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Legion of the Lafayette
by Whitehouse, Arch
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£6.41
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Curtis Books, 1962. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, age tanning to pages and spine, clean, and square. Light rubbing to cover edges. The story of the Lafayette Escadrille, American idealists who, before their country entered World War I, volunteered to serve in the French army…becoming the first unit of American airmen ever to go into combat. Among them, William… Read more about this item Item Price
£6.41
Skyraider: The Douglas A-1 "Flying Dump Truck"
by Rausa, Rosario
- Condition
- Used - GOOD+
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£12.06
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Zebra, 1988. (1st thus). Paperback. GOOD+. Unread. Tight, bright, clean and square. Reading crease on spine, rubbing and light chipping to cover edges, light scratches to covers, 2 creased cover corners .Bookstore stamp on first free page. Illustrated throughout with photos. Appendices: British, French and Swedish use; Performance Data (with diagrams); and Bibliography. "From the Korean War… Read more about this item Item Price
£12.06
That Denmark Might Live: The Saga of Danish Resistance in World War II
by Werstein, Irving
- Condition
- Used - FAIR
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardbound
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£15.29
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Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith Company, 1967. Hardbound. FAIR. Reading copy. Ex-library with all expected markings of a "withdrawn" book. Tight binding. No dust jacket. Red cloth cover edges worn through to boards in a few spots. Softened spine ends. Soiled exterior page edges. Occasional fingerprints on text edges. Ugly but solid. The story of the Danish Resistance… Read more about this item Item Price
£15.29
The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience Including the Memoirs of Josiah Fitch Murphey
by Miller & Mooney
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780962785115
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£19.32
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Nantucket, MA: Wesco, 1994. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for bookstore sticker on first free page. A chronicle of Nantucket during the Civil War; The diary of a 19 year-old who left Nantucket to go to war with the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; and the "Roster of Nantucket Men.. Of the 20th Massachusetts" detailing… Read more about this item Item Price
£19.32
Atlantic Alliance: NATO's Role in the Free World
by McLachlan, Donald H
- Condition
- Used - FINE
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£120.95
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London, UK: Royal Institute of Intrenational Affairs / Chatham House Study Group, 1952. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Shows faintest shelfwear to covers, as you would see on a new copy on bookstore shelf. Follow up to Chatham House Study "Defense in the Cold War" (1950) examining "how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization… Read more about this item Item Price
£120.95
Odyssee
by Homere (Victor Berard, trans. - Jean Berard, Intro.)
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Published
- c1960
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£12.06
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Paris, France: Le Livre de poche (#602-603) / Librairie General Francaise, c1960. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, light age tanning of pages, clean, slight reading curl to spine. Owner's name on first free page. 509 pages. Text in French. Item Price
£12.06
Great Soldiers of World War II
by De Weerd, Major H.A. (Laim Dunne, maps)
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD / Poor dj
- Published
- c1944
- Binding
- Hardbound
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£10.45
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W.W.Norton & Company, c1944. Hardbound. VERY GOOD / Poor dj. Tight, faintest age tanning of pages, clean, square.Slight softening and wear of spine ends and owner's name inside cover. Dust jacket is present but clipped, age soiled, worn at hinges and missing chunks at top and bottom edges. Chapters on: Gamelin, de Gaulle, Wavell, Rommel, Montgomery,… Read more about this item Item Price
£10.45
Torpedo Bomber! - The story of the R.A.F. torpedo bombers
by Barker, Ralph
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Edition
- (2nd American edition)
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£8.47
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NY: Ballantine (#U6084), 1968. (2nd American edition). Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint age tanning. "the story of the daring R.A.F. pilots who flew low-level attacks against German battleships in World War II." 285 indexed pages with black & white photo insert section. Item Price
£8.47
Company Commander
by MacDonald, Charles B
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Edition
- (9th printing)
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781580800389
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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£8.83
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Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, 1999. (9th printing). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, clean & square. Slight edgewear to cover, small crease on cover corner, 1 folded page corner. "the classic infantry memoir of World War II - from the Battle of the Bulge to the crossing of the Rhine…" ISBN: 1580800386. Item Price
£8.83
Silver Wings, A History of the United States Air Force
by Boyne, Walter J. (General James H. Doolittle, Foreword
- Condition
- Used - FINE / Fine
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Oversize Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9780671785376
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£16.09
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993. (1st edition). Oversize Hardbound. FINE / Fine. As new - gift quality! Unclipped DJ. "a thoroughly refreshing, lively and informative history of the United States Air Force…from Civil War ballooning to…its spectacular successes in recent decades…the colorful inside story of the events and the men and women who shaped the Air Force into… Read more about this item Item Price
£16.09
The Ravens: The Men Who flew in America's Secret War in Laos
by Robbins, Christopher
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE / Near Fine
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9780517566121
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£54.81
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NY: Crown, 1987. (1st edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE / Near Fine. As new except for slight softening to top of spine (book and jacket) and two small dents in top edge, 1 folded page corner. "While America and the rest of the world watched the Vietnam war on television, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, wearing anything… Read more about this item Item Price
£54.81
The Battle is the Pay-Off
by Ingersoll, Ralph
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Edition
- (3rd printing)
- Published
- c1943
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£6.41
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NY: Popular Library (#SP300), c1943. (3rd printing). Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, slight tilt. Rubbing to back cover. "A few square miles of godforsaken sand and rock: a spot on the map called El Guettar. The Troops - Men who a year before had been civilians…The Enemy - The cream of the Fascist Army… Read more about this item Item Price
£6.41
FM22-5 War Department Field Manual: Leadership; Courtesy and Drill
by War Department
- Condition
- Used - GOOD+
- Published
- Feb-46
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£11.25
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Washington; DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Feb-46. Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, bright, light age soil to exterior, light stain to bottom corner of last 100 pages, slight curl. Stain appear to be from liquid but there is no mustiness. Corner bump has left a cover and few creased page corners. "It covers the qualities and responsibilities of the leader,… Read more about this item Item Price
£11.25
L'arte della guerra (The Art of War) (Original title: Bingfa)
by Sun Tzu
- Condition
- Used - GOOD+
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9788879833677
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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£8.83
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Rome, Italy: Tascabili Economici Newton, 1994. Trade Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, faint page yellowing, a few finger smudges, bumped corner. "e il piu antico, famoso e studiato fra I trattati militari della Cina antica. In tredici stringate capitoli, l'opera espone per principi fondamentali una dottrina bellica improntata al piu schietto utilitarismo, fomendo preziose indicazioni su valutazioni preliminari e gestione… Read more about this item Item Price
£8.83
Luftwaffe (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, weapons book #10)
by Price, Alfred (Generalleutnant Adolf Falland, Intro.)
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Edition
- (1st printing)
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£8.03
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NY: Ballantine (#01868-0), 1970. (1st printing). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, slight yellowing, clean interior, faint age soil to exterior, slight tilt. Creasing and edgewear to exterior. Small corner bump. 160 pages full of black and white photos with thorough narrative and including a Bibliography and Appendices on Formation or Officer/Rank of Commander; Equivalent Commissioned Ranks (with US… Read more about this item Item Price
£8.03
900 Days (Original Title: The Siege of Leningrad)
by Salisbury, Harrison E
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780330027557
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£9.64
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London, UK: Pan, 1971. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, yellowed pages, faint curl. Rubbed edges and corners, tiny corner bump, a few bubbles in spine lamination and crease on back cover. "From September 1941, to January 1944, the people of Leningrad defied three German armies and their allies 'Generals Hunger, Cold and Terror', losing almost half… Read more about this item Item Price
£9.64
No Carte Blanche to Capricorn: The Folly of Nuclear War Strategy
by Le Ghait, Edouard
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£6.41
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NY : Brookfield House, 1960. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, light foxing and age soil to exterior, clean and bright interior, faint curl. Rubbed edges & small hole in back cover. A serious discussion of the risk imbalances in a time of rapidly changing technology in NATO and the North Atlantic Alliance in 1969. Originally written… Read more about this item Item Price
£6.41
How to Respect and Display Our Flag
by U.S. Marine Corps
- Condition
- Used - FINE
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£3.63
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US Government Printing Office, 1973. Paperback. FINE. As new, 32 page, staple-bound booklet with color illustrations. History of the flag and its association with the Marine Corps. Rules on proper use of the flag and it's display. 7.5x5.25" ( 19x13.3cm). Item Price
£3.63
The Illustrated History of World War II
by Booth & Walton
- Condition
- Used - FINE/Very Good
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Oversize Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9780785810162
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£13.67
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London, UK: Chartwell Books, 1998. Oversize Hardbound. FINE/Very Good. As new with glossy pictorial cover. DJ has small rips on spine ends and bottom back edge. Grouped in 18 sections with campaign maps and photos (most black and white but some color) with descriptions. 256 pages, 12x9.5" )33x23.5cm).Oversize and heavy, may require additional postage for Priority… Read more about this item Item Price
£13.67
Waves of Hate: Naval Atrocities of the Second World War
by Bridglan, Tony
- Condition
- Used - FINE/Fine
- Edition
- (1st American Edition)
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9781557504395
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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£12.06
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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 2002. (1st American Edition). Hardbound. FINE/Fine. As new - gift quality! "Contrary to comfortable mythology, unchivalrous or even downright disgraceful acts amounting to culpable war criminality were not the sole preserve of our enemies. All sides stand accused of lapses of conduct which had appalling consequences for their hapless victims..." ISBN: 1557504393. Item Price
£12.06
