WARSHIPS from Military Books

Cole-Holomquist, 1946., 1946. 191p. Photos. Supported amphibious operations in the Gilbert & Marshal Islands from July 1943. Hit by a Kamikaze off the Philippines. Returned to the fleet for the Iwo Jima landings. Decorated blue cloth. Oversize. In original paste-board slipcase/box. As New copy. Hardcover. As New. Book.

Andover Press, 1946, 1946. 80p. Photos. Illustrartions. World War II history. CL-55. Blue cloth. Large format. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

Tokyo: Toppan Printing, 1952, 1952. 1st ed. 192p. Photos. Essex class CV31. Oversize. Decorated white cloth. Gilt lettering. Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine.

San Francisco: Trade Pressroom C. 1945, 1945. About 50p. Mostly group Photos. Some combat history. Floppy Blue cover. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

Philadelphia: Clark Printing House C. 1945, 1945. 210p. Photos. Illustrartions. Roster. Pearl Harbor to Japanese occupation. Embossed Blue cloth. Oversize. Large folding printed photo of the ship laid-in. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

PP, 1945, 1945. About 100p. Photos. Illustrartions. Folding map. BB-60. Large format. Blue cloth with paste down on ront. Copy of James Frink in gilt on front. Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine.

James Barry Co., 1946, 1946. 196p. Photos. Illustrartions. "Slow battleship" Brown pebbled cloth. Gilt silhouette on front. Oversize. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

Regina Canada: Uneeda Printers, 1945., 1945. 1st ed. 127p. Photos. British Carrier. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering & crest on front. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

Newsfoto Publshers, 1951, 1951. About 100p. Photos. Illustrartions. Embossed Blue cloth. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

NYC: Yearbook Publishing, 1951, 1951. About 100p. Photos. Illustrartions. Essex class CV-32. Ensign Jesse L. Brown was shot down Dec. 4 1950. near Choisin. Ltjg Hudner crashed his plane near Bown's in an fruitless attempt to save him. Brown was the first negro naval pilot to be killed in action. Hudner later recieved an MOH. Decorated Blue cloth. Original glassine… Read more about this item

Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1946., 1946. 183p. Photos. Oversize. In original shipping box. Corner bumped. In mylar. Near Fine/Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

Doubleday, 1967., 1967. 1st ed. 400p. Photos. Line drawings. Jacket priced. In mylar. Fine/Very Good copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book.

Superior, 1969., 1969. 190p. Photos. Oversize. Blue spine, grrey boards. .Near Fine Copy.. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Metropolitan, 1946., 1946. NAP. 167p. Photos. CV-11. History of this Essex Class carrier from Commissioning to Coverage of late war ops in the Philippines & Okinawa also Japanese occupation. Embossed white covers Oversize. Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book.

Army & Navy Pub., 1946., 1946. 51p. Photos. History of this battleship in WW II: Pearl Harbor, Tarawa, Kawajalein, Saipan, Palau, Leyte, Okinawa. Blue cloth. Gilt crest on front. Small hole near bottom of spine. Very Good Copy. Hardcover. Very Good.

N.p., C. 1945., 1945. 1st ed. About 150p. Photos. Maps. Pebbled Blue cloth. Gilt title box on front. Large format. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine.

Bracken, 1992, 1992. 45p.+ b/w Photos. This cruiser (CL 12) was heavily damaged by Japanese air attacks during the Battle of Makassar Strait February 1942 in the Java Sea at the outset of the war when it was part of the US Asiatic Fleet. It managed to escape to Ceylon and was later repaired. Tan cloth with… Read more about this item

Appleton, 1945., 1945. NAP. Journalistic account of the USS Essex. Tan cloth. Near Fine Copy. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

N.p. 1944., 1944. 1st ed. about 50p. b/w Photos. CA 37.. D-Day fire suppport. Grey wraps. Plastic comb binding. Very Good Copy. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Book.

Kater Engravingm, 1944, 1944. 1st ed. 64p. b/w Photos. Roster. Blue wraps. Minor foxing. Near Fine Copy. 1st. Paperback. Near Fine. Book.