Military from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

Xlibris Corporation, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hardcover. 261 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Martin served seventeen months in Vietnam as a Marine infantryman and was involved in sixteen major operations as well as dozens of smaller firefights and skirmishes. This book represents his first-hand accounts of his time there including chapters on An Hoa, Hai Van Pass, the… Ler mais sobre este item

Lyons Press, 2012. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Color illustrated softcovers . First printing (not issued in hardcovers). Fine. 320 pp. with bibliography, glossary, index. Illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams. An unusual and very interesting guidebook teaching how to effectively avoid capture behind enemy lines and how to survive and escape if you're captured. Includes chapters on "Hiding… Ler mais sobre este item

Dover Publications, 1985. Reissue. Softcover. Fine. Glossy illustarted softcovers. Fine. 153 pp. plus contents, explanation of plates, appendix reprint of the 1792 Act for the National Defense for the establishing of a Uniform Militia through the United States as signed by President Washington. 8 reproduction plates of the original copperplate diagrams of various military formations. Facsimile reprint of… Ler mais sobre este item

Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2012. Presumed first edition. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Signed and inscribed by the author as such: "To __, a great friend and colleague. John Stern". Unstated, presumed first edition. Softcover. 126 pp (w/ bibliography). The story of C.D. Jackson, an aide to President Eisenhower and a pioneer in the art of psychological warfare,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Viking Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Fine (rem. dot) in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Map endpapers. 459 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and maps.

by the author, 2023. Softcover. Fine. Color illustrated softcovers. Inscribed by Martha Voutas Donegan on the page facing the first page fo text. Fine. 359 pp. Illustrated with photos. Donegan met Mike Creamer, an old schoolmate, at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Dedication in Washington in 1982. What unfolded was a love story between a Vietnam vet, haunted by… Ler mais sobre este item

Mechanicsburg, PA: Sunbury Press, 2019. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Color illustrated softcovers. Fine. First printing. Signed on the title page by Tom Copeland with the further notation "Thank you for your service and welcome home/ Tom Copeland/ HHC 2/2 '67-'68." 185 pp. Illustrated with photos. Tom Copeland was young man who grew up in the carefree '60s; he… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia and Oxford: Casemate, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. Warm lengthy inscription by Siegfried dated 2 December 2022 on title page. 190 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Michael Crescenz was born in Philadelphia, the second son of a World War II veteran. His early life revolved around his… Ler mais sobre este item

Sunflower University Press, 1998. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated softcovers. Fine. Inscribed and dated October 29, 1998 by Franco on the verso of the title page, "To ____/ An old friend and a good dear companion for many years/ Arnold". Fine. 238 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photos. World War II memoirs of Arnold Clement Franco (as told to… Ler mais sobre este item

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1943. Wraps. Fine. 30 pp. in photo illustrated stiff wrappers. A wartime government publication lauding heroic actions by the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Fine.

New York: D.Appleton, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. First edition with correct (1) at conclusion of the text. Hardcover in green cloth lettered and ecorated in gilt with a shamrock and rainbow design. Map endpapers. 279 pp. Generally fine, some minor offsetting to the endpapers. In the very scarce original dust jacket that is rather worse for wear… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. First printing stated. Hardcover in black cloth stamped in red. 244 pp. Very good, printed on the usual wartime thinner stock paper. In edgeworn dust jacket. True story of United States Navy Commander Columbus Darwin ("Smitty") Smith. At the outgraek of World War II, Smith was piloting a… Ler mais sobre este item

Pine Castle Books, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover. 164 pp. with bibliography, glossary, index. Illustrated with photos. Very good. The World War II diary of Staff Sgt. William j. Fay, a B-24 gunner. At age 22, he and his aircraft, the "Maternity Ward", was downed and reported missing in action in August 1, 1943, the day of the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Free Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 436 pp (w/ index & bibliography). A fascinating examination of the behavior of men in war. Sourced from a massive survey of military sociology, citing soldiers' evident from the 17th century and earlier, up to the Arab-Israeli conflicts, the My… Ler mais sobre este item

Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991. First edition. Softcover. Fine. The true first printing. Illustrated stiff glossy wrappers. Fine. 152 pp. with index. In additional to the monograph on the history of the regiment, there are several invaluable research sections: a German Regiment strength table; page of facsimile signatures of the final German Regiment officers and staff; personnel… Ler mais sobre este item

Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia), 2002. Softcover. Fine. Color illustrated softcovers. Fine. 307 pp. with index. A book mthat takes the reader into the heart and soul of the men of the Australian Army's Special Air Services Regiment. It provides a clear insight into the rigors of the SAS seleection process, training for the war in Papua… Ler mais sobre este item

Bennington, Vermont: Merriam Press, 2015. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Fine. First edition. Softcover. 158 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author: "My friend ___, Semper Fi, Robert". The unique memoir of a soldier-turned-stylist. More than two hundred salon stories and vignettes chronicle 40-plus years dealing with neurotic soccer moms, nervous brides, children, and celebrities who tend to open… Ler mais sobre este item

Belmont, CA: Aarhus Publishing, 2006. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Softcovers. 252 pp. Fiction. A novel based on the infamous May, 1975 "Mayaguez" incident between Cambodia and the United States in which the Khmer Rouge captured the merchant ship and the U.S. prepared a hasty rescue effort. The rescue did not go well for the Americans; it turned into a… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Osprey Publishing, 1989. Softcover. Fine. G.A. Embleton. Fine condition. Softcover in glossy, illustrated covers. 40 pp. Full color, full page illustrated plates and black & white photography of military apparel. Detailed descriptions of British military regiments that served during the American Revolution.

London: Osprey Publishing, 1987. Softcover. Fine. Pierre Turner. Fine condition. Softcover in glossy, illustrated covers. 48 pp. Illustrated with full page, full color plates of uniforms and weaponry. Detailed info on the British Army's campaigns and regiment classifications following the defeat of Napoleon.