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USS Mount Vernon AP-22 1941-1946 World War II Cruise Book
by Robert B. Lytle, Jr., Editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC/Philadelphia, PA: Department of the Navy/Campus Publishing Company, 1946 Department of the Navy/Campus Publishing Company, Washington, DC/Philadelphia, PA. 1946. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light wear and tears to head, tail, and lower tips; light wear to upper tips; light soiling to boards; toning to endpapers; light spotty foxing to first and last 2-3 pages. No DJ. Blue tweed boards and spine with green lettering on the front board. Non-Paginated 4to. USS Mount Vernon (AP-22) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. Prior to her military service, she was a luxury ocean liner named SS Washington. As a troop transport her service was mostly on the Pacific side of World War II transporting British, Canadian, and American troops to all Allied pacific ports as far away as Australia and New Zealand. She was also part of the troop buildup in 1944 to Britain and the Mediterranean as Germany was attacked and in 1946 as she brought troops back to the US. This book is bull of photographs of life on board the ship and in her ports of call during her 5 years of WWII service. A clean very presentable copy of a rare Cruise Book.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009394
- Title
- USS Mount Vernon AP-22 1941-1946 World War II Cruise Book
- Author
- Robert B. Lytle, Jr., Editor
- Illustrator
- Gustav a. Abrolat, Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Department of the Navy/Campus Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC/Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- USS Mount Vernon, SS Washington, Military Troop Transport, United States Navy, World War II, Naval Ships, shipboard life, Australia, New Zealand, Mediterranean, Trinidad, Far East, Hawaii, India, North Africa,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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