Search Results: Military History from Furrowed Brow Books

Stackpole Books. hardcover. Behn, Jack : .45-70' Rifles (Stackpole Classic Gun Books). Mechanicsburg (PA) : Stackpole Books, n.d. (Some libraries list is as 2009?); reprint of the 1956 edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy pictorial boards; lacks dj, likely published w/o. Plain blue endpapers. Xvi pp prelim material, 137 numbered pp, plus seven w/o nos. Preface (by Elmer Keith), intro, 13 chaps, appendix (on cartridge interchangeability), bibliography, letter from Schuyler, Hartley and Graham. Condition notes: a fine, tight, unmarked copy with light wear to boards. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Distributed by Sterling Pub. Co, 1987. paperback. Bennett, Tom : 617 Squadron: The Dambusters at war. Wellingborough (UK) : Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1987. First paperback. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.625"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 272 numbered pp. Intro, seven chapters, personalities, glossary, b&w glossy photo inserts. Condition notes: moderate wear to wrappers, spine creased but binding sound. Pp 13-15 have several margin notes, otherwise clean and unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Wiley. hardcover. Kahaner, Larry : AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2007. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's red paper boards, silver lettering to spine. Matte/gloss color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xii pp prelim material, 258 numbered pp, plus two blank. Text, b&w photos. Condition notes: a fine, clean/unmarked, tight first edition/first impression. Light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Mike Hall, 2012. Paperback. Hall, Mike : The American World War: Tsunami. [Pennsylvania?] : Mike Hall, [2012?]. Book 4 of the series. Size is quarto (4vo), 11"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated - approximately 80 leaves/160 pp. Condition notes: No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Doubleday & Co, 1968. Hardcover. Lenton, H.T. : American Battleships, Carriers, and Cruisers (Navies of the Second World War). New York : Doubleday, 1968. Oblong 16mo, 4.25"/11cm h. Bound in publisher's dark brown leatherette, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. 160 glossy pp. Intro, abbrevs, tables, B&W photos, diagrams, text covering WWII-era American battleships, cruisers, and carriers chronologically as launched (or proposed to launch if cancelled) bibliography. Condition notes: Very good with merely good DJ/wrapper, wear, several closed tears, edge wear, tape fixes, and sun-fading to dj. Former owner's name stamped on front flyleaf. Binding solid and square; pages clean, no notes, highlighting or inscriptions. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Stevens, Norman : Antietam 1862: The Civil War's Bloodiest Day (Campaign). London : Osprey, 1994. First edition. Series general editor David G. Chandler. Birds' eye illustrations by Peter Harper. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, bibliography. Note that this is the first edition, WITH wargaming Antietam (by Ian Drury) but w/o index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Wargames Research Group, 1981. 4th Edition Revised. Paperback. Barker, Phil : The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. (Worthing, Sussex? UK) : Wargames Research Group, 1981. Revised fourth edition. [1], 2-148. Numerous b&w line drawings (no color, no photos). Not ex library. No notes or highlighting; no spine crease. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Stackpole Books, 2021. First Edition. hardcover. McMillan, Tom : Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War. Guilford (CT) : Stackpole Books/Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Glossy color photographic dj. Bound in publisher's green paper boards, bright silver lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. Vi pp prelim material, 320 numbered pp, plus two blank. 17 chaps, appendix ("Lo" and Behold. Notes, bibliography, index. B&w photos/documents. Condition notes: lovely, gift-appropriate copy, signed by author on title page. Unmarked, square, tight, light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Naval Inst Pr, 1990. hardcover. R. Dawn Sollars. Perla, Peter : The Art of Wargaming: A Guide for Professionals and Hobbyists. Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 1990. 2nd printing. Octavo (8vo). Bound in publisher's red cloth, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. xxvi pp prelim material, 1-364, [365] about the publisher, [366] colophon; 10 leaves coated b&w illus section to center, unpaginated. Forewords by Adm Thomas B. Hayward, and James F. Dunnigan. Intro, 11 chaps. Notes, bibliography, index. B&w photos, maps, charts. A solid work of its era (late 80s/early 90s). Condition notes: moderate wear, no chips/tears to dj. Light sporadic soiling to edges. Interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Pentland. First Edition. hardcover. Hayter, Alethea [editor] : The Backbone: Diaries of a Military Family in the Napoleonic Wars. Edinburgh : Pentland Press, 1993. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Color glossy pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xii pp prelim material, 343 numbered pp, plus five blank. Foreword, Part I - A Military Family, 1669-1798; Part II - Campaigns in Ireland and the Med, 1798-1807; Part III - War in Portugal, 1807-1809; Part IV - Campaigns in the Adriatic, Italy, Belgium and France, 1808-1816. Epilogue, sources, index. Condition notes: fine copy, clean, unmarked. Dj sheathed in mylar cover. Diaries of the Slessor family. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University Press of Kansas, 1999. Sixth Printing. Paperback. Glantz, David M. and House, Jonathan M. : The Battle of Kursk (part of Modern War Studies series). Lawrence (KS) : University Press of Kansas, 1999. 8th printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's matte b&w pictorial wrappers. [xvi] pp prelim material, 472 numbered pp, [473-476] blank; plus two sections b&w photos, 19 pp plus one blank total. Lists of maps, etc; authors' preface, acknowl, prologue; Part I (Background); Part II (the German Assault); Part III (Stopping the Blitzkrieg); Part IV (Counteroffensive and Conclusions); appendixes [sic]. Notes, bibliography, index. Maps, charts, tables, photos. Condition notes: Light wear to wrappers, clean & tight, no markings, but for House's signature on title page. An exhaustive study of the pivotal battle set up by the Wehrmacht's Operation Zitadelle/Citadel. We personally inspect every book we offer.

W W Norton & Co Inc. hardcover. Hough, Richard Alexander; Richards, Denis : The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II. New York : W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989. Book Club Edition/BCE. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Blue and white photographic endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 413 numbered pp, plus one blank; 16 sheets b&w/4 sheets color photographic inserts w/o pagination. List of illus, abbrev and codenames, authors' preface, 23 chaps in three sections - Before the Battle, the Battle, and After the Battle. 12 appendices (e.g., chronology and stats on aircraft involved, balloons, fuel usage, etc); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a nice copy of an above-average quality BCE. Light wear to dj, boards/spine lovely and sharp. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Fordham University Press, 2004. First Edition. hardcover. Whitehead, Don; Romeiser, John B. [Editor] : Beachhead Don: Reporting The War From the European Theater, 1942-1945. New York : Fordham University Press, 2004. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, blue lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. Xxxii pp prelim material, 384 numbered pp, plus eight pp glossy b&w photos w/o nos. Foreword (by Fred Brown), acknowl, editor's intro, parts one through eight, from 1942 prelude to June 1945; index. Notes, photos. Condition notes: first and foremost, this is a former library copy, with all the typical downsides - markers, stickers, etc; no matter what its overall condition, ex-library status is rated no better than 'good'. Dj is covered in mylar. Else, it is tight, square, clean, very serviceable. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018. First Edition. hardcover. Holland, James : Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's dark blue paper to boards, light blue paper to spine. Matte color photographic dj. Plain dark red endpapers. Xxviii pp prelim material, 402 numbered pp, 14 glossy pp b&w photos inserted, plus two blank to end. List of maps and diagrams; personalities; prologue; Sections on: Crisis; Turning Point; Big Week. Glossary, appendices, timeline, notes, sources, acknowledgements, index. Condition notes: A very nice, tight, square, unmarked copy with the following flaws that drop it to 'good': several fairly deep scratches to back board, also affecting dj (no punctures to latter), two small but noticeable (grease?)stains to front endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy. The Big Week was in February '44. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Yucca Tree Pr. paperback. McGuire, Melvin W. and Hadley, Robert : Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Crew: How They Lived and Died. Las Cruces (NM) : Yucca Tree Press, 2000. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. Xxiv pp prelim material, 424 numbered pp, plus six blank/author info. Fifteenth Army Air Force org chart, dedication, lists of photos, maps, docs; 30 chaps, references, index. Condition notes: a very nice, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Zenith Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Kehn Jr., Donald M. : A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall. Minneapolis : Zenith Press/MBI, 2009. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's sky blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Glossy b&w pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 286 numbered pp, plus 16 pp glossy b&w photos to center. Prologue, Foreword (by James Nix, grandson of an officer lost on the Edsall), intro, six chapters, epilogue, postscript, appendices, notes, glossary, acknowledgements, bibliography, index. Condition notes: moderate wear, no tears to dj, esp around folds; moderate wear to boards (corners bumped, spine ends rolled, one inch bump to tail front board), spine slightly cocked, light soiling to top edge. Interior clean and bright wo markings of any kind. A well-told and documented tale of a mystery of war at sea. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Air University Press, 2006. paperback. Davis, Richard G. : Bombing the European Axis Powers. Maxwell Airforce Base (AL, USA) : Air University Press, 2006. Edition status unknown; lacks CD-ROM. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h, 1.25" thick. Bound in publisher's glossy color photo wrappers. Xviii pp prelim material, 630 numbered pp. About the author, preface, Pt 1 -Overview; Pt 2 - 1942 (by month); Pt 3 - 1943 (by month); 1944 and 1945 also by month, conclusion, abbrevs, bibliography, index. Please note that this copy lacks the Cd-ROM originally contained, appendices are included on the disc, and thus are not included. Condition notes: A clean, tight, unmarked copy in nice shape, with light wear to cover. Flaw of course is lack of appendices on missing CD-ROM. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Potomac Books Inc, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Laffin, John : Brassey's Battles: 3,500 Years of Conflict, Campaigns, and Wars from A-Z. London : Brassey's Defence Publications, 1986. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 10.125"/25.5cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color (marbled white background) pictorial paper boards, lettering to spine and front board. Lacks dj, likely published wo. Front endpaper features map of Allied Air War Theater in Europe, WWII; back Hannibal's campaigns to pastedown and SE Asia during Vietnam conflict to free side. Xiv pp prelim material, 484 numbered pp, plus two blank. List of maps, author's intro, list of major wars covered, beginning with Greek-Persian Wars of Antiquity, up through Iran-Iraq, Grenada, and other 80s wars; list of Axis and Allied codenames of WWII; entries arranged by alphabet; maps. Condition notes: light wear to boards with corners bumped and spine ends rolled. Inside all clean, tight and bright. A nice copy of an impressive… Read More

Stackpole Books, 2014. paperback. Doughty, Robert A. : The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940. Mechanicsburg (PA) : Stackpole Books, 2014. First Stackpole paperback printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. [i-viii], ix-xix, [xx] prelim material, 1-387, [388-392] publisher ads. B&w maps and photos. List of maps, foreword (Crosbie E. Saint), preface, intro, 11 chaps. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a very good plus, tight clean copy with no spine crease. light wear/curling to wrappers. Detailed study of the critical fight at Sedan in May 1940 that decided the campaign. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Bison Books, 2000. hardcover. Mitchell, Robert J., Tyng, Sewell T., and Drummond Jr, Nelson L. : The Capture of Attu: A World War II Battle as Told By the Men Who Fought There. Lincoln (NE) : Bison Books, 2000. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black paper boards, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. Pagination thus: Xxii pp prelim material, but not accounting for an additional blank sheet with Bison Books logo inserted prior to title page; 144 numbered pp, with an additional four pp maps inserted; [145-146] blank, [147-169] b&w photos, [170-180] blank. Table of contents, preface, intro (by Gregory J.W. Irwin), with notes; Part One - Battle of Attu; Part Two - Personal Narratives of Attu; indices (units, individuals); photo section. Condition notes: a clean, tight copy: top corners bumped, a surface scratch to front board, foxing to top edge; moderate wear and several small closed tears to dj; a date stamp (for some reason) to tail of… Read More