Search Results: World War II from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

West Hartlepool, England: B. T. Ord Ltd.. Very Good. 1945. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some edge wear, rubbing and nicking. The covers have several creases. The text pages are clean and bright. Photographs are by F. C. Huntley and show some of the damage to Hartlepools during the air raid bombings. Included are several articles by local newspapers on the subject. "Hartlepool was a more significant target than the resort town of Scarborough. The port had extensive civilian docks and factories and was defended by three BL 6 inch Mk VII naval guns on the seafront. Two guns were at Heugh Battery and one at Lighthouse Battery. The guns were manned by 11 officers and 155 local men of the Durham Royal Garrison Artillery. The gun crews were warned at 04: 30 of the possibility of an attack and issued live ammunition. At 07: 46, they… Read More

New York: Stein & Day Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 9999959369 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbing to the edges. "In July 1945, Indianapolis completed a top-secret high-speed trip to deliver parts of Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon ever used in combat, to the United States Army Air Force Base on the island of Tinian, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty. At 0015 on 30 July, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went… Read More

New York & Cleveland: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.. Very Good+. 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Graphs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "In mid-November of 1941, as America's new army was completing the first year of its training, the War Department Bureau of Public Relations was given a directive, unique in our military history. The men in uniform were to be told the full story of the events which had finally compelled America to rearm and to prepare once more for major war." (from Wikipedia) .

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0292707908 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light rubbing and wear along with a couple of small edge tears. "Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid-flight and open to release the bats, which would then disperse and roost in eaves and attics in a 20–40-mile radius (32–64 km). The incendiaries, which were set on timers, would then ignite and start fires in inaccessible places in the largely… Read More

Boston, MA: Literary Guild. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge nicks and spots of rubbing, along with some light ground-in dirt to the rear cover. "The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville, in the Territory of New Guinea, during the first six months of 1942. The Japanese occupied these locations and began the construction of several naval and air bases with the goals of protecting the flank of the Japanese offensive in New Guinea, establishing a… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1979. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0354012193 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small chips missing, along with rubbing and edge wear. "Dr Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the Royal Air Force, where he was a crewman on Vulcan bombers and specialised in electronic warfare and air fighting tactics. In a military flying career spanning fifteen years he logged over 4,000 flying hours. He left the service in 1974 and since then has been a full-time writer on aviation subjects. He is author of 46 books and more than 200 magazine articles. He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Royal… Read More

London, England: Airlife Publishing Ltd.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company. Very Good+. 1971. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. .

London, England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0297846655 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "On 15 June 1941, Dunedin captured the German tanker Lothringen and gathered some highly classified Enigma cipher machines that she carried. The Royal Navy reused Lothringen as the fleet oiler Empire Salvage. Dunedin went on to capture three Vichy French vessels, Ville de Rouen off Natal, the merchant ship Ville de Tamatave east of the St. Paul's Rocks, and finally, D'Entrecasteaux." (from Wikipedia) .

Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. Near Fine. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 1585006432 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Dr. Carl F. Constein was a pilot during World War II, flying the Hump over the Himalayas in the China-Burma-India theater. He gives an account of some of his experiences during that time in an interview at the Air Mobility Command Museum" (Air Mobility Command Museum) .

Fort Monroe, VA: United States Army. Good. 1942. Paperback. 8" x 10.5" Instruction / Information manual for the Coast Artillery School. THe book has cardstock covers and a side stapled binding. The book is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover has become detached and both covers and interior pages have noticeable toning and water spotting. Subjects covered include Convoys, Diesel Engines, Fuels and Lubricants, Maintenance, Replacement Parts and Supplies, Vehicles and more. .

London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office. Very Good-. 1942. Trade Edition. Paperback. 011708347X . B&W Illustrations; This is a paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is noticeable slanting to the spine of the book. The front spine joint has been reglued, and there is a chip missing from the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. "RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). Founded in 1936, it was to act as the RAF maritime arm, after the Fleet Air Arm became part of the Royal Navy in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive the resources it needed to develop properly or efficiently. This continued until the outbreak of the Second World War, during which it came to prominence. Owing to the Air Ministry's concentration on RAF Fighter Command and RAF… Read More

Reno, NV: Arktika Pub. Near Fine. 2001. 2nd Printing. Softcover. 0963457810 . SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription, by the author, on the title page. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. "The route was developed in 1942 for several reasons. Initially, the 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command, United States Army Air Corps (later Air Transport Command) at Gore Field (Great Falls Municipal Airport) was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to the Soviet Union through Northern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the Eastern Front. The US-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense decided in the autumn of 1940 that a string of airports should be constructed at Canadian expense between the city of Edmonton in central Alberta and the Alaska-Yukon border. Late in 1941 the Canadian government reported that rough landing fields… Read More

Washington, D. C.: Regnery History. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2018. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1621576264 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a thick black ink remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Annapolis, MD: A. S. Curtis. Very Good. 1945. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; Small format booklet with illustrated paper covers and stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition. The covers have some beginning edge wear and a couple of scratches. The text pages are clean, but noticeable toned and a bit delicate due to the acid content of the pages. "This is the first of a series of books on the heroes of World War II, and covers thirty-one navy heroes who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor." .

New York, NY: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1982143347 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Nashville, TN: Aurora Publishers, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0876951744 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of some wear to the bottom text block where it looks like the cutting machine left ragged bits. "Late in World War II and just before the Battle of the Bulge, German Corporals David Kohn and Maximilian Unger were assigned to a secret mission as part of a plan to recapture Antwerp. Captured by the Canadians, the two corporals were returned to the Germans after the war, and the Canadians also supplied the unarmed Germans with guns for their execution. " (from the book flap) .

New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Flying Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0871650282 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean condition, but has several small edge nicks and tears. "The Eagle Squadrons were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed with volunteer pilots from the United States during the early days of World War II (circa 1940) , prior to America's entry into the war in December 1941. With the United States still neutral, many Americans simply crossed the border and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to learn to fly and fight. Many early recruits had originally gone to Europe to fight for Finland against the Soviet Union in the Winter War. Charles Sweeny, a wealthy businessman living in London,… Read More

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. Trade Edition. Hardcover. 1557500207 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright. There is some lightish rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. "The Marine Raiders were special operations forces originally established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare. "Edson's" Raiders of 1st Marine Raider Battalion and "Carlson's" Raiders of 2nd Marine Raider Battalion are said to have been the first United States special operations forces to form and see combat during World War II. Despite the original intent for Raiders to serve… Read More

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 087021215X . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Samuel Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Minnesota and Columbia University. Hynes served as a Marine Corps pilot from 1943 until 1946 and in 1952 and 1953. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He discussed his experiences as a pilot in the documentary series The War by Ken Burns (2007). Burns interviewed Hynes again for The Vietnam War (2017) , where Hynes discussed his experiences at Northwestern University during its anti-Vietnam War protests. " (from Wikipedia) .