Waldron Col William (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Military Service Publishing, Harrisburg, PA. c1941. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Retired ROTC library copy from the University of Wichita. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the front and rear pastedowns. Book Condition: Very Good; checkout pocket on rear pastedown; light wear to head, tail, tips, and spine shoulders; water spot on textblock top. No DJ. Red pebbled cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board. 152 pp 8vo. The Old Sergeant is the oracle and to him young soldiers bring him their problems and out of his wealth of personal experience he supplies the answers that are not found in any army manual. The Old Sergeant covers how to succeed, how to avoid bad company, military courtesy, discipline, and the Honorable discharge. This book is full of the advice that most soldiers learn the hard way and he is giving it away for free to help his troops succeed. A clean very presentable copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 72 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding very bright and clean. Previous owner's address label on front paste-down; owner's name in pencil to top edge of front blank endpaper. DJ moderately soiled w/ mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Approx. 1/2" closed tear from top edge of rear panel along spine; approx. 1/4" closed tear from bottom edge of front panel near corner. Illust. w/ color flags. Contents nice.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Boards moderately worn. Top of pages dusted. Pages slightly toned. SIGNED and dated with place by Waldron on the front flyleaf. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

12mo. 225 pp., plus 7 pp. publ. ads. Many diagrams, text illustrations, several large folding plates. Brown khaki-coloured publisher's cloth, black lettering on front cover (minor wear, rubbing, some soiling front cover), still VG- copy, from the library of former Sergeant Errol George Sinclair (1895-1971), enlisted in 1917, trained with the Machine Gun Company at Fort Logan, CO, and Fort Douglas, UT, and then transferred in 1918 to the 10th Division at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, KS. Third edition, of this volume in the "Waldron Books" series which proved to be vital training handbooks, constantly revised as World War I progressed and tactics and strategies adapted and changed. Waldron (1877-1947) fought in the Philippines during the Philippine Insurrection, and in China with the 9th Infantry, and was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1922.…