The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Army Air Arsenal And Navy Air Depots (Corporation Report No. XIX, Airframes And Engines). -

Zalt-Bommel, Noman & Fils; Paris, Borrani, 1859. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. (vi), iv, vii, (i), iv, (ii), 720, 40, 20, viii, ii. Half-title, title, dedication, preface, introduction. Extra title-page, illustrated with allegorical motifs and printed in tinted lithograph. Plus 2 handsome plates in tinted lithograph, depicting battle scenes, and 3 fine lithographic portraits, all with facing tissue guards. Plus one full-page lithograph ordnance map with additional colour added by contemporary hand. Plus 6 large folding lithograph maps, one with additional colours added by contemporary hand to represent troop positions, all bound at rear. With 2 engraved maps, printed in letterpress, to the text. Footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half calf and pebbled cloth, spine richly decorated in gilt, cloth inner hinges, red ribbon signet; scattered foxing, corners rubbed, bumped. In about fine condition. Some leaves still unopened. A very handsome… Read More

Paris, Boussod, Valadon, 1892. Hardcover. .. Folio. Pp. viii, 168. Plus numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page, printed on different paper. Profusely illustrated throughout with text illustrations. Title printed in red and black; fine publisher's device. HARDCOVER, bound in the original, richly decorated crimson cloth, lettered and illustrated in gilt and green, spine decorated, gilt, some wear to ends, top edge gilt. Attractive copy in a very good condition. ~ Rare volume in the original publisher's binding. Provenance: Major General F. J. van Lier's copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf. --

Privately Printed, 1943 Tan decorated w/blue/yellow Ribbon of Honor. Inscribed, "To Miss Alice Wainwright with my compliments, Richard Derby March 8, 1943." Wake Island, The Fox Holes of Bataan, The Supreme Test of Valor, Subic Bay Saga, To Philip Billings, Brooksville Maine. very scarce. OCLC list 4 copies 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

London, United Kingdom: W Clowes & Son, 1839. Report commissioned by William IV shorly before his death and presented to Queen Victoria early in her reign. It led to 'The County Police Act 1839' (also known as The Rural Police Act) and was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act enabled Justices of the Peace in England and Wales to establish police forces in their counties. Contents present types of crime and the crime figures, the existing force, and arguments for a paid constabulary. CONDITION Professionally reboud with Red Moire bds, Black Leather blind tooled spine and tips with 5 raised bands, new eps, pp xi 416 no fold out plan though it appears not to have been included in original binding. Internally a nice bright copy, original front blanks rather spotted with a closed tear to one and contemporary name, slight stain to bottom edge of the odd page. Overall a very nice copy.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

New York: Orion Books, 1991. 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in FINE condition with bright boards and sound binding. Dust jacket is in NF condition - price clipped, trace edge wear noted, faint damp stain to rear cover else bright and intact. Book is signed by Gabreski & other members of the 56th Fighter Group including Paul Conger, Jerry Johnson, Joseph Bennett, Walker Mahurin & Harold Comstock. There is one other signature I am unable to identify. It could be Herschel Green, but I'm not 100%. These signatures are collected on a book plate to the FFE.

1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Softcover, VG w/slight wear, 1st edn thus, publisher is Uruguan, Debray herein analysed the tactical and strategic doctrines then prevailing among militant socialist movements in Latin America. It acted as a handbook for guerrilla warfare that supplemented Guevara's own manual on the subject. Shortly before Guevara was captured in Bolivia, 1967, Debray (also in Bolivia at the time) was imprisoned, convicted of having been part of Guevara's guerrilla group, and on November 17 sentenced to 30 years in prison. He was released in 1970 after an international campaign for his release which included Jean-Paul Sartre, Andre Malraux and General De Gaulle. This is a leftist publisher who is hard to obtain. Sprache: Spanish, 146pps, some of type is a bit faded.

Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover complicated subjects in a military manual for voluntary officer aspirants and officers of the reserve status of the foot artillery, 8th edition, German text, f/o map, 608pps + index, ads, 246 illustrations, interesting views of artillery strategies in light of the enormous use of this weaponry on the Western Front, two loosely inserted commentaries. VG, as some wear but clean, intact and gutters unhampered. Rare.

Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Hardcover. Small 4to. Khaki green cloth with black and blue lettering and black and blue pictorial front board stamping. xxii, 359pp, (1p). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild foxing to preliminary leaves. Tight, most attractive first edition of this divisional history of the famed group that distinguished itself in Italy. Tipped to inner flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from Delaney, 1p, 8¼" X 11", Washington, DC, 16 December 1946. Addressed to "Sir." Very good. Two original mailing folds. On "Infantry Journal" letterhead of the U.S. Infantry Association, Delaney writes: "Thank you very much for your interest in the preparation of the 88th Division history. It is a difficult task to gather material and I am grateful for the help you have furnished me. I am returning your photographs. Work on the book is going along well and we have scheduled it for publication and distribution in the Spring of 1947." Signed… Read More

Paperback with stapled binding 364 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket War Department December 22, 1942 printing. Nice, tight, square copy with a small tear to the top cover and some stains on covers. Previous owner's signature on cover and title page. The usual yellowing with minor signs of wear and/or age.The M3 Stuart, officially Light Tank, M3, was an American light tank of World War II. The Light Tank M5A1 was the ultimate development of the Stuart tank family. Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat.
This manual has two sections: Operating Instructions and Organization Instructions. First section is a detailed users manual describing how to operate the controls and armament of the M5A1 Stuart. Preventative maintenance, tools and equipment are described.
Section two contains detailed instructions for the repair of each system of the vehicle. Engine, electrical, transmission, tracks, suspension, hull and turret are… Read More

New York: D. van Nostrand, 1865. Hardcover . Used - fine. Small 8vo. Blue blindstamped covers with 3”x 3” illustration of a masted ship in gilt by John Feely. Rear board with same blindstamped ship illustration in reverse. Spine toned, but gilt title and publisher bright. Previous owner’s name on front pastedown and first blank.