Air War Against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943
Canberra: Australian War Memorial, [1954]. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. 24 cm, 731 pages, illustrations, maps (some color), bookplate and usual library markings. More
Canberra: Australian War Memorial, [1954]. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. 24 cm, 731 pages, illustrations, maps (some color), bookplate and usual library markings. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, [1974]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 26 cm, 292 & 322, 2-vol. set (very slight differences in binding color and size), illus., maps, figures, charts, apps, index, usual lib markings. 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: Avon, 1983. First Avon Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. xcx, [2], 231, [3] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliographical Note. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge wear noted. Edwin Palmer Hoyt (August 5, 1923 – July 29, 2005) was an American writer who specialized in military history. Until 1958, Hoyt worked in news media, after which he produced non-fiction works. Starting in 1958, Hoyt became a full-time writer , and for a few years (1976 to 1980) he served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Hawaii. In the 40 years since his first publication in 1960, he produced nearly 200 published works. While Hoyt wrote about 20 novels (many published under the pseudonyms Christopher Martin and Cabot L. Forbes), the vast majority of his works are biographies and other forms of non-fiction, with a heavy emphasis on World War II military history. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1957. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Decorative front cover. [4], 60, [4] pages. Illustrations. Index. No dust jacket present. Cover soiled and corners bumped. Some pages discoloration/soiling and some page tears. Ex-library with usual markings and pocket. This is one of the First Book series. The author acknowledged the help with the manuscript provided by Captain Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. and Heinrich Heep. Captain (later Admiral Joseph B. Icenhower was the author. Joseph Bryan Icenhower (1913–1994) commanded a submarine during WWII. On 25 Oct 1944 USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese light cruiser Tama east of Luzon Strait. On 11 Aug 1945 USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Teihoku Maru in the Sea of Japan. Mildred Waltrip (1911–2004) was an American artist and illustrator. Waltrip suffered from polio during her lifetime, and wore leg braces. She received her art education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Waltrip took part in the Works Progress Administration's art program, completing the murals World Map and People and American Characters in 1938 at the Hatch Elementary School in Oak Park, Chicago. In 1995 the murals were removed, as they portrayed Africans stereotypically, "carrying spears, wearing loincloths and sporting prominent red lips," according to a Chicago Tribune article by Joanne von Alroth. The removed murals were placed in storage. By the mid 1950s she was illustrating children's books, including Molecules Today and Tomorrow and Research Adventures for Young Scientists. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. ix, [3], 126, [6] pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. Index. Some DJ wear. Robert Erwin Johnson (3 February 1923 – 28 January 2008) was a University of Alabama professor of history and considered "one of the finest scholars of the nineteenth century U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard" After completing his doctoral work in 1956, the University of Alabama appointed him assistant professor in the faculty of history. He was promoted to professor of history in 1967. He was a member of the American Historical Association, Society for Nautical Research, Naval Historical Foundation, and the United States Naval Institute. He received many awards for his publications, including his book, Guardians of the Sea, which won the Roosevelt Prize in Naval History from the New York Council of the Navy League of the United States, the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award for the best book in U.S. naval history, and the U.S. Naval Institute's Special Award of Merit. More
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: AERO, c1989. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 150, illus. (some in color), rear DJ torn (repaired inside with tape). More
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1978. First American Edition. Hardcover. xx, 556 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Index. DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small edge tears/chips. From 1939 to 1945, the author was Head of Scientific Intelligence on Britain's Air Staff and Scientific Advisor to M16. Reginald Victor Jones (29 September 1911 – 17 December 1997) was a British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert who played an important role in World War II. In September 1939, the British assigned a scientist to the Intelligence section of the Air Ministry. No scientist had previously worked for an intelligence service. Jones rose to become Assistant Director of Intelligence (Science) there. During the course of the Second World War he was closely involved with the scientific assessment of enemy technology, and the development of offensive and countermeasures technology. He solved a number of tough Scientific and Technical Intelligence problems during World War II and is generally known today as the "father of S&T Intelligence" More
New York: Arco, 1982. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 159, illus. (some color), diagrams, usual library markings, worn and shaken Detailed design histories and combat careers of all the world's major capital ships to have seen service from 1939 to the mid-1980's. More
New York: Random House, 2013. 1st Edition [stated] Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxci, 436, [2] pages. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Paul Michael Kennedy CBE FBA (born 17 June 1945) is a British historian specializing in the history of international relations, economic power and grand strategy. He has published prominent books on the history of British foreign policy and great power struggles, emphasizing the changing economic power base that undergirds military and naval strength, noting how declining economic power leads to reduced military and diplomatic weight. Derived from a Kirkus review: The author begins with the agenda and priorities of the 1943 Casablanca Conference, and his inquiry traces the interrelationships among strategic decision-making, the accomplishment of the five major tasks identified by conference attendees, and the capacities and weapons systems that made the achievement of the goals possible. The aim was to overcome obstacles to the successful invasion of Western Europe, with five ranked top priorities: winning the battle against U-boats in the North Atlantic, securing control of the airspace over Europe, developing ways to counter the Nazi blitzkrieg, learning how to coordinate landings and establish secure beachheads on enemy-held coastlines, and mastering the technology and skills required to coordinate and fight combined arms over thousands of miles. Kennedy's fine-grained analysis permit him to array his supporting facts. He discusses key elements in each of the five areas and the commonalities among the different global theaters of war. The succession of accomplishments highlights the special importance of control of the air. More
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2014. First U.S. Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Trade Paperback. 224 pages. Illustrations (photographs, diagrams). Front and back cover have flaps. Includes Foreword, Introduction, Data, Armour, Armament, Fire Control and Radar, Machinery, Refits, Scale Plans, Conclusions, Bibliography, and Index of Ships. This is part of the Warships of the Kriegsmarine series. A short biography of the personality after whom each ship was named is followed by a comprehensive selection of photographs, preference being given to those rarely seen previously or appearing in a publication for the first time. Gerhard Koop served in the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War and then in the postwar Federal German Navy until his retirement in 1981. He was a widely published author on naval technology and maritime historical subjects, as well as translating many English-language navel books into German. Perhaps his greatest achievement was a series of six volume--of which this is one--covering the major surface warships to the wartime German navy. More
Forest Dale, VT: P. S. Eriksson, 1999. First Printing. 180, index, slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ. More
Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2001. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 258, [2] pages. Abbreviations. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. Pencil erasure residue on fep . James M. Lindsay (born November 29, 1959, Winchester, Massachusetts), is the Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy. He is also the award-winning coauthor of America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy and former Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs at the National Security Council. In 2008, he was the principal author of a Department of Defense funded $7.6 million Minerva Research Initiative grant entitled "Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa. Michael Edward O'Hanlon (born May 16, 1961) is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, specializing in defense and foreign policy issues. He began his career as a budget analyst in the defense field. O'Hanlon's main areas of work over the years include studies on defense technology issues, such as missile defense and space weaponry and the future of nuclear weapons policy. More
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1956. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 729, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Formulae. Index. Bookplate inside front cover. The author and contributors seem to be associated with the Naval Research Laboratory. This is one of the Principles of Guided Missile Design series edited by Captain Grayson Merrill, USN. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Previous owner's name and bookplate inside front cover. From the publisher: "The first comprehensive treatment of the basic principles of missile guidance, this book considers every fundamental problem encountered in guiding a controlled missile reliably to its target… An essential background for work with missile guidance systems, for professional engineers, technical officers of the armed services, instructors and graduate students." More
n.d. Ball Aerospace Systems Div. 1983. Revision A Edition. Quarto, approx. 200, wraps, tables, appendix, references, small stains to covers, name stamped on front cover. More
New York: Basic Books, c1990. First Printing. 25 cm, 381, illus., DJ soiled, slight wear to DJ. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1973. First edition. First Impression [stated]. Hardcover. xv, 280 p. illus. 25 cm. Footnotes. Illustrations. Diagrams. Bibliography. Index. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Previous owner's label on fep. Minor page soiling noted. Commander W. E. May was a leading authority on the history and use of the compass. He was a founder member of the Royal Institute of Navigation and one of its first Fellows. He joined the Royal Navy in 1912 and was second in command of one of the gun turrets of HMS Temeraire at the battle of Jutland. In 1923 he qualified as a navigating officer. During the latter part of World War II he was responsible for all repairs to gyro compasses throughout the Royal Navy. In 1951 Commander May was appointed Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, as post he held until his retirement in 1968. More
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, [1964]. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 272, illus., some wear to DJ edges: small tears and chipping. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 221 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library stamps (some crossed out in marker), rough spots insides boards and rear flyleaf. DJ soiled. Some wear to DJ edges, library sticker taped to DJ spine. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First U.S. Edition stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 221, [1] pages. Rough spot at top of inside back board. Red dot on top and edge soiling. Includes Author's Note and Acknowledgments; Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Montbatten of Burma; Abbreviations, Introduction, Chapters 1-22, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Also contains 17 black and white photographs between pages 102 and 103. George Reid Millar DSO MC (19 September 1910 – 15 January 2005) was a Scottish journalist, soldier,and author. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in early 1944 for escaping from Germany while a prisoner of war and making it back to England, which he wrote about in his 1946 book Horned Pigeon. Millar was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the French Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre avec Palmes for his service as an SOE officer in France in 1944. He recorded his experiences fighting behind the lines with the local Resistance in his 1945 book Maquis. Millar joined Alan Moorehead and Geoffrey Cox as Paris correspondents of the Daily Express shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. He covered the Battle of France as a war correspondent with the French Army, and was the last Express journalist in Paris before escaping back to England in June 1940 via Bordeaux. In an immediate and vivid account, he drew on his journalistic skills to describe life living in the woods with the Maquis, various sabotage missions against the railways and trying to organize the villages before liberation by the Americans. It received good reviews and Charles de Gaulle privately complimented him on it. More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Second Printing. Hardcover. 272 pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Index. Some soiling to fore-edge, DJ worn and soiled: tears, chips, front. DJ flap separated from rest of DJ. More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. First Printing. 272, illus., appendices, index, some soiling & General Electric presentation bookplate ins front bd, ink name ins front flyleaf. More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. First Printing. 272, illus., appendices, index, usual library markings, some wear to boards. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. First Edition. 939, illus., figures, tables, appendix, index, sl weakness front bd, ink name & pencil address ins front board, bds somewhat scuffed. More
London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1984. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Hardcover. Quarto/Format is approximately 9 inches by 12.5 inches. 207, [1], 792 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Tables. Glossary. Index. Cover and pages have some wear and soiling. Spine lettering faded. Red mark on bottom edge. This is a large and heavy book and would require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. Jane's Fighting Ships is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches--photos began to appear with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905. It was originally published by John Frederick Thomas Jane in London in 1898 as Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, in order to assist naval officers and the general public in playing naval wargames. Its success eventually launched a number of military publications carrying the name "Jane's". It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which is now owned by IHS. Ten early editions of Jane's (those of 1898, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 1944-45, and 1950-51) were reissued in facsimile reprints by Arco Publishing starting in 1969. All of these appeared in the oblong or "landscape" format that characterized the series until the 1956/57 edition, while from 1957/58 the present "portrait" layout was adopted, thus matching the sister Jane's publication on aircraft. More