Search Results: History Military from Sandhill Books

32d Inf Division, no date, 1945?. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. 30pp, illustrations, maps, 26cm tall, quarto. A summary of the Red Arrow Division's campaigns against the Japanese in Papua, New Guinea, and Philippines.

New York: 32d Infantry Division, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket. Blue cloth with red arrow logo of the 32d, unpaged, about 360 pages, 11.5-in tall. Map endpapers showing combat operations of the 32d during WWI and WWII. Divisional yearbook for 1961-1962 when the 32d of Wisconsin was called to active duty at Fort Lewis, Washington during the Berlin crisis. Smidgeon of wear at the tips, small reddish spot to rear cover, internally fine.

Jack H. Bozung, 1946. Softcover. Good. Unpaged, about 80 pages, 11-in tall, photographs with captions throughout, no text. Frontispiece portrait of Lt. General James Doolittle, commander of the 8th army air force in England. 20 pages of photographs of the "Mighty 8th" in World War 2 action. A centerfold graphic showing the air divisions, combat bombardment wings, and bomb groups. Also, many photos of London, Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, and other English towns. Covers with brown tone at edges, soil. Fine internally.

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute, 1986. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. v, 70 p, illustrations many photographs and maps, 23 cm tall, octavo. A very good copy that shows just a touch of soil on the covers.

Published by the author. Softcover. Very Good. 166 pages, 11-in tall, profusely illustrated. Reprints of the 1943 and 1946 quartermaster supply catalogs for WACs' and nurses' clothing and equipment; reprint of Mary Steele Ross' 1943 "American Women in Uniform"; reprint of the 1945 prescribed service uniform for women personnel of the army. Covers with just a bit of soil.

Madison, Wisconsin: Roger H. Hunt, 1993. Reprint. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. 54, [22] p, 21cm tall, octavo. Facsimile reprint of a book published in 1865 in Milwaukee by the Daily Wisconsin Steam Printing House. Includes a "list of the Andersonville dead, giving the number of grave, name, rank, company and regiment, date of death and disease, of all the Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota soldiers, who died there during the summer of 1864.

United States Army, 1945. Softcover. Very Good. Gray wraps, 101 pages, 12-in tall. An atlas with 98 full-page maps showing the war against Japan and the war against Germany in half month intervals from 1 July 1943 to 15 August 1945. A supplement to the Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1945 to the Secretary of War. Covers with minor soil, minor wear. Internally fine.

Published by the author, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. 173 pages, 9-in tall, many photographs. An account of the Battle of the Bulge based on General Patton's diary and the memory of German Brigadier General Wagener. Published for the 30th anniversary of the battle. An unworn copy with minor soil to rear wrap.

Harlo Press, 1984, c1975. third printing. Hardcover in fine condition in very good dust jacket. Red cloth, 199 pages, 9 in tall, bibliography and index. Illustrated with maps. Author's signature on half-title page. "A factual account of the war between the states as it occurred in the bayou country of Louisiana." The unworn dust jacket shows a small soil spot at tail of spine panel.

Privately Printed, 1978. Fine/No Jacket. 108 p, illustrations, maps, 21 cm tall, octavo. Bound in blue cloth boards, gilt title on front and spine, 1500 copies printed. Chapman's Fort was a small earthwork along the Ashepoo River in South Carolina between Charleston and Savannah.

Sesqui-Centennial Celebration Committee, 1930. Softcover in good condition. Frontispiece map of positions of American and British troops, 47 pages, 8 in tall. "With brief accounts of previous celebrations, illustrations showing the battlefield and monuments and interesting data concerning the 150th anniversary celebration to be held on the battleground October 7, 1930." A clean copy with a corner bump affecting the covers and interior leaves.

Cairo: Middle East Research Centre, 1956. Softcover. Fair. White wraps and green title, 152 pages, 8-in tall. Collection of diplomatic documents and statements relating to the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956. Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, and Britain, France, and Israel responded militarily. Covers with soil, head and tail of spine show 1-in paper loss. Age-toned leaves. Binding firm, no loose pages.

Inkwell Printers, 2005. first printing. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated with photographs, 44 pages, 8.5-in tall. Author's signature on title page. Paulson flew cargo planes over the Himalaya Mountains (the Hump) to deliver much-needed supplies to the Chinese, who were fighting against the invading Japanese during World War 2.

Ducimus Books, no date. Softcover. Fine. 21 pages, 10-in tall. Illustrated with many photos and schematic drawings. Features Blenheim bombers produced by the Bristol Aircraft Company, many of the 2 engine Blenheims were converted to fighters.

Norman, Oklahoma: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1989. first edition. Hardcover. Very good/fine. Roy Grinnell illus. pp xxii, 415, many illustrations, 22cm tall, octavo. Ownership signature on endpaper, else is fine.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1944. third printing. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Biege cloth, 274 pages, 8.5-in tall, map endpapers, index. 16 pages of photographs and 2 maps. A record in text and photos of World War II destroyer action against the Japanese. Light discoloration at spine tail, small soil spot to the edge of front cover.

Le Memorial De Caen, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. 199p, illustrations, 26cm tall, quarto oblong.

Charleston: History Press, 2011. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. 224 pages, 9 in tall. This account of the lead shot tower in Dubuque, Iowa was authored by students of Central Alternative High School. Editor's signature on title page, student author signatures at many chapter headings.

Greeley, Colorado: Werner Publications, 1981. first edition. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. 119 pages, photos, maps, and portraits, 23cm tall, octavo. Illustrated card covers with red title. Signed by author on title page. Account of a battle that was fought near Kaycee, Wyoming five months after the defeat of General Custer. Small sticker ghost on rear cover, otherwise a fine copy.

Washington: Potomac Books, 2007. Fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. Bibliography and index, xvi and 188 pages, 21cm tall, octavo. In the fall of 1863 the Pacific Squadron of Imperial Russia arrived in San Francisco harbor for an important, year-long visit.