Biography - Military

McClelland & Stewart. Good+. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0771007248 . Internal pages clean & unmarked, age tanning to page edges. Cover has moderate edgewear, scuffing & creasing, price sticker on front. An account of the deplorable treatment inflicted on Japanese Canadians during World War Two. [459] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 456 pages . more information

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Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0889996091 . Signed/inscribed on half title page: "To___, Very Best Wishes - Good music, and to quote Spock, 'Live long and prosper'. Sincerely, Perry Bauchman, Janaury 18, 1997". Excellent condition, only light wear overall. Light wear to edges/corners, light scuffing of covers. Interior pages clean & unmarked. b/w photos. Perry Bauchman spins this tale of his wartime career with the RCAF, his early neophyte days in Africa; shooting up German road convoys in France; downing buzz bombs over England, fierce dogfights with Messerschmitts and Focke Wolffs, and even his romance with future wife Rosemary; with flair and valor. At war's end he became a lawyer, practised law in several provinces, raised and family and retired to Victoria, British Columbia . (*Note: Shipping may be reduced, depending on your location).; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author . more information

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Orion Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Book club edition. Hardcover is clean & tight, only marking is a small inscription on endpage. Jacket has moderate edgewear and several small tears/chips. "The story of Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17, whose combat record in the 76 day campaign against the Japanese in the Solomon and Bismarck Islands totaled 154 enemy plans destroyed, surpassing the record of the better known "Black Sheep" led by Pappy Boyington. No less than 13 men in this squadron, including Blackburn himself, became aces, each destroying more than 5 enemy aircraft. " [403-notosl]; 8vo . more information

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Kangaroo Press. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0864178123 . Very nice condition. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual markings, only light wear overall. Pages are clean, light edgewear to cover, a little soiling to outer edges. Story of the author's survival after being captured in Java during WWII & interned as a POW in slave labour camps in Indonesia by the Japanese. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Harold King. Hardcover is clean, has light edge/corner wear, interior clean & tight, first blank flyleaf missing, light soiling outer edge of pages. Jacket has light edgewear and a few small tears/chips, age tanning of edges. 192 pages. The "handbook of patriotism, " both passionately acclaimed and furiously denounced in France; story of Jean Dutourd, soldier in World War II and novelist. "On June 25, 1940, at the age of twenty years and six months, after having been a soldier for fourteen days, I was taken prisoner. " And so begins this memoir of a celebrated journalist regarding his experiences during World War II. (400) ; 8vo . more information

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William Morrow. Good in Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0688126642 . Retired library book with visible wear, scuffing & light edgewear to jacket, some spotting to outer edge of pages. Internal pages have occasional light soiling, wrinkling, earmarks etc. Pages are tight. Reading copy only. Based on the recollections of 14 men who served in Vietnam with the U. S. Navy's elite Sea-Air-Land counter guerrilla force. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Leicester: Charnwood. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0708987222 . Scarce Edition, large print. No jacket as issued. This is an ex-library book but markings are fairly unobtrusive, sticker on spine, stamp first page and stickers inside back cover. Light wear to corners & spine ends, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight. This is the author's own factual and highly personal account of the Burma War. He describes life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory. It is war in close-up, fearsome, sometimes appalling, often funny, and always a disturbing reminder of how the world and its attitudes to soldiering have changed in fifty years. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 358 pages . more information

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Avon Books. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0380019760 . Reprint. Light edge & corner wear, two small tears by spine. Interior pages clean & tight. "The best personal journal about war, any war, that any writer has ever accomplished....With uncanny precision it summons up the very essence of the war (Vietnam) - its space diction, its surreal psychology, its bitter humor - the dope, the Dexedrine, the body bags, the rot, all of it. "--Chicago Tribune (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Pyramid. Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperbac. Internal pages are clean & tight, some soiling inside covers. Cover has moderate edge & corner wear, creasing & corner curling. "An elusive, vicious enemy - alien, treacherous terrain - and the fighting courage of American servicemen - those are the elements of this stirring book of battle adventures in the strangest war this country has ever fought..." (*shipping will be reduced after checkout on this lighter item) [122-osl] . more information

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Jove. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0515081760 . Clean, tight condition. Pages unmarked, light age tanning to page & inside covers. Cover has light wear to corners & creasing to spine. B/w illus. "....after four years of naval warfare against the United States, the Imperial Japanese Navy simply no longer existed, having lost more than 400,000 men, its great carriers and battleships reduced to scrap metal..." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 253 pages; (*lower shipping avail to U. S. & overseas locations) [140-notosl] . more information

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McGraw-Hill Companies. Very Good+. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0071400370 . 2000 printing. Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Interior pages clean and tight, light soiling to outer edge of pages. Cover has light wear at corners and a little scuffing. B/w & colour illustrations. ; Walter J. Boyne Military Aircraft Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 226 pages; From Air Force lightweight to Navy champion--the F/A-18 Hornet is a versatile fighting force to be reckoned with! Responsible for the Navy's only two air-to-air kills during Desert Storm and the much-feared stinger in the Navy's aircraft carrier strike force, the F/A-18 Hornet has an ugly duckling history. Born as Northrop's YF-17, the design went head to head with General Dynamics' F-16 for the Air Force's lightweight fighter contract -- and lost. This intriguing, fact- and photo-packed book, written by veteran aviation author and engineer Dennis R. Jenkins, brings readers a stop-action look at the F/A-18 Hornet's metamorphosis from an also-ran into a military, technical, and economic triumph. Boeing F/A-18 Hornet takes you inside the cockpit for never-to-be-forgotten takeoffs, landings, and missions on the great floating airfields that are naval aircraft carriers. But even more revealingly, it places you beside the engineers, pilots, and Navy brass who turned an awkward orphan into a combat winner. Replete with never-before-revealed technical details and performance appraisals, this in-depth history of the F/A-18 Hornet closely examines the sophisticated electronic countermeasures and weapons-delivery avionics that have made this versatile warplane a hit, not just with the Navy but with foreign purchasers from Canada to Malaysia. Precise, incisive, and authoritative, Dennis R. Jenkin's Boeing F/A-18 Hornet is one of the most exciting tours of an in-service combat plane ever penned--and a valuable addition to any collection of military or aviation lore. [700] . more information

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Corgi. Very Good. 1976. Second Printing. Softcover. 0552102458 . Corgi 1976 paperback. Interior pages clean & tight, no markings, light age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light creasing and light edge/corner wear. "19th August 1942 .... Six thousand Canadian and British commandoes strike at Hitler's Europe. With them is one young man - Jack Nissenthall - a man whose mission is so vital that he cannot possibly fall into enemy hands ... Alive..." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 237 pages; (*lower shipping avail to all locations) [140-osl] . more information

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Basic Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 046504400X . Clean & unmarked - slight wrinkling to top edge of jacket. 362 pages. " This book tells the story of betrayal, of medical arrogance flourishing in the absence of public accountability, shielded by an unquestioning deference to national security. Reveals that men and women in the US Armed Forces were subjected to medical experiments that they didn't know about. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Mcgraw Hill/Aviation Week. Near Fine. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0071391193 . Excellent condition, ex-library with sturdy laminated cover and usual stamps/stickers, only light wear overall, interior clean & tight. B/w photos. SUMMARY: Distinguished Naval aviator Dan McKinnon brings to life the dramatic at-sea helicopter rescues he participated in during his anything but peaceful “peacetime service” in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1959. Helicopter flight itself, not to mention vertical-lift rescue and evacuation was in its infancy at that time, so pilots like Dan had to “learn as they go”, executing daring at-sea rescue missions from air carrier flight decks. Rough water, treacherous weather and risky cold-war conditions were all part of a day’s work. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Toronto: Dundurn Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 155002342X . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings - only very light wear overall. Interior pages clean & tight. Very light edgewear to cover. "It was the decisive battle of World War I. German commander Erich Ludendorff called it "the black day of the German army. " Many authors have stated that it was the beginning of the end of the great conflict. And yet, until now, no book has been published on the climactic battle at Amiens. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Doubleday. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4.5" x 6.5". "Navies of the Second World War" series. 152 pages with tables, 8 sketch-plans & 37 bw photos. Hardcover has light wear to corners. Interior clean & tight - may be the occasional small spot. Jacket has light soiling & light edgewear, a few tiny tears & tanning to edges. Covers the minor surface warships of the Soviet navy during the second WW. (*lower shipping avail to some locations). [252-osl]; 32mo 4" - 5" tall . more information

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Ronsdale Press. Very Good. 2000. Paperback. 0921870779 . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Internal pages clean, a little soiling to outer edges. Light edgewear & scuffing to covers. "A Holocaust memoir by Michel Mielnicki, who survived the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Mittelbau-Dora and Belsen. Mielnicki takes us from the pleasures and charms of pre-war Polish Jewry (now entirely lost) into some of the darkest places of the 20th century. Includes many black and white photos and a full index. " [428-osl? ] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages . more information

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Tab Books. Fine. 1986. Softcover. 0830681957 . Excellent condition, no markings, slight corner creasing on one back corner. Illustrated. 309 pages. A former fighter pilot, whose impressive service record includes 163 combat missions, provides fascinating insight into the realities of the U. S. Tactical Air Forces. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Putting his emphasis on the human element - the "hungry tigers" whose pride, dedication & skills set them apart from ordinary service men - O'Brien includes detailed descriptions of the modern fighter planes, its weapons & ordnance.... (378-noto) . more information

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Da Capo Press. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0306809583 . Very good - interior pages clean and unmarked, a little light spotting to outer edge of pages. Cover has light corner wear, light scuffing and a little corner curling, price sticker on are. "A powerfully vivid documentary reconstruction of Adolf Hitler's final days". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages; From a Reviewer: "A Fascinating Descent into Madness.......O'Donnell was a Signal Corps captain, and one of the first Americans to enter the bunker in July of 1945. His sleuth style of research, combined with exhaustive interviews of Hitlers inner circle have allowed him to re-create for the reader almost exactly what happened in the last two weeks of April 1945. All the major players are described in detail, and every personality type is present in this underground fortress, with its gasproof design, cast iron doors and two seperate levels. You will feel the desperation of these committed and loyal Nazis as the ring around Berlin tightens, and their chances for escape dwindle. O'Donnell covers the most intimate details behind not only the final days, but how each member gained their position of influence, who despised whom, Hitlers manic episodes and his heavy sedation, and the small fish in this pond are not overlooked either, down to the enlisted men who kept the generators running and the switchboard operating, and even these seemingly routine operations were not without interference from some members of the group...... " [560] . more information

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McGraw-Hill Companies. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0071400389 . 1999 printing. Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings such as front and spine sticker. Interior pages clean and tight, a little soiling to outer edge of pages. Cover has light wear to laminate at corners. B/w & colour illustrations. ; Walter J. Boyne Military Aircraft Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 121 pages; The Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit can convert from conventional to nuclear platform within an hour. It has a 32-bomb-carrying capacity vs the F-22 Raptor bomb-carrying capacity of two. The first B-2 was made operational in April 1997. FDEThis volume: profiles the design, development and operation of the world's first stealth-technology aircraft; examines the B-2A's tandem deployment with precision-guided munitions; and provides performance capabilities. It should be of interest to: general readers and enthusiasts; the military; pilots; designers; engineers; manufacturers; and defence personnel. [458-osl] . more information

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England: Penguin. Good+. 1969. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, small tear to back cover has left a tiny tear to the last few pages. Age tanning to cover & pages. Internal pages are clean & tight other than above. B/w photos. "Throughout the years of greatest East-West tension every British intelligence effort was jeopardized, because the head of anti-Soviet operations in the Secret Intelligence Service was himself a Soviet agent. In this book three Sunday Times journalists piece together the scarcely credible story of Kim Philby...." (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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London: Metro Publishing. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 1843581000 . Metro Publishing 2004. Excellent condition, clean and unmarked. Cover has light scuffing and a little edge bumping, one small crease on front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; The tragic story of Captain Robert Nairac's abduction and murder by the IRA in 1977 has until now been shrouded in mystery. At last, John Parker's compelling biography uncovers the truth of Nairac's secret war and heroic death. Drawing on unprecedented first-hand accounts from senior army colleagues and IRA sources, John Parker reveals the answers to the questions that have haunted the imagination for so long. [210-noto] . more information

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Berkley Medallion. Good. 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Moderate edge & corner wear, some creasing, light soiling to covers. Small stamp & name written inside front cover. Very light edge stain first couple pages. Pages are otherwise clean. All pages are intact although binding is getting a little fragile. The heroic, exciting story of World War II's most famous pilots - told by the author of God is My Co-pilot. To the Chinese the Hawk-faced leather-skinned American was "Chennote Chiang Chun" and his men were "Tigers" - the family Flying Tigers who plunged into China in 1941 to help in the desperate struggle against the invading Japanese. (*Shipping will be reduced to all locations) [110-osl]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Historical Society of Alberta. Very Good+. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 1550565672 . Nice, tight copy. Sturdy laminated cover, ex-library book with usual type markings. Wear is very light , light soiling to outer edge of pages. Internal pages clean & tight. B/w photos. "A German sniper shot Alwyn Bramley Moore through the head one cold night in 1916. Before his death, Alwyn had sent many letters to his young children in Alberta. " The author, who is Senior Researcher, at the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum, compiled these letters and wrote the introduction. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 140 pages pages . more information

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Lawrence Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0882081667 . Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers. Light soiling and minimal edgewar on cover. Pages clean & tight. A very nice copy. In this extraordinary story of World War II, the author's father, who enlisted in the army at age 16, describes the experiences that would affect the course of his life. Douglas Valentine tells of his capture by the Japanese in the fetid jungle of New Guinea, as well as his internment with Australian and British prisoners-of-war in the Hotel Tacloban — a place where no mercy was shown or expected, and from which few came home alive. A celebration of camaraderie and a testament to "the soldier's faith", this is a story of murder, mutiny and an incredible military cover-up; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Tower Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed/inscribed by the Editor, Wilkinson's mother. To ____, With love and best wishes, From Alta R. Wilkinson, Apr. 22, 1968, Ottawa". Hardcover is clean, with minimal edgewear/scuffing. Interior clean & tight, light tanning to page edges. DJ is yellowed, with light soiling and light edgewear, light creasing, not price clipped. Mrs. Wilkinson's nineteen year old son Arthur Campbell Wilkinson was a member of the first Canadian contingent that sailed for England in 1939. He was killed at Caen, France in July 1944. During that four-and-a-half-year period he wrote scores of letters home. They are preserved in this volume, just as he wrote them, arranged by his mother. 124 pp. Ill. With photographs. Copies of official messages. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo; Signed by Author . more information

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Bluejacket/Naval Institute. Very Good+. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1557509247. . Excellent condition, ex-library with sturdy laminated cover, usual lib markings, only light wear overall, light soiling outer edge of pages, interior clean & tight, interior pages clean. B/w illus. From Booklist: "In 1944, Wingo left her working-class Irish Catholic family in Detroit to join the Waves. Her 18 months of service didn't quite show her the world, but it showed her a great deal beyond her childhood home and faith, taught her about her fellow humans, and saw her assigned to one of the elite Wave units, which trained naval Armed Guard antiaircraft gunners on the West Coast...." (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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