History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II.

First edition of this authoritative account of U.S. Marine aviation in the Pacific Theater. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with titles and the marine corps emblem stamped in blue on the spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 64 pages of black and white photographs, drawings, and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed "To Larry" and signed on the title page and facing page by eleven Marine Corps aviators, including Joe Foss, Jim Swett, Phil DeLong, William Farrell, and R. Bruce Porter. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.