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THE UNKNOWNS OF WORLD WAR II AND KOREA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831580
Published by Department Of Defense United States Of America. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

After World War Ⅱ, some 8,526 remains were physically unidentifiable and had been buried without any knowledge of the victims' true identities. Likewise following the Korean War there were 846 “Unknowns.” Of this number two were selected for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day 1958. Grey pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w photos. vii and 71 pages. Grey covers are lightly browned and have a few marks, 1" thin area of surface paper loss to top front spine edge. Lower corner of covers and contents lightly creased. Contents are clean.

FLIGHT THREE: USA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1331009
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn, has a small mark to lower edge of front panel and is a little grubby to rear panel.

FLIGHT THREE: USA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1330291
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

NORTH AMERICAN B-25 MITCHELL (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 1329892
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. The complete story of the development, operational use and post-war career of this fine aeroplane in this comprehensive history. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263945.

STRIKE FROM THE SEA U.S. NAVY ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM SKYRAIDER TO SUPER HORNET 1948-PRESENT
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329579
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781580071321. Minimal bumping to spine of book and wrapper, wrapper spine faded (title was yellow, now white). Looks unread.

STRIKE FROM THE SEA U.S. NAVY ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM SKYRAIDER TO SUPER HORNET 1948-PRESENT
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329556
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781580071321. A super copy, appears unread.

GUIDE TO CATSKILL TROUT
Written by John A. Punola.
Stock no. 1329465
Published by Pathfinder. 3rd 1981. Very good condition.

3rd edition. Cardwraps. 71 pages. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0939888017. Name and date in biro to title-page. Some biro notes to page margins. A few small marks to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby. Top corner of last page lightly creased.

STEEL SHADOWS: MURALS AND DRAWINGS OF PITTSBURGH
Written by Douglas Cooper. Illustrated by Douglas Cooper.
Stock no. 1829414
Published by University Of Pittsburgh Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Professor and muralist, Douglas Cooper teaches drawing in Carnegie Mellon University's architecture program. Drawings of Pittsburgh in charcoal murals and sketches. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w drawings throughout. 174 pages. ISBN: 0822957485. Text block a little grubby. Couple of minor marks to spine. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES (VOLUME ONE)
Written by A.S. Hitchcock; Agnes Chase.
Stock no. 1828927
Published by Dover Publications Inc.. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition.

In two volumes, of which this is volume one only. A definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. This Dover Edition is an unabridged republication of the second revised edition, as published by the United States Government Printing Office in 1950 as U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Brown cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 569 pages. ISBN: 0486227170. Spine faded to lilac. Cover edges lightly rubbed, covers a little creased. Contents clean.

FROM AMERICA TO UNITED STATES PART FOUR
Written by L.A. Sawyer; W.H. Mitchell.
Stock no. 1828747
Published by World Ship Society. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

The History of the Merchant Ship types built in the United States of America under the Long-Range Programme of the Maritime Commission in four parts - this is part four only. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. 140 pages. ISBN: 090561738X. Spine edge and corners lightly rubbed. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.

LORDS OF THE LAKE: THE NAVAL WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1812-1814
Written by Robert Malcolmson.
Stock no. 1828089
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Naval War Between the United States and the British Provinces in Canada 1812-1814. Yellow cloth boards, navy title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx + 411 pages. ISBN: 1861761120. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.