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Very good internally , cover worn

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.25

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.25

Story of one of the most humiliating defeats in the history of the U. S. Navy.First Australian Edition. (c 1961) pp. xvi, 237, b/w plates, (NO dustjacket) #1219 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover original cloth binding.

8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges and with small loss at top of front panel. First published in the USA in 1961. Enser, p.195 (recording the first edition).

Hard cover dust wrapper, 237pp, b&w plates. Dw in very average condition with tears, chips at edges, creases, and some small pieces missing from top edge. Board edges worn, page edges lightly browned; A good copy of the actual book in a poor dust wrapper. The Japanese navy struck a serious blow to Australian and American ships in the early hours of the 9th August, 1942. Four cruisers including HMAS Canberra were lost and the allies counted 1024 dead and 709 wounded. Newcomb discusses the disaster and tries to explain how it could have occurred.

[Stated First Edition] Hardcover and dust jacket. Wear/tear to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm, 278 p. "Written by a gifted reporter, who is also an authority on naval history, the story of Savo is a landmark in the literature of World War II. The book contains an appendix, listing the names of participating officers and ships; maps; and sixteen pages of compelling photographs which illuminate the heartbreak and horror that was the Battle of Savo Island."-Rear jacket flap.

1st Aust ed., xvi, 237, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., top edge dusty, or. bds., v.g. in chipped, rubbed d.j.

Size: 8"-9" Tall. Minor wear to jacket edges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 38431.

1st Australian ed., xvi,238pgs, 16pgs of plates, orig cloth in d/w. V.good copy. Japanese naval force struck a crushing blow to Australian & American ships on the morning of August 9, 1942.

//NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) //NOT PRICECLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER//

Four U.S. heavy cruisers sunk in a night battle, August 9, 1942, by an inferior Japanese force; the defeat crippled support and supply efforts for Guadalcanal for some months. A very good copy, spine head & tail very slightly worn, book plate removed from front paste-down, in price-clipped dust jacket with somewhat worn edges. (278p., 46 illus., 2 maps, casualties, Orders of Battle, biblio., index.)

Well written record of the action near Guadalcanal by the author of Abandon Ship! Mild rubbing to jacket tips and a tiny nick to one corner; otherwise a clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

Smaller, sturdy book, quality blue cloth, bright gilt eagle illustration at top front and spine, gilt lettering and white lettering bright and very fine on spine, a map inside covers and adjacent end papers, 278 pages including a glossy photo section. Ink birthday note on reverse of dedication page. DJ glossy beneath mylar, a stunning color-illustration of night naval battle, men in lifeboats and in water on front, spine and back. Very Fine DJ/Fine book.

First Edition. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 278 cm. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt embossed decoration. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Sprache: english.