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  • OPERATION VENGEANCE: The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II. by Hampton, Dan.
    Hampton, Dan.
    OPERATION VENGEANCE: The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor. "In 1943, the United States military began to plan one of the most dramatic secret missions of World War II. Its code name was Operation Vengeance. Naval Intelligence had intercepted the itinerary of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, whose stealth attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated Americas entry into the war." Photographs, maps, bibliography, notes, index. xvi, 430 pp. ISBN: 978-0062938091.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. l

    Book ID: 85880
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  • TAP CODE: The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything. by Harris, Col Carlyle "Smitty" (Ret) and Sara W. Berry.
    Harris, Col Carlyle "Smitty" (Ret) and Sara W. Berry.
    TAP CODE: The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything.

    Edition: First printing.

    Grand Rapids: Zondervan, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of survival in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp. "In April 1965, Harris was the sixth American POW captured in the air war over North Vietnam, and for the next eight years, he and hundreds of other American POWs - including John McCain - suffered torture, solitary confinement, and abuse. . . in the midst of the struggle, Smitty remembered once learning the Tap Code - an old, long-unused World War II method of communication through tapping on a common water pipe. He covertly taught the code to many POWs, and in turn they taught others." Photographs. 255 pp. ISBN: 978-0310359111.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. l

    Book ID: 85881
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  • CORNERSTONES OF CONFEDERATE COLLECTING. by Harwell, Richard Barksdale.
    Harwell, Richard Barksdale.
    CORNERSTONES OF CONFEDERATE COLLECTING.

    Edition: Third limited edition, of 500 numbered copies, of which 100 were signed by the author.

    Charlottesville, VA: The University of Virginia Press for the Bibliographical Society of University of Virginia, (1982) 1953. Hardcover - Although this copy retains the title page of the second revised edition of 1953, it was actually published in Wendell, North Carolina in 1982. Includes a foreword by Clifford Dowdey, informative text and a checklist of the cornerstones followed by facsimiles of title pages. #5 out of 100 copies SIGNED and bound by hand, 35 pp plus 20 pp of facsimile title pages and colophon.

    Condition: Very near fine in wheat-colored cloth with pasted on title label on the spine, small illustration of a Confederate soldier on the front cover.

    Book ID: 35161
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  • THE AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II. by Heimann, Judith M.
    Heimann, Judith M.
    THE AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2007). First edition - The story of American airmen, whose B-24 was shot down in 1944 during a mission over Japanese-controlled Borneo, into the territory of headhunters, who befriended and protected the airmen, as they used their hunting skills against the occupying Japanese, until the eventual rescue of the Americans. Glossary, sources. 271 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 66257
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  • Hendrickson, Paul.
    THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of McNamara which focuses on his role as Secretary of Defense, his involvement in the Vietnam War, and his decision to keep publicly supporting that war even after he knew it was unwinnable. Also tells the stories of just five of the many people who were caught up in the wake of his decisions: an artist who tries to kill him after he had resigned from the Cabinet, a Quaker who immolated himself outside the Pentagon, a young Marine scarred by battle, a nurse desperate to believe her agonies in Vietnam were for a good cause, a member of a Saigon family. Photographs, notes, selected bibliography, index. 427 pp. ISBN: 0-679427619.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a tight clean copy, old price on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 37863
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  • FROM THE SHADOW OF DEATH: Stories of POWs. by Heslop, J M. & Dell R. Van Orden.
    Heslop, J M. & Dell R. Van Orden.
    FROM THE SHADOW OF DEATH: Stories of POWs.

    Edition: First printing.

    Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company., 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of eight former prisoners of war, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), released by Viet Nam after years of captivity, based on interviews with them (and with the wife of a still missing man.) Photographs. Index. 350 pp. Blue and white map endpapers. ISBN: 0-877475091.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 44946
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  • THE UNION SOLDIER IN BATTLE: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat. by Hess, Earl J.
    Hess, Earl J.
    THE UNION SOLDIER IN BATTLE: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - Using the letters, diaries and memoirs of the Union soldiers, Hess paints a vivid picture here of their lives before, during, and after the Civil War, espcially detailing how they coped with war, with the terror of being shot at the first time, the deaths of their comrades and how they relied on their beliefs in God, country or just duty. A well-documented history of how the brutality of war affected the ordinary soldier. Notes, bibliography, index, xii, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-700608370.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, but otherwise a tight, clean copy which appears unread).

    Book ID: 41140
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  • THE COMPLETE CIVIL WAR JOURNAL AND SELECTED LETTERS OF THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. by [Higginson, Thomas] Looby, Christopher, editor.
    [Higginson, Thomas] Looby, Christopher, editor.
    THE COMPLETE CIVIL WAR JOURNAL AND SELECTED LETTERS OF THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999). First edition - "As the colonel of the first regiment of black men in the Union army during the Civil War, Higginson was an early, articulate, and powerful crusader for civil rights, and his journal and letters, collected for the first time in this volume, present some of the most extraordinary documents of the Civil War. [He] was a politically engaged intellectual at the forefront of radical antislavery, labor, and feminist causes. Born in 1823 to a formerly wealthy but still prominent Brahmin family, he became one of America's leading social activists and a prominent writer, minister, and reformer. With the publication in 1869 of his classic Army Life in a Black Regiment,…

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    Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999). First edition - "As the colonel of the first regiment of black men in the Union army during the Civil War, Higginson was an early, articulate, and powerful crusader for civil rights, and his journal and letters, collected for the first time in this volume, present some of the most extraordinary documents of the Civil War. [He] was a politically engaged intellectual at the forefront of radical antislavery, labor, and feminist causes. Born in 1823 to a formerly wealthy but still prominent Brahmin family, he became one of America's leading social activists and a prominent writer, minister, and reformer. With the publication in 1869 of his classic Army Life in a Black Regiment, which drew on this journal, Higginson became one of the most important chroniclers of the Civil War." Introduction by Looby, extensive footnotes, chronology. xix, 348 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71892
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  • GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR : The Missiles, Rockets , Weapons and New Technology of the Third Reich. by Hogg , Ian V.
    Hogg , Ian V.
    GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR : The Missiles, Rockets , Weapons and New Technology of the Third Reich.

    Edition: First printing.

    London & Pennsylvania: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed examination of the revolutionary new weapons developed by Germany during WW 2, incl. V-Weapons - "The sheer magnitude of the secret weapon projects of the Third Reich is now revealed in this comprehensive study written by one of the world's great experts on weaponry, which captures both the reality behind the weapons actually produced and the intentions behind projects still in their infancy when the war ended." Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. List of German code names, index. 224 pp. ISBN: 1853673250.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear to back cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 42785
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  • WE WERE THE THIRD HERD. by Hogue, Richard F.
    Hogue, Richard F.
    WE WERE THE THIRD HERD.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Littleton, CO: Richlyn Publishing, (2003). SIGNED first edition - "An Infantryman's Story of Survival in America's Most Controversial War, Vietnam" - a book that deals with the day to day life of the "grunts" by a soldier who "left a peaceful small town in Iowa to face firefights and booby traps in Vietnam" as an infantry squad leader and platoon sergeant. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED on the inside front cover. Bibliography. 322 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-972226400.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88614
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  • VIETNAM: THE BATTLE COMES HOME: A Photographic Record of Post-Traumatic Stress With Selected Essays. by Howell-Koehler, Nancy, editor: Photographs by Gordon Baer.
    Howell-Koehler, Nancy, editor: Photographs by Gordon Baer.
    VIETNAM: THE BATTLE COMES HOME: A Photographic Record of Post-Traumatic Stress With Selected Essays.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1984. First edition - Essays on post-traumatic stress disorder as experienced by Vietman vets by Carl Trocki, Robert J. Lifton, John P. Wilson, Jim Goodwin, Tom Keller and Jerry Atchison, Arthur S. Blank, Jr., Arthur Egendorf, Peter Marin and Robert O. Muller. Illustrated with photographs by Gordon Baer. Directory of Outreach Programs, bibliograhy. Large square format. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-871001993.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to corner of back cover).

    Book ID: 84997
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  • Humphrey, Robert E.
    ONCE UPON A TIME IN WAR: The 99th Division In World War II.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (2008.). First edition - Based on interviews with more than three hundred surviving veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, seamlessly woven to create a collective biography: a gritty account of World War II from the enlisted man's point of view. Maps and photographs, notes, bibliography. 335 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower edge slightly bumped.)

    Book ID: 47365
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  • A SADNESS THAT WAS VIETNAM: An Epic Saga of America's 31 Years (1944-1975) in Vietnam. by Jennett, Richard Philip.
    Jennett, Richard Philip.
    A SADNESS THAT WAS VIETNAM: An Epic Saga of America's 31 Years (1944-1975) in Vietnam.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Framingham, MA: Boggastow Book Company, 1987. First edition - Book presents the case that American motives in Vietnam were honorable, that the Tet offensive in 1968 was a military triumph for the US forces, that the media lied to Americans, and that things would have been very different if John F. Kennedy had lived. llustrated with black and white drawings by Rick Keene. Bibliography. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-937-085036.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 46523
    Keywords: Military, vietnam war
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  • THE BASTARD BRIGADE: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb by Kean, Sam
    Kean, Sam
    THE BASTARD BRIGADE: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2019). Hardcover first edition - The story of a group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb - among those who played roles in this story were Moe Berg, a major league catcher who abandoned the game for a career as a multilingual international spy - one of the strangest fellows to ever play professional baseball; Werner Heisenberg the Nobel Prize-winning physicist credited as the discoverer of quantum mechanics; Joe Kennedy Jr. older brother of JFK whose need for adventure led him to volunteer for the most dangerous missions the Navy had to offer; and Irne and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who…

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    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2019). Hardcover first edition - The story of a group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb - among those who played roles in this story were Moe Berg, a major league catcher who abandoned the game for a career as a multilingual international spy - one of the strangest fellows to ever play professional baseball; Werner Heisenberg the Nobel Prize-winning physicist credited as the discoverer of quantum mechanics; Joe Kennedy Jr. older brother of JFK whose need for adventure led him to volunteer for the most dangerous missions the Navy had to offer; and Irne and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who used their status as scientists to become active members of the resistance. Illustrated with photographs. List of major characters, sources, index.xii, 447 pp. ISBN: 978-0316381680.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86233
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  • VETERANS OF WAR, VETERANS OF PEACE. by Kingston, Maxine Hong, editor. Larry Heinemann, Grace Paley and others, contributors.
    Kingston, Maxine Hong, editor. Larry Heinemann, Grace Paley and others, contributors.
    VETERANS OF WAR, VETERANS OF PEACE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    Kihei, Hawaii: Koa Press, (2006). SIGNED first edition - A collection of pieces - fiction and non-fiction by the survivors of five wars, including combatants, war widows, spouses, children, conscientious objectors, as well as gang members, drug abusers and veterans of domestic abuse. All struggle with trauma - PTSD, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence but through their writings, readers can witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight, community, and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past. SIGNED on the title page by Kingston. 630 pp. ISBN: 9780977333837.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58093
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  • LIFE AND MANNERS IN THE FRONTIER ARMY. by Knight, Oliver.
    Knight, Oliver.
    LIFE AND MANNERS IN THE FRONTIER ARMY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the officers and ladies of the Army during the period of the Indian wars from 1865 to 1890. Much of this is based on the realistic descriptions by the popular Western novelist, Charles King, who was a captain in the Fifth U.S. Cavalry. Notes, bibliography, index. vii, 280 pp. ISBN: 0-806114401.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).

    Book ID: 68947
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  • Lamb, Harold.
    GENGHIS KHAN: the Emperor of All Men

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library, n.d. (ca 1970, c 1927.). Hardcover - Biography of perhaps the greatest leader of all times, a man who led his desert tribe of nomads from out of nowhere and conquered half the known world, the scourge of boht Christians and Moslems (a story told in the excellent Russian film "Mongols") Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 268 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in red leatherette boards; red silk ribbon page marker, top edge gilt.

    Book ID: 44394
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  • WAR IN 2080:The Future of Military Technology. by Langford, David.
    Langford, David.
    WAR IN 2080:The Future of Military Technology.

    Edition: First printing.

    Newton Abbot, UK: Westbridge Books, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Looks at the trends of current military technology and scientific progress and extrapolates these into the future, working on the assumption that human civilization will expand too swiftly to be destroyed by the military." Includes chapters on nuclear war, the edge of science fiction, war in near space, additions to the arsenal, etc. Illustrated with many glossy plates, photographs, cartoons. Bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-715376616.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41863
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  • DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. by Larson, Erik.
    Larson, Erik.
    DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, (2015). First edition - On May 1st, 1915 the Lusitania set sail on its final voyage, sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland. In addition to the account of its sinking, this focuses on the politics of World War I, on the rise of the importance of Germany's submarines, and on some of the passengers - including the famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat and pioneering female architect Theodate Pope - on the Captain, William Thomas Turner, and on the total unpreparedness for the attack, despite a warning from the Germans as the ship left New York. Notes, bibliography. 418 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73059
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  • THE FIRE DREAM. by Leib, Franklin Allen.
    Leib, Franklin Allen.
    THE FIRE DREAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    Novato, CA: Presidio Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described on the dust jacket as "The Epic Novel of Vietnam" this, his second novel, is given accuracy and realism by the author's own experiences as a Navy Lieutenant who served during the Vietnam War as a gunnery officer, boat officer and navigator in support of Marine and Army operations. 607 pp. ISBN: 0-891413340.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41034
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  • HIROSHIMA IN AMERICA: Fifty Years of Denial by Lifton, Robert Jay and Mitchell, Greg
    Lifton, Robert Jay and Mitchell, Greg
    HIROSHIMA IN AMERICA: Fifty Years of Denial

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Book written to mark the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Index, notes and an appendix that discusses the images of Hiroshima in film and books.425 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140727.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 7703
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  • SLICKY BOYS. by Limon, Martin.
    Limon, Martin.
    SLICKY BOYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel featuring two members of the US Army CID in Korea. His first book, "Jade Lady Burning" was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year, and this one also reflects the author's knowledge of the underside of Korean urban life and his ability to write a suspenseful story. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-553-104438.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 42409
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  • G. I. BONES. by Limon, Martin.
    Limon, Martin.
    G. I. BONES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: SOHO Press, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth novel in this excellent series featuring two members of the US Army CID in Korea - George Sueno and Ernie Bascom. Limon's first book, "Jade Lady Burning" was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year, and this one also reflects the author's knowledge of the underside of both military and Korean urban life and his ability to write a suspenseful story. 266 pp. ISBN: 978-1569476031.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77915
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  • GI CONFIDENTIAL. by Limon, Martin.
    Limon, Martin.
    GI CONFIDENTIAL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: SOHO Press, (2019). First edition - The thirteen novel in this excellent series set in post-war divided Korea, featuring US Army CID Agents George Sueo and Ernie Bascom. Set against a backdrop of military and political unrest in Korea in the 1970s, they find themselves investigating a rash of armed robberies at local Korean banks when fatalities occur and proof surfaces that US soldiers are behind the crimes. 375 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79667
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  • FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX: Memoirs of the Civil War in America. by Longstreet, James (1821-1904)
    Longstreet, James (1821-1904)
    FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX: Memoirs of the Civil War in America.

    Edition: Second edition, revised.

    Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1903. Hardcover - An important history of the Civil War as told in the first person by one of the great generals in that war. Lieutenant-General James Longstreet began the American Civil War in New Mexico and served with great distinction throughout the course of the conflict. He was commander of the Confederate Army's First Corps, which in its various incarnations fought through most of the major wartime campaigns, and a friend, confidant and close advisor to General Lee. After the war, a clique of former Confederate officers began blaming General Longstreet for the army's defeat at Gettysburg, and this criticism intensified about General Robert E. Lee's death, when he could no longer counter it. Illustrated with…

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    Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1903. Hardcover - An important history of the Civil War as told in the first person by one of the great generals in that war. Lieutenant-General James Longstreet began the American Civil War in New Mexico and served with great distinction throughout the course of the conflict. He was commander of the Confederate Army's First Corps, which in its various incarnations fought through most of the major wartime campaigns, and a friend, confidant and close advisor to General Lee. After the war, a clique of former Confederate officers began blaming General Longstreet for the army's defeat at Gettysburg, and this criticism intensified about General Robert E. Lee's death, when he could no longer counter it. Illustrated with 15 portraits, engravings and 16 maps (14 colored) especially prepared for this work. Index. vii, 698 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in olive green cloth with gold stamping on the spine, top edge gilt (previous owner's name and address stamped, some offsetting on the endpapers, minor wear to covers, but overall a tight and sturdy copy.)

    Book ID: 57538
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  • UNIFORMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. by Lord, Francis A. (illustrations by Arthur Wise.)
    Lord, Francis A. (illustrations by Arthur Wise.)
    UNIFORMS OF THE CIVIL WAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & London & South Brunswick: Thomas Yoseloff, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An interesting and well-researched book which points out that the traditional commonly-held idea that the Southern soldiers wore gray and the North blue was not always true, especially for the Confederates - and that many uniforms were much more colorful - and many units, on both sides, had their own distinctive uniforms. Includes an appendix which lists uniform suppliers to both armies. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and drawings byArthur Wise, bibliography, index. Large format, measuring 11 1/2 inches tall by 8 3/4 inches wide. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-498-067319.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some edgewear to dj, and rubbing and wear to folds.)

    Book ID: 35329
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  • BETWEEN SILK AND CYANIDE: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945. by Marks, Leo
    Marks, Leo
    BETWEEN SILK AND CYANIDE: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Free Press (Simon and Schuster) (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir by the son of the bookseller at 84 Charing Cross Road. In 1942, at 22 years old, Leo Marks left his father's famous London bookshop and went off to fight the war. He became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including "the White Rabbit" and Violette Szabo. Although this book displays Marks's keen sense of the absurd and his wry wit, it is even more a book which celebrates individual courage and endeavor, as it never loses sight of the human cost and horror of war. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 614 pp. ISBN: 0-684864223.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 83083
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  • MATTERHORN: A Novel of the Vietnam War. by Marlantes, Karl.
    Marlantes, Karl.
    MATTERHORN: A Novel of the Vietnam War.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover - One of the most powerful and realistic novels written about the Vietnam War, List of characters, maps, glossary of technical terms and slang. 600 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119285.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 67955
    Keywords: Military, vietnam war
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  • NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Pacific and Far East. by Marriott, Leo,
    Marriott, Leo,
    NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Pacific and Far East.

    Edition: First printing.

    Yorkshire - Philadelphia: Pen and Sword Maritime, (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first part of this book covers from Pearl Harbor to Midway and the second part is pn the long and bloody campaign in the southwest Pacific. Illustrated throughout with photographs, charts and drawings. Slightly oversized. Glossary and abbreviations. Includes a list of warships. vii, 157 pp plus 1 p selected bibliography. ISBN: 978-1399098984.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few corners lightly dog-eared, some creasing to top edge of dj)

    Book ID: 88449
    Keywords: Military, world war ii
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  • Marshall, Kathryn.
    IN THE COMBAT ZONE: An Oral History of American Women in Vietnam, 1966-1975.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First person accounts by twenty women who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, with brief introductions to each chapter by Marshall. Bibliography, glossary. viii, 270 pp. ISBN: 0-316547077.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant.)

    Book ID: 37675
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