Alexander Colonel (173 results)

Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. pp.(vi)+156. 18cm. Large folding map at end. Soft covers. A fine clean copy. (A facsimile reprint of the original edition published in 1863. The map shows the route from Melbourne to UK via Cape Horn.).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. softcover. [6]. 156pp. folding map. [facsimile reprint of the original 1863 version printed by Charles Rogers & Co, Stirling]. a good copy.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In August 1943, to meet in secret with Major General Julian C. Smith and his principal staff officers of the 2d Marine Division, Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, commanding the Central Pacific Force, flew to New Zealand from Pearl Harbor. Spruance told the Marines to prepare for an amphibious assault against Japanese positions in the Gilbert Islands in November. The Marines knew about the Gilberts. The 2d Raider Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson had attacked Makin Atoll a year earlier. Subsequent intelligence reports warned that the Japanese had fortified Betio Island in Tarawa Atoll, where elite forces guarded a new bomber strip. Spruance said Betio would be the prime target for the 2d Marine Division. General Smith's operations officer, Lieutenant Colonel David M. Shoup, studied the primitive chart of Betio and saw that the tiny island was surrounded by a barrier reef. Shoup asked Spruance if any of the Navy's experimental, shallow-draft, plastic boats could be provided. "Not available," replied the admiral, "expect only the usual wooden landing craft." Shoup frowned. General Smith could sense that Shoup's gifted mind was already formulating a plan. The results of that plan were momentous. The Tarawa operation became a tactical watershed: the first, large-scale test of American amphibious doctrine against a strongly fortified beachhead. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Facsimile. 156pp + map. Immaculate. Almost like new. Facsimile of 1863 publication. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. New Impression. A superb, bright copy bound in illustrated cloth boards. Still crisp cover picture and lettering with just a little rub off. The spine is bright with minimal rubbing and the lettering still nice and crisp; perhaps just a hint of discolouration. On close inspection there is very minor bumping to the fore edge corner tips. Original black end papers; 48 pages of publishers advertisements to the rear. Name of previous owner inscription on the front end paper and the pages are bright throughout. Mild toning to some end papers and to the page block edge. A very presentable copy indeed.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Daybreak on 29 May 1945 found the 1st Marine Division beginning its fifth consecutive week of frontal assault as part of the U.S. Tenth Army's grinding offensive against the Japanese defenses centered on Shuri Castle in southern Okinawa. Operation Iceberg, the campaign to seize Okinawa, was now two months old -and badly bogged down. The exhilarating, fast-paced opening of the campaign had been replaced by week after week of costly, exhausting, attrition warfare against the Shuri complex. The 1st Marine Division, hemmed in between two other divisions with precious little maneuver room, had advanced barely a thousand yards in the past 18 days-an average of 55 yards each bloody day. Their sector featured one bristling, honeycombed ridge line after another-sequentially Kakazu, Dakeshi, and Wana (with its murderous, reverse slope canyon). Just beyond lay the long shoulder of Shuri Ridge, the nerve center of the Japanese Thirty-second Army and the outpost of dozens of the enemy's forward artillery observers who had made life so miserable for American assault forces all month long. But on this rainy morning, this 29th of May, things seemed somehow different, quieter. After days of bitter fighting, American forces had finally overrun both outposts of the Shuri Line: Conical Hill on the east, captured by the 96th Infantry Division, and the Sugar Loaf complex in the west, seized by the 6th Marine Division. Shuri no longer seemed invincible. This book presents the story of the United States Marines in the battle for Okinawa in World War II. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sunday, 4 March 1945, marked the end of the second week of the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima. By this point the assault elements of the 3d, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions were exhausted, their combat efficiency reduced to dangerously low levels. The thrilling sight of the American flag being raised by the 28th Marines on Mount Suribachi had occurred 10 days earlier, a lifetime on "Sulphur Island: ' The landing forces of the V Amphibious Corps (VAC) had already sustained 13,000 casualties, including 3,000 dead. The "front lines" were a jagged serration across lwo's fat northern half, still in the middle of the main Japanese defenses. Ahead the going seemed all uphill against a well-disciplined, rarely visible enemy. The historic battles of the Marines in the Pacific War are recounted in this U.S. Marines history book. Some of the subjects covered include: Mount Suribachi, Kamikaze Pilots, Marine Zippo Tanks, MacArthur and Roosevelt, V Amphibious Corps. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Card covers in bright condition, contents clean, folding map, a facsimile of the 1863 edition, not dated c1990 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good +. Facsimile. 156pp + map. Immaculate. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Undated. Modern reprint of scarce 1863 original by Rogers of Stirling, possibly 1990. Includes large fold-out map & vignette title page. Decorated orange card wraps with plain spine.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black paper covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Deeply moving, intensely graphic account of World War II prisoners of war. Includes a gut-wrenching description of the Bataan Death March. Few American prisoners of war during World War II suffered more than the group that was captured on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. The men were forced to endure the infamous Death March, a series of overcrowded prison camps, and the 'hell ships' transporting them to Japan and Korea. Among them was Col. Irvin Alexander, who recounts his harrowing experience as a captive of the Japanese. As a midlevel commander, he knew the politics behind the surrender in April 1942, but he also suffered with the rest of the men through a horrific confinement. This is the story of one man's struggle to survive a brutal, often unfathomable captivity. Ref YYY 4.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. J. E. Grace (illustrator). In 'Fur, Feather & Fin Series'. Edition and printing not known. In very good minus pictorial boards with brown image of hare in grass to front and red titles. The boards are firm and flat, a little shelf-cocked; spine ends and corners bumped and fayed and a little marked around the edges. Clean black end papers. The text block is quite firm; the end pages and last few text pages, the early Prelims and the cut edges are tanned. The main block is very lightly tanned around the edges. With black and white illustrations by J. E. Grace and from photos from Herbert Bickerton, William Penn and others. Very good minus condition. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

Condition: New. vi 237 xxix leaves of lates Illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xix+29p portrait frontis. No.169 of 250 copies printed. Clean original yellow endpapers; no written on fep. Boards have some corner wear and the velum spine is darkened and worn at extremities, and the title label is rubbed. See Scans.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD/NEAR FINE Hardcover in a VERY GOOD Dust Jacket 1999 1st Edition/1st Printing. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar cover.

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. 3 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Specially Selected; Inventory No: 505696. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1992. 214 pages. Illustrated. Very Good copy in price-clipped dust wrapper.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 507 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.27 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.62.

Hardback. Condition: New. Col. Mark James Alexander was the only airborne officer to lead three different battalions into combat in World War II, successively commanding the 2nd and 1st Battalions, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 508 PIR, of the 82nd Airborne Division. A legend in his own time, he fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France, and even after being seriously wounded in Normandy, insisted on playing a role in the Battle of the Bulge.Airborne Generals Gavin and Ridgway recognised Alexander's superior battle skills and were more than happy to use him to plug holes in the ranks. His reputation excelled among the rank and file, right down to the lowest private. He led from the front, pressing the attack while simultaneously looking out for his men. In Sicily, Alexander's battalion landed 25 miles from its drop zone, into a network of Italian pillboxes, upon which the Colonel personally directed fire. Dropped into the desperate inferno at Salerno, he refused to give ground against German counterattacks, forming his paratroopers against enemy efforts to push Allied forces back into the sea. At Normandy one seasoned lieutenant, John"Red Dog" Dolan, 505 PIR, called him "the finest battalion commander I ever served under," after Alexander had led the 1/505 for ten days through the bloody battle for La Fière Bridge and Causeway. This memoir is based on the transcription of hundreds of hours of recorded interviews made by Alexander's grandson, John Sparry, over a period of years late in his life. Providing valuable insight into the beloved commander who led three of the most infamous battalions in the US Army, Jump Commander also contains a wealth of new detail on 82nd Airborne operations, and casts insight on some of the most crucial battles in the ETO. This highly readable and action-packed narrative may well be the last remaining memoir to be written in the voice of a major airborne officer of the Greatest Generation.

12 plates, 8vo, pp.253-293, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty, corner crease to upper wrapper, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On the Working of the improved Compound-Cylinder Blowing Engines and Howard Boilers, at the Lakenby Iron Works, Middlesbrough by Alfred C. Hill; & On an improved construction of Tool for Turning metals at increased speed by Colonel Clay.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 9pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Volume XIII, No. 77, March, 1864. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. 5 pages, 5 illustrations. The Wide World Magazine (1898-1965) captured the thrill of real-life adventure, bringing readers daring tales of exploration, survival, and discovery from across the globe. From treacherous expeditions to remote lands to gripping escapes from danger, it showcased the spirit of adventure that defined its era. The magazine also documented historical events and emerging travel trends, immersing readers in the unknown. With vivid illustrations and detailed narratives, it inspired generations to dream of far-off places, embodying the belief that "Truth is stranger than fiction." This is a genuine, original article, carefully extracted from an historic volume, not a reprint or reproduction! A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Printed Before 1900; Specially Selected; Inventory No: 351669. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Card covers in clean, tidy condition with a very good dust jacket, 62pp, uncommon Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.