Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Cool 1943 What's That Plane: How to Identify American and Jap Airplanes by Walter Pitkin, Jr., a Penguin Book printed for the Infantry Journal. The soft cover of the Second Edition printing shows a group of Republic "Thunderbolts"...

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition hardcover copy of the "Aircraft of the World: Recognition Book". The book was published in London in the 1930s by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. It is a "pocket" size, but far too thick to fit in...

ARTIFACT: 1929 First Edition The Book of Dow: Genealogical Memoirs Compiled by Robert Piercy Dow. This large, hardcover reference book was published by the Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont. The cover page reads: "THE BOOK OF DOW GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS",...

ARTIFACT: This is an exact reprint of the Sears, Roebuck and Co. 1918 Military Equipment Catalogue, produced at the time for "Officers of the United States Army, Members of the Aviation Corps and officials of Military Schools". The catalog...

ARTIFACT: 1883 People's Cylopedia of Universal Knowledge (Vol II only). Full calf leather binding by W.H. De Puy, A.M., D.D. Published in New York by Phillips & Hunt VINTAGE: Circa 1883 SIZE: 7 ??" x 11" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Calf...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "DC-3", Weapons Book Number 44 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Arthur Pearcy, this volume deals with the workhorse aircraft by Douglas that...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "Gas", Weapons Book Number 43 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Ian V. Hogg, this volume deals with the effectiveness and use of gas as a...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "Midget Submarine", Weapons Book Number 42 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by James Gleason and Tom Waldron, this volume deals with the stealthy...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "German Armour", Weapons Book Number 41 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Douglas Orgill, this volume deals with the evolution of tank warfare...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "B-17 Flying Fortress", Weapons Book Number 40 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by William Hess, this volume deals with the history of the Boeing bomber...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "Hitler's Bodyguards: SS Leibstandarte", Weapons Book Number 39 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Alan Wykes, this volume deals with the history...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "Wellington Bomber", Weapons Book Number 38 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Edward Bishop, this volume deals with the tenacious Vickers...