NY: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Date: 1943,verso. First Edition. HARDCOVER. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET well bound, clean, solid copy name ftp "DEANIE GILLUM"..else clean, but torn & spine ends 1" chips DUST JACKET.... ; BLACK spine titles on dark green CLOTH HARD COVERS. Marine globe/anchor insignia blind embossed top cover.. THIS IS THE RANDOM HOUSE EDITION.. WITH MARINE CORPS PHOTO war in the Pacific. TO BACK PANEL DJ...WITH "VICTORY BUY WAR BONDS " Promo back dj panel.. ; 263ps pages; WW2 Marines, Pacific Island History BOUGAINVILLE; TENARU; MATNIKAU....KAVO RANGE; HENDERSON FIELD; . 1943. Random House [US]

New York: Random House. Good in Good dust jacket. Date: 1943. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. 263 B&W Photographs Green boards with red US Marine Corps insignia on front and red and black lettering on spine, map endpapers, frontispiece photo of author and Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, 263 pp. vintage WW II photos, illustrated jacket with War Bond ad on rear panel. A new chapter in the history of America by a correspondent who landed on Guadalcanal with the first detachment of United States Marines.. Volume shows slight water damage. The unclipped dust jacket, wrapped in Mylar, moderately chipped and worn. GOOD/GOOD . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 263 pp . 1943. Random House [US]

Random House Books for Young Readers, Date: 1984. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1984. Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN 0394862686 9780394862682 [US]

Random House Books for Young Readers. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN 0394862686 9780394862682 [US]

New York: Random House, Date: 1943. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Uncorrected Proof. String-tied folded and gathered sheets, bound without the illustrations. First and last leaves soiled and a bit worn, a very good copy. A hot-off-the-wire journalistic account of the Guadalcanal landing and attack which immediately became a bestseller and was quickly turned by Lewis Seiler into one of the best WWII action films. It was also important war propaganda, depicting for the first time a major American victory in the Pacific. Scarce in this format. Random House ISBN 0394903552 US

Random House, Date: 1943-01-01. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x1. Book-of-the-Month-Club edition, published 1943. Includes the original insert by Dorothy Canfield that came with the book club edition. Hardbound without dust jacket. Spots on page edges; spine faded; generally mild wear. No text markings noted. 1943. Random House [US]

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [US]

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Random House Publishing Group ISBN 0679640231 9780679640233 [US]

Random house. hardcover. Very Good. 7x5x1. Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. FIRST PRINTING - SUPERB CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. Very Attractive cover with mild scuffing and light fading around edges. No dust jacket. Cover corners are still sharp. Age tanned pages are clean and tight. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F. Random house [US]

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. Date: 1955. Third Printing. Paperback. 0394862686 . Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Faint crease to front cover. ; [Bloom, Who Should We Then Read? , pp. 296-311]; Published as #55 in the original Hardback Series. Published as #14 in the 1980's paperback reprints. ; Landmark Books; Vol. 14; B&W Photographs; ; 169 pages . Random House ISBN 0394862686 9780394862682 [US]

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Date: 1955. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Landmark Series # 55; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 180 pages; 1955 Random House. HC/DJ. 4th printing. Solid clean copy in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's 150/150 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket rubbed and worn at edges with shallow fray and stress at spine ends. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock. VG/VG- . 1955. Random House [US]

New York,, Ny, U.S.A.: Random House, Date: 1955. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Landmark Books Number 55. The Book Is Bound In Green Cloth Over Boards With A Wreath And Marine On The Front. Usual Library Markings With Blue Tape On The Edges And Spine. Reading Copy. 1955. Random House [US]

New York: Random House, Date: 1943. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. good. [10], 263, [1] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Richard William Tregaskis (November 28, 1916 - August 15, 1973) was an American journalist and author whose best-known work is Guadalcanal Diary (1943), an account of just the first several weeks (in August - September 1942) of the U.S. Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. This was actually a six-month-long campaign. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, Tregaskis volunteered as a combat correspondent representing the International News Service. (In fact, Tregaskis was one of only two journalists on location at Guadalcanal.) Assigned to cover the war in the Pacific, Tregaskis spent part of August and most of September, 1942 reporting on Marines on Guadalcanal, a pivotal campaign in the war against Japan. He subsequently covered the war in Europe against Germany and Italy. Tregaskis' most renowned book, Guadalcanal Diary, recorded his experiences with the Marines on Guadalcanal. As the jacket of the book's first edition noted, "This is a new chapter in the story of the United States Marines. Because it was written by a crack newspaperman, who knew how to do his job. . . . Until the author's departure in a B-17 bomber on September 26th, he ate, slept, and sweated with ...

Random House. Good+ with no dust jacket. Date: 1955. hardback. White illus cover ; Landmark Books #55; 7.9 X 5.6 X 1.2 inches; 180 pages . 1955. Random House [US]

New York: Popular Library, Date: 1962. Reprint . Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 206 pp. The book is slightly cocked. The cover edges are lightly scuffed. The binding is tight and the text is clean. 1962. Popular Library [US]

Blue Ribbon Books, Date: 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Not Stated. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Some Rubbing Along Edges, Sunning On Spine, Tanning From Age, Previous Owners Bookplate On Half-Title Page, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy. 1943. Blue Ribbon Books [US]

Blue Ribbon Books, Date: 1943. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1943. Blue Ribbon Books [US]

Infantry Journal, Penguin Books, Date: 1944. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1944. Infantry Journal, Penguin Books [US]

Random house, Date: 1943. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1943. Random house [US]

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Date: 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Reprint, first printing, oxblood buckram cover, which has rubbing on bottom edges but still has a straight, tight spine rigid square boards and pointed tips. Map endpapers. Previous owners book plate and signature on front free endpaper. Dust jacket bright green with just hints of loss on some edges and tips not price clipped. Has a new plastic dj cover. Shipping box suitable for wrapping. . 1943. Blue Ribbon Books [US]

Random House Books for Young Readers. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Landmark Books, No. 55. (World War 2, Juvenile Literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN 0394803558 9780394803555 [US]

UsedGood. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing The cover has visible markings and wear. This is a paperback copy Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa! ISBN 0679640231 9780679640233 [US]

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Philadelphia: D. McKay Co, Date: 1943. Quarto. 64 unnumbered pages, issued in a comic form at ten cents and was very popular by boys whose fathers were away at war. The author was 6 feet 7 inches but such a good reporter, the marines let him join the D-day invasion of the Solomon Islands. One of the best accounts of that campaign and very accessible in the pictures accompanied by text. A 2" x 3" piece torn away from one page near gutter at lower portion of text lacking a few words to text and another closed edge tear to same page, not affecting text, otherwise a good copy of a very scarce item Ad on back was for David McKay's ad for their booklet: Cuties in Arms which hinted at the men who might have a physical attraction to pretty women. [OCLC records only one copy in an institution.]. 1943. D. McKay Co US

Popular Library, Date: 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1962. Popular Library [US]