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Military & War History Books

A deep shelf for the military historian and collector: World Wars I and II, the Civil War, naval and maritime history, aviation and combat aircraft, firearms references, and antiquarian first-hand accounts. Every copy is a real book from an Arizona estate, personally inspected and photographed, shipping from Prescott, Arizona. 88 titles in stock.

2001 Standard Catalog of Firearms (11th Edition)
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
2001 Standard Catalog of Firearms (11th Edition)
Ned Schwing
Good; softcover; 'Jack Nelson' owner sticker
$14
 Air Forces of the World
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Air Forces of the World
Mark Hewish, Bill Sweetman, Barry C. Wheeler & Bill Gunston
Good - HC w/ DJ
$25
 Air Raid: Pearl Harbor! Recollections of a Day of Infamy
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Air Raid: Pearl Harbor! Recollections of a Day of Infamy
Paul Stillwell (ed.)
Good; DJ corners chipped, owner stamp on half-title
$26.99
 American Combat Planes (Third Enlarged Edition)
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
American Combat Planes (Third Enlarged Edition)
Ray Wagner
Very Good
$15
 An Illustrated History of Firearms
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
An Illustrated History of Firearms
Ian V. Hogg
Good
$10
 And Brave Men Too
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
And Brave Men Too
Timothy S. Lowry
Good
$12
 Badges and Insignia of World War II: Air Force, Naval, Marine
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Badges and Insignia of World War II: Air Force, Naval, Marine
Guido Rosignoli
Good
$20
 Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II
Len Deighton
Good
$11.99
 Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World, 1950-1975
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World, 1950-1975
Maj. Gen. J. I. H. Owen (ed.)
Good; HC w/ DJ, jacket creased
$35
 Bush vs. the Beltway: How the CIA and the State Department Tried to Stop the War on Terror
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Bush vs. the Beltway: How the CIA and the State Department Tried to Stop the War on Terror
Laurie Mylroie
Good
$8.99
 Cartridges of the World (8th Edition, Rev. & Expanded)
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Cartridges of the World (8th Edition, Rev. & Expanded)
Frank C. Barnes (ed. M. L. McPherson)
Good; softcover; 'Jack Nelson' owner sticker
$16
 Civil War Stories: Strange Tales, Oddities, Events & Coincidences
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Civil War Stories: Strange Tales, Oddities, Events & Coincidences
Webb Garrison
Very Good
$10.45
 Close Combat: Book VI of the Corps
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Close Combat: Book VI of the Corps
W. E. B. Griffin
Good
$10
 Combat Officer: A Memoir of War in the South Pacific
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Combat Officer: A Memoir of War in the South Pacific
Charles H. Walker
Very Good
$10
 Combat Training Manual
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Combat Training Manual
Aerospace Publishing Ltd
Good; HC w/ DJ, jacket wrinkled
$18
 D-Day
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
D-Day
Warren Tute, John Costello & Terry Hughes
Good
$10.45
 Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II
John C. McManus
Very Good
$12.99
 Decisive Battles of the U.S.A.
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Decisive Battles of the U.S.A.
Maj.-Gen. J.F.C. Fuller
Good
$19.99
 Encyclopedia of Tanks
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Encyclopedia of Tanks
Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Good - HC w/ DJ
$22
 Fighters: The World's Great Aces and Their Planes
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Fighters: The World's Great Aces and Their Planes
Edwards Park
Good
$10.45
 Fighting Tanks
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Fighting Tanks
Ian Hogg
Good - HC w/ DJ, light edge wear
$22
 Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by Its Members
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by Its Members
American Ambulance Field Service (various)
Good
$48.99
 Front & Center
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Front & Center
(AUSA)
Good
$11.99
 Gods and Generals
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Gods and Generals
Jeff Shaara
Good
$10.45
 Guadalcanal Diary
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Guadalcanal Diary
Richard Tregaskis
Good
$35
 Gun Digest 2006: 60th Anniversary Edition
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Gun Digest 2006: 60th Anniversary Edition
Ken Ramage (editor)
Good–Very Good
$18.50
 Gun Trader's Guide (16th Edition)
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Gun Trader's Guide (16th Edition)
Paul Wahl (comp.) / Stoeger
Good; softcover, cover scuffing
$14
 Guns and How They Work
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Guns and How They Work
Ian V. Hogg
Good, EX-LIBRARY; DJ scuffed, library stamp inside
$8.99
 History of the United States Marines
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
History of the United States Marines
Bison Books
Good
$12
 Hunters in the Sky: A Visual Guide to World War II Aircraft
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Hunters in the Sky: A Visual Guide to World War II Aircraft
Enzo Angelucci & Paolo Matricardi
Good
$10.45
 Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours
Will Fowler
Good; HC w/ DJ, light wear
$18
 Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries
Daniel Mark Epstein
Good
$10.99
 Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of Jfk
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of Jfk
Gus Russo
Good
$8.99
 Marlowe: Tamburlaine I & II, Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta, Edward the Second
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Marlowe: Tamburlaine I & II, Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta, Edward the Second
Christopher Marlowe (ed. Havelock Ellis, intro. John Addington Symonds)
Good
$11.50
 Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time
Ernest Hemingway (ed.)
Good
$14.99
 Mr. Britling Sees It Through
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
H.G. Wells
Good (cloth wear)
$87.50
 National Defense
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
National Defense
James Fallows
Good
$9.99
 One Thousand Years of Explosives: From Wildfire to the H-Bomb
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
One Thousand Years of Explosives: From Wildfire to the H-Bomb
William S. Dutton
Good
$25
 Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
Henry C. Clausen & Bruce Lee
Good
$13.99
 Pictorial History of the World War for Liberty
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Pictorial History of the World War for Liberty
Unknown — editors not identified on cover
Fair–Good
$40
 Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific
Gavan Daws
Very Good
$10.45
 Ringside at Parris Island
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Ringside at Parris Island
Delmar Lee Reynolds
Fine
$450
 Russian Tanks 1900-1970
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Russian Tanks 1900-1970
John Milsom
Good - HC w/ DJ
$35
 Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps
Allan R. Millett
Good
$13.99
 Shooting the Muzzle Loaders
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Shooting the Muzzle Loaders
R. A. Steindler (ed.)
Good; hardcover, pictorial red boards
$18
 Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
Roger Cohen
Good
$10.99
 Soldiers of Rome: Praetorians and Legionnaires
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Soldiers of Rome: Praetorians and Legionnaires
Robert F. Evans
Good
$19.99
 Southern History of the War
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Southern History of the War
Edward A. Pollard (Late Editor of the Richmond Examiner)
Good–Very Good
$25
 Soviet Air Power
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Soviet Air Power
Bill Sweetman & Bill Gunston
Good
$10
 Soviet Naval Developments
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Soviet Naval Developments
Norman Polmar (ed.)
Very Good; glossy red pictorial boards, light wear
$21.99
 Strategy & Tactics of War: Land, Sea, Air
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Strategy & Tactics of War: Land, Sea, Air
Ray Bonds (ed.)
Good
$10
 Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East 1942-45
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East 1942-45
Brian MacArthur
Very Good
$12.99
 The ABC's of Reloading
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The ABC's of Reloading
Dean A. Grennell (ed. R. R. Springer)
Good; softcover, worn; 'Grant Boys' $6.95 sticker
$15
 The Armed Forces of the USSR
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Armed Forces of the USSR
Harriet Fast Scott & William F. Scott
Good
$13.99
 The Battle for Guadalcanal
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Battle for Guadalcanal
Samuel B. Griffith II
Good
$23.99
 The Collector's Illustrated Guide to Firearms
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Collector's Illustrated Guide to Firearms
Martin Miller
Fair-Good - DJ torn at edges
$18
 The Crisis of the Naval War
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Crisis of the Naval War
Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa
Very Good — sturdy binding; all 6 fold-out maps present (Chart E. Mediterranean Patrol Zones, etc.)
$95
 The Desert War
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Desert War
Military reference
Good
$12
 The Encyclopedia of Land Warfare in the 20th Century
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Encyclopedia of Land Warfare in the 20th Century
Ian V. Hogg
Good
$10
 The Encyclopedia of the World's Combat Aircraft
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Encyclopedia of the World's Combat Aircraft
Bill Gunston
Good - HC w/ DJ
$20
 The Encyclopedia of US Military Aircraft
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Encyclopedia of US Military Aircraft
Martin W. Bowman
Good
$10
 The Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military
Michael Savage
Good
$8.99
 The Great Guns
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Great Guns
Harold L. Peterson & Robert Elman
Good; large illustrated HC w/ DJ, jacket edge-worn
$22
 The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War
Robert Cowley (ed.)
Very Good
$10.45
 The History of Ships
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The History of Ships
Peter Kemp
Good
$8.99
 The Korean War
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Korean War
Max Hastings
Good
$10.99
 The Last Words: The Farewell Addresses of Union and Confederate Commanders to Their Men at the End of the War Between the States
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Last Words: The Farewell Addresses of Union and Confederate Commanders to Their Men at the End of the War Between the States
Michael R. Bradley
Very Good
$26.50
 The Nations at War: A Current History
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Nations at War: A Current History
Willis John Abbot
VERIFY (cover shows wear)
$47.50
 The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms
Ian V. Hogg
Good
$12
 The Oxford Companion to American Military History
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Oxford Companion to American Military History
John Whiteclay Chambers II (ed.)
Good
$24
 The Pacific War 1941-1945
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Pacific War 1941-1945
John Costello
Good — interior clean; spine reinforced (taped head-cap)
$12.99
 The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II
Iris Chang
Good
$8.99
 The Roman Army
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Roman Army
John Wilkes
Good
$13.99
 The Russian Version of the Second World War: The History of the War as Taught to Soviet Schoolchildren
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Russian Version of the Second World War: The History of the War as Taught to Soviet Schoolchildren
Graham Lyons (ed.)
Good
$13.99
 The Twilight Warriors
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Twilight Warriors
Robert Gandt
Very Good
$10.45
 The US War Machine: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Military Equipment and Strategy
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The US War Machine: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Military Equipment and Strategy
Consultant: Dr James E. Dornan Jr.
Good
$10
 The War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission
Lawrence F. Kaplan, William Kristol
Good
$8.99
 The Warden (Everyman Paperback)
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The Warden (Everyman Paperback)
Anthony Trollope (intro. Kathleen Tillotson; essay Michael Sadleir)
Good
$8.99
 The World's Great Machine Guns: From 1860 to the Present Day
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The World's Great Machine Guns: From 1860 to the Present Day
Roger Ford
Good
$12
 The World's Strangest Aircraft
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
The World's Strangest Aircraft
Michael Taylor
Good - HC w/ DJ
$22
 To Cock a Cannon: A Pilot's View of World War II Through the Eyes of a Naval Aviator
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
To Cock a Cannon: A Pilot's View of World War II Through the Eyes of a Naval Aviator
D.A. Pattie
Good
$34.99
 Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific
Eric Bergerud
Good
$11.99
 Treasure of the Atocha
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Treasure of the Atocha
R. Duncan Mathewson III
Good–Very Good
$31.50
 Utah Beach
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Utah Beach
Joseph Balkoski
Very Good
$12
 War in Cuba, or the Great Struggle for Freedom
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
War in Cuba, or the Great Struggle for Freedom
W. R. Vansant
Fair to Good — heavily embossed dark red pictorial cloth (looks like leather; is decorated cloth per owner); some spine wear; fold-out map 'Island of Cuba' showing Jamaica, Porto Rico, Crooked Island, Great Bahama present and intact
$85
 Warman's Country Antiques & Collectibles (2nd Edition)
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Warman's Country Antiques & Collectibles (2nd Edition)
Dana Gehman Morykan & Harry L. Rinker
Good
$14
 Weapons of Mass Destruction
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Robert Hutchinson
Very Good
$10.45
 Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to 2000 AD
MILITARY & WAR HISTORY
Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to 2000 AD
The Diagram Group
Good
$10
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