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[AVIATION]. LAWSON, Captain Ted W. (1917-1992). Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. New York: Random House, [1943]. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s full green cloth, front board and spine stamped in brown (binding worn, soiled, first gutter cracking, text occasionally soiled, some gutters over-opened, ffep clipped at upper corner); publisher’s printed dust jacket (many tape repairs on verso, jacket heavily worn, chipped, torn, soiled). EARLY EDITION, SIGNED BY GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITTLE in three places (ffep and two photos), as well as 25 members of “Doolittle’s Raiders” including 3 Raiders mentioned in the Dedication (they were thought lost in the war, but were actually P.O.W.s), and author Lawson. Most of these signatures were obtained in 1992 (two signatures of Lawson’s widow, Ellen, and Ted Lawson were obtained earlier).