They Were Expendable

New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1942. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition - Nap (No Additional Printing Stated, Thus First). Includes A List Of The Officers And Enlisted Personnel Attached To Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three. The Book Is Bound In Black Cloth With Orange Stamped Lettering… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. The tragic panorama of the Philippine Campaign - the hopeless and the flaming courage around America's little Dunkirk. This is the true fighting accounts of four survivors of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three - a grim and brave story. The four men already known throughout the nation were Bulkeley, Kelly, Akers and… Read more about this item

FIRST EDITION. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1942. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, is a little chipped, soiled and worn with several tears a half-inch or smaller. Boards are a little edge worn. Penciled name on the front end page. Text is unmarked. Stitched binding is strong. NOT ex-library or book club edition.

No dust jacket, book of the month with book club news flyer inside, Black book with red lettering, book cover spotty, binding tight pages good shape

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company. Good in Poor dust jacket;. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 209 pages; DJ is nicked and torn with several small pieces missing. Mylar cover. Book solid with rubbed edges, not frayed. Pages are yellowing but aren't briddle. First printing of the Forum Edition.… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Blue-black clothcovered boards with red lettering on the spine and red on the top edge. Owner label on the front pastedown, owner signature on the front free endpaper, the spine slightly cocked, foxing to the edges, and some light wear to the boards and spine ends,… Read more about this item

The World Publishing Company, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. 205 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are… Read more about this item

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. The story of the men of MTB Squadron 3. This is a classic WWII history hardback in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good jacket. c1942, Book Club Edition. This blue cloth book in very nice condition both inside and out. The Orange lettering on… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a Good dust jacket. Edge wear. Soiling to front and rear panels. Front and rear pastedowns soiled. Bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Harcourt, Brace.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. 0151894957 . Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. Cut Autograph of actor Robert Montgomery who co-starred with John Wayne in the role of Lt. John "Brick" Brickley on index card laid-into book. (Couple tiny nicks at top edge. Chipping at… Read more about this item

Cleveland: World, 1944. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus. Spine slightly worn. Pages yellowed over time. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company., 1944. vii, 209pp, index. Or red cloth in jacket. Prev owners bookplate on front pastedown. Jacket clipped at front flap corners, wear to jacket folds, several chips (one approx 1" at top of spine).The story of American Squadron 3- seeing action in Manila Bay, then taking Macarthur to Bakaan, Squadron 3 was a major… Read more about this item

Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1942. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. The accounts of four survivors of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Small format. Spine lightly faded and gilt title dull. Text block browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby, browned, worn at… Read more about this item

New York, ,NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1942 Book is clean and soilid. Has a personal library labl in the front. A true story about the men who were on the Nave motor Torpedo Boats in the Philippines at the beginning of WW-II. Great military read.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Infantry Journal / Penguin Books, 1944. Paperback. Good. The story of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 in the Philippine campaign, WWII. 116 pages + adverts. All page edges red. 6 1/4" tall, 90g. Creasing to cover. No inscriptions. Paper tanned. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.

Melbourne / London: George Jaboor / Hamish Hamilton, 1943. Australian ed.. Hardback small, no jacket, good condition, dark burgundy boards, spine & cover edges lightly faded, covers lightly rubbed, tiny bump bottom edge front cover, pages toned, owner's written name & date. 128 pp. W. L. White relates the story of the American Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, including the… Read more about this item

New York (1942): Harbrace Paperback Library Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. Edition Not Stated. G+, Edgewear, tear, creases, ink mark, browning. "Based on firsthand reports from four of its surviving officers, this is a gripping account of the role Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 played in the early phase of the war in the Pacific". 152 pages. Expanded condition… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1942. 1st Ed. Orig owners name in ink inside front cover. Summary from DJ pasted inside front cover, binding in fair condition, content in excellent condition. Hardbound. 8vo. 209 Pgs.. Readers Copy. They Were Expendable by W L White. Published by Harcourt Brace & Co, New York, NY, 1942. 1st Edition.… Read more about this item

Fifth printing, January 1943. Dust jacket had much wear and is torn at the spine. Shows a picture of a P T boat. Not price clipped. Book plate has been removed from inside of front cover. No markings or writing in text. Binding is good.

New York, NY, USA: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Dust jacket in poor condition with heavy wear, tears chips and rubbing present. Pictures available upon request.