Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Random House, New York. 1943. Hardcover. Later Printing (no BCE dot on the rear board). A Random House Wartime Book. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP dated 1944. Book Condition: Good; light suntoning to spine; light soiling to boards; light bumping to tail. No DJ. Khaki cloth boards and spine with maroon lettering and bomber on spine and front board. Tinted textblock top; maps as endpapers. clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 221 pp 8vo. This first-hand account of the Doolittle Raid - the secret preparations, the war itself and the almost unbelievable adventures of the airmen in the weeks that followed - is one of the greatest stories of American bravery and ingenuity that has ever been written. Ted Lawson piloted one of the planes that roared over Tokyo. In the subsequent crack-up on the Chinese coast, he sustained injuries that ultimately cost him a leg. The story of his rescue, told simply and directly, makes thrilling and moving reading, serving again to remind us all of the great acts of sacrifice and heroism performed by members of our armed forces during World War II. A clean very presentable copy.…