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By: Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio, Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc.: [c1980s]
Stock No.: 77346
A catalog of the exhibits at the Museum in Dayton, with descriptions and photos of hundreds of various aircraft housed there, from the Wright brothers through spacecraft. The volume is undated, but likely produced in the 1980s. Cover with a 1916-vintage SE-5E WWI biplane. --- A clean, bright, firm copy lacking obvious damages. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 162 pages View more info
By: Atkinson, Rick
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1989
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Stock No.: 71268
Good copy of acclaimed study of group of West Point cadets' lives after graduation from the military academy. In top shape, in full grey DJ with orig. $24.95 flap price unclipped; faint stain at top edge & in poly protector. Book in black half cloth w/faded gilt lettering spine. Interior has very minimal highlighter/underlining; prev owner's inked name, else bright and unmarked. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Atkinson, Rick
Price: $21.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1989
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Stock No.: 71345
Sharp copy of acclaimed study of group of West Point cadets' lives after graduation from the military academy. In top shape, in full grey DJ with orig. $24.95 flap price unclipped; faint stain at top edge & in removable mylar protector. Book in black half cloth w/faded gilt lettering spine. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: BELDEN, Jack
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Blakiston Company: 1941
Stock No.: 78225
An analysis of significant worldwide military battles, from a tactical point of view. In full brown cloth-covered boards. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With soiling and discoloration to covers; interior firm and clean and lacking frequently-seen browning from this publisher. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages View more info
By: Bradley, James & Ron Powers
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Bantam: 2000
Edition: Eighth Printing
Stock No.: 72156
The horrific battle for Iwo Jima is detailed in this very moving and very popular work. In top shape with very minor wrinkling, dust jacket; otherwise undamaged. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages View more info
By: CAIN, Charles W. (general editor)
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Windsor, Berkshire, England/Garden City, New York, Profile Publications Ltd./Doubleday & Company Inc.: 1975
Stock No.: 79086
Revised (4th) edition, 1975. A U.S. edition of the first volume in the Aircraft in Profile series, providing in-depth descriptions of twelve important aircraft models used in World War I and World War II. With dozens of color illustrations and black & white photos. A facsimile edition of the first volume in the series. Publishers' dust jacket sticker apologizes for the lessened quality of the photos. --- In blue paper-covered boards and with titling gilt-stamped on spine... View more info
Price: $31.50
Publisher: London, Osprey Aerospace: 1993
Stock No.: 77233
The ultra-fast SR-71 was used as a surveillance platform up to its retirement date in 1990. This work details missions of this USAF plane, as described by former crewmen. With over 200 photos, many in color. With drawings, charts and index. --- A clean, firm, bright copy with previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, dog-eared page corners, and with page 3/4 torn out but present. Jacket is very nice. ; Osprey Modern Military; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; x,... View more info
By: DUNMORE, Spencer
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Toronto, Da Capo Press/Madison Press: 2002
Stock No.: 76645
The author describes the raising of various sunken submarines, from the Civil War-era Hunley to the sunken Russian atomic sub Kursk. With underwater photos by Jonathan Blair & Brian Skerry; along with an introduction by Robert D. Ballard. Includes numerous drawings; indexed. --- In good shape but with minor soiling to textblock edges; dust jacket with some light edge wear and rubbing. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 176 pages View more info
By: FORESTER, C. S.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1939
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 82769
A Book-of-the-Month Club set of the first three novels in the lengthy series by Forester, portraying the larger-than-life British naval officer Horatio Hornblower. All three with frontis drawings by N.C. Wyeth. --- All in full grey cloth-covered boards w/titling on black spine block in gilt; each with green topstain and text printed on buff-colored leaves. Volumes share a green paper-covered slipcase with title label pasted to end. --- Volume I with a strip of rusty soil... View more info
By: FORESTER, C.S.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boston, Little Brown and Company: 1945
Stock No.: 75535
A firm, clean copy of Mr. Forester's novel in a likely book club edition. In full turquoise cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Interior clean and lacking markings; textblock firm. Titling on spine a bit faded, some minor discoloration to spine. ; 1945 ; Small 8vo 7-1/2" - 8" tall; 384 pages View more info
By: GROOM, Winston
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82025
A stated first edition of author's study of the actions taken by Confederate General John Bell Hood in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee during the last stages of the American Civil War. With numerous maps and three sections of black & white plates. The author is perhaps best known for his earlier novel, "Forrest Gump". --- In light blue paper-covered boards backed in grey paper, with spine titling in gilt. Dust jacket with image of a tattered Confederate Battle Fla... View more info
By: HEMINGWAY, Ermest (editor)
Price: $35.50
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 1942
Stock No.: 79344
A hefty collection of essays, articles, short stories and other historical accounts examining the topic of warfare from multiple perspectives in this 1942 hardcover edition. The stories are by all manner of authors, from Julius Caesar to Winston Churchill to Leo Tolstoy. Edited and with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway; based on a plan by William Kozlenko. --- In black cloth-covered boards with faded gilt-stamped spine titling; yellow topstain. Lacks the dust jacket. ... View more info
By: HEMINGWAY, Ermest (editor)
Price: $37.50
Publisher: New York, Wings Books: 1992
Stock No.: 79345
A 1992 reprint edition of this hefty collection of essays, articles, short stories and other historical accounts examining the topic of warfare from multiple perspectives. The stories are by all manner of authors, from Julius Caesar to Winston Churchill to Leo Tolstoy. Edited and with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway; based on a plan by William Kozlenko. --- In black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Lacks the dust jacket. --- The leaves have yello... View more info
By: Howarth, David
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Atheneum Publishers: 1969
Edition: First American Edition
Stock No.: 71963
The famous battle is described in detail in this sharp copy of work first published in the U. K. With multiple black & white and color illustrations; 6 maps. In black half cloth & mustard yellow paperboard covers; interior clean, w/prev owner's embossed gold sticker ffep. DJ has back cover tear; is in mylar protector. $8.95 flap price intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, NAL Caliber: 2012
Stock No.: 78319
A profile of each of the three American generals who led the Allied effort in World War II in Europe. Includes a section of black & white plates. --- A firm, clean copy but with a little cover soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 654 pages View more info
By: KEEGAN, John
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1993
Stock No.: 73535
Distinguished military historian's work takes a look at warfare throughout history. Likely book club edition, in a full-sized copy. With inked presentation remarks front free endpaper; soiled (coffee?) spot, lower edge of textblock. DJ in nice shape. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 472 pages View more info
By: LAWRENCE, T[homas]. E[dward].
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, Penguin Books: [c.1970s]
Stock No.: 82152
A trade paperback edition of T. E. Lawrence's famous account of the Arab revolt in 1916-18 against the ruling Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula from Lawrence's point of view as a British Army officer. With black & white drawings by Eric Kennington; as well as a section of photos and drawings including two of Lawrence in Arab costume along with other major players. Also included are maps of the Levant and Arabian Penisula areas. Mr. Lawrence is best known as 'Lawren... View more info
By: LIPSCOMB, F. W.
Price: $13.50
Publisher: New York, Praeger Publishers: 1970
Stock No.: 78107
A look at these underwater craft, with drawings, photos and charts. 16 full-page color plates of historic subs by Malcolm McGregor in a section at the rear. --- This perfect bound (glued, not sewn) hardcover with several detached leaves (presumably due to hardening & cracking of the glue). Jacket in good shape. (This volume is damaged, and is priced accordingly.); Folio 13" - 23" tall; 35, (34) pages View more info
By: LUDWIG, Emil
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1927
Stock No.: 75510
A biography of the German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. Third printing. With numerous b&w photos. In full blue-grey cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on cover and spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- In good shape, volume is clean and firm but leaves have separated at front of volume, exposing webbing. Cover edges with some wear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 661 pages View more info
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Company: 1978
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 82859
A full-sized book club edition of this detailed and extensive biography of five-star General Douglas MacArthur of the U.S. Army. General MacArthur served in the Pacific Theater in World War II and rose to the rank of General of the Army. He also served in World War I, the Korean War, was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was awarded the Medal of Honor. With dozens of black & white photos and ten pages of maps. Chronology of the General's life ... View more info
By: McCOLLUM, "Buck Private" [L. C.]
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Bucklee Publishers, Inc.: 1929
Stock No.: 82387
An account, mostly using rhymes, of the harrowing experience of the so-called "Lost Battalion" of World War I by one its surviving U.S. soldiers. The battalion became trapped in the Argonne Forest of France and endured a ferocious German onslaught for a week before they were rescued. During this ordeal, about 350 of the original force of about 550 men were either killed, captured, or went missing. Illustrated throughout in brown monochrome by Franklin Sly and Tol... View more info
By: MILHOLLEN, Hirst Dillon; JOHNSON, James Ralph
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Fawcett Publications: 1961
Stock No.: 78141
A photographic history of the U.S. Civil War, complete with period images of personnel, weapons, battle sites, etc. along with narrative. --- A softcover in wraps. With yellowed pages and some creasing; else a firm, complete copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, The Century Company: 1916
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82372
A first edition of this illustrated report on the status of China and Japan in the early 20th century. Particular attention is paid to military matters, and to the relationships between the countries and the United States. With numerous black & white illustrations and with maps, one of which folds out. Appendices include copies of several various important documents, treaties and agreements. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with gilt and orange medallion to cover, ... View more info
By: MILLER, William J.; POHANKA, Brian C.
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Alexandria, Virginia, Time-Life Books: 2000
Stock No.: 77350
First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. The American Civil War is depicted in this hefty volume of over 700 photos, with sketches, maps, historic artifacts and more. With text by distinguished Civil War scholars, who detail the major battles and generals who participated. --- In maroon leatherette-like paper-covered boards with titling blindstamped on cover and spine. Jacket with photo of a ruined Richmond on cover. --- With previous owner'... View more info
By: MYRER, Anton
Price: $28.50
Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1968
Stock No.: 82979
This landmark work has been read by military people since its original publication and praised as the best military and war-related novel written by an American author. Myrer's characters participate in a series of U.S. Army actions from pre-World War I in Mexico against Pancho Villa through both World Wars to a thinly disguised Viet Nam-like conflict. Their activities and personalities closely reflect real-life people in real-life military situations. --- Though stated ... View more info
By: NALTY, Bernard (consultant editor); PRITCHARD, Russ A. (technical advisor)
Price: $15.50
Publisher: New York, Smithmark Publishers Inc.: 1991
Stock No.: 82200
A detailed account of the attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and the resulting war in the Pacific Theater is detailed here. With dozens of photos, drawings and maps. --- In brown textured paper-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Jacket features painting of the chaos at Pearl Harbor. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Jacket with retailer sticker to spine, else undamaged. (Due to the considerable we... View more info
By: OVERY, Richard
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 1996
Edition: First American Edition
Stock No.: 81946
A first U. S. printing of this comprehensive history of the strategy employed in World War II by the Allies, resulting in their victory over the Axis powers. With numerous maps and a section of plates at mid-book depicting prominent figures and scenes. --- In full black paper-covered boards with spine titling stamped in gilt. Jacket features Yevgeny Chaldey/Vollerenst photo of Russian troops raising the hammer-and-sickle on a high building (probably in Berlin). --- A... View more info
By: RAPIER, Brian J.; Bowyer, Chaz
Price: $25.50
Publisher: Promotional Reprint Company: 1995
Stock No.: 77785
Two works in one book, each focusing on an individual RAF bomber. With many b&w photos showing the planes, missions and men who flew them. 'Halifax' edited by Alan Hollingsworth. --- In pictorial hardcovers, with color images of each plane on front and back covers. In jacket with the same color photos. --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy in similar jacket. Dust jacket in removable archival mylar protector. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages View more info
By: Richardson, Doug
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Salamander Books: 1989
Stock No.: 72813
Basic theories and designs of warplanes designed to elude detection are detailed in this scarce copy of work published in the U.K. Designs from the U-2 and TR-1 through modern B-2 and modern Advanced Tactical Fighters (YF-22A and YF-23A). Chock full of drawings and photos. Leaves have separated at middle of volume, exposing webbing. In full grey cloth covers w/silver lettering, spine. Edgewear, espec at lower edge. Gift inscription, front free endpaper. Dust jacket slig... View more info
By: ROSCOE, Theodore
Price: $38.00
Publisher: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press: 1953
Stock No.: 78712
A hefty, comprehensive summary of the U. S. Navy's destroyer operations in World War II, presented in a patriotic post-war tone. Designed and illustrated by Lieut. Comdr. Fred Freeman, U.S.N.R. Research and technical editing by Rear Admiral Thomas L. Wattles, U.S. Navy (Retired). With dozens of maps, black & white illustrations & photos, charts, tables and other diagrams. Includes technical data such as listings of ships lost in the war. --- In ivory cloth, with titling ... View more info
By: SCHOM, Alan
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82041
A first printing of the author's comprehensive study of the Japanese-American war during World War II, in the Pacific theater. With a lengthy section of black & white plates and 12 maps, including the Pacific Ocean at endpapers. --- In grey and red paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with photo of Pearl Harbor ships under attack. --- A Near Fine copy: bright, unmarked and newish but with very slight sunning to cover edges. Unclipped jacket i... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Chicago, Academy Chicago Publishers: 1999
Stock No.: 79089
The author, a noted German historian, was granted access during World War II to the highest echelons of Nazi leadership. This access allowed him to write the official War Diary of the High Command of the Wehrmacht. Edited, translated and with an introduction by Donald S. Detwiler. --- A clean, firm, unmarked softcover copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages View more info
By: SEYMOUR, William
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Bramhall House: 1988
Stock No.: 77552
In this work, the author invites the reader to command armies in some of history's most famous battles. With diagrams of the battle scenes. Originally published as 'Yours to Reason Why'. --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy in red paper-covered hardcovers w/gilt-stamped titling on spine. Jacket w/enlarged map of battlefield; is in nice shape but w/retailer's sticker on front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Washington, Military Service Publishing Co.: 1934
Stock No.: 78302
A handbook for the aspiring military officer, containing a wide variety of facts and descriptions of military conventions and history. Includes sections on history, military law, officer's reserve corps, company administration and supply and much more. With drawings, photos and sample forms and documents. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped titling on spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Back cover with wear to cloth at joint area and with inkings & rubbersta... View more info
By: The Class of 1916 (editors); HUSSEY Jr., G. F.
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, A. H. Sickler Company: 1916
Stock No.: 79481
A solid copy of the "yearbook" of the U. S. Naval Academy, for the date 1916. Includes personal profiles of the midshipmen, and many stories and other highlights of the year at the Academy. Among the 1916 graduates of the USNA was Admiral Arthur William Radford, who later served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1953-1957. With a section of vintage advertisements by supporters of the Academy at rear of volume. --- In dark brown leather-covered boards... View more info
By: TOLL, Ian W.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 2015
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82298
An exceptionally nice first printing of the second volume of the author's Pacific War Trilogy. In this work, the author details the assaults by the Allies on Japan's holdings in the mid-Pacific. These assaults are described on the jacket as ". . .the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history." With numerous maps and black & white photos. --- In dark brown and black paper-covered boards with... View more info
