Description
Inscribed by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, the first edition of Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders by Lt. Colonel Carroll V. Glines.
Octavo, xiv, 447pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. No additional printings on copyright page. Offsetting to front free endpaper from laid-in newspaper article. Faint dust along top edge of the text block. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $6.95 on front flap, faint sunning to spine, a near fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the leader of the Doolittle Raid, Jimmy Doolittle, for which he received the Medal of Honor.
Inscription reads: “To Donna Grimm: With kindest personal regards, and every good wish to you and your family. J.H. Doolittle.”
Gen. James H. Doolittle (1896-1993) was the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his raid on mainland Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Known as the Doolittle Raid, the long-range bombing raid utilized 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers, with the plan to land in unoccupied China. The bombing raid was successful and a major morale booster for the United States, four months after the surprise attack on Hawaii.
