Military History from Uncommon Works

Tokyo: Toppan Print. Co., Ltd., [nd]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very good/none as issued. Byron Smith; Robert C. James. About very good presumed first edition, Blue pictorial boards, art endpapers. Rear top corner badly bumped (bent about 3/4" in). Previous owner's name stamped in red on title page. Corner crease to both of the foldout maps.This is volume… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good +. A very near fine first edition, as stated, in a very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Brown paper boards over dark brown quarter cloth. Brown topstain. Strong binding. Map endpapers. The only flaw to the book is one mild erasure mark on… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. As new/as new. A fine (as new) first edition, first printing in a fine (as new), unclipped dust jacket. Appears unread. Complete number line. xvii, 378 pages: illustrations, maps. Octavo. Symonds tells the story of five critical naval engagements that have changed the course of American… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. A fine first edition, first printing in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Jacket showing minimum amount of wear. xxix, 718 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; maps; index. Octavo, he Boer War (1899-1902) looms in retrospect as Britain's Vietnam: a… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/fine. A very near fine first edition, first printing with complete number line. Appears unread. Top right corner and bottom edge mildy bumped. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket. 543 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Octavo In this book, acclaimed… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. As new/as new. A fine first edition, first printing in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Appears unread. 299 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates. Octavo. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany, by historian and best selling author Stephen Ambrose,… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. A very good, true first edition, as stated. Black cloth boards with silver title stamping on spine. Olive endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Heavy rubbing to foot of spine. In a very good unclipped, dust jacket. Closed tear at bottom… Read more about this item

West Chester, PA: Russell L. Sturzebecker, 1986. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. A near fine, third edition of this book, inscribed by the author on the title page to a member of the 312th. The "card" on page 301 is filled in in ink by this veteran, and he has inscribed it to his offspring. In a… Read more about this item

Las Cruces, NM: Yucca Tree Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition, first printing (as stated). In a fine dust jacket. xxi, 424 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, photographs ; Octavo. Little has been written about the contributions of enlisted combat aircrew members during World War II. Also, the importance of crew unity… Read more about this item

New York: Coward-McCann, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. A near fine first edition in a very good original, unclipped dust jacket. [Zempel & Verkler], Blue cloth boards. Dust stains to top edge, otherwise fine. Map endpapers, deckled fore edge. Dust jacket shows 0561 on front flap. Shelfwear on top edge and foot of jacket, minor… Read more about this item

Temple City, CA: Historical Aviation Album, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/none as issued. A very near fine first edition (statement "This is not a reprint" on copyright page.) No dust jacket as issued. Heavy bump to bottom right corner, slight rub to foot, otherwise fine. iii, 105 p., photos, maps. Quarto. The 3rd… Read more about this item

Austin: Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good +. A very good plus / near fine first edition, inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. Blue cloth boards, no bumps or rubbing, binding is a bit soft. In an unclipped, very good plus dust jacket showing a crease and slight rubbing… Read more about this item

Mt. Pleasant, IA: J.B. Smith Enterprises, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. A fine presumed first edition. In a very good dust jacket, which shows a bit of shelf wear. Laid in is a series of correspondence between the author and an admirer. 359 pp. Quarto. The atomic bombs shook the world but they only lit the afterburner… Read more about this item

Longwood, FL: Malia Enterprises, 1999. Revised Edition; Second Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. A fine first printing of the [second] Revised edition (The true first edition is from 1989). This book has Expanded text not included in the first. In a very good dust jacket showing shelf wear and some loss to jacket at the edges. xvi, 488 pages… Read more about this item

New York: Tess Press / Black Dog & Leventhal , 2010. Second Edition. Boards. As new/as new. An as new second edition in an as new dust jacket. Complete number line. Fine. xiv, 295 pages : illustrations. Octavo. The Manhattan Project (1942-1946) resulted in the development and detonation of the first nuclear weapons - and irrevocably changed… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1982. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/very good +. A fine first edition,as stated. Red paper-covered boards over black quarter cloth. Map endpapers. In a very good plus unclipped dustjacket. Short 3/4" tear at crown of jacket and slight wear to inner flap top corner of jacket. xvi, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :… Read more about this item

Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. A near fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. Blue cloth boards. White endpapers with toning to pastedowns. xvi, 176 pages : illustrations. Octavo. This unpretentious memoir features a neglected airplane and an overlooked Air Force. In 1944 Currier, who retired in 1969, was the… Read more about this item

[Charleston, IL]: [self-published], 1991. First Edition. Glossy pictorial cover. Fine/none as issued. As New. Issued without dust jacket. 153 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Octavo. This is a story of the 499th Bomb. Squadron on Biak off the coast of New Guinea during WWII; I have strived to make it as accurate as possible. Most… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing, Ltd. , 1991. First Separate Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine First separate edition (British), in a very near fine dust jacket. Plum paper-covered boards over brown quarter cloth. xi, 148 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Octavo. Hub Zemke's adventures in the sky as the US 8th Air Force's foremost… Read more about this item

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc,, 1963. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/very good. First published by the US GPO in 1961. This is a fine copy, first thus, published by Watts. Aquamarine buckram boards with black title stamping on cover and spine. Binding is square and solid. Red topstain. In a very good, unclipped, dust jacket showing tears and minor… Read more about this item