Miles Commander (6 results)

Original Card. Condition: Fine. 62pp, illus, scarce reprint of the A H Bailly publication of 1843. In excellent condition.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Wraps. Two titles. First pamphlet Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia pages 299-304. Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 54, No. 4 Whole No. 302. Toning and a couple of small edge tears to the reprint. Inscribed by the Commander on the front. Second title Yorktown Campaign has 28 pages and a few illustrations. This pamphlet is not signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Paperback in illustrated wraps. With signed dedication from author to the wife of one of the celebrated bombers on the inside of front wrap. 42pp. A fine copy with just minor signs of use. An unusual item published in aid of the Bomber Airfield Society. Signed by Author(s).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original duck egg blue cloth covers, paper title and author lettering label to the spine. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 66 [ii] printed pages of text with tissue-guarded frontispiece by Dorothy Wilding. Ink message to the front free end paper 'To my dear little pal, from Walter Lily.', spare title label to rear. Very Good condition book in scarce Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nipples to the spine ends, spine age darkened, priced 3/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 8vo blue cloth bds, gilt titles, minimal shelf wear and fading on the edges. Pages are clean but some are yellowing some along with the textblock, spine has some tanning. Gutters look great. PO stamp HC Taylor to fep Ow VG/ndj:  xvi+408pp, double map end papers, military emblem for Saco Group China frontispiece, many b&w illustrations and supply convoy routes map, story of the top secret operation of 3000 US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard counter-insurgency fighters successfully harassed the Japanese in China during World War II Sino-American secret organization during world war two. ASSOCIATION: PO Taylor, Howard C. was Lieutenant Commander at Chongqing 5/44-10/44./cf CAMMANN, Schuyler aka KI 1951:The Land of the Camel: FIRST & ONLY EDITION; gws copy has Signded author to George Berger to fep dated Sept 8, 1954, the lengthy ded references Rice Paddy Navy "Rice Paddy Navy is quite falseetc, etc".