The AAF in the Invasion of Southern France
Washington, D.C. Headquarters, Army Air Forces. Paperback. Near Fine. Wrappers. Wings at War Series, No. 1. Stamped "Confidential." A very nice copy.
Military History
Bodiam Castle Sussex
London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 4o. Blue cloth. Two folding plates at the rear. 32 photographic plates. This copy is ex-libris, but remains extremely clean, solid and pleasing. Clear plastic contact covers the boards. A jewel of a castle.
Civil War Times Illustrated, December 1964 Volume 3, number 8
Gettysburg: Civil War Times Illustrated, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Magazine format, illustrated wrap-around art by R. McDonald of the attack and defense of Shy's Hill, near Nashville during the American Civil War.
D-Day The Greatest Invasion
New York: Putnam, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very bright and solid copy. A small purple stamp on the copyright page states that this was a surplus duplicate copy from the Library of Congress. Very light edge-wear to the jacket, else fine. By the editors of The Army Times. World War II.
The Royal Opposition
New York: Crowell Collier Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. An as new copy of this book which tells the stories of the British Generals in the American Revolution.
The Ship-Busters
London: Chatto & Windus, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Lovely period cover art, designed by Frank Wooton. World War II aviation action.
I Was There with the Yanks in France. Sketches made on the Western Front 1917-1919
France: The Lafayette Co., 1919. First edition. Paperback. Good. Soft covered. Illustrated by C. Le Roy Baldridge. Illustrated throughout with lovely line drawings. Consists of poems written by Pvt. Baukhage. Shows overall wear but remains intact. A lovely and scarce World War I item.
Ardennes 1944. Hitler's Last Gamble
London: Viking, (2015). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated map endpapers. A re-examination of the Battle of the Bulge from this highly acclaimed historian.
A Flying Tiger's Diary
College Station: Texas A&M University, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this World War II journal. Mr. Bond served in China with General Chenault's Flying Tigers. Among other anecdotes, he does paint a rather unflattering portrait of a very drunk Pappy Boyington. Signed by Mr. Bond on the title page...
War Eagles
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1943. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Bound in original blue decorated cloth. In the complete dust jacket which is clean and bright. A short closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Parenthetical (2) on the last page. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Illustrated endpapers. Childers was a Rhodes Scholar, attending Worcester...
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland.
Oxford: University Press, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good +. Very lovely bound Oxford University Press edition of this 1703 military history classic. With the armorial stamping of Oxford University's St. Edmund Hall - "Teddy Hall" - in gilt on the front and rear covers. Seven volumes - (8vo). Full tan calf, gilt emblems on covers, spines gilt, morocco spine labels, all...
The European Theater of Operations The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970. Hardcover. Near fine. Reprint Edition. A very solid copy, internally clean. Large collection of full-color maps at the rear. Illustrated throughout. The front board has white marks towards the bottom.
Cutting Edge, A History of Fort Detrick, Maryland
Fort Detrick: Public Affairs Office, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy, as new. Unopened and unread. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
U-Boat Commander. A Periscope View Of The Battle Of The Atlantic
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Illustrated with photographs.
U333. The Story Of A U-Boat Ace
London: The Bodley Head, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth lettered in silver on the spine. The dust jacket is price-clipped, else fine. Opposite the title page is a tipped in photograph of the author looking through a periscope during war time - the same photograph that is on the lower half of the front...
A Most Secret Squadron
London: Grub Street, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page and with an accompanying series of numbers indicating the author's original flight squadron. World War II aviation action.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
New York: Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Thrilling account of this World War II naval engagement.
What Happened on the Bounty
London: Allen & Unwin, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very God. A clean, bright and solid copy in a price-clipped jacket. The wrap-around cover art is very nice.
The Battle Of The Atlantic
London: Viking, (2015). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page.
Firedrake
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy in all respects. Extremely clean and bright. World War II naval action, telling the story of "the destroyer that wouldn't give up." Illustrated with photographs.
Maryland During The American Revolution
Chestertown: By the Author, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original blue cloth. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. From the private collection of Judge Edward S. Delaplaine, noted Frederick County, Maryland jurist, historian, and author. Illustrated endpapers and within by George B. Keester Jr.
War-Path and Bivouac or The Conquest of the Sioux
Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, (1890). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Original full blue cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Original patterned endpapers. Illustrated frontispiece of Custer's Last Stand and illustrated throughout with photographs of pertinent characters. Fold-out map of the Sioux Territory. This copy stands out due to the exceptional...
The Blitz
London: Wingate, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. With eight drawings by Henry Moore. An exceptionally clean, bright and pleasing copy. The jacket is not price-clipped. A compelling narrative of life in London during the darkest days of World War II.
Corregidor. The Rock Force Assault, 1945
Novato: Presidio, (1988). First printing. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Illustrated with many maps and photographs. A fine copy in all respects.
The Age of Fighting Sail
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. In original gray cloth. The jacket is evenly worn with a chip at the lower end of the dust jacket at the hinge and several other very shallow chips. There are areas of rubbing as well and some sun fading to the orange jacket near the fore-edge...