Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1896. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 201 p. Includes illustrations. More
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1896. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 201 p. Includes illustrations. More
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vii, [3], 246 pages. Footnotes. Index. Signed by author on fep. Other name, in pencil, on fep. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ is worn, torn, chipped and soiled in a plastic sleeve. Some soiling at pages 6 and 7 noted. The author was a career Army officer, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He served in WWII and the Korean War. He published a number of articles on military reform with outlets such as the Washington Post, The New Republic, and the Denver Post. This was his first book. More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. ix, [3], 216 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. DJ is price clipped, worn and soiled. Gift inscription, not from author, on fep. Douglas Kinnard, a 1944 graduate of West Point, served in combat in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, retiring as a brigadier general. After receiving a Ph.D. from Princeton, he taught at the University of Vermont, retiring as a professor emeritus of political science. Subsequently, he was on the faculty of the Naval War College and the National Defense University. The landmark work, revealing that a large percentage of the Army generals who managed the war were uncertain of its objective, was followed by other highly regarded books, including one that recast the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower in a more positive light, and “The Secretary of Defense,” an analysis of the evolution of the American national defense process. More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Books, 1959. Book Club Edition. 22 cm, 215, illus., front board weak, bookplate, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Arlington, VA: Association of the US Army, 2003. 192, wraps, illus., glossary. More
Place_Pub: Arlington, VA: Institute of Land Warfare, 2003. 192, wraps, illus., glossary, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Arlington, VA: Institute of Land Warfare, 2007. Revised Edition. Quarto, 186, wraps, illus., appendix, glossary, some wear to cover edges. More
New York: Ivy Books, 1987. First Edition. First? Printing. pocket paperbk, 292, wraps, map Lee Lanning went to Vietnam hoping for an assignment to the prestigious Air Cavalry. Instead he was assigned to the Infantry, slogging through rice paddies and jungles. Here is an officer's actual log of his tour in Vietnam. More
Garden City, NY: Country Life Press, 1921. First Edition. 634, illus., map, boards scuffed, spine faded and small tears, boards weak, some foxing, pp. 631 to r flylf creased, shaken. More
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1950. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 527, [5] pages. DJ is worn, torn, chipped, soiled, with rear flap present but separated. Several pages at back have creases and tears at the bottom. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Appendices. Index. Foreword by President Truman. William Daniel Leafy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer who served as the most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II. He held multiple titles and was at the center of all major military decisions of the U.S. during World War II. Leafy was the first U.S. naval officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. An 1897 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Leafy saw service in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, Boxer Rebellion in China, the military interventions in Latin America and World War I. As Chief of Naval Operations from 1937 to 1939, he was the senior officer in the United States Navy, overseeing the preparations for war. He retired in 1930 and Leafy was recalled to active duty as the personal Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt in 1942 and served in that position through the rest of World War II. He presided over the American delegation to the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. and Great Britain. Leafy was a major decision-maker during the war and was second only to the President in authority and influence. He served Roosevelt's successor Harry S. Truman, helping shape U.S. postwar foreign policy until finally retiring in 1949. From 1942 until his retirement, Leafy was the highest-ranking active-duty member of the U.S. military, reporting only to the President. More
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1950. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 527, [5] pages. Cover worn. Front board has some weakness and has been restrengthened with glue. Ink notation on fep. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Appendices. Index. Foreword by President Truman. William Daniel Leafy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer who served as the most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II. He held multiple titles and was at the center of all major military decisions of the U.S. during World War II. Leafy was the first U.S. naval officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. An 1897 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Leafy saw service in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, Boxer Rebellion in China, the military interventions in Latin America and World War I. As Chief of Naval Operations from 1937 to 1939, he was the senior officer in the United States Navy, overseeing the preparations for war. He retired in 1930 and Leafy was recalled to active duty as the personal Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt in 1942 and served in that position through the rest of World War II. He presided over the American delegation to the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. and Great Britain. Leafy was a major decision-maker during the war and was second only to the President in authority and influence. He served Roosevelt's successor Harry S. Truman, helping shape U.S. postwar foreign policy until finally retiring in 1949. From 1942 until his retirement, Leafy was the highest-ranking active-duty member of the U.S. military, reporting only to the President. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, c1993. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 419, illus., maps, references, index, minor wear and soiling to DJ. More
Brookline, MA: Privately Printed, 1962. First Edition. 377, illus., red ink number ins rear bd, some wear to bd corners and spine edges, boards and spine somewhat scuffed & small stains. More
New York: Greenberg, 1949. First? Edition. First? Printing. 233, bibliography, reference notes, boards soiled and somewhat marred at and near spine. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. 492, illus., charts, tables, glossary of abbreviations, bibliography, chronology, some darkening and foxing to text. More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1944. First Printing. 420, illus., index, top and bottom edges of spine worn and threadbare with small tears, pages have darkened. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Third Printing. 456, frontis illus., fold-out maps, sources, index, some soiling to fore-edge, bds & spine somewhat scuffed & stained & edges worn. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [12], 207, 3] pages. Frontis illustration. Maps (folding). Appendices. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Hunter Liggett (March 21, 1857 – December 30, 1935) was a senior United States Army officer. His 42 years of service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to trench warfare of World War I. Additionally, he identified possible invasion sites in Luzon, particularly Lingayen Gulf, which were used during World War II in 1941 by the Japanese and in 1945 by the United States. Liggett's field service in the American west, the Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War honed his skills as a military leader. In 1907, he assumed command of a battalion of the 13th Infantry Regiment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. From 1909 to 1914, he served as student, faculty member, and president at the Army War College, receiving a promotion to brigadier general in February 1913. Liggett's services in the Philippines included setting up a staff ride in 1914 to study possible invasion sites on Luzon. He was assisted in this by his aide de camp, Captain George Marshall. The staff ride established that the most likely invasion route would be through the Lingayen Gulf and that this would be all but unstoppable unless the US increased its forces in the Philippines. In 1941, the Japanese invaded through the Lingayen Gulf, as the U. S. did in turn in 1945. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Printing. 22 cm, 302, illus. More
Norfolk, VA: Lloyd's of Norfolk, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 248 pages. Illustrations (a few in color). Format is approximately 9 inches by 12.25 inches. Decorative front cover. Illustrated end papers. Some top of pages soiled. Several interior pages have creases/wrinkles. Notation on fep that this was once the property of SFC Carol Miller, HQ 2d Bde, 82d Airborne. There is a 1.5 by 2.5 inch rectangle cut from the bottom right corners of pages 1-15, revealing the photo of a sergeant Miller taped to the bottom right corner of page 17. Carol Miller is identified to the left of the photograph where there is written in on a provided space, Name, rank, date, and unit. This was signed in 1973. It is unfortunate that the previous owner, SFC Miller, chose to disfigure the early pages by removing a portion of several pages so that his color photograph could be immediately seen. Nevertheless, this is an increasingly scarce item associated not only with a remarkably effective Army unit but also with the final period of the Vietnam War. This yearbook is a small glimpse of the 82d Airborne Division in 1972-1973. It records some of the activities, some of the equipment, some of the facilities, some of the geography visited, and some of the personalities who made up the division during this time. It "cannot describe or depict adequately the Spirit of the airborne, and undefinable thread of comradeship and respect that binds together men who are willing to jump from a plane in flight, to entrust their lives to a parachute,....men who are prepared at any time to fulfill the sacred trust placed in them by the people of the United States. More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, c1985. First Edition. Second Printing. 23 cm, 148, wraps, illus., some soiling to covers. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 438, illus., color frontis, maps, index, DJ scuffed, small tears, crease in rear DJ. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. Book Club Edition. 564, illus., maps, endpaper maps, table, bibliography, notes, index, small tear and stain in front DJ, slight wear to edges of DJ. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. 564, illus., maps, endppr maps, table, biblio, notes, index, DJ in pl sleeve, lib stamps ins fr flylf, title pg, & r bd, lib pocket. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. 564, illus., maps, endpaper maps, table, bibliography, notes, index, slight wear to top and bottom edges of spine. More