Military from Back in Time Rare Books, LLC

New York: Bantam, 1986. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. Very Good. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 130 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Coverage of Airborne operations in WWII and Vietnam.

Chicago: W.B. Conkey, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 474 PP. Personal records and history of the Spanish American War from Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and George Edward Graham. AEG. Bound in original publisher deluxe leather binding with tipped in limitation page signed "WB Conkey Co" as well as by George Graham. Inscribed bo Chas. Van Kirk,… Read more about this item

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 370 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by author directly on the title-page. Pritzker Military Museum bookplate laid-in.

Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1988. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 192 PP. #913 of 1000 signed copies. Folding map intact at rear. Illustrated throughout. PO blindstamp on the title-page.<br /> <br /> FROM THE ESTATE OF CIA CLANDESTINE SERVICE AGENT GEORGE SNIDER JR.<br /> Mr. Snider was a graduate of Virginia… Read more about this item

Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1995. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 202 PP. #390 of 1000 signed copies. Illustrated throughout. PO blindstamp on the title-page.<br /> <br /> FROM THE ESTATE OF CIA CLANDESTINE SERVICE AGENT GEORGE SNIDER JR.<br /> Mr. Snider was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia and… Read more about this item

Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1991. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 270 PP. #673 of 1000 signed copies. Illustrated throughout. PO blindstamp on the title-page.<br /> <br /> FROM THE ESTATE OF CIA CLANDESTINE SERVICE AGENT GEORGE SNIDER JR.<br /> Mr. Snider was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia and… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 371 PP. First edition in original blue cloth with orange title work to cover and spine. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Rickenbacker on half title verso. First book from Rickenbacker, the leading ACE Pilot… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 Inches. 489 PP. First printing with Scribners "A" on copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Unused deco bookplate to front pastedown. Light offsetting of black ink on first page (a publishing blemish). Light wear to DJ edges at… Read more about this item

Original Handmade Copy. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 Inches. 28 PP. Original circa 1918 handmade WWI children's book. Includes 26 full page plates of American soldiers in various wartime positions. Each depiction accompanied by an affixed hand-typed rhyming description on the verso. Wrapped in fringed cloth likely cut from an article of issued clothing.… Read more about this item

Atlantis, FL: Atlantis Arts Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 145 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed by Figiel to Myra Janco Daniels on the FFEP. A wonderful photographic history of the storied Damascus steel used for swords and gun barrels for centuries.… Read more about this item

Florida: Self-Published (Broad Horizons), 2019. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 7 1/2 X 9 1/4 Inches. 581 PP. Signed and inscribed by Rodde to "Chief Petty Officer Rafso" on the title-page. WWII Naval autobiography (that sometimes shifts to the third person) detailing Rodde's year in the Navy during the war. His actions covered the Marainas Turkey Shoot… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: The Indian Motorcycle Company, 1940. First Edition. Original wraps. Near Fine. 3 3/4 X 6 3/8 Inches. 49 PP. Original stapled green wraps as issued. Very early Indian Motorcycle guide issued with new motorcycles for a few of the earlier years. This particular issued for "Military Riders" of Indian cycles. Illustrated with simple line drawings throughout.… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 Inches. 284 PP. First printing of this study and guide to Japanese Sword guards. Gift note on MIT stationery from Cyril Stanley Smith, famed member of the Manhattan Project responsible for the production of fissionable metals. Original price… Read more about this item

Mount Vernon, NY: James E. Hicks, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Andre Jandot. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 117 PP. [80 Plates]. First edition of this privately printed book on United States military handguns and rifles. Signed and dated by Andre Jandot on the FFEP.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 7/8 X 10 5/8 Inches. 108 [11] PP. Published by and for the Indoctrination and Communication School of the Naval Training School at Harvard. Includes six large illustrations of "Ensign" Donald Duck by Walt Disney. One of the overlooked gems of Disney's morale-building efforts during WWII. Although often forgotten,… Read more about this item

Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 256 PP. First printing signed with lengthy inscription on December 7, 1995 - the 45th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Original price of $29.95 intact. King was later the subject of "The Wars of Myron King:… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 277 PP. "Bin West's One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War should be mandatory reading for every citizen who wants to understand the reality of the war we are in with thouse who would destroy our civilization and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 263 PP. Original green cloth with gilt illustration of the famous ship on front cover. The Constitution is the world's oldest ship of any kind that is still afloat. One of six frigates ordered by Congress in 1794, essentially the genesis of the… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, US Navy, 1943. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 4 1/2 X 7 Inches. 155 PP. Part one of this WWII era US Navy flight manual. Illustrated throughout. Hint of wear at edges and folds, but an extremely well-preserved copy overall.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 558 PP. Important biography of Nathan Beford Forrest. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Listed in "In Tall Cotton". Signed and inscribed, "For the one who started all this - so long ago - Alice Eloise Stockell. With the affectionate regard of… Read more about this item