Hardcover. New York, Rinehart & Company , 2nd, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 434 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some fading/discoloration to spine and upper covers. Old library code painted to lower front cover corner. Inscription in pen on front end papers, "August 1951". Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.
Softcover. USA, Jet Pioneers of America, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 52 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations and photography throughout. David M. Carpenter's signature is present on the rear end page, opposite his authorial photo. This scarcely available book presents the specifications and history of America's first cruise missile: the Northrop "Bat Bomb", and the GE B-1 Engine. Very minor water damage is visible on pages 41 and 42, with some additional light markings in brown colored pencil just on those pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34379
Hardcover. London, Hodder and Stroughton, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 212 pages, b&w illustrations, fold-out map. The second volume in the Daily Telegraph War Books Series.
Softcover. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 460273
Hardcover. US, Frontline Books, 1st, 2012-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 480 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Bobbs Merrill, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 310 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket price clipped with tears and rubbing along edges. Clean, unmarked text.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Los Angeles, Aero Publishers, 1st US, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Book has damp odor. Dust jacket worn with light chipping, rubbing along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 210 pages, b&w illustrations, dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket, previous owner's embossed stamp to title page, stain to bottom of front endpage, prelim pages, and title page; overall a tight, neat copy. Record # 802270
Hardcover. Harrisburg, PA, The National Historical Society, Reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Originally published by the United States Government Printing Office in 1889. 1090 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 786 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 568 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Light rubbing and mild edgewear to dust jacket. Slight bumping to corners. Light toning to text block. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Paperback. Victoria B.C., Trafford , reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages, paperback. Civil War correspondence between a Vermonter and his family. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Slight bumping to corners. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 302 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations (maps) throughout. Dust jacket has some age wear, but still intact (see image). Cover boards bound in gray cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges and pages have some tanning from age, edges have a touch of foxing. In great shape for its age. Written and published before WW-II was over, eyewitness accounts. Perfect for the WW-II enthusiast.
Hardcover. NY, Bonanza Books, reprint , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 249 pages of text. Illustrated with black & white plates. 38 pgs of appendix, charts. Light wear to jacket. Record # 108265
Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to pictorial dust jacket, slight stain to fore edge, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket else a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. US, Motorbooks Intl, 1st, 1991-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 654 pages, b&w photos.Small previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf otherwise very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 579 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Front and rear hinges cracked but holding. Foxing to endpapers. Spine cloth chipped at top and separated halfway down front hinge. Text clean and unmarked.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., United States Government / U.S. Department of Defense, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Approximately 500 pages. Hardcover. U.S. Department of the Navy Federal Specifications for Construction of Yards and Docks circa 1960. Covers: Concrete construction, Structural steelwork, Interior plumbing systems, Electric elevators, Thermal insulation for buildings, and more. Darkening to some pages. Moderate wear to covers. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, U.S. Naval Institute, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 555 pages. Blue cloth covers, with stamped white titles, blue dust jacket with color illustration, endpapers decorated with maps of Korea, dozens of b&w illustration throughout. Slight edgewear to covers, mild edgewear to dust jacket with two one-inch tears to top edge, light discoloration to paste-down endpapers, previous owner
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Collection of essays on Civil War campaign. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Abelard, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 469 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Memoirs of the French resistance during World War 2. Translated from the French by Dan Hofstadter. Slight soiling and edgewear to dust jacket. Moderate age-toning to text block. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 445 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story of the invasion of France and the battle at Agincourt. Illustrated with color photos. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages, hardcover. Moderate rubbing, fading, and edgewear to boards. Heavy bumping to spine, light bumping to corners. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Book store sticker affixed to front flyleaf. Fading to prelim pages.
Hardcover. New York, Johnson, Fry and Co., 1st, 1858, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 746 and 530 pages. Green cloth, half leather binding, raised bands, gilt. Heavy wear to spine and edges, pieces of spine missing. Shelf wear to cover. Illustrated with numerous black & white, tissue guarded, steel engravings by Alonzo Chappel. Ex-lib with usual markings.
Softcover. Dayton OH, Headquarters Air Materiel Command, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 4-page interview with a person involved in development of the German helicopter in WW2. Stapled gray wraps. Clean.
Hardcover. Firefly Books Ltd, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages. Light edgewear and scratching to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 454354
Hardcover. US, Pen and Sword, 1st, 2006-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and creasing to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Free Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Washington DC, Department of the Army, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two technical bulletins (TB 5-360-1 AND TB 740-97-2) bound together in hardcover. 41 and 43 pages with with drawings and diagrams, some fold-out. Record # 601566
Hardcover. Liverpool, University Press of Liverpool, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 154 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 104 pages. Previous owners name stamped on endpapers. Dust jacket worn, with chunks of paper missing at top and bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Ian Allan, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 400 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name embossed on title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with wear, chipping, creases. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1st UK, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 969 pages plus index, b&w illustrations. Edge wear and a few small tears to dust jacket. Light stains to top and side edges; else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, William Kimber, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, photos in b&w. Light edgewear and sun-fade to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st US, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 429 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story of Napoleon's greatest military victory. Light foxing to all copy edges. Mild rubbing to wraps and to board bottom edge. With illustrated campaign maps throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.
Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Analysis of the evolution of field works during the Civil War Overland Campaign of 1864. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A bright and clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st US, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 472 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. World War 2 history.Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Fading to rear dust jacket panel. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Nation Books, 2nd Pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book recounts the fascinating and often frightening history of America's largest military contractor, Lockheed Martin, as well as its unique role in the formation of U.S. foreign policy. Clean copy. Record # 34398
Hardcover. Baltimore MD, Gateway Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 91 pages, b&w illustrations, in blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Author was a staff officer with the air force in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during World War II.
Hardcover. Hoboken, N.J., Wiley, 1st, April 23, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. A clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to wrappers. Record # 460274
Hardcover. US, Parragon Publishing, rep, 2004-09-23, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Faint foxing to edges. Light shelf-wear to illustrated boards, else a clean, tight copy.
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with 16 pages of color and black & white photos. Dust jacket. A clean,tight copy.
Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 284 pages. Underlining in blue ink on first page of chapter one. Front interior hinge tender. Dust jacket spine faded.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Letchworth, Harleyford Publications Limited, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with with black & white photographs and drawings. Foxing to endpapers. Book has a faint damp odor. Dust jacket with moderate wear, rubbing, creases along edges.
Hardcover. Harrisburg, PA, The National Historical Society, Reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Originally published by the United States Government Printing Office in 1890. 1074 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Paperback. El Paso, TX, Texas Western Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 119 pages, paperback. SIGNED BY ONE OF THE EDITORS(Joseph E. Chance) on front flyleaf. Illustrated by Wil Martin. The diary of Lt. Rankin Dilworth, an officer who served in the U.S. Army during the invasion of Mexico and died of a cannonball wound. Slight crease to lower right front wraps. Slight indentations to wraps, shelf wear. A bright and tight copy.
Hardcover. Toronto, Hakkert, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 243 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A commemoration of Canada's fallen servicemen and servicewomen. Light pencil marking throughout. Moderate edgewear and sunning to dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Providence RI, J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1st, 1887, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 389 pages, hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S WIFE on front flyleaf. EX-LIBRARY. The Civil War ruminations of a Rhode Island army volunteer. Gilt titling to spine and front panel. Embossed and decorated green boards. Moderate bumping and slight fraying to spine, top and bottom edges. Heavy rubbing and edgewear to boards. Heavy bumping and fraying to board corners. Gutter crack repaired. Usual library markings and stamping to prelim pages. Library index sticker affixed to spine. Spotting and age toning to text block edges. Scarce. A bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st Edition, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's name stamped on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, red title on spine and front cover board. Some fading to spine and edges from age. Deckled edges. Top edge dyed to match cover bindings. Light age-tanning to edges. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition for its age. The "British Agent" goes back to the scene of this youthful romance and adventure, and emerges with a shrewd appraisal of a changing world.
Hardcover. London, Sutton Pub, reprint , 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 B&W photos, 182 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, Rep., 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages. Color illustrations. Compiled by U. S. Naval Intelligence in the'40's, now reprinted here.
Hardcover. 1st, May 23, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to jacket, else a nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. Grosset & Dunlop, 1st thus, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Slight de-lamination to front cover of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Bdd Promotional Book Co, 1st thus, 1991-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Large heavy folio. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A history of secret writing. 256 pages, b&w illustrations.Nice hardcover in a clean, bright dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. West Port, Greenwood, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows standard wear with rubbing and chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Whittier, Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. Periodical format. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library with stamping and previous owners stamp on end papers. Noted as "Large Paper Edition" - Limited to 1,000 copies - this being hand numbered #166. 6 black & white illustrations. Rubbing and stains to spine label, light rubbing to edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. One sailor's account and today's campaign to recover the Civil War wreck. Color photos throughout. Mild soiling to dust jacket; light rubbing to dust jacket as well. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., 4th, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages, hardcover. Volume IV of The Imperial Services Library. Illustrated by the Author, many color plates and line drawings throughout. Bumping to corners and spine. Wear to spine top edge. Red toning to top text block,age toning as well. Slight water damage to frontispiece. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Baton Rouge LA, Louisiana State University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 558 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865. Fading to dust jacket spine. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. UK, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1st UK, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Description of the operational events and the horrors of massive daylight bombing raids over Germany and it's occupied territories. Light rubbing to rear dust jacket panel. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.