Marshal s l a (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Navy Blue boards with gilt titles and V II Rocket to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 190 pp Frontis + 21 other b/w photo illustrations on 14 plates all as called for. First Edition 1957. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book - no notable shelf wear or soiling, off set browning bands to half title and rear free end paper, light foxing to fore edge and paper of book block evenly tanned. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- moderate to heavy rubbing to extremities with significant tear and associated creasing and a little loss to botton front panel at spine fold. Non price clipped - cover 18s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Printing [Stated]. [10], 242, [2] pages. Illus. Maps. Glossary. Index. Brigadier General Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, also known as SLAM, (July 18, 1900 - December 17, 1977) was a military journalist and historian. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI. In 1940, he published Blitzkrieg: Armies on Wheels, an analysis of the tactics used by the Wehrmacht. He reentered the U.S. Army as its chief combat historian during World War II and the Korean War. He retired in 1960 and served as an advisor/historian during the Vietnam War. Marshall wrote over 30 books, including Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, and co-authored with David Hackworth The Vietnam Primer. His famous work was Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command, claimed fewer than 25% of men in combat fired at the enemy. His conclusion that many soldiers do not fire their weapons in combat has been verified by studies performed by other armies. General Marshall describes what men have done and what men can do in battle. He brings out that battles are won not just because of the operational skill of our side, but also because of what the enemy does. The contents of this work includes: By way of Prelude; Darkness at Dong Tre; The View from the High level; Into the Valley; The Charge; On Hill 258; A Romp in the Sun; Try, try again; A Rare Day in June; Plums to Plummer; The Cauldron; Hoa Hoi, The Third Battle; A Study in Command; and By Way of Postlude. In June and October of 1966 the First Cavalry Decision (air mobile) fought two campaigns in the Vietnam War--Operation Nathan Hale and Operating Thayer-Irving. Each is remarkable as an example of the day-by-day combat United States forces have experienced in Vietnam. Together they characterize the war in microcosm. A guerrilla attack from three hills northeast of the Special Forces camp at Dong Tre began Operation Nathan Hale, a series of battles fought for nameless ridges and nearly deserted villages. The Viet Cong excelled at fighting in the extreme heat an and through the rank Elephant grass. The air cavalrymen and paratroopers--PFCs, noncoms, and officers--became veteran fighters overnight in a war in which the enemy is virtually invisible, even when dead, graves having been carefully dug beforehand. Hoa Hoi, the locus of Operation Thayer-Irving, is a dead-end village some twelve hundred meters inland from the South China Sea and just a short walk east of Highway No. 1. Here too the fighting was from ambush, or from caves dug under water. Yet, despite almost impossible conditions, at the finish of the campaign the division, one way or another, had eliminated more than a thousand of the enemy. Mark Lennox (Field Sketches), and S. L. A. Marshal (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 206 pages. THE CHRISTMASTIDE BATTLE. Green cloth hardcover with black titles on spine. Corners and spine edges very lightly rubbed. Yellowing endpapers, clean except for previous author's stamps on fep and ffep. Clean, unmarked, white papers with black and white photographs and line drawings. Medium, intact hinges, tight binding, NEAR FINE. Glossy paper dustjaket, NPC. Some light rubbing, smudging to creases and inside spine, head lightly bumped. Tape residue on head and tail of spine.VERY GOOD-. Size: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 595pp. B/w photographs and maps, fold-out colour maps. Library copy, remains of stickers to front endpapers, small ink stamp to bottom of title page, few marks to page block. (42/7).…

Condición: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains (vi), 250 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Printed name and address label to the front free end paper, else Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. This copy has been signed by both authors Johnnie Johnson has SIGNED the title page 'All good wishes, Johnnie Johnson, Xmas, 1995' and Laddie Lucas has SIGNED a printed compliments slip from his private Onslow Square, London residence photo corner mounted opposite the title page 'As always? - Glad to help, Best wishes Laddie Lucas 7. xi. 94'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF). …

Condición: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. Quarto. 10½'' x 8''. Contains 208 pp with two-colour aerial plans and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with very slight sun fading of the red lettering to the spine, not price clipped. Typed letter dated 22nd February 1993 from Laddie Lucas' private Onslow Square, London residence mounted in a cream envelope opposite the front free end paper SIGNED 'Sincerely, Laddie Lucas'. The recipient of this letter, Robert Pearce, has a smart bookplate 'Robert & Dulcie Pearce' to the front free end paper. SIGNED by both authors to white labels to the title page (Laddie Lucas refers to these in his letter) 'Johnnie Johnson' and 'Some great air battles to remember - but never I hope, to see again | Laddie Lucas 22. ii. 93' also SIGNED by Tony Iveson to the Tirpitz frontispiece illustration 'Tony Iveson DFC | Pilot of KC-F on Tirpitz attacks.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original airforce blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xv)-1, 213 pp with monochrome archive photographs on loaded art paper to the centre pages. Tanning to the page margins as usual. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by both authors to the title page 'Johnnie Johnson' and Laddie Lucas.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.…

Condición: Fine. First edition full black crushed cape levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second and third, cannon design to the front cover in gilt with orange and red onlay, all page edges gilt, gilt crown lines and silk headbands, ruled gilt board edges, wide gilt turn-ins, stamp signed in gilt on front turn-in 'Bound by Zaehnsdorf, London, England', brown, cream and beige marble end sheets. 4to. 10'' x 7¼''. Hand written number 154 of 265 (numbers 251-265 were not for sale) Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the author 'Montgomery of Alamein' to the limitation leaf. Contains 584 printed pages of text with colour plates, maps and battle plans throughout. Fine condition book in publisher's original clamshell, fleece lined cream cloth covered case with later title labels to the spine, with small handling marks to the case. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).…