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BK504  Grant in Saint Louis

This book by Walter B. Stevens is "COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE FRANKLIN CLUB OF SAINT LOUIS."  It is 6 by 9 1/4 inches in size, hardbound, 173 pages and in very good condition.  According to what is printed in the book, only one-hundred copies were printed in 1916 by the KUTTERER-JANSEN company of St. Louis.  $975

BK503  "THE CROSSBOW, MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN MILITARY AND SPORTING"

This book is 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches in size, 350 pages, hardbound, dated 1958 and in excellent condition  with a very good dust cover.  $100

BK502  Doing Their Bit, Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939 - 1945

This book is 6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches in size, 198 pages, hardbound, dated 1995 and in excellent condition.  $50

BK501  The Regimental Badges of New Zealand

This book is 5 3/4 by 8 inches in size, 254 pages, hardbound, dated 1970, number 731 of 1000 copies, signed by the author and in excellent condition with a very good dust cover.  $75




BK500  Collins Machetes and Bowies, 1845 - 1965

This book is 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size, 230 pages, softbound, dated 1995 and in excellent condition.  $85

BK499  MAUSER BOLT RIFLES

This book is 8 3/4 by 11 1/4 inches in size, 296 pages, hardbound, dated 1957 and in very good condition.  $75

BK498  "GUNS, AMMUNITION & TACKLE"

This book, by A. W. Money, is 5 3/4 by 8 inches in size, hardbound, 442 pages, dated 1904 and in excellent condition.  It is full of interesting vintage articles about fishing, shooting and hunting.  $235


Vintage Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals
These manuals are 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches in size, hardbound, 1950 editions of the 1943 first edition and in excellent condition.
BK497A  TRACK AND FIELD  217 pages  $15

BK497B  WRESTLING  182 pages  $15

BK496  "PUPTENT POETS" Book

This book is 6 3/4 by 9 3/4 inches in size, softbound, 122 pages, dateed 1945 and in very good condition.  It was printed in Italy by the Mediterranean edition of the Stars & Stripes.  It contains hundrds of poems by the GIs fighting in the Mediterranean.  $40





BK494  "ATLANTICDOTES"

This pamphlet is 5 by 8 inches in size, 20 pages, dated 1943 and in good condition.  It is described as ""Odds & Ends of Information about The Big Pond."  $15





BK492  "How to Abandon Ship"

This book is 4 by 6 inches in size, dated 1942, 152 pages, printed by CORNELL MARITIME PRESS and in good condition.  $20





BK491  The Coast Artillery Journal, May-June, 1937

This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal is 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches in size, 95 pages, softbound and in excellen t condition.  $20




BK490  1939 "HELPFUL  HINTS TO THE NAVY RECRUIT" Pamphlet

This pamphlet is 4 1/2 by 7 inches in size, 22 pages, dated 1940 and in very good condition.  $12.50

BK489  1941 LUFTWAFFE, VON SIEG ZU SIEG Book

This book is 5 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches in size, 224 pages, copyright 1941, hardbound and in good condition.  The two ink stamps on the page shown in the photo indicate it came from the library of the Heidelberg police department.  NOTE:  The text is in German.  $45

BK488  1946 "GUN SIGHTS, RELOADING TOOLS, SHOOTING SUPPLIES, REMODELING" Catalog.

This catalog of the Pacific Gun Sight Company is 5 by 7 3/4 inches in size, 136 pages, softbound, dated 1946 and in very good condition.  It is a good reference on vintage sights, reloading supplies, guns and much more.  $30




BK487  WAR Comes To Us

This book is Copyright 1942, published by BARTHOLOMEW HOUSE, New York, 8 by 11 inches in size, 94 pages, spiral bound and in excellent condition.  $20

BK485  "TASCHENBUCH der DEUTSCHEN und der fremden KRIEGSFLOTTEN 1902"

This book is 5 by 7 inches in size, 322 pages, hardbound and in very good condition.  It is loaded with photos, line drawings and data on the navies of the world.  $50



BK484  "THE JOB AUSTRALIA IS DOING"

This book is 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches in size, softbound, 48 pages, dated 1943 and in excellent condition.  It was published by the Australian News and Information Bureau.  $40



BK483  REPORT ON THE FLYING BOMB

This pamphlet is 6 by 9 1/4 inches in size, dated September 1944, 16 pages, published by the British Information Service and in excellent condition.  It is a period piece on a current World War II problem.  $35



BK482  1944 WAVES Second Anniversary Pamphlet

This pamphlet is 5 by 8 inches in size, 4 pages, is dated 1944 and in excellent condition.  It honors the second anniversary of the fouding of the U.S. Navy WAVES with a short history and 6 songs.  $15



BK482  1945 WAVES Recruitng Pamphlet

This pamphlet is 5 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches in size, 4 pages, is dated 1945 and in excellent condition.  It shows the benifits of enlisting in the U.S. Navy WAVES.  $10



BK481  1959 WAVES Recruitng Pamphlet

This pamphlet is 5 7/8 by 9 inches in size, folds out to 11 3/4 by 17 inches in size, is dated 1959 and in excellent condition.  It shows the benifits of enlisting in the U.S. Navy WAVES.  $15



BK479  THE STORY OF WINCHESTER, THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST

This comic book style Winchester publication is 7 by 10 inches in size, 20  pages, dated 1956 and in good condition.  $20

BK478  "HOW TO SURVIVE ON LAND AND SEA"

This book is hardbound, 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches in size, has a world map that folds out to 16 by 21 inches in size, has 264 pages, is dated 1943 and was published by the AVIATION TRAINING DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, U.S. NAVY."  It is in excellent condition with a good dust cover.  $35

BK477  World War II SHIP REPAIR UNITS Pamphlet

This pamphlet is 6 by 9 inches in size, 29 pages, dated October 27, 1943 and in very good condition.  $20

 
BK476  MEN AND SHIPS OF STEEL

This book is 8 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches in size, hardbound, 160 pages, copyright 1935 and in excellent condition.  $40





BK475  U.S. COAST GUARD MAGAZINE 

This magazine is 8 by 11 inches in size, 80 pages, dated July 1945 and in good condition.  The cover is loose.  $40




BK473   A TAGALOG-ENGLISH VOCABULARY

This manual is the first edition, 5 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches in size, printed by the Manila Bureau of Printing, 180 pages and in very good condition.  $25



BK470  Basic Physics For Pilots and flight Crews

by E.J. Knapp

This book is hardbound, copyright 1943 by PRENTICE-HALL, INC., 5 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches in size, 118 pages and in very good condition.  An ink stamp on the first page reads:  "Property of Technical Library, Orange County Army Air Field, Santa Ana, Callifornia."  $20

BK466  Battleship USS Arizona  (BB 39)  Songbook

This book is titled "Song and Service Book for Ship and Field, Army and Navy."  It is copyright 1941.  It was published by "A.S. Barnes and Company, Incorporated, 1942."  I doubt that it was ever on the  battleship Arizona.  It is 4 3/4 by 6 3/4 inches in size, 194 pages and in excellent condition.  $500

BK464  "THE G.I.'s HANDBOOK FOR SWITZERLAND 

This handbook was distributed to soldiers on leave in Switzerland.  It is 4 1/4 by 5 7/8 inches in size, 80 pages and in excellent condition.  For wristwatch and clock collectors there are over forty full-page advertisements for watches.  $22.50


BK463  "ARMED FORCES EDITION, LOVE POEMS" 

This book of love poems by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning was published for the armed forces, is copyright 1945, 3 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches in size, 223 pages and in fair condition.  $5

BK462  World War II German Cigarette Book "Deutschland erwacht" 

This cigarette card book is 9 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches in size, 151 pages, copyright 1933, complete and in excellent condition.  It still has the six page, 12 by 50 inch fold-out photo of a Nazi rally in the rear.  Often this photo is missing.  $300





BK461  "Song and Service Book for Ship and Field" 

This book is 4 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches in size, 194 pages, hardbound, copyright 1942 by A.S. Barnes and in excellent condition.  $20







BK460  "The Ames Sword Company, 1829-1935"

This book is hardbound, 8 3/4 by 11 1/4 inches in size, 255 pages and in excellent condition with a fair dust jacket.  $100







BK459  "American Swords & Sword Makers, Volume II"

This book is hardbound, 9 by 11 1/2 inches in size, 370 pages and in excellent condition with an excellent dust jacket.  $135







BK457  Women Warlords

Copyright 1989 by Tim Newark, 7 1/2 by 10 inches in size, 144 pages, excellent condition with excellent dust jacket,  $25







BK456  FIGHTING YANKS AROUND THE WORLD

Copyright 1945,  9 by 12 1/4 inches in size, 100 pages, very good condition.  "MAPS * PICTURES * STORIES of the Many faraway Lands where American Forces are Fighting for Freedom."  $25







BK454  SOLDIER SHOWS GUIDE, VOLUME X

Paperback, 1943,  4 1/4 by 7 inches in size, 192 pages, fair condition,  $10






BK449  GUNS OF THE REICH, Firearms of the German Forces, 1939 - 1945

By Geroge Markham,  hardbound, copyright 1989,  9 by 11 inches in size,  175 pages, excellent condition with excellent dust jacket,  $20






BK448  COLT AUTOMATIC PISTOLS

By Donald B. Bady,  hardbound, copyright 1973,  6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches in size,  354 pages, excellent condition with very good dust jacket,  $65







BK446  THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HANDGUNS, Pistols and Revolvers of the World, 1870 to the Present

By A.B. Zhuk,  hardbound, copyright 1995,  9 by 11 inches in size,  304 pages, excellent with excellent dust jacket,  $50






BK444  MILITARY PISTOLS & REVOLVERS

By Ian V. Hogg,  hardbound,  copyright 1987,  7 1/2 by 10 inches in size,  128 pages, excellent with excellent dust jacket,  $12.50






BK443  pistols, revolvers and ammunition

By Michel H. Josserand and Jan Stevenson,  hardbound, copyright 1972,  6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches in size,  341 pages, excellent condition with excellent dust jacket,  $10





BK442  GERMAN SMALL ARMS

By A J R Cormack,  copyright 1979,  hardbound,  7 1/2 by 10 inches in size,  160 pages, excellent condition with excellent dust jacket,  $30





BK441  A HISTORY OF BROWNING GUNS from 1831

Copyrighr 1942, by the Browning Company, softbound, 7 by 9 1/2 inches in size, 62 pages, good condition,  $20






BK440  REMINGTON HANDGUNS

By Charles Lee Karr, Jr. and Caroll Robbins Karr,  copyright 1960,  6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches in size, hardboound, 152 pages, excellent condition,  $25





BK438  THE LUGER PISTOL

By Fred A. Datig,  copyright 1962,  hardbound, 6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches in size, 328 pages, excellent with very good dust jacket,  $65





BK437  GERMAN MILITARY HANDGUNS, 1879 - 1918

By John Walter, copyright 1980,  7 1/2 by 10 inches in size, hardbound, 80 pages, excellent with excellent dust jacket,  $35





BK436  LUGERS AT RANDOM

By Charles Kenyon, Jr.,  copyright 1969,  hardbound,  9 by 11 1/4 inches in size,  420 pages, excellent condition with excellent dust jacket,  $100






BK433  "LUGER HOLSTERS and ACCESSORIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY"

Hardbound, copyright 1992 by Eugene J. Bender, signed by author,  640 pages, excellent with excellent dust jacket,  $200

BK432  "SADDLES AND GUNLEATHER, The Story of HERMANN H. HEISER, Denver Pioneer"

Hardbound, copyright 2008 by Eugene J. Bender,  216 pages, excellent condition,  $350






BK431  "The Navy Luger,  The 9mm Pistole 1904 and the Imerial German Navy; a concise illustrated history."

Hardbound, copyright 1988 by Joachim Gortz and John Walter,  128 pages, excellent with excellent dust jacket,  $75






BK429  "The Hand Cannons of Immperial Japan"

Hardbound, signed by author Harry Derby, copyright 1981,  283 pages,  excellent condition,  $125






BK428  "The Luger Book"

Hardbound, by John Walter,  copyright 1986, 287 pages, excellent with excellent dust cover, $75







BK427    
MILITARY HANDGUNS OF FRANCE, 1858 - 1958.

By Eugene Medlin and Jean Houn, softbound, copyright 1993,  124 pages, new condition,  $150






BK426  "Nazi Para-military Organizations and Their Badges."

Copyright 1985, first edition,  softbound, by Ray Cowdery, 139 pages.

This book has color photos of over 700 Nazi "tinnies".  It also describes the varous Nazi para-military organizations.  $65






BK424  Astra automatic Pistols.

Hardbound, by Leonardo M. Antaris, copyright 1988, 248 pages, as new, $95







BK420  Mit Bismarck vor Paris, by Moritz Busch

GERMAN TEXT   Copyright 1942,  296 pages, very good condition,  $50







BK420  VER LORENER SIEG, Italien und die Alliierten 1917 - 1919

GERMAN TEXT   By Silvio Crespi, printed in Berlin,  532 pages, excellent condition,  $75






BK419  Vom Kriege

GERMAN TEXT   By Clausewitz, , copyright 1937 in Leipzig,  727 pages, excellent condition,  $100






BK418  "Bismark"

GERMAN TEXT    copyright 1901,   356 pages, excellent condition,  $100






BK417  Der verratene Sozialismus.

GERMAN TEXT   By K.I. Albrecht, copyright 1939 in Berlin-leipzig,  655 pages, excellent condition,  $75

BK416  "PLATES AND BUCKLES OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY, 1795 - 1874."

Copyright 1974 by Sydney C. Kerksis, 568 pages, excellent condition,  $75






BK415  "THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION, VOLUME ONE."

Copyright 1981 by George A. Hoyem, 230 pages, excellent condition,  $100






BK414  "ARMS AND ARMOR IN COLONIAL AMERICA, 1526 - 1783."

Copyright 1956 by Harold L. Peterson,  350 pages, excellent condition,  $45

BK411  "FIELD ARTILLERY PROJECTILES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR."

Copyright 1980, by Thomas S. Dickey and Peter C. George, 505 pages, excellent condition,  $165







BK410  "AMERICA FIRST, Patriotic readings", by J. L McBrien.   Copyright 1916, 288 pages, very good condition,  $25







BK408  "Meet The Parachute."   Copyright 1941 by O. J. Mink, Reliance Manufacturing Company, 99 pages, excellent condition,  $60

BK407  THE ECONOMICS OF NATIONAL SECURITY,  Twenty-one volume set by Industrial College of the Armed Forces.     Volumes include:  PROCUREMENT,  RECONVERSION AND PARTIAL MOBILIZATION,  PUBLIC SUPPORT MORALE SECURITY,  ELECTRIC POWER, GAS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS,  REQUIREMENTS,  MILITARY SUPPLY MANAGEMENT,  HIGHLIGHTS OF BASIC ECONOMICS,  UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY,  HUMAN RESOURCES,  NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE,  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPEMENT,  ADMISISTRATION OF MOBILIZATION WW II,  PRODUCTION,  AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY,  PRINCIPILES OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT,  MUTUAL SECURITY,  NATURAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES,  PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GLOBAL CONFLICT,  ECONOMIC STABILIZATION,  TRANSPORTATION  and RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.   Good condition, printed in 1962,  $250 the set.






BK406  LIONS OF FLANDERS, Flemish Volunteers of the Waffen SS, 1941-1945.  By Richard Landwehr, softbound, 224 pages, excellent condition,  $100



BK405  HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR by Hans Delbruck, translated by Walter J. Renfroe, Jr.   Four volume set.  

Volume I,   Warfare in Antiquity,  605 pages
Volume II   The Barbarian Invasions,  505 pages
Volume III   Medieval Warfare,  711 pages

Volume IV  The Dawn of Modern Warfare,  487 pages


Excellent condition.  $100 for the set.


 


BK403  GET TOUGH! by Major W. E. Fairbairn, 1942 edition, 140 pages, many illustrations, used to train commandos, very good condition,  $100






BK401  World Warr II Coca Cola "Know Your WAR PLANES" booklet.  Forty pages, 8" by 5 1/4" in size, good condition, $25


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