Military from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. Book. Illus. by with maps and photos. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the "GI General," was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier's Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. signed. c1978. This photo album belonged to Commander William Allen Morgan, Commander of VXE-6 "Operation Deep Freeze". The front of the album is marked 'Commanding Officer VXE-6'. There are approx 55 photos [ 5x7 - 11x14 inches], together with newspaper clippings of VXE-6's deployment to Antarctica, and its rescue mission of downed Russian pilots. One… Read more about this item

NY: Doubleday, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾. 237 pp. Decorated endpapers. Signed on a tipped in White House carte-de-visite. the story begins with his Kansas boyhood, service in the Army, rise to General in WW II, his presidency and major events, and then home to Gettysburg..

Print. Very Good. No Binding. Agustín Berlinguero de la Marca Gallego (2) ROYAL SPANISH NAVAL ETCHINGS of the 18th Century Two Color-Engravings of Spanish Naval Ships, printed in 1932 -- from the originals of c.1790 (NMM PU 7333 Royal Museums Greenwich, England). 'Navio De Linea Espanol'-- Spanish Ship of the Line, bow view, running downwind and firing… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. (18) b&w PHOTOS -- 8"x10", in album binder-- WW II military aircraft and 'Nose Art' (15 photos of 'Nose Art'). Cheeky humor in painted designs made by WWII soldiers' on the "noses" of 1940s military aircraft. Photos stamped on back "Photo By Garry Sprong", with Nutley, NJ address and phone number. Photos… Read more about this item

Handwritten. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1943, WWII autograph book -- by Joseph Sveiven, an American GI stationed in Casablanca, Morocco. Sveiven gathered his fellow GI's autographs and quips in this 7"x 4" album. Sveiven kept stamps here too; he collected some during the war and added others after he returned home). Inside cover: Property of Joseph Sveiven, Casablanca,… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. 100 3x5 inch b&w snapshots chronicling Chief Warrant Officer E.A. Walsh's experiences during his deployment in the South Sea Islands during WWII. Album 11.5x11.5 inches. Very nice condition..

Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The 124th Rifle Minsko-Khingan Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division is a military unit of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War(WWll). The division was formed on April 19, 1943 and fought on the Leningrad Front, in Finland where they suffered very heavy losses, Cologne and Kaliningrad. In June 1945, they… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. Soft cover. 1907. -- Photo Album with (25) Photos of U.S. ARMY, SIGNAL CORPS., Company 'A' at Ludington, near Lake Michigan-- Photos- 5.5" x 3.25", most with white-ink captions. Alubm, 6"x 8", has burlap cover & suede ties, medallion stamp 'In Friendship's Name'. (25) b&w photos are detailed & expressive-- army training camp, post-Spanish-American… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Illus. by The 'Go-Go' Soviet Occupation. Good. Hardcover. c1975. --A SOVIET-RUSSIAN SOLDIER'S PHOTO ALBUM -- snapshots from 1975 Hungary, taken by a young Soviet-Russian soldier while stationed there. (86) b/w PHOTOS, mounted on (48) pp. (86) PHOTOS show: young Soviet soldiers in Hungary enjoying themselves, during 1975 peacetime when Hungary was afforded greater freedoms compared with other… Read more about this item

Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 70 b&w Photos. (42) U.S.; (28) presumed New Guinea. "Service Album - U.S. Army" photo album opens May 18, '43 -- the day men signed their names, home towns and their best wishes & luck to 'Mac', presumably ahead of getting shipped from the States to the Pacific region -- "To a guy who'll stick… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. Post Vietnam era. Some neat amateur snaps from a navy sailor on an unidentified aircraft carrier. Snaps of some escort & harbored ships. 100+ photos. Nice shape. Front hinge repaired , and rear cover replaced..

Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. From 1990 to 1991 during the first Persian Gulf War - codenamed Desert Shield and Desert Storm - An American-led coalition Invaded Iraq to secure western interests in the middle east. These handbills were printed by the Iraqi government to damage morale amongst the Coalition Forces. Handbills are approx 5"x9", printed on glossy stock..… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Good. Hardcover. The photo album opens in June 1942 with Lt. Berg relaxing in San Bernardino, CA before shipping out to Patterson Field, OH for bivouac and training into 1943.While at Patterson Lt. Berg has snaps of the mess tent, guys playing and working, practice ariel strafing, the Officer's Mess, chapel choir pics....Next on to Oran- NW… Read more about this item

Germany: Scalo Verlag AC, 1998. Book. Illus. by Gilles Peress. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. This book is the harrowing account of genocide by Eric Stover, with photographs by Gilles Peress, of how-- from a hell of mud and decomposing bodies-- investigator Haglund began to piece together victims' identities and the terrible ways they died. Over 40,000… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs, Merrill Co., 1914. Book. Illus. by With Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Mr. Wile was the Berlin correspondent for the NY Times and for The London Daily Mail. He reported from Berlin during the years leading up to WW1. He describes here v30 men around the… Read more about this item