American History Illustrated, Volume IV, 1969
Gettysburg, PA: Historical Times, Inc., 1969. American History Illustrated binder with 10 issues in it (full year run--March and September were not publication months). More
D-Day
The American Weekly, June 5, 1960
New York: Hearst Publishing Co., Inc., 1960. 10.5" x 12.5", 19, wraps, profusely illus., pages have darkened somewhat, some soiling to covers, top corner bent. More
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Volume 1, Number 4, Summer 1989
New York: MHQ, Inc., 1989. quarto, 128, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, boards slightly worn and soiledContains an article by Stephen Ambrose on the D-Day landings and the secrets of Operation Overlord. Also contains articles on Guernica, the strategic complexities of the American Civil War, World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the battle of Cowpens, and excerpts from Bruce Gudmundsson's memoirs, among many other topics. More
Years of Expectation: Guadalcanal to Normandy
New York: McKay, [1973]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 430, maps, index, some soiling and wear to DJ, edges soiled, review copy slip laid in. More
The Champagne Campaign
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, [1969]. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 298, illus., endpaper maps, chapter notes, bibliography, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ edges worn and small edge tears/chips. More
Sails to Atoms: From Seaman to Admiral
Philadelphia, PA: Dorrance, [1975]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 169, illus., DJ heavily soiled, some edge soiling. More
National Geographic, Volume 201, No. 6, June 2002; Official Journal of the National Geographic Society
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. [38], 132, [12] pages, plus covers. Illustrations (most in color). Maps. Advertisements. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Cover highlights Untold Stories of D-Day, The cover story is by noted author Thomas B. Allen. There is also an article on Bedford, Virginia, a community that lost 19 of its young men on D-Day. Karen Lange wrote a fascinating article on Jamestown. Additional articles are on the Great Northern Forest, the Beast of the Boreal, an American photojournalist and her Islamist translator on the front lines in Afghanistan, pre-Inca empires in the Andes, and Ames, Iowa. More
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Ninth Printing. 335, wraps, illus., maps, index, some soiling inside front cover, raised stamp on title page, pages somewhat darkened. More
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Reprint Edition. First Printing. 333, wraps, illus., maps, index, pages slightly darkened. Contains new foreword by the author. More
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 1st Touchstone Edition. First Printing. 655, wraps, illus., maps, glossary, endnotes, bibliography, appendix, index, some wear to cover edges, front cover creased. More
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Printing. 655, illus., maps, glossary, endnotes, bibliography, appendix, index, minor foxing to top edge, slight wear to DJ edges. More
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 1st Touchstone Edition. Sixth Printing. 655, wraps, illus., maps, glossary, endnotes, bibliography, appendix, index, small stains inside front cover & front flyleaf. More
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Printing. 655, illus., maps, glossary, endnotes, bibliography, appendix, index, boards slightly scuffed. More
Ike: Abilene to Berlin
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. 220, illus., maps, further reading, glossary, index, front DJ flap clipped, DJ somewhat worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st Touchstone Edition. Eleventh Printing. 197, wraps, illus., appendix, sources, index Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day. Major John Howard and his small detachment of British airborne troops landed in gliders, stormed German defense forces, and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. More
Pegasus Bridge; D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid
London: Pocket Books [Simon & Schuster UK Ltd], 1988. Fifth Printing [stated]/. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 233, [15] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendix. Sources. Index. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day. Major John Howard and his small detachment of British airborne troops landed in gliders, stormed German defense forces, and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history. However, in a review of To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian for the New York Times, William Everdell wrote that "he certainly deserved better from some of his envious peers" and credited the historian with reaching "an important lay audience without endorsing its every prejudice or sacrificing the profession's standards of scholarship. More
The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Place_Pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. 732, maps, glossary, notes, index, ink name inside flyleaves, pencil marginal lines on several pages, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. 265, index. More
The Victors. Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II
Place_Pub: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Printing. 396, illus., maps, sources, index, slight soiling to fore-edge, some wear to top and bottom DJ edges. More
What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been. Essays by Stephen E. Ambrose, John Keegan...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1999. Tenth Printing. 395, acid-free paper, illus., maps. More
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Washington, DC: GPO, 1957. 22, wraps, illus., maps, covers soiled and stained. More
Chronology of World War II: The Day by Day Illustrated Record 1939-45
New York: Exeter Books, 1980. First Printing. Quarto, 200, illus., maps, appendix, glossary, index, some wear and small tears to DJ edges. More
June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 370, illus., map, appendix, sources. More
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It
New York: Dell Publishing, 1998. First edition. First paperback printing [stated]. Mass-market paperback. xii, [map], 545 p. Bibliography and Sources. Index. More
True Tales of American life
London: Faber and Faber, 2001. First U.K. Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 383, illus., index, DJ slightly worn and soiled: slight edge wear. More