Published by Washington, D.C., 1943
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Cover by Lon Keller. Quarto. 464pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, advertisements, drawings. Pages lightly age-toned, wrapper extremities worn with small chips, three tears with neat tape repair in front wrapper, still very good. Massive tome featuring a month-by-month overview of the war from the perspective of the Navy starting with Pearl Harbor, as well as biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Under Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal, Vice Admiral John S. McCain, and others. Scarce. *OCLC* locates no copies of this particular volume.
Published by Washington, D.C., 1942
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Lon Keller. Quarto. 728pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, 14 pages of color photographs, advertisements, and drawings. Pages lightly age-toned, wrapper extremities worn with small chips, corners flared, still very good. Contains biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, and other high-ranking officials, along with various articles: "The History of the Navy Department," "Flying Fleet," "Marines and Midway," "Bataan and Corregidor," "The Story of the Gatling Gun," "Battle of Manila Bay," and many more. Scarce. *OCLC* locates no copies of this particular volume.