Cpl Gilbert P Bailey (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 19434 first edition of 129 pages, profusely illustrated, is tight, bright, and clean, free of markings. Book is good with light rubbing on the edges and top of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. history military training. . . . . 4to, hardcover. Vg+ condition in good dj. Dust jacket lightly chipped and edgeworn. Covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 131 pp., illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial cover hardcover. Has a Marine on the cover. Vintage with some wear. WWII USMC. We ship fast. Photographs by Cpl. Edward J. Freeman & Pfc. John H. Birch, jr., in co-operation with the Public relations office, Parris islana (illustrator).

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. 1944 printing. cover shows minor wear and rubbing to the edges. pages lightly tanned and clean.

Photo Illustrated Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Signed with an inscription by the author Black cloth to photo paper covered boards; 10.5 inches tall; 129 pages with a glossary. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Shelf handling wear with rubbed edges. Numerous full page b/w photos. Basic Training in the U.S. Marine Corps for World War II described and captured in photographs. Photography by Edward J. Freeman and John H. Birch Jr. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 131 pages, photos, glossary, Fine hardcover Pictorial Covers. Nice condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. handsome copy of this world war gem, inscribed by publisher fant h. thornley on the front free fly. rare. a marine in the making 1943 style. parris island, south carolina. Photography By Cpl. Edward J. Freeman & Pfv. John H. Birch, Jr. (illustrator). Inscribed By Publisher Fant H. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 169 pages, photos, glossary, Fine hardcover First edition. Pictorial Covers. Nice condition! Has the names of about 60 Marines with their hometowns and MOS written in last 3 blank pages.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fair/ Good. First Edition. True first edition with blue quarter cloth spine printed in silver. Paper covered boards, illustrated with full cover photographs of Marines, front and back, with diagonal outline only title, and small 'Semper Fidelis' symbol beneath this. Fair to good condition. Essay with full page black and white photograph following each page of text, about the life of Marines during Boot Camp training. Corner wear and scuffing, Tape repairs, spine tip wear to cloth, a few foxing spots on endpapers. Possibly ex-library, as something appears to have once been glued to last endpapers.Signed on third set of back endpapers by "members of that memorable "salty" platoon that the D.I.'s could never understand.___PLT 816. Parris Island, So. Carolina. Nov. 1, 1943 to Dec. 30, 1943. History, Military, Boot Camp, Marines, Training, Photographic Essay, Parris Island. Freeman, Cpl. Edward J.; Birch, Pfc. John H. ( Photographers ) (illustrator).…

Pictorial boards. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. A fascinating one-of-a-kind copy of the 1943 1st edition. WITH A DECEMBER 7TH, 1943 (2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PEARL HARBOR) FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER BY CORPORAL ROBERT E. ALBRECHT OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS TO "CONNIE", ENCOURAGING HER TO READ THRU TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LIFE ON PARRIS ISLAND IS LIKE FOR THE NEW RECRUITS. CPL. ALBRECHT FURTHERMORE GIVES A HANDWRITTEN, RUNNING COMMENTARY THRUOUT TO THIS COPY, ESSENTIALLY OFFERING CONNIE (AND NOW US) AN INSIDER'S TAKE AND A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE ACTUAL DAY-TO-DAY TRAINING. A very solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial boards, with very light scuffing to the panels and just a bit of wear along the top and fore-edges. Quarto, crisp, high-quality black-and-white photos thruout by Cpl. Edward Freeman and Pfc. John Birch, Jr. Cpl. Edward J. Freeman & Pfc. John H. Birch, Jr. (illustrator). …