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The Planesman 43 - F

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City KS, 1943

Seller ID: 7773

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Minor staining on back cover and at bottom of gutter on some interior pages. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; This is a photographic book (like a yearbook) for class 43-F (1943) of the Army Air Corps at Garden City Army Air Base in Garden City Kansas. This was a WWII training base and class. Photgraphs of all officer and trainees along with photos and cartoons of the base. This base is now Garden City Air Field. There is one cartoon caling the Garden Cty Tower. This base also trained WASPS. Unpaginated.
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Canada in Flanders

By: Aitken, Sir Max

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Company: N.D.

Seller ID: 9853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Tan cloth with black lettering. Light edge and corner wear, somewhat soiled but square and securely bound. ; Maps; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 245 +Appendix pages; History of Canada's involvement in WWI. American edition, not dated, but around 1915 or 1916.
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1945: The War That Never Ended

By: Dallas, Gregor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 2005

Seller ID: 16686

ISBN: 0300109806

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Both book and jacket have some mild, general wear but are still VG+ to NF. This book is a comprehensive history of the end of WWII and the tumultuous year of 1945, a harrowing story that has ofte been overlooked. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 739 pages
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War in the Pacific: a Study of Navies, Peoples, and Battle Problems

By: Denlinger, Sutherland and Charles B. Gray

Price: $32.00

Publisher: New York, Arno Press & the New York Times: 1970

Seller ID: 13723

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Red cloth with white titles. Book has only very light shelf wear. Probably issued without dustjacket. ; American Imperialism: Viewpoints of United States Foreign Policy, 1898-1941; B&W Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages; Informed discussion about the US Navy during WWI. Reorint from an original 1916 edition in The Hoover Institution Library.
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1914

By: Field Marshal Viscount French of Ypres

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Constable and Company , Ltd.: 1919

Seller ID: 15389

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Deep blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Some wear and bumping to corners along with general aging. Some, mostly light, interior toning. Square with secure binding with no tears or parting. This is a history of the crucial year 1914 of WWI. Preface by Marshal Foch. Both maps present in special pocket on rear pastedown. ; 2 Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 414 pages
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With "E" of the First Gas

By: Langer, Sergeant William L. and Private Robert B. McMullin

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, Holton Printing Co. (Self-Published): 1919

Seller ID: 15376

Binding: Hardcover

Blue cloth over boards with gilt title and design on front. Some wear at spine ends and corners but overall a very attractive copy. VG to VG+. This WWI story of the US Army Chemical Warfare Service was published by two soldiers who were part of that service. All illustrations are present including the foldout, panoramic regimental photo of ''Company E, First Gas Regiment, February 6, 1919.'' Map has a short tear on one fold. Nice copy of an important book on a little-discussed US Service division. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages
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The Last Cruise : The Story of the Sinking of the Submarine, U. S. S. Cochino

By: Lederer, William J.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Athens GA, William Sloane Associates: 1950

Seller ID: 13750

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Book has only light, general wear and aging, along with a former owner's personal library stamp on ffep. Jacket has edge, corner and surface wear with some tears and chips along top edge. ; B&W Chart of Cochino; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 110 pages; The story of the accidental, but horrific, sinking of the Cochino in icy waters in 1949.
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Booze and the War

By: Morris, Sam

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids MI, Zondervan: 1944

Seller ID: 7317

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Staple bound wraps with some wear on edges and corners. Stain along lower part of spine does not affect interior. Small slits at top and bottom of spine. Stil square and securely bound. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 64 pages; Admirably straightforward title. Morris, a radio evangelist, was against booze.
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Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 By Authority of the War Department

By: United States War Department

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. G. L. Brown: 1861

Seller ID: 6939

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

The boards are very worn, with corners bumped and the cloth pulled loose at the cornrs. The spineis missing a chip at the bottom, 1 1/2" by 1/4" and has a split at the top. The blue boards are blind stamped with what may be the Great Seal of the US. The gilt is rubbed and it's hard to see the insignia. The interior is clean, with very litttle toning or foxing, though the fore edges are soiled and uneven. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages; The book is signed 3 times by the former owner, William Starling, a 1st Lieutenant in Company G of the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. Below is s...
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Card with Sailor Advertising Bar

By: WSK

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston (?), Self-Published: ca. 1920's

Seller ID: 15488

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Very Good+

Satirical Advertisement Card. Artist's depiction of a NAVY sailor who appears to be enjoying himself much. This appears to be a drinking establishment's way of luring in sailors on shore leave. Cryptic text includes, "Come in, The Water's Fine - Guests Who Prefer Ginger Pop--Wink". A book on American slang printed in 1890 reveals that ginger pop refers to ginger beer. I presume that the '06 Arsenal is probably an address. The card is in EX condition with a small, light crease on top right corner and some mounting residue on the back. There is an Arsenal Street in Boston which could indica...
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