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This Kind Of War
by T R Fehrenbach
This Kind of War is the most comprehensive single-volume history of the Korean-American conflict that began in 1950 and is still affecting United States' foreign policy. Fifty years later, not only does this enlightening account give details of the tactics, infantrymen and equipment, but also chronicles the story of military and political unpreparedness that led to a profligate loss of American lives in Korea. The author T.R. Fehrenbach, an officer in the conflict, provides us with accounts of the combat...
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Breakout
by Martin Russ
On General Douglas MacArthur's orders, a force of 12,000 U.S. Marines were marching north to the Yalu river in late November 1950. These three regiments of the 1st Marine Division--strung out along eighty miles of a narrow mountain road--soon found themselves completely surrounded by 60,000 Chinese soldiers. Despite being given up for lost by the military brass, the 1st Marine Division fought its way out of the frozen mountains, miraculously taking thier dead and wounded with them as they ran the...
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The World's Religions
by Huston Smith
From the world-renowned authority on religion comes a completely revised and updated version of his masterpiece. Explore the essential elements and teachings of the world's most predominant faiths, including: Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism; Islam; Judaism; Christianity; the native traditions of Australia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.Originally titled The Religions of Man, this completely revised and updated edition of Smith's masterpiece, now with an engaging new foreword, explores the...
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Colder Than Hell
by Joseph R Owen
Joseph R. Owen, 1st Lieutenant, USMC (Ret.), commanded the mortars and a rifle platoon in Baker, 1/7, one of the rifle companies that spearheaded the breakout from Chosin Reservoir. A 1948 graduate of Colgate University, he served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946 and from 1948 to 1952.Owen has been active in Baker, 1/7, reunions and has written articles on the company's wartime experiences for the Marine Corps Gazette and short stories for Leatherneck Magazine. Now retired from his...
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Elder Abuse Books & Ephemera
A Stranger in My Arms (Original post-production script for the 1959 film)
by Helmut Kautner (director); Peter Berneis (screenwriter); Robert Wilder (novel); June Allyson, Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee (starring)
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1958. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1959 film. Based on the 1951 novel "And Ride a Tiger." After his jet crashes during the Korean War, an Air Force pilot suffering post-traumatic stress flashbacks meets the family of his navigator, who was killed in the crash, and finds himself falling for his friend's widow. White titled self wrappers, noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper, dated November 3, 1958, with credits...
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£44.52
Little Shoes (Original manuscript for the 1951 short story)
by Jack Lewis
N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage manuscript for a short story, originally published in the December, 1951 issue of "The Link" magazine. With a few manuscript pencil annotations throughout addressing grammatical revisions. On Christmas Eve in South Korea, a soldier with tiny feet decides gives his new shoes to a small Korean boy who has been traveling with his outfit. Author Jack Lewis was best known for his work as a screenwriter on films such as "Outlaw Gold" (1950), "Whistling Hills" (1951), "The Amazing...
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£141.66
Letters from the Bird Barge
by Dykema, Owen W
Dykema Publishing Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1994. Wraps. 9780966070507 . Wraps (softcover) . 1994. Signed and inscribed on the dedication page. 214 pages. Very Good Plus condition. ; 214 pages; Signed by Author .
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£28.33
Breaking Silence; The Kahui Case
by Wishart, Ian
Howling at the Moon Publishing Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. introduction by author. Colour photographic card cover with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and blue-and-white coloured titles to the backstrip. In 2006 the twins Chris and Cru Kahui died. They were less than four-months-old. They died of horrific injuries that they sustained at the hands of someone. Their father, Chris Kahui was tried and acquitted of the deaths, but...
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£10.59
History of the 7th Infantry (Bayonet) Division
by Waring, Paul C
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Navy blue colored cloth boards. Clean, has a good binding, name is written on the first 3 pages- no other marks or notations. Korean War.
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£68.81
Unspeakable Acts
by Hollingsworth, Jan
New York: Congdon & Weed A subsidiary of Contemporary Books, Inc. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Name and Date Neatly Inked in Red to Front Free Endpaper); Spine Damaged (Book Has Been Laid Open, Facedown, Damaging Spine); Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. JACKET PHOTOGRAPH BY: Joe Skutas. JACKET DESIGN...
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£16.56
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR
by Stone, I. F
New York: Monthly Review Press, (1952). first edition. hardcover. fine/very good. Octavo, blue cloth covers, xviii [2]1-364 pages. Includes index. Book is in fine condtion. Unclipped dust jacket has printed price of $5.00 on front flap, light wear at edges, light soil on rear panel, and a closed tear at rear spine fold .042407B
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£72.86
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The Eternal Sea [The Admiral Hoskins Story] (Original screenplay for the 1955 film)
by Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Dean Jagger (starring); John H. Auer (director); William Wister Haines, Allen Rivkin (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Republic Pictures, 1954. Final shooting script for the 1954 film. Manuscript annotations on the front wrapper reading "Revisions / Blue 9-28-54" and "part of 'Admiral John Hoskins.'" One of Republic's most elaborate productions of the 1950s, "The Eternal Sea" is the biography of American admiral John M. Hoskins. Sterling Hayden delivers a superbly understated performance as Hoskins, who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict. The...
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£121.42
The Bloody Road to Panmunjom
by Hoyt, Edwin Palmer
Henry Holt & Co, 1985-03-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First Edition, First printing. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations.
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£12.14
The Korean War
by Hastings, Max
London: Guild Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. Book Club. "The Korean War is one of the most important and dramatic conflicts of the twentieth century. It remains the only battlefield on which two great powers - the United States and China - have met since World War II. Ships same or next business day. Black and white photographs. Clean text. Free endpaper maps both are lightly soiled. Ends of spine and corners are bumped and or rubbed. Dust jacket has normal...
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£25.90
China Crosses the Yalu: The Decision to Enter the Korean War
by Whiting, Allen S
The Macmillan Company, 1960-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x4x1. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Dust jacket is wrapped- jacket is rubbed at the top edge of spine, jacket price not clipped.
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£24.28
Pueblo And Bucher
by Bucher, Commander Lloyd M. (with Mark Rascovich)
London, England: Michael Joseph. Very Good+. 1971. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0718109066 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is a bit of bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is...
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£16.19
No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident
by Bateman, Robert
Stackpole Books, 2002-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. "2004 Colby Award Winner" sticker is on the front panel of the dust jacket.
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£16.19
Matinee Theatre: Son of Thirty-Seven Fathers (Original screenplay for the 1957 television episode)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1956. Draft script for the ninth episode of the third season of the anthology series "Matinee Theatre," which originally aired on September 12, 1957 on NBC. With two manuscript pencil annotations to the title page. During the Korean War, a young Korean boy whose family has been killed in a recent bombing is informally adopted by a US military outfit. When an important map goes missing, the commanding officers jump at the chance to blame the boy, forcing the soldiers to debate whether his...
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£44.52
Not With My Wife, You Don't (Original British front-of-house card from the 1966 film)
by Norman Panama (director, screenwriter); Larry Gelbart and Peter Barnes (screenwriters); Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C.Scott, Carroll O'Connor (starring)
London: Warner-Pathe Distributors, 1967. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1966 US film. Set during the Korean War, about an Italian nurse (Lisi) who falls in love with two fighter pilots (Curtis and Scott). 8 x 10 inches. A vertical crease to the middle, else Near Fine.
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£12.14
Dragonfly Squadron (Original photograph of John Hodiak from the 1954 film)
by Selander (director); John C. Champion (screenwriter); John Hodiak, Barbara Britton, Bruce Bennett (starring)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1954. Vintage photograph from the 1954 film. Promotional headshot of John Hodiak. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War, an American Air Force instructor Major Matt Brady (Hodiak) is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film, and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D, by the time the film premiered...
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£12.14
The Hook (Original screenplay for the 1963 film)
by George Seaton (director); Henry Denker (screenwriter); Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker, Jr., Nick Adams, Pancho Magalona (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Revised Draft script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member "Brokaw," with that name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and marginal annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Shooting schedules bound in. Included is a vintage production photograph of Kirk Douglas from the film. Based on Vahe Katcha's 1957 novel, "L'hamecon." During the Korean War, a group of American soldiers capture an enemy pilot, and orders are...
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£303.56
The Three Wars of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer: His Korean War Diary
by STRATEMEYER, George E. (Edited by William T. Y'Blood)
(Washington, D.C.): Air Force History and Museums Program, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 571pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Corners lightly rubbed, else fine.
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£16.19
Return from the Sea (Three original photographs from the 1954 film)
by Lesley Selander (director); Jacland Marmur (novelette); George Waggner (screenwriter); Jan Sterling, Neville Brand, John Doucette (starring)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1954 film, all three with Jan Sterling, two including Neville Brand and one including John Doucette. Chuck MacLish (Brand) is having a tough time readjusting to civilian life after a life in the Navy, until he meets a lonely waitress (Sterling) who loves him and hopes to change his ways. Set in Korea and America, shot on location in San Diego, USA and the Pacific Ocean. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, some light creasing.
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£36.43
The Years of Macarthur: Triumph and Disaster 1945-1964
by James, Dorris Clayton
Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. First Edition, First Printing with a full number line. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. Dust jacket price not clipped. 848 pages.
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£29.14
Ride the High Iron (Collection of five original photographs from the 1956 film)
by Sally Forrest, Raymond Burr, Don Taylor (starring); Don Weis (director); Milton S. Gelman (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film: three studio stills (two with Don Taylor and Sally Forrest and one with Raymond Burr, Don Taylor and Sally Forrest), and two studio stills of Don Taylor. Originally made as a 74-minute pilot episode of a proposed 1956 TV anthology "Command Performance" which was not taken up. "Ride the High Iron" was then released theatrically by Columbia Pictures. Young soldier Hugo Danielchik (Taylor)...
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£36.43
Korean War Veterans Memorial A Tribute to Those Who Served
by Martin, Robert J. (editor)
Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company. Fine. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1563111926 . Hardcover. Glossy pictorial covers. Fine condition. 388 pages. Turner Publishing Company. 1995. ; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 388 pages .
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£72.86
Dragonfly Squadron (Original screenplay for the 1954 film)
by Lesley Selander (director); John C. Champion (screenwriter); John Hodiak, Barbara Britton (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War, an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film, and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D, by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had...
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£141.66
Decision in Korea an Authentic History of the Korean War FINE Copy in a FINE Dust Jacket
by Poats, Rutherford M
The McBride Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 1954. Book is in FINE condition. Dust Jacket has faint hint of wear, else FINE condition also. 340 pages. One of thousands of Military and Aviation books we have recently acquired from a personal library. Many in fine and like new condition. This copy is from the Library of Peter Paul Martinek, who was awarded the Navy Cross. Peter Paul Martinek, U. S. N. Citation: Navy Cross War: World War...
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£40.48
THE FINAL PLATEAU The Betrayal of Our Older Citizens
by Daniel Jay Baum
Burns & MacEachern. Very Good+. 1976. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 0887680488 . Pages clean and intact, no markings. Cover has some scuffing and ink rubbing, light edgewear and price sticker on front. Contents: Alternatives; Fear of death; The dividing line; The middle years; Civil rights and the work force; Canada's approach to aging; Pensions, government's conflicting interests. [285-notos]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 312 pages .
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£12.91
