Category: US Armed Forces

The United States Navy, A History

By: Alden, Carroll Storrs, and Allan Westcott

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Chicago, J. B. Lippincott : 1945

Seller ID: 13141

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 508 pages; 13141
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Fundamentals of Military Law

By: Army, Department Of The

Price: $16.50

Publisher: U. S. Government Printing Office : 1973

Seller ID: 30819

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Chapters: History of Military Law; Philosophy and Structure; Court-Martial System; Alternatives to Courts-Martial; Military Crimes; International Law; Military and Personal Property. Gold lettering faded on blue boards. ; Department of the Army ROTC Manual, ROTC 145-85 Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 121 pages; 30819
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United States Naval Institute Proceedings - Vol. 101 No. 11, November 1975

By: Barrow, Clayton R. Jr. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: U. S. Naval Institute Press : 1975

Seller ID: 28622

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Cover: the globe and anchor approved in 1868 by Jacob Zeilin to be the Marine Corps emblem. Red background. Very light edgewear to this November 1975 issue. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 28622
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The Mighty Hood The Life and Death of Britain's Proudest Warship

By: Bradford, Ernle

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH, World Publishing : 1959

Seller ID: 13765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- Dust Jacket

Cutaways of ship on endpapers and B/W photographs. Laid down in 1916, in her first and only major engagement on May 24, 1941, she was sunk by the Bismarck with the second volley ever fired at her. Edgeworn DJ with small chips and tears, now in new mylar. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages; 13765
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To All Hands An Amphibious Adventure

By: Brown, Lt. John Mason

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Whittlesey House : 1943

Seller ID: 30896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

The amphibious forces of the Army and Navy brought the first American troops to the shores of Europe in World War II. The front flap of the DJ is laid in at title page. Previous owner's name and a list of his tours between June 8, 1943 to January 1, 1944, parallelled my own father's footsteps in the war. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages; 30896
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Leatherneck Legends Conversations with the Marine Corps' Old Breed

By: Camp, Dick

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Zenith Press : 2006

Seller ID: 26658

ISBN-13: 9780760321577

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Five Marines are considered Leatherneck legends, also members of the "old breed," those who have gone before. A multi-person "memoir" of combat experience that spans five wars: WWI, the Banana Wars, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam war. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; 26658
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West Dickens Avenue, A Marine At Khe Sanh

By: Corbett, John

Price: $16.50

Publisher: NY, Ballantine : 2003

Seller ID: 24384

ISBN-13: 9780891417859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 205 pages; 24384
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365 Deployment Days A Wife's Survival Story

By: Dawalt, Sara

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bridgeway Books : 2007

Seller ID: 31391

ISBN-13: 9781933538945

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Inscribed by Sara Dawalt. Book follows a military wife's experiences during her husband's deployment to Irag. Filled with laughter, tears, and everything in between, it explores the wide-ranging emotions brought about by a loved one's deployment. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 127 pages; 31391; Signed by Author
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Tm 5-244 Multiplex Mapping Department of the Army Technical Manual

By: Department Of The Army

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., GPO : 1954

Seller ID: 30820

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

This manual supersedes TM 5-244, 30 June 1943. Rear cover rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; 30820
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A History Of The United States Air Force 1907-1957

By: Goldberg, Alfred

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, D. Van Nostrand Company : 1957

Seller ID: 30067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Soil, edgewear and rubbing to gray paper boards, quarter bound with navy cloth spine. Text block solid and clean. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 277 pages; 30067
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The Infantry Journal Reader

By: Greene, Colonel Joseph I. (Ed. )

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday : 1943

Seller ID: 23752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Newspaper article from the San Antonio Light, December 24, 1951 laid in between pages 174/175, leaving a "shadow". If it's been there since 1952, who am I to remove it? ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 679 pages; 23752
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Private Papers: Poems Of An Army Year

By: Justema, William

Price: $21.00

Publisher: NY, Duell, Sloan & Pearce : 1944

Seller ID: 20052

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket

The book falls into the three divisions of Justema's army tenure: Private, Corporal, and Sergeant. These papers, pages in a diary which a soldier kept in verse, reveal a poet of power and intelligence--a man of humor and humanity who has earned the right to speak for a large part of America's "civilian" army. DJ chipped and edgeworn, in new mylar. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 38 pages; 20052
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All the Drowned Sailors

By: Lech, Raymond B

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Military Heritage Press : 1988

Seller ID: 29539

ISBN-13: 9780880292214

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket

The cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster at sea, the sinking of the Indianapolis with the loss of 880 lives because of the incompetence of admirals, officers, and gentlemen. Small stain on bottom of rear free endpaper. Minor edgewear, previous owner's name (PON). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages; 29539
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All The Drowned Sailors

By: Lech, Raymond B.

Price: $14.51

Publisher: Stein and Day : 1982

Seller ID: 27957

ISBN-13: 9780812828818

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

Previous owner's label on heel of DJ spine. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; 27957
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Modern Naval Combat

By: Miller, David, and Chris Miller

Price: $18.00

Publisher: NY, Random House Value Publishing : 1988

Seller ID: 19213

ISBN-13: 9780517613504

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket

An informed analysis, magnificently illustrated, of current naval technology, the forms and the functions of modern warships and their weapons. The design, armament and equipment of today's fighting ships, and the tactics devised for their employment on, under and above the seas and oceans of the world. Small tear at heel of spine. ; Folio - 13" to 23" tall; 19213
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The U. S. Navy

By: Miller, Nathan

Price: $16.50

Publisher: American Heritage, US Naval Institute Press and Distributed By Simon and Schuster : 1977

Seller ID: 28181

ISBN-13: 9780671229856

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Picture on slipcase mildly edgeworn. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 408 pages; 28181
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Modern Military Techniques Carriers

By: Preston, Anthony

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Dragon Books : 1986

Seller ID: 17055

ISBN-13: 9780583310031

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Crinkling to some pages, some spots ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 48 pages; 17055
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United States Destroyer Operations In World War II

By: Roscoe, Theodore

Price: $63.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press : 1953

Seller ID: 30746

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- Dust Jacket

With 400 photographs, drawings, diagrams and battle charts. Technical research by Rear Admiral Thomas L. Wattles, U. S. Navy, retired. Designed and illustrated by Fred Freeman. A detailed account of the operations of U. S. Destroyers in the Second World War, prepared from personal narratives and official records. DJ badly chipped and soiled with several tears, now in new mylar. No writing, hiliting, underlining, marginalia. With the exception of a few faint spots on foredge and the endpapers being upside down (yes, upside down) , front and rear, this book could pass for almost new condition ; ...
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Time V-E Day 60th Anniversary Tribute America's Greatest Generation and Their WWII Triumph

By: Time-Life, Kelly Knauer (Ed. )

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Time Books : 2005

Seller ID: 30781

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

In this 60th anniversary of V-E day in 2005, the voices of those who lived through those momentous days are being stilled all too rapidly. At the height of the U. S. Mission in Europe in 1944 and 1945, some 3 million Americans were serving there. Although not all of them were soldiers, each of them has a story to tell of the liberation of a continent. These stories must not be lost to history. A victoriously illustrated account of American history. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 122 pages; 30781
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Time V-J Day 60th Anniversary Tribute America's WWII Triumph in the Pacific

By: Time-Life, Kelly Knauer (Ed. )

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Time Books : 2005

Seller ID: 30782

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

This book takes up the story of America's war in the Pacific two years after Pearl Harbor and traces the momentous arc of the struggle's final year. In these pages, Douglas MacArthur makes good on his promise to the people of the Philippines, "I shall return"; gutsy U. S. Marines brave ferocious odds to invade the heavily fortified islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; and U. S. Physicists race to create a potent new weapon, a killing machine designed to end the killing. That the U. S. Could muster such an overwhelming response to the Japanese threat is remarkable in itself but more so given the wa...
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Category: US Armed Forces