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

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Berlin, E.S. Mittler & Sohn: 1938

Seller ID: 2181998

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

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.
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Seaplanes and General Aircraft of To-Day [Today]

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Juvenile Productions Ltd.:

Seller ID: 2182156

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

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-Reconnaissance Seaplane; De Havilland 'Dragon Rapide' Passenger or Freight Carrying Monoplane.
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Signal Book United States Army, 1916

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1916

Seller ID: 2280073

Binding: Small Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Ink stamp on front wrapper, ink name and pencil name on front flyleaf, ink crossover on front wrapper verso, front hinge starting, faint stain to top page corner of pages 23-38. 1916 Small Softcover. 64 pp. Personal copy of Camp Lee soldier Candidate F.H. Kelly, 35th Company, 7th Bn. Central Officer's Training School, Camp Lee, Virginia. A U.S. Army handbook on Morse Code and signaling.
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Technical Manual Electrical Fundamentals (War Department TM 1-455)

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287626

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Ink name on front wrapper, minor water damage. 1941 Soft Cover. 155 pp. CONTENTS: Electrical Energy; Batteries; Solution of Circuits; Magnetism; Alternating Current; Inductance; Capacitance; Power Equipment; Electrical Measuring Instruments; Appendix I. Electrical Symbols; Appendix II. Summary of Formulas; Appendix III. Mathematical Table of Squares and Square Roots; Appendix IV. Glossary.
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Technical Manual Hand, Measuring, and Power Tools, May 26, 1941 (War Department TM 10-590)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287627

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Minor water damage. 1941 Soft Cover. 120 pp. CONTENTS: Section I. General: Employment. Section II. Use and Care of Hand Tools: Hammers; Screw Drivers; Shears, Pliers, and Nippers; Wrenches; Holding Devices; Files and Filing; Hacksaws; Punches and Punching; Chisels and Chipping; Drills and Drilling; Grinding and Sharpening Drills; Counterboring and Counterskinking; Reamers and Reaming; Threads, Taps, and Dies; Threads; Use of Taps; Tapping; Use of Dies; Cutting and Threading Pipe; Driving Rivets; Scrapers. Section III. Use and Care of Measuring Tools: Rules and Scales; Scribers; Squares; Calipe...
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Technical Manual Aircraft Engine Operation and Test (War Department TM 1-408)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1940

Seller ID: 2287634

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

A nice copy. 1940 Stapled Binding. 62 pp. CONTENTS: Control Systems; Operation; Testing; Troubles; Storage and Shipment.
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Technical Manual Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, October 20, 1941 (War Department TM 1-411); Plus Supplement No. 1

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287637

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Ink name on front wrapper of both volumes, page ridges lightly foxed on Technical Manual Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, October 20, 1941.. 106; 12 pp. 2 volume set. CONTENTS: Hydraulic Principles; Hydraulic System Units; Airplane Hydraulic Systems; Inspection of Hydraulic Systems; Gases; Fire-Extinguishing Equipment; Flotation Equipment; Oxygen Equipment; Ice Eliminating Equipment; Heating and Ventilating Equipment; Aircraft Parachute Flare; Index. SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
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Supplement Technical Manual Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, August 1, 1942 (Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Supplement No. 1, TM 1-411)

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Knollwood Field, N.C., Headquarters, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command: 1942

Seller ID: 2287638

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Ink name on front wrapper, front wrapper faintly foxed. 1942 Stapled Binding. 12 pp. CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
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The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 2000-2001: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems

By: Baker, A.D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press: 2000

Seller ID: 2287157

ISBN: 1557501971

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

2000 Large Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 1107, [5] pp. This biennially updated reference on the world's naval and paranaval forces presents accurate and timely data about the composition of the afloat, coastal defense, and aviation arms of about 180 countries and territories, as well as information about coast guards and other armed maritime government services. It contains not only details about the characteristics and capabilities of ships and craft ranging from giant aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines to small tugboats and launches, but also the retirement or transfer abroad of old...
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Jane's Fighting Ships, 1958-59: Sixty-First Year of Issue

By: Blackman, Raymond V.B.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.: 1959

Seller ID: 2287496

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket foxed and lightly toned, bottom corner lightly bumped. 1959 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 64, xxvi, 446 pp. An annual by the authoritative publisher of reference works on military vehicles, with black-and-white photographs and detailed specifications throughout.
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The Nation's Safety and Arms Control

By: Hadley, Arthur T.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1961

Seller ID: 2263112

ISBN: 1125181257

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket faintly toned. Ink note and date on front endpaper. 1961 Hard Cover. xiii, 160 pp. Beginning with a description of our present position in the Kilomegaton Age, Arthur T. Hadley outlines the prerequisites to nuclear control, such as making the deterrent more secure and providing an effective United States response to minor aggressions. He then goes on to the necessary moves to improve stability: agreement between ourselves and the Russians on what to do if a nuclear weapon explodes through human or mechanical error, control of weapons in outer space, prohibition of radar j...
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Tanks and Armored Vehicles

By: Icks, Robert J.; Andrews, Phillip

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce: 1945

Seller ID: 2285928

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket edges a bit rubbed with two 1/2 inch closed tears. 1945 Large Hardcover. 264 pp. Oblong, 9 1/8 x 12 1/4. A photographic survey of various tanks and other armored vehicles, released at the close of World War II. Also includes illustrations of tank components such as engines and periscopes. An introduction discusses armored vehicles up through World War I, with representative images. Index and bibliography follow text.
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Kursk: The Clash of Armour (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, Battle Book, No. 7)

By: Jukes, Geoffrey

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1972

Seller ID: 2306948

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Third printing. Spine creased. 1972 Trade Paperback. 160 pp. As the hot weeks of waiting dragged by, time after time the Soviet soldiers rehearsed their tasks. The Germans meanwhile assembled an immense force totaling thirty-five divisions. Now both sides were ready for battle. But neither the German nor the Soviet commanders knew the exact time the Citadel would begin, that was still Hitler's secret.
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The Dragon's Teeth? The Creation of United States Air Power for World War II

By: Kelsey, Benjamin S.; Doolittle, Jimmy [James H.]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press: 1982

Seller ID: 2306155

ISBN: 0874745748

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 1982 Hard Cover. 148 pp. Includes a preface by 'Jimmy' Doolittle. Explains how the U.S. was able to dramatically increase aircraft production over a short period of time to meet the military needs of World War II.
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British and Empire Warships of the Second World War

By: Lenton, H.T.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, Greenhill Books: 1998

Seller ID: 2299453

ISBN: 1557500487

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1998 Large Hardcover. 766 pp. Black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and detailed specifications throughout. In this comprehensive and definitive reference work H. T. Lenton has detailed all the warships of the British, Dominion and Colonial naval forces that participated in the 'Second World War. The background history of each category of warship is given, with extensive tables for the individual units, specifying the name, builder, engine manufacturer, building dates and ultimate fate of each vessel, where known. For each class of warship dimensions, displacements, armament an...
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Bridging for Victory

By: Nichols, Chester W.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Warrensburg, Missouri, Self-Published: 1983

Seller ID: 2285942

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Revised edition. Scarce - 3 copies in OCLC, and only 1 of this edition. 1983 Large Hardcover. xi, [1], 396 pp. A history of the 332nd Engineers in World War II, with chapters on reconstruction of the Port of Cherbourg, railroad reconstruction in France and the low countries, and the victory bridge at Duisburg - Rheinhausen, Germany, with discussion of training and secret movements. Maps and illustrations reproduced from drawings by the author throughout.
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Bridging for Victory

By: Nichols, Chester W.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Warrensburg, Missouri, Self-Published: 1977

Seller ID: 2285944

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Scarce - 3 copies in OCLC, and only 2 of this edition. Author's bookplate on title page. An advance copy sent to a member (or surviving family) of the 332nd Engineers, with a slip explaining this laid in. Photographic fold-out of bridges built by Engineer Group A and 332nd Engineer Regiment enclosed in pocket following text. 1977 Large Softcover. ix, [1], 396 pp. A history of the 332nd Engineers in World War II, with chapters on reconstruction of the Port of Cherbourg, railroad reconstruction in France and the low countries, and the victory bridge at Duisburg - Rheinhausen, Germ...
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Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft

By: Taylor, John R.; Taylor, Michael J.H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Collier Books: 1977

Seller ID: 2279600

ISBN: 0020806701

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spine faintly creased, minor general wear. 1977 Soft Cover. 259 pp. The 125 research and experimental aircraft described and illustrated in this Pocket Book are the most exciting of all the types flown in more than 30 years of aviation since the end of the Second World War.
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Text-Book of Ordnance and Gunnery [Textbook]

By: Tschappat, William H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 1917

Seller ID: 2262561

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Former library copy, rebound in library buckram, usual library marks. Boards rubbed, corners exposed,. 1917 Hard Cover. x, 705 pp. 8vo. Chapters include: Properties, Manufacture, Care and Use of Explosives; Theory of Explosives; Measurements of Velocities and Pressures; Interior Ballistics; Metals Used in Ordnance Construction; Guns; Recoil and Recoil Brakes; Artillery; Exterior Ballistics; Projectiles; Primers and Fuses; Aiming Devices; Fire-Control Instruments; Small Arms and Hand Arms; Machine Guns. Fourteen tables follow text.
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Air Album: L'Identification des Appareils en Vol, No. 1 [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Vassilliere, Tony; Cave, Lucien

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, E. Desfosses-Neogravure: 1944

Seller ID: 2182023

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Second edition. Wrappers & pages toned, 2 inch tear to spine head. 1944 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 35 pp. French text. Black & white photographs, drawings, and specifications of various military aircraft, published during World War II and designed to aid in the identification of planes in flight.
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Air Album: L'Identification des Appareils en Vol, No. 2 [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Vassilliere, Tony; Cave, Lucien

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, E. Desfosses-Neogravure: 1945

Seller ID: 2182025

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Fair

Front wrapper loose but included, edges rubbed, 1/2 inch chip from back corner, 2 inch tears to spine head & foot. 1945 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 34 pp. French text. Black & white photographs, drawings, and specifications of various military aircraft, published during World War II and designed to aid in the identification of planes in flight.
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Lightning Bugs and Other Reconnaissance Drones

By: Wagner, William

Price: $20.00

Publisher: CA, AFJ / Aero: 1982

Seller ID: 2307039

ISBN: 0816866546

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. A few spots on jacket reverse. 1982 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 222 pp. The can-do story of Ryan's unmanned 'spy planes.'
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American Military Aircraft: A Century of Innovation

By: Winchester, Jim

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Amber Books: 2017

Seller ID: 2309497

ISBN: 1782745610

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First printing of 2017 reissue. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 448 pp. Includes poster. During the dark days of World War II, American military air power was forged into the mightiest war machine the world has ever seen. In the space of five years, the United States progressed from the biplane era to an immensely complex bomber the sleek Boeing B-29 capable of delivering the atomic bomb. After World War II, the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps retained their technological superiority through the dangerous years of the Cold War. The next generation of aircraft and weapons, with th...
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