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A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.
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A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.

A History of Aerial Warfare by: Taylor, John W.R.

Hardcover. London, England, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in generally good condition, protected by a plastic coating, with one open tear present at the bottom of the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This book details the fascinating history of aviation as it pertains to warfare, with emphasis on the development of airframes designed for specialized tasks, such as bombers. The volume covers world military history from pre-WWI, to post-WWII. Clean copy. Record # 34033
Price: $12.00 

A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.
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A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book recounts the story of how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll against overwhelming odds at the outbreak of World War II in the pacific theater. Clean copy. Record # 34061
Price: $12.00 

A Nation Without Borders: The United States and its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910 by: Hahn, Steven
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A Nation Without Borders: The United States and its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910 by: Hahn, Steven

Hardcover. NY, Viking Books, 2nd Pr., 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 596 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a lightly bumped corner, but is still in very good condition overall. Cream paper cover boards with a brown paper spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains some B&W photography within. This book is a part of the Penguin History of the United States Series, offering a controversial yet enduring perspective on the histories of the nineteenth century. Clean copy. Record # 34503
Price: $18.00 

Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich by: Garson, Paul
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Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich by: Garson, Paul

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Academy Chicago Publishers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 408 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a compilation of photographs taken primarily by German soldiers, some by civilians, and some by professionals embedded with the troops. These disturbing snapshots feature subjects who smile benignly at the camera, but are the very same people who participated in the murder of millions during the holocaust. Clean copy. Record # 34170
Price: $18.00 

Alsace in Rust and Gold by: O'Shaughnessy, Edith
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Alsace in Rust and Gold by: O'Shaughnessy, Edith

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. 183 pages. Light rubbing to corners and spine. Dust jacket with soiling, heavy chipping, darkened spine. a Vivid portrayal of life in the Alsace region during the final days of World War I. O'Shaughnessy's firsthand accounts, about war-touched landscapes and resilient spirit of the people. Record # 507886
Price: $50.00 

American Betrayal, An: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears by: Smith, Daniel Blake
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American Betrayal, An: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears by: Smith, Daniel Blake

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2011, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover. B&w maps throughout. Front cover slightly warped, otherwise clean, tight copy. Light wear to dust jacket. Record # 468696
Price: $12.00 

American Connection, The  by: Holland, Jack
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American Connection, The by: Holland, Jack

Hardcover. US, Viking Adult, 1st, 1987-03-17, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462327
Price: $12.00 

Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars by: Remini, Robert V.
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Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars by: Remini, Robert V.

Hardcover. US, Viking Adult, 1st, 2001-07-09, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 317 pages, b&w illustrations. Light dent to upper board edges, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462170
Price: $12.00 

Angels of Death: Goering's Luftwaffe by: Hoyt, Edwin Palmer
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Angels of Death: Goering's Luftwaffe by: Hoyt, Edwin Palmer

Hardcover. New York, Tor Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. B&W photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 454876
Price: $12.00 

Ashes of Victory - WW II and it's Aftermath by: Howe, Quincy
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Ashes of Victory - WW II and it's Aftermath by: Howe, Quincy

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj chipped, closed tears Record # 54213
Price: $12.00 

Atlas of Maritime History by: Lloyd, Christopher
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Atlas of Maritime History by: Lloyd, Christopher

New York, Arco Publishing Co., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, color maps, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801298
Price: $12.00 

Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army by: Ballentine, George
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Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army by: Ballentine, George

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Lakeside Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 354 pages. Edited by William H. Goetzman, a Lakeside Classic, brown cloth cover with gilt seal to cover and lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece, 40 b&w illustrations. Very light mildew marks to cover; otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 804550
Price: $12.00 

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History by: Kaplan, Robert D.
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Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History by: Kaplan, Robert D.

Softcover. New York, Vintage books, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Illustrated title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 469285
Price: $12.00 

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History by: Kaplan, Robert D.
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Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History by: Kaplan, Robert D.

Softcover. New York, Vintage books, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Illustrated title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 469280
Price: $12.00 

Battle for Korea - The Associated Press History of the Korean Conflict by: Dvorchak, Robert J.
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Battle for Korea - The Associated Press History of the Korean Conflict by: Dvorchak, Robert J.

Hardcover. PA, Combined Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Many black & white photos. 317 pages. Personal accounts by the writers and photographers of the AP. Record # 63074
Price: $12.00 

Battle for the Falklands, The  by: Hastings, Max
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Battle for the Falklands, The by: Hastings, Max

Softcover. US, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st US, 1984-09-17, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to spine, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462322
Price: $12.00 

Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.
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Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.

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
Price: $12.00 

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by: Bradford, Ned (ed.)
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Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by: Bradford, Ned (ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc,, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 626 pages. Blue cloth, gilt on spine. Boards show minor edgewear. Dust jacket is chipped and edgeworn. Tears tape-repaired. Price-clipped. Clean, tight, unmarked copy. B/W photographs throughout. Record # 804426
Price: $12.00 

Behind the Spitfires by: RAFF
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Behind the Spitfires by: RAFFBehind the Spitfires by: RAFF

Behind the Spitfires by: RAFF

Hardcover. London, England, Methuen & Co. LTD., 2nd, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 106 pages, hardcover. Orange cloth covers are in generally good condition, though the spine has been sunned and is no longer square. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is slightly loose, but the pages still turn well. Contains many B&W illustrations throughout. This humorous volume introduces a commoner to the lives of the aircraft men who were responsible for servicing and flying the machines of aerial war in Britain during WWII. Clean copy. Record # 34058
Price: $12.00 

Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure by: Wolff, Alexander
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Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure by: Wolff, Alexander

Hardcover. US, Warner Books, 1st, 2002-01-10, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 461957
Price: $12.00 

Blood and roses: one family's struggle and triumph during England's tumultuous civil war by: Castor, Helen
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Blood and roses: one family's struggle and triumph during England's tumultuous civil war by: Castor, Helen

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 426 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of color photographs. Gilt titles on spine. New York Times review included. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469390
Price: $12.00 

Boer War In Postcards, The  by: Mcdonald, Ian
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Boer War In Postcards, The by: Mcdonald, Ian

Hardcover. reprint, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 179 pages. Bright clean copy in same dust jacket. Like new. Record # 454135
Price: $12.00 

Carson the Statesman by: Colvin, Ian
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Carson the Statesman by: Colvin, Ian

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st US, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 446 pages, b& w illustrations. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Discreet previous owner's signature on inside front cover. Content headings include: Irish Home Rule; Redmond's Terms; House of Lords; Mr. Churchill and Belfast; Trou ble in Belfast; Signing the Covenant; Marconi Case; Royal Solicitude; British Army; Ministerial Alarm; Secret Negotiations; Affair of the Curragh; Gun-Running; Attempts at Settlement; Critical Days; The Edge of War, etc, Record # 601792
Price: $20.00 

Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West by: Tucker, Glenn
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Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West by: Tucker, Glenn

Softcover. US, Morningside Bookshop, rep, 1995-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 448 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462978
Price: $12.00 


  
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