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MILITARY BOOKS

Grieves, Capt. Loren C. "Military Sketching and Map Reading" 3rd edition, published in 1917. The 120 page hardbound book is in about very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks except for a previous owners name inside the front cover, and a vertical crease down one page. Price: $ 9.00

Office of the Secretary of Defense "Report of Working Group on Human Behavior Under Conditions of Military Service" published by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1951 A joint project of the Research and Development Board and the Personnel Policy Board in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, published in 1951. This report was classified as "Restricted - Security Information" when issued, but a stamp on the title page indicates that it was "declassified in accordance with Executive Order No. 10501." The 426 page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks. Some minor discoloration to the cloth covers (possibly from sunlight), but not bad at all. Price: $ 14.00.

Gazit, Shlomo, Zeev Eytan and Amos Gilboa "The Middle East Military Balance 1992-1993" Tel Aviv: Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies, 1993 Cloth. No Jacket. The 514 page hardbound book is in fine condition, fresh and clean inside and out. A thorough review of military power in the region. Price: $ 14.00.

Gervasi, Tom "Soviet Military Power; The Pentagon's Propaganda Document, Annotated and Corrected" published by Vintage Books, 1987 Soft Cover. Very Good The magazine sized 159 page softbound book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks other than a small mark at the top ot the pages near the spine. Price: $ 8.00

Merrill, James "Quarter-Deck and Fo'c'sle, The Exciting Story of the Navy" Rand Mcnally, 1063 Cloth. Very Good/Good+. The 509 page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean inside and out. Nicely illustrated throughout. A few small edge tears and chips in the dust jacket. Price: $ 10.00.

"Earl Roberts as a Soldier in Peace and War, A Biography" by Captain W.E. Cairnes, published in 1901. The 311 page hardbound book is in about good condition. Some moisture damage to the covers and the last few pages of the book, not affecting any of the text. Some of the pages still uncut. Some pages roughly cut open, with tape repair to the margins of one page. A good reading copy. Available for $6.

"Guided Weapons" by Eric Burgess, published in 1957 by the Macmillan Company, first printing. The 255 page hardbound book is in fine condition, clean inside and out, and with a strong binding. Includes many nice vintage photos. Available for $8.

"Hannibal" by Jacob Abbott, published in 1900 by Harper and Brothers as part of the Makers of History series. The 295 page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean with a sturdy binding. Includes several nice illustrations. An interesting history of the Carthaginian general. Available for $10.

"U-Boat Killer" by Captain Donald Macintyre, R.N., published by Avon Books in 1956. The 174 page paperback book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks, and a strong binding. Available for $3.

"The Forrestal Diaries" edited by Walter Mills, published in 1951 (second printing). The 581 page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks, and a strong binding. Includes 12 pages of vintage photos. Available for $9.

"Knight's Modern Seamanship" 10th edition (revised 1941), by Austin Knight, published in 1943 by Van Nostrand Co. The 847 page hardbound book covers everything one needed to know about seamanship during the WWII era. The front end paper has a vertical crease in it, otherwise very nice. Blue semi-flexible cloth covers with gold lettering on the spine (very clean). Available for $9.

"The American Legion Story" by Raymond Moley, Jr, published in 1966, First Edition. The book is an ex-library copy with the card pouch removed, and an embossed property stamp on the title page from a previous owner, but otherwise very clean inside and out. Includes 8 pages of photos. Available for $6.


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