FS: Collection of Military History Books For Sale

[El Crab]

Hey guys, I just stumbled upon multiple boxes of rare, great condition military history books. Many are from the 40s to 60s, with great dust jackets and in fantastic condition. If you are interested in any of the books, please feel free to PM or email me. I'd also be more than willing to supply my phone number if you have any questions and would prefer to speak that way.

All of the hardcover books with dust jackets will have Mylar covers installed prior to shipping. Standard shipping will be via USPS Media Mail and I'm more than willing to combine shipping costs for multiple items. All items will be packaged carefully, protected by bubble wrap.

All prices are USD and are negotiable, especially if buying more than one book.

Email: [e-mail]

On to the list...

[El Crab]

* Custer, Little Big Horn & The American West *


SOLD! - Mansfield on the Condition of the Western Forts 1853-54 - Edited by Robert W. Frazer (1963 First Edition - U of OK Press)


20.00 - The Story of the U.S. Cavalry 1775-1942 - Maj. Gen. John K. Herr & Edward S. Wallace (1984 First Thus Edition)


25.00 - Sound of the Guns: The Story of American Artillery - Fairfax Downey (1956 Second Printing)


15.00 - Custer and The Little Big Horn: A Psychobiographical Inquiry - Charles K. Hofling (1981 First Edition)


15.00 - General Custer's Final Hours: Correcting a Century of Misconceived History - Roger Darling (1992 Second Printing)


15.00 - The Last Stand - Nathaniel Philbrick (2010 First Edition)


15.00 - Touched By Fire: The Life, Death and Mythic Afterlife of GAC - Louise Barnett (1996 First Edition)


15.00 - The Arikara War: The First Plains Indian War, 1823 - William R. Nester (2001 First Edition)


5.00 - Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn - Evan S. Connell (1991)


12.00 - Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight - Richard G. Hardorff (1997 First Thus Edition)


8.00 - Custer's Gold: The United States Cavalry Expedition of 1874 - Donald Jackson (1985)


10.00 - My Life on the Plains - Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1993, Intro by Milo Milton Quaife)


8.00 - A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - James Donovan (2009 6th Printing)


30.00 - Edward Borein: On the Range - Nevada Museum of Art (1999 sealed in plastic) (5 copies available)


25.00 - Black Elk Speaks: Special Illustrated Edition - Black Elk & John G. Neihardt (1997 First Edition)


9.00 - Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life - Robert M. Utley (1989)


9.00 - Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine September 2010 Vol. 20, No. 7 "Collecting Custer"


12.00 - Promise: Bozeman's Trail to Destiny - Serle L. Chapman (2004 First Edition)


SOLD! - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: Women Soldiers and Patriots of the Western Frontier - JoAnn Carter & Chris Enss (2004 Second Printing)


SOLD! - Apache Women Warriors - Kimberly Moore Buchanan (2000 Fourth Printing)


5.00 - Fort Bridger: A Brief History - R.S. Ellison (1981)


10.00 - A Clash of Cultures: Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Apaches - Robert M. Utley (1977)


5.00 - Jim Bridger: Mountain Man - Stanley Vestal (1970 First Thus Printing)


15.00 - Rocky Mountain Warden - Frank Calkins (1970 First Edition)


15.00 - My Lost Wilderness: Adventures of an Alaskan Hunter and Guide - Ralph W. Young (1983)


7.00 - Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres of the American West 1846-1890 - Larry McMurtry (2005 First Edition) (4 copies available)

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* World War I, World War II & Korea *


30.00 - The Doughboys: The Story of the American Expeditionary Force 1917-1918 - Laurence Stallings (1963 First Edition)


190.00 - Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919: The Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War - Col. G.W.L. Nicholson (1964 Second Printing)


15.00 - The Lost Battalion - "Buck Private" McCollum (1937)


10.00 - On the Triangle Run: The Fighting Spirit of Canada's Navy - James B. Lamb (2000 Second Edition)


10.00 - North Atlantic Run: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys - Marc Milner (1985 First Edition)


15.00 - The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet: War Edition - James C. Fahey (1942)


10.00 - The Corvette Navy: True Stories From Canada's Atlantic War - James B. Lamb (2000 Second Edition)


20.00 - The Battle of Arnhem - Cornelis Bauer (1967 First American Edition)


15.00 - Anzio: Epic of Bravery - Fred Sheehan (1964 First Edition)


10.00 - Salerno - Hugh Pond (Second Printing, 1961)


10.00 - Doolittle: A Biography - Lowell Thomas & Edward Jablonski (1976)


10.00 - Forgotten Soldier: The Classic WWII Autobiography - Guy Sajer (1990 Brassey's Commemorative Edition)


14.00 - Last Chapter - Ernie Pyle (1946 First Edition)


35.00 - The Blue and White Devils - A Personal Memoir and History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II - Hugh A. Scott (First Edition 1984)


10.00 - Alamein - C.E. Lucas Phillips (1962 First Edition)


100.00 - The Defence of the United Kingdom (History of the Second World War) - Basil Collier (1957 UK First Edition)


100.00 - Victory in the West Vol. 1 The Battle of Normandy (History of the Second World War) - Maj. L.F. Ellis (1962 UK First Edition)


85.00 - The Japanese Thrust (Australia in the War of 1939-1945) - Lionel Wigmore (1968 Second Edition)


10.00 - Spitfire at War - Alfred Price (1980 UK Second Edition)


35.00 - The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Historical Summary - Col. C.P. Stacey (1948 Second Printing)


20.00 - God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor - Gordon W. Prange (1990 First Edition)


10.00 - Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble - Roger Cohen (2005 First Edition)


7.00 - Lines of Battle: Letters from American Servicemen, 1941-1945 - Annette Tapert (1987 First Edition)


30.00 - Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II - USAF Historical Division (1969)


12.00 - The Complete History of World War II: Armed Services Memorial Edition - Francis Trevelyan Miller (1948)


15.00 - Fighting Divisions: Histories of Each U.S. Army Combat Division in World War II - E. Kahn & H. McLemore (Reprinted 1980)


90.00 - Powder River! A History of the 91st Infantry Division in WWII - Roy Livengood (1994 Limited Edition)


10.00 - Onward We Charge: The Heroic Story of Darby's Rangers in World War II - H. Paul Jeffers (2007 First Edition)


20.00 - Canada's Army in Korea: A Short Official Account - Col. C.P. Stacey (1956 First Edition)

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* Nautical/Model Ships *


15.00 - The History of American Sailing Ships - Howard I. Chapelle (1982 Reprint)


12.00 - The World of Model Ships and Boats - Guy R. Williams (1971 First Edition)


15.00 - Model Ships From Scratch - Scott Robertson (1994 First Edition)


30.00 - The Golden Age of Sailing: Classic Yacht Photographs - Beken of Cowes (2000 First Edition)


25.00 - Old Ironsides: Eagle of the Sea: Story of the USS Constitution - Col. David Fitz-Enz (2004 First Edition)

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* Medals / Flags / Uniform Guides *


15.00 - Cadet Gray: A Pictorial History of Life at West Point as Seen Through Its Uniforms - Col. Frederick P. Todd (1955)


15.00 - The American Soldier: U.S. Armies in Uniform, 1755 to the Present - Philip Katcher (1990 First Edition)


25.00 - The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds, Civil War through Vietnam - Sharp & Dunnigan (1984 First Edition)


25.00 - Ordinary Heroes: Photographic Portraits of Medal of Honor Recipients - Timothy Wallis & Tom Cassalini (2000, Signed by Photographer) (2 Copies Available)


15.00 - The Badge of Gallantry: Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Winners Recall Their Moments of Battle - Joseph B. Mitchell (1968 First Edition)


10.00 - United States Military Medals & Ribbons - Philip K. Robles (1972 Second Printing)


10.00 - Military Uniforms of the World in Color - Preben Kannik & William Y. Carman (1968 First Edition)


8.00 - Infantry Uniforms Including Artillery and Other Supporting Corps of Britain 1855-1939 - Robert and Christopher Wilkinson-Latham (1970 First American Edition)


5.00 - Military Flags of the World 1618-1900 - Terence Wise & Guido Rosignoli (Arco Color Series, 1978)


20.00 - Colors & Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South - Robert E. Bonner (2002 First Edition)




OSPREY - Elite Series


10.00 - The Paras: British Airborne Forces 1940-1984 (1984)


10.00 - The Ghurkas (1996)



OSPREY - Vanguard 3


10.00 - US 1st Infantry Division 1939-45


OSPREY - AIRWAR Series


10.00 - RAF Fighter Units Europe 1939-42 (1977)


10.00 - RAF Fighter Units Europe 1942-45 (1978)


10.00 - RAF Bomber Units 1939-42 (1977)


10.00 - RAF Bomber Units July 1942-45 (1978)


10.00 - USAAF Fighter Units Europe 1942-45 (1977)


10.00 - US NAVY Carrier Air Groups Pacific 1941-45 (1978)



OSPREY - Men-at-Arms Series


10.00 - The British Army in North America 1775-1783 (1974)


10.00 - The British Army in North America 1775-1783 (1974)


10.00 - The Canadian Army at War (1985)


10.00 - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1972)


10.00 - Allied Commanders of World War II (1982)


10.00 - The British Army 1965-1980 (1977)


10.00 - The Black Watch (1971)


10.00 - United States Marine Corps (1972)


10.00 - The Sudan Campaigns 1881-1898 (1976)


10.00 - The Coldstream Guards (1971)


10.00 - The Buffs (1972)


10.00 - The Connaught Rangers (1972)


10.00 - The Boer War (1977)


10.00 - The British Army of the Crimea (1974)


10.00 - The Grenadier Guards (1978)


10.00 - Battle for the Falklands (1) Land Forces (1982)


10.00 - Battle for the Falklands (2) Naval Forces (1982)


10.00 - Battle for the Falklands (3) Air Forces (1982)


10.00 - The Australian Army at War 1899-1975 (1982)


10.00 - British Battledress 1937-61 (1981)


10.00 - Luftwaffe Airborne and Field Units (1972)


10.00 - British Battle Insignia (2): 1939-45 (1987)


10.00 - Grenada 1983 (1985)



Arco Key Uniform Guides (20.00 combined)


5.00 - Key Uniform Guides 1 United States Infantry Europe 1942-45 (1974)


5.00 - Key Uniform Guides 2 British Parachute Forces 1940-45 (1974)


5.00 - Key Uniform Guides 3 British Eighth Army North Africa 1940-43 (1974)


5.00 - Key Uniform Guides 5 German Parachute Forces 1935-45 (1974)


5.00 - Key Uniform Guides 6 U.S. Airborne Forces Europe 1942-45 (1974)

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* Signed / Inscribed Books *


125.00 - The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space - Eugene Cernan & Don Davis (1999 First Edition, Signed by Cernan)


30.00 - Cobras over the Tundra - Everett A. Long & Ivan Y. Negenblya (2001 2nd Printing, signed by Long)


10.00 - Above the Cry of Battle - Chuck Holsinger (2001, Signed by Author)


SOLD! - Lincoln and the Black Hawk War - Lloyd H. Efflandt (1992 First Printing, Signed by Author)


20.00 - Kansas Bootleggers - Patrick G. O'Brien & Kenneth J. Peak (1991, Inscribed by Peak)


18.00 - Vietnam No Regrets: One Soldier's Tour of Duty - J. Richard Watkins (2005 First Edition, Inscribed by Author)


25.00 - Tales of a War Pilot - Lt. Richard C. Kirkland (1990 First Edition, Signed by Author)


30.00 - White Hats: Stories of the U.S. Navy before World War II - Floyd Beaver (1999 First Edition, Signed by Author)


50.00 - A Reporter's Life - Walter Cronkite (2005 11th Printing, Inscribed by Author)


30.00 - The Gods of Diyala: Transfer of Command in Iraq - Caleb S. Cage & Gregory M. Tomlin (2008 First Edition, Inscribed by Cage)


12.00 - Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places of the Battlefield - Mark Nesbitt (1991, Signed by Author)


30.00 - A War With No Name: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Survivor's Story - Dr. Art Schmitt (2003 First Edition, Inscribed by Author)


10.00 - Sky: A True Story of Courage During World War II - Hanneke Ippisch (1996 2nd Printing, Inscribed by Author)

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* American Civil War *



10.00 - JEB Stuart - John A. Thomason (Illustrated, 1958)


20.00 - Colors & Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South - Robert E. Bonner (2002 First Edition)


15.00 - The Badge of Gallantry: Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Winners Recall Their Moments of Battle - Joseph B. Mitchell (1968 First Edition)


10.00 - Lessons of War: The Civil War in Children's Magazines - Edited by James Marten (1999)


10.00 - War for the Union 1864-1865 Vol. IV: The Organized War to Victory - Allan Nevins (2000)


7.00- The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War - Kenneth M. Stampp (1980 5th Printing)


14.00 - Antietam: The Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War - James M. McPherson (2002 First Edition)


10.00 - Battlefields of the Civil War - James V. Murfin (1990 Edition)

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* Miscellaneous *


15.00 - Makers of History: Napoleon Bonaparte - P.C. Headley (1903)


13.00 - The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game - Thomas A. Bass (2009 First Edition)


45.00 - Sharpe's Gold: A Novel - Bernard Cornwell (1981 First Edition)


67.00 - The Wilderness War: A Narrative - Allan W. Eckert (2003 First Edition)


5.00 - Combat Service Support Guide 3rd Edition - Maj. John E. Edwards (2000 First Printing)


17.00 - Prisoner of War: Six Years in Hanoi - Lt. Com. John M. McGrath (1985 6th Printing)


10.00 - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House - Jon Meacham (2008 First Edition)


10.00 - In the Company of Eagles: A Novel - Ernest K. Gann (1966 First Edition)