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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK CITY
-Second Edition-
This is a very good copy of the Second American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint.
EVERY OTHER DAY
Letters From the Pacific
Aboard the U.S.S. Tern, a Minesweeper converted to ocean tug, in World War II. The author changed all names except his and his wife’s. A very good copy, spine slightly…
HET VERGETEN SQUADRON
Het verhaal de Nederlandse vliegers, die tegen Japan hun vergeten strijd vochten.
The memoirs of a Dutch bomber squadron commander in the Pacific in World War II; Dutch participation in the Pacific theater has been largely forgotten. Uncommon in Europe, rare on…
AEROLOGY: Navy Training Courses, Edition of 1944
World War II U.S. Navy training for the Aerologist’s Mate; what is today called meteorology. A very good set, covers a bit rubbed, some edge wear, volume 2 spine mostly…
THE HISTORY OF THE CHAPLAIN CORPS
VOL. 2: 1939-1949
…up to and during World War II. A very good ex-libris copy with bookplate on front paste down, spine and corners bumped, gilt lettering slightly faded on spine, contents fine….
WATERHOUSE-FROST
The Making of a Military Man
The autobiography of Raymond F. Frost, who allegedly joined the army in response to the question “How’d you like free vacation?” and served as an MP officer in World War…
SICILY-SALERNO-ANZIO
January 1943-June 1944
Volume IX of Morison’s monumental “History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.” A very good copy, covers a bit scuffed and slightly scraped, light wear to corners,…
THE SERBS
The Guardians of the Gate
A good historical review from the Russo-Turkish Wars through World War I, originally published in 1918. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket.
THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
How the policies and perceptions that led to Korea and Vietnam were formed during World War II. Reading copy, covers partially detached, extensive underlining….
THE PACIFIC CRUSADERS
The 42nd Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force, in combat against the Japanese from 1942 to the end. A rare World War II history of an important unit. A very good…
THE HIGH ROAD TO TOKYO BAY
The AAF in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
One of the “U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II” commemerative series. A very good copy (34p., 17 illus., 4 maps, biblio)….
THE BELLS OF SUNDA STRAIT
…during World War II and was an expert diver, despite having only one leg. Signed inscription by the author on title page. A very good copy, small mark on cover,…