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Ships of the Navy
No Place, Frederic J. Haskin, presumed publisher. Wraps. No place or date, circa 1928. Wraps. 28 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A primarily pictorial look the United States Navy through various ships representative of the fleet. With short descriptive commentary throughout. Included are photos of battleships West Virginia, Idaho and Texas; aircraft carrier Lexington; light cruiser Richmond; destroyer Pruitt; fleet submarine V-1and submarine S-9; a dirigible or airship Los Angeles; and three photos of various Navy planes. GOOD condition. Half inch chip missing from the upper front cover. Moderate browning and soiling, with some stains, dark scuffs and faint foxing to the wraps. Some wrinkling and creasing along the extremities, with a few small tears. Minor toning and wrinkling in the interior. Good .
-- Boeknummer: 012650
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 15]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn Maritime History
Ships. No. 3 June, 1943
New York, Shipbuilders Council of America, 1943. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 33 pp. including covers. Photos throughout. A piece touting the shipbuilding industry in the US and its importance to the US in World War II, citing victory in Tunisia, as well as talking about wages, feats of engineering and supply chains, the contribution of women workers, etc. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning. Light bumping and scuffing along the extremities. Light soiling. Very Good .
Boeknummer: 015149
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 15]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn Maritime History
A Soldier's Scrapbook. From Omaha Beach to Berlin. The Story of Ellis O. Butler's Experiences As a Tank Commander in the Third Armored Division
No Place, No Publisher. Spiral Bound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps early 2000s. Wraps, spiral bound. Unpaginated. Poorly reproduced images throughout. A collection of photocopied material relating to the actions of the 3rd Armored Division, a tank division, of the US Army during World War II. This includes reproduced letters, newspaper articles, newsletter articles, photos, military and government documents, relating to Ellis O. Butler or the 3rd Armored Division. The material spans a range of years, from the 1940s to 2000. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning. Small address label on the front cover. Small tear to the upper rear cover. Very Good .
Boeknummer: 013209
USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.25]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn
Stereoscope Photos of United States Navy Ships. Four Slides
New York, Strohmeyer and Wyman, 1898. Unbound. Thick card stock sheets, 7 by 3 ½ inches. Four stereoscope photographs depicting the following: "On the Deck of the US Monitor, 'Terror;'" "United States Cruiser 'Newark;'" "United States Battleship 'Maine,'" indicating it had been subsequently blown up; "Morning drill on the US Monitor 'Monterey." All in GOOD condition, with moderate toning, minor scattered staining and some soiling to the images. All images a bit faded. Good .
Boeknummer: 016626
USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn Maritime History Photography
Super-Fort. Vol 2. No. 6. January 28, 1946. Anniversary Issue
Okinawa, No Publisher, 1946. Wraps. Side folding small format newspaper type format. 12 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A publication on and apparently by the 8th US Air Force. This includes some brief history of the 8th Air Force, as well as recounting its use of precision bombing in Germany, and efforts in Japan. This includes photos of bombed areas in Japan, photos of some of the bombers, including the B-29 Super-fortress perhaps for which this journal was named. The 8th US Air Force was established in 1942 and primarily operated in the European theater during World War II, eventually establishing operations in Japan after the end of the war in Europe. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Minor soiling, staining and wrinkling to the piece. Good .
Boeknummer: 007511
USD 43.00 [Appr.: EURO 40]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn Aviation World War II
Sworn Statement by Horst Von Der Goltz, Alias Bridgeman Taylor. Miscellaneous No. 13 (1916)
London, Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Pamphlet. Large, side stapled pamphlet. 7 pp. A statement to British officials present to the Houses of Parliament, in which the German counterintelligence operator, Horst von der Goltz, details his actions and role in the conspiracy to blow up locks in the Erie Canal system, a plan which was not executed. Goltz names his fellow conspirators, as well as action prior to and following the aborted sabotage. With appendices providing addressess of associates, as well as contents of telegrams. Horst von der Goltz was detained for most of World War I by British officials, under suspicion of being a spy working for Germany. GOOD condition. Two horizontal fold creases present. Paper toned. Minor soiling and wrinkling. Good .
Boeknummer: 011177
USD 59.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.75]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn World War I
Truax Army Air Field
Madison, WI, Democratic Printing Company. Wraps. no date, presumed mid 1940s. Blue and white wraps. 30 pp. Small folio. Black and white photos throughout. A piece describing the purpose, facilities and amenities of the Truax Army Air Field in Wisconsin. Laid in at the front cover are three small diplomas from the Army Air Forces Training Command relating to various training being completed for a private William B. Cummings. The Truax facility primarily provided training for radio operators and mechanics. It was activated in 1942, and eventually provided training in radar, control tower and other communications. GOOD+ condition. Some toning to the wraps. Minor soiling and staining to the rear cover. A few small creases present. Interior solid with minor toning. Good .
Boeknummer: 007698
USD 43.00 [Appr.: EURO 40]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn World War II
The United States Navy Illustrated
Boston, John F. Murphy, Publisher, 1898. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Oblong format. A collection of black and white photographs of various ships of the United States Navy, including battle ships such as the Indiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Iowa, as well as a photo of the Maine (with a caption mentioning its destruction), various torpedo boats, monitors such as the Terror and Amphitrite, etc. FAIR condition. A gathering of 8 pages (4 leaves) is DETACHED and laid in toward the middle. Extensive faint spotting and dampstaining to the front cover, with some browning and soiling. Minor edgewear. A few tick marks near the lower corners of a few pages. Fair .
Boeknummer: 011210
USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.25]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn Maritime History
Balkan Breakthrough. The Battle of Dobro Pole 1918
Bloomington, In, Indiana University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Paper covered boards with a green cloth spine, in unclipped dust jacket. 216 pp. With a few sections of black and white photos. A detailed history and account of the Battle of Dobro Pole near the end of World War I, chronicling the events leading up to the battle, including the withdrawal of German forces to the Western front, infighting among German and Bulgarian forces and strategy by the Entente command in Macedonia. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor curling along the jacket extremities. Light fading to the book. Very Good/Very Good.
Boeknummer: 011868
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn
Last Raid. A Personal Account of the 303rd Bomb Group Participation in the Thousand-Plane Raid on Berlin, 3 February, 1945... And Other Stories
Boynton Beach, FL, Hand Enterprises, 2000. Wraps. Stated fifth printing. Wraps. Quarto. Signed by the author, with a short inscription. 83 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A firsthand account of the author's experiences flying a B-17 bomber, serving as part of the "Hell's Angels" group, during World War II, running 35 missions over Europe, including the large raid over Berlin in 1945. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and edgewear. Large, faint diagonal crease to the front cover. Very Good .
Boeknummer: 015986
USD 43.00 [Appr.: EURO 40]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn World War II
The Great Rebellion; a History of the CIVIL War in the United States. Two Volumes
Hartford, CT, American Publishing Company, 1867. Cloth. Bound in presumably somewhat recent brown cloth. 502, 702 pp. Two volumes bound in one book. Black and white illustrations throughout. A history of the US Civil War, looking at the events leading up to it, as well as recounting the events of specific battles, military campaigns and strategy, politics during the war, etc. GOOD condition. Minor fading, soiling and edgewear. Interior solid, with some foxing and spotting to the plates. Text block toned. Good .
Boeknummer: 013367
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.25]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn Civil War
Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. Volume 2 Only
Washington, Government printing Office, 1903. Cloth. Red cloth. 623 pp. Arranged alphabetically and divided into sections this work contains lists of names of: officers of the regular army killed, wounded or taken prisoner in action, 1789 to 1902; officers of volunteer regiments during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848; field officers of volunteers and militia in the service of the United States during the Civil War; Captains of the light batteries in the volunteer service during the Civil War; general officers of the US Army and Confederate Army killed or died of wounds during the Civil War; general officers of the Confederate Army, 1861-1865; Officers who left the US Army after November 1st, 1860 and joined the Confederate service; officers of volunteer regiments during the War with Spain and Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1903, as well as contract surgeons for the same dates; chronological lists of wars, battles, skirmishes, etc.; strength of the army, losses in battle for the Revolutionary War, Indian Wars 1790-1795, War with the Northwest Native Americans, the Black Hawk War, Seminole War, etc.; list of forts, blockhouses, reservations and named camps, etc. GOOD condition. Uneven moderate fading, with some scuffing, to the covers. Minor soiling and edgewear. Interior clean and solid with some toning to the paper. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 006262
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Iwo Jima. Springboard to Final Victory
New York, U.S. Camera Publishing, 1945. Wraps. Yellow wraps with a black and white photo of US soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Quarto. 95 pp. Black and white photos throughout. An account of the US Marines attack against the Japanese on Iwo Jima during World War II, drawing on firsthand accounts and military sources to provide details into this pivotal battle in the war. GOOD condition. Small diagonal piece missing from the lower corner of the front cover and first few pages, with some associated creasing. Two thick blue marker lines on the top front cover. General fading, minor soiling and toning to the wrappers, with some splitting and tearing along the extremities and spine. Minor toning in the interior. Good .
Boeknummer: 009492
USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Noisbn World War II
Eleven Months in Malaya: September 1945 to August 1946
Kuala Lumpur, Editions Didier Millet, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. 158 pages. With a section of black and white photos. An examination of Malaysia in late 1945 to August 1946, when, after the sudden surrender of Japan, the country was left in the adminstrative control of British and Indian forces, studying the efforts of the British to control a country with little central organization. VERY GOOD condition. Jacket in mylaf affixed to the book. Minor rubbing, fading and edgewear. Interior clean and solid. Very Good/Very Good.
Boeknummer: 005152
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Malaya, World War II British Forces Asian History
The American CIVIL War. Volume II. The Outcome 1863-1865
New York, Harper and Brothers, 1913. Hard Cover. 352 pp including index. With 3 maps (two in color) and a frontis portrait of Grant. VOLUME 2 ONLY. This volume discusses the Chickamauga and Atlanta campaigns, Sherman's march to the sea, the Confederacy at sea, attempts at reconstruction, etc. EX-LIBRARY in VERY GOOD condition. Re-bound in red library cloth with usual markings on spine, as well as pockets and pastedowns present. Minor soiling and rubbing to the covers. Text clean and solid with a small, faint dampstain present in the top margin of the pages. This does not affect the text. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 001163
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 15]
Catalogus: Military/ War
Trefwoorden: Civil War
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