War: World War II - Asia & Pacific

[6606] Becton, F. Julian; Morschauser, Joseph, III. The Ship That Would Not Die : The USS Laffey. Missoula, MT, U.S.A.: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1987. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Inscribed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0933126875. Clean, corners lightly bumped, p58 bottom closed tear, 288pp, illus. Account of the second USS Laffey (DD-724), a WW2 destroyer that survived fierce kamikaze air attacks at the Battle of Okinawa. Author was commanding officer of Laffey and later advanced to Admiral. Book is inscribed on short title page, "To Chief xxx with best wishes, F. Julian Becton". Contains crew rosters. $18.00 [6434] Belote, James H. & Belote, William M.. Titans of the Seas: The Development and Operations of Japanese and American Carrier Task Forces During World War II. NY: Harper & Row, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. 406pp., illus. "Development and operations of the ... aircraft carrier task force..." in world war 2. $11.00 [6573] Belote, James H. & Belote, William M.. Typhoon of Steel: The Battle for Okinawa. New York NY: Harper & Row, 1970. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Clean, no marks, 384pp., illus. Excellent insight into the complex battle launched on Easter Sunday 1945 to gain the last stepping stone to mainland Japan. $9.00 [2801] Berry, Henry. Semper Fi, Mac : Living Memories of the U.S. Marines in World War II. NY: Arbor House, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 403pp., illus. Collection of WW2 interviews of Marines. Author uses words of individual Marines describe battles and events in the Pacific Theater. $13.00 [5231] Blair, Clay. Silent Victory : The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, 2 Volumes. NY: Lippincott, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Very good plus dust jackets with some discoloration to spine of vol 1 (white), previous owner's name on end paper, 1055pp., illus. Definitive account of World War II U.S. submarine operations in the Pacific. Two volume book club edition. $27.00 [7139] Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2003. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0316105848. Mylar dust jacket cover, single name inside front cover, o/w clean, 398pp., illus. A book only to be read by those with a strong stomack for war time atrocities. $12.00 [7311] Buell, Hal (ed.). Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue. New York NY: Berkeley Books, 2006. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0425209806. Clean, no marks or names, 258pp, illus. with DVD. Photo essay of WW2 battle for Iwo Jima by US Marine Corps. $12.00 [5411] Clausen, Henry C.; Lee, Bruce. Pearl Harbor : Final Judgment. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0306810352. No marks, 485pp., illus. $7.00 [6699] Craig, William. The Fall of Japan. Unknown (Asian), 1967. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Mylar dust jacket cover, 368pp. illus. maps. The last weeks of the Imperial Japanese military in WW2. $4.00 [6976] Cutler, Thomas J.. The Battle of Leyte Gulf 23 -26 October 1944. NY: Harper Collins, 1994. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0060169494. Clean, no marks or names, 343pp., illus., maps. Largest naval battle ever fought with 282 ships and over 200,000 men. $12.00 [3348] Daws, Gavan. Prisoners of the Japanese: POW's of World War II in the Pacific. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0-688-14370-9 . 462pp. Of the estimated 150,000 allied prisoners the Japanese captured in early WW2, one in four died as result of barbaric treatment and conditions. $10.00 [5338] Donovan, Robert J.. PT 109 : John F. Kennedy in World War II. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1961. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Small chips on lower/upper dust jacket spine, previous owner's bookplate, 248pp. illus., end maps. John F. Kennedy's exploits in the Navy motor torpedo boats of World War II. $7.00 [7267] Enright, Joseph F.; Ryan, James W.. Shinano! The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership. New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. No marks or names. 238pp., illus. Captain of American submarine who sunk IJN aircraft carrier Shinao tells his story. $7.00 [6323] Falk, Stanley L.. Seventy Days to Singapore. New York NY: G. P. Putnam, 1975. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. Dust jacket edge rubs, clean and tight copy, 301pp., illus. $8.00 [6429] Frank, Benis & Shaw, Henry. Victory and Occupation: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. V. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1968. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair / No Jacket - As Issued. Red cover with USMC gold seal, page edges lightly soiled, library stamps and pocket, 943pp., illus., maps. NOTE: Appendices B through M (tables of organization & equipment, pp 784-885) and maps inside rear cover have been removed. History section complete. Volume 5 of 5. $20.00 [2808] Frank, Benis M.. Okinawa : Touchstone to Victory. NY: Ballantine, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good 160pp. Benis Frank served many years as historian for the U.S. Marine Corps and was one of the authors of the definitive official history of the Marine Corps in WW2, History of the U.S. Marine Corps Operation in World War II. $6.00 [5562] Fuchida, Mitsuo; Okumiya, Masatake;. Midway : The Battle That Doomed Japan. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-87021-3725. Dust jacket light edge wear, 4th printing, 266pp., illus., maps. The Japanese view of Midway by IJN veterans. Captain Fuchida led air attack on Pearl Harbor and was wounded at Midway. The English translation has been heavily edited with footnotes and correlation of events. Pineau, Roger and Kawakami, Clarke K. (eds.) $19.00 [7157] Gailey, Harry A.. Peleliu 1944. Annapolis MD: Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1983. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 212pp., illus. Peleliu was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. Halsey asked the invasion to be called off, Nimitz overruled. $6.00 [2165] Galantin, I. J. . Take Her Deep! : A Submarine Against Japan in World War II. Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket edge creases, 262pp., illus., end maps. War patrols of the USS Halibut detailed by commanding officer, Galantin. $6.00 [7268] Galantin, I. J. . Take Her Deep!: A Submarine Against Japan in World War II. Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. No marks or names., 262pp., illus., end maps. War patrols of the USS Halibut detailed by commanding officer, Galantin. $8.00 [6443] Gause, Damon 'Rocky'; Gause, Damon L. (editor). The War Journal of Major Damon 'Rocky' Gause. New York, NY: Hyperion Press, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0786884215. Clean, no marks, 181pp. Remarkable escape of American army officer from the Japanese and the Bataan death march in the Phillipines to Australia in early 1942. $10.00 [7270] Hammel, Eric. Guadalcanal : Decision at Sea, The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal November 13-15, 1942. Pacifica CA: Pacifica Press, 1988. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. No names or marks. Appears unread. 444pp., illus., maps. $20.00 [2166] Hammel, Eric. Munda Trail : The New Georgia Campaign. NY: Orion Books, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dustjacket closed tears, 252pp., illus., maps. US Army routes the Japanese in Central Solomon Islands, 1943. $7.00 [3984] Harrington, Joseph D.. Yankee Samurai : The Secret Role of Nisei in America's Pacific Victory. Detroit MI: Pettigrew Enterprises, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 276pp., illus. Riveting story of American of Japanese ancestry in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Translators and intelligence work of the Nisei in were indispensable. Index of names, although many operations were classified for decades after the war. $12.00 [6788] Hersey, John. Into the Valley : A Skirmish of the Marines. ill. Dickson, Donald L. . New York, NY: Schocken, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0805240780. Clean, no name or markings, 111pp., illus b/w pencil drawings. Reprint of 1943 Knopf edition. U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in first major island campaign of Pacific in WW2. $8.00 [6541] Hoyt, Edwin P.. Blue Skies and Blood : The Battle of the Coral Sea. NY: Paul S. Eriksson, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 206pp., illus., maps. First battle after Pearl Harbor between US and Japanese naval forces and the first naval action where opposing sides did not see one another. In number and type of ships lost the US was bested by the Imperial Japanese Navy, but in the overall outcome the IJN lost use of two front line carriers that would have impacted the soon to be Battle of Midway. $9.00 [1748] Hoyt, Edwin P.. Guadalcanal. NY: Stein & Day, 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 303pp., illus. Excellent history of the first major thrust of the Allies in the Pacific 1942. $6.00 [2806] Hoyt, Edwin P.. Guadalcanal. NY: Stein & Day, 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 303pp., illus. Excellent history of the first major thrust of the Allies in the Pacific 1942. $8.00 [2864] Hoyt, Edwin P.. Closing the Circle : War in the Pacific 1945. NY: Van Nostrand, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Lower back corner nicked (chewed?), 235pp., illus. Last three months of the struggle in the Pacific. $7.00 [5033] Hynes, Samuel. Flights of Passage : Recollections of a World War II Aviator. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 087021215x. Small closed tear base of dust jacket spine, 270pp. Marine aviator in WW2. $9.00 [3589] Ienaga, Saburo. The Pacific War 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan's Role in World War II. NY: Pantheon Books, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0394734963. 316pp. Japanese scholar confronts history. $9.00 [6805] Kenney, George C.. General Kenney Reports. Washington DC: Office of Air Force History, 1987. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Fine ISBN: 0912799447. Clean, no markings or names, 595pp., illus. Reprint. Army Air Corps in WW2 Pacific Theater. $12.00 [7269] Kerr, E. Bartlett. Surrender & Survival: The Experience of American POWs in the Pacific. New York NY: Morrow, 1985. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. No marks or names. 256pp., illus. $5.00 [5577] Kurzman, Dan. Fatal Voyage : The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis. New York, NY: Athemeum, 1990. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0689120079. Clean, no markings, 331pp., illus., maps. Tragic event of July 30,1945 when the cxruiser Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk east of Guam. The unreported disaster leaves the men in the open sea for days. Only 316 survivors out of more than 1200 Indianapolis sailors survive. Later chapters deal with the trial of Captain McVey. $12.00 [4514] Kurzman, Dan. The Day of the Bomb : Countdown to Hiroshima. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1985. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-07-035683-1. Moisture stain to bottom spine of dust jacket and book cover, no page curl, 546pp., illus. $8.00 [5951] Lawton, Manny. Some Survived : An Epic Account of Japanese Captivity During World War II. Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 091269713X. 295pp., map. Introduction by John Toland. Lawton, WWII Army officer, chronicles survival of Bataan Death March and 3 1/2 years of captivity. $20.00 [2019] Layton, Edwin T.. And I Was There : Pearl Harbor and Midway - Breaking the Secrets. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1985. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Good. ISBN: 0688048838. Dustjacket lower rear has chip, 596pp, illus., maps. Inside story of the breaking of Imperial Japanese Navy code from the early days of WWII. $6.00 [3037] Leckie, Robert. Okinawa : The Last Battle of World War II. NY: Viking Penguin, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 067084716X. 220pp., illus. $14.00 [4580] Lee, Bruce; Clausen, Henry C.. Pearl Harbor : Final Judgment. New York, NY: Crown Publishing, 1992. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0-517-58644-4. 485pp. Author deduces that FDR knew of Japanese attack but refrained from alerting Hawaii Commanders Kimmel and Short; Churchill knew of Japanese attack but didn't warn U.S. because he wanted America at war; and Soviets knew of attack but also wanted U.S. in war. $8.00 [3266] Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic : Codes, Ciphers and the Defeat of Japan. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0374104174. 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed. $6.00 [5449] Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic : Codes, Ciphers and the Defeat of Japan. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0374104174. 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed. $8.00 [5126] Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic : Codes, Ciphers and the Defeat of Japan. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. ISBN: 0374104174. Dust jacket large chip from lower rear and spine lightly sunned, intact but front hinge weak, 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed. $3.00 [4966] Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic : Codes, Ciphers and the Defeat of Japan. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0374104174. Light edge wear, rubs, closed tear to dust jacket, 330pp., illus. Magic, the code name for intercepted and decrypted Japanese message traffic, detailed. $7.00 [1522] Lindley, John M.. Carrier Victory : The Air War in the Pacific. NY: Elsevier-Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0525930027. 184pp., illus. $6.00 [6901] Lord, Walter. Lonely Vigil : Coastwatchers of the Solomons. NY: Viking Press, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0670437654. Dust jacket spine chip, 322pp, illus, maps. Fascinating story of volunteers who took positions behind the Japanese lines on Pacific Islands durning WW2 in order to keep the Allies informed of enemy ship and aircraft movement and to facilitate the rescue of downed airman. Great read! $5.00 [5962] Lord, Walter. Lonely Vigil : Coastwatchers of the Solomons. NY: Viking Press, 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket closed tears, 322pp, illus, maps. $5.00 [7002] Lott, Arnold S.. Brave Ship Brave Men. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 1557505233. Clean, no marks or names, appears unread, 272pp. Battle of Okinawa from the deck of the USS Aaron Ward DD-483. This destroyer on radar picket duty was hit by 10 Japanese kamikaze planes in an hour span, afire from stem to stern, and the heroic crew saves the ship. A classic of naval literature. $12.00 [3613] Lowder, Hughston E.. Batfish : The Champion Submarine-Killer Submarine of World War II. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0130665630. Library stamps and pocket, mylar jacket cover, 251pp., illus. The seven war patrols of the USS Batfish (SS-310) 1943-1945. $4.00 [7160] Mason, Theodore C.. Battleship Sailor. Annapolis MD: United States Naval Institute, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Clean, no names or marks, jacket edge wear, 265pp, illus. Author entered Navy prior to Pearl Harbor and describes life as a Radioman on the battleship California through Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. $5.00 [1675] Mayo, Lida. Bloody Buna. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Yellowed page ends, dj edges heavily worn, intact and tight, 210pp., illus. Campaign in New Guinea by American and Australian troops to stop southern advance of Japanese. $4.00 [3587] Merillat, Herbert Christian. Guadalcanal Remembered. NY: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 298pp., illus. maps. $9.00 [4368] Messimer, Dwight R.. In the Hands of Fate : The story of Patrol Wing Ten 8 December 1941 - 11 May 1942. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1985. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-87021-293-1. 350pp., illus. The courageous PBY aviators of Patwing 10 in the Philippines during the opening days of WW2. $20.00 [2074] Miller, John Jr.. Guadalcanal : The First Offensive. New York, NY, U.S.A.: BDD Special Editions, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0792458575. 413pp, illus., maps. Originally published by The Center for Military History, US Army in 1949. This reprint is set in a larger type, better binding and sharp dust jacket. $29.00 [5875] Moon, Tom. This Grim and Savage Game : The OSS and the Beginning of U. S. Covert Operations in World War II. Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Burning Gate Press, 1991. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1878179012. Dust jacket edge wear, 341pp. Inscribed by author on ffep. Quarter inch clip lower edge of title page. $10.00 [6409] Morrison, Wilbur H.. Above and Beyond 1941 1945. New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 314pp., illus. $5.00 [3850] Nalty, Bernard. Tigers Over Asia. NY: Elsevier-Dutton, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0525930078. 182pp., illus. Men and Battle Series. Story of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in the early months of WW2 in China. $12.00 [5627] Nalty, Bernard C.. Tigers Over Asia. New York NY: Elsevier-Dutton, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0525930078. Light shelf rub rear dust jacket, 182pp., illus. American Volunteer Group (AVG) in China 1941-42. Chennault's "Flying Tigers." $12.00 [6373] Newcomb, Richard F.. Abandon Ship! : The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Fine. ISBN: 006018471X. Remainder mark lower page ends, 326pp., illus. Originally published by Henry Holt (1958). New introduction and afterword by Peter Maas. Signed by Peter Maas on title page. $16.00 [2789] Newcomb, Richard F.. Iwo Jima. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket edge wear, stated first, 338pp., illus. end maps. $22.00 [7201] Newcomb, Richard F.. Abandon Ship! : The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 006018471X. 326pp., illus. Originally published by Henry Holt (1958). New introduction and afterword by Peter Maas. $4.00 [5549] Nolan, Liam. Small Man of Nanataki. New York: Dutton, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1299071082. Dust jacket edge wear, 162pp. Story of an American educated Japanese Lutheran minister drafted to be prison camp interpreter in World War II Hong Kong. $9.00 [7049] Norman, Elizabeth M.. We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese. New York, New York: Atria Books, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0671787187. Clean, no marks or name, 327pp., illus. $7.00 [2160] O'Kane, Admiral Richard H.. Clear The Bridge! : The War Patrols of the USS Tang. Navato CA: Presidio, 1977. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1568656459. Dust jacket edge wear, 466pp., illus., end maps. O'Kane, commanding officer of the Tang, tells story of his WWII patrols on the famous submarine. Tang was sunk by Japanese. O'Kane and eight others were held prisoner until the end of the war. O'Kane is the holder of three Navy Crosses and the Medal of Honor. $10.00 [7259] O'Kane, Admiral Richard H.. Clear The Bridge! : The War Patrols of the USS Tang. Navato CA: Presidio, 1977. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1568656459. Clean, no marks or names. Reprint of 1977 (1989). 466pp., illus. O'Kane, commanding officer of the Tang, tells story of his WWII patrols on the famous submarine. Tang was sunk by Japanese. O'Kane and eight others were held prisoner until the end of the war. O'Kane is the holder of three Navy Crosses and the Medal of Honor. $12.00 [2722] Porter, Col. R. Bruce with Hammel, Eric. Ace! A Marine Night-Fighter Pilot in World War II. Pacifica CA: Pacifica Press, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Closed tear to dust jacket, 278pp., illus. US Marine Corps pilot from cadet to combat in the Solomons and on to Okinawa. Author commanded one of the few night flying squadrons. $22.00 [1423] Prange, Gordon W.. Miracle at Midway. NY: Penguin Books, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0140068147. 467pp. Battle of Midway, June 1942, from premier WWII Pacific Theater historian. $5.00 [7155] Prange, Gordon W.. Miracle at Midway. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0070506728. Clean, no markings, 469pp., illus. Prage's Midway work assembled after his death by Goldstein and Dillon. $7.00 [7272] Ramsey, Edwin Price.; Rivele, Stephen J.. Lieutenant Ramsey's War. New York NY: Knightsbridge, 1990. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. No marks or names. 336pp., illus. maps. U.S. Army Lieutenant Ramsey recounts guerilla warfare in Philippine Islands during World War II. $9.00 [6980] Ross, Bill D.. Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor. Westminster, Maryland: Random House, 1986. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0394742885. Clean, no names or marks, cover corner crease, 380pp., illus., maps. Understanding the epic taking of Iwo Jima, February 1945. $8.00 [5647] Russ, Martin. Line of Departure: Tarawa. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1975. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 111249913X. Clean, no marks, 206pp., illus., maps. $7.00 [7154] Russ, Martin. Line of Departure: Tarawa. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1975. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 111249913X. Clean, no markings, previous owner's embossment to title page, 206pp., illus., maps. $6.00 [3586] Schultz, Duane. Wake Island : The Heroic Gallant Fight. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 192pp. Defense of Wake Island. $6.00 [6175] Schultz, Duane. Wake Island: The Heroic Gallant Fight. New York NY: St Martins Press, 1978. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Light wear and nicks top edge of dust jacket, 192pp., illus. The fall of Wake Island, to the Japanese in December 1941. $6.00 [3591] Shaw, Henry I. Jr.. Tarawa: A Legend is Born. NY: Ballantine, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good 160pp., illus. $9.00 [6425] Shaw, Henry I. Jr., Nalty, Bernard C. & Turnbladh, Edwin T.. Central Pacific Drive: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. III. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1966. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / No Jacket - As Issued. Red cover with USMC gold seal, library stamps and discard markings, tight binding, 685pp., illus., maps. Fold out maps inside rear cover are present. Volume 3 of 5. Other volumes available. $45.00 [7271] Skates, John Ray. The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb. Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0872499723. No marks or names. 276pp., maps. $8.00 [3538] Spector, Ronald H.. Eagle Against the Sun. NY: Random House, 1985. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0394741013. 589pp., illus. American vs. Japan in the Pacific 1941 - 1945. $6.00 [3720] Spector, Ronald H.. Eagle Against the Sun. NY: The Free Press, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. 589pp., illus. American vs. Japan in the Pacific 1941 - 1945. $9.00 [3583] Spurr, Russell. Glorious Way to Die : The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato, April 1945. NY: Newmarket Press, 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 318pp., illus. $8.00 [6714] Stafford, Edward P.. Little Ship, Big War: The Saga of DE 343. New York NY: Morrow, 1984. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Light edge wear to dust jacket, 336pp., illus. USS Abercrombie (DE-343), destroyer escort, in the Pacific Theater WW2 at Okinawa and Leyete Gulf. $8.00 [1674] Stewart, Adrian. The Battle of Leyte Gulf. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1117597601. Name stamp ffep, 224pp., illus. Last great naval battle of WWII and history. $6.00 [4988] Stewart, Adrian. The Battle of Leyte Gulf. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1117597601. Name stamp ffep, 224pp., illus. Last great naval battle of WWII. $6.00 [4476] Stewart, Adrian. The Battle of Leyte Gulf. London UK: Robert Hale, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-7091-7544-2. 223pp., illus., maps. Demise of the Imperial Japanese Navy. $9.00 [6449] Stillwell, Paul (ed.). Air Raid: Pearl Harbor! : Recollections of a Day of Infamy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0870210866. Light wear to dust jacket corners, new mylar jacket protector, 299pp., illus. Collection of essays and illustrations on the December 7, 1941 Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii. $22.00 [1758] Toland, John. Infamy : Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 390pp., illus. Pultizer Prize winning author,Toland, takes a close look at the events of Pearl Harbor. Did Roosevelt know the Japanese intentions? Why were General Short and Admiral Kimmel kept in the dark? Interesting read. $8.00 [7274] Toland, John. Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire: 1936-1945 (2 Volumes). New York, NY: Random House, 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 039444311X. No names or marks to text. Minor dust jacket edge wear. 1181pp., illus., maps. Two volume set. $12.00 [5776] Toland, John. But Not in Shame: The Six Months After Pearl Harbor. NY: Random, 1961. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Clean, bright, small closed tear to jacket spine, 427pp., illus., maps. $18.00 [5469] Toland, John. Infamy : Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0385145594. Name on ffep, 366pp., illus. end maps. $9.00 [2790] Tregaskis, Richard. Guadalcanal Diary. Garden City NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1943. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Dust jacket edges heavily worn with chips, fully intact with war bonds ad on back and book ads inside jacket, 263pp. Classic of WW2 with first hints of American success in the Pacific Theater. $20.00 [3534] van der Vat, Dan. The Pacific Campaign : The U.S. - Japanese Naval War 1941 - 1945. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0671792172. 430pp. $9.00 [6464] Wallin, Homer N.. Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal. Washington DC: Naval History Division (U. S. Navy), 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / No Jacket - As Issued. 377pp., illus. b/w photographs, appendices. $40.00 [3069] Wheeler, Richard. Iwo. New York NY: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 225pp., illus. USMC struggle to take Iwo Jima from Japanese defenders, February 1945. Author, a former Marine, made the famous assault on the black pearl of the Pacific. $10.00 [6712] Wheeler, Richard. Iwo. New York NY: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Mylar dust jacket cover, 225pp., illus. USMC struggle to take Iwo Jima from Japanese defenders, February 1945. Author, a former Marine, made the famous assault on the black pearl of the Pacific. $10.00 [4343] Winslow, W. G.. The Fleet the God Forgot: The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Previous owner's name plate on ffep, third printing, 327pp., illus. Fight and demise of the badly outnumbered Asiatic Fleet at the beginning of WW2 including loss of USS Houston. $19.00 [6662] Wisniewski, Richard A.. Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial: A Pictorial History. Hononlulu HI: Pacific Basin Enterprises , 1981. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 64pp., illus. Inlaid USS Arizona Memorial and National Park multifold visitor's guide. $6.00 [6556] Wright, Derrick. Tarawa 1943 : Turning of the Tide (Campaign Series, Vol. 77). Botley, Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, Limited, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Hardcover. Fine / No Jacket - As Issued. ISBN: 1841764329. No marks or names, 96pp., illus., maps. $18.00 [2083] Wyden, Peter. Day One : Before Hiroshima and After. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket closed tear & crease, 412pp., illus. $9.00 [7196] Y'Blood, William T.. The Little Giants: U.S. Escort Carriers Against Japan. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0870212753. Clean no marks or names, 468pp., illus. Saga of the heroic escort carriers of WW2. They saved the landing at Leyete and Halsey's reputation. $15.00 [7153] Yahara, Hiromichi; Gibney, Frank. The Battle for Okinawa. Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0471120413. Clean, unmarked copy, 242pp, illus. Japanese account of the April 1945 Battle of Okinawa. $9.00 [4713] Young, Stephen B.. Trapped at Pearl Harbor : Escape from Battleship Oklahoma. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1557509751. 187pp., illus. $15.00

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