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A Catalog of Antique/replica Ordnance from South Bend Replicas, Inc.
South Bend, IN South Bend Replicas, Inc., 1986 Softcover Very Good Softcover 4to 11" - 13" tall
Tall thin paperback; covers faintly scuffed, back cover has superficial dents; binding edges very lightly rubbed; page block edges a little yellowed. A catalog of antique and replica cannons offered for sale; includes much miscellaneous information on cannons, their history as well as their safe operation. Illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white photos. Book is stored in a protective clear plastic bag. 42 + 64 pp. + appendices and order forms. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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8.00 USD
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Aireview's Seventy Fighters of World War II
Tokyo, Japan Kantosha Co. Ltd., Hard Cover Very Good No Dust Jacket Hard Cover
152 pp, extensively illustrated. Text in Japanese. Red cloth boards are slightly bowed. Binding is tight, text is unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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7.50 USD
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Artillery Tactics United States Army, assimilated to the tactics of infantry and cavalry
New York D. Appleton and Company, 1874 First Edition Hardcover Fair Hardcover 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Personal copy of First Lieutenant William C. Siegling, Commander of the Sandusky Light Artillery Unit, and who served as the bugler. Leather-bound with gilt decoration and illustration to front panel, with front clasp only. Leather is rubbed, with tear and chipping to bottom spine. Previous owner's inscription and stamp, neatly rendered on front endpapers, ink stamp on title and first pages as well. Includes trumpet signals sheet music. Pages are toned with some spotting and damp-staining to rear pages. 582 pp. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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90.00 USD
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Ordnance Activities in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations: North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Southern France
First Edition Softcover Good Softcover Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall
A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Printed, illustrated paper wrappers over this oblong-format typescript, with neither author nor publisher nor date of publication nor place of publication listed, though is likely published by the Air Force. Several black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Scuffing to spine, chipping, crimping to corners, else sturdy, clean and unmarked. Unpaginated, but roughly 26 pp. typescript, and then another 30 pp. of black-and-white plates and illustrations. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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95.00 USD
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The Famous Airplanes of the World No. 51, GD. CONVAIR F-102/F-106
Japan Bunrin-Do, 1974 Soft Cover Very Good Soft Cover 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Stapled binding. Light wear to covers, no internal markings. Text in Japanese. Extensively illustrated with both black and white and color photographs and drawings. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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5.00 USD
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The Machiavelli Casyndekan
Colorado Springs, CO Casyndekan, Inc, 1969 Soft Cover Very Good Soft Cover 4to 11" - 13" tall
A computerized analysis and conceptual index of The Prince and The Art of War. Wraps show light wear and there are some minor markings on the front endpapers. Binding is tight and text unmarked. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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10.00 USD
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Abbott, Lawrence F., ed. The Letters of Archie Butt: military aide to President Roosevelt
Garden City, New York Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Fair Hardcover Large 8vo 9" - 10
Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dust jacket present, but chipped, moderately worn, and with plentiful closed tears, illustrated, printed, with photographs of Archie Butt and Theodore Roosevelt on the front cover, not price-clipped. Butt achieved the rank of Captain in the Spanish-American War. Returning to America in 1904 he became Depot Quartermaster at Washington, and in 1906, Depot Quartermaster at Havana. Two years later he became senior aide to the President. Major Butt died in the wreck of the Titanic on April 14, 1912. xxviii + 395 pp. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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21.00 USD
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Airpower Research Institute Essays on Air and Space Power, Volume I and Volume II
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL Air University Press, 1997 First Edition Soft Fine Soft 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Fine condition trade paperback, notes following each chapter. Pages clean, binding tight. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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9.60 USD
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Allen, Hugh The Story of the Airship (non-rigid)
Chicago The Lakeside Press, 1943 Hardcover Very Good Fair Hardcover 8vo 8" - 9" tall Signed by Author
Inscribed by the author at the first free endpaper. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dust jacket present, covered by Bro-dart, but missing a large triangular chip at front panel, small one at rear top panel, showing moderate shelf- and edge-wear otherwise. Stated Second Printing, and stuffed with black-and-white illustrations throughout. 74 pp., complete with references. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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18.00 USD
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Bancroft, Edgar A.; Frederic Bancroft, ed. The Mission of America, and Other War-Time Speeches
Washington, D.C. Privately printed for Frederic Bancroft, 1927 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Hardcover 12mo 7" - 7
Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Burgundy cloth covers, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to covers and spine. Introduction by John H. Finley, and with fine frontis portrait of Edgar A. Bancroft. xxvi + 166 pp. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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15.00 USD
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Bathhurst,Robert B. Understanding the Soviet Navy: A Handbook
Newport, RI Naval War College Press, 1979 Soft Cover Very Good Soft Cover 12mo 7" - 7
Trade paperback with light cover wear and a stain on the fore edge. Binding is tight, text is unmarked. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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5.00 USD
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Blackman, Raymond V.B. The World's Warships
Garden City, NY, U.S.A. Doubleday and Company Inc., 1963 Hard Cover Good Fair Hard Cover Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall
A tightly bound, unmarked copy but with remains of a tape-sticker to front boards; otherwise, clean internally. Mylar-coated dust wrapper that was substantially chipped and with panels missing. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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3.50 USD
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Blakeman, Morris "Sandy" Over There
Privately printed, Limited Edition Hardcover Very Good Hardcover Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall Morris S. Blakeman and Paul R. Sanchez Signed by Illustrator
Fascinating collection of reproduced black-and-white photographs taken throughout Europe by Blakeman and by illustrator Paul R. Sanchez during their service in the Ninth Air Force. Signed by both men at full-title page, with the text note that the volume "will not be sold at book stores." Truly a unique volume. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs. Light half-toning to endpapers. Dark green covers with title embossed on front in blind-stamp. Unpaginated 57 pp. of picture + limited text. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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215.00 USD
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Brindley, John F. Mikoyan MiG-21 ("Fishbed") Variants
Berkshire, England Profile Publications LTD, 1972 Soft Cover Very Good Soft Cover 6vo 10"-11
Nice looking stapled magazine-style format, profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. Unmarked interior. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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7.20 USD
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Brugmans, H. Geschiedenis van den Wereldoorlog 1914-1918
Amsterdam, Netherlands Scheltens & Giltay, Hard Cover Very Good No Dust Jacket Hard Cover
Undated, but c. 1935. 292 pp, illustrated with black and white photos, bound in brown cloth with gilt decoration. Boards have light general wear, including a pale stain at the bottom of the front board. Binding is tight and square, pages are unmarked. Protected by a clear plastic cover.Text in Dutch. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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19.00 USD
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Capelotti, Pete Oceanography in the Coast Guard
Washington, D. C. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 1996 Soft Cover Near Fine Soft Cover 4to 11" - 13" tall
Stapled wrappers. Very mild cover wear; no internal markings. Brief history of oceanographic research by the U.S. Coast Guard, illustrated with photographs. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Casey, Robert J. I Can't Forget!: personal experiences of a War Correspondent in France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Spain and England
Indianapolis, Indiana The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941 First Edition Hardcover Good Hardcover Large 8vo 9" - 10
Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dings along top board edges, top-stained in red. First Edition. Personal experiences of a War Correspondent in France, Luxemborg, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and England. Some sunning and toning to endpapers, age-toning to text-block. 398 pp. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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8.00 USD
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