Military

Pischel Yearbooks, Inc., 1972. 1972 West Pac cruisebook of the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63). Hardcover, size: folio. White cloth boards with embossed titles and wraparound hawk pictorial. Pictorial endpapers (Wright Brothers first flight). 320 pages, with thousands of color photos (includes each crew member). Moderate soiling to boards, with small fraying to corners. Front board has an area of thin scratches, and a small red stain. Boards are a bit curved at the fore edge. Ink name and FPO address on the front pastedown. First few pages have minor wrinkling, but no staining. Good.. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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Vance Air Force Base: 71st Flying Training Wing, 1977. Graduation book for U.S.A.F. undergraduate pilot training class 77-03, of the Air Training Command's 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Hardcover, size: 4to. Orange and blue cloth with blue and orange titles and aircraft vignettes. Photographic endpapers. 44 pages. Many photos, including chain of command, and training officers of Section 1 (F Flight and G Flight). Each graduate pilot has an entire page, with photos and a short bio. Also, 6 pages of photos of various activities of the unit, and the poem "High Flight". Bright boards with light wear and moderate soiling. Clear tape with marker writing, on top half of spine. Ink notation on front pastedown. Good. . Magazine. Good. more information

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London: Leo Cooper Ltd., 1971. VG+, in a VG+, mylar-protected dust jacket. 1971 first British hardcover edition; size: octavo. Blue boards with gilt spine titles. 152 pages, with photos and illustrations. Book has scant wear. Bright, unclipped jacket has minor wear. From the publisher's "Famous Regiments" series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Chico, CA.: Chico Army Flying School, 1943. 1943 Chico Army Flying School graduation book for class 43-H. Stapled softcover, size: 4to. Photographic front cover (control tower). Cream color paper with black titles. 54 pages. Includes a photo of each pilot graduate, seated in a cockpit, along with their favorite quote. Frontis photograph of what I believe are 5 Vultee BT-13's in formation. Many cartoons and photos, including battalion officers, ground school officers, link trainer officers, flight directors, squadron instructors (5 squadrons), dispatchers, various wives and sweethearts, photos of training activities, and poems by "Herky" Herdell. Moderate creasing and soiling to covers. Good.. Soft Cover. Good. more information

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San Diego: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover, size: 4to. Light blue cloth with a silver embossed ship's insignia on the front board. Photographic endpapers. 94 pages, with hundreds of photos. Moderate soiling and edgewear to boards, plus a spine lean. Small corner-crease to last few pages. Good. The USS Kansas City (AOR-3) was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler; commissioned in 1970 and decommissioned in 1994.. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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Port Ludlow, Wa.: Alden Publishing, 1996. SIGNED by the author on the title page (no other names); and limited, #10 of 300 copies. 1996 hardcover first edition; size: 4to. Red leatherette boards with gilt spine titles, and unit emblem on the front board. 702 pages, with many photos, maps, and illustrations. Bright boards with scant wear and a slight spine lean. VG+.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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Fifty First Signal Battalion, 1959. Top-stapled softcover; size: 4to. Mimeographed front cover and text. Unit shield on front cover. 51 pages. Covers the unit's formation in 1917, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and up to 1958. Unit started out as the 5th Telegraph Battalion, and was quickly redesignated as the 55th Telegraph Battalion. In 1921, it was redesignated as the 51st Signal Battalion. Wear and moderate staining to covers. Good.. Soft Cover. Good. more information

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1920. Genuine 1920 Bobbs-Merrill hardcover first edition; not a cheap reprint. No jacket. Size: octavo. Red cloth with gilt stamped titles and rules. Unit insignia stamped on front board. 468 pages, with photographs, including frontis. Includes a history of each battery, as written by members of the organization while in France, and a roster of each unit, as of the date of demobilization. Solid book with light edgewear and moderate soiling to boards. Colors of front board unit insignia are mostly rubbed off. Good. A separate WWI-era newspaper clipping, about "Door County, Wisconsin boys reported killed in action, died of wounds, and disease", is laid in. Clipping also has a photograph of Walter Cunningham, who was killed in action.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by *. more information

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1981. Cruise book circa 1981; no publisher or date. Blue leatherette; size: 4to. Illustrated boards, with embossed gilt emblem on front board. 208pp with hundreds of photos; photographic endpapers. The USS Jason was launched in 1943, as the first and only hull repair ship. She saw action in the South Pacific, and helped repair the carriers USS Randolph, and USS Lexington, among other damaged ships. She also saw service off Korea and Vietnam. Book is solid, with bright boards and light edgewear; a slight spine lean. VG.. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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Hawthorne, Nevada: Naval Ammunition Depot, 1976. No date; circa 1976. Stapled softcover, size: 4to. Purple front cover with yellow titles and ammo designs, and a yellow rear cover. 40 pages, with many photos, plus a frontis map. Includes accessibility, climate, versatility, loading-assembly-renovation of TNT, RDX, HBX, mines and depth charges, rockets, and missiles, inert loading, sensitive weapons, advanced weapons, demilitarization and disposal, weapons testing, storage, containerization, laboratories, computer support, weapons testing parameter capabilities, ordnance plant facilities, and public works shop and facilities. Moderate wear and soiling to covers. VG-. Includes a separate 11-page pamphlet entitled "Attendance List 1976 Annual Meeting ADPA Environmental Research Section, Chemical & Biological Division. Naval Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada 20-22 April 1976". (NAD Hawthorne was transferred to the Army in 1977, and is now called Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant). Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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San Angelo, Texas: Newsfoto Publishing Co.. First edition. No date; circa 1946. No author noted. Hardcover, size: 4to. Dark blue and gilt cloth, blindstamped in an alligator skin pattern. Front board has embossed title, a silhouette of a B-24 Liberator, and the 8th Air Force emblem. Unpaginated, with many photos. Solid book with bright boards, scant wear, and a moderate spine lean. VG+. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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1970. Hardcover, size: 4to. Brown leatherette boards with a b&w illustration on front board. Seabee unit "cruisebook" about their deployment in Vietnam, 1969-70. 184 pages, with hundreds of photos, including some in color. Includes photos & names of all personnel. Bright boards with very light wear. Book has a slight musty odor. VG+.. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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East Hartford, Connecticut: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, 1942. 1942 fourth revised edition. Maroon leatherette ring-binder with red titles in gilt fields, plus gilt embossed Pratt & Whitney logo on front board. Size: 4to. Paginated by sections; about 390 pages, with many photos, illustrations, and fold-out engine schematics. Includes: disassembly of engine into sub-assemblies, disassembly of sub-assemblies, cleaning, inspection, repair and assembly of sub-assemblies, assembly of engines, run-in of engines after overhaul, preparation of engine after run-in, carburetors, magnetos, ignition wire manifold and radio shielding, fuel pumps, spark plugs, automatic oil temperature control, gun synchronizer, tightening torque recommendations, table of clearances, and charts for tables of clearances and lubrication diagrams, overhaul shop layout diagram, and suggested special equipment. Moderate rubbing and soiling to binder. Ink name on title page. Text is clean. Good to VG.. Ring-binder. Good. more information

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USS Nitro, United States Navy, 1976. Cruisebook for USS Nitro (AE-23) Med Cruise 1976. USS Nitro was a Suribachi class ammunition ship. Hardcover, size: 4to. White cloth with red and blue titles and "76" design on front board. Pictorial endpapers. 80 pages, with hundreds of photos. Bright boards with light wear and moderate soiling. Ink name and number on the front pastedown. A slight musty odor, from storage. VG-.. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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Paris: Stars and Stripes, 1944. From the "G.I. Stories of the Ground, Air and Service Forces in the European Theater of Operations" series, issued by the Stars and Stripes, under the aegis of ETOUSA. They were printed in Paris, and distributed to servicemen in Europe. Not many of these delicate pamphlets have survived. Stapled softcover; size: 24mo. Photographic covers. 32 pages, with photographs, cartoons, and a nice 2-page color pictorial map "Thru France with the 2nd". Bright covers with light creasing in front; more so on rear. Small dampstain on front cover; affects cover only. Good. . Pamphlet. Good. more information

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Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1945. 1945 hardcover first edition, size: folio. Green marbled leatherette boards, with embossed titles, front board pictorial, and 5th Infantry Division red diamond insignia. Map endpapers. Unpaginated; about 255 pages, with hundreds of photos, maps, and cartoons. Solid book with light soiling and moderate rubbing to boards. Corner crease on title page. Good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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Portland, Or.: On Guard Publishing Company, 1942. First issue of the monthly magazine. Size: 4to. 16 pages, including a great 2-page photo of Guard Cavalry on manuevers, in a field near Beaverton. Local ads inside covers. Articles include The Guard: Its Purpose, To the Unit Commander, State to Back Training Plan, "Rumor-Spreader" is Menace, With the Men on Guard Throught the State, plus articles on individual units, and World War II. Bright covers with moderate wear. VG-.. Magazine. Very Good. more information

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Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises. No date; ca 1953. Hardcover; size: folio. Unpaginated. Black leatherette boards with gilt titles; color insignia of the 3rd Armored Division on front board. Endpaper photo-spread of Fort Knox. Many photos of the Fort, facilities and training. Appears to be a standard issue of the type given to graduates, either of Basic Training, or more probably, Advanced Training. Photos and names of graduates throughout book. Solid, with bright boards; light edgewear. VG+. . Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by *. more information

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U.S. Marine Corps, 1944. No date, circa 1944. Stapled softcover; size: oblong octavo. Front cover photograph of Marine planes flying in formation (in the shape of a cross) over the Santa Barbara Mission. Beige covers with blue titles and Marine Corps insignia. 33 pages, with many photos. Short history of the Station inside front cover. Autograph section inside rear cover. Photos show Lt. Col. Chauncey V. Burnett, F4U covering a landing, GI relaxation (includes Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna), the airfield, Group HQ, TBTU, VMF-112, TBU's in formation, mess, service squadron, mascots, VMF-115, Station HQ, pilots of VMF-123, gas drill, aircraft insignia, aerial gunnery, hospital and dental clinic, Corsairs on the line, and more. Bright covers with light wear. Small ink notation on front cover. Autograph and owner's name inside rear cover. About 8 personnel are identified in ink. VG.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by *. more information

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San Angelo, Texas: Newsfoto Publishing Co., 1956. Hardcover, size: folio. Dark blue cloth with red and white embossed titles and 5th Infantry Division insignia. 96 pages, with hundreds of photographs. Photographic endpapers. Generic book presented to graduates of Basic Training at Fort Ord, Ca., but better done and more comprehensive than most such books. For Company D, Second Infantry Regiment; graduation date: 17 August 1956. Photos of each graduate. Also, a 2-page history of Fort Ord, a 2-page history of the 5th Infantry Division, and a 3-page history of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Also, many photos of drill, p.t., CBR training, map reading, M-1 Rifle, range firing, signals, rocket launchers, close combat, bayonet, hand and rifle grenades, squad tactics, .30 cal. machine gun, mines and booby traps, infiltration, and much more. Bright boards with light edgewear. VG+.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by *. more information

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Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1969. Hardcover, size: 4to. Gray cloth with black titles and rules. Sea chart front endpapers; photographic rear endpapers. 84 pages, with hundreds of photos. 1968-69 Westpac cruisebook of the USS Morton (DD-948), "the saltiest ship in the Navy". USS Morton was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Bright boards with light wear. Large bump at head of spine, and a small bump at the tail. Small ink notations on a few pages. Book has a musty odor, from storage. Good to VG.. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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USS Morton, United States Navy, 1967. Hardcover, size: 4to. Blue cloth with gilt titles and ship's logo on the front board. Pictorial endpapers; a ship's sketch by "Custer". Includes a short history of the Morton, from 1959 to 1967. 56 pages, with hundreds of photos. 1967 Westpac cruisebook of the USS Morton (DD-948), "the saltiest ship in the Navy". USS Morton was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Light edgewear, plus rubbing to gilt on front board. Book has a slight musty odor, from storage. Good to VG.. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1966. Hardcover, size: 4to. Blue leatherette boards with silver titles and ship's illustration on the front board. Photographic endpapers. 64 pages, with hundreds of photos. 1966 cruisebook for the USS Morton (DD-948), "the saltiest ship in the Navy". USS Morton was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Cruise included Pearl Harbor, Midway, Yokosuka, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, and Keelung. Includes a short history of the Morton, from 1959-1966. Moderate rubbing to boards. Ink name on the front free endpaper. Book has a musty odor, from storage. VG-.. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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USS Trippe (DD-403), 1941. Newsletter of the USS Trippe (DD-403), a Benham-class destroyer. Probably printed aboard ship, on the second anniversary of the ship's launching. 13 pages; 8" wide by 13" high; stapled. Front cover illustrations by W.E. Strine. Newsletter contents: The Captain's (R.L. Campbell) Message, a hand-drawn map of Ports Visited in the Past Year, From the Executive Officer (Lt. C.S. Rounds), Beard Contest, Trippe Anniversary Party, To the Engineering Division (by Lt. Jg J.A. Marks), Presidential Cruise; with part of a message to the ship from FDR, a hand-drawn map of Ports and Islands Visited on Presidential Cruise, a poem by "E.F. Gee", a message from Lt. R.C. Williams, A Cub Reporter's (A.B. Presbridge) report, congratulatory news about births, engagements, promotions, etc., a cartoon by Strine entitled "Hash Marks", Trippe Tripe by F. Quinn RM3c, a poem by "M.I. Laughing", Newly Attached Officers, a poem called "The Dog", and another cartoon. Newsletter has moderate edgewear and light soiling; the page with the cartoon "Hash Marks" is creased and edge-torn. Newsletter is folded in half. Overall condition: Good.. Soft Cover. Good. more information

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