Military Biography

[7266] Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. No marks or names. 397pp., illus. $10.00 [4287] Albion, Robert Greenhalgh and Connery, Robert Howe. Forrestal and the Navy. NY: Columbia University Press, 1962. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. Usual library stamps, ffep and pocket removed, mylar cover, 359pp., illus. $9.00 [5523] Atkinson, Rick. The Long Gray Line. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0395480086. 592pp. The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966. $6.00 [6632] Barkalow, Carol; Raab, Andrea. In the Men's House : An Inside Account of Life in the Army by One of West Point's First Female Graduates. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0671673122. 283pp., illus. Army life for female West Point grad. $6.00 [6339] Barnett, Correlli. The Swordbearers, Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War. William Morrow, 1964. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket yellowed, name inside front cover, 392pp., illus., maps. Analysis of Helmuth Von Molke, Sir John Jellico, Philippe Petain, and Erich Ludendorff. $8.00 [4688] Blumenson, Martin. Mark Clark: The Last of the Great World War II Commanders. Congdon & Weed , 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Edge wear and large chip lower spine dust jacket, 306pp., illus., end maps. From author of Patton Papers. $9.00 [1042] Bradley, Omar N.. A Generals Life : An Autobiography by General of the Army. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0671410237. Library stamp inside cover, dust jacket ragged on edges, 752pp, illus., end maps. Last living five star general's story. $6.00 [6587] Bradley, Omar N.. A Soldier's Story. New York NY: The Great Commanders, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Clean, no marks, 514pp., illus. maps. Top page edge gilt, ribbon page marker. Reprint of 1951 edition. $9.00 [6343] Bucher, Lloyd M. and Rascovich, Mark. Bucher : My Story. New York NY: Doubleday, 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Clean and tight copy sans jacket, 447pp., illus., end maps. Bucher, product of Boy's Town, former Navy enlisted man and commanding officer of intelligence ship USS Pueblo, is captured with his crew by the North Koreans in 1968 and held captive for a year. This event and the USS Liberty incident did much to undermine the morale of the Navy. $8.00 [2788] Buell, Thomas B.. Master of Sea Power : A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. Boston MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. 583pp., illus. end maps. Bio of the Chief of Naval Operations during WW2, Admiral King. $20.00 [4982] Chamberlain, Joshua J.. Through Blood & Fire : Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 081171750x. 226pp., illus. Papers of the Union hero at Little Round Top (Gettysburg). $15.00 [6808] Copp, DeWitt S. A Few Great Captains : The Men and Events. McLean VA: EPM Publications, 1980. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0939009293. 531pp., illus. Account of the evolution of US air power. Also the story of H.H. "Hap" Arnold, Frank M. Andrews, Carl Spaatz and Ira C. Eaker and their contribution to the USAF. $7.00 [6200] Cunningham, Charlie & Jackie. Putty and Bess: Naval Aviation's Grand Couple. Alexandria VA: Association of Naval Aviation, 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Fine 175pp. +appendix, +b/w photographs. Biography of Albert C. Read, commander of NC-4, first aircraft to cross the Atlantic. $10.00 [7057] Daso, Dik. Architects of American Air Supremacy : General Hap Arnold and Dr. Theodore von Karman. Maxwell AFB, Alabama, U.S.A.: Air University Press, 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1585660426. Clean, unmarked, 461pp., illus. $12.00 [6107] Disher, Sharon H.. First Class : Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1998. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Fine. ISBN: 1557501653. Mylar dust jacket protector, several very small light spots on fore page edges o/w fine, 362pp., illus. 1st printing. Signed on title page, "Enjoy! Sharon Disher, '80" $35.00 [1314] Dowdey, Clifford. Lee. NY: Bonanza Books, 1965. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. No dust jacket tears or nicks, clean, 781pp., maps, illus. The definitive one volume biography of General Robert E. Lee. $12.00 [1048] Eisenhower, David. Eisenhower : At War 1943-1945. NY: Random House, 1986. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0394412370. 997pp, illus., maps. David Eisenhower, expounds on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's war record. $9.00 [1842] Eisenhower, Dwight D.. At Ease. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. dj small closed tear, name stamp, 400pp., illus. $9.00 [6335] Farago, Ladislas. The Last Days of Patton. Blacklick, OH: McGraw-Hill, 1980. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 007019940x. Clean and tight, no markings, 319pp., illus. $7.00 [3910] Fishwick, Marshall W.. Lee After the War: The Greatest Period in the Life of a Great American. NY: Dodd, Mean & Company, 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Dust jacket edge wear, owner's inscription of ffep, 242pp., illus. $10.00 [4517] Flinn, Kelly. Proud to Be : My Life, the Air Force, the Controversy. New York, NY: Random House, 1997. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-375-50109-6. Appears unread, 259pp, illus. USAF's first woman B-52 pilot tells her story of events surrounding her resignation from the military. $1.00 [6528] Glenn, John; Taylor, Nick. John Glenn : A Memoir. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1999. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0553110748. 422pp., illus. b/w photographs. Marine Corps fighter pilot, astronaut, senator, the story of a truly unique American. $15.00 [5851] Glenn, John; Taylor, Nick. John Glenn : A Memoir. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1999. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0553110748. 422pp., illus. $9.00 [2140] Hamblen, Donald N. And Norton, B. H.. One Tough Marine: The Autobiography of First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen, USMC. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine, 1993. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0345384814.. Library plate and stamps, mylar cover, tight, 337pp., illus. Recon Marine loses a leg in parachute accident. Fitted with a prosthesis he remained in the Corps and completed 30 months in Vietnam in SOG. Title is accurate description of First Sergeant Hamblen. $7.00 [1052] Hough, Richard. The Greatest Crusade: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Naval Wars. NY: Willian Morrow, 1986. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0688043097. Dust jacket edge wear, 274pp, illus. $7.00 [1274] Hyams, Joe. Flight of the Avenger : George Bush at War. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0-15-131469-1. 178pp. Naval career of President George Bush in WWII. While flying a mission against Chi Chi Jima, Bonin Islands, Bush's TBF Avenger was shot down and his crewmen were lost. $9.00 [3184] Ledwidge, Bernard. De Gaulle. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Good. Usual library stamps, pocket removed, 418pp., illus. $5.00 [1960] MacArthur, Douglas. Reminiscences. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1299315941. Name inside front cover, light edge wear to dj, 438pp., illus. $5.00 [5556] MacArthur, Douglas. Reminiscences. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1299315941. Dust jacket edge wear, 438pp., illus. In laid BOMC pamplhet on selection. $5.00 [1056] Manchester, William. American Caesar : Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964. Boston MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 1111076766. Dust jacket chipped & minor rubs, 793pp, illus., maps. $8.00 [2153] Marshall, S. L. A. (Samuel Lyman Atwood). Bringing Up the Rear : A Memoir. San Rafael CA: Presidio, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0891410848. Small closed tears to dust jacket, 310pp. Commissioned Army officer at 17, prolific military writer, and witness to war from the Mexican Border through Vietnam, Marshall tells his story. $8.00 [1058] Mason, Theodore C.. Battleship Sailor. Annapolis MD: United States Naval Institute, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 265pp, illus. Author entered Navy prior to Pearl Harbor and describes life as a Radioman on the battleship California through Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. $6.00 [5018] Mauldin, Bill. The Brass Ring. New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0393074633. 275pp., illus. Autobiography of Bill Mauldin, high school drop out, Army infantryman, catapulted to fame by his Willie and Joe cartoons of WW2 that chided officers and spoke for the lowly enlisted man. Mauldin tells of his assignment in the 45th Infantry Division, transfer to the Stars and Stripes newspaper, threats from George Patton, and eventual awards including a Pulitzer prize. Most enjoyable read. $10.00 [4218] Mayer, S. L.. The Biography of General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur. Northbrook IL: Book Value International, 1981. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 168pp., illus. Heavily illustrated bio of MacArthur. $14.00 [3521] McCain, John Sidney. Faith of My Fathers. NY: Random House, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0375501916. 5th printing, 349pp., illus. Memoirs of Senator John S. McCain concerning his grandfather and father, Admirals McCain, and their influence on his life and times. Recounts his POW experience. $14.00 [4645] McConnell, Malcolm; Zuyev, Alexander. Fulcrum. New York, NY: Warner Books, Incorporated, 1992. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Inscribed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0446516481. Mylar dust jacket protection, 358pp., illus. Soviet Air Force Captain Zuyev flying from an air base in Soviet Georgia delivers a MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter to the west on May 20, 1989. Half title Inscription: "To Tom from Russia with MiG. Best of luck! Screw the KGB! date/sig" $19.00 [2383] McFeely, William S.. Grant : A Biography. NY: W. W. Norton, 1981. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0393013723. Dust jacket edge and spine rubs, 592pp. $12.00 [3017] McGinniss, Joe. Fatal Vision. NY: G. P. Putnam, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 663pp. Saga of Dr. Jeffery MacDonald, Army Special Forces doctor, accused of killing his wife and two children on Fort Bragg, NC military post in 1970. $8.00 [1978] Miller, Merle. Ike the Soldier : As They Knew Him. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. 859pp. $10.00 [3906] Morin, Relman. Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Gauge of Greatness. Associated Press , 1969. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 256pp., illus. Biography of President Eisenhower. $7.00 [6977] Morison, Samuel E.. Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. Boston MA: Little, Brown, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Good. Library stamps, front end paper removed, solid binding, clean reading copy, 482pp., illus., maps. $7.00 [3825] Morison, Samuel Eliot. John Paul Jones : A Sailor's Biography. NY: Time, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff Cover. Very Good 456pp. $7.00 [1061] Morison, Samuel Eliot. John Paul Jones : A Sailor's Biography. NY: Time, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff Cover. Very Good Edges slightly rubbed, 456pp. $7.00 [1942] O'Grady, Scott. Return with Honor. NY: Doubleday, 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0385483309. Name on ffep crossed over with marker, 206pp, illus. USAF pilot shot down over Bosnia evokes escape and evasion training for eventual rescue. $7.00 [1602] Orlandi, Enzo. The Life and Times of Napoleon. London UK: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 75pp., illus. Profusely illustrated history of Napoleon Bonaparte. $6.00 [6822] Osborn, Shane; McConnell, Malcolm. Born to Fly : The Untold Story of the Downed American Reconnaissance Plane. New York, NY: Broadway Books, 2001. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0767911113. Clean, no names or markings, 262pp., illus. Lt. Osborne's account of the mid-air collision of US Navy EP-3E Aires (VQ-1) and Chinese Navy F-8 Finback and resultant political firestorm. $7.00 [4617] Persico, Joseph E.; Powell, Colin L.. My American Journey : An Autobiography. New York, NY: Random House, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5 . Previous owner's embossment on title page and half title page, 643pp., illus. $9.00 [5114] Persico, Joseph E.; Powell, Colin L.. My American Journey : An Autobiography. New York, NY: Random House, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5 . 643pp., illus. $7.00 [6799] Persico, Joseph E.; Powell, Colin L.. My American Journey : An Autobiography. New York, NY: Random House, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5 . Clean, no names or marks, 643pp., illus. $12.00 [5228] Persico, Joseph E.; Powell, Colin L.. My American Journey : An Autobiography. New York, NY: Random House, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5 . Name label residue ffep, 643pp., illus. $9.00 [4521] Province, Charles M.. The Unknown Patton. New York, NY: Bonanza, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-517-455951. 261pp., illus. Short updated biography of General George Patton. $9.00 [4572] Richards, Norman. People of Destiny: Douglas MacArthur. Chicago IL: Childrens Press, 1967. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good 94pp., illus. Brief but complete biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur with ample illustrations. $5.00 [3974] Rickenbacker, Edward V.. Rickenbacker. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Ffep removed, 512pp. World War One's greatest American aviation hero, Rickenbacker, tells his life story. $12.00 [6646] Roth, David. Sacred Honor : Colin Powell: The Inside Account of His Life and Triumphs. Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.: Zondervan, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 031060480x. 256pp., illus. Post Desert Storm biography of General Colin Powell. $7.00 [2573] Ruhe, William J.. Slow Dance to Pearl Harbor : A Tin Can Ensign in Prewar America. Washington DC: Brassey's, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1-57488-020-9. 210pp. Author's recollections of Navy life from 1939-1941 on a destroyer. $16.00 [6801] Schneller, Robert J.. Farragut : America's First Admiral (Brassey's Military Profiles Ser.). Dulles, VA: Brassey's, 2002. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1574883984. No names or markings, 116pp., illus., maps. $8.00 [5492] Schratz, Paul R.. Submarine Commander : A Story of World War II and Korea. Lexington, KY, U.S.A.: University Press of Kentucky, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0813116619. Usual stamps and pocket, mylar jacket, 322pp. $7.00 [5671] Schwarzkopf, H. Norman. The Autobiography : It Doesn't Take a Hero. New York NY: Bantam, 1992. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0553089447. 530pp, illus. Commanding General of Desert Storm coalition tells his story. $5.00 [4445] Seiple, Robert. A Missing Peace. Downers Grove IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. As New / As New. ISBN: 0830812946. 194pp., illus. Former Marine A-6 driver in Vietnam, now president of World Vision, Christian relief agency, tells his story. $9.00 [4233] Sereny, Gitta. Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0394529154. 757pp. Biography of the head of German Third Reich economy. $14.00 [6340] Sheehan, Neil. A Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. New York, NY: Random House, 1988. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0394484479. 861pp., illus. Book was winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history & National Book Award. Biography of Lt. Col. Vann and history of America in the Vietnam War. $8.00 [5684] Stilwell, Paul; Powell, Colin L. (editor). The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers. New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Group, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0425143732. 304pp., illus. $7.00 [4721] Timberg, Robert. The Nightingale's Song. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0684803011. 543pp., illus. Five Annapolis men and their generation - McCain, McFarlane, Webb, North and Pointdexter. $9.00 [3661] Toland, John. Adolf Hitler, Volume II. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Dust jacket edge wear and chips, pp587-1102. Volume II only. $5.00 [3920] Toland, John. Adolf Hitler, 2 Vols.. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Dust jacket closed tears and chips, 1102pp. Two volumes. $9.00 [6387] Tonne, Arthur. The Story of Chaplain Kapaun. Emporia KS: Didde Publishers, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Green cover front moisture stain with several cloth bubbles, name inside front cover, othewise clean intact, 255pp., illus. Story of Captain Emil Joseph Kapaun, Army Chaplain and Catholic priest who died in 1951 as a Chinese prisoner of war. $14.00 [5235] Warner, Oliver. Command at Sea : Great Fighting Admirals from Hawke to Nimitz. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0312151209. Lower pp edges soiled, 221pp., illus. Qualities of command of two British, French and American admirals. $6.00 [4127] Wheeler, Gerald E.. Admiral William Veazie Pratt, U.S. Navy: A Sailor's Life. Washington DC: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 456pp., illus. Admiral Pratt entered Annapolis in 1895 and retired from the Navy in 1933 following three years as CNO. $20.00 [5828] Wilson, George C.. Flying the Edge : The Making of Navy Test Pilots. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1557509255. Gift inscription ffep, 271pp., illus. $8.00

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