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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
by Lawson, Ted W.; Considine, Robert (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1944. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. True account by U. S. Army Captain & pilot who participated in the 1942 Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, Japan, in WWII, crashed over the Chinese coast, lost a leg, & was saved during a daring rescue. In 221 pages with 16 pages of black-and-white photos + photo frontispiece of the author. Basis for the 1944 movie of the same name with Van Johnson, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker, & Robert Mitchum. Orig. published in 1943, this is the first reprint edition from Blue Ribbon Books from 1944, identical in all aspects. Tan cloth-covered boards are stamped with a darker brown plane design to front, replicated on the spine, with dark brown lettering. Decorative endpapers show Japan & the coast of China. Condition is VG+: very clean, pages appropriately tanned (wartime paper quality & age), binding tight & square, pages tanned, commensurate with age & wartime paper quality, but completely unmarked. Just a hint of rubbing to extremities. The semi-clipped DJ (with reprint notice at bottom of front flap) is VG- (minus): bright & colorful with slight darkening to spine, rubbing to all extremities, some minor chips, short tears, & creases; looks lovely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023316
- Title
- Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
- Author
- Lawson, Ted W.; Considine, Robert (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Japan China American World War Two pilot military battle officer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Military Studies/War; Planes/Trains/Automobiles/Boats/Motorcycles/Bikes;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
All books shipped promptly that day or next; tracking # provided on all orders. Refunds issued gladly in accordance with Biblio policies.
About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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