History Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Beautiful copy of the 1973 First Across! The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919 by Richard K. Smith. The cover tells that the novel is the recipient of the: "1972 HISTORY MANUSCRIPT AWARD" presented by the "AMERICAN...

ARTIFACT: 1973 The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe: The Life of Field Marshal Erhard Milch by David Irving and published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston. The 1st Edition, 500 page book, complete with illustrations chronicles the life of Erhard...

ARTIFACT: Summer, 1940 The Battle of Britain by Roger Parkinson and jacket design by Sam Salant. This 1st Edition (Book Club Edition) was published in 1977 by David McKay Company, Inc. New York. Roger Parkinson is a noted military historian, his book is...

ARTIFACT: Great 1968 Pearl Harbor souvenir booklet: Pearl Harbor Story Authentic information and pictures of the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 by Captain William T. Rice, USNR (Ret). This Fourth Printing is nearly fifty pages of illustrations...

ARTIFACT: Wonderfully preserved copy of the 1960 book: "Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age Longrifle Series" written by Joe Kindig, Jr. with dust jacket. Joe Kindig, Jr. is a well-known and respected antique dealer and his book is...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1944 Fighting Wings - A Pictorial History of Aerial Combat by Gilbert Paust and Milton Lancelot. This example is a 1st Edition and nearly every one of the 255 pages contains a photograph of aircraft in flight. The book is a wonderful...

ARTIFACT: This is 1942 publication by the United States Office of War Information entitled "Tale of a City". The short booklet is full of depressing black and white illustrations and the story of Warsaw's fall to the Nazis during World War II...

ARTIFACT: Great 1941 Anti-Nazi, Anti-German sensationalist novel: GERMANY MUST PERISH! by Theodore N. Kaufman. The bright orange novel depicts a black swastika in the center and reads: "GERMANY MUST PERISH". The top reads: "THE BOOK THAT HITLER FEARS",...

ARTIFACT: Great 1929 'The Golden Age of Aviation' book Aviation Stories by Jay Earle. The 1st Edition, 250 page hardcover contains over 25 illustrated chapters of stories and was published by Longmans, Green & Co. The front of the book shows an...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare signed first edition of "Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic ??? The Flight to the South Pole" by Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Byrd, a Virginia native with ties to John Rolfe and Pocahontas, was a United...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWII United States Army Air Forces Unit History of the 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 5th Air Force. The unit history contains nearly 250 pages and was printed in Australia in 1945 to include stories, photographs, color images of the...