Airborne Warfare. de Gavin, Gen James - 1947

Bantam, 1981. green pictorial with black ltrs, yellow printers ink on edges, edges and corners nicked, yellowing pages, clean & tight. A fighting general's true story of the 82nd Airborne Division's combat in World War II. 3rd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

London: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Light soiling of dustjacket, chip top of DJ spine and a couple of short tears ; A bright, solid book ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 287 pages .

NY: HARPER & BROTHERS. SOME OFFSETTING TO THE FFEP, UNCLIPPED DJ, STATED FIRST. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1958.

New York, NY: Atheneum. G/FR. 1964. ........ Cloth. Oblong Sm 4to., unpaginated, Slipcase taped together, heavily faded, cover spine and foreedge heavily faded .

London,: Hutchinson, 1959. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Orig. published by Harper & Bros in 1958, this is the First British Edition, first printing from Hutchinson of London, 1959, described as "startling to the extreme to British readers" in its "undeviatingly honest & unequivocal statement of the attitude of top-level military men in the United States to war & peace," arguing that the Third World War began in 1945 & continues.with America in an incredibly vulnerable position." In 287 pages with Index, photo frontispiece, pristine fold out map in rear, Index, Glossary. Hardcover book has flat black cloth-covered boards with a silver spaceship design to front/silver lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white with just a whisper of tanning to edges. Old price in pen on ffep; NO other writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Only flaw is bumping to top outer corner of front board. The unclipped DJ is also… Leer más

London: Hutchinson, 1959. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 287pp., frontis., maps, index, Military aspects of the Cold War. Well written & fascinating. Some small stamps o/w VG

New York, NY: Atheneum. G/G. 1964. ........ Cloth. Oblong Sm 4to., unpaginated, Slipcase and book spine faded .

London: Hutchinson, 1959. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth 287pp., frontis., maps, index, Military aspects of the Cold War. Well written & fascinating. Light use & prize label on front end paper o/w a nice copy

London: Hutchinson, 1959. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 287pp., frontis., maps, index, Military aspects of the Cold War. Well written & fascinating

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Good/good. The first American edition of The Second World War 1939-45 by British Major General J.F.C. Fuller, from the library of Major General James M. Gavin.. Octavo, xiv, [15]-431pp. Maroon hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. The first issue of this book was printed in London by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1948. Dampstain to foredge of cloth and top quarter of text block, no internal impact. Complete with 61 individual maps. Includes the publisher's dust jacket, $5.00 on front flap, chipping to edges, archival tape repair to verso, shelf wear to rear panel. Signed on the front free endpaper: "Property of Major General James M. Gavin / 12/5/53 ER." General James M. Gavin (1907-1990), known as "The Jumping General," served as a battalion and regimental commander in the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. Gavin participated in major airborne operations,… Leer más