The Pacific War Remembered: An Oral History Collection
by John T. Mason
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870215221
- ISBN 13
- 9780870215223
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£12.10£8.47
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986 Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1986. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear; three tiny stains on the front board top edge. DJ: Very Good; light bumping to top and bottom DJ edges; light rubbing to panels. Tan cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Black endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 373 pp 4to. This book holds the WWII memories of 30 participants in the Pacific Theater events from Pearl Harbor to the end of the war in Tokyo Harbor. This book takes the reader behind the scenes and shares the history of the war from the recollections of those who were in the fight, both fraught with horror and with humor. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014477
- Title
- The Pacific War Remembered: An Oral History Collection
- Author
- John T. Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870215221
- ISBN 13
- 9780870215223
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Naval history, World War II, Pacific Theater of World War II, U.S. Navy, Personal recollections of World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, U.S. Marine Corps, Naval Ships in WWII, Leyte Gulf, Tokyo Raid, Biography, military history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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