The Doolittle Raid America's Daring First Strike against Japan - SIGNED by 14 Doolittle Raiders and the Author
New York: Orion Books, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. xii; [2]; 258. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photos. Appendices, bibliography, index. Bound in half red cloth over black paper-covered boards, spine stamped with yellow lettering. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Two bookmarks that might have doubled as admission tickets to a Doolittle reunion in Tacoma are laid in. Titled "Doolittle's Tokyo Raider Reunion" and dated April 22, 1989, they are illustrated with a cross section of a B-25 and are individually numbered. Fine / Fine. Item #13035 A handsome copy with dust jacket now housed in a removable, clear archival protector.
This copy is notable for being signed on the front free endpaper by six airmen who took part in the raid. In addition, nine airmen have signed their names where they appear in photographs, James Doolittle (1896 - 1993) among them.
Price: $250.00