Colonel William C Braly (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. 282pp.incl.index+photo section; HB blue w/gilt; heavy rub w/sun on spine&wear on edges; heavy bookworm throughout. The surrendor of Corregidor & life in Japanese POW camps. 'A Coast Artillery Association Book' illus. signed. Signed & Inscribed By Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 282 Pages; 21 Chapters; Appendix, Index; And Glossy B/W Photographs In Rear Of Book; Acknowledge, Preface And Foreword In Front Of Book. Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; Page Edges Slightly Darkened. Previous Owner Name On Front End Page. End Pages Show Map Of Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, Formosa, Philippines, Borneo, Iwo Jima, Etc. Faded Black Hard Covers With Gild Lettering On Spine. Minor Shelf Wear. Narrative Of Colonel Braly's Experience In The Prolonged Aerial And Artillery Bombardment Of The Fortified Islands In Manila Ay And The Ground Combat That Followed The Japanese Landing On Corregidor From December 7, 1941 To September 11, 1945. Chapter Headings Include: Cape Horn; Welcome To Taiwan; One Wing Flyer; Justice Dispensed With; Bottle Boys; Ham From Chicago; Protective Powers; Taiwan To Manchuria; Ve -Day; Mass Murder; Bull's Eye, Rainbow's End, Etc. Very Rare Vintage Copy.…

8vo, blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, illus. eps, xi + 282 pp., plates VG (light to moderate scuffing/soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, adhesive residue to front pastedown, gilt inscription to ht in blue ink), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, tape to front & rear covers, light tanning & foxing).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition 1947. Book is in near fine condition with no dust jacket. Book is square and tight with lightly bumped corners. Interior is clean and unmarked except for a SIGNED INSCRIPTION by COLONEL WILLIAM C. BRALY on the half-title page. There are an additional seven pages of photographs at the end of the book one of which is a picture of an American senior group of prisoners of war at Tarlac, Luzon, Philippine Islands, in July 1942. Inscribed by Author(s). …