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1 B-24 LIBERATOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION '89 Commemorative Book
Softcover VG-/NONE 
Staplebound white wraps. Light soiling and rubbing, light creases along spine, light edgewear, including slight creasing with tiny tear to upper corner of booklet.; B&W Photographs; Thin Small 4to; 24 + ads pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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2 Marine Corps Aircraft 1913-1965
Washingon, D.C. U. S. Marine Corps. 1967 Revised Edition Softcover VG/NONE 
Blue printed wraps. Slight fade along the edge of the spine. Lower spine corner is bumped with creasing. Three letters in marker to the lower, rear cover. Interior is very good and free from marking. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 73 pages 
Price: 15.00 USD
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3 OPERATION GOOD WILL U.S.S. Houston, April-December 1946
New York Paramount Printing and Publishing Co. 1947 Hardcover G/NONE 
Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title and illustration on front. Some gilt rubbed away, spine slightly sunned, edges worn with several small tears through cloth, spine ends and corners bumped and worn to boards, light rubbing to covers, pages slightly yellowing, several photos have dates written in ink near them. ; Photographic commemoration of the U.S. Navy ship's 1946 goodwill cruise around Europe and North Africa. ; B&W Photographs; 4to; Unpaginated pages 
Price: 48.00 USD
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4 THE CRIME Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait, Events and Documents from Day 1 to Liberation
Cairo The Kuwait Information Center Softcover VG-/NONE 
Black wraps with red and yellow lettering, edgewear and rubbing, corners of front cover peeling, minor soiling/scuffing to textblock, ffep missing, seems to have been torn out, some glue and paper residue along front hinge. ; Color Photographs; 8vo; 162 pages 
Price: 12.80 USD
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5 "Pappy" Boyington (Col. Gregory Boyington, USMC, Ret.) Baa Baa Black Sheep
The Easton Press 2003 Hardcover F/NONE 
Dark brown leather stamped in gilt. All page edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Silk endpapers. A nearly new copy; very clean and unmarked. Gilt is all very bright. One upper corner with a very minimal bump. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 350 pages 
Price: 80.00 USD
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6 Albaugh, William A., III CONFEDERATE EDGED WEAPONS
New York Harper & Brothers 1960 Hardcover G/NONE Illustrated by Carl J. Pugliese 
Red and grey cloth-covered boards, white title on spine. Lightly shelf-cocked, corners and spine ends just worn to boards, light waterstains to lower edge, insect damage to page edges, slight sunning to spine, light rubbing and soiling. Inside clean, binding strong. ; Drawings; 4to; 198 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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7 Anderson, Nancy Scott and Dwight Anderson THE GENERALS Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1988 0394521064 / 9780394521060 Stated First Edition Hardcover VG/VG 
INSCRIBED and dated by Nancy Scott Anderson on half-title page. Foxing to text block edges and lightly to endpapers, several tiny dents to lower edge of text block (as if bumped against something sharp), small bookseller label to rear pastedown; dust jacket has price clipped and light edgewear. ; 8vo; 523 pages; Signed by One Author 
Price: 20.00 USD
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8 Anderson, R. Wherry THE ROMANCE OF AIR-FIGHTING
New York George H. Doran Company 1917 Pamphlet VG/NONE 
Paper wraps, covers lightly soiled, corners rubbed. ; 12mo; 31 pages 
Price: 12.00 USD
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9 Axelrod, Alan and Charles Phillips THE MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF MILITARY BIOGRAPHY
New York Macmillan 1998 First Edition Hardcover VG/VG+ 
Quarter-bound black cloth spine and blue paper-covered boards, slight soil and wear to edges, lightly shaken. Dust jacket in mylar, light edgewear. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 463 pages 
Price: 14.80 USD
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10 Baltz, Louis J. THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR
Lynchburg, VA H E Howard 1994 1561900605 / 9781561900602 Second Edition Hardcover VG/NONE 
Light rubbing, scuffing and edgewear to charcoal grey, cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Page notations in red ink to List of Maps and brief notations to 7 additional pages. Otherwise, clean, unmarked interior. ; Virginia Civil War Battles & Leaders; 8vo; 282 pages 
Price: 15.00 USD
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11 Bergee, Lee K. GUEST OF THE EMPEROR The Personal Story of Ex-POW Frank O. Promnitz, U.S. Marine Corps
High Ridge, MO Four Freedoms Press 1987 Hardcover VG/VG 
INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper: ' "May it never happen again." Best Wishes! LK Berg ' and SIGNED beneath that by Promnitz. Red cloth-covered boards; dust jacket protected in removable, clear, archival sleeve. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light soiling to edges of book and to white jacket.; 8vo; 250 pages; Signed by All Authors 
Price: 200.00 USD
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12 Bertin, Francois ALLIED LIBERATION VEHICLES United States; Great Britain; Canada
Philadelphia Casemate 2007 1932033769 / 9781932033762 First Edition Softcover VG+/NONE 
Some light edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 127 pages 
Price: 12.00 USD
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13 Bishop, Eleanor C. PONIES, PATRIOTS AND POWDER MONKEYS A History of Children in America's Armed Forces, 1776-1916
Del Mar, CA Bishop Press 1982 0911329005 / 9780911329001 First Edition Hardcover VG/Fair Signed by Author
Signed by author on title page. Light rubbing to navy cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Light foxing to text edges. Faint, irregular stains to paste downs and adjacent end papers, possibly due to glue used on paste downs bleeding through at time of binding. Mylar protected dust jacket in worn condition with noticeable damp staining to spine and front panel as well as chipping, a few tiny closed tears, rubbing and scuffing to edges to back panel, top edge and head of folds. 5 small pieces of dried tape reinforcing tiny tears affixed to back of dust jacket on top edge. Scan available on request. Otherwise tight, unmarked interior. ; 8vo; 186 pages 
Price: 25.00 USD
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14 Blakeslee, Fred Gilbert ARMY UNIFORMS OF THE WORLD
Author 1919 Hardcover VG+/NONE Signed by Author
Red cloth-covered boards with black titles. Minor bumping/rubbing to spine ends, faint insect damage to cloth along upper front edge.; SIGNED by author on the title page.; 12mo; 184 pages; Signed by Author 
Price: 25.00 USD
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15 Boger, Jan DIE SOWJETISCHE INFANTERIE UND IHRE WAFFEN 1945 Bis Heute
Stuttgart Motorbuch Verlag 1981 Hardcover VG+/VG 
Tan cloth-covered boards with black stamped lettering, small bump to upper rear edge. Dust jacket in mylar, light wear to edges, few gentle creases to front panel and spinehead, lightly soiled. Text is in German. ; Text is in German.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to; 192 pages 
Price: 12.00 USD
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16 Bradford, Gamaliel CONFEDERATE PORTRAITS
Houghton Mifflin Company 1914 First Edition Hardcover G+/NONE 
Maroon cloth covered boards with insect damage and fading to edges and spine. Bumping and wear to corners and ends of spine. Binding tight, text clean save for couple of red pencil marks to ffep. Blotchy yellowing to some pages. Top edge of text block gilded. Foxing to fore and bottom edges of text block. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages 
Price: 25.00 USD
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17 Bradley, Mark L. THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE Last Stand In The Carolinas
Campbell, CA Savas Publishing Company 1996 1882810023 / 9781882810024 Third Printing Hardcover VG+/VG+ 
Light rubbing and scuffing to mylar protected dust jacket. Trace soil to text edges. Otherwise tight, bright, unmarked interior. ; Thick 8vo; 582 pages 
Price: 25.00 USD
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18 Burns, Zed H. CONFEDERATE FORTS
Natchez, Mississippi Southern Historical Publications, Inc. 1977 Hardcover VG+/VG 
Grey cloth covered boards with silver lettering and decoration with trace foxing to head of text block. Light edgewear. Dust jacket in protective mylar: very light edgewear; light rubbing; very light soiling. Otherwise clean, unmarked interior. ; B&W and Color Photos, B&W Illustrations, Maps; 4to; 108 pages 
Price: 10.00 USD
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19 Burton, Brian K. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES The Seven Days Battles
Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press 2001 0253339634 / 9780253339638 First Printing Hardcover VG+/VG+ 
Near fine with a hint of rubbing and scuffing to mylar protected dust jacket. Green, cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Trace soil to text edges. Otherwise tight, bright, unmarked interior. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 530 pages 
Price: 16.50 USD
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20 Burton, William L. DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPTS IN ILLINOIS
Northwestern University Press 1966 Hardcover VG-/NONE 
Published for The Civil War Centennial Commission of Illinois. Pale grey cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, light rubbing to spine and edges, mild soiling to text edges, foxing to exterior (with few scattered spots throughout), slightly sunned, moderate musty smell; 8vo; 400 pages 
Price: 10.00 USD
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