United States Naval Institute Proceedings Volume 87, Number 2, February 1961

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: U.S. Naval Institute: 1961

Seller ID: 1818045

Wrappers rubbed, ink stamp on front wrapper. 1961 Trade Paperback. 168 pp. CONTENTS: U.S. Sloop of War St. Mary's (front cover illustration); Defense Organization Issues; Project Poseidon; The Navy in the Space Age - Space Surveillance; The New Japanese-American Treaty; More Fun Than Fury in the Fish War; How Wide the Territorial Sea?: The Background and the Vote, The Problems Left by Discord; Japanese Submarine Tactics; The U.S. Sloop of War Wasp; Lebanon and Quemoy - T... View more info

United States Naval Institute Proceedings Volume 87, Number 10, October 1961

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: U.S. Naval Institute: 1961

Seller ID: 1818046

Wrappers rubbed, ink stamp on front wrapper. 1961 Trade Paperback. 176 pp. CONTENTS: The Bombardment of Algiers (front cover illustration); The Nature of the War We Are In; The Service Academies and Higher Education; Communist Terrorism in Malaya; The Opening of the Arctic Ocean; Noforms are the Answer!; America's Undeclared Naval War; A Question of Personality; Goodbye to the Gas Bags (Pictorial); Comment and Discussion; Book Reviews; Professional Notes; A Page from the... View more info

United States Naval Institute Proceedings Volume 87, Number 8, August 1961

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: U.S. Naval Institute: 1961

Seller ID: 1818048

Wrappers rubbed, ink stamp on front wrapper, 2 inch chip from margin of contents page. 1961 Trade Paperback. 164 pp. CONTENTS: Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, U.S. Navy (Retired) (front cover illustration); The First Hundred Days of the New Frontier; Oceanography - Old Science, New Future; Russia and Red China - Mutual Nemeses; Icebreakers South; Problems of Contemporary Defense Planning; The Will to Win; German Submarines in the Far East; NAS Whidbey Island (Pictorial); Comme... View more info

Military Publications: Index of Administrative Publications (Regulations, Circulars, Pamphlets, Posters, General Orders, Joint Chiefs of Staff Publications, and DOD Publications) (Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 310-1, May 1975)

By: N/A

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Headquarters, Department of the Army: 1975

Seller ID: 1819782

Minor pencil notes on front wrapper, lightly toned. 1975 Stapled Binding. 165 pp. Original wrappers. Three-hole punched upon publication. An index of administrative publications released by the U.S. Army. Useful for the scholar or collector interested in what was printed when. View more info

Seaplanes and General Aircraft of To-Day [Today]

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Juvenile Productions Ltd.:

Seller ID: 2182156

Wrappers foxed. 18, [2] pp. Color illustrations and general specifications of nine early 20th century airplanes, including: Short 'Sunderland' Long-Range Reconnaissance Flying-Boat; Short 'Empire' 'C' Class Flying-Boat; Supermarine 'Stranraer' Flying-Boat; Supekrmarine 'Walrus' Amphibian; Airspeed 'Envoy' Passenger or Freight Carrying Monoplane; Avro 'Anson' Reconnaissance Monoplane; Airspeed 'Oxford' Advanced Training Monoplane; Fairey 'Swordfish' Torpedo-Spotter-Reconn... View more info

Army Air Force I Fighter Command Aircraft Warning Service Certificate of Honorable Service (Mitchel Field, New York: May 29, 1944)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 1944

Seller ID: 2190027

G.O. Form No. 147. Name area left blank. Very light wear to lower left corner. 1944 Unbound. A Certificate of Honorable Service, with printed signature by Stewart W. Towle (Colonel, Air Corps), which was given to volunteers of the Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Service Reserve. View more info

Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Field Artillery of the Army of the United States, 1917, Volume I [1] [with] Volume II [2] (War Department, Document No. 614.)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Military Publishing Co.: 1917

Seller ID: 2203187

Boards lightly soiled. 1917 Hard Cover. 281, 278 pp. Two volumes in one. Includes fold-out map. View more info

Pilot Training Manual for the Liberator B-24

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: George A. Petersen: 1944

Seller ID: 2204837

No publisher date (circa 1944). Minor surface tears to front wrapper. 262 pp. Published for Headquarters, AAF Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training by Headquarters, AAF, Office of Flying Safety. This manual is the text for your training as a B-24 pilot and airplane commander. The techniques and procedures described in this book are standard and mandatory. In this respect the manual serves the dual purpose of a training checklist and a working handbook. View more info

Charlotte in the War of 1812

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Neighborhood History Project:

Seller ID: 2206820

No publisher date. A fine copy. 22 pp. An account based on the words of the local pioneers who were there, containing an annotated bibliography of sources.KEYWORDS: CHARLOTTE LOCAL NEW YORK REGIONAL HISTORY MILITARY WAR OF 1812 View more info

American Naval Battles: Being a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States, from its Establishment in 1794 to the Present Time; Including the Wars with France and Tripoli; the Late War with Great Britain, and with Algiers; with an Account of the Attack on Baltimore, and of the Battle of New Orleans. Embellished with Twenty Elegant Engravings.

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Luther Roby: 1848

Seller ID: 2208177

Edges lightly rubbed, boards almost entirely loose from binding, bottom half of front endpaper missing, pencil notes. 1848 Hard Cover. v, 278 pp. American Naval Battles: Being a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States, from its Establishment in 1794 to the Present Time; Including the Wars with France and Tripoli; the Late War with Great Britain, and with Algiers; with an Account of the Attack on Baltimore, and of the Battle of New Orleans.... View more info

General Instrument Equipment for Aircraft. 1927. (For Official Use Only. Air Publication 1275.)

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office: 1927

Seller ID: 2208369

Former library copy, only a few marks. A few light spots on front board. 1927 Hard Cover. Unusual binding - sewn gatherings, printed paper spine wrap reinforced underneath with cloth, hardcover boards shoestring bound over top. A military personnel manual printed by the British government between the world wars, illustrated with numerous photographs of instruments used in military aircraft, and charts and diagrams providing useful information for pilots. Includes a fold-... View more info

The R.O.T.C. Manual Infantry: A Text Book for the Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1st Year Basic, Vol. I (20th Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Military Service Publishing Co.: 1938

Seller ID: 2208425

No jacket, front board lightly rubbed, ink name on front paste-down endpaper. 1938 Hard Cover. 398 pp. CONTENTS: National Defense and the Educated Man; The National Defense and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; The Obligations of American Citizenship; Evolution of the Military Policy of the United States; The National Defense Act; Military Organization; Military Discipline, Courtesies and Customs of the Service; Military Sanitation and First Aid; Map Reading; The Rif... View more info

One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign: Historical Programs and Dedication of Markers along Route of March

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of the State of New York: 1929

Seller ID: 2259845

Wrappers lightly toned. 1929 Stapled Binding. 63 pp. Pageants: Genesee Country, Leicester, September 14, 1929; Finger Lakes Area, Geneva, September, 21, 1929; Newtown Battlefield Area, Elmira, September 28, 1929. Includes black-and-white photographs. View more info

Memorial of the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1877

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Oneida Historical Society: 1878

Seller ID: 2264266

Edges rubbed, hinges starting, light stain, rear endpaper missing. 1878 Hard Cover. 199 pp. The Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. An American party trying to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix was ambushed by a party of Loyalists and allies of several Native American tribes, primarily Iroquois. This was one of ... View more info

Basic Field Manual: Military Training, July 16, 1941 (FM 21-5)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: United States Government Printing Office: 1941

Seller ID: 2265433

Very minor burn along page edges, light pencil underlining. 1941 Stapled Binding. 76 pp. CONTENTS: General; Training management; Means and scope of training; Training of individuals; Unit training; Instruction; Public speaking; Applicatory tactical exercises; Company training programs and schedules; Appendix I. Training missions; Appendix II. Unit Training Program; Appendix III. Mobilization Training Program for Infantry at Unit Training Centers; Appendix IV. Unit Traini... View more info

Dedication of Monument Erected by the State of New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1916

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2266777

First edition. A few light spots on front board, tissue paper chewed along top edge. 1916 Large Hardcover. 241 pp. Veteran Service Record follows text. A pilgrimage to the shrines of patriotism. Being the report of the Commission to dedicate the monument erected by the state of New York, in Andersonville, Georgia. To commemorate the heroism, sacrifices and patriotism of more than nine thousand of her sons who were confined in that prison, of whom more than two thousand, ... View more info

Guide Book to Fort Ticonderoga: Held In Turn by France, Great Britain and the United States

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: The Stinehour Press:

Seller ID: 2267200

No publisher date. Unpaginated. Topics include the fort at Ticonderoga, the stone fortress, the south wall, the French village, the interior of the fort, the west barracks, the bastions, the view from the ramparts, the canon, the museum collection, the restoration of the fort. Includes black-and-white illustrations. View more info

An Exhibition of the Scientific Achievements of Leonardo Da Vinci (New York Museum of Science and Industry)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Vigo Press: 1940

Seller ID: 2268326

Wrappers lightly toned, a few light spots to wrappers, pencil note on first blank. 1940 Soft Cover. 60 pp. An Exhibition of the Scientific Achievements of Leonardo Da Vinci, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Loaned by the Italian Ministry of Popular Culture. CONTENTS: Preface; Aeronautics; Anatomy; Architecture and City Planning; Art and Sculpture; Drawings; Hydraulics; Marine; Mechanics; Military Machines; Optics; Textile Machinery. Includes black-and-white illus... View more info

Guide Right: Fundamental Tactics of Warfare Against an Insidious Enemy: Counsel for The Soldier-Sailor-Marine

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Central Bureau Press, St. Louis / Catholic Central Verein of America: 1941

Seller ID: 2021409

Minor rust to staples, wrappers lightly toned. 1941 Stapled Binding. 30 pp. Stapled binding, printed wrappers. A guide printed by an American Catholic organization for members of the American armed forces, designed to aid them in helping avoid some of the dangers associated with service. Nearly half of the booklet appears to deal with the consequences of indulging sexual appetites, with sections on prostitutes, venereal diseases, etc. View more info

Aircraft Recognition, The Inter-Services Journal: 30 Volume Non-Continuous Run, Volume I, Number 2, October 1942 - Volume III, Number 11, July 1945

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: H.M. Stationery Office / Samson Clark & Co., Ltd.: 1942

Seller ID: 2181996

Edges rubbed. 1942 Stapled Binding. Thirty issue non-continuous run, including: October 1942 - June 1943, August & September 1943, December 1943 - May 1944, July 1944 - July 1945. Black & white photographs of various military aircraft, as well as diagrams featuring various views, with specifications and sillographs (silhouettes). Released during World War II to aid military personnel in identifying enemy aircraft and differentiating them from friendly aircraft. View more info

Deutsche Luftwacht Luftwehr, Bd. 5, N. 6, S. 215-258, Berlin, Juni 1938

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: E.S. Mittler & Sohn: 1938

Seller ID: 2181998

Wrappers splitting along spine, ink 'File Copy' stamp on front wrapper, faint stain on fore-edge margin. 1938 Stapled Binding. [v], 216-258 pp. A photographic guide to various military aircraft. View more info

Identification of Aircraft, United States & British, Study Sheet Page 1 - 9 - Nine Large Flash Cards (CAAF-RP-357-500)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: 2194940

Lightly toned, ink notes on reverse of one sheet. Nine 8 x 10 7/16 sheets, each with 15 airplane silhouettes and associated nose-to-tail lengths, with models listed on reverse. Designed to be used by military personnel learning to identify aircraft from the ground during World War II. View more info

66th Engineer Topographic Company [World War II, Italy, 1944]

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: 66th Engineer Topographic Company, U.S. Army: 1944

Seller ID: 2201661

Wear to corners, World War Two 1944 in pencil on title page, a few light stains inside binder. Unpaginated. Oblong. Shoestring binding in stiff wrappers, inside a hardcover blind-stamped sleeve. A photographic album of the members of the 66th Engineer Topographic Company during World War II, produced and printed by the company, with humorous cartoons on each page. View more info

Gefahrten unser Jugend (Companions of Our Youth): Die Flak-Abteilung der Leibstandarte Geschichte und Geschichten (The Flak-Division Leibstandarte History and Stories)

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Condo Verlag GmbH: 1999

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2201681

Second edition. 1999 Large Hardcover. 272 pp. German text. Gefahrten unser Jugend (Companions of Our Youth): Die Flak-Abteilung der Leibstandarte Geschichte und Geschichten (The Flak-Division Leibstandarte History and Stories). View more info

World War II Airplane Models: A.A.F. P-38E Br. Lightning; German ME. 109E; Br. Hudson III A-29 Reconnaissance Bomber [WWII Fighters]

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: S.N.: 1943

Seller ID: 2195181

Envelopes and sheets of paper toned, corners rubbed, a few creases and small stains. 1943 Unbound. World War II airplane model set. Includes the A.A.F. P-38E Br. Lightning Fighter (in envelope with assembly instructions printed on envelope); the German ME. 109E Fighter (in envelope with assembly instructions printed on envelope); the Br. Hudson III A-29 Reconnaissance Bomber (in plastic insert); the Messerschmitt ME. 110 (two single sheets of loose paper--one with mode... View more info

Pilots Manual for Mosquito [Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for de Havilland Mosquito]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Aviation Publications: 1950

Seller ID: 2198062

Wrappers toned. 1950 Stapled Binding. 46 pp. In these days of highly specialized airplanes and even more specialized materials and metals used in their construction, it is difficult to believe that one of the fastest and most versatile aircraft of WWII was built entirely of wood. The de Havilland Mosquito is a descendant of the famous Comet. The best known version, the F.B. 6 entered service in May of 1943 and served many roles, such as low level day and night bomber, lo... View more info

The End of the Pacific War: Surrender Documents in Facsimile (National Archives Publication No. 46-6)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The National Archives: 1945

Seller ID: 2203502

Spine faded and lightly stained. 1945 Stapled Binding. 24 pp. Facsimiles of the original documents that brought World War II to a close in the Pacific Theater of operations. KEYWORDS: MILITARY HISTORY WWII JAPAN JAPANESE SURRENDER View more info

Germany Surrenders Unconditionally: Facsimiles of the Documents (National Archives Publication No. 46-4)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The National Archives: 1945

Seller ID: 2203504

Spine faded and lightly stained. 1945 Stapled Binding. 41 pp. Facsimiles of the original documents that brought World War II to a close in the European Theater of operations. KEYWORDS: MILITARY HISTORY WWII GERMANY GERMAN NAZI SURRENDER View more info

Model Changes War Style (Blueprint for Victory)

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Department of Public Relations General Motors: 1942

Seller ID: 2206686

No publisher date (circa 1940's), edges very minimally rubbed, top page corners very lightly bumped, pencil number to title page. 1942 Stapled Binding. 23 pp. Based on informal talk by O.E. Hunt, Engineer, General Motors Corporation, at meeting of Automotive Council for War Production, Detroit, Michigan, January 24, 1942.KEYWORDS: MODEL CHANGES WAR STYLE BLUEPRINT FOR VICTORY MILITARY SECOND WORLD WAR TWO WWII WW2 TRANSPORTATION AUTOMOBILES AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING MACHINE... View more info

African Victory with the British Forces from El Alamein to Cape Bon

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: British Information Services: 1943

Seller ID: 2206915

No publisher date (circa 1940s), wrappers rubbed with a few light creases, page corners lightly dog-eared. 1943 Stapled Binding. 63 pp. At the First Battle of El Alamein (1 – 27 July 1942) the advance of Axis troops on Alexandria was blunted by the Allies, stopping the German Panzers who were trying to outflank the Allies' position. At the Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 4 November 1942) Allied forces broke the Axis line and forced them all the way back to... View more info