Search Results: Military from Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB

Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO [1-57607-075-1] [1999]. (4to) 462pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. The bottom of the spine is slightly rounded and there are a few small bumps on the bottom edges of the covers. (Military, Battles).

Toronto: Unitrade Press [0-919801-58-7] 1991. (stiff paper covers) 415pp. Near fine. Abbreviations, illustrations, photographs, tables, index, bibliography. Very light edgewear and a faint crease to the bottom corner of the front cover. "Gallantry, bravery, courage and valour are words used to describe the actions of individuals who risk their lives to save or attempt to save the lives of others. This work examines the courageous deeds of more than a thousand Canadians who received their country's gallantry awards for their actions" - from the Introduction. Book about Bravery, Courage, Soldiers--Canada & Valour. Time Period 1854-1989. (Military--Canada, Awards, Military Awards, Military Medals, Military--Canada, Reference).

New York: Alfred A Knopf 1966, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 465pp. Very good, no dust jacket. NNotes, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the front free endpaper. "1775 is a month-by-month account, both public and private, of the events of that crucial year in the colony of Virginia, and especially in Williamsburg. It is also a social and political history of those momentous events. Mr. Noel Hume's method has been to write twelve chapters, one for each month, depicting what life was like in Virginia - its social manners and customs, its petty concerns and local news, its pleasures, local problems, and local politics, as well as its relationship to the Revolution brewing there and in the other colonies during that year". Locale: Virginia; Williamsburg. (Military, American Revolution, Confederate States of America, Political History, Social History).

New York: Rinehart & Company 1959. (Hardcover) 278pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Index. "On the eve of war, the dominant mood of Britain was one of complacency. Even the tragedy at Sarajevo had failed to warn the prosperity-lulled nation which had not fought a major war since Waterloo. If trouble threatened from any quarter, it was from Ireland and not until the German army began its bloody march through Belgium did England awake to the fact that the long Victorian-Edwardian idyll was at an end". Time Period 1910's & 1914. (World War 1, Military History, World War 1).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company [1919]. (Hardcover) 386pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, tables, includes 3 separate folding maps in pocket, index. Locale: Ypres. (World War 1, Battle of Ypres, Field-Marshals, World War 1).

Oxford: Oxford University Press 978-0-19-870238-2 [978-0-19-870238-2] 2017. (Hardcover) 480pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. The bottom of the spine is lightly bumped. "1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian David Stevenson examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed". Book about Allied Forces, Nicholas II--Czar of Russia, Passchendaele. Time Period 1917 & 20th Century. (World War 1, Peace, Revolution, Warfare, World War 1).

Derby: Bemrose & Sons Ltd. 1934. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 277pp. Color frontis, ills., appendices. Locale: ; Derby; Nottingham. (Military, British Army).

Warszawa: Polonia Publishing House 1960, 2nd edition. (Folio) 267pp. Very good. Photographs, tables. The covers are faded and lightly soiled around the edges and spine. "World wide repercussions evoked by the album, 'We Have Not Forgotten,' have induced the publsihers to issue a second edition of this volume on Poland's martyrology under Nazi occupation. From letters sent to us from various countries, both by individuals as well as by a good many different political and social organizations, and in the light of recent events, it has become obvious to us that there is a need for a wide dissemination of the truth about Nazi barbarity in Poland" - from the Introduction to the Second Edition. Includes The Historical Section of the League of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy. Designed by Stanislaw Kopf, Stanislaw Miedza-Tomaszewski. Text in English Language, French Language & Polish Language. (Holocaust, Holocaust).

New York: Hill & Wang [1980], book club edition. (Hardcover) 248pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Spine of dj lightly faded. Ills., bibliography, index. (World War 2).

Macmillan of Canada [0-7715-9796-7] 1984. (Hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 368pp. Map endpapers, maps, photographs, appendices, notes, index. The dust jacket has minor edgewear and is lightly faded on the spine. Locale: ; Canada; Normandy. Series: Canadian War Museum Historical Publication 19. (Military--Canada, Military--Canada, Normandy Campaign, World War 2).

London: Barrs & Co. 1919. (Staplebound) Good to very good. 55pp. Printed wrappers. Maps, photographs, chronology. The covers are a bit worn and soiled, there is some dampstaining and there is a small piece torn out from the top edge of p.51 / 52 near the spine with loss of an inch of text on the first line. (Military--Canada, 1st Canadian Division, Battle of Amiens, Battle of Arras, Battle of Cambrai, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Military--Canada, Regimental History--Canada, Royal Canadian Army, World War 1).

Carrollton: Squadron Signal Publications [0-89747-368-X] 1995. (4to paperback) 80pp. Near fine. Photographs, color illustrations. The bottom front corner is lightly creased. (World War 2, 20th Fighter Group, Squadron History--United States, U.S. Air Force, World War 2).

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky [1984]. (Hardcover) 236pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map frontispiece, map, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. The dust jacket has minor edgewear. Locale: Indo-China; Vietnam. (Military, Vietnam War).

Carrollton: Squadron Signal Publications [0-89747-514-3] 2007. (4to paperback) 80pp. Fine. Photographs, color illustrations. (World War 2, 31st Fighter Group, Squadron History--United States, U.S. Army Air Force, World War 2).

Fort Davis: Frontier Book Company 1971. (Oversize stiff paper covers) Very good. 128pp. Photographs. The spine is slightly cocked. Locale: United States. (American Civil War, Battlefields).

Winnipeg: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 2001. (4to staplebound) 32pp. Very good. Black and white and color photographs, illustrations, maps, advertisements. The back cover is lightly rubbed. Book about Battle of Kapyong. Time Period 2001. Locale: Manitoba--Canada; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. (Military--Canada, Military--Canada, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Souvenir Programs).

Dorheim: Podzun-Pallas [1976]. (Oblong 4to paperback) Very good. Not paginated. Illustrated cover, illustrated endpapers, photographs. Poster missing. Text in German Language. Locale: . Series: Waffen-Arsenel 27. (World War 2, Anti-Aircraft, Artillery, Panzers).

Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service 1967. (Staplebound) Very good. 32pp. Illustrated cover, photographs, illustrations, tables, diagrams, bibliography. Series: Historical Arms Series 9. (Military, Artillery, Muzzleloaders, Ordnance, Weapons).

Toronto: Free Press 0--02-907735-4 [0--02-907735-4] 1994. (Hardcover) 550pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Time Period 1861. Locale: United States. (American Civil War, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Government--United States).

New York: Harper & Brothers 1948, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 515pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Map endpapers, photographs, index. There covers are lightly soiled and spotted and there is a previous owner's name and address on the half-title page. Book about Army Air Force Unit Histories. (World War 2, U.S. Air Force, World War 2, World War 2--Pacific Theater).