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1. Alden, Carroll Storrs and Allan Westcott. THE UNITED STATES NAVY. A History,.. Lippincott. (1945). 2nd editon. Maps and diagrams. Cloth. 8vo. Very good. No dust jacket. Name stamped several places on endpapers: 'David L.Yunich.' x & 508pp. Revised.
Our price $4.70

2. Allen, Peter. ONE MORE RIVER. The Rhine Crossings of 1945.. Scribner's. (1980). 1st printing. Maps and illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good. no dj. Tiny nick in head of spine. Very light rub to lower edge of rear cover. xiv & 320pp.
Our price $4.50

3. Allred, B.W., J.C. Dykes, Frank Goodwyn, D. Harper Simms (editors). GREAT WESTERN INDIAN FIGHTS. Lincoln. Univ. of Nebraska Press. (May 1971). Later printing. Map. Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. 336pp. fold-out map. By 'Members of the Potomac Corral of the Westerners, Washington, D.C.' 7th Bison Book printing. Battles in American West 1832 to 1891.
Our price $8.95

4. Avneri, Arieh. THE WAR OF ATTRITION. Tel Aviv. Oliver Books of Israel. (1972). Photo illustrations, maps. Cloth. Small 8vo. Chipped dj. Good. The New Breed Series. Eraser mark on endpaper. Photo illustrated endpapers. Two dot impressions on rear cover. The six day war in June 1967. 192pp. Nick in the upper edge of several pages. Text not affected.
Our price $11.90

5. Barbary, James. PURITAN & CAVALIER. The English Civil War. Nashville. Thomas Nelson. (1977). 1st edition. Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Dust jacket. Very good. 192pp. Light stain on edge of flyleaf and one foredge. Name written on stub-flap of dust jacket. Small note hand written on rear end paper.
Our price $10.00

6. Barker, A.J. PRISONERS OF WAR. NY. Universe Books. (1975). Photo illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo. Chipped dj. Very light rubs outside else a very good, tight and clean copy. 249pp. Bibliography. Index. Short history followed by review in depth of more recent experience in two world wars and Korea, Algeria, Vietnam.
Our price $10.00

7. Baron, Richard, (Major) Abe Baum, Richard Goldhurst. RAID! The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission.. G.P. Putnam's Sons. (1981). Map. Hardback. Large 12mo. Very good. No dj. World War II raid by 3rd Army tank force in ETO to liberate POW's. Number in pencil on fly. 212pp.
Our price $22.00

8. Beach, Edward L. (Captain). THE WRECK OF THE MEMPHIS.. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (1966). 1st edition. Cloth. Small 8vo. Chipped dj. Very good. Warship sunk off Santo Domingo Harbor in Aug. 1916 by three unusual great waves. Map endpapers. 312pp. List of crew members and associates.
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9. Beattie, Edward W. Jr. DIARY OF A KRIEGIE. NY. Crowell. (1946). Sketches by author. Cloth. 8vo. very good. Minor shelf wear. No dj. American journalist captured by the German Army reports on his POW experience. Held from Sept. 12, 1944 to May 3, 1945.
Our price $14.00

10. Biggs, Donald C. CONQUER AND COLONIZE. Stevenson's Regiment and Califiornia. San Rafael, CA. Presidio Press. (1977). Illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good. No dj. xx & 263pp. Bibliography. Index. Regiment, mustered in New York, disbanded in California, was a vehicle for both warmaking and migration.
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11. Bishop, Patrick and John Witherow. THE WINTER WAR. The Falklands.. Quartet Books. (1982). Illustrated. Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Very good. 153pp. Maps. Conflict between Great Britain and Argentina in 1982. Light corner crease in rear cover. 2nd printing of first edition.
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12. Bolt, David. GURKHAS. NY. Delacorte. (Ist American printing Sept. 1969). Photo illustrations and map. Cloth. Large 12mo. Nicked dj. Near fine. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Part of the Pageant of History Series. 128pp including The Gurkha Regiments of the British Indian Army, Notes on Further Reading, and Index. Gurkhas were an ethnically based military formation originally in service to the British in India. Units now serve in both British and India Armies. Men are recruited in Nepal. Bolt served in the 10th Gurkhas Rifles.
Our price $19.00

13. Bourke, John G. ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK.. Time-Life Books. Illustrated. Leather. 8vo. Fine. No dj. Reprinted 1980 from the 1891 edition. Ribbon-marker. Publisher's publicity material laid-in. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
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14. Bowman, Robert M. (Ph.D.). STAR WARS. A Defense Insider's Case Against the Strategic Defense Initiative. Los Angeles. Jeremy P. Tarcher. (1986). 1st edition. Illustrations. Large 12mo. Near fine. Distributed by St Martin's Press. ix & 180pp
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15. Brady, James. THE COLDEST WAR. A Memoir of Korea.. Thomas Dunne Books/ St Martin's. (1990). Illustrations, Map. Trade paperback. 8vo. Very good. 2nd printing. ISBN: 0-312-26511-5. Mild bumps on fore-corners of rear cover. Junior Marine officer serving on static front. No joke. Recommended by Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Jim Lehrer
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16. Bryan, C.d.b. FRIENDLY FIRE.. Putnam's Sons. (1976). Cloth. 8vo. Good, tight copy. Ex Library. Dust jacket flaps taped to covers. 380pp. Investigation of the death of a soldier in Vietnam.
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17. Butcher, Harry C. MY THREE YEARS WITH EISENHOWER. The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR, Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942 to 1945.. Simon and Schuster. 1946. Book Club. Frontis of EisenhoweMY THREE YEARS WITH EISENHOWER. The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNRr and photo illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Very good. No dust jacket. Map endpapers. Lettering on spine faded. xvi & 911+pp. Very slight darkening of paper. Index.
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18. Calvert, James (Vice Admiral, USN). SURFACE AT THE POLE. The extraordinary voyages of the USS Skate.. McGraw-Hill. (1960). Illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good. No dj. 7th printing of the first edition. Light corner bump to lower outside cover. Small label shadow on cover. Decorated endpapers. viii+ & 220pp including list of personnel on Skate during its first polar cruise, August 1958.
Our price $6.25

19. Catton, Bruce. GLORY ROAD. The Bloody Route from Fredericksburg to Gettysburg.. Doubleday. (1952). Cloth. 8vo. Chipped and torn dust jacket. Map endpapers. 416pp. Bibliography, Notes, Index. Bookplate on verso of flyleaf in name of Walther John Ives. Fly wrinkled by excessive water in plate. Otherwise a very good copy. One of a series of titles by Catton on the American Civil War.
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20. Catton, Bruce. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC: MR LINCOLN'S ARMY.. Doubleday. (1962). Hardback. Small 8vo. Slighlty torn dj. Very good. xiii & 363pp. Bibliography, Index.
Our price $8.00

21. Clarke, Thurston. BY BLOOD AND FIRE. The attack on the King David Hotel. London. Hutchinson. (1981). 1st edition. illustrations and maps. Cloth. 8vo. Fine with dust jacket. Reconstruction of the Irgun attack on British Headquarters in Jerusalem, July of 1946. 346+pp.
Our price $12.00

22. Coblentz, Stanton A. MARCHING MEN. The Story of War.. The Unicorn Press. 1927. Illustrations by Arthur Zaidenberg. Cloth. 8vo. Very good. No dj. Very tiny nick in upoper edge of front cover. xxii+ & 488pp.
Our price $20.00

23. Congressional Quarterly. U.S. DEFENSE POLICY. Weapons, Strategy and Commitments. Washington, DC. Congressional Quarterly. April 1978. Few illustrations, tables, charts. Trade paperback. Large 4to. Good. A Contemporary Affaires Report. Wear to covers and spine, a few nicks in cover edges and spine. 116pp plus 86pp of appendix. Review copy with small publisher's announcement pasted to title page. (Size: 11' high x 8?' wide)
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24. Davis, Burke. SHERMAN'S MARCH.. Random House. (1980). 1st edition. Illustrations. Hardback. Very good. No dj. 2nd printing. Some soiling outside. Map endpapers two page map. x+ & 335pp.
Our price $32.00

25. De Seversky, Major Alexander P. VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER.. Simon & Schuster. 1942. Book Club. Illustrations. Diagrams rendered by I.N. Steinberg. Cloth. 8vo. No dust jacket. Spine and covers faded. Text is very good. Bookplate on endpaper. Name on fly: Charles T. Fritich. Book Club review and large three-part ad laid-in. Frontis of General Billy Mitchell. Contains preface to Book-of-the-Month Edition. xiv & 354pp. Argues for air force as leading military arm.
Our price $4.00

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