Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; 2002 The University of North Carolina Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Snugly bound and neat; no marks. Hint of sunning at spine and a few tiny splash spots front edge. VG+ View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 431 pages; 1978 U. S. Army Military History Institute. Two paperback volumes comprise Special Bibliographic Series Number 4. Volumes I - II: United States Army Unit Histories. Ex-library with light expected ownership attachments and indications. Otherwise solid and neat. G++ View More...
B&W Photographs & Reproductions; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 346 pages; 1983 Ray Riling Arms Books. HC/DJ. Revised edition, 6th printing. Appended at rear with separate title page and pagination is the shorter work, "American Silver Mounted Swords, 1700 - 1815." 286; 60 pp. Snugly bound and clean in original glossy pictorial dust jacket. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed with several shallow nicks and short closed tears at edges. Mild toning to whites of the jacket design. Prior owner's circular ownership blind stamp to the bottom front corner of the frontis and title pages. Illustrated throughout wit... View More...
B&W Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 468 pages; Bright, snug copy in original pictorial dust jacket. A mild shelf bump to the top front corner of the text block jas left a shallow stress crease to the top front corner of 20 or so pages. Dust jacket clean and generally bright but with a short closed tear at the crown of the spine panel and light shaelf rubbing at edges. Mild sticker scar to base of rear panel. Illustrated with numerous maps. VG/VG View More...
B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 32 pages; [1946] The Calvin Picone Studio [For] Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Paperback in a roughly square format with die-cut half-circlefront edge. Uncommon promotional publication published by Pratt & Whitney showcasing the advances in the powerhouse R-2800 aircraft engine, utitlized extensively in the fastest WWII fighter aircraft, and now retooled for civilian application. Pictorial wraps with saddle stapled binding. Narrative history of the development and Imrpovements in the powerplant profusely illustrated with half-tone b&w photos of the rotary ... View More...
B&W Illustrations and Diagrams; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Bright, tight, and very fresh in publisher's blue cloth with title lettered brightly in gilt to spine. Just trace shelf wear to spine ends. From the library of Lieut. J. O. Fisher, a 1902 graduate of Annapolis and member of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. Apparently he was on board the U. S. S. Dolphin at the time that he acquired this book. Fisher later took command of the submarine K-6 when it was launched in 1914. In WWI he took the sub on patrol in the Azore Islands, seeking out U-boats and surface raiders. Glossy pages... View More...
Color and b&w Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 308 pages; Oversize HC/DJ. Snugly bound and neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket. Text in Bosnian. An extensive photo documentation of the siege of Sarajevo profusely illustrated with well printed color and b&w photographs. Trace shelf evidence to jacket edges. NF/VG++ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
B&W Photographs; Color Map and reproductions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages; 1945 2nd Division. Trade size paperback in color pictorial covers with saddle stapled binding. Soundly bound and clean; just light shelf evidence to edges. Prior owner placed an x next to his Infantry Regiment but has not left his name or any other mark. Illustrated with color map and graphics, some b&w photos and drawings. Well preserved copy. VG View More...
B&W Illustrations and Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages; Papeback in glossy pictorial covers. A square, sound and clean copy; no marks. Expected mild toning to page stock. Trace reader creasing to the spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings and maps. VG+ View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 880 pages; Stout HC/DJ 3rd printing. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Text fresh and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed to edges and surfaces. Superficial ripple to cloth at spine. VG+/VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages; 1929 Little, Brown & Co. HC/DJ 7th American printing in July of 1929 after the June 1929 1st printing. Snugly bound in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $2.50 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Publisher's oatmeal thatch patterned cloth lettered in black and red. Mild toning top edge of cloth boards and mild toning to endpages. Publisher's red top stain has a few light silvrtfish tracks. Pictorial dust jacket has two small sticker abrasions near the top edge of the cover, mild shelf rubbing and a few small chips from jacket edges. Mil... View More...
B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 394 pages; 1st printing. Tightly bound and exceptionally fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $27.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Inscribed and signed by Petraeus on the front flyleaf. Aside from Petraeus inscription the book feels and appears about as new. NF/F; Signed by Biographee View More...
Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Facsimile documents; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Oversize 2 volume set in matching bindings of pebbled green cloth. Vol I with pictorial panel to cover in six colors. Title lettering and borders to cover in burgundy and in gilt to spine of vol I to spine and gilt to Vol II. Bright, snug copies with mild crimping and superficial fray to cloth at spine ends and mild bumping to corners. Short tear to binding cloth along the front spine edge of Vol I. Endpages intact in the joints but tender in both Vols. Illustrated ... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; 1994 Council for the Defense of Freedom. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Tightly bound and neat; no marks. One page corner creased mid-book. Mild shelf bump bottom front corner. VG+ View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 121 pages; Snugly bound and neat in crisp-edged dust jacket. A touch of shelf/handling wear to jacket at edges with just light rub and shelf soiling to surfaces. Solid unmarked copy. VG++/VG+ View More...
engraved frontis & 3 plates and 2 charts/diagrams; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 440 pages; Volume 1 only, of 2. Publisher's original green cloth with decorative arabesque design stamped in blind to boards and with title lettering to spine bright and clear at spine. Pages unopened at top edge. Binding snug with just suggestion of splits in the internal hinges. Mild sunning to green cloth at spine. Top front corners bumped but not abraded. Illustrated with 4 finely engraved plates and 2 engraved maps/charts. A quite attractive example of this 1st of two volumes. Near VG View More...
B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 72 pages; 2006 Program for the 16th annual WWII encampment and exhibition at Reading PA. Bright clean copy; oversize paperback format with saddle stapled binding and glossy color pictorial covers. Includes notes on exhibitors, aircraft and guests along with short articles, notes and related ads many done with period graphic work. Diagaonal stress crease across the top corner of the book. VG View More...
["Stars & Stripes" Writers' Copy - Jack Luckett with Drawing]; Sepia toned photos; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 320 pages; Oversize oblong format HC soundly bound in original blue cloth with color pictorial panel mounted to the cover board. Spine unlettered, as issued. Appears to have been a gift to fellow writers on staff of the Stars and Stripes who travelled back to the states on one of the several return journeys made by the troop ship, Pretoria. Penned to the verso of the title page is a gift inscription to memebers of Squad 1 of the Stars and Stripes is singed by Jack Lucke... View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 761 pages; 1977/78 U. S. Army Military History Institute. Four paperback volumes comprise Special Bibliographic Series Number 16. Volumes I - IV: Era of World War II. 185; 81; 196; 299 pp. A wide ranging and comprehensive bibliography of titles with relevance to WWII military history. Ex-library with light expected ownership attachments and indications. Otherwise solid and neat. G++ View More...
Maps, photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1067 pages; 3 volume set in original, glossy, color illustrated boards. Bright, tight and fresh with just superficial indications of prior library ownership. Bookplate to front endpage and small barcode label to rear pastedown. Otherwise essentially as new. Illustrated throughout with maps, diagrams and photographs. Graded down to VG to reflect superficial evidence of prior institutional ownership. ... Oversize book will require additional charges for most shipping methods. View More...
