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Published by Dorrance Publishing in 1997 and expressly identified as the First Printing. Personally inscribed “To Sarah, with best wishes” and signed by Florence Lamborn Johnson on the front free endpaper. Black cloth hardcover remains clean and solid with generally clean interior pages. Dust jacket shows visible shelf wear, surface marks, creasing, edge wear, and small imperfections as clearly pictured. 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Rather than presenting a later historian’s account, it records the observations, conclusions, and recommendations of the men responsible for supporting the invasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommanding officers describe what occurred during the operation, evaluate the effectiveness of naval gunfire and other combat measures, identify problems encountered, and recommend improvements for future amphibious operations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extensive contents include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Assault Force “O” operations supporting Omaha Beach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Western Naval Task Force organization and assault routes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Omaha and Utah Beach minefields and swept channels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Naval bombardment and shore fire-control operations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Pointe du Hoc and the Vierville–Colleville sector\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• German coastal defenses and resistance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Casualties, damage, and vessel losses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Communications, radar, codes, antiaircraft defense, ammunition, and weather\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Detailed operational maps and charts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Contemporary photographs of German positions damaged by U.S. naval gunfire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Combat observations and recommendations from commanding officers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Immediate lessons learned during the Normandy invasion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShips discussed include USS Texas, USS Nevada, USS Arkansas, USS Tuscaloosa, USS Augusta, and numerous destroyers and supporting vessels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scarcity of this bulletin is inherent in its original purpose and handling instructions. It was classified SECRET, issued for controlled naval use rather than public distribution, and required to be safeguarded under U.S. Navy regulations. Most significantly, recipients were expressly directed to destroy the bulletin by burning when it was no longer required—with no report of destruction necessary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the time this listing was prepared, no other original copy of Secret Information Bulletin No. 19 could be located publicly offered for sale. Surviving examples appear to be exceptionally scarce, particularly outside institutional or archival holdings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bulletin contains preliminary material followed by Chapter 73, paginated 73-1 through 73-55, with extensive operational text, maps, charts, and photographic plates. 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An exceptional, museum-worthy signed copy of Doris A. Paul’s The Navajo Code Talkers, documenting the Navajo Marines whose unbroken battlefield code played a vital role in America’s Pacific campaign during World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkable association copy contains 11 original signatures representing 10 Navajo Code Talkers, with George H. Kirk signing twice. The veterans recorded their Marine divisions beside many of their signatures, creating a direct connection to their wartime service across multiple Pacific combat units.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe signatures include veterans identified with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Marine Divisions. Among the clearly identifiable signers are George H. Kirk, Francis T. Thompson, Leonard Begay, Dean Wilson, Wilmer Benally, and Raymond R. Smith, along with additional signed names shown clearly in the photographs. George H. Kirk is especially historically notable and appears in celebrated wartime photographs operating radio equipment in the Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover Dorrance edition with the original dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with historical photographs, organizational information, the Navajo military vocabulary, and the story of how the code was developed and employed. The book also retains its printed endorsement from President Richard Nixon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack cloth binding remains attractive and structurally sound. Pages are generally clean with age-related toning and scattered foxing, particularly around the signed endpapers. Dust jacket shows rubbing, surface wear, edge wear, small tears, and general aging as pictured. Please examine all photographs closely; every signature and significant condition detail has been documented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not merely an author-signed book. 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This direct association transforms the volume from a conventionally signed book into a personal record of remembrance shared among the veterans, author, and actors connected to The Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe accompanying original color photograph shows 19 Marines gathered with Hugh Ambrose at the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland, Nebraska, on May 21–22, 2010. A contemporary account of the gathering records that the veterans signed autographs and answered questions about their wartime experiences. Hugh Ambrose and Clarence Rea are among those specifically identified in the published photograph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned by the Principal Cast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJon Seda — signed as “Basilone,” the Medal of Honor recipient portrayed by Seda in the HBO miniseries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Mazzello — signed as “E. B. 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Veteran of Cape Gloucester and Peleliu and the apparent original owner of this copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Bender — K\/3\/5. Veteran of Okinawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Anderson — veteran of New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Dillon — K\/3\/5. Veteran of Okinawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeo Schmittgens — H\/2\/1. Veteran of Okinawa and a member of the same company in which Robert Leckie served.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames “Jim” Martin — B\/1\/27, 5th Marine Division. Veteran of Iwo Jima.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames R. “Dick” Kerin — B\/1\/27, 5th Marine Division. Veteran of Iwo Jima.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Brosnan — B\/1\/27, 5th Marine Division. Veteran of Iwo Jima.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Menzelos — K\/3\/5. Veteran of Okinawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Pomroy — H\/2\/1. Veteran of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu. Pomroy was photographed after enduring approximately 36 hours of continuous combat on Peleliu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClarence Rea — C\/1\/27, 5th Marine Division. Iwo Jima veteran who served in the same company as Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone during the invasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral inscriptions are addressed directly to Fred Miller, strengthening the evidence that the volume belonged to Miller and was signed by his fellow veterans as a personal commemorative copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pacific is Hugh Ambrose’s official companion to the acclaimed HBO miniseries produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman. Drawing upon military records, letters, journals, memoirs, photographs, and firsthand accounts, Ambrose follows the intertwined experiences of Marines and sailors across Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the broader Pacific War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle: The Pacific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hugh Ambrose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NAL Caliber \/ Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication: March 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdition: First edition, first printing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-0-451-23023-2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded Provenance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn original Kodak color photograph depicting the 2010 gathering of Pacific veterans with Hugh Ambrose is included with the book. The photograph directly connects this copy to the veterans’ event and provides valuable visual provenance for the signatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is in excellent overall condition. The black hardcover boards remain clean with bright spine lettering, square corners, and a tight, secure binding. The pages are clean and appear minimally handled apart from the signed preliminary pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dust jacket remains clean and bright, with mild shelf wear and slight flaring or waviness along portions of the upper edge. The original event photograph is clean and well preserved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe signatures have not been submitted to a third-party autograph authentication service. They are presented exactly as acquired and shown clearly in the accompanying photographs. Buyers should examine every image carefully as part of the description.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable first-edition association copy uniting the veterans who experienced the Pacific War, the historian who documented it, and the actors who brought the stories of Basilone, Sledge, and Leckie to the screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU V\/3","brand":"Second Chapter Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706049265912,"sku":null,"price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1025\/7912\/files\/ea1ab0c5-ac07-482c-bb3c-c2a7287eb6be_5dd8cae6-57c9-442e-a18c-f68dbdbd3363.jpg?v=1792225087"},{"product_id":"rare-c1950-us-army-atomic-bomb-air-burst-burn-study-nuclear-test-report-1","title":"Rare c1950 US Army Atomic Bomb Air Burst Burn Study Nuclear Test Report","description":"Atomic-age military history, nuclear-weapons research, and early Cold War medicine come together in this exceptionally scarce technical study prepared for the Research and Development Division of the Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army. Titled A Study of the Physical Basis of Burn Production with Applications to the Defensive Reactions to an Atomic Bomb Air Burst, the report examines the thermal radiation produced by an atomic explosion, the resulting effects on human skin, burn distances, atmospheric influences, and the extremely limited time available for evasive action. The introductory statement explains that the investigation was intended to assist burn-research projects, the planning of experiments in future atomic-bomb tests, and atomic defense. Approximately 94 pages with numerous equations, technical tables, graphs, and diagrams. This appears to be an early circa-1950 institutional report or prepublication study rather than the more generally distributed later reference material. Staple-bound paper covers show age toning, edge wear, small corner creases, handwritten markings, ownership stamps, and former institutional-library identification. An illustrated medical bookplate and an old handwritten catalog slip remain inside. Pages show mild age-related wear but appear clean and readable overall. 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Ltd. during 1944, this oblong hardcover documents the squadron’s wartime service through photographs, artwork, personnel groups, officers, enlisted men, aircraft, daily operations and locations including Hawaii. Major Stanley P. Robeck—commander and pilot of the B-24 Booby Trap—is prominently featured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included is the separate original Squadron Roster: Southwest Pacific 1942–44, listing members by name, rank, state and address. The survival of this roster with the book makes this example especially valuable for military historians, aviation collectors and families researching individual servicemen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApproximately 48 illustrated pages. Original green hardcover with gilt and silver cover decoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition is good for an original wartime publication. The binding remains secure. Exterior shows light shelf wear, including a visible rubbed\/scuffed area on the front cover. Interior has age toning and scattered foxing, heavier on the roster and several preliminary pages. The separate roster shows additional age wear and foxing. Please review all photographs carefully for the exact condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA genuinely scarce, unit-specific history produced while the war was still underway—not a later reprint or generalized account of the 90th Bomb Group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU V\/3","brand":"Second Chapter Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706060407032,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1025\/7912\/files\/e1a9765f-f5ba-4352-be9e-a9b1c6a87813.jpg?v=1792225135"},{"product_id":"1967-signed-japan-s-decision-for-war-nobutaka-ike-wwii-pearl-harbor-1st-ed-1","title":"1967 Signed Japan’s Decision for War Nobutaka Ike WWII Pearl Harbor 1st Ed","description":"World War II \/ Japanese military and political history. An exceptionally important documentary account revealing how Japan’s highest government and military leaders debated policy, negotiated strategy, and ultimately moved toward war with the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJapan’s Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences, translated, edited, and introduced by Nobutaka Ike. First edition published by Stanford University Press in 1967.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy is personally signed and inscribed by Nobutaka Ike and dated “Stanford, July 1967,” immediately following the book’s June 1967 publication. The inscription closes with Ike’s familiar signature, “Nobu Ike,” making this a desirable publication-year presentation copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIke was a Japanese-American political scientist, Stanford professor, and leading authority on Japanese politics. After being forcibly relocated following Pearl Harbor, he was released to assist the United States Navy with Japanese-language translation work during World War II. His unusual personal history gives this signed study of Japan’s road to war exceptional historical resonance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book presents records from 62 Japanese policy conferences held between March and December 1941, providing direct access to the deliberations of Japan’s political and military leadership as the nation prepared for conflict. These primary-source records illuminate Japan’s relationship with Germany and Italy, negotiations with the United States, economic pressure and embargoes, military planning, and the decisions that culminated in the Pacific War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover contains xxx preliminary pages plus 306 numbered pages, with a bibliographical note, appendix, and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal black cloth hardcover remains clean, solid, and well preserved. Interior pages are clean and the binding is firm. The original illustrated dust jacket is present and unclipped, retaining its original $8.50 price. Jacket shows visible age and handling wear, including rubbing, edge creasing, several tears, small chips, and heavier wear around the upper edges and spine ends. A previous owner’s inscription is present on the front endpaper as shown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease examine every photograph carefully for the exact condition and inscription. 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Hardcover with the original illustrated dust jacket, 224 pages including index, and extensively illustrated with historic photographs, operational diagrams, and technical material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe half-title is signed and annotated by two German Kriegsmarine U-boat veterans. Ernst Schmidt signed in blue ink, identified himself as an Oberleutnant zur See, and recorded his association with U-139, U-345, U-821, and U-1231. Hans Goebeler signed beneath him and added “N.C.O. Controlroom,” “U-505,” and the personal notation “Smooth Sailing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoebeler was serving aboard U-505 when the submarine was captured by the United States Navy off the coast of West Africa on June 4, 1944. The capture yielded valuable codebooks, documents, and equipment and remains one of the most celebrated American naval intelligence achievements of World War II. U-505 is now preserved at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is considerably more collectible than an ordinary signed copy because both men added their wartime positions and specific U-boat associations rather than signatures alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe blue cloth hardcover remains solid and attractive with clean, firmly bound pages. Light handling marks and a small star-shaped mark are present on the endpapers. The original dust jacket shows light edge wear, rubbing, creasing, and minor age-related wear, as clearly photographed, and is housed in a clear protective cover. Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact condition and inscription details. 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An original Japanese wartime publication documenting the breakdown of negotiations between Japan and the United States immediately preceding the Pacific War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Japanese diplomat and Special Envoy Saburō Kurusu, who traveled to Washington in November 1941 and personally participated in the final diplomatic negotiations with Secretary of State Cordell Hull before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Published in Japan in December 1942, approximately one year after the negotiations failed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Japanese title translates as The Flashpoint of the Greater East Asia War: The Course of U.S.–Japan Negotiations. This first-edition wartime volume was published by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi and Osaka Mainichi newspaper organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to Kurusu’s account, the approximately 190-page book includes the full Roberts Commission Report concerning the Pearl Harbor attack, Japanese commentary on the report, a chronology of the negotiations, photographs, and other supporting material. It presents the official wartime Japanese interpretation of the diplomatic breakdown and American findings concerning Pearl Harbor, making it a compelling primary-source artifact from the conflict itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover in good, complete, readable vintage condition. The covers show noticeable rubbing, fading, discoloration, edge wear, and wear along the spine. Pages exhibit age toning, scattered foxing, and occasional spotting. A small tear and opening are present near an interior binding staple, as photographed, but the volume remains intact and usable. 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Its contents include military justice, discipline, investigations, suspected war crimes and wanted witnesses, confinement records, inspections, financial operations, and other administrative activities accompanying the Allied advance across Western Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes detailed operational material, statistical tables, and a large color foldout map tracing the advance from Normandy through France and into Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title page bears original “Secret,” “Confidential,” “Restricted,” and “Unclassified” markings, including a declassification\/regrading stamp from the Office of the Secretary of the Army. These markings give the volume particularly strong military and archival character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover former Brooklyn Public Library reference copy with library labels, stamps, edge markings, and other institutional indications. Covers show rubbing, scattered marks, corner wear, and discoloration along the spine. 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Published in Washington by the Government Printing Office in 1885 as Senate Executive Document No. 2, 48th Congress, Second Session.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe expedition traveled from Chilkoot Inlet through the Alaskan interior toward Fort Selkirk and the Yukon River, recording the region’s geography, military usefulness, natural environment, travel conditions, and Alaska Native communities encountered along the route. The narrative allows the reader to follow an extraordinary nineteenth-century military expedition through territory that remained largely unknown to most Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume contains 121 pages, 39 in-text illustrations, and all 20 original folding maps. These detailed maps trace the expedition’s surveyed route through mountain passes, glaciers, lakes, rivers, camps, and portions of the Yukon region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso laid in is an original period U.S. House of Representatives Public Document mailing wrapper bearing the printed title “Military Reconnaissance in Alaska, Schwatka, 1883” and a handwritten recipient address. This uncommon surviving piece of government distribution ephemera adds provenance and historical interest to the volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal hardcover binding in overall good antique condition. Exterior shows age-related rubbing, fading, edge wear, and darkening, with the spine lettering faint but visible. Pages show expected toning and occasional spotting. The inner hinge\/endpaper shows splitting, but the covers remain attached. All 20 folding maps are present. 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Includes wartime-related content and period photography of students and campus activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA desirable collectible for William \u0026amp; Mary alumni, genealogy researchers, Virginia history enthusiasts, and World War II collectors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover edition. Interior pages appear clean and complete. Notable damage to the upper spine area and front hinge separation as shown in photos. General shelf wear and age-related handling wear present. 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Nisita provides extensive period instruction covering rivet identification, aircraft aluminum alloys, drilling and preparing rivet holes, pneumatic equipment, bucking bars, flush and blind riveting, inspection, removal, special procedures, and installation of compressed-air systems. Illustrated throughout with detailed diagrams, technical tables, equipment photographs, and remarkable factory images showing wartime aircraft production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatured aircraft include the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and Bell P-39 Airacobra. The photographs of factory workers, assembly lines, aircraft structures, and original riveting machinery make this especially interesting for collectors of WWII aviation, American industrial history, aircraft maintenance manuals, and wartime manufacturing material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal blue cloth-covered hard boards with gilt cover lettering and internal wire binding, allowing the manual to lie flat while in use. 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Pages are toned, with scattered spotting and localized moisture staining visible along the margins of several preliminary pages. Some waviness and unevenness to the page edges, with wear around the inner staple area. The photographed text and map remain clear and readable. 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Koht discusses Norway and the Nordic countries within the rapidly changing political, economic, and strategic environment of postwar Europe, including Nordic cooperation, Sweden’s longstanding neutrality, European economic integration, and NATO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParticularly interesting is the general discussion section, which records questions and answers concerning Spain’s potential NATO membership under the Franco government, Portugal, Norwegian public opinion, and the political legacy of World War II. Rather than a later historical account, this publication preserves diplomatic and strategic thinking as it was being presented to senior U.S. military students in 1962.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe publication states that the material was presented to resident students of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and that reproduction or publication by persons outside the College required specific permission. 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