New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. vi, 155, [3] p. More

London: Penguin Books, 1971. Later printing. Mass market paperback. 187, [5] pages. Ink underlining on page 70 and 100. Stamp/drawing of a plant on pave 46. Notation inside front cover. Cover has wear and soiling. Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. His other works include The African Queen (1935, filmed in 1951 by John Huston). Forester moved to the United States during the Second World War, where he worked for the British Ministry of Information and wrote propaganda to encourage the US to join the Allies. More

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 214 pages. Glossary and Abbreviations. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tables. Maps. Appendices: 1. Combat Cruises, and 2. Aircraft of Task Force 77. Rene J. Francillon (March 1937 - March 2018) was born in Italy of French parents, raised in France, and educated in Switzerland, Rene Francillon was an American by choice. He was the author of over 50 books and was well known throughout the world of aviation. This book is a comprehensive guide to US Aircraft carriers operations off Vietnam, between 1964 and 1975. After guiding and describing the operations, the author focuses on the Vietnam war combat cruises of USS Coral Sea, as she spent more time on the line than any US aircraft carrier. More

Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1957. Fourth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxiv, [plate[, 266, [2] pages. Illustrations (contains List of Photographs and List of Line Drawings). Footnotes. Maps. Index. Endpaper map. Ink notation inside front cover. Includes Foreword by Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, United States Navy (Ret.), Introduction, Authors' Preface; Editors' Preface; Publisher's Note. Contains: Chapter 1: Sortie from Hashirajima; Chapter 2: Evolution of Japanese Naval Strategy; Chapter 3: Debate on Future Strategy; Chapter 4: Doolittle Ends Debate; Chapter 5: Midway Operation Plan; Chapter 6: Preparations for Battle; Chapter 7: Heading for Battle; Chapter 8: Gathering Storm; Chapter 9: The Nagumo Force Fights; Chapter 10: Admiral Yamamoto's Operations; Chapter 11: Finale: Chapter 12: Analysis of the Defeat; Appendix I: U.S. and Japanese Losses in the Battle of Midway; Appendix 2. Combined Fleet Task Organization, 5 June 1942, and Index. Mitsuo Fuchida (3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber aviator in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Ch ichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack. On 4 June 1942, Fuchida was wounded at the Battle of Midway. After Akagi was hit, a chain reaction from burning fuel and live bombs began the destruction of the ship. As Fuchida slid down a rope, an explosion threw him to the deck and broke both his ankles. More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971. presumed second printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8 inches. x, [6], 170, [4] pages. Maps. Illustrations. DJ worn, stained and soiled. Includes Preface; The Challenge; The Challenge Met; The Passage; The Attack; Aftermath; and Index. Includes 11 illustrations between pages 142 and 143, as well as two Black and White maps (Attack on the Tirpitz, and Tirpitz Berth). An account of a secret World War II mission unparalleled in the annals of the sea. Thomas Gallagher's account of the gallant and almost unbelievable expedition of British midget submarines to attack and disable the German battleship Tirpitz is one of the great stories to come out of World War II. The Tirpitz was the mightiest naval vessel in all of Europe. When the Germans slipped her into the fjords of occupied Norway in January 1942, she became an overwhelming menace to Allied shipping. Her presence made it impossible for British battleships and aircraft carriers needed in the Pacific to get there. All attempts to destroy her had failed. Churchill and many others felt that she was one of the two or three most crucial problems of the war. Churchill demanded a new weapon. The result was the British X-craft, or midget submarine, and a secret mission against the battleship that was a thousand times the X-craft's size. Gallagher gives the story an unremitting tension, and his material remains fascinating down to the postscripts. This book is at once a mystery and a social document. Readers will be impressed with this coldly surgical dissection of human frailty and the breakdown of human values when leadership fails in a crisis. More

Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 115, [3] pages. Illustrations. This is a translation of The Submarine Commander's Handbook ("U.Kdt.Hdb.") Incorporated in the Secret Archives under Heading IV, No. 4, Command 32, Submarine Flotilla, New Edition 1943 (comprising Amendments Nos. 1-11). The Submarine Commander's Handbook, ("U.Kdt.Hdb."), 1943 describes the submarine U-boat tactics of Nazi Germany. Note that this edition is from 1943 during which the Allies had effectively countered these tactics and the battle of the Atlantic turned in the Allies favor. More

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. c1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 283, illus. (some color). Foreword by Senator John H. Glenn. More

New York: George H. Doran Company, [c1921]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 284, illus., map, index, bds worn, soiled, and weak, corners bumped, some page discoloration, spine faded, tear at top of spine. More

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 234 pages. Includes List of Maps, Acknowledgments, Introduction, List of Abbreviations, and Notes, Sources, and Index. Also includes Appendix A.--Awards to the American Officers and Men Participating in the Battle of Guadalcanal; Appendix B--American Ships Names in Honor of the Battle of Guadalcanal; Appendix C--Damage to U.S. Ships during the Battle; Appendix D--Damage to Japanese Ships; Appendix E-- Statistics on Encounters between Heavy Cruisers and Battleships in World War II. Also includes chapters on Deadlock; Convoys to Cactus; Air Raid; Evening; The Opponents; Contact; "Commence Firing"; Atlanta's Agony; "Get the Big Ones First"; "You Can't Fight Battleships with Tin Cans"; Destroyer Duels; Untangling; Abandon Ship; The Cripples; Morning: Bobolink to the Rescue; "We've Got to Sink It"; Final Tragedy; and Aftermath. Also includes 14 black and white maps in the text, as well as 21 black and white photographs. The author spent his professional career as a military reservist, historian, and a teacher of history. This is the author's first major publication. It is the culmination of nearly thirty years' extensive research interviewing veterans, examining records, and exploring government archives in the United States and Japan. More

U.S. Navy: U. S. Navy, circa 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Total of 277 pages. Color front endpaper photograph of USS Intrepid. Rear endpaper has map showing USS Intrepid's travels. Color illustration at page 10. Bibliography. Contains information on Commanding Officers, Commander Carrier division Twenty, Origin of INTREPID Tradition, The War Year, and Recommissioned Attack Carrier. Also includes Bibliography. Includes several black and white maps, many black and white photographs of soldiers and commanding officers. Rear cover has some soiling. Extensive history of the ship from WWII to time of publication, followed by more standard cruise ship publication with rosters and information current to the time of publication. More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1916]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 32, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers. More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1942. First Edition. First? Printing. 235, illus., part of DJ cut off and pasted to front endpaper, usual library markings. More

Fowlerville, Michigan: Wilderness Adventure Books, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [10], 328, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page . Inscription reads "To Jo Ann and Tom Fulcher Sister-in-law and brother-in-law of Jack Fallin, the real life PT boat hero after whom the Fred Richards of this novel is closely patterned. With kindest regards John Harllee, November 16, 1990." This is a work of fiction, which refers to historical personages and events, as well as battle conditions in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. This is the saga of a man who loved a woman and ships and miraculously survived many action-packed adventures in war and peace to attain them. The story ranges from Australia to California. John Harllee was retired Navy Rear Admiral and former chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on December 7, 1941. During World War II, he commanded a torpedo boat squadron in the Southwest Pacific that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He received the Silver Star and Legion of Merit. From 1947 to 1948, he served in the Navy's Congressional Liaison Unit on assignment to John F. Kennedy when the future president was a member of Congress. During the Korean War, he served as executive officer aboard the cruiser Manchester, for which he was decorated with the Navy Commendation Medal. He retired from the Navy in 1959 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Kennedy appointed him to the newly formed Federal Maritime Commission in 1961. He was promoted to chairman of the commission in 1963 and was reappointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. He retired in 1969. More