Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis, First Edition (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Medium Green linen-like cover with Marie Corps symbol ad Semper Fidelis above it in red, back cover is blank, spine is similar with title in red, author and publisher printed in black, cover and spine are water stained/browned , covers are not warped, front double end page has a map of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida Islands, Back souble end page has a map of the Soloon Islands and New Guinea. Maps are in black and white with the ocean represented in green, top page edges are tinted red, side and bottom page edges are moderately soiled and stained, former owner's book plate is inside the front cover, pages with photographs are printed on coated paper, first photo across from the title page is water stained. 46 illustrations as black and white photos on coated paper, 8 chapters and post script, each chapters gives a time period covered. Chapter titles include: Approach, Landing, Contact, Expedition to Matanikau, Tenaru Front, Bombardment, Battle of the Ridge, Bomber to Bougainville, Postscript by the Editors on International News Service.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. The price on the back cover was scribbled out toherwise this is a clean book with light to moderate wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first printing. No markings.No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Map Endpapers, Previous Owners Name On Half-Title Page, No Other Marks, Square And Solid Binding With A Slight Spine Lean, Slight Edge Wear To Covers, Spine Is Sun Toned, Great Cvopy Of This Classic Wwii Title. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5.5 X 8.25 inches, 263 pages. Green cloth hardcover with red and black type Stated First Printing. Condition: GOOD. Interior pages are all very good with no names or marks. Medium Green linen-like cover with Marie Corps symbol ad Semper Fidelis above it in red. Visible water and soiling on cover. front double end page has a map of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida Islands, Back double end page has a map of the Soloon Islands and New Guinea. Maps are in black and white with the ocean represented in green, top page edges are tinted red, 46 illustrations as black and white photos on coated paper, 8 chapters and post script, each chapters gives a time period covered. Chapter titles include: Approach, Landing, Contact, Expedition to Matanikau, Tenaru Front, Bombardment, Battle of the Ridge, Bomber to Bougainville, Postscript by the Editors on International News Service.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Colorful DJ does not have a price, light soil from handling & some ruffling along edges, especially at upper edge of spine, a crease down the center of spine. Stated "first printing" on verso. Boards are well-bound, some soil on front panel & then water damage to cloth on rear panel. a bit of dustiness at textbox edge. pages are clean & sharp throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. 5 preliminary leaves, 3-263 pages frontispiece (group portraits) plates 21 cm. Maps on lining-papers. Prev. owner's name on first title page.Maps on lining-papers.Jacket painting by Franco Accornero. Maps on endpapers by Alan McKnight. 'A Box number: ST-011. ; First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition, 1st PRINTING. This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked except for name of previous owner on fep and copyright page; binding is tight except at fep; some wear and tanning on edges. First edition, unstated but earliest appearance of book. Stated 1st Printing. The covers are Very Good: intact, including color and design, but sunning on spine, and signs of age along edges and corners. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by SECTION OF 46 GLOSSY B&W PHOTOS,EP MAPS (illustrator). VERY GOOD CONDITION well bound, clean, solid copy name ftp "Frances Ramme 1943".else clean, ; RED & BLACK spine titles on dark green CLOTH HARD COVERS. RED TINT TOP EDGE TEXT BLOCK. "Semper Fidelis" over Marine globe/anchor insignia black embossed FRONT cover. THIS IS THE RANDOM HOUSE EDITION. WITH MARINE CORPS PHOTO war in the Pacific. Postscript by the Editors on International News Service. ; 263ps pages; WW2 Marines, Pacific Island History BOUGAINVILLE; TENARU; MATNIKAU.KAVO RANGE; HENDERSON FIELD; front double end page has an Alan McKnight map of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida Islands, Back double end page has a map of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. first edition,1p; "First printing" STATED.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Poor. First Edition. First UK edition. Paperback Original in the UK. Originally published in the US by Random House in 1943. The front cover has a two inch closed tear to the bottom left corner next to the spine. Light discolouration to the back cover. The spine has chipping at the top and bottom with half an inch missing from the surface at the top and a little tearing at the bottom. Browning to the page edges. Two inch pieces torn from the bottom corners of pages 169 to 176 with a little loss to the text in places on these. The pages are browned with yellowish spots in a few places but are otherwise generally unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is tight and clean and has prev. owners in ink and a an American Airline sticker glued in. . No Dj. Famous book on the war in the Pacific.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1943 first edition hardback lacks dustwrapper.First hand account of fighting with the Japanese during World War II, which is not easy reading. Interior has ex pencil price marks otherwise clean wiith no writing , marks or tears and covers clean and unscuffed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing(stated). Good+; ownership signature, square binding, unmarked pages, discoloration at cover. No jacket. See image.

Condition: Fair. 1943. First Printing. 263 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Staining to occasional gutters. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean.

First edition. 8vo. 263pp. Frontispiece. Photographic illustrations, Hardcover binding, no jacket, overall very good condition. (101039).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Blue Ribbon edition, 1943. A Good+ copy in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 262 pp., bound in publishers red cloth with green illustrated dust jacket. Jacket spine is faded with small loss at the top, edges are chipped. Previous owners name on half title page, text edges dusty. Text unmarked, binding solid. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing (stated), Random House hardcover w/ no DJ, 1943. Book is VG minus, w/ clean text, solid binding; some stains to boards, light sunning to spine. No DJ. Free delivery confirmation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Not Stated. 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.

Hardcover. First BCE, prior to release of the movie. Very Good hardcover with deckled fore edge pages with rubbing along the bottom edges of the boards and spine ends in a Good+ two-sided dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends, small chips/tears to the front panel, and light darkening to the spine. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The classic story of the Battle of Guadalcanal, July 26, 1942, by Richard Tregaskis, a journalist who landed with the first detachment of US Marines and lived with them for two months. First edition of the Random House Book Club edition. 263 pages; 16 pages of b&w photos and 2-color map endpapers; 5.5 x 7.75 inches.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New small octavo xiv + 240pp., Correspondent's account of the battle for the Solomons. Originally published in 1943.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. handsome copy. price downgraded due to shadow left by missing bookplate. o/w would be near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue-green cloth covered boards with red/black lettering to spine and USMC crest to front. First Printing stated. This copy is VERY GOOD, in a VG, unclipped ($2.50) DJ. Exterior is rich. Lettering quite legible. Edges with only a hint of wear. Map EPs. Inside has neat script PO signature at top of TP. Photo frontispiece. Illustrated with additional B&W photos. Unmarked, firmly bound with modest toning. Red top stain . DJ still colorful . Spine a touch faded with chipping to bottom and an irregular 1/4" x 2" triangular open tear to top . DJ tips also worn. Important WWII story.

Hardcover. Condition: good. First Printing [Stated]. [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 our front-line units. His story is the straight day-by-day account of what he himself saw or learned from eyewitnesses during those seven weeks." As a testimony to the power of Tregaskis' writing, Guadalcanal Diary is still considered essential reading by present-day U.S. military personnel. Guadalcanal marked the transition by the Allies from defensive operations to the strategic offensive in the Pacific Theater. On August 7, 1942, eleven thousand US Marines landed on Tulagi and Guadalcanal Islands in the South Pacific. It was the first major Allied offensive against Japanese forces; the first time in history that a combined air, land, and sea assault had ever been attempted; and, after six months of vicious fighting, a crushing defeat for the Empire of Japan and a major turning point in the Pacific War. Volunteer combat correspondent Richard Tregaskis was one of only two journalists on hand to witness the invasion of Guadalcanal. He risked life and limb to give American readers a soldier's experience of the war in the Pacific, from the suffocating heat and humidity to the unique terror of fighting in tall, razor-sharp grass and in crocodile-infested jungle streams against a concealed enemy. In understated yet graceful prose, Tregaskis details the first two months of the campaign and describes the courage and camaraderie of young marines who prepared for battle knowing that one in four of them wouldn't make it home. An instant bestseller when it was first published in 1943 and the basis for a popular film of the same name, Guadalcanal Diary set the standard for World War II reportage. Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the literary events of its time," it is a masterpiece of war journalism whose influence can be found in classic works such as John Hersey's Hiroshima, Michael Herr's Dispatches, and Dexter Filkins's The Forever War.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book near fine D.J. good, 99 and 44 intact with minor tears and one heavy blemish on front D.J. usual scuffing on edges and corners in clear plastic cover. There is a previous owners name on front end paper just above map of Guadalcanal. No other discrepancies or tobacco odors found. Thank you for reading my description!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book very good, stated 1st printing on copy right page. D.J. good full intact with the usual scuffing some minor edge tears in a clear plastic cover. No previous owners marks found in clean bright, unmarked text. No loose text with a block of photos, bright and clean. No tobacco odor. Regretfully, from page 259 to the rear end paper is some top corner damage on each of the pages. I haven't a clue as to how they got there. No text has been lost. Thank you for reading my description!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes. First edition. First Edition, first printing. DJ worn, split at spine. Photos. Owner's bookplate on title page 1 lb 3 oz.

Hardcover. Collector's Edition. Octavo, 240 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in genuine green leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Contains a silk ribbon bookmark. All edges of textblock gilt. Rubbing to boards. Minor shelfwear to textblock including light scuffing to the gilt edges. Soiling to back endpapers. Shelved in Easton Press. 1369509. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this volume is in Fine condition. The front and back covers are both in near perfect condition and the gilded page edges show minor wear (see pictures of all edges). There is light residue on the second page. This book is part of the Library of Military History Collection published by Easton Press. It comes complete with Collector's Notes and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection.

Stated 1st printing. Famous WW2 Pacific-campaign memoir. Bright tight copy of HB 1st. Handwritten inscription on half-title page: Given to All Souls Unitarian Church Library by Mr. & Mrs, Wm. R. Conley in appreciation of the interest taken by Dr. Backus in their son Bob who was a member of the Marine Raider Battalion which took part in the Solomon Islands fighting. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, 263 pp, frrontispiece photo, b/w photos section, map endpapers, top edge tinted. VG+, gift inscription, hardly any wear. Hardcover in green cloth boards w red/black spine titling; no jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 120 grams. The book was printed on cheap paper and is fragile. The spine has cellotape holding it together. The pages are attached to the spine. Have a look at the photographs and if you have doubts please contact me for clarification.