Before the Colors Fade: Portrait of a Soldier, George S. Patton, Jr.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. Second Printing. 266, illus. (color frontis), small rough spots to rear endpaper, some wear to top and bottom edges of spine. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. Second Printing. 266, illus. (color frontis), small rough spots to rear endpaper, some wear to top and bottom edges of spine. More
Huntington Park, CA: Privately Printed, 1946. 200, illus., discoloration ins bds & flylves, fr bd water stained, DJ quite worn & scuffed: large tear, small pieces missing. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Book Club Edition. 1055 total, 2 vols., illus., maps, appendices, sources, index, bd corners worn, DJ spines spotted & discolored: sm tears, sm pcs missing. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First/Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. 1072, boxed book, illus., maps, appendices, sources, index, p. 1035 quite wrinkled, a few pages creased, box edges worn. Bookplate inside front board. Clay Blair Jr. (May 1, 1925 – December 16, 1998) was an American journalist and author, best known for his books on military history. He served on the fleet submarine Guardfish (SS-217) in World War II and later became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post. He assisted General Omar Bradley in the writing of his autobiography, A General's Life. Blair wrote two dozen history books and hundreds of magazine articles. His last book was Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942–1945, which followed Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939–1942. Blair's history of the Korean War The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953 is considered one of the definitive historical works on the war. Blair wrote Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, considered the definitive work on the Pacific submarine war. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 1072 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Sources. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Clay Blair Jr. (May 1, 1925 – December 16, 1998) was an American journalist and author, best known for his books on military history. He served on the fleet submarine Guardfish (SS-217) in World War II and later became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post. He assisted General Omar Bradley in the writing of his autobiography, A General's Life. Blair wrote two dozen history books and hundreds of magazine articles. His last book was Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942–1945, which followed Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939–1942. Blair's history of the Korean War The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953 is considered one of the definitive historical works on the war. Blair wrote Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, considered the definitive work on the Pacific submarine war. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. 338, illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, marker inside front flyleaf, weakness to front board repaired poorly with tape. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 338, illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat soiled: small edge chips/creases. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 318, [2] pages. Illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, DJ somewhat soiled and has tear. Return From the River Kwai tells the harrowing tale of about 2200 of those soldiers who were selected because they were healthier than the others to be sent to Japan for work in the factories there. While en route the ships they sailed on, the Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru, were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines who weren't aware that they carried human cargo. The men who survived spent as much as a week floating in the ocean before being rescued by those same submarines. This book tells the firsthand accounts of their experiences and the hardships they endured, from the terrible conditions in POW camps and the difficulties of staying afloat and sane in a vast ocean, to the joys of being rescued and returned to society. The Blairs have done a terrific job of putting together the individual accounts and historical documents that form one of the extraordinary stories of surviving the brutal conditions of war. Unpleasant details are not left out either, although they are told with a sense of dignity. Intertwined with the record of the survivors is the story told by the men on the submarines, who played such an important role in rescuing the stranded men. More
New York: Random House, 1960. 194, illus., maps, index, ink name & date stamp inside front & rear bds, edges of bds worn, Landmark Books #94 (for young readers). More
New York: Random House, 1960. Fourth Printing. 192, illus., maps, index, DJ torn in two pieces in front, tear at DJ spine, DJ soiled, Landmark Books #94 (for young readers). More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. X, 461, [1] pages. Illustrations. Figures. Index. Boards scuffed and scratched. Usual library markings. Fore-edge soiled. Some page soiling. More
Washington, DC: Reserve Officer Assoc. 1982. First Edition. 622, illus., appendices, small tears to DJ edges. More
Quincy, IL: MS Valley Medical Journal, 1960. 11, wraps, illus., figures, minor pencil underlining, author's business card paperclipped inside, pencil name on front cover. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1961. 779, illus., maps, charts, tables, index, lib stamp, rough spot ins rear flyleaf, boards & spine scuffed, lib call number on spine. More
Baltimore, MD: MD Historical Society, 1953. 318, illus., color frontis, maps, endppr maps, apps, rosters, index, some soiling & wear to bds. Inscribed by author to Adm. Duvall. More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999. First? Edition. First? Printing. 559, illus., notes, bibliography, index. More
Madison, WI: U.S. Armed Forces Institute, 1944. 8" x 5-1/4", 334, v.2 only, wraps, appendix, index, pencil scribbling to title page, some foxing to text, covers worn, creased, & stained. More
Chambersburg, PA: The Craft Press, Inc., 1950. First Printing. 234, illus., notes and references, documents, index, discoloration inside boards, DJ worn & soiled: sm tears, sm pieces missing. More
Chambersburg, PA: James K. Eyre, Jr., Printed for the Author by The Craft Press, Inc., 1952. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 234 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrations and Documents List. Acknowledgments. Preface. Testimonials Regarding the Author's Service as an Adviser to President Osmena. Includes chapters on: The Past Spawns Danger Signals; Roosevelt Feels The Wrath of Corregidor; The Ultimata Constitute A "Bombshell"; The Conflict is Shifted and Sealed; MacArthur's Emissary Remains Irascible; A statesman Inherits The Conflict; Roosevelt Is Pursued Determinedly; The Final Showdown Draws Near; and MacArthur Emerges Victor by Default. Notes and References. The Author's Previous Publications. Pre-Publication Notice. Index. Slight soiling to fore-edge, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, small tears, and chips. Front DJ flap price clipped. Signed by the author. Mr. Eyre, who was the author of about a dozen articles in the Naval Institute Proceedings, made a long study of naval and maritime affairs, particularly in the region of the Pacific. Written during the Korean War, this book reveals the history-making conflict between MacArthur and President Franklin Roosevelt during the early days of World War II to Roosevelt's death in 1945. More
Chambersburg, PA: The Craft Press, Inc., 1950. First Printing. 234, illus., notes and references, documents, index, discoloration inside boards, DJ is black-and-white xerox copy. More
Chambersburg, PA: James K. Eyre, Jr., Printed for the Author by The Craft Press, Inc., 1952. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 234 pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Ex-library with usual library markings. Library style binding. Some marginal marks noted. Illustrations and Documents List. Acknowledgments. Preface. Testimonials Regarding the Author's Service as an Adviser to President Osmena. Includes chapters on: The Past Spawns Danger Signals; Roosevelt Feels The Wrath of Corregidor; The Ultimata Constitute A "Bombshell"; The Conflict is Shifted and Sealed; MacArthur's Emissary Remains Irascible; A statesman Inherits The Conflict; Roosevelt Is Pursued Determinedly; The Final Showdown Draws Near; and MacArthur Emerges Victor by Default. Notes and References. The Author's Previous Publications. Pre-Publication Notice. Index. Slight soiling to fore-edge, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, small tears, and chips. Front DJ flap price clipped. Signed by the author. Mr. Eyre, who was the author of about a dozen articles in the Naval Institute Proceedings, made a long study of naval and maritime affairs, particularly in the region of the Pacific. Written during the Korean War, this book reveals the history-making conflict between MacArthur and President Franklin Roosevelt during the early days of World War II to Roosevelt's death in 1945. More
New York: Coward, McCann Inc., 1946. Second Printing. 430, illus., index, small rough spot inside front board, some waviness to a few pages, DJ worn, creased, and torn. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First Edition. 262, illus., some soiling to fore-edge, rear DJ flap creased, some wear to DJ edges. More
n.p. n.p., c1947. 319, wraps, illus., maps (incl. 1 fold-out), covers worn and soiled, pages darkened. Text is in Japanese. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1968. 945, illus., maps, color fold-out maps at end of volume, appendices, index, boards and spine stained and scuffed. More