Louisville, Kentucky: The Standard Printing Company, 1947. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the compiler/editor. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Minor foxing to a few pages else Very Good condition in Near Very Good (light soil, a few small chips) pictorial dust jacket. Not price clipped ($5.00). Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well-illustrated with 120 photos/portraits and 8 maps. Front endpapers have a map showing the itinerary of the Vincennes, April 1941 - August 1942. Rear endpapers have a map of Oceania. "First Printing, June, 1947" is so stated on the copyright page. The compiler's son was lost when the United States Cruiser Vincennes, was sunk in a surprise attack by the Japanese near Savo Island, in the Solomon Archipelago, on August 9, 1942. However, the ship's log was preserved because Lieutenant Dorris left manuscripts of the log at his parent's home after a visit in February 1942, while the ship was in Boston Harbor. There are also contributions by Robert M. Schwyhart, Commander and Chaplain, USN; Edmund Philip Di Giannantonio, Lieutenant Commander, USNR, and others. According to the dust jacket, Captain F. L. Riefkohl, of the Vincennes, assisted in obtaining material for the book. Bound in the original blue cloth. Signed by Jonathan Truman Dorris. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xiv, 402pp.

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A Log of the Vincennes, An Interesting and Instructive Contribution to the History of World War II

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The Standard Printing Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Publication Date

1947

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good condition

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Near Very Good dust jacket

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