Search Results: Authors starting with U from DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957. 2 volumes, 1008pp & 2065pp, diagrams, folding tables & maps. In both cases a massive compilation of material, both from direct evidence and submitted papers and data.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1946. 389 pages. A study of the Pacific War with stress on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Phillipines, the Coral Sea, Midway. Several fold-out maps and diagrams. Clean. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D.C: U S Government Printing Office, 1946. 389 pages. A study of the Pacific War with stress on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.The Phillipines,the Coral Sea, Midway. Several fold-out maps and diagrams. Cover dirty and faded.. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1998. 119pp/illus. First major study of her early years in Texas. Illustrated with 50 colorplates and copious supporting images including photographs of the artist, and with a detailed chronology, this book is an important contribution to the growing body of knowledge on this pioneering American modernist. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1987. 222pp/illus. A very handsome work with numerous photographs (color and black and white) by Jerry Jacka. Biographical information on the author, who grew up in the town of St. Johns, Arizona. He traces the footsteps of the Spanish conquistador, Coronado, through words and pictures. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1987. 222pp/illus. A very handsome work with numerous photographs (color and black and white) by Jerry Jacka. Biographical information on the author, who grew up in the town of St. Johns, Arizona. He traces the footsteps of the Spanish conquistador, Coronado, through words and pictures. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: St Martins, 1980. 591pp/illus/maps. This book concentrates on British achievements, and is a guide to seamen, ships, battles, and trading enterprises, covering Britain's rich heritage of mariners and maritime history. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mexico: Editorial Jus , 1949. 403pp/frontis, 401pp, 522pp. #39/500. Biographies of key religious leaders in Mexico from 1821-1940. Nice new binding. Spanish Text. Clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia and New York: Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964, 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book has 429 pages with a few photographs/maps. Book has indent on binding at the bottom. Cloth is not torn. DJ is loose with chips. Book has library plate and library embossed stamp in front pages. For the first time, in 1963, an American team reached the top of Everest. They did it after weeks of exposure in the bitter cold air or Everest.after one of their group was crushed under a falling ice wall.and in the teeth of howling winds and snowstorms. Success came first on May 1, when two men gained the summit via the South Col route. This was followed three weeks later when four more men made the peak: two by the South Col route and two by the West Ridge. DJ has edgewear. Text clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Book has 429 pages with a few photographs/maps. Book has indent on binding at the bottom. Cloth is not torn. DJ is loose with chips. Book has library plate and library embossed stamp in front pages. For the first time, in 1963, an American team reached the top of Everest. They did it after weeks of exposure in the bitter cold air or Everest..after one of their group was crushed under a falling ice wall...and in the teeth of howling winds and snowstorms. Success came first on May 1, when two men gained the summit via the South Col route. This was followed three weeks later when four more men made the peak: two by the South Col route and two by the West Ridge. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Duckworth & RUSI, 1995. Book has 265 pages with charts and graphs. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. Inscribed by the author. The end of the Cold War has rightly and understandably led to major reductions in the military might of the former adversaries. Without the emergence of a significant military threat to international security, these cuts in military power will continue and are likely to become both more severe and irreversible as time passes. The message in this book is a sobering and unsettling assessment that combines alarm and prescription. Ullman warns that, unless the U.S. takes powerful remedial action, or is very lucky, this pledge cannot and will not be met. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Bonn, Germany: Verlag J.H.W. Dietz, 1999. 589pp. German text. Clean. 1st Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. As New/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley, CA: Military History Press, 2005. 347pp/illus. Gilt trimmed pages. New - still shrink wrapped. Beautiful new oversized book with gilt embossed Moroccan-style bonded leather binding. During the summer of 1813, two German artists drew illustrations of the French troops stationed around Dresden and Freiberg in Saxony. These were copied in the early 1900s by Charles Brun, one of the foremost uniform artists of the era. This book reproduces over 130 color plates of the original never before published Dresden Manuscript paintings of Napoleon's Grande Army by Charles Brun and 50 color Freiberg Manuscript paintings detailing the Grand Armee Uniforms. Beautiful new book. Superb full-page uniform plates. # of 1,000 total published. Signed by author on bookplate inside front cover. Clean. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Leather. As New/No Jacket Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.

Washington, D.C: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs , 1953. A History Of The Largest Indian Tribe In The United States. A comprehensive study (pp. 285). This 285pp/illus. Book is full of information, and contains a wealth of illustrations. Many drawings by Navajos, the color cover being by Allan Housen. With others being Hoke Denetsosie, Harrison Begay for a few. There are many drawings, maps and detailed black & white photographs gracing the pages of this wrapper bound book. Clean. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D.C: U S Government Printing Office, 1906. 453 pp. Cloth. * Contains the testimony from over two dozen witnesses and a committee report, which concludes: "Our investigation has convinced us that the system [of hazing], if unchecked, invariably leads to grave abuses and serious injury to the under class men.". Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Seattle, WA: Univ of Washington Pr, 1997. 493pp. Clean. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1972. 289pp/maps. The authors analyze with care not only the air war in North Vietnam and South Vietnam, but also in Cambodia and Laos. Previous owner name inside front cover. Text clean. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D. C: US Government Printing Office, 1912. 495pp/fold-out map. With copy of "Epitome of Upton's Military Policy" 23pp bound in at end. . Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C: War Department, 1912. 495pp w/fold-out map. Binding worn. Beginning to separate. Text clean.. 4th Printing. Cloth. Very Good(-)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C: U S Government Printing Office, 1917. 495pp. Original printed tan wrappers in good condition, though the spine is taped and the whole is age toned and slightly wrinkled at a couple of corners, overall at least very good if not slightly better. Footnotes, large fold-out map, A highly decorated officer of the American Civil War reviews the military policy of the United States from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. . 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.