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Campaigning With Crook and Stories of Army Lifeby: King, Captain Charles

Campaigning With Crook and Stories of Army Life
by: King, Captain Charles

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering and design, 295 pages, frontispiece portrait of author. The Indian War of 1876 in the Big Horn and Yellowstone campaigns. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Light fraying to bottom of spine otherwise very good, clean.

Record # 412182

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Campaigning with Grant (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Porte, Horace

Campaigning with Grant (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Porte, Horace

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 546 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.In 1863 Horace Porter, then a captain, met Ulysses S. Grant as Grant commenced the campaign that would break the Confederate siege at Chattanooga. After a brief stint in Washington, Porter rejoined Grant, who was now in command of all Union forces, and served with him as a staff aide until the end of the war. Porter was at Appomattox as a brevet brigadier general, and this work, written from notes taken in the field, is his eyewitness account of the great struggle between Lee and Grant that led to the defeat of the Confederacy.

Record # 372365

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Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Townsend, George Alfred

Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Townsend, George Alfred

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. Facsimilie reprint of the 1866 edition.

Record # 372356

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Canada's Road to the Pacific War: Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisisby: Wilford, Timothy

Canada's Road to the Pacific War: Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis
by: Wilford, Timothy

Softcover. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 286 pages, b&w illustrations. In December 1941, Japan attacked multiple targets in the Far East and the Pacific, including Canadian battalions in Hong Kong. This intriguing account of Canadian intelligence gathering and strategic planning on the eve of the crisis dispels the assumption that the Allies were totally unprepared for war. Canadians worked closely with their US and Allied counterparts to uncover Japan's intentions and to develop a strategic plan for defence. By highlighting Canada's role as a Pacific power, this book sheds new light both on the Pacific War and on events that led to the creation of the Grand Alliance. Clean copy.

Record # 379719

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Captured Not Conquered: The American POW Experience in the First World Warby: Colonel Greg Eanes

Captured Not Conquered: The American POW Experience in the First World War
by: Colonel Greg Eanes

Softcover. Crewe VA, E & H Publishing, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 465 pages, b&w illustrations. Captured, Not Conquered is a survey history of the American prisoner of war experience in the First World War. It encompasses U.S. forces as well as Americans in foreign service. It contains tables, charts and photographs from official records and documents over 100 escapes from Imperial German captivity. It documents German intelligence interrogation tactics, techniques and procedures, Allied intelligence activities, POW life and treatment and the evolution of POW intelligence. Includes bibliography, notes and index. Clean copy.

Record # 382507

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Carolinian goes to war: the Civil War narrative of Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General, C.S.A, Aby: Manigault, Arthur Middleton

Carolinian goes to war: the Civil War narrative of Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General, C.S.A, A
by: Manigault, Arthur Middleton

Hardcover. Columbia, S.C., University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Columbia, S.C., University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 344 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Gilt titles on spine. Decorative stain to top edge. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467670

Record # 467670

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Cheyennes and Horse Soldiers: The 1857 Expedition and the Battle of Solomon's Forkby: Chalfant, William Y.

Cheyennes and Horse Soldiers: The 1857 Expedition and the Battle of Solomon's Fork
by: Chalfant, William Y.

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press (, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 415 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket, creases to front flap. Light soiling to edges. Else a clean, tight copy. The first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Cheyenne Indians took place on the south fork of the Solomon River in present-day northwest Kansas. In this stirring account, William Y. Chalfant recreates the human dimensions of what was probably the only large-unit sabre charge against the Plains tribes, in a battle that was as much a clash of cultures as of cavalry and Cheyenne warriors.

Record # 451434

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Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945by: Copp, Terry

Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
by: Copp, Terry

Hardcover. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 407 pages, b&w illustrations. In his controversial and award-winning 2003 book Fields of Fire, Terry Copp offered a stunning reversal of accepted military history, challenging the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a failure. Cinderella Army continues the story of the operations carried out by the First Canadian Army in the last nine months of the war, and extends the argument developed in Fields of Fire that "the achievement of the Allied and especially the Canadian armies... has been greatly underrated while the effectiveness of the German army has been greatly exaggerated." Copp supports this argument with research conducted on numerous trips to the battlefields of France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. His detailed knowledge of the battlefield terrain, along with contemporary maps and air photos, allows Copp to explore the defensive positions that Canadian soldiers were required to overcome, and to illustrate how impressive their achievements truly were. Clean copy.

Record # 379018

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Cities and Camps of the Confederate Statesby: Fitzgerald Ross, Editor: Richard Barksdale Harwell

Cities and Camps of the Confederate States
by: Fitzgerald Ross, Editor: Richard Barksdale Harwell

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 262 pages, b&w illustrations. A studied volume by an English military man and on-site witness to many of the events of the American Civil War enhanced with 16 pages of contemporary B&W photographs and drawings. The book was originally published in the 1860s and is one of the finest and most informative of the few records left by outside observers of the Confederacy in its own time. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 397522

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Citizen-Soldier, The; Or, Memoirs of a Volunteer (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Beatty, John

Citizen-Soldier, The; Or, Memoirs of a Volunteer (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Beatty, John

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 401 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. This is one of the more impressive (and unfortunately little known) records of the American Civil War. John Beatty was a lawyer from Ohio who joined the Union Army when the South seceded. He started his service in western Virginia under General George B. McClellan. Although McClellan would later become one of the most well-known generals of the war, it was here that he first achieved the prominence that would lead to Lincoln promoting him to head Union forces on two separate occasions. Beatty, however, was clearly not enamored of McClellan. His journal opens with a description of arriving in one of the local railroad communities and subsequent entries describe the minutiae of camp life. Beatty is relatively unique among memoirists in that his book is largely a transcription of his original diary. As a result, his recollections are of recent events and have a degree of candor not present in many post-bellum narratives.

Record # 372370

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Civil War Diaries of Major John M. Deane: 1861-1865by: John Milton Deane

Civil War Diaries of Major John M. Deane: 1861-1865
by: John Milton Deane

Softcover. Freetown MA, Freetown Historical Society, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light gray wrappers, 327 pages. John Milton Deane (January 8, 1840 - September 2, 1914), was an American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient and a major in the United States Army. Deane was born in Assonet, Massachusetts to John and Lydia (Andros) Deane. The diary he kept is here type-written out in chronological order. B&w photo of Deane as a Lieutenant in 1863. Clean, like new.

Record # 374034

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Civil War: A Narrative - 3 Volumes, Theby: Foote, Shelby

Civil War: A Narrative - 3 Volumes, The
by: Foote, Shelby

Hardcover. New York, Random House, Reprint, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Volume 1 - 840 pages. Dust jacket shows light wear, with chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 988 pages. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Clean, tight copy. Volume 3 - 1106 pages. Clean, tight copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 608420

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Clandestine Parachute Pick-Up Operationsby: Perquin, Jean-Louis

Clandestine Parachute Pick-Up Operations
by: Perquin, Jean-Louis

Softcover. Paris, Histoire and Collections, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 132 pages. profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This second volume of the collection Resistance is devoted to the parachuting and picking up of agents, from 1940 to 1944. It is a gripping frieze of these operations and a vigorous tribute to those heroes of the resistance whom the author describes here, using both his extensive personal documentation, connections among the veterans and many museum conservators throughout Europe. The reconstitution is rigorous and the information precise about both material and methods, and the wealth of pictures will live up to the expectations of most enlightened amateurs. But above all, each reader can discover the personal life stories more intimately, from the training exercises in England awaiting departure, to the sacrifices made so freely in carrying out the missions. Clean copy.

Record # 397846

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Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43by: Feuer, A.B.

Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43
by: Feuer, A.B.

Softcover. Mechanicsburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st pbk, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers -- for the most part, Australian civilians -- monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs. Clean copy.

Record # 397911

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Cole's Cavalry; or, Three Years in the Saddle in the Shenandoah Valleyby: Newcomer, C. Armour

Cole's Cavalry; or, Three Years in the Saddle in the Shenandoah Valley
by: Newcomer, C. Armour

Hardcover. Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 165 pages. Blue cloth cover, very light wear to corners and edges, bottom edge slightly bumped. Some foxing and shadowing on front and rear endpages, otherwise inside is bright and clean. Three pages have light markings by previous owner, otherwise inside in unmarked. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 853263

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Colonial Riflemen in the American Revolutionby: Huddleston, Joe D.

Colonial Riflemen in the American Revolution
by: Huddleston, Joe D.

Hardcover. York, George Shumway, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 71 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Stain along dust jacket spine and edge of front and rear dust jacket cover. No slipcase. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611411

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Commodore Paul Jonesby: Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Commodore Paul Jones
by: Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Hardcover. New York, Appleton & Co., 1st, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth with gilt and b&w decoration, 480 pages. Top edge gilt. Front and rear hinges tender. Cloth covers rubbed at corners and along edges. Clean copy.

Record # 354091

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Confederate Operations in Canada and New York (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Headley, John W.

Confederate Operations in Canada and New York (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Headley, John W.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. A well written and well thought out story of the Confederate Secret Service. Headley tells the little known and forgotten story of Confederate operations in Canada.

Record # 372353

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Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 4)by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 4)
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2nd pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume IV in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 307 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386585

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Countdown! 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germanyby: Koger, Fred

Countdown! 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany
by: Koger, Fred

Hardcover. New York, Algonquin Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230202

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Coups and Army Rule in Africa: Studies in Military Styleby: Decalo, Samuel

Coups and Army Rule in Africa: Studies in Military Style
by: Decalo, Samuel

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 284 pages. Samuel Decalo presents detailed evidence from Dahomey, Togo, Congo/Brazzaville, and Uganda that African military coups are engineered by coteries of cliques composed of ambitious officers seeking self-advancement. He successfully refutes prevailing theories that military rule has fostered socioeconomic or political development or stability. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 387756

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Crossbow, The: Mediaeval and Modern, Military and Sporting, It's Construction, History & Managementby: Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph

Crossbow, The: Mediaeval and Modern, Military and Sporting, It's Construction, History & Management
by: Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph

Hardcover. New York, Bramhall House, 2nd Printing, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. Illustrations throughout, with a treatise on The Balista and Catapult of the Ancients and an appendix on The Catapult, Balista and the Turkish Bow. Dust jacket soiled and worn, foxing on top edge, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 854284

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Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns, Theby: Davis, Richard Harding

Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns, The
by: Davis, Richard Harding

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth covers stamped in blue and red, 360 pages. 116 b&w photos throughout, color maps in rear. In 1898 America intervened in the Cuban War of Independence, leading to conflict with Spain. This is a detailed account of this campaign, together with American military sea and land operations on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War. Cloth spine darkened otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 412080

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Curtail'd Memoir of Incidents and Occurrences in the Life of John Surman Carden: Vice-Admiral in the British Navy. Written by Himself 1850by: Carden, John Surman and

Curtail'd Memoir of Incidents and Occurrences in the Life of John Surman Carden: Vice-Admiral in the British Navy. Written by Himself 1850
by: Carden, John Surman and

Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, illustrated with 2 portrait plates and a diagram. Gilt ruled brick-red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Edited by Atkinson. Bright, tight copy.

Record # 403684

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Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrativeby: Carroll, John M. (Comp. & Ed. )

Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrative
by: Carroll, John M. (Comp. & Ed. )

Hardcover. NY, Sol Lewis & Liveright, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth boards and spine with silver letters over a red background on spine. 288 pages, b&w illustrations. The author has provided a new interpretation of General Custer's tenure in Texas following the Civil War where he comes to life as a wise and successful military leader during Reconstruction. This is the first work that focuses entirely on Custer's tenure in the Lone Star State the first to detail his successful stay in Austin. No dust jacket.

Record # 359031

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Customs Of Service for Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers as Derived from Law and Regulations and Practised in the Army of the United States by: Kautz, August V.

Customs Of Service for Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers as Derived from Law and Regulations and Practised in the Army of the United States
by: Kautz, August V.<

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 2nd Ed., 1865, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 4" x 6 1/4", 303 pages including index. A detailed instructional guide for the Civil War era soldier. Copyright page states 1964, title page says 1865. Probably a second edition. Still scarce in this nice condition. A few pages with dog ears, previous owner's pencil signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 412231

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Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Pittenger, William

Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Pittenger, William

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Light scuffing to fore edge gilt. Otherwise, clean, tight copy. A History of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862, Embracing a Full and Accurate Account of the Secret Journey to the Heart of the Confederacy, the Capture of a Railway Train in a Confederate Camp, the Terrible Chase that Followed, and the Subsequent Fortunes of the Leader and His Party. Reprint of the 1877 edition.

Record # 372357

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Das Ende 1945 Der verdammte Kriegby: Guido Knopp

Das Ende 1945 Der verdammte Krieg
by: Guido Knopp

Hardcover. Munchen GR%, C. Bertelsmann, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 255 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. GERMAN TEXT.

Record # 374153

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Dear Wife: The Civil War Letters of Chester K. Leachby: Feidner, Edward (Ed.)

Dear Wife: The Civil War Letters of Chester K. Leach
by: Feidner, Edward (Ed.)

Softcover. Burlington VT, University of Vermont, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 231 pages plus 9 pages of photos from the Leach family album. These 200+ letters were written during the Civil War to Leach's wife, Ann Leach, from June 1861 - June 1864. Leach's hometown was Fletcher, Vermont and many members of Fletcher, as well as surrounding towns of Fairfax and Fairfield, enlisted in what would become Company H of the 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It has been reported that during the Civil War, at least one out of every five military aged Vermont males served at some time. Leach gives his (and his Regiment's) opinion on the war as well as details history about developments, strategies, and occurrences. The close of the book also features 30+ pages titled "Who is Who." This is a large listing of Vermont Civil War soldiers, their rank, and details with dates (enlisted, commissioned, discharged, wounded, died, mustered, taken prisoner, etc.) INSCRIBED BY FEIDNER on the title page. Some sun fading to front cover, otherwise very good, clean. Newspaper review laid in.

Record # 387384

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Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima by: Lifton, Robert Jay

Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima
by: Lifton, Robert Jay

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 594 pages. In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion"--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age. Small notation on dj flap otherwise clean.

Record # 387335

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Dedication of the Statue to Brevet Major-General William Wells and the Officers and Men of the First Regimanet Vermont Cavalryby: N/A

Dedication of the Statue to Brevet Major-General William Wells and the Officers and Men of the First Regimanet Vermont Cavalry
by: N/A

Hardcover. np, Privately printed, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Light edgewear to covers.

Record # 368314

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Destruction and Reconstruction - Personal experiences of the late war (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Taylor, Richard

Destruction and Reconstruction - Personal experiences of the late war (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Taylor, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 274 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. This memoir by Confederate General Richard Taylor is usually considered one of the best and least biased by a general officer. The work is full of considered analysis on both the strategy of the war and the personalities of his fellow officers. Taylor is always fair in his criticism and seems to have no real scores to settle. While he makes little mention of his own talents, his tactical brilliance and strategic insight does shine through. Many contemporaries said Richard Taylor was one of the best soldiers of the war, but he is comparatively little known due to his posting to peripheral theaters. While he was a man of his time, the work (with the exception of some of his Reconstruction writings) is much less tainted by Lost Cause polemics than most Confederate memoirs.

Record # 372374

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Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: McCarthy, Carlton

Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: McCarthy, Carlton

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. This Civil War classic of soldiering in the ranks debunks all the romantic notions of war. Like his Northern counterpart, the Confederate soldier fought against bullets, starvation, miserable weather, disease, and mental strain. But the experience was perhaps even worse for Johnny Reb because of the odds against him. Never as well equipped and provisioned as the Yankee, he nevertheless performed heroically. Carlton McCarthy, a private in the Army of Northern Virginia, describes the not-always-regular rations, various improvisations in clothing and weaponry, etc.

Record # 372355

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Dewey and Other Naval Commandersby: Ellis, Edward S.

Dewey and Other Naval Commanders
by: Ellis, Edward S.

Hardcover. New York, Hovendon & Co., 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 366 pages. Blue cloth covers with bright gilt and 3-color design. Illustrated with black & white engravings and color plates. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Light fraying at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 354245

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Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal by: Ewald, Johann Von

Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal
by: Ewald, Johann Von

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 467 pages, b&w illustrations. Translated from the German and edited by Joseph P. Tustin. Johann Ewald was acknowledged by the British for whom and with whom he fought in the American Revolution as one of the best light infantry officers (termed outpost officers) in their service. A dedicated, trained professional from Hesse-Cassel, who was 'hired out' by his sovereign for the American War, he knew his job 'from muzzle to butt plate' and was an excellent leader of men, as well as a shrewd observer of what he saw. Fortunately for us, he also wrote all of it down. This book is one of the most valuable memoirs of the period. The petite guerre (little war), also called partisan warfare, of the period is of great importance in understanding the picture of the whole for the War of the Revolution. The jagers that Ewald commanded were also some of the most deadly light infantry in the world at the time, and they were greatly feared by their American opponents. Armed with short German hunting rifles and dressed in green and brown, they not only blended in with their surroundings, but they served in almost every action and battle of the war. Ewald's direct, observant prose paints a vivid picture of the war, his British comrades, and his American opponents. He respected the Americans, especially their officers' attempt at becoming more professional as the war progressed, exemplified by the military books and treatises they read, which Ewald saw from time to time as he came across captured officers' baggage. he was amazed at the American attempts, which he noted were sadly lacking in his brother British officers. He noted this with care. Ewald ended up in the surrender at Yorktown and was eventually sent home to Germany. Light fading to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 397482

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Eisenhower and Berlin 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbeby: Stephen E. Ambrose

Eisenhower and Berlin 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe
by: Stephen E. Ambrose

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 119 pages, maps, index. As WWII ground to a close, whose forces would be the first to reach Berlin? General Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of the British and American armies, chose to halt at the Elbe River and leave Berlin to the Red Army. Could he have beaten the Russians to Berlin? If so, why didn't he? If he had, would the Berlin question have arisen? Would Germany have been divided as it was? Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397204

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Entscheidung Stalingrad-Das Buch zur TV Reihe Der verdammte Krieg by: Guido Knopp

Entscheidung Stalingrad-Das Buch zur TV Reihe Der verdammte Krieg
by: Guido Knopp

Hardcover. Munchen GR%, C. Bertelsmann, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 255 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, text illustrations., maps, bibliog., Foreword by Lew Kopelew. GERMAN TEXT. Highly pictorial account of the disastrous German campaign 1942-43. Cllean copy.

Record # 374152

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Equestrian Statue of Major-General Joseph Hooker, Theby: N/A

Equestrian Statue of Major-General Joseph Hooker, The
by: N/A

Hardcover. Boston, Wright & Potter/ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 202 pages, b&w illustrations. Brown cloth binding with gilt decoration. Some rubbing, light residue to covers, back hinge partially cracked. Interior very good.

Record # 405470

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Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building: A Major Investigation of the Historical Link Between American Racism and Expansionism (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)by:

Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building: A Major Investigation of the Historical Link Between American Racism and Expansionism (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
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Softcover. New York, New American Library, 1st Edition, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 571 pages. Softcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper has some slight tanning, very good. Pages clean and unmarked. In very good shape.

Record # 32853

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Failing Our Veterans: The G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generationby: Mark Boulton

Failing Our Veterans: The G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation
by: Mark Boulton

Hardcover. NY, NYU Press , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, no dust jacket issued, 272 pages. Returning Vietnam veterans had every reason to expect that the government would take care of their readjustment needs in the same way it had done for veterans of both World War II and Korea. But the Vietnam generation soon discovered that their G.I. Bills fell well short of what many of them believed they had earned. Mark Boulton's groundbreaking study provides the first analysis of the legislative debates surrounding the education benefits offered under the Vietnam-era G.I. Bills. Specifically, the book explores why legislators from both ends of the political spectrum failed to provide Vietnam veterans the same generous compensation offered to veterans of previous wars. Clean copy.

Record # 378823

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First World War N/R UKby: Gilbert, M

First World War N/R UK
by: Gilbert, M

Hardcover. Canada, Stoddart Publishing, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 616 pages, b&w photos. Minor wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 454091

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First World War, The : 1914-1918 - Personal Experiences of Lieut. Col. C.A. Court Repington (2 Volumes)by: Repington, Colonel

First World War, The : 1914-1918 - Personal Experiences of Lieut. Col. C.A. Court Repington (2 Volumes)
by: Repington, Colonel

Hardcover. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st US, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, TWO VOLUMES. Volume I, 621 pages. Volume II, 581 pages. In depth history of WWI. In very good condition, some wear to maroon boards and soiled edges of pages. Otherwise clean and well-bound. Pages unmarked.

Record # 808050

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Fix Bayonets!by: Thomason, Jr, John W

Fix Bayonets!
by: Thomason, Jr, John W

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, salmon-color pictorial boards with green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated by author with color frontis. and many b&w plates and text drawings, Thomason's semi-fictionalized first book, based on his own experiences as a career officer in the Marines as part of the AEF. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover and on blank preim page. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383365

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Fix Bayonets!by: Thomason, Jr, John W

Fix Bayonets!
by: Thomason, Jr, John W

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, salmon-color pictorial boards with green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated by author with color frontis. and many b&w plates and text drawings, Thomason's semi-fictionalized first book, based on his own experiences as a career officer in the Marines as part of the AEF. A clean, bright copy.

Record # 397429

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Flying Tigers, The: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japanby: Kleiner, Sam

Flying Tigers, The: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan
by: Kleiner, Sam

Hardcover. New York, Penguin Publishing Group, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230234

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Fort Huachuca by: Price, Ethel Jackson

Fort Huachuca
by: Price, Ethel Jackson

Softcover. Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, b&w photos throughout. At the foot of the Huachuca Mountains, the U.S. Army founded one of the most crucial military posts for American expansion into the southwest frontier. Soldiers had been stationed in the region for decades, but in 1877 Fort Huachuca became the symbolic cornerstone of America's western domain. The Native American word huachuca, meaning "place of thunder," described the sporadic but marvelous electrical storms in the area, but the skies would not be the only thing booming. During the tumultuous campaigns to resolve American and Indian disputes, the U.S. infantry and famed Buffalo Soldiers faced off with Geronimo and his Apache nation in both tense negotiations and bitter combat. As time marched on, the fort developed into a permanent installation with barracks, modern training grounds, and other facilities to accommodate troop rotations and eventually became the innovative Center for Military Intelligence. Clean copy.

Record # 381576

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Forward-March!: The Photographic Record of America in the World War and the Post War Social Upheaval (Volumes 1 and 2) SIGNED COPYby: Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wils

Forward-March!: The Photographic Record of America in the World War and the Post War Social Upheaval (Volumes 1 and 2) SIGNED COPY
by: Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wils

Hardcover. Chicago, The Disabled Veterans of the World War, reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes complete, 496 pages total. INSCRIBED BY MACKEY on title page. Matching hardcover volumes in blue striped moire cloth boards with silvered title and ornament on front; silvered ornament on spine. No dust jackets, as issued. Both books are crisp and clean and almost as new, with barely any wear at all. Interior pages are in fine condition, with page after page of photos and maps documenting the First World War and its aftermath. Produced by the Disabled Veterans of the World War, Department of Rehabilitation. Folio. The two volumes are numbers sequentially. Volume 2 concludes with a Pronouncing Dictionary of War Names and a bibliography. Very heavy-- about 12 pounds; will require substantial additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

Record # 408975

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Four Acesby: Burtis, Thomson

Four Aces
by: Burtis, Thomson

Hardcover. New York, Gosset & Dunlap, Reprint, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Pages age darkened. Green cloth covers. Dust jacket with light wear along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610144

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Four Years in Rebel Capitals (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: DeLeon, Thomas Cooper

Four Years in Rebel Capitals (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: DeLeon, Thomas Cooper

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 372366

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From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williamsby: Quaife (Ed.), Milo M.

From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williams
by: Quaife (Ed.), Milo M.

Hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State University Press , 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 405 pages, b&w illustrations. Gray cloth covers with blue decoration and lettering. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise very good.

Record # 405825

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