Maj Donald (31 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Cloth & boards; 8vo.,337pp. Fine in Fine D/j.

16Mo Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st Dell ptg. 128pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, spine is unbroken, textblock is square with pointed corners, blued edges. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, sunning; single pen marks on inner front and frontleaf, page patina throughout.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint of 1976. 86p. maps, Photos. Large Wraps. Fine Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered in silver foil. Mild surface spotting to cover cloth, fixed endsheets slightly wrinkled, text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. Firm binding, unmarked interior. Color pictorial dust jacket VG with price-clipped front flap, several closed edge tears including several with associated creasing, lightly rubbed joints, now in mylar. 1st ed., stated. xiii,322 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Maj. Donald L. Dickson, U.S.M.C. (illustrator). Historical "Second book to be designated by the Council on Books in Wartime as a War Book Panel Imperative, an award that is justly deserved because it is universally accepted as one of the first great pieces of war reporting to come from a front line manned by Americans.".

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 86p. maps, Photos. Wraps. 1 rubber stamp inside. Near Fine copy.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: in wraps. First Edition. Vintage WW2 Softcover, Marked restricted on cover, August 1944, Air Surgeon, Army Air Force/Macy, 1944. 307 pages. Good, in wraps. Major shelf/edge wear, soiling to light olive green wraps with dark blue titles. No previous owner markings - all pages are intact with some very minor toning due to wartime paper. As the title states: this is a study of the Psychiatric Experiences of the Eighth Air Force: First Year of Combat (July 4, 1942-July 4, 1943). If you've seen the 1949 film 12 O'Clock High starring Gregory Peck and Hugh Marlowe, then you have just a taste of the hell that these pilots went through in accomplishing their missions. Reading this will sober anyone up to what men endure for God and Country.A reading and research copy only.LOC SSE-03.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Donald Maxwell (illustrator). Reprint. With 188 pp and well illustrated , a valuable history of the Tower of London .HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKERT, NO MARKINGS, VERY GOOD CONDITION. SPLENDID VALUE.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. The 100th Anniversary Commemorative Edition Minor shelf wear to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st ed. 138p. Illustrations by Maj. Donald Dickson USMC. Guadalcanal. Red cloth. Exlib. No pocket. Label nearly removed from rear board. Very Good copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover. Shelf wear. Edges chipped with some loss. Owner's name on cover.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Naval Surface Weapons Center; Dahlgren, 1977. Softcover. A Very Good, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/scuff marks to covers, bit of cover edge/corner wear, previous owner embossed stamp bottom title page, some page with short pencil notes on page margins, four page dividers, plastic-comb binding, bit of soiling to rear cover, some sunning to cover margins and verso, bit of age toning to pages, few scuff marks and mild scattered foxing to text block edges, crease bottom front and rear cover corner, a nice and overall clean copy in Oversize Wraps. 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 169pp., fold-out maps, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 307p. Stenciled text. Wraps. With cloth spine. Front cover creased, repaired. Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena [NICAP], 1962. First Edition of the August-September, 1962 issue. Uncredited sketches and one by Richard Hall. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller of Flying Saucers International. Quarto, folded wrappers, newspaper format, 8 pp. Thin chip along spine not affecting text; age toning at top two-thirds of front page. Very Good. A NICAP classic publication which highlights in summary their soon to be released five year report to the U.S. Congress as well as other articles and sightings reports. Includes "The UFO Evidence", the lengthy 13-section five year report to Congress; "New Sightings by Navy, FAA & Airline Observers"; "AF Colonel, Noted Astronomer Join Board" (of NICAP); "Radar 'Dimples' Fail to Solve Key UFO Cases"; "Global UFO Activity Patterns"; "AF Stops UFO Report Broadcast"; and miscellaneous items. A very scarce classic, from the collection of Max Miller, of Flying Saucers International and its 'Saucers' publication. L103.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good Plus. Sketches (illustrator). First Edition. Washington, DC: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena [NICAP] (formerly National Investigations Commission on Aerial Phenomena), 1969. First Edition. Numerous internal sketch illustrations. Quarto, beige printed wraps, 46 pp. Fairly numerous small specks of coffee and white out on cover, sunning at top edge of front cover. Would otherwise be a Fine copy; as is, Very Good plus. Bright, sturdy, undamaged. A significant issuance in UFOlogy from widely respected NICAP, written and edited by some of the most expert names in that field: Ted Bloecher, Donald Keyhoe, Richard Hall, Gordon Lore and Isabel Davis, "UFOs: A New Look" is at once a summary after twenty years, a response to the Air Force's recent attitudes, and a state-of-the-investigation statement. Inside front cover contains a "Joint Statement by Scientists", followed by an impressive list of no-joke research scientists who supported the statement. Replete with sketched illustrations, primarily of UFOs as sighted, and drawn by the witnesses, the report is separated in sections entitled " The UFO Revolution", "Extraterrestrials - Suggested Motives and Origins", "Vehicle Pacings and Encounters", "Close-Range Sightings; Structural Details", "Scientific Support; Congressional Hearings"; "Landings; Physical Traces"; "Are There UFO Occupants?"; "The Colorado Project"; and an appendix. Remarkable, and extraordinarily scarce for a late-sixties UFO publication. L63.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 38 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.09 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.22 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 307p. Stenciled text. Wraps. With cloth spine. Rubber stamp of Robert Lentz, Capt. Medical Corps. Cloth frayed on sides of spine. Very Good Copy. Book.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

softcover. Condition: Very good. Fourteen newsletters, plus one letter, and one Special Bulletin. Volume III, nos. 3 -12: Dated June/July 1965 through March/April 1967 and Volume IV, Nos. 2 through 5: dated October 1967 to March 1968: Also includes a two-sided letter dated August 1967, soliciting funds, and a Special Bulletin, dated September 1965, 4 pages, citing a recent world-wide flood of UFO reports and and asking for help in bringing the Newsletter's findings to the attention of editors and broadcasters. All are three-ring punched, in a plain manilla binder. Newsletters are approx. 8 1/4" wide by 11 tall, 8 pages. All have two horizontal folds, so they could be mailed in a business envelope. A few spots on the last page of Vol. III, No. 8 and the first page of Vol. III, No. 7 from a newspaper clipping. (clipping is included, but now in a clear plastic bag). Light creasing, wrinkling, fingering from use, still very good. UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects, Flying Saucers, Aliens, Outer Space. 122615B.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 56 pages. Illustrated. Col Lowell A Elliott "We Win Our Spurs" / Col William A Copthorne "Sweating It Out Down Under" / 2nd Lt Tom J Faltinow "Palermo Was A Five Star Show" / T/Sgt William K Terry "24 Japs In A Hole" / Major Edwin S S Hays "Return To Burma" /Maj Richard T Brady "Hell's Half-Million Acres" / Maj Leonard D Frescoln "Post-Mortem On The Marshalls" / Col George J B Fisher "New Firing Table For 4.2" / Pvt Donald Robbins "Yellow Smoke Saved Our Skins" (SL#54/3).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 307p. Stenciled text. Grey Wraps. With cloth spine. Near Fine Copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 307p. Grey Wraps. Cloth spine. Fine Copy. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dickson, Maj. Donald L, USMC (illustrator). First Edition. Stated First Edition in scarce non price clipped dj ($2.00); Hersey's second book; dj with light chipping/creases to top and bottom with light rubbing but attractive; bright red cloth binding; original two owner's signatures one a Captain in the USMC.; great illustrations by Maj. Donald L Dickson, USMC; a story of Guadalcanal Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Tinsley, Frank (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Born Gambler; Fortress in the Sky - Establishing a Moon Base; Let's Look Ahead; Germany's Giant Wind Tunnel - Hidden in Austria - article with super photo; History of the Seaplane; Scale Model, Early Type; NACA Engine Research; Curtiss XF-15C-1 in Color; A-Planes; The C.A.A.; The Cloudster; Air Progress; Flying the Bell 47 Helicopter; What's the Matter with Free Flight; Many pages of great ads; and more. 118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" ta; Air Trails and Science Frontiers Magazine, May 1947 - Fortress in the Sky Fortress in the Sky - Establishing a Moon Base; Let's Look Ahead; Germany's Giant Wind Tunnel - Hidden in Austria - article with super photo; History of the Seaplane; Scale Model, E.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Fransioli, Thomas Jr.; Williams, Lawrence S.; Sarnoff,Arthur; Fredman, Harry; Weiner, Dan; Bugg, Robert; Stern, Phil; Klimley,Stan; Shook, Euclid; Johnson, Carol; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: What Happened in the Fair Deal - ; "Power-Hungry Men in Uniform" - Marine Hero "Red Mike" Edson speaks out against them; '52 Buttons for Bowles? - Chester Bowles is Governor of Connecticut; Man Over a Hot Stove; Movie Maker in a Hurry - Jerry Wald; Skid Row - USA (part 1 of 2) - article with color photos; The Life of Cary Middlecoff; Back to College in Style. Fiction: The Bracelet and the Blade; Private Office; Looie Follows Me; The Legal Bride (part 5 of 6); The Marksman. Includes these nice vintage ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx; B.F. Goodrich; Western Electric (showing ladies making products); Herbert Tareyton ad features photo of Mr. Charles Rensselaer III; Admiral's new Wonder TV; New Hudson cars; RCA Victor TVs; DeSoto cars; Lucky Strike cigarettes - 2-page ad featuring their laboratory; Buick; Movie "The Adventure of Ichabod and Mister Toad"; Canadian National Railway; Dodge Trucks; GM Electro-Motive Division; Pendleton shirts; The Kaiser Traveler car; Camel cigarette ad on back cover includes photos of 10 Americans smoking. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, August 27, 1949 Fair Deal - ; "Power-Hungry Men in Uniform" - Marine Hero "Red Mike" Edson speaks out against them; '52 Buttons for Bowles? - Chester Bowles is Governor of Connecticut; Man Over a Hot Stove; Movie.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. deluxe Edition/ reprint from the original 1889 print, beautifully bound in leather with letters/vignette printed in gold. Limited numbered edition of 500 copies, illustrated with photographs and diagrams/sketches, 464 pages, printed on high quality stock, appears to be unread.No dust jacket was issued. An ideal collectors' item of this sought after title featuring numerous wild sheep hunts.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Playwright Clifford Odet's copy wit his embossed stamp at head of front end-paper. Near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. (Trace of shelf soiling on rear paste-down. Couple hal; f-inch tears on rear panel of jacket. ) Interesting association copy. Account of the Marines on Guadalcanal. ; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 138 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. NAP: edition not stated. 138p. Illustrations by Maj. Donald Dickson USMC. Guadalcanal. In mylar. Jacket priced. Flat SIGNED and dated Mar 1943. Fine/Good copy. Signed by Author.