8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. " Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and throw three feet of dirt on top...It's the dirt that does it...if there are enough shovels to around, everybody's going to make it." - T. K. Jones, Deputy Under Secretary of Defence for Strategic and Theatre Nuclear Forces.. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardback. Jacket: Fair

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bob Bearden's To D-Day and Back was not just another paratrooper-themed memoir trying to ride on the success of others. Several distinctions set this work apart from others. Bearden told his story from a very personal angle. Coupled with the use of everyday prose, the book was another one of those works that felt much like storytelling by a member of the family. It was not just another war memoir, but rather, the book told how the war interacted with Bearden's life. Bearden also had the unfortunate experience of becoming a German prisoner of war merely two days after he jumped into Normandy, France. He faithfully recorded his observations while it came, amidst braving malnutrition and the cold winter. While other authors told the horrors of war through descriptions of exploding shells and flying shrapnel, Bearden completed the picture by telling the horrors of war through experiences of being imprisoned by the Germans, indeed, his WW2 experience was a unique and remarkable adventure, recorded in captivating detail in To D-Day and Back.. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardback. Jacket: New

4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This book offers an unparalleled view of the experience of the 4th Armored Division in World War II. Included are a brief history of the unit, its theatre of operations, and the combat situations it faced first spearheading Patton's Third Army in its race across France, then leading the attack to relieve the embattled Screaming Eagles ofthe101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, and finally into the heart of the Reich itself, crossing into Czechoslovakia by VE Day. Copiously illustrated with photographs, organizational diagrams, tables, and unit markings (both tactical and individual), the book covers every aspect of this unit's role in the war, from training and strategic planning to engineering and execution. It is an unusually detailed account of the true nuts and bolts behind the drama of the 4th Armored Division in World War II.. Book Condition: New. Binding: Paperback

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.5 x 9.5"; 141pp; illustrated card covers; signed by the author; new book; English country life in the 1920's and 1930's, told by the people themselves. Fifty-three speakers tell of their childhood, schooldays, work, pastimes and pleasures - a baronet, gentleman farmer's son, gentleman's daughter, head gardener's daughter, wheelwright, hunt servant, pigman, carter's son, thatcher's son, ratcatcher's daughter, woodman's daughter.....; Life in the village of Warfield between the two world wars had hardly altered since the middle of the nineteenth century. Horses still worked the land, most traffic on the roads was horse drawn, most people drew their water from wells, most households were self-supporting in meat and vegetables and oil lamps and candles were used for lighting;. Book Condition: New. Binding: Paperback

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.5 x 9.5"; 141pp; illustrated card covers; signed by the author; new book; English country life in the 1920's and 1930's, told by the people themselves. Fifty-three speakers tell of their childhood, schooldays, work, pastimes and pleasures - a baronet, gentleman farmer's son, gentleman's daughter, head gardener's daughter, wheelwright, hunt servant, pigman, carter's son, thatcher's son, ratcatcher's daughter, woodman's daughter.....; Life in the village of Warfield between the two world wars had hardly altered since the middle of the nineteenth century. Horses still worked the land, most traffic on the roads was horse drawn, most people drew their water from wells, most households were self-supporting in meat and vegetables and oil lamps and candles were used for lighting;. Book Condition: New. Binding: Paperback