Search Results: Militaria from River House Books

About Face: Odyssey of an American Warrior
by Col. David H. Hackworth and Julie Sherman
Hardcover Cloth 875 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition Second printing 1989 with corresponding number line. Handsome olive green and black boards with gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few wrinkles and chips - the usual shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.Called "everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be" by The New York Times, this national bestseller by Colonel David H. Hackworth presents a vivid and powerful portrait of a life of patriotism.From age fifteen to forty David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to… Read More

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years One Volume Edition by Carl Sandburg Hardcover Cloth 762 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Stated First edition 1954. Handsome red boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Red Topstain. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket with heavy shelf wear - tears, stains, and wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Out of his monumental six-volume work on Lincoln and his times, Carl Sandburg has written this definitive one-volume biography. The first part, "The Prairie Years," recounts Lincoln's youth and early career before he attained the presidency.
The story, of course, starts with his family settling in Kentucky, where Lincoln was born in 1809. Later, he moved with his family to Illinois. Lincoln began in New Salem and later moved to Springfield. Sandburg's depiction of his development, to becoming… Read More

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years One Volume Edition by Carl Sandburg Hardcover Cloth 762 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1954. Handsome red boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear; bumped corners and a few stains on edges. An unclipped dust jacket with the usual shelf wear - tears, stains, and wrinkles. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
Out of his monumental six-volume work on Lincoln and his times, Carl Sandburg has written this definitive one-volume biography. The first part, "The Prairie Years," recounts Lincoln's youth and early career before he attained the presidency.
The story, of course, starts with his family settling in Kentucky, where Lincoln was born in 1809. Later, he moved with his family to Illinois. Lincoln began in New Salem and later moved to Springfield. Sandburg's depiction of… Read More

Hardcover Cloth Mr. Lincoln's Army BOMC edition 1962 363 pages / Glory Road Presumed first edition 1952 389 pages / A Stillness at Appomattox First Edition BOMC edition 1953 438 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good.
Attractive mixed set with some with red boards others red boards and black embossing on this Clean, tight, square set with no marks, highlights or bookplates. BOMC and regular edition Books Well kept and carefully stored with slight shelf wear. The usual yellowing with minor signs of wear and/or age. Some bumped corners. Mylar protected, unclipped dust jackets smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.America's premier chronicler of the nation's brutal internecine conflict, Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket is smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters -- from Dutch… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 344 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition second printing 1996. Handsome grey boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"Capital Navy: The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron" delves into the Confederate naval operations on the James River during the American Civil War. The book thoroughly examines this aspect of the war, highlighting its significant yet often overlooked impact on the conflict in Virginia.
The book covers nearly every facet of the Confederate naval presence, from the construction of early war ironclad ships to the lesser-known wooden vessels that fought alongside their iron-plated counterparts. Coski's research is based on… Read More

Hardcover Cloth Vol 5 published 1951 749 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Nice clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Unclipped dust jacket with the usual fading, scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to write it. As with so much of what Churchill wrote, The Second World War is not "history" in… Read More

Codes, Ciphers and Spies: Tales of Military Intelligence in World War I
by John F. Dooley
Trade Paperback with glued binding 280 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2016. Attractive illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's embossed seal on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it was woefully unprepared to wage a modern war. Whereas their European counterparts already had three years of experience in using code and cipher systems in the war, American cryptologists had to help in the building of a military intelligence unit from scratch. This book relates the personal experiences of one such character, providing a uniquely American perspective on the Great War. It is a story of spies, coded letters, plots to blow up ships and… Read More

The Coming Fury Hardcover Cloth 565 pages with index plus five maps and two graphs. Maps on endpapers. Condition Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1961. Lovely grey and pale blue boards with black and silver embossing shows off this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with the usual shelf wear. Some stains to boards, bumped corners. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
A good reading copy of this famous book.The first volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War. A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States--with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run. "...a major work by a major writer, a superb re-creation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War."--The New York Times.The Coming Fury documents the initial progress of the conflict from the secession crisis triggered by the… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 468 pages. Condition Good NO Dust Jacket. A great reading copy of the Reprint edition 1956. Beautiful worn black boards with silver and green embossing shows off this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book is worn with stains on front and top edge. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with minor signs of wear and/or age. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Bernal Diaz del Castillo(1495-1584) served under Cortez through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative, one of only four extant firsthand accounts, is both an invaluable historical document and a spectacular epic. He was with Cortez when the latter sank the ships, thus committing the small band of conquistadors irrevocably to the Conquest; he was privy to the counsels of the leaders and was at hand when Montezuma was made a prisoner in his own palace.
Bernal fought in over a hundred battles and skirmishes against an enemy who made living sacrifices of their prisoners.… Read More

George C. Marshall: Education of a General, 1880-1939 (GCM #1)
By Forrest C. Pogue
Hardcover Cloth 421 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Reprint edition later printing 1986. Attractive cream colored boards with tan buckram 1/8 spine shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well shows some shelf wear; chips, bumped corners, stains to bottom of back cover, stains to front edge. An unclipped dust jacket shows remainders of price tag and the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
One of a series of biographical books on George C. Marshall sponsored by the George C. Marshall Foundation. This volume covers the time from his birth in 1880 thru his training at the Virginia Military Institute and his army career until he was sworn in as a general in 1939. Appendices include bibliography and extensive notes.
Forrest Carlisle Pogue Jr. was an official United… Read More

George C. Marshall: Statesman 1945-1959 (GCM #4)
By Forrest C. Pogue
Hardcover Cloth 603 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Reprint edition 1987. Attractive cream colored boards with tan buckram 1/8 spine shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book shows some shelf wear; chips, bumped corners, stains to covers, stains to bottom edge. An unclipped dust jacket shows remainders of price tag and considerable shelf wear - a tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
In Statesman 1945-1949, the fourth and final volume of the authorized biography of George C. Marshall, Forrest C. Pogue gives us a unique view of the years immediately following World War II and a portrait of a man who, after a distinguished military career, went on to serve his country in even more indispensable ways as a statesman.On November 26, 1945, George C. Marshall retired after six years as U.S. Army Chief of Staff. one day… Read More

George C. Marshall: Organizer of Victory 1943-1945 (GCM #3)
By Forrest C. Pogue
Hardcover Cloth 683 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Reprint edition later printing 1986. Attractive cream colored boards with tan buckram 1/8 spine shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book shows some shelf wear; chips, bumped corners, stains to covers. An unclipped dust jacket (featuring amateur repairs with scotch tape) shows remainders of price tag and considerable shelf wear - a tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
From the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 and the Allied decision to sift to the offensive in all theaters of the Second World War, to the surrender of Germany in May 1945 - the span of this enthralling third volume in the official biography of George C. Marshall - the Allies and the Axis troops fought flat out. It was during this period that the indomitable Army Chief of Staff's… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 508 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Presumed First edition 1953. Worn grey boards and black embossing on this Clean, tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature stamped on front endsheet. Shelf wear, stains to spine. Topstain faded. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with minor signs of wear and/or age. An unclipped dust jacket is fragile with age with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
This comprehensive history traces the Prussian and later German General Staff from its earliest beginnings in the Thirty Years' War to the German unconditional surrender in 1945. During the first decades of its existence, the Staff was led by idealists with constructive political conceptions. The emergence later of anonymous technicians, whose political convictions were either nonexistent or based on ambition, only aggravated a militaristic national… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 389 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed first edition 1952. Nice black boards with red 1/8 spine, black boxing and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights Previous owner's stamp on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, and clean with a few tears, scrapes and chips; the usual shelf wear. Not a book club or remainder copy. Volume 2 of The Army of the Potomac set.The critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer 1863 is the focus of Glory Road. During this time the outcome of the Civil War is determined, as the battles at Fredericksburg, Rappahannock and Chancellorsville set the state for Union victory as Gettysburg.

The Grand Alliance (The Second World War #3)
by Winston S. Churchill
Hardcover Cloth Vol 3 published 1950 903 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Beautiful clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Clipped dust jacket hard to find in this nice condition with the usual scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular… Read More

Trade Paperback 512 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1992. Beautiful illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - a few scratches and bumps. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Examine 488 exploded and isometric handgun drawings of both modern and collectible types. Rely on the directory of manufacturers, importers and warranty service centers. Harold A. Murtz includes sources for parts, tools, service and supplies.

Guns of the Old West (Firearms Classics Library)
by Charles Edward Chapel

Hardcover full leather 306 pages with illustrations. Condition Fine in red leather. Issued with NO Dust Jacket . Odysseus Editions 1995 reprint edition. Lovely red leather boards with gold embossed leather shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Moiré endpapers and pastedowns. Hubbed spines, gilded designs, gold page edges, acid-free paper. Silk marker ribbon. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Book was stored in barrister case in a dark room. Has never been laid flat.

Charles Edward Chapel was a very prolific writer during his lifetime. He wrote dozens of books and hundreds of articles on firearms, aviation, and the forensic sciences. He also served from 1950 - 1967 as a state assemblyman for California's 46th District in the California state legislature. Chapel attended Annapolis and then was an… Read More

Hardcover Cloth Vol 4 published 1950 1000 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Beautiful clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Unclipped dust jacket with the usual fading, scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. Are you collecting Churchill? Then check the UK first edition copy of this set in my store. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to… Read More

The History of US Electronic Warfare: Volume 1: The Years of Innovation - Beginnings to 1946
By Alfred Price
Hardcover Cloth 312 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition First printing 1984. Attractive blue boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during World War II, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose. The result was a continual series of thrusts, parries and counter-thrusts, as first one side then the other sought to wrest the initiative in the struggle to control the other.
This was a battle fought with strange-sounding weapons: 'Freya', 'Mandrel', 'Boozer' and 'Window'. It was a battle characterised by the bravery, self-sacrifice and… Read More