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USS AUGUSTA CA-31 UNDER FIRE Sino Japanese 1937 1938 Shanghai Cruise Book PANAY

$ 208.56

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  • Condition: Book is in very good condition.

    Description

    USS AUGUSTA UNDER FIRE : Sino-Japanese Incident, 1937-1938, Shanghai, China CRUISE BOOK . [CA-31]
    [Fire Over Pootung].
    Author:
    Polley, Clad E. : Hill, Myron O. .
    Publication:
    Shanghai, China . [North China Daily News].
    Edition:
    July 4, 1938 [First Edition]. [
    Original
    ].
    Binding:
    Hardcover with string style binding.
    Condition:
    Square and tight.  Good plus to very good condition.  No marks or writing except what appears to be a name and date in light pencil on frontispiece
    .
    Minor rubbing on corners and top/bottom of the spine .  No loose, missing or cutout pages.  Clean interior pages.  Well illustrated with clear and sharp photos.  Light smudge marks on front rear covers.
    Description:
    8-3/4" x 6-3/8".  136 printed pages [illustrations , portraits]
    .  "In the following pages are presented a chronological record of events in the life of the Fleet Flagship during the Sino-Japanese "incident' while moored opposite the Shanghai Bund in the Whangpoo River. "  A
    roster
    of U.S. Navy and Marines Officers and Enlisted men from pages 11 to 27 .  A
    roster
    from page 97 to page 98 of the
    USS PANAY
    survivors.  At approximately 1338 hrs on 12 December 1937, three large Japanese twin motored planes released several bombs, one or two which struck the
    USS PANAY
    the
    SS MEIPENG .
    Thank you for your interest in this item.  Please contact for international shipping concerns.
    This Book will be packaged and shipped in a new box.
    I do not use
    recycled boxes, kraft or bubble mailers for these scarce Books.