Baumer William H Jr (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO D J. 3rd Edition. Covers moderate rubbing. Internally book plate of previous owner inside front cover. Clean and sound.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (united states military academy ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing. No dust jacket. Unmarked with slightly yellowed pages. Cover has very light wear on corners and some small cuts through the top of the spine.

Condition: VG/Good only DJ. 1st. 8vo. 313pp. 3/4" tear, 1/2" chip top spine of DJ that has edgewear to the extent. that the paper is through front spine and foreedge.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Football. 2. Soccer. 3. Basketball. 4. Boxing. 5. Fencing. 6. Gymnasium. 7. Hockey. 8. Swimming and diving. 9. Wrestling. 10. Baseball. 11. Golf. 12. Lacrosse. 13. Pistol. 14. Polo. 15. Rifle. 16. Tennis. 17. Track. 18. Training. Bibliography. 352 pp. …

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy. 2nd prt. 8vo, 264 pp., Foreword by Major General Francis B. Wilby. Nice, bright copy in blue cloth. Illus. with photos (illustrator).

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. 254, [2] p. Includes illustrations. This is described as a dramatic and informative bok about our new army--in traiing and in action. As the United States Army passed the 1, 400, 000 mark in numbers of officers and men, the author felt it would be interesting to show the life of the soldiers from the day of entrance throught their service in the varied branches of the Army. Fascinating snapshot of American soldiers taken at the start of U.S. involvement in WWII. The author may have been the same officer for whom this 1989 obituary was written: "William H. Baumer, an industrial executive and a retired United States Army officer who helped plan the invasion of Normandy in World War II, died of heart failure. He was 79 years old. Mr. Baumer, who was born in Omaha, was a 1933 graduate of the United States Military Academy. While teaching at West Point he received a master's degree in political science from Columbia University. In 1942 he was assigned to the Army's War Plans Division, where he worked under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer before becoming the American representative to the British War Cabinet. After the war he headed the Armed Forces Radio Network. He left active duty as a colonel in 1950 but remained a member of the Army Reserve until 1969, when he retired with the rank of major general." Good in fair dust jacket. DJ worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Pencil erasure residue on fep.…

Condition: good. 264, illus., bibliography, index, some soiling to fore-edge, slight wear to board and spine edges. Foreword by Maj. Gen. Francis B. Wilby, Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy at West Point.