Search Results: Authors starting with C from DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books

Rome, Italy: Confederazione Fascista Artisti, 1939. 137pp/3 color photos. 100 b/w photos. Small water stain - does not affect illus. Edges have wear.. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Appleton-Century Company, 1935. 391pp/illus (some color) with end-paper maps. The point of view is that of humanity and the progress of civilisation. The value of Romes contribution to the lasting welfare of mankind is the test of what is to be emphasised or neglected. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: MacMillan, 1944. 303p/48 b.w. color photos and fold out map. Mildred Cable's account of her experiences travelling the Gobi desert with her companions Francesca and Eva French. "....we travelled over the Desert of Gobi and among its oases and we came to know the country and its people intimately.." Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: D. R. Godine, 1980. 208pp illustrated in b&w including campaign maps, site plans and drawings, plus eight colour plates. Barry Cunliffe not only selected the illustrations but he also wrote the captions thus adding a further strand of information to supplement the narrative. First few pages have underlining.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1957. 555 pages with a number of photos and maps and end-paper maps. DJ has some small chips along edge. Small stain on bottom edge of pages at the corner. Book covers the history of US Navy operations during the Korean War. Includes appendices with key naval commanders, task organizations, and lost or damaged ships. x-lib has pocket inside front cover. Overall clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good(-). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Geneva, Switzerland: Skira, 1972. 211pp/illus. Contents are clean and crisp. Profusely illustrated throughout with 100 tipped-in full-color reproductions . Dust jacket is bright and clean, but slightly edgeworn. Still, this is overall a gift condition copy. Text is written by James Cahill, associate curator of Chinese art at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1964. 208 pages/photos. Book has usual lbrary markings inside back cover only. Story of the 1942, when FDR sends a young Lyndon Johnson(U.S. president-to-be) on a secret & dangerous fact-finding mission to SW Pacific. Book is tight and clean.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1974. 243pp/maps/illus. The story of the battle of Kurst, the greatest single land-and-air combat engagement in military history. Light underlining. Chipping to dj.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1964. 264pp/illus. History of the beginning of parachuting. Appears ex-lib. Has number on spine and tape remnants inside covers. Text clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1979. 243pp/illus. The story of IRON ANNE details the history of this plane from its roll-out at the Junkers factory, to its initial service in the prewar Norwegian National Airlines, to its capture by the Germans when they invaded Norway. The Junkers Ju-52 was the backbone of German commercial and military transport between 1935 and 1945. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1964. 208 pages with 32 pages of photos. Story of Lyndon Johnson's 1942 fact-finding mission to the Pacific for Roosevelt that earned him the Silver Star.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dulles, VA, U.S.A.: Brassey's (US), 1997. Book has 284 pages with some illustrations. Nice clean and tight copy! This book recounts six extraordinary evasion adventures that took place in Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Albania, and Greece duri8ng World War II. In 1944 alone, nearly 30,000 American airmen survived bailing out of or crash landing their aircraft in Europe.. First Edition. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Orion Books, 1991. 640pp/illus/maps & end-paper maps. The Rise and Fall of this famous fighter wing. Interviews with more than fifty surviving JG26 pilots, much of the story in their own words. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983. Book has 247 pages. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. As commanding officer of a ship that came close to destruction in the typhoon of December 1944, Captain Calhoun was in an unparalleled position to document a tragic ordeal that claimed 778 men, three destroyers, and more than 100 aircraft. This penetrating account details for the first time the events surrounding the storm, its chilling onset and ferocity, as well as its controversial aftermath. Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983. Book has 247 pages. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. As commanding officer of a ship that came close to destruction in the typhoon of December 1944, Captain Calhoun was in an unparalleled position to document a tragic ordeal that claimed 778 men, three destroyers, and more than 100 aircraft. This penetrating account details for the first time the events surrounding the storm, its chilling onset and ferocity, as well as its controversial aftermath. Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Book has 247 pages. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. As commanding officer of a ship that came close to destruction in the typhoon of December 1944, Captain Calhoun was in an unparalleled position to document a tragic ordeal that claimed 778 men, three destroyers, and more than 100 aircraft. This penetrating account details for the first time the events surrounding the storm, its chilling onset and ferocity, as well as its controversial aftermath. Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lynchburg, VA: H E Howard, 1987. 300pp/illus/maps. Details the final battles of the Civil War. Clean no marks.. 2nd Edition. Decorative Cloth. As New/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 1997. 273pp. Discusses US policy toward ethnic warfare in countries such as Rwanda, Bosnia, and Nigeria; recommends strengthening the UN's role to prevent genocide. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 2007. 310pp/illus. Callahan chronicles its trial-by-fire transformation in a new and unflinching look at Great Britain's top commanders in the field. Callahan reexamines the much-maligned performance of the British army in that war by reevaluating its commanders' victories and defeats, their leadership abilities and flaws, and their often rocky relationships with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, whose powerful presence looms over every page. Revisiting wartime theaters stretching from Southeast Asia across India through the Middle East, into North Africa, and across Europe, Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Book has 327 pages. Tiny bit of wrinkling to edge of dj. The first broad coverage of Indian experiences in the Revolution rather than of Indian participation as allies or enemies of contending parties.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.