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By: N/A
Price: $150.00
Publisher: H.M. Stationery Office / Samson Clark & Co., Ltd.: 1942
Seller ID: 2181996
Condition: Very Good
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
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Berlin, E.S. Mittler & Sohn: 1938
Seller ID: 2181998
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. View more info
![Image for Seaplanes and General Aircraft of To-Day [Today]](/assets/images/product/2182156.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Juvenile Productions Ltd.:
Seller ID: 2182156
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. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Government Printing Office: 1916
Seller ID: 2280073
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. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $8.00
Publisher: War Department: 1941
Seller ID: 2287626
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. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: War Department: 1941
Seller ID: 2287627
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... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: War Department: 1941
Seller ID: 2287631
Condition: Very Good
Minor loss to spine head and spine base. 1941 Soft Cover. 182 pp. CONTENTS: General; Fundamentals of Aerodynamics; Airfoils; Parasite Drag; Propellers; Performance; Equilibrium, Stability, and Control; Dynamic Loads; Appendix: Nomenclature; Index. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: War Department: 1941
Seller ID: 2287633
Condition: Very Good
Ink name on front wrapper. 1941 Soft Cover. 132 pp. CONTENTS: General; Fuselages; Engine Mounts; Wings; Stabilizers; Flight Control Surfaces and Wing Flaps; Flight Control Mechanisms; Landing Gear; Tires and Tubes; Wheels; Brakes; Cockpits and Cabins; Cowling and Fairing; Shielding and Bonding; Towing, Mooring, and Handling; Hydraulic Jacks; Cleaning; Lubricants; Insignia and Markings; Index. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: War Department: 1940
Seller ID: 2287634
Condition: Near Fine
A nice copy. 1940 Stapled Binding. 62 pp. CONTENTS: Control Systems; Operation; Testing; Troubles; Storage and Shipment. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: War Department: 1941
Seller ID: 2287635
Condition: Very Good
Ink name on front wrapper. 1941 Stapled Binding. 81 pp. CONTENTS: Internal-Combustion Engine Principles; Classification and Description of Engine Types; Description and Construction of Engine Units; Repair Principles; Engine Lubrications; Engine Cooling. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: War Department: 1941
Seller ID: 2287637
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. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Headquarters, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command: 1942
Seller ID: 2287638
Condition: Very Good
Ink name on front wrapper, front wrapper faintly foxed. 1942 Stapled Binding. 12 pp. CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems. View more info
By: Baker, A.D.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 2000
Seller ID: 2287157
ISBN: 1557501971
Condition: Near Fine
2000 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 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... View more info
By: Baker, A.D.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 2002
Seller ID: 2287158
ISBN: 1557502420
Condition: Near Fine
Spine faded. 2002 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii, [1], 1129, [9] pp. This popular navy guide is internationally acknowledged as the world's leading one-volume reference to the world's naval and paranaval forces. Comprehensive, authoritative and affordable, it is updated biennially to include accurate and timely data about the composition of the afloat, coastal defense, and aviation arms of more than one hundred eighty countries and territories, including coast guards and other armed maritime government services. Both major fleets like those of the United St... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.: 1959
Seller ID: 2287496
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. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.: 1966
Seller ID: 2287497
Condition: Very Good
A bit musty, jacket lightly foxed, 1/2 inch chip from top jacket corner, ink stamp on front jacket panel. 1966 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 60, vi-vii, 461, xvi pp. An annual by the authoritative publisher of reference works on military vehicles, with black-and-white photographs and detailed specifications throughout. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: NAL / New American Library / World Publishing Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2300272
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Jacket spine faded. 1969 Hard Cover. xiv, 304, [2] pp. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs. An account of the destruction caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, often overshadowed by the Hiroshima explosion which preceded it, despite the fact that the Nagasaki bomb was larger and more powerful. Based on diaries, firsthand written accounts, and the words of hundreds of Japanese survivors. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 1967
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2299928
Condition: Good
2nd printing. Lacks jacket. Ink name and owner blind stamp on front endpaper, spine faded. 1967 Hard Cover. xii, 372 pp. 8vo. An examination of the American military project that led to the development of the atomic bomb. Includes section of black-and-white photographs, maps on endpapers. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: The Viking Press: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2263112
ISBN: 1125181257
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... View more info
By: Icks, Robert J.; Andrews, Phillip
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2285928
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. View more info
By: Icks, Robert J.; Andrews, Phillip
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2288025
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. 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. View more info
By: Kelly, Thomas J.
Price: $22.00
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.: 1944
Edition: 4th Printing
Seller ID: 2286114
Condition: Near Fine
1945 4th printing. Ink name stamp on front endpaper. 1944 Hard Cover. ix, [1], 248 pp. 8vo. A World War II U.S. Navy manual for damage control personnel, covering general principles, ship maintenance, hull systems, fire fighting, gas defense, engineering, gunnery, medical and supply departments, buoyancy and stability, and repairing damage. View more info
By: Lenton, H.T.
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Greenhill Books: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2299453
ISBN: 1557500487
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. 1998 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 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 ... View more info
By: Marx, Joseph L. [Laurance]
Price: $20.00
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2299916
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Edges slightly faded jacket edges lightly rubbed, jacket price clipped, owner blind stamp on front flyleaf. 1967 Hard Cover. 256 pp. 8vo. A dramatic, minute-by-minute account of the Enola Gay's historic flight, 02:20 to 9:15:17; 6 August, 1945. Target: Hiroshima. View more info
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Self-Published: 1983
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2285942
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. View more info
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Self-Published: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2285944
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... View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Rogers & Sherwood: 1887
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2187992
Condition: Good
First edition. Appears to have been recased using the original boards and backstrip, which were likely trimmed at that point (they are flush with the page edges). A few light creases and spots to backstrip, minor loss from board corners. 1887 Hard Cover. x, 824 pp. 8vo. Original drab boards, paper spine label. A history of naval warfare during the American Civil War, by a former Confederate officer, who was among the first American historians to use newspapers as an authoritative source. Still considered an authoritative source, despite the expected prejudice in favor of the Confederacy. Howes... View more info
By: Sweetman, Bill
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Crown Publishers: 1988
Seller ID: 2187717
ISBN: 0517548526
Condition: Near Fine
Sticker remnant on front endpaper. 1988 Large Hardcover. 56 pp. This is the workhorse of the RAF night campaign against Germany. Successor to ill-fated Manchester, it was like other British heavies in having one very large bomb bay, enclosed by two doors. This allowed a wide variety of loads: 250, 500, 1000, 4000, 8000 lb, all the way up to 22,000 lb 'Grand Slam' bomb (not to forget the Dam-buster bombs). Even the B-29 Superfortress used two separate bays. (See bay sideviews on p.23) Lancs were equipped with either four superb RR Merlin, or Bristol Hercules engines. It carried great loads, was... View more info
By: Taylor, John R.; Taylor, Michael J.H.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Collier Books: 1977
Seller ID: 2279600
ISBN: 0020806701
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. View more info
![Image for Text-Book of Ordnance and Gunnery [Textbook]](/assets/images/product/2262561.jpg)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 1917
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2262561
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. View more info
