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Last Plane to Shanghai
by Tregaskis, Richard [Admiral John S. McCain Jr.]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Last Plane to Shanghai by Richard Tregaskis, inscribed to Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.. Octavo, 249pp. Blue hardcover, cream spine. Title in orange on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to front cover, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 retail price on front flap, light wear along spine and flap folds, short closed tear along top edge, a near fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Admiral John S. and Roberta McCain - Outstanding among all Navy family heads as representing the best of the Navy traditions - (like Full Speed Ahead and Damn the Torpedoes!) Much Aloha Rich Tregaskis - March 13, 1971." Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981) served in the United States Navy for 45 years. He was the son of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., a four-star admiral who commanded South Pacific aircraft operations in World War II, and the father of Senator John McCain. During the Vietnam War, Admiral McCain was Commander-in-Chief of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater and an ardent supporter of the Vietnamization policy of President Nixon. McCain retired in 1972 and died of a heart attack in 1981. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13469
- Title
- Last Plane to Shanghai
- Author
- Tregaskis, Richard [Admiral John S. McCain Jr.]
- Illustrator
- First edition of Last Plane to Shanghai by Richard Tregaskis, inscribed to Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RN The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, faith of my fathers McCain, worth the fighting for, why courage matters McCain, hard call McCain, mark salter McCain, thirteen soldiers McCain, Senator John McCain, a marine named mitch paige, iwo jima flag, Guadalcan
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