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Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, A Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
by Harding, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0306825031
- ISBN 13
- 9780306825033
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Ma: Da Capa Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Number line in the work reads as follows: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Volume itself has oragne and black covers with sharp silver lettering on the spine. 249 pages, including illustrations following page 134, contents consist of two parts, eleven chapters, a prologue, an afterword, acknowdedgments, notes a bibliography and an index. On December 7, 1941, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack by a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, their disappearance all but forgotten and the mighty warships of the U. S. Pacific Fleet burned. This is the story! Page 165 has been dogeared at the lower outer page, measured diagionally it is about an inch. Throughout the work, there is light pencil underlining (maybe 5%). The dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dj is not price-clipped. A quite nice copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011820
- Title
- Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, A Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
- Author
- Harding, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0306825031
- ISBN 13
- 9780306825033
- Publisher
- Da Capa Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Voyage to Oblivion. World War, 1939-1945-Naval operations-Submarine. Cargo ships- United States-History-20th Century. Cynthia Olson (cargo ship). Harding, Stephen. Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, A Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- Fine
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- Brodart
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