of the Primus Library of Contemporary Americana.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Honolulu, Hawaii: Pacific Basin Enterprises, 1986 A history from the 1890s - 1980 and the events preceeding, during & after the tragedy of the bombing of Pearl Harbor & particularly the U.S.S. Arizona. Near Fine 3rd revised ed., no marks; color wraps have very light soiling; includes map of ships' positions Dec. 7, 1941, routes of attacking Japanese planes, salvage operations, memorial; b&w & color photos; 66 pp. in protective sleeve.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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