Short Cut to Tokyo, the Battle for the Aleutians (SIGNED)

Ford, Corey

Published by Charles Scriber's Sons, New York, 1943

About this Item

12mo. 141 pages. Hardcover with a black dust jacket, now in mylar. The jacket is worn and has some edge tears and chips, especially at the bottom corner of the front cover, There is a small blue "Signed" label inside the mylar at the foot of the spine. The book is sound with secure inner hinges. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the half title by the author, "For Captain Leland Lovette- with gratitude / Corey Ford". Leland Pearson Lovette (1897-1967) was Captain in the U.S. Navy and was Commander of the U.S.S. Guam in WWII. He eventually made rear Admiral. He was also the author of a book on Naval Customs. The bottom of the jacket's front panel reads, "An Eye Witness Account of our Least-Known and Loneliest Front". First Edition with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page.

Seller Inventory # 054302

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Short Cut to Tokyo, the Battle for the Aleutians (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Charles Scriber's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1943
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Maritime
  • Signed Books & Association Copies
  • World War II