Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Jon A. Maguire's 1996 More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens: An Expanded Study of USAS, USAAC, & USAAF Uniforms, Wings & Insignia ?? 1913 ??? 1945 Including Civilian Auxiliaries. This book is still one of the best WWI ??? WWII USAS, USAAC, & USAAF...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1974 privately printed Marden Family Genealogy Copy #369, signed by the author ??? Sylvia Fitts Getchell. The hardcover book reads: "MARDEN FAMILY GENEALOGY GETCHELL" on the binding and the inside front cover shows the author's...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of Detlev Niemann's "Price Guide: Orders and Decorations Germany, 1871-1945 (Bewertungs-Katalog: Orden und Ehrenzeichen Deutschland)", Second Edition (subtitle: Orders, Decorations, Award Documents, Miniatures and Cases...

ARTIFACT: This is a large hardcover copy of "Guns and Rifles of the World" by Howard L. Blackmore, World War II arms instructor and founder of the British Arms and Armour Society. This volume includes information on guns from the fourteenth...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1963 copy of the Victoria and Albert Museum "Swords and Daggers" by John Hayward. The book covers swords and daggers in the Museum's collection, treated as weapons as well as part of the masculine attire, from the very end...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Orders and Decorations" by Vaclav Mericka, a history of various religious, secular and military awards from the Greeks and Romans to modern times. The book has almost two hundred illustrations, many of...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Cut and Thrust Weapons" by Eduard Wagner, with many beautiful and detailed illustrations, several in color. The volume covers the different types of cut and thrust weapons, as well as how to wield them and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1965 Standard & Poor's stock guide published for a Merrill Lynch broker in New York City. It has an index of tables in front and the broker's stamp is on the front cover. VINTAGE: Circa 1965. SIZE: 256 pages; approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 1907-1954" by Bruce Robertson, a British author. This book contains many photographs and illustrations, some in color, of aircraft markings from around the world. The...

ARTIFACT: 1954 Atomic Science, Bombs, & Power by David Dietz, 1st American Edition with dust jacket. The book is over 300 pages and includes a couple of photographs of atomic explosions. VINTAGE: Circa 1954 SIZE: Approximately 8-1/2" x...

ARTIFACT: 1946 ??? 1947 Jane's Fighting Ships, large, just-post WWII edition. This edition was published by the "United States of America and Canada by the MacMillan Company in New York and by Sampson Low, Marston, & Co. LTD. in London". The book...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1949 New York Times publication entitled "Financial News: How to Read and Interpret It". The book has a glossy two-color cover and includes many black and white photographs and a glossary of financial terms at the end...