‎War‎

‎Alexander, Joseph H.‎

‎Edson's Raiders The 1St Marine Raider Battalion in World War II‎

‎Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. Trade Edition. Hardcover. 1557500207 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright. There is some lightish rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. "The Marine Raiders were special operations forces originally established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare. "Edson's" Raiders of 1st Marine Raider Battalion and "Carlson's" Raiders of 2nd Marine Raider Battalion are said to have been the first United States special operations forces to form and see combat during World War II. Despite the original intent for Raiders to serve in a special operations capacity most combat operations saw the Raiders employed as conventional infantry. This combined with the resentment within the rest of the Marine Corps that the Raiders were an "elite force within an elite force" led to the original Raider units being disbanded. " from Wikipedia . Naval Institute Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A47535 ISBN : 1557500207 9781557500205

‎Taylor William D‎

‎A Fit Representation of Pandemonium East Tennessee Confederate Soldiers in the Campaign for Vicksburg‎

‎Macon GA: Mercer University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0881460346 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean." 43rd Infantry Regiment also called 5th East Tennessee Volunteer Regiment was organized at Knoxville Tennessee during December 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Polk Rhea Meigs Bledsoe Hawkins Roane Jefferson McMinn Bradley and Hamilton. It moved to Virginia Kentucky then Mississippi where it was assigned to A. W. Reynolds' Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The unit fought at Champion's Hill and Big Black River Bridge then was captured in the fight for Vicksburg. After being exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry it was attached to General Vaughn's Brigade and during April 1864 contained 215 effectives." from National Park Service . Mercer University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A47594 ISBN : 0881460346 9780881460346

‎Avriett, Carole Engle & Capt. George W. Starks‎

‎Coffin Corner Boys One Bomber Ten Men and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France‎

‎Washington D. C.: Regnery History. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2018. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1621576264 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is a thick black ink remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. . Regnery History hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A47635 ISBN : 1621576264 9781621576266

‎Wallace, Chris & Mitch Weiss‎

‎Countdown 1945 The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World‎

‎New York NY: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1982143347 . This book is in Very Good condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. There is some bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. . Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A46734 ISBN : 1982143347 9781982143343

‎Campbell, R. Thomas‎

‎Hunters of the Night Confederate Torpedo Boats in the War between the States‎

‎Shippenburg PA: Burd Street Pr. Very Good. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 1572492023 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Squib class torpedo boats were built for the Confederate States Navy during the later stages of the American Civil War. After the torpedo boat CSS David attacked and damaged the ironclad USS New Ironsides the Confederates continued building torpedo boats with hopes of breaking the Union blockade. Four vessels of the class – CSS Hornet CSS Wasp CSS Squib and CSS Scorpion – were constructed in Richmond Virginia in 1864. All were armed with a single spar torpedo and were powered by steam engines. Squib damaged the gunboat USS Minnesota in an attack on April 9 1864 and was later sent to Wilmington North Carolina where she was scuttled in February 1865. " from Wikipedia . Burd Street Pr paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A45403 ISBN : 1572492023 9781572492028

‎General Staff War Office‎

‎Notes On Austro-Hungarian Fuzes 1917‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1120769558.G ISBN : 1120769558 9781120769558

‎U. S. Government Printing Office‎

‎WE HAVE Just Begun to Fight‎

‎Washington D. C.: Office of War Information. Very Good. 1943. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Posters. This is an original World War II poster 22 1/2" x 16" . The poster is in Very Good condition. There are thumb tack holes to the top two corners of the poster along with a very small tear to the left side by the middle crease. There are three small holes smaller than tack holes right by the tear. There is another small hole to the top edge by the middle crease. United States Government OWI Poster No. 62 1943-0-527284 . Office of War Information unknown‎

Bookseller reference : A45148

‎Daley, Edith and Wright, H. J. B. (President)‎

‎War History of Santa Clara County‎

‎San Jose CA: Santa Clara County Historical Society. Very Good-. 1919. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The previous owner has added labels to the spine of the book with the title and author's name. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "Edith Daley was the city librarian of San Jose. She was the author of "War History of Santa Clara County" retelling life in San Jose during World War I. She was the author of "Angel in the Sun" 1917 a book of verse reviewed in the Evening News in December 1917 "Silver Twilight" "The Golden Dome" and of poems contained in the following anthologies: "Roosevelt as the Poets Saw Him" Markham's anthology of "World's Best Poetry" Stidger's "Flames of Faith" "A Day in the Hills" "A Day of Poetry". She was a columnist and writer for the San Jose Evening News where she wrote colorful and in-depth articles on local industries. She was the president of San Jose Poetry Club. She was friends with Henry Mead Bland a philosopher and teacher and Edwin Markham a poet. They were called "The Three Poets". Bland wrote the foreword for Daley's book "The Angel in the Sun". " from Wikipedia . Santa Clara County Historical Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A45117

‎Childers Thomas‎

‎Wings of Morning The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II‎

‎Reading MA: Da Capo Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0201483106 . Review Copy with laid-in review sheet. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Howard Goodner plunged out of the Black Cat the last American bomber shot down over Germany in World War II early on the morning of April 21 1945. The B-24 Liberator was hit at 22000 feet and broke into pieces. Goodner just 21 had no parachute. He came down in a free fall alongside bombs and oxygen tanks spinning toward the Bavarian village of Scharmassing. He landed in a field outside town his body striking the earth so hard that it left a crater nearly six inches deep." from the Washington Post . Da Capo Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A43756 ISBN : 0201483106 9780201483109

‎Ephemera World War I Aerial Photography Scrapbooks‎

‎World War I Scrapbook Of A United States Aerial Photographer / Observer‎

‎France: Self Published. Very Good. 1918. Flexible covers. B&W Illustrations; World War I Scrapbook 13" x10" approx with 48 pages from an instructor at the Second Aviation Instruction Center at Tours France 1918. <P> The scrapbook was the property of and photographed by James FFred Chappell who is best known as one of the early photographers at the Lick Observatory and for whom the Chappell Crater on the Moon is named. <P> The scrapbook includes 48 pages of various sized photographs taken by Chappell starting with photographs of shipboard activities on the transport from the US to Tours France candid photos of France and the French rural folk on their travel from the coast to Tours and then to the compound of 2nd AIC Second Aviation Instruction Center which was founded by the French at the Tours Aerodrome and then given over for the use of the United States as a place for instructors in aerial observation and aerial gunnery to teach students. <P> James F. Chappell became an instructor in Aerial Observation -- and ironically because the airplanes were crashing so often and had so many injuries and fatalities Chappell and other instructors were forbidden from flying into combat to keep from having excessive losses in the instructor corps. <P> The latter half of the scrapbook includes many photographs of different styles of airplanes both whole and in pieces the ambulance crew fire brigade the camera guns and aerial photographs and sundry accoutrement dealing with aerial photography gunnery or observation. There are several rank advancement tickets small souvenirs and occasional newspaper clippings associated with the school. <P>Chappell graduated as one of the first classmen of the U. S. Army Aerial Photography class held at Cornell University in Ithaca NY. <P> In all 278 photographs plus other ephemera regarding Chappell's tour of duty starting from his transport in the US to the fields of Tours France. <P> This scrapbook holds an amazing amount of visual information regarding the early days of the Army Air Corps which became the United States Air Force in 1947. . Self Published unknown‎

Bookseller reference : A43470

‎Munro, Dana C. , George C. Sellery, August C. Krey (edited by)‎

‎German War Practices Part I: Treatment of Civilians‎

‎Washington D. C.: The Committee On Public Information. Good. 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade paperback book with thin cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has one large-ish chip to the front cover. The spine has noticeable wear and chipping. The text pages are generally clean but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. "The Committee on Public Information 1917–1919 also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I in particular the US home front. In just over 26 months from April 14 1917 to June 30 1919 it used every medium available to create enthusiasm for the war effort and to enlist public support against the foreign and perceived domestic attempts to stop America's participation in the war. It is a notable example of propaganda in the United States. " from Wikipedia . The Committee On Public Information paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A43198

‎Long, Everett A. & I. Shabaliana & O. Mikhaylova & Tatiana Long Reznik‎

‎Cobras over the Tundra‎

‎Reno NV: Arktika Pub. Near Fine. 2001. 2nd Printing. Softcover. 0963457810 . SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed with a short inscription by the author on the title page. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. "The route was developed in 1942 for several reasons. Initially the 7th Ferrying Group Ferrying Command United States Army Air Corps later Air Transport Command at Gore Field Great Falls Municipal Airport was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to the Soviet Union through Northern Canada across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia and eventually over to the Eastern Front. The US-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense decided in the autumn of 1940 that a string of airports should be constructed at Canadian expense between the city of Edmonton in central Alberta and the Alaska-Yukon border. Late in 1941 the Canadian government reported that rough landing fields had been completed." from Wikipedia; Signed by Author . Arktika Pub paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A42925 ISBN : 0963457810 9780963457813

‎Buchan John‎

‎Episodes of the Great War‎

‎London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1936. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Spine age-toned. Endpaper maps. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 402 pages. Divided in to four books. Book I: The Early War of Manoeuvre; Book II: The Beleagured Fortress; Book III: The Great Sallies; Book IV: The Surrender. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. 2nd Printing. Hardback. Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : BIB239565

‎Army Information Branch, Army Services Forces‎

‎Newsmap: First U.S. Occupation Forces March Down Tokyo Street Vol. IV No. 22F‎

‎Washington D. C.: Army Information Branch / Army Services Forces. Very Good. 1945. Map. Color Illustrations; Dated Monday Sept. 17th 1945. This is a large format map / poster Poster two sided sheet 35 x 47 inches which folds down to 9 x 12 inches -- as issued. One side includes a world map with proposed naval bases around the world and a photograph featuring the Occupation forces in Toyko. The reverse side features a comparison chart of NCO grades and ratings of the major armed forces with insignia stripes etc. . The map is in generally Very Good condition. There is nicking and tiny tears to the edges of the map and spots of toning especially at the edges and along folds and occasionally throughout the main body of the map. "The World War II Newsmaps consist of poster-size newsmaps published weekly from 1942 until 1946 to inform and motivate American military personnel. The two-sided newsmaps include maps depicting the previous week's events in the war as well as brief news items photographs and motivational graphics. The newsmaps were published by the U. S. Army Information Branch. " from Wikipedia . Army Information Branch / Army Services Forces unknown‎

Bookseller reference : A42857

‎Brown, D. Alexander‎

‎Grierson's Raid‎

‎Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the half title page. It appears this was a gift for a professor at the University of Illinois from his students who signed their names on the free page after the last page of text. The dust jacket has edge wear rubbing several small tears and nicks. "Hamilton the commander of the Corinth section of Grant's division suggested what would eventually become Grierson's Raid. Subsequently due to Hamilton's insistence on procuring a command that would garner him more glory Hamilton offered his resignation. Grant quickly accepted. In the Western Theater of the American Civil War Confederate cavalry raids under commanders such as Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan had harassed Union expeditions namely at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads where Forrest captured three hundred Union soldiers under Brig. Gen. Jeremiah C. Sullivan but lost all of the artillery pieces belonging to his own command. The task of drawing the attention of Confederate raiders away from the Siege of Vicksburg fell to Col. Benjamin Grierson a former music teacher who disliked horses after being kicked in the head by one as a child. Grierson's cavalry brigade consisted of the 6th and 7th Illinois and 2nd Iowa Cavalry regiments. " from Wikipedia . University of Illinois Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A42685

‎Bradley, James‎

‎Flyboys A True Story of Courage‎

‎Boston MA: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316105848 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The Chichijima incident also known as the Ogasawara incident occurred in late 1944. Japanese soldiers killed eight American airmen on Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands and consumed four of the airmen. Nine airmen escaped from their planes after being shot down during bombing raids on Chichi Jima a tiny island 700 miles 1100 km south of Tokyo in September 1944. Eight of the airmen Lloyd Woellhof Grady York James “Jimmy” Dye Glenn Frazier Jr. Marvell “Marve” Mershon Floyd Hall Warren Earl Vaughn and an unknown airman were captured and eventually executed. The ninth and only one to evade capture was future U. S. President George H. W. Bush then a 20-year-old pilot. After the war it was discovered that the captured airmen had been beaten and tortured before being executed. The airmen were beheaded on the orders of Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana American authorities reported that Japanese officers then ate parts of the bodies of four of the men." from Wikipedia . Little, Brown and Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A42024 ISBN : 0316105848 9780316105842

‎War Department Bureau of Public Relations‎

‎The Background of Our War‎

‎New York & Cleveland: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. Very Good. 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Graphs; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "In mid-November of 1941 as America's new army was completing the first year of its training the War Department Bureau of Public Relations was given a directive unique in our military history. The men in uniform were to be told the full story of the events which had finally compelled America to rearm and to prepare once more for major war." from Wikipedia . Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A41643

‎Higgins, David R.‎

‎The Roer River Battles Germany's Stand at the Westwall 1944-45‎

‎Philadelphia PA: Casemate Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1935149296 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "During World War II Operation Grenade was the crossing of the Roer river between Roermond and Düren by the U. S. Ninth Army commanded by Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson in February 1945 which marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Germany. On 9 February the U. S. Ninth Army—operating under Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group since the Battle of the Bulge—was to cross the Roer and link up with the Canadian First Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar coming from the Nijmegen area of the Netherlands in Operation Veritable which had started at 05: 00 on 8 February. However once the Canadians had advanced the Germans opened the sluice gates of upstream dams Rur Dam and Urft Dam. This stopped the Americans from crossing as planned. It had been anticipated that the Germans would try to do this and that General Omar Bradley's U. S. 12th Army Group could capture them in time to stop the flooding. " from Wikipedia . Casemate Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A41379 ISBN : 1935149296 9781935149293

‎Guerra, Michael‎

‎Compact Living : How to Design Small Interior Space‎

‎Permanent Publications. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Permanent Publications unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 13249231-6 ISBN : 1856231054 9781856231053

‎Stevens, Charles N.‎

‎An Innocent At Polebrook A Memoir of an 8Th Air Force Bombardier‎

‎Bloomington IL: Authorhouse. Near Fine. 2004. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 1414045638 . SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed with a short inscription on the title page. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the bottom front corner of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "RAF Polebrook was the first airfield to be completed out of a number in the Northamptonshire/Huntingdonshire area which were laid down for RAF Bomber Command during late 1940 and early 1941. Like other airfields in the construction program at the time Polebrook was built by George Wimpey & Co. Limited. The initial construction was of three runways the concrete runway lengths were 08-26 at 1280 yards 14-32 at 1200 yards and 02-20 1116 yards. In addition thirty square hardstands most on the eastern side were reached by very long access tracks. " from Wikipedia . Authorhouse paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A41228 ISBN : 1414045638 9781414045634

‎Pacifc War Research Society‎

‎Japan's Longest Day: Surrender - The Last 24 Hours Through Japanese Eyes‎

‎Ballantine Books 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Ballantine Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : G0345027728I3N00 ISBN : 0345027728 9780345027726

‎Peat, Harold R.‎

‎Private Peat His Own Soldier Story‎

‎New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1917. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed with a short inscription by the author on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping rubbing and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears nicks and small chips missing and the dust jacket has generalized ground-in dirt. "Born in Jamaica in 1893 and emigrated to Toronto with his mother Peat was educated privately and at boarding school in Kingston Jamaica. He served as a private in the 3rd Battalion of the First Canadian Contingent during World War I. He was hit by an explosive bullet and lost his right arm. While recuperating in a hospital he became pen-mate with Louisa Watson Small a British writer. Louisa Watson Small was born in Keady Armagh Ireland and educated at Queens College Belfast and the University of London. In August 1916 they married. " from Wikipedia ; Signed by Author . Grosset & Dunlap hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A40244

‎Shepherd, Peter J.‎

‎Three Days To Pearl Incredible Encounter on the Eve of War‎

‎Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1557508151 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. . Naval Institute Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A39444 ISBN : 1557508151 9781557508157

‎Air Ministry / United Kingdom Air Ministry‎

‎Coastal Command The Air Ministry Account of the Part Played by Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas 1939 - 1942‎

‎London England: His Majesty's Stationery Office. Very Good-. 1942. Trade Edition. Paperback. 011708347X . B&W Illustrations; This is a paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is noticeable slanting to the spine of the book. The front spine joint has been reglued and there is a chip missing from the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. "RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force RAF. Founded in 1936 it was to act as the RAF maritime arm after the Fleet Air Arm became part of the Royal Navy in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period 1919–1939 and as a consequence the service did not receive the resources it needed to develop properly or efficiently. This continued until the outbreak of the Second World War during which it came to prominence. Owing to the Air Ministry's concentration on RAF Fighter Command and RAF Bomber Command Coastal Command was often referred to as the "Cinderella Service" a phrase first used by the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time A V Alexander. Its primary task was to protect convoys from the German Kriegsmarine's U-boat force. It also protected Allied shipping from the aerial threat posed by the Luftwaffe. The main operations of Coastal Command were defensive defending supplies lines in the various theatres of war most notably the battle of the Atlantic." from Wikipedia . His Majesty's Stationery Office paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A39493 ISBN : 011708347X 9780117083479

‎War Department‎

‎Basic Field Manual Infantry Drill Regulations Fm 22-5‎

‎Washington D. C.: War Department. Very Good-. 1941. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some edge wear bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There is a small tear to the bottom front spine end. The front cover has a previous owner's inked name and company information. The text pages generally clean and bright. The edges of the text block have spots of foxing. . War Department paperback‎

Bookseller reference : A39517