Description
First edition of Mission with LeMay, signed by General Curtis E. LeMay and co-author, MacKinlay Kantor.
Octavo, xiv, 581pp. Blue cloth, title printed on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, internally fine. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $7.95 retail price on front flap, faint wear at head of the spine, a near fine example.
Signed on the front flyleaf by General Curtis E. LeMay and the co-author, MacKinlay Kantor. Includes bookmark from the “The First Edition Circle” at Kroch’s & Brentano’s of Chicago.
General Curtis LeMay (1906-1990) was a general in the United States Air Force. He is best remembered for the strategic yet controversial bombings of mainland Japan. His firebombing of Tokyo was considered crucial to the Allied victory in the Pacific Theater but resulted in a massive loss of civilian life. Later in life, LeMay was asked by Alabama Governor George Wallace to join his presidential ticket in 1968.
