Vistas in Astronautics: Second Annual Astronautics Symposium
New York: Pergamon Press, 1959. First? Edition. First? Printing. 318, illus., references, index, usual library markings, front flyleaf removed. More
New York: Pergamon Press, 1959. First? Edition. First? Printing. 318, illus., references, index, usual library markings, front flyleaf removed. More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, [c1916]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 428, illus., diagrams, name stamped in several places. More
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1920. 24 cm, 631, illus. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 11.75 inches. , xvii, [1], 467, [5] pages. Fold-out maps (some color). Maps. Footnotes. Charts. Tables. Illustrations. XLV Appendices. Guide to Footnotes. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Some soiling inside front board, boards and spine somewhat scuffed, some staining and scratches on rear board. Some endpaper discoloration. Stamps and ink name inside front board, board corners worn, ink number on spine, rear board scuffed and scratched. This is one volume of an eight volume report. Engineer Intelligence is a historical coverage of intelligence activities of the Engineers in the Theater during World War II. It has been divided chronologically rather than by campaigns, because the intelligence work did not begin and end in definite phases concurrently with the actual combat which it was supporting. While one campaign was being fought in a particular place, map production and compilation of Engineer intelligence reports were be prepared for another combat action which might not be scheduled for months to combat, and would would be located hundreds of miles from the preset scene of action. The Engineer intelligence mission in the Theater was accomplished, in general, through the execution of two functions: mapping, and research and reports. This volume treats these two functions separately within the time period devoted to each chapter. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 11.75 inches. , xvii, [1], 467, [5] pages. Fold-out maps (some color). Maps. Footnotes. Charts. Tables. Illustrations. XLV Appendices. Guide to Footnotes. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Some soiling inside front board, boards and spine somewhat scuffed, some staining and scratches on rear board. Some endpaper discoloration. This is one volume of an eight volume report. Engineer Intelligence is a historical coverage of intelligence activities of the Engineers in the Theater during World War II. It has been divided chronologically rather than by campaigns, because the intelligence work did not begin and end in definite phases concurrently with the actual combat which it was supporting. While one campaign was being fought in a particular place, map production and compilation of Engineer intelligence reports were be prepared for another combat action which might not be scheduled for months to combat, and would would be located hundreds of miles from the preset scene of action. The Engineer intelligence mission in the Theater was accomplished, in general, through the execution of two functions: mapping, and research and reports. This volume treats these two functions separately within the time period devoted to each chapter. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 11.75 inches. , xvii, [1], 467, [5] pages. Illustrations. Fold-out maps (some color). Maps. Footnotes. Charts. Tables. Illustrations. XLV Appendices. Guide to Footnotes. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Some endpaper discoloration. This is one volume of an eight volume report. Engineer Intelligence is a historical coverage of intelligence activities of the Engineers in the Theater during World War II. It has been divided chronologically rather than by campaigns, because the intelligence work did not begin and end in definite phases concurrently with the actual combat which it was supporting. While one campaign was being fought in a particular place, map production and compilation of Engineer intelligence reports were be prepared for another combat action which might not be scheduled for months to combat, and would would be located hundreds of miles from the preset scene of action. The Engineer intelligence mission in the Theater was accomplished, in general, through the execution of two functions: mapping, and research and reports. This volume treats these two functions separately within the time period devoted to each chapter. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991. Reprint. Trade paperback. xvi, 471, [1] p. Maps. Tables. FIgures. Notes. Sources and Methods. Bibliography. Index. More
Washington DC: Department of the Army, Headquarters and US Marine Corps, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First Printing thus. Wraps. Three hole-punched and staplebound. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Distribution was authorized to US government agencies only to protect technical or operational information, as well as unclassified, controlled, nuclear information (UCNI) material from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made 29 November 1991. It is understood that due to the passage of time and increase in publicly available information this restriction no longer applies. This publication supercedes the nuclear/radiological portions of FM 3-3, dated 30 September 1986. Various paginations (approximately 300+ pages). Figures. Tables/Tabular Data, Appendices. References. Glossary. Reproducible Forms. This we understand was the Army’s last and most comprehensive word, on how troops would confront the effects of nuclear weapons on the battlefield. IT was also jointly issued with the Marine Corps since their troops could also be expected to be on the ground in a 'post-detonation' operational environment. Much of the emphasis is on establishing and communicating the spatial extent of fallout from adversarial nuclear weapons explosions, and understanding its impact on battlefield operations. This really is the definitive work on the subject at the end of the Twentieth Century. Included also is AREA PREDICTOR, RADIOLOGICAL FALLOUT, ABC-M5A2, a 24”X39” flexible translucent overlay sheet with stenciled templates for first-order fallout area delineation on US Army maps; its use is fully described in the FM 3-3-1 manual. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air Force Research Institute, 2017. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Trade paperback. 96 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the US Air Force’s (USAF) professional peer-reviewed journal and the leading forum for airpower thought and dialogue. ASPJ seeks to foster intellectual discussion and debate among air, space, and cyber power leaders, both domestically and internationally. Even before the founding of the USAF, Air University initiated publication of the Air University Quarterly Review in 1947. Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild established this journal as a professional publication in the highest sense of the word—one that would reflect the best professional thought concerning global concepts and doctrines of air strategy and tactics. Since its inauguration, the journal has appeared under the titles Air University Quarterly Review, Air University Review, Airpower Journal, Aerospace Power Journal, and, currently, Air and Space Power Journal. Since 1947, this periodical has fulfilled its mandate to provide an avenue for professional Airmen to present their original thinking on the subject of airpower. The Air and Space Power Journal (ISSN 1554-2505), Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published bimonthly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. More
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air Force Research Institute, 2017. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Trade paperback. 112 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the US Air Force’s (USAF) professional peer-reviewed journal and the leading forum for airpower thought and dialogue. ASPJ seeks to foster intellectual discussion and debate among air, space, and cyber power leaders, both domestically and internationally. Even before the founding of the USAF, Air University initiated publication of the Air University Quarterly Review in 1947. Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild established this journal as a professional publication in the highest sense of the word—one that would reflect the best professional thought concerning global concepts and doctrines of air strategy and tactics. Since its inauguration, the journal has appeared under the titles Air University Quarterly Review, Air University Review, Airpower Journal, Aerospace Power Journal, and, currently, Air and Space Power Journal. Since 1947, this periodical has fulfilled its mandate to provide an avenue for professional Airmen to present their original thinking on the subject of airpower. The Air and Space Power Journal (ISSN 1554-2505), Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published bimonthly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xiii, [1], 29, [1] pages. Illustrations. Glossary. This is a documented briefing. It presents alternatives to continuing 'business as usual'. It is a product of ongoing work by RAND Arroyo Urban Operations Team to find ways to accomplish missions in urban areas at reduced loss of friendly force and noncombatant life and with less damage to city infrastructures. This new approach is an alternative to today's 'close combat' urban operations paradigm that requires commitment of large numbers of soldiers to urban actions. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1917. Pocket-sized, 142, wraps, figures, name stamped inside front flyleaf, covers partially detached, some soiling to a few pgs & corners creased. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1917. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Pocket-sized (4.75 inches by 6.25 inches), 142, [2] Pages. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Corners of some pages bumped. Cover has slight wear and soiling. The authors were Inspector Instructors in the U. S. Army Field Artillery. One of the authors rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Army. Dawson was Chief Signal Officer during the major portion of World War II, and presided over a momentous buildup of the Signal Corps. With a budget that grew from nine million in 1941, to more than five billion in 1943, Olmstead turned to both the Signal Corps laboratories and the private sector to meet the demands of total war. With the assistance of an advisory council of reserve officers and a civilian advisory board comprised of key figures in the communications industry, Olmstead brought the Signal Corps to wartime footing. Accomplishments included activating hundreds of Signal units and training thousands of officers and enlisted personnel in a reorganized Signal School. Olmstead's illustrious career blossomed in the 1920s and flourished during the depression years of the 1930s. However, it was during World War II that Olmstead's talent and vision won him the Distinguished Service Medal. His colleague may have been the John Hammond who also rose to the rank of General and became the owner of the New York Rangers. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 32 cm. 264 pages. Illustrations (most in color). Maps (including a fold-out). Ink notation inside front cover has been blacked out. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Some rear board weakness. This has more than 330 photographs (most in full color), and a panoramic eight-page fold-out containing full color maps. This provides a detailed survey of 125 air forces including all major types of military aircraft then in service throughout the world. This work provides details about their role, composition, deployment, and potential effectiveness. This is a fascinating snapshot in time from the end of the Vietnam War to about the time of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and includes the period of a number of smaller, regional conflicts. More
Alexandria, VA: Jane's Information Group, 1991. Third Edition. Wraps. Wraps, illus., diagrams, glossary, appendix, index, slight wear and soiling to covers. More
New York, N.Y. Ivy Books, 1994. First Ballantine Books Edition [stated], First printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. xiii, [1], 287, [3] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Includes Foreword, Acknowledgments, Translator's Note, Introduction, In Place of an Epilogue, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Also includes chapters on Early Experiences; Strength Meets Strength; On Hill 415; A Rookie Arrives in the Detachment; In a Double Ring of Encirclement; Black Devils; Before the Decisive Blow; Face to Face; and Final Missions. Viktor Nikolayevich Leonov (21 November [O.S. 8 November] 1916, in Zaraysk – 7 October 2003, in Moscow) was a Soviet Navy officer and twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Considered a legend in the Soviet era after the war, he frequently gave speeches to Communist organizations about the war, but he became obscure after the fall of the Soviet Union. After the war, Leonov continued his military service in the Northern Fleet and in the Central Office of the Soviet Navy. In 1950 he graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval Red Banner School named after Sergei Kirov in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, and in 1952, he was promoted to Captain 2nd Rank. At the port city of Wonsan, the naval scouts under Leonov's command were credited with capturing and disarming 200 officers and 3500 soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army in addition to capturing three artillery batteries, five aircraft and several ammunition depots. Leonov received the title Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time on 14 September 1945. From 1953 to 1956, he was a student of the Voroshilov Naval Academy in Leningrad. From 1957 to 1987, he worked as an engineer at the Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering in Moscow. More
New York, N.Y. Ivy Books, 1994. First Balantine Books Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [14], 287, [3] pages. Illustrations. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Front cover has become detached and reattached with tape. Includes Foreword; Acknowledgments Translator's Note; Introduction; Early Experiences; Strength Meets Strength; On Hill 4115; A Rookie Arrives in the Detachment; In a Double Ring of Encirclement; Black Devils; Before the Decisive Blow; Face to Face; Final Missions; and In Place of an Epilogue. From the Arctic Circle to the shores of Japan, Russia's most famous naval scout describes his deadly missions in the Soviet Navy's World War II version of the U.S. Navy's SEALs. Viktor Leonov tells how these elite recon troops acquired their special skills--initially in actual combat--to beat Hitler's formidable 20th Mountain Army, which occupied Russia's Scandinavian borders and threatened the ports receiving crucial American Convoys. Dressed in white, their weapons concealed in white sacks, these naval commandos employed methods as diverse as skiing, navigation by azimuth, parachute and submarine insertions, and climbing icy cliffs to carry out their operations in the polar nights. Whether raiding, capturing German officers, organizing partisan activities, or vectoring air strikes, the scouts exhibited the exceptional operational security, surprise, and daring that ultimately drove the Germans out of Norway and Finland and made the Russian commandos' exploits legendary throughout the North and the Far East. More
Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories, 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. [2], 35, [4] pages plus covers. Illustrations (color) Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. As this report demonstrates, in FY 2006 Sandia's scientists, engineers, and business staff delivered impressive accomplishments in strategic relationships - progress on expanding relationships with strategic partners, significant national awards, their tenth "Outstanding" performance rating from DOE/NNSA for their partnership activities, advances in processing efficiencies, and teamed with Sandia's Strategic Management Units, notable advances in developing innovative business strategies. More
New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 262, illus., glossary of aviation terms, DJ worn and soiled, tears in front DJ. More
New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 262, illus., glossary of aviation terms, slight wear to DJ edges, date stamped on top edge. More
New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 262, illus., glossary of aviation terms, ink notation on title page, ink underlining on p.252. Inscribed by the author (Osborn). More
New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 262 pages. Illus., glossary of aviation terms, ink notation on title page. Inscribed by the author (Shane Osborn). More
New York: Dell Yearling, 2003. 2nd Paperbk Printing. 183, wraps, illus., map, glossary of aviation terms, top corner of front cover and several pages bent The riveting and inspiring story of how Navy Lieutenant Shane Osborn's flying skills saved a Navy reconnaissance plane and its crew of 24 from almost certain death, and their subsequent ordeal of detention and interrogation. Adapted for young readers. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 183, illus., glossary of aviation terms, small chip in bottom edge rear DJ. More
Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1986. 24 cm, 105, wraps, illus., stamp on half-title, covers creased and somewhat worn. More