Dayton, Ohio: United States Army Air Service, 1923. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 x 9 Inches. 34 PP. Original stapled wraps. Scarce original manual for the "Nelson" machine gun from one of the first US army air bases in America. McCook Field was the early Dayton, OH predecessor to..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1967. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 262 PP. "The doom Pussy was the first book on Vietnam to chronicle aerial combat. Among the truckloads of fan mail the author received were scores of letters from veteran pilots who claimed they had..... More
Chester, PA: Pennsylvania Military College, 1959. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. Original blue wraps with red comb binding. Issued to cadet #418, William D. McHugh. A few marks and dogeared pages. A scarce original 1959 regulation book in excess of 100 total pages. More
New York: Bantam, 1986. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 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. More
Chicago: W.B. Conkey, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 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. More
Original Handmade Copy. First Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
Atlantis, FL: Atlantis Arts Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 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..... More
Florida: Self-Published (Broad Horizons), 2019. First Edition. Original wraps. 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..... More
Springfield, MA: The Indian Motorcycle Company, 1940. First Edition. Original wraps. 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..... More
San Francisco: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 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..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: James E. Hicks, 1940. Andre Jandot. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1942. Hardcover. 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..... More
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 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..... More
New York: Random House, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 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..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
Washington DC: Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, US Navy, 1943. First Edition. Original wraps. 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. More
Germany: Franz Steiner, 1962. First Edition. 6 7/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 185 [2] PP. First printing of the first book by Dr. Donald Detwiler, noted Professor at Southern Illinois University and past Chairman of the World War II Studies Association. A superb copy. Printed in the original German language..... More
Verona, VA: McClure Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 174 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Author's first book in the orignal blue cloth binding. DJ retains the price of $4.50 on front flap. Signed by Conroy on laid-in bookplate. Hint..... More
New York: The New York Historical Society, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 325 PP. Exhaustive history of Joshua Hett Smith's involvement in the treasonous actions taken by Benedict Arnold in 1780. Original price of $12.50 intact on front flap. Signed by author on..... More
New York: The Abingdon Press, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 217 PP. Original olive cloth with gilt title stamping to cover and spine. From the preface: "The purpose of the following chapters is to try to interpret those ideas and ideals of Germany that issued in..... More
New York: The Woolfall Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 559 PP. Profusely illustrated biography of Admiral Dewey. Original navy boards with gilt seal on front cover. PO plate to front pastedown. A bit of wear and scuffing to edges and spine. Spine ends a...... More
Atlanta, GA: Office of the Command Historian / United States Army Reserve Command, 1996. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 436 PP. Stated "First Printed 1995" with no additional dates on the copyright page. Hint of wear to edges, but a very sharp copy overall. More
Atlanta, GA: Office of the Command Historian / United States Army Reserve Command, 1994. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 3/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 259 PP. Stated "First Printed 1994" with no additional dates on copyright page. Original printed wraps. Light wear to edges and spine. More
Washington DC: Regnery, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 780 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.95 intact. A few bumps to board edges. More