Search Results: Titles starting with J from DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books

New York: Eaton & Mains, 1903. 319pp/illus. Church library stamps. Spine frayed.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1947. 380pp/index/frontis. Clean. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 298pp/illus/map. Record of Crane Pacific Expedition 1928-1929. Several color bird/wildlife illus. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr, 1977. 157 pp with 27 b/w illustrations. Fp: London apprentice being carried off by the press gang.. Life on the Lower Deck in the classical days of the sailing navy, by an "ordinary Jack-tar in Nelson's Navy". Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1987. 358 pages with several photos. Autobiography of one of America's most famous aviatrixes.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Book has 512 pages with some b&w photographs. A biography of Jackie Robinson based on information from his widow and from his personal letters. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: Naval Records Society, 1971. 319 p. , [3] leaves. : port. ;Includes index. Bibliography: p. X. Series: Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v.116. Subject: Royal Navy - Procurement - History. Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - Great Britain Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: George Braziller, 1955. 46 pp plus 233 illus. Study of Callot, one of the greatest ever graphic artists & father of French etching, whose work offers a mine of information for social historians. 233 of his works are reproduced here. Previous owner name inside front cover. Text clean. DJ has light wear.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. A documentary of the island of Jamaica, West Indies, with text, pen & ink drawings, and designs; introduction by John P. Marquand. Dust jacket chipped but intact with portion at head of spine missing, 4to halfbound (horizontally) in salmon and beige cloth, 25 full-page pen-and-ink drawings, 50 unnumbered pages, Remains of price tag on dj.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good(-). Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

United Kingdom: Sanctuary Pub Ltd, 2000. 239pp/illus. Author Foehr talked to internationally-renowned reggae stars at home & in the studios of Kingston, sought out Kumina dancers, Nyabinghi drummers, Rasta priests & Maroon musicians in order to explain reggae’s roots. The book is as much an evocative travelogue as a journey into the island’s unique music. "A voyage of discovery for music-lovers & travelers alike." Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: MacMillan, 1964. 397pp/illus. FDR's Sec. of the Navy during latter part of WWII & 1st U.S. Sec. of Defense under Truman, Forrestal committed suicide in May 1949 after his "resignation under fire.". Wear to dj.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good(-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Richmond, VA: VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE , 1950. 843pp/illus/maps (several fold-out). An exhaustive survey and history of the James River. Clean almost like new.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Arco Publishing, 1970. Approx 450pp. B&w illus. & ads. Green cloth iwith dust jacket, Oblong. Some wear to edge Fighting Ships Part I.- The Navies of the World: the Great Powers in Order of Strength the Coast Defense Navies in Geographical Order Part II.-Special contributions by Admiral Sir John I. Hopkinds, G.C.B. Rear-Admiral Nebogatoff, I.R.N. (cont.) Colonel Cunibertl, R.I.N. C. de Grave Sells, M. Inst.C.E. Commander Hovgaard, R.D.N. H. Reuterdah, U.S.N.I. and others. Clean. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

New York: MacMillan, 1943. 62 p. adv, 582pp. Quarto. Illustrated with numerous photos (including frontispiece), drawings and statistics. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Covers slightly rubbed with slight wear to extremties. Clean Rare. Original Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong). .

London: London: McGraw-Hill, 1972, 1972. Cloth. Very Good(-)/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book has 792 pages heavily illustrated. Cover has a small amount of wear to edges. Book use to be in Navy Library. No number on spine but a few stamps inside the book. Also it belonged to Office of Naval Intelligence (Underseas Warfare) - there are a few stamps in the book for this too. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED - In the U.S. please add $5.00 to shipping charge. Overseas, please email for postal quote.. Cloth. Very Good(-)/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.: Janes Information Group, 1994. 755pp/illus/diagrams. Detailed info on various military trucks/vehicles worldwide. Clean. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1977. 437 pages with numerous illustrations. Details on all current armoured vehicles. Includes specs on each.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. 295 pages with 237 plates produced in six-color lithography illustrating Japan's complex history. . 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good(-). Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha , 1993. 1,924pp/illus/maps. 2 volume set. Nearly 100 feature articles and pictorial essays also enliven the text and expand of subjects of particular interest. In addition to the specialized maps that accompany many articles, the use of full color has permitted the inclusion of a detailed atlas of Japan. Other supplementary materials include a topical reader's guide to the encyclopedia, a chronological table of Japanese history, a bibliography of major works in English on Japan, and a bilingual index of entry titles. Text clean, no marks.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: MacMillan, 1904. 549pp/color frontis. Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), arguably one of the greatest Western writers of Japanese subject matter, died just prior to the publication of this final and perhaps best-known work; he had lived the last 13 years of his life in Japan, immersing himself completely in Japanese culture and, eventually adopting a Japanese name, Yakumo Koizumi. Disillusioned with modern Western society, Hearn adopted the Buddhist religion and became a naturalized Japanese citizen; he learned fluent Japanese in a remarkably short time and became one of the first non-Japanese to be appointed as a lecturer at Tokyo University. First publication with appendix. Corners bumped.. 4th Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.