B&W and Color Photographs; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps (replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass) , and for the French Navy. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight in February 1955. The F-8 served principally in... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The book covers have several spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a smallish inked group of numbers / letters to the rear pastedown page. "The Song and Service Book for Ship and Field, Army and Navy, edited by Ivan Loveridge Bennett, features prayers, hymns, and patriotic songs used in various military ceremonies and re... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The front cover of the dust jacket has two medium sized white spots of discoloration with a couple of smaller spots to the top rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have some light generalized toning. There is a previous owner's name on the front pastedown page (Lieut. S. Wellford Duke of Richmond VA). View More...
This is a Trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear, rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear, rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the title page. The dustjacket has edge wear, nicking and several small edge tears. "The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, f... View More...
B&W Photographs and Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, but have noticeable toning. "Before 1902, the Navy had at least two books for training young men in naval procedure. Seamanship, by Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, was the primary textbook about seamanship at the United States Naval Academy but was not used by enlisted men; many sailors at the time were still illiterate and in any case, the oral traditions and procedur... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a magazine with illustrated self covers and a stapled spine. The magazine is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The top rear spine end has a two inch tear to the spine joint. The the covers have some light general toning. The text pages are clean and bright. Contents include: Mission of USAF Aircraft, Front Line Fighters, Obsolescent Front Line Fighters, Front Line Bombers, Troop Carrier and Cargo, and more. "Monthly publication of the Continental Air Command containing articles of interest to intelligence officers in the Air Force Reserve.... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning to the white book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a small format book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some lightly ground-in spots of dirt and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "United States Army Field Manuals are published by the United States Army's Army Publishing Directorate. As of 27 July 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. [1] They contain detailed information and how-tos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. Starting in 2010, the US Army began review and revision of al... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a small format paperback book with cardstock covers a d a glued spine. The book covers have spots of dirt and wear. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and creasing to the corners. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "Field telephones are telephones used for military communications. They can draw power from their own battery, from a telephone exchange (via a central battery known as CB) , or from an external power source. Some need no battery, being sound-powered telephones. Field telephones replaced flag signals and th... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some rippling, light edge wear and rubbing, especially to the spine ends and corners . There is a previous owner's inked price on the top front corner of the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright, though with slightly generalized toning throughout. View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a black marker previous owner's name on the inside front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
Color and B&W illustrations; This is an oversized book. THe book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front spint joint has some lighyt fading and beginning cracking due to dryness. The text pages are clean and bright. Mostly a yearbook for the Directorate of Maintenance Engineering, but also included is a short history of the base. "For the vast majority of its operational lifetime, McClellan was a logistics and maintenance facility for a wide variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies. Initially known as the Pacific Air Depot and Sacramento Air Depot... View More...
This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The front cover has several spots of ground-in dirt and fading. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There are two inch long tears to the front inner hinge. "Lieut. Charles A. Zimmermann, USN, a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, had been selected as the bandmaster of the Naval Academy Band in 1887 at the age of 26. His father, Charles Z. Zimmermann, had played in the band during the Civil War years. Earl... View More...
B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and top front corner of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a tiny bit of bumping to the spine ends. "The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. In 1941, the SAS was founded as a regiment, and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a small format book. The book is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping and rubbing. The book has some bowing (possibly from being stuck in a pocket). The covers have some discoloration and tidemarking, especially to the bottom edges. The rear cover has patches of discoloration. The title has been inked on the spine by a former owner. The text pages are clean, but have tidemarking and water spotting to the bottom edges. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper an... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The book covers have some bits of the dust jacket adhered where moisture stuck the covers and the dust jacket together. There is some light bumping and edge wear to the spine ends. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have some beginning toning to the foredges. The dust jacket has edge tears, nicks and several small chips missing along with some light cosmetic moisture wear / tidemarking to the rear panel. Laid in is a copy ... View More...
This is a small format paperback book. (approx. 4" x 3 1/2") with cloth covers and a side stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. There is some light ground-in dirt to the book covers, along with a previous owner's inked name. The text pages are clean and bright. This book contains a listing of diagnoses and medical codes, to be used for filling out government forms (I'm assuming). View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book with cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The bottom spine end of the book cover has bumping and chipping. The top spine end has an edge tear and nicking. The text pages are clean and bright. There are five folded pages in clean, bright condition. View More...
c1930. Oversized paperback. This book has a cloth spine with regular paper printed covers. The book is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers have edge tears, nicks and small chips, along with noticeable toning. The cloth spine has had water damaged and leached red ink onto the covers and edges of the text pages. This volume includes the outline of the course (schedule of instruction) for the Automotive Course and also the homework and test pages. This volume has been mostly filled out (mostly in pencil) by the former owner (a young man by the name of John McCo... View More...
B&W Illustrations & Charts; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small small edge tears and rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña or La Corogne) , in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked ... View More...
B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "After leaving Oxford, Geoffrey Jukes spent 14 years in the UK Ministry of Defence, and Foreign and Colonial Office. He has also worked on the staff of the Australian National University. Peter Simkins was Senior Historian at the Imperial War Museum until his ... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and a couple of small chips missing along with noticeable generalized ground-in dirt. "The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army which comprises several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, airborne troops. It was created in 1831 to allow foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d?Afrique, the French Army's units... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "H. W. And J. E. Kaufmann have written several books together on fortifications, including Fortress America: Forts that Defended America, 1600 to the Present, Fortress Third Reich: German Fortifications and Defense Systems in World War II, The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages and The Maginot Line: None Shall Pass. They have travelled extensi... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "A submersible is a small watercraft designed to operate underwater. The term submersible is often used to differentiate from other underwater vessels known as submarines, in that a submarine is a fully autonomous craft, capable of renewing its own power and breathing air, whereas a submersible is usually supported by a surface vessel, platform, shore team or sometimes a la... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Good condition. The book covers have bumping and edge wear. There is a splotch of discoloration to the top front spine joint. There is a small hole to the spine of the book. The text pages are generally clean and bright, with the exception of the title page - which has toning to the edges. There is a letter taped to the inside front cover of the book with information about the correspondence course and how to enroll, with a logo of the Marine Corp (? ) (with a shield and the letters MCI) at the bottom. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned. There are two inked names on the front inside book cover." The 300 meters (984 ft) -high hill, which was so-named because its topographic shape vaguely resembled a pork chop, was first seized by the US 8th Cavalry Regiment in October 1951. It was taken again in May 1952 by I Company of the US 180th Infantry Regiment. The 1st Battalion of... View More...
