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New York: Warner Books, Inc, 1990. A novel of the air war over Vietnam. Blue Lightning celebrates America's top guns, while revealing the untold story of North Vietnam's fighter pilots. The author served his first tour of duty in Vietnam as a search-and-rescue pilot for downed aviators. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-446-51545-0. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Vietnam Conflict Fiction + Vietnam Fiction + United States Navy Fiction + War Fiction. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

New York: Bantam Books, 1994. The one story about the Persian Gulf War that could never be revealed - until now. Peopled with vivid characters, brilliantly displaying the intricacies of intelligence operations, both electronic and human, moving back and forth between Washington and London, Baghdad and Kuwait, desert vastness and city bazaars, revealing espionage tradecraft as only Frederick Forsyth can. Price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-553-09126-3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. War Fiction + Suspense + Espionage + War Stories + Persian Gulf War 1991 + English Fiction. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. A novel of events relating to the last flight of an R.A.F. bomber over Germany on the night of June 31, 1943. For the reader there is no escape. In the cockpit of a blazing bomber, in a flooding cellar under tons of rubble, in a toppling hospital full of living dead, he must experience, with people he has come to know, the ultimate, horrifying consequences of war. Wrap-around illustrated price-intact dust jacket. Jacket illustration reproduces a detail from Turner's painting, "Fisherman at Sea off the Needles".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. NOISBN + World War II Fiction + War Fiction + War Stories. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1987. 'Winter' takes us into a large and complex family drama, into the lives of two German brothers - both born close upon the turn of the century, both so caught up in the currents of history that their story is one with the story of their country, from the Kaiser's heyday through Hitler's rise and fall. A novel that rings powerfully true, a rich and remarkable portrait of Germany in the first half of the twentieth century. Price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-394-55177-X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Germany Fiction + Berlin Fiction + Espionage Fiction + Modern First Edition. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. With "Chains of Command", Dale Brown delivers his most provocative and explosive novel to date : A gripping story about the future of the U.S. Air Force and new political and military realities - and a world still poised for war. Map illustrated eps. Illustrated price-intact dust jacket. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-399-13822-6. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Military Fiction + US Air Force Fiction + Technology Thriller. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

New York: Donald I. Fine Books, 1996. "Barracuda, Final Bearing" is an absolutely accurate representation by a Navy officer of submarime combat, both as it exists today and as it will surely exist in the very near future. Michael DiMercurio is an honors graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis who served as a paratrooper, Navy diver and as a lieutenant and Chief Propulsion Officer aboard the U.S.S. Hammerhead. Name and date to fep. A very clean bright book in a bright price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 1-55611-458-3. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Submarine Combat Fiction + US Navy Fiction + Japanese Defence Force Fiction. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1991. This is the retired Air Force Officer's third book. A terrible new conflagation is sweeping the Middle East. What terrible measures will be necessary to stop it this time? Richard Herman's readers will find in 'Firebreak' and unerring depiction of the techniques and technology of war. Map endpapers. A clean, bright book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket. An exciting read.. ISBN: 0-688-10668-4. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Middle East Fiction + War Fiction + USAF Fiction. Catalogs: Military Fiction.

London: D.C. Thompson & Co Ltd., 1983. Comic Book. Photo of Mick Crane - Stars of Rugby League to inside front cover. Photo of Tom Watson - Stars of Golf to inside back cover. Price of 18p to front cover.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Nelson Canada Limited, 1981. . HMS Proteus slips from her Scottish base and heads for the Barents Sea. She is the only boat using the top secret anti-sonar system, code-named 'Leopard', which renders her undetectable by her enemies. Her first mission is to chart a new Soviet underwater defence system which threatens NATO's northern flanks. Green boards with gilt print to spine. Map endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Toronto: Collins, 1989. A fast-moving tale that shifts from London to Moscow to East Berlin to Nepal and back, climaxing in a blazing inferno on a landing strip in Katmandu. Grey boards, black cloth spine with silver print. Red endpapers, no ownership markings. Remainder mark to top edge. Price intact dust jacket illustration by Jack Ribik.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Seven Americans languish in captivity somewhere in the Middle East. Rescue involves the CIA, airforce and a navy SEAL team. This is a techno-thriller set in a world where deception is a way of life and death haunts every moment. Black boards with silver print to spine. A very small light stain to upper fore edge. Price intact dust jacket. Lawrence Ratzkin jacket art.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Doubleday, 1991. . "Rising Like The Tucson" is a darkly hilarious tale of love, death and real estate in the absurdist theatre of the Vietnam War. Teal boards, black cloth spine with copper lettering. Price intact jacket, illustration by Dick Krepel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1986. From the modern master of the sea story comes a towering new adventure set in the final year of WWII, an enthralling action novel full of the vivid battle scenes and stirring human drama... Dark blue boards, gilt title print to spine. A small neat library stamp to ffep. Nothing more than this - no library pocket, etc! Remainder mark to bottom edge. Illustrated, bright dust jacket. A mild slant to this copy but it remains clean and bright.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

London: Collins, 1988. . HMS Medusa is an obsolete frigate with an ill-sorted crew and an insecure captain. Yet it is this ship which is despatched under secret orders to be a sitting duck in one of the most vital ports of the Mediterranean. Shadows from the past, and the danger ashore, gradually engulf her. Is she expendable?.... 'Medusa'... an intimate portrait of a man under terrible personal stress and an astutely constructed political drama of immence excitement. A square, sound copy. No ownership markings. The top of the front and rear board show a very small pressure 'ding' to the very edge. Price-clipped illustrated dust jacket.... cover illustration by Kevin Tweddell.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. Originally published under the pseudonym Alex Baldwin by Pocket Books 1987. This if the fourth volume of W.E.B. Griffin's electrifying bestselling saga of the OSS during World War II. In is early 1943. In the Philippines, a ragtag American guerrilla army battles the Japanese. In Budapest, an agent must keep two key prisoners from being interrogated by the Gestapo. In Washington, an Army Air Corps captain suddenly finds himself assigned deep under the sea. In Cairo, an undistinguished pilot wonders why the OSS is interested in his services. No signs of previous ownership. An immaculate book in a bright illustrated price-intact dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Doubleday, 1989. . A riveting story of a top secret new advanced tactical aircraft and the hunt for a Soviet mole. Jake Grafton is back! Black boards, black cloth spine. Author's name in silver to front board. Silver print to spine. Dust jacket illustration by Mark Watts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by .

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1939. Translated from the French by Gerhard Hopkins. This is the story of the World War told in the terms of the seige of Verdun. This volume is a high point in the Men Of Good Will series, and a further confirmation of the genius of the author. Blue boards decorated with black and gilt. Map endpapers. Dust jacket spine darkened. No price on jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. A story about war that takes place in Iran. Each character in Coyle's huge cast is unforgettable, from the young American lieutenant thrust into combat for the first time to a Soviet officer who is repelled by the cold inhumanity of his KGB superior. Contents include, foreword, cast of characters, glossary of military terms and acknowledgements. Red boards - grey cloth spine with silver print. Price intact jacket by Lawrence Ratzkin.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Novato, CA: Presidio, 1989. " The Fire Dream " captures the depth and essence of the Vietnam War. A generation came of age in Vietnam, then returned home to find itself reviled at worst and ignored at best. Between the fighting and the return was a world of living and loving. Leib, using his own background coupled with his creative skill as a storyteller, has written an epic account of that world. The author, a Navy Lieutenant during the Vietnam War, served as a gunnery officer, boat officer, and navigator in support of Marine and Army operations. Red boards with silver print to spine. No ownership markings. Price-intact wrap-around illustrated dust jacket. A great read.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

New York: George Braziller, 1972. "The Lionheads" is the first serious novel about the American army in Vietnam written by a man who was part of it. Black cloth boards with red and white print to spine. Jacket by Ronald Clyne.. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.