Orange, VA: Moss Publications, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - An updated new edition of a work originally published in 1963 in a limited edition. This includes over 50 pages of new data and dozens of additional photographs. Illustrated with photographs - many full page - throughout and printed on glossy stock. Quarto. xv, 205 pp plus 54 pp addendum.

Kearney, NB: Morris Publishing, (1997). Detailed listing of books and manuals relatiing to World War I and II. The last edition of this guide which includes thousand of entries based on dealers' catalog prices as well as some auction prices. Lists are divided by war. Includes unit histories, military manuals and a list of reference books. 301 pp.

New York & London & Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - During World War II, Near the island of Chicki Jima, nine American flyers, Navy and Marine airmen, were sent to bomb Japanese communications towers. They were shot down and one - a young George W. Bush - was miraculously rescued at sea. The other 8 were captured by the Japanese and then they disappeared. This is an account of what happened to them, set against the backdrop of the history of Japan and the US. Illustrated with photographs. Maps, notes, index, bibliography. Photo-illustrated endpapers. 398 pp. ISBN: 0-316105848.

Kingston Springs, Tennessee: The Teenage Soldier Trust, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of "The 79th Division from Normandy - Belgium - Holland - to the surrender of Germany June 1944 to May 1945." SIGNED by the author on the title page with the words "To help our future generations to never forget." Also SIGNED on the front cover of the dust jacket under his picture with "Roger Campbell 1943." Illustrated with photographs and maps. Includes 4 appendices and glossary. viii, Large format. 189 pages. ISBN: 0-970736304.

Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, (1982, c 1981). SIGNED - Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout plus maps and diagrams. SIGNED on the title page. Large format. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-933126158.

By the author, 1945. Hardcover first edition - Poems written by a Navy man during World War II, dedicated to his shipmates and buddies, and including many written at the request of fellow sailors to give to their family and friends or to help them overcome their loneliness. Pictorial cover of Pacific island by Raynord Woita. 56 pp.

New York: Avon, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of America's first black Naval aviator, from his childhood in a poor but loving family in segregated Mississippi to his triumph over racism in his determination to become a Navy pilot and to his death in North Korea. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xiii, 300 pp. Business card of actor Garon Grigsby affixed to front endpaper. ISBN: 0-380976897.

Davenport, Iowa: Red Jacket Mfg. Co, nd (ca 1950). Includes operator's manual, maintenance manual and parts list. Illustrated. 36 pp.

New York: The Viking Press, 1943. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a dramatic, but brief, and potentially dangerous, mutiny by a group of soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line who established themselves at Princeton, New Jersey. Illustrated with a full-page map, eight photographs of unpublished letters, and a large foldout map. Includes two appendices: Oliver de Lancey's Journal of the Pennsylvania Mutiny and Note on the after-mutiny at York; Sources. Index. 288 pp.

Chicago: International Harvester, 1945. Supercedes Master Parts Book dated Jan 15, 1944. Large format, illustrated with drawings of many parts. 409 pp plus several blank pages for memorandum.

New York: Truman Talley Books/ St Martin's Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The only full-length history of this ship, bombed at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, which became a rallying point for America's sudden entrance into war. Based on eyewitness accounts of the bombing and the sinking, including interviews with some of the sailors who survived the attack. Published on the 60th anniversary of the attack, and SIGNED by Joy Waldron Jasper on the half title page and dated on December 7, 2001. Illustrated with photographs. Includes several appendices - of the key events of the War in the Pacific, a list of the 1,177 sailors and marines who died on the ship and the much shorter list of the survivors. Bibliography, index. ix, 269 pp. ISBN: 0-312286902.

Oxford, UK & Long Island City, NY: Osprey Publishing, (2013). First edition - An account of machines of war pitted against each other and of the combatants who operated them. Illustrated throughout with photographs in both black and white and color, charts and maps. Further reading, index. 80 pp. ISBN: 978-1780963228.

Oxford, UK & Long Island City, NY: Osprey Publishing, (2012). First edition - An account of machines of war pitted against each other and of the combatants who operated them. Illustrated throughout with photographs, charts and maps. Bibliography, index. 80 pp. ISBN: 978-1849086233.

Cambridge, UK & New York: Cambridge University Press, (2021) dj. Hardcover - A book written before Putin invaded Ukraine, an action which demonstrates that war is stupid, but unfortunately, there is less aversion to war than he posits in this book. "A powerfully argued, clearly written but ultimately unpersuasive update of his conviction that since war has now become a thing of the past, a policy of 'complacency,' even 'appeasement,' would be a far more sensible substitute. Either would save lives, fortune and face. Besides, he contends, endless wars, nuclear stockpiles and fat Pentagon budgets have so far produced only misery, failure and national humiliation." (Washington Post) Appendices, notes, references, index. ix, 332 pp. ISBN: 978-1108843836.

Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, (1984). Includes self-assessments, goals, and step-by-step programs. Also addresses factors like stress, healthy diet and more. Note from President Ronald Reagan on first page challenging the members of the Army, active and reserve to "maintain a high level of physical strength, endurance and mental toughness." Designed to be used as a workbook with space for notes. Illustrated throughout. Glossary. Large format - 8 1/2" by 11". 84 pp.

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1962. Supplement to training information for Army linguists of Esperanto language. Includes basic rules of grammar and an extensive vocabulary list. 233 pp.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology with contribution by David Reed, Tim O'Brien, Ronald J. Glasser, Kent Anderson, Stan Goff and others, arranged topically from FNGs (Fucking New Guys) to Body Bags, R&R, troop withdrawal and more. Introduction by the editors. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-688034632.

Oxford & Philadelphia: Casemate, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1942, the US Navy condemned the Corsair as being too dangerous for carrier operations, but the Marine Corps proved that they could be operated safely. With few alternatives, the Royal Navy acquired more than 2000 of these US built fighter Corsair for carrier operations, perhaps losing more pilots as a result of accidents, but still achieving significant results. Based on the results by England, by 1944, the US was also using these planes, although they never lost their reputation as widowmakers. Illustrated with full color photograpsh. Index. xiii, 202 pp. ISBN: 978-1612009124.

Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Military, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - Revisits the giant pens built during World War II in the ports of Brittany, France, to shelter more than a dozen submarines at one time. Illustrated throughout with over 150 photographs of then and now, in both black and white and full-color. Bibliography, index. Slightly oversized. 175 pp plus final photograph. ISBN: 978-1526705440.

Los Angeles: MFM Publishing, (2018). SIGNED first edition - The story of events in 1963 which were kept from the American public. Turkey was at war politically with Cyprus at the time of the author's husbands deployment, and the Turkish government was trying to force the United States to support the their invasion of Cyprus. As a means to gain leverage against the United States, the Turkish Government arrested three American military men on trumped-up charges and held them as political prisoners. Sondra Garner and their small children had joined her husband in Turkey and this is the story of her attempts to secure his release - and prevent his death. SIGNED by the author inside the front cover with the word "Hugs." 244 pp. ISBN: 978-1731155832.

Hilger, MT: Bowman's Books, (2006). SIGNED - Memoir in which the author, now in his 60s, remembers fighting in Vietnam against a foe fiercely determined to protect their land, and how he found relief from living with the memories of the horrors of war and the ineptitude of the US government in the Montana wilderness. INSCRIBED on the first page and dated in 2007. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 257 pp. ISBN: 978-0615133829.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "touches on the highlights of the German-American contribution the the rise of America. Written in three parts it covers (1) the diverse roles German-Americans have played in American life from colonial times to the present, (2) the German-American participation in U.S. military history since the frontier wars of the 1750s and 60s, and (3) the German-American contributions to America in Science and education." Just to cite two specific examples: the first formal protest against Negro slavery came out of Germantown, Reobling built the first railroad bridge and when German immigration reached its crest in 1854 half of all immigrants that year were German. Bibliography, index. xi, 238 pp. ISBN: 0-882291475.

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.

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.

New York & London: Addison-Wesley, (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - A history of eight Cold War conflicts in which air power played a decisive role, from the Suez Crisis of 1956 to Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973, the Falklands war of 1982, and the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88. Ilustrated with over 240 photographs and maps, in both full color and black and white. Foreword by Itamar Neuner, a Mirage pilot. Glossary, bibliography, index. Oversized wide format, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1472853578.

Boston: Little Brown, (1974) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A moody, psychological near-future science fiction thriller by this Hugo and Nebula award winning writer. After being injured in Vietnam, Peter Roos develops a rare physical condition which gives him the power to hear the thoughts of those around him. "Now he has 'heard' about the government's secret plan to give up control of America to the military - to build an underground city for themselves in the event of a nuclear attack. Unfortunately for Roos, the government knows he knows. And the project's sponsors - including his senator brother - have no choice.
They must get him out of the way - permanently!" SIGNED on the title page. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-316940763.

Cumberland PA: Department of the Army (1984). A general bulletin featuring petroleum and chemical supply. 8.5x11 inches, in stiff illustrated wrappers. 44 pp.