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Torpedo 8 by Wolfert, Ira - 1943

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Torpedo 8 by Wolfert, Ira - 1943

Torpedo 8

by Wolfert, Ira

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Near Fine/Very Good+. Collectible condition hardcover book with original dust jacket. Very clean red cloth boards with black letering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slightly tanned, as most wartime books were made from slightly inferior paper). Very clean bright color illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Copright 1943; no date on title page. 127 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), some very tiny edge nicks and short closed edge tears. Photo of Swede and his wife on rear panel.

Revenge was sweet after the Japanese took out the United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 in a few minutes in the Battle of Midway, and Swede Larsen led the charge.

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  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin
  • Place of Publication Boston
  • Date Published 1943
  • Keywords World War II, Swede Larsen Bomber Squadron, Ira Wolfert, first edition, Battle of Midway, military history, United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8

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Torpedo 8 (Annotated) : The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

by Wolfert, Ira

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Torpedo 8: Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

by Ira Wolfert

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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1943, 1st edition hardcover, very good sound square tight unmarked copy, text is moderately and evenly age-toned as usual, no previous owner marks, full red cloth, slight rubs to cover extremities, great color endpapers if aviation attack, 5-3/8""x8-3/8"", 127pp, fair but still attractive and serviceable dust jacket with edge chipping and curling at dj tears, rather scarce, and hard to find in this condition
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TORPEDO 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

TORPEDO 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

by Ira Wolfert

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 127p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. An account of the U.S. Navy squadron assigned to the U.S.S. Hornet at the Battle of Midway, later to the U.S.S. Saratoga at Guadalcanal, and finally to the U.S.S. Bunker Hill. Color-illustrated endpapers.
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Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

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Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen’s Bomber Squadron

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Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

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TORPEDO 8.

by Wolfert, Ira

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HOUGHTON,MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON 1943. Very Good. 1943. First Edition. A very good+ copy in a near fine dj. (Cloth covers lightly mottled. Foxing to some margins in text & fore edge. A few short edge tears in dj. Previous owner's neat stamp o half-title page) THIRD book by the author of "Tucker's People." Story of Swede Larsen's torpedo bomber squadron, and how they wreaked vengeance on the Japanese fleet during the battle for the Solomons. Great cover art. A scarce title. .
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