Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
New York: Random House, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [12] 221pp. Original tan cloth with brown lettering and publisher's device, brown airplane on cover and spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with gray, white and blue lettering on spine. Endpaper maps in color. Frontispiece photograph. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Price-clipped front flap.
"This first-hand account of the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo – the secret preparations, the raid itself and the almost unbelievable adventures of the airmen in the weeks that followed – is one of the greatest stories of American bravery and ingenuity that has ever been written. More than that, it is a unique tribute to the new teamwork among the United States Air Force, Army and Navy, and an unforgettable reminder of a debt that we owe to our Chinese allies." (Publisher).
Dustjacket price-clipped with light wear along edges, more pronounced at head and tail of spine, here with triangle chip of one inch at base. Binding with very light foxing on front, lightly more pronounced on back cover. Slightly cracking at frontispiece gutter and block lightly age-toned. Good to very good. Item #55833
Price: $200.00