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Aces Against Japan; The American Aces Speak (Volume 1)
by Eric Hammel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0891414401
- ISBN 13
- 9780891414407
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1992 Presidio Press, Novato, CA. 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by pilot/section authors Swett and Morehead on FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light edge bumps; small closed tear on lower front. Blue boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 318 pp 8vo. The author brings first-person accounts from forty of the American fighter aces who blasted their way across the skies of the Pacific and East Asia from 7 Dec 1941, until the final air battles over Japan in Aug 1945. Full of thrilling in-the-cockpit experiences of air combat that World War II's best Army, Navy, and marine Pilots have chosen to tell. These are stories of bravery and survival, men and machines pitted against one another in heart-stopping unforgiving high-speed aerial combat. A clean pristine copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003785
- Title
- Aces Against Japan; The American Aces Speak (Volume 1)
- Author
- Eric Hammel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0891414401
- ISBN 13
- 9780891414407
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Place of Publication
- Novato, CA
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II in the Pacific, World War II against Japan, aerial dogfights, aerial combat, P-36, Naval aviation, Army Air Corps, Marine pilots, carrier based aircraft, aircraft carriers, Hellcat, Wildcats,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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