Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Mightiest Army.

Detzer, Coonel Karl, · 1945

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Pleasantville, NY, Readers Digest, (1945). G lg sz PB. Ingredients that go into making the American Army the mightiest. Library markings, edge creases and wear.

U.S. Naval Aviatiion Museum Foundation in the 21st Century.

Goodspeed, M. Hill, Editor in Chief, Rick Burgess, Editor, · 2001

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

(enscp;sFlotofs, Naval Aviaation Found., (2001). 1st printing. Good Blue padded binding, seal removed from front cover. Barnes and Noble Books, NY. A comprehensive history of Naval Aviation from its beginnings to Naval Aviation in the 21st. Century. Profusely illustrated with ...

Twentieth-Century Warriors.

Carver, Field Marshal Lord, · 1988

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Development of the Armed Forces of the major military nations in the 20th century. Distinguished soldier and military writer,. Carver traces the development of the armed forces.

Area 51: the graphic history of America's most secret military installation.

Zimmerman, Dwight Jon, · 2014

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Minneapolis, MN, Zenith Press, (2014). 1st ptg. VG PB. Area 51 is one of the worst kept secrets in the United States history. Everyone has heard of it but no one knows anything. about it. A profile of the real history of area 51, secret military installation that the CIA, U.S....

Army Medical Service Planning Guide.

Army, · 1960

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Army, October, 1960. FM 8-55. Fair PB 3 hold punched. Cover tanned, some corners creased, marks on the fore-edges, stamped Portland, Maine. The real thing.

Survival.

Army, · 1957

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Washington, D.C., Dept of Army, Ocober 1957. FM 21-76. G PB. Stamped Portland, Maine, somewhat rippled appearance.

The Soldier's Guide.

Army, · 1952

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Washington, D.C., Govt Ptg Office, 1952. FM 21-13. G PB. Includes history of the Army from Civil War to WWII. Some corners creased.

Manual for the Full-Track Vehicle Driver.

Army, · 1956

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Washington, D.C., Army, August 1956. TM 21-306. G PB. Combat driving. Stain to right edge of front cover.

Manual for the Wheeled Vehicle Driver.

Army and Air Force, · 1956

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Washington, D.C., Dept of Army and Air Force, December 1956. AFM 77-2. G PB. Tanning to bottom and top of back cover. Sturdy binding.

Self-Propelled Twin 40-mm Gun T-141.

War Deparment, · 1953

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Washington, U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1953. FM 44-61. G PB. Stamp front cover from Milk Street Armory Portland, Maine. Few pages stained.

Motor Transport.

War Department, · 1942

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, U.S. Govt Ptg Office, March 1942/45. FM 25-10. Fair. Front cover soiled, owner name front cover, pencil writing on back cover.

Service of the Piece Twin 40-MM Gun Motor Carriage M19.

War Department, · 1947

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1947. FM 44-62. Fair. Tanning to cover bottom and spine, damp stain to bottom of back pages.

To the Shores of Tripoli: the birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines.

Whipple, A.B.C., · 1991

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Morrow, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ ex-library. What became known as the Barbary War forced Americans who had disbanded the Continental Navy to establish a new U.S. Navy and. Marine Corps. The war included a blockage of Tripoli, followed by sustained high-tech bomb...

Soviet Military Power 1983, 1985, 1987.

Weinberger, Caspar, Secretary of Defense, · 1983

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt Printing Office, (1983,85,87). 3 VG lg sz PBs. Illustrations of new Soviet weapons systems introducing each chapter are derived from various U.S. sources although not. precise in every detail are as authentic as possible. Price is for all 3.

Trust Betrayed; the untold story of Camp Lejeune and the poisoning of generations of Marines and their families.

Magner, Mike, · 2014

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, MA, Da Capo Press, (2014). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. For 3 generations reveleations have been stadily emerging of pervasive contamination, of associated clusters of illness and. among Marine families stationed there, and of military denial and failure to act. A chilling in...

The Caribbean Breeze May 1944 (Vol. IV, no. 4).

Sixth Air Force, · 1944

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New Orleans, LA, U.S. Air Force, (1944). G PB. Back photo glamor shot of Esther Williams, article on Old Panama, military decorations. Edge wear.

Her Majesty's Army Volume I only: a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the queen's forces....

Richards, Walter, · 1890

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

NY, John Beacham, nd (ca 1890). Fair.from their first establishment to the present time. Half red leather spine and corners,. Marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Front board detached, top 2-1/2" piece of spine detached but present, edge wear, damp stain at bottom of o...

The Bluejackets' Manual.

United States Navy, · 1943

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Annapolis, MD, U.S. Naval Institute, 1943. 11th ed. Fair. World War II edition. Owner names front endpaper, heavy edge wear, book cocked, few ink marks back cover.

The Naval Officer's Guide.

Ageton, Arthur A., Commander, U.S.N., · 1944

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Whittlesey House/McGraw Hill, (1944). New 2nd war ed. VG in Fair DJ. Naval educational system, First Station, uniforms & equipment, The Line Officer, Customs of the Service, foreign service,. shore and sea duty, military law and naval discipline, responsibilities of leader...

The LST 666 Reunion 50th Anniversary 1944-1994.

LST 666, · 1994

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

np, np, nd (1994). VG in plastic binding soft cover. Commemoration of the LST 66 Reunion. Three laid in pictures, one color on b/w, and "Old Glory Flies Again at Subic Bay" b/w.