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Oblong short 8vo, front cover is leather string tied full suede illustrated & lettered in gold, silver, red & blue; illustrations of a fighter plane and 2 different illustrated insignia, lettering is in red, blue and silver -- One inner page has a few corner tabs pasted in to hold photographs The rest of the pages are unused -- Almost as new Fine conditiojn XB599 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 003098.

No Place: Self Published, 2007. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover. Fine. Tall quarto, not paginated, illustrated with photographs and maps.-- Letters and photographs of Bill (William) Skaggs interspersed with and matching them to dates and places in Bill Wymans copy of a "History of the 14th Armored Division" by Captain Joseph Carter. Text Includes commentary by his wife Carol.

Portland, Oregon, the Twombly Press, 1969. 102 Copies Printed. This is Copy #32. 8vo, 21pp, red cloth-backed white boards, illustrations by Frank Allman -- Story of the capture of a number of locomotives by Confederate forces Not only were the locomotives taken, but also track and shop equipment -- Light handling soil to the white boards -- Very good condition Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002327.

Alabama: University of Alabama, 1969. First Printing. Very good/very good. Royal 8vo., 233pp., original blue cloth, maps, notes, bibliography, index. -- A few small white spots to rear covers, one tiny spot to front cover. Dust jacket lightly sunned. Prior owner's ink signature on the first free endpaper. "A retired major general of the Marine Corps offers here an interpretive history of the campaign culminating in the battle of New Orleans, based on a meticulous review of the sources and employing the perceptive of modern military doctrine. Written with a military regard for precision . . . . . This is now probably the best book on the topic."-Choice.

Dumfries, Virginia: Wyvern Publicatons, 1991. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover. Very good +/good +. 4to., 949 pp., illustrated. Table of Contents: Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions of the U.S. Army. AAA Battalion Lineage's, Heraldry and Honors. Coats of Arms and Distinctive Insignia. Campaign and Decoration Streamers. Glossary of Lineage Terms. Index to AAA Battalions. -- Dust jackets chipped / rubbed at the extremities. Signed inscription by the author to Marion Thacker on the first free end paper: "For Marion Thacker who recalls with pride his service with the 26th AAA AW BN of the 24th Inf. Div. and the defense of South Korea during July and August 1950 for which his unit received the Presidential Unit Citation". -- Also a two page poem by Marion Thacker laid in loose titled "The Men Of Battery A, 26th AAA AW BN, 24th Infantry Division. -- "Korea was the stinkingest place, that ever man did smell. We little realized that some of us, would die in this stinking hell." --… Read More

New York: Bramhall, (1956). Reprint Edition. 4to, 350pp, brown cloth, many black & white photos and drawings, bibliography, index -- Former owner's name and date plus small library stamp on front free end paper -- Very good+ condition in good+ dust jacket that has shelfwear and some tears ((XO-458) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006508.

Edmund, OK: Leaman & Judith Harris, 2008. Edition Not Stated. hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo., pp. 112, 164, illustrated with photographs. -- The Story of an MIA Soldier in WW II - Memories of a Radar Repairman - My Part in the Battle of the Bulge - Isolation on a Pacific Island - Tales of an Eighth Air Force Tail Gunner - Memories of a Girl From Ranger Texas - Service in the Southwest Pacific wit the 100th Service Squadron - Four Blue Stars in Our Window - My Unpleasant Work at the Ration Board - From Boy to Man on a Minesweeper - Bea the Riveter Builds Ships. .

Avon. (First Avon Printing, August 1985. 10987654321). [Paperback Edition]. 12mo - 6" - 7" tall, 394pp, paper covers -- Near fine, bright copy with the faintest of wear Appears not to have been read XP Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002958.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First American Edition [Stated]. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Advance Copy" Review slip laid in loose,letter line b thru j. -- A little light wear to the outer extremities of the jacket. Jacket unclipped, priced @ $4.25. --.

No Place: Self Published, Ca 1966. Tall 4to, approximately 62 pages Original black cloth lettered in silver and decorated in white, red orange and gold, color photo endpapers, some text, many black and white photographs Appears to have been self published The front cover design almost looks to have been hand done -- Some of the silver on the lettering has been rubbed off (mostly at the top) Overall, Very Good Condition (Sc 14) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006967.

New York, Silver, Burdett and Company, (1907). 12mo, 464pp, 1/2 leather backed decorated cloth w/spine lettering and decoration in gilt, b&w frontis portrait of Julius Caesar, color illustrations, maps, latin-english vocabulary, english-latin vocabulary -- Just a hint of wear to spine tips, corners lightly bumped, minor water stain to inside pastedown and first free endpaper, light smudge at the very bottom of the front cover Else, clean and tight -- Very good condition Ne797 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002162.

Philadelphia: A. Winch, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Tall 8vo., 136pp. -- Spine almost perished, front hinge weak (not completeley separated). -- Internally clean and sound. -- Priced accordingly.

Sydney: New century Press, 1940. Original wraps. Very good. Short 8vo., 29 pp., illustrated paper covers, illustrations by Dawn Anderson. -- Corners moderately bumped bottom front. Light wear to the outer extremities. -- Condition.

Self Published, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small folio, 54pp., 21 full page maps in black, red, dark blue, and light blue (may be hand colored). -- Signed inscription by the author "to my brother George" "The purpose of this text is to illustrate graphically the principles of maneuver involved in various types of corps and army operations, which elsewhere appear only in voluminous written form and distributed amongst several volumes. Most of the sketches have been prepared as operation maps to show the student how such maps appear and how they may be prepared. Certain type orders and annexes are included for the same purpose. In each case the sketch occupies a full page, and the accompanying discussion is included complete on the facing page."-the forward.

8vo (over 7" - 9" tall), 286 pages Bright green pebbled patterned paper boards (hardbound), armorial front endpaper, map rear endpaper, frontispiece of Albert M Ettinger in his doughboy uniform, photographs, facsimile letters, endnotes, bibliography, index -- Former owners name in ink on the front endpaper Dust jacket has light edgewear and is not price clipped -- Overall Very good or better condition in a very good dust jacket (xa-145 14) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; ISBN: 0942597346 Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 007520.

No Place: Self Published, 1918. [First Edition]. Original wraps. Near fine. Size: 32 mo., 72 pages. Stiff brown wraps, frontis portrait of the author with the caption: "The Author (1899) 49th Regt. Ia. Vol. Inft. Service in Cuba". Illustrations of snowshoes, and directions for making them. Another portrait of the author on page 37: "The Author (1918) 3rd Reg. W.S.C". -- Light diagonal crease to the front end-paper and the first few pages. -- A guide book for military maneuvers. World catalog: 1 edition published in 1918 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide --.

Frankfurt: Institut zur Forderung Offentlicher Angelegenheiten Ev., 1952 [First English Edition]. 8vo, 94pp, brown cloth-backed cream colored boards lettered in brown, extensive bibliography of refugee literature by Werner Mohring, nine folding maps present at the rear -- Tips of corners rubbed, small hand stamp of the "National Council For Prevention of War" on the half-title page and on the first free endpaper -- Else a very good+ clean, straight, bright copy with no other notable defects (xob) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006698.

No Place, No Date., circa 1982. [First Edition - privately produced for family and friends.] Signed gift inscription by the Auth. No Place, No Date, circa 1982 [First Edition - privately produced for family and friends] Signed gift inscription by the Author 8vo, 173pp, red cloth, map frontis -- Appears to be reproduced from a typed manuscript -- True story of Donald Toye, formerly Lt Toye and Sgt Clarence Wieseckel of the Eight Air Force 445th Bombardment Group, 703rd Squadron, United Kingdom, F liers from two separate bombers that crashed, met in a Partisan camp in the Black Forest of Belgium and later walked across France, with help from peasants and the " Underground", to join Escapees in Glion -- Very fine condition Quantity Available: 1 Category: Military; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 000607.

Original wraps. Very good. Oblong 8vo, pp.12, illustrated. Autograph page with signatures of(see photos) six of the famed WWII Ace "Flying Tiger Pilots", Chuck Older, John Williams, Erik Shilling, Bob Prescott, David Lee "Tex" Hill, Bruce ?????; also signed by Anna Chennault, wife of Lt. Gen. Claire Chennault who founded of the famed World War II volunteer organization. Anna distinguished herself as a journalist and in diplomatic relations between China and the United States. -- Inside back cover is a tipped in letter of invitation to the reunion to Mr. Thomas Lewis, signed in ink (John R. Rossi / President) on stationary of the "Flying Tigers" American Volunteer Group -- Chinese Air Force. -- Light moderate wear and small chip to back cover at top front cover. -- Overall Condition.

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo., black cloth, lettering in red, 200 pages, illustrated, Former owners name in ink on front paste-down. Personal ex-libris card on the front paste-down. "Winkler, soldier and pilot under the Weimar Republic, resigned when Hitler came into power and accepted a position as one of the leaders of the Catholic Youth Movement. In 1934 he was arrested and subjected to a series of concentration camps and all manner of physical brutalities. On his return to his family in 1938, he found them divided, his brothers Nazified, so he left home and became part of the underground movement, broadcasting from mobile Freedom stations. He finally was forced to escape to Switzerland, his wife followed and they finally reached the USA."-kirkus review.