Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan
New York: The Free Press, 1985. Fourth Printing. 589, illus., endpaper maps, bibliographic note, index, slight wear to top edge of DJ. More
New York: The Free Press, 1985. Fourth Printing. 589, illus., endpaper maps, bibliographic note, index, slight wear to top edge of DJ. More
New York: Vintage Books, 1985. First Vintage Edition. 589, wraps, illus., map, bibliographic note, index, slight creasing to rear cover edges. More
New York: The Free Press, 1985. Second Printing. 589, illus., endpaper maps, bibliographic note, index, ink notation on half-title page. More
New York: The Free Press, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 589, [3] pages, Endpaper maps. Acknowledgments. Introduction Prelude. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Bibliographic Note. Index. This is one of the Macmillian Wars of the United States series. DJ has some wear and small tears to dust jacket. DJ is price clipped. Ronald Harvey Spector (born January 17, 1943) is a military historian, who contributes to scholarly journals and also teaches history. He has been a Professor at the George Washington University. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves. He was a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military history and taught at the University of Alabama. He was tasked to prepare a study of the Grenada operation. He has taught at the National War College and the U.S. Army War College. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. 404, illus., maps, appendix, reader's guide, index, color endpaper illus., large tear in rear DJ. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First. 404, illus., maps, appendix, reader's guide, index, color endpaper illus., lettering on spine faded. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. 404, illus., maps, appendix, reader's guide, index, color endpaper illus., stamp ins fr flylf & on title pg, spine faded. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. 404, illus., maps, appendix, reader's guide, index, color endpaper illus., usual library markings, rough spot inside 2nd rear flylf. More
Novato, CA: Presidio, c1989. 24 cm, 342, illus., minor soiling at edges, minor crinkling at DJ edges. More
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1989. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 331, illus., minor wear at DJ edges. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984. Quarto, 331, illus., maps, chronology, glossary, bibliography, index, stamp ins fr flylf, sm tear to rear endpaper, some scratches to boards. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 598, maps, sources and notes, usual library markings, stamp on bottom edge First novel by this Pulitzer Prize winning author. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Book Club Edition. 562, endpaper maps, sources and notes, DJ soiled, small tears and chips to DJ edges First novel by this Pulitzer Prize winning author. More
New York: Random House, 1943. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 263, [1] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Richard William Tregaskis (November 28, 1916 – August 15, 1973) was an American journalist and author whose best-known work is Guadalcanal Diary (1943), an account of just the first several weeks (in August - September 1942) of the U.S. Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. This was actually a six-month-long campaign. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, Tregaskis volunteered as a combat correspondent representing the International News Service. (In fact, Tregaskis was one of only two journalists on location at Guadalcanal.) Assigned to cover the war in the Pacific, Tregaskis spent part of August and most of September, 1942 reporting on Marines on Guadalcanal, a pivotal campaign in the war against Japan. He subsequently covered the war in Europe against Germany and Italy. Tregaskis' most renowned book, Guadalcanal Diary, recorded his experiences with the Marines on Guadalcanal. As the jacket of the book's first edition noted, "This is a new chapter in the story of the United States Marines. Because it was written by a crack newspaperman, who knew how to do his job. . . . Until the author's departure in a B-17 bomber on September 26th, he ate, slept, and sweated with our front-line units. His story is the straight day-by-day account of what he himself saw or learned from eyewitnesses during those seven weeks." As a testimony to the power of Tregaskis' writing, Guadalcanal Diary is still considered essential reading by present-day U.S. military personnel. More
New York: Random House, 1943. Later printing. Hardcover. [10], 263, [1] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Small tear at top of spine. Front board weak and restrengthened with glue. Front flyleaf nearly torn off. Half-title page separated and taped back in. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Richard William Tregaskis (November 28, 1916 – August 15, 1973) was an American journalist and author whose best-known work is Guadalcanal Diary (1943), an account of just the first several weeks (in August - September 1942) of the U.S. Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. This was actually a six-month-long campaign. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, Tregaskis volunteered as a combat correspondent representing the International News Service. (In fact, Tregaskis was one of only two journalists on location at Guadalcanal.) Assigned to cover the war in the Pacific, Tregaskis spent part of August and most of September, 1942 reporting on Marines on Guadalcanal. He later covered the war in Europe against Germany and Italy. Tregaskis' most renowned book, Guadalcanal Diary, recorded his experiences with the Marines on Guadalcanal. As the book jacket noted, "This is a new chapter in the story of the United States Marines. Because it was written by a crack newspaperman, who knew how to do his job. . . . Until the author's departure in a B-17 bomber on September 26th, he ate, slept, and sweated with our front-line units. His story is the straight day-by-day account of what he himself saw or learned from eyewitnesses. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1977. Third Printing. 26 cm, 139, v.2 only, wraps, bibliography, glossary, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Washington, DC: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852. 550, tables, some foxing, boards somewhat scuffed, Annual Report of the U.S. Department of the Navy 1851. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1866. 226, tables, Annual Report of the U.S. Department of the Navy. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1896. 631, illus., many fold-out illus., tables, index, small tears in margins of a few pages, boards separated, top of spine missing. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. Revised Edition. Quarto, 433, wraps, illus., appendices, references, index, library stamps, covers soiled and stained. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Marine Corps, 1974. Pocket-sized, 207, wraps, illus., tables, covers soiled and creased, small tear at top of spine. More
n.p. U.S. Marine Corps, n.d. 1 poster, poster measuring 11" x 14", camouflage background with Marine emblem in the center, poster slightly creased. More
Quantico, VA: U.S. Marine Corps, 1977. Quarto, 168, wraps, illus., tables, covers slightly scuffed, covers and several pages creased in lower corner. More
Quantico, VA: U.S. Marine Corps, 1969. Quarto, 174, wraps, illus., maps, small stains to front cover, some soiling to covers. More
Quantico, VA: U.S. Marine Corps, 1959. Quarto, 26, wraps, illus., appendices, bibliography, covers faded, stained, & creased. More