Reference Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a WWII USAAF Air Transport Command India-China Division History Boooklet Restricted. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: Approximately 8" x 5-3/4" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, ink, staples. MARKINGS:  See above images. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover 1st edition copy of "United States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe. The book was published in December 1953 by the United States Naval Institute in Annapolis, Maryland. It is a comprehensive history...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Aircraft Engines of the World 1946" by Paul H. Wilkinson. The book covers many engines from North America, Europe, Australia and the U.S.S.R in a two-page treatment with a black-and-white photograph facing...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "St. Paul's School in the Great War", published in 1926 by the St. Paul's School Alumni Association. St. Paul's is a Concord, New Hampshire preparatory school that was established in 185The book presents...

ARTIFACT: Great little reference book: Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons by R.J. Wilkinson ??? Latham. This example is a scarce 1986 printing of an even more rare 1973 publication by Shire Publications Ltd. The book is filled with nearly...

ARTIFACT: This is a third edition (September 15, 1942) "Operators Manual for Allison Engine Installations" by the Allison Division of General Motors Corporation of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Allison engine was used in both USAAF and USN...

ARTIFACT: 1983 Cold War Department of Defense book ???Soviet Military Power. This example is an updated, Second Edition, the book contains over 100 pages of information, pictures, and diagrams and a preface by Secretary of Defense, Caspar W. Weinberger...

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: 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: 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: 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...