Sholin William Bill (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition : Signed. Quarto hardcover, Signed on endpaper by author, owner book plate, very tight binding, clean bright unmarked pages, covers unworn, else FINE. Naval battles in the Pacific, US unprepared, 157 destroyers lost, 4907 sailors died, 4832. Fast shipping in heavy cardboard for protection. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Published w/out dj (?). 1st Edition. Bonney Lake, WA: Mountain View Books, 1994. 1st edition, inscribed by author on FFE, F./. Book has very little wear (published without dust jacket). Nearly 160 b & w historical photos, mostly direct action made during the battles. Text is mostly first-person narrative by the Navy veterans who were there and survived. Damning evidence of thee complete lack of protection by the upper echelons of the Navy and government.157 destroyers lost, 4907 sailors died, 4832 wounded. These attacks occurred near the Philippines, then Iwo Jima and finally Okinawa, during April and May of 1945. Well-reached using original military documents and photos. These tragic events have been greatly ignored until this book. Thanks to Sholin and all those surviving veterans who helped him. Nice copy, 248 pp. BP. Inscribed by Author(s).…