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Author: Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison

Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.

Format: Hardcover with original dust jackets

Missing Volume: This lot includes 14 out of the 15 total volumes. It is missing Volume XII (12) Leyte.

Up for sale is a near-complete 14-volume set of Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's landmark series, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.

This is the official Little, Brown & Co. Publisher's Trade Edition. It features the highly preferred retail cloth bindings with NO book club blind stamps on the back covers.

Original publisher price stickers are present on the dust jackets.

What is Included: 14 out of the 15 total volumes.
Edition/Printing Breakdown: This is a uniform, matching publisher's trade set from the late 1960s and 1970s. Notably, Volume XV is a stated 1962 First Edition.
- Vol 1: 1970
- Vols 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14: 1975
- Vol 4: 1971
- Vol 9: 1972
- Vol 13: 1969
- Vol 15: 1962 (First Edition) [1]
Condition: Excellent vintage condition. Hardcovers have tight bindings and clean, crisp pages. The original paper dust jackets are all intact, featuring the original $15.00 publisher price stickers. The jackets show typical light vintage shelf wear and minor scuffing along the edges. Please see photos for exact condition.

Volume 1: The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943.

Vol II: Operations in North African Waters Oct 1942 - June 1943.

Vol III: The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 - April 1942.

Vol IV: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions May 1942 - Aug 1942.

Vol V: The Struggle for Guadalcanal Aug 1942 - Feb 1943.

Vol VI: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier 22 July 1942 - 1 May 1944.

Vol VII: Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls June 1942 - April 1944.

Vol VIII: New Guinea and the Marianas March 1944 - Aug 1944.

Vol IX: Sicily-Salerno-Anzio Jan 1943 - June 1944.

Vol X: The Atlantic Battle Won May 1943 - May 1945.

Vol XI: The Invasion of France and Germany 1944-45.

Vol XII: Leyte June 1944 - Jan 1945. (MISSING)

Vol XIII: The Liberation of the Philippines Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas 1944-45.

Vol XIV: Victory in the Pacific 1945.

Vol XV: Supplement and General Index.