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Messerschmitt Bf 109 F, G, & K Series: An Illustrated Study
by Jochen Prien and Peter Rodeike  Publisher Comments This beautiful book details with text and many previously unpublished photographs the later variants of the Bf 109. The high standard associated with Schiffer Military History books is fully evidenced by the cloth-bound boards and high quality paper...
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Rare Books: $120.00 Slipcase
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U-Boat War in the Atlantic 1939-1945: German Naval History
by Great Britain Ministry of Defence Notes Slipcased set w/trade portfolio containing Diagrams from the Original Volumes & an oversized hardcover book bound in gray cloth w/silver title,etc. on spine. Fine/NI(These 2 volumes & the slipcase are in As New condition.)ISBN: 0-11-772603-6...
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Rare Books: $150.00 Hardcover
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The Adventures of an American Doughboy 1st Edition
by William Brown Notes Tacoma: Press of Smith-Kinney Co., (1919). Octavo, 14x20cm. 77pp. First edition. Original red cloth, front board stamped in gilt, both boards panelled in blind. Portrait frontispiece, plus 7 black & white photographic plates. No dust jacket. Compiled and...
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Rare Books: $150.00 Set Hardcover
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Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan 2 Volumes 1st Edition
by P. H. Sheridan Notes New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. 2 volumes. Octavo, 15x23cm. xiii,[i],500pp; xi,[i],486pp. First edition. Original pictorial green cloth, front boards and spines stamped in gilt. No dust jackets. Floral patterned endpapers. Cloth stained...
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Rare Books: $1800.00 Hardcover
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History of the Tenth Cavalry: 1st Edition
by E.L.N. Glass Notes (Tuscon: Acme Printing Company) 1921 First edition in gilt & blind stamped limp leatherette; 141pp. plus four pages of black & white photos. Company insignia of a buffalo & the motto, "Ready & Forward," on the front board & as tipped in frontis piece...
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Rare Books: $500.00 Hardcover
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The Day Fighters: A Photographic History of the German Tagjaeger 1934-1945
by Werner Held From Powells.com Werner Held has done a good job of selecting photographs that are less well known, and he has thus provided unusual views of the Luftwaffe day fighters in the pre-war period, with the Legion Condor in Spain, and in every theater during the Second...
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Rare Books: $200.00 Hardcover
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The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde 2 Volumes 1st Edition
by Lawrence Shadwell Notes Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1881. 2 volumes. Octavo, 158x227mm. xvii,[i],457pp; x,[ii],489pp. First edition. Although both volumes appear to be in their original red cloth, with spines uniformly stamped in gilt and boards uniformly stamped in...
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Rare Books: $150.00 Hardcover
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Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II
by Mark A Bando Notes Photo-illustrated glossy paper-covered boards. Fair/NI(Magazine review taped to FPEP;Previous owner's address sticker at bottom of FFEP;Writing & highlighting on pg.IV. Highlighting also common on pgs 1-40, & 250-300 (approx 25 pgs total in second batch,...
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Rare Books: $150.00 Hardcover
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A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee 1st Edition
by John Esten Cooke Notes New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Octavo, 16 x 23 cm. vi, 577pp, [4pp ads]. First edition. Original green cloth over bevelled boards, spine and front board stamped in gilt, front board paneled in blind. Engraved frontispiece; several maps (one...
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Rare Books: $275.00 Hardcover
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Focke Wulf FW 190 in Combat
by Alfred Price From Powells.com The first edition of noted aviation historian Alfred Price's definitive work on the Fw 190 appeared in 1977. That edition has become increasingly difficult to find, so this latest revised edition is certainly welcome. As Adolf Galland notes in the...
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Rare Books: $125.00 Hardcover
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We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American & Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and Their Captivity
by Mariano Villarin Notes Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 1st edition,brown cloth-covered boards,335pp Fine/G(book is Unread & As New; DJ-1/2" closed tear upper right corner & 1/4" closed tear upper left corner of front panel,slight rubbing of corner tips & spine,slight...
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Historical Records of the 7th or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Now Known as the Royal Fusiliers (the City of London Regiment) 1685-1903
by Percy Groves Notes Guernsey: Frederick B. Guerin, 1903. 9-13/16" x 7", 454pp + 2pp errata, purple cloth with gilt decoration. Spine sunned. Rear hinge starting. Three 1/2" tears to head of spine; tail of spine bumped. Corners bumped. 1/2" divot to front cover fore-edge...
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Rare Books: $695.00 Hardcover
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The German Fighter Units Over Russia: A Pictorial History of the Pilots and Aircraft
by Werner Held From Powells.com This photographic history by noted German historian Werner Held covers the seven Jagdgeschwader which saw action on the Eastern Front. Held is personally acquainted with many of the surviving pilots, and was thus able collect many rare photographs for...
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Morale: A Study of Men and Courage The Second Scottish Rifles at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 1915
by John Baynes Notes New York: Frederick A Praeger, 1967 VG/G (one small spot of light soiling on textblock edge, as from being thumbed open; laminate separating along spine & edges of dj, with one area at top right of front cover peeled away...
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Rare Books: $100.00 Hardcover
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Rhodesian Soldier and Others Who Fought
by Chas Lotter Notes Alberton: Galago Publishing, (1984). Quarto, 24.5x33cm, 112pp. Hardcover, in an unclipped dust jacket with mild edgewear. Original brown cloth boards rubbed along the head and tailc Very good/Very good...
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Rare Books: $120.00 Hardcover
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Historical Record of the Seventy-First Regiment, Highland Light Infantry; Originally Numbered the Seventy-Third Regiment
by Robert Cannon Notes [London]: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [no date] 8vo., red blindstamped cloth, partial title in gilt on front board & spine. With 3 plates, 2 of which are in color; engraved series title page. Cloth bumped at extremities, ownership inscriptions on...
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Rare Books: $400.00 Trade Paper
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Ocho Mil Kilometros en Campana
by Alvaro Obregon Notes Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, (1970). Octavo, 16x22cm. cxxviii,615pp. Reprint of the second edition of 1959. Original wrappers. Text in Spanish, illustrations in black & white. Covers rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn. Good condition. Alvaro...
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Rare Books: $125.00 Hardcover
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The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies February to June 1942
by H. P. Willmott Notes Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1983 Light grey cloth, spine stamped in black; 596pp. Top edge shows signs of the removal of a name or a stamp. Dust jacket has mild wear to the head of the spine, spine panel toned. Very good/Very good. BH...
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Rare Books: $200.00 Trade Paper
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Japanese Military Aircraft ONI 232 Restricted
by Navy Department Notes Washington: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, (1943)Illustrated yellow paper wrappers, bound with black shoelace. 25.4 cm x 15.2 cm. Black & white photos throughout. Light foxing to title page; writing in pencil to rear cover....
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Rare Books: $700.00 Slipcase
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Ian Hamilton's March, Together with Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland, a Prisoner of War at Pretoria (1st Edition)
by Winston Spencer Churchill Notes London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo, xiii + 409pp, with 30 pp ads. B/w plate with photo of Hamilton in frontis, foldout map of the march's path at back, 9 maps and plans as cuts in text. Bound in recent crimson morocco leather stamped...
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