Softcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is about how General Richard Henry Pratt, best known as the founder and longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, profoundly shaped Indian education and federal Indian policy at the turn of the twentieth century. Pratt's long and active military career included eight years of service as an army field officer on the western frontier. He directed the Carlisle school, believing that the only way to save Indians from extinction was to remove Indian youth to non reservation settings and there inculcate in them what he considered civilized ways. Previous owner's markings in black pen are present through the first half of the book. Record # 34127
Hardcover. New York, Times Books, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 360 pages, with some illustrations. Very slight dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 455620
Hardcover. Shippensburg, PA, Burd Street Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book brings into sharp focus a cross-section of little known happenings of both civilians and the military. These are eyewitness accounts of moments in Washington County history, a piece of the fabric that is altogether American History. Clean copy. Record # 34177
Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 446 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 470067
Hardcover. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Military History, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, tan cloth covers, and interior pages with marbled end pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, plus a bind-in with full-color plates towards the end. This book tells of the adventures of the 95th Aero Squadron, which was the first American pursuit squadron to fly over the front in March of 1918. Author's inscription on the title page reads: "With best wishes and happy landings, Charles Woolley." This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34056
Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are in very good condition despite some sunning to the spine and minor edge wear to the bottom of the front cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edge colored red. This book chronicles the Civil Air Patrol's role during World War II. The book details how CAP contributed to the war effort by performing various tasks like coastal patrols, antisubmarine warfare, target towing, and mail delivery. It highlights the organization's vital role in national defense during a time when the military was stretched thin. Bind-in pages in the middle contain B&W photography. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33900
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, book club edition, part of Smithsonian History of Aviation Series, 450 pages, b&w photos, slight foxing on top edge, spine slightly cocked, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801388
Hardcover. Hartford, CT, O. D. Case and Company, 1st, 1865, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 450 pages, hardcover. Brown pebble cloth covers are in good condition despite some staining, and edge wear concentrated at the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages have significant foxing but are otherwise clean and bright. Binding is solid but not perfectly square. Contains a few B&W illustrations throughout. Browne was a war correspondent for the New York Tribune, and this book is a compilation of his articles and reports from the front lines. The book covers a wide range of topics related to the war, including military strategy, battles and skirmishes, political developments, and the experiences of soldiers and civilians. Previous owner's name is present on the front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34227
Hardcover. El Dorado Hills, CA, Savas Beatie, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book reveals how Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, despite their influence, contain flaws and biases that have distorted our understanding of the Civil War and key participants, including General William S. Rosecrans. Clean copy. Record # 34176
Hardcover. Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, Reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 383 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. As a war correspondent, Wilbur Fisk was an amateur, yet his letters to the Montpelier Green Mountain Freeman comprise one of the finest collections of Civil War letters in existence. He was a rural school teacher from Vermont, primarily self-educated, who enlisted in the Union Army simply because he believed he would regret it later if he didn't. Unlike professional war correspondents, Private Fisk had no access to rank or headquarters. Instead, he wrote of life as a private-as one of the foot soldiers who slept in the mud and obeyed orders no matter how incomprehensible. Clean copy. Record # 34205
Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This lively memoir comes from a Marine F/A-18 pilot who flew thirty-seven sorties against the Iraqis during Desert Storm. Infused with the cocky confidence--and sometimes ribald humor--of a young pilot fighting in one of the world's fastest and most lethal machines, this book offers readers a fascinating blend of technological and human dynamics. Clean copy. Record # 34057
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
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
New York, Horace Liveright, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 512 pages, b&w illustrations. Life of U.S. Grant. Hinge cracked before title spread. Record # 700734
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 221 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is clean and bright, as are interior pages. Blue cloth covers have some light bumping along the bottom edge, but are still in very good condition overall. This engaging biography chronicles the true adventures of a U.S. Air Force fighter who flew more than 400 combat hours while on duty in Vietnam. It provides a rare insider's glimpse into the world of the flying elite, detailing their education, training, emotions, and day to day experiences. Clean copy. Record # 34376
Hardcover. NY, American Book Company, reprint, 1892, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. Cloth covers are slightly stained, but the interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book focuses on the graphical representation of three-dimensional objects in two dimensions. It delves into the principles of descriptive geometry, specifically addressing how to depict shades, shadows, and linear perspective in drawings. Albert E. Church (1807-1878) graduated at the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1828, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the 3rd regiment of artillery. He served as a professor of mathematics at West Point off and on from 1828 until his death fifty years later. Clean copy. Record # 33713
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. New York, Scribner's, Book Club Edition, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608657
Hardcover. Atglen PA, Schiffer Military History, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 357 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. The 2 volumes in this set were released on the 50th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, providing new insights into the events of one of the fiercest battles of W.W.II. Volume 2 focuses on the American point of view. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34012
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 393 pages, b&w photographs. Previous owners' signatures on front endpage. Embossed stamp on title page. Light foxing to front pages. General wear to corners and edges. Overall, a neat, tight copy. Record # 802266
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. Bedford, PA, The Aberjona Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 310 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid, though the spine is slightly cocked. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is tells the story of the experiences of the 101st Airborne Division, from its inception in August 1942 through the end of the war. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34373
Softcover. NY, MacMillan Publishing Co., 6th Print, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 514 pages, soft cover. Covers are generally in very good condition despite some minor wear to the spine and corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book draws connections between military affairs and state craft, by the dean of American civilian strategists. A thought-provoking and original look at WHY humans fight. The author puts war in its international political context as he examines the history of World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam, and looks at the changing attitudes toward war, theories on its causes, "vital interests," trade, nuclear weapons, and the true nature of strategy. Clean copy. Record # 33833
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
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