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HBM Sell or Swap List – Autumn 2018

ContactRon Crawford735 Quaker Village RoadWeybridge, Vermont 05753-9658, USAEmail [email protected] +802 545 2224Cell +802 349 9949

Contents

Introduction Pages 3-6 My Wants ListModel aircraft for sale or swap – listed by maker

1:200 scaleother scales

Model Military vehicles and figures – listed by maker1:200 scaleother scales

Naval and Maritime Models1:200 scale – includes 1/16” scaleother scales

Railroad and Scenic Models1:200 scale – includes Z-Gaugeother scales

Rockets, Space, and Sci-Fi models1:200 scaleother scales

Other models – mainly automotive subjectsBooks and other Literature

Auto and motoringAviationNaval and shipsMilitary – Classical to US Civil WarMilitary – Modern warfareMilitary vehicles, equipmentSpace exploration and Sci-FiFirst Editions and Collector BooksOther interesting subjects that do not fall in above categories

HBM 1:200 remaining stock

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Introduction

Over nearly seven decades of accumulation, spanning two millenia, I have far too much stuff. I need to reduce the sheer size of the archives and the duplication of coverages. I wish to focus on the holdings which I truly enjoy and the references which support that.

My plan is first to offer items to friends and colleagues who share similar interests. Many of us have been in contact since shortly after the invention of sliced bread, and I share the pleasure of finding new treasures. The second level of disposal will be offering items on online auctions like eBay, which is where people we do not know well go looking for books, models, and such in their areas of interest. We are also talking with libraries and museums that have related specialized collections.

A digital sell and swap list allows me to add new items, remove things that have found new homes, and circulate the contents at low cost. Please give me your email address if you wish to receive future editions.

This iteration is very heavy on books and references. As time permits I will be adding more listings for models, kits, and other materials.

Like any other collector I prefer trading to selling. At the beginning of the listing I have put my wants list. If you can help here or there with that I shall be very happy and negotiate accordingly. Hint: I am a sucker for new baubles in 1/200 scale.

I have not priced most of the items being offered. If something interests you, let’s talk. My general expectation is to make progress on downsizing rather than getting top prices. For price guidelines, I find the completed sales on eBay come close. For books I usually look at the listings on www.abebooks.com. Those references approximate what a dealer will offer, rather that what is asked at resale. You can also find reviews, pictures, and background information using online searches. I usually look at least at the US, UK, and German search engines, as they can produce radically different results, especially for models.

The terms are first-come-first-served., with payment in advance. Shipping and insurance are extra and will be calculated at the actual cost. That varies with your location. Postage rates everywhere are painful, so by all means consider picking up orders here.

For payments I prefer Paypal or direct wire transfers, especially for folks outside of North America. That deals with the scandalous rates banks charge for currency exchanges , transfers, and bank checks. Paypal payments in US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, UK Pounds, and EEC Euros are fine.

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Ron’s Want List

HBM Models 1:200 – extras needed to paint and convert I might as well start my wants list with a confession. I allowed my last extra copies of a number of our HBM 1:200 scale models to get out the door. So I am looking to regain a few of these types to paint and display myself.

215 Beriev KOR-1219 Keystone XB-1262 Sikorsky S-43265 Lockheed Electra 10269 VS-22 Osprey305 Martin B-26 Marauder313 A-12 Avenger II355 LTV A-7 Corsair II/ SLUF 356 MiG-25 Foxbat 357 Henschel Hs-P.135 358 Junkers EF. 126 359 Junkers EF.128 361 Sukhoi SU-7/17 362 Martin P4M Mercator 377NP Mirage 2000N 396NP Yakolev Yak-3430 Sukhoi Su 37 456NP Curtiss P-36 Mohawk/ Hawk 75457NP Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk473 Shenyang Jian-6 Farmer-C (F-6) Chinese version of MiG-19474 Xian Jian 7 Fishbed-C (F-7) Chinese version of MiG-21476 Sukhoi Su-17-20-22 Fitter-K504NP Savoia S.M. 79510 Rockwell B-1B Lancer602 Black Colt 720 Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty 11 revised721 Mitsubishi G4M2 Betty 22 revised

Wiking “Wehrmacht” and Pilot 1:200 vehicles and soldier figures (numbers from Haevecker & Breyel monograph)

145 Soldat – Fahnenträger/ marching soldier carrying flag147b Soldat knieend mit Fernglas/telescope149 Soldat knieend mit Grenate/ mortar round150 Soldat knieend mit Hund/dog151 Soldat knieend mit Spaten/spade152 Soldat liegend mit E-Messer/rangefinder154 Soldat liegend mit Feldtelephon/fieldtelephone155 Soldat liegend mit Funkgerät / radio set156 Soldat liegend mit Handgranate/stick grenade

157 Soldat liegend mit Pistole/ pistol158 Soldat liegend mit Pistole “Vorruckend”/signaling159 Soldat liegend mit Gewehr robbend/ crawling160 Soldat liegend Scharfschutzer / sniper162 Soldat stehend mit Gewehr im Anschlag/ attacking205 Panzer leichter alterer , LKI - very old tank206 Panzer leichter alterer , LKII - very old tank224 Protze – towing chassis257B Schellenbaum – musician marching with Glockenspiel311 Soldat liegend mit MP/Russian soldier with submachine gun312 MG Leichtes – Russ. Light MG with crew

Wiking 1:200 Tank ID Model – Plastic /Dr. Grope plastic reissue

T-34, Panther, Spähpanzer, T-34/85 SPG, Cromwell, Panzer 38, and others (have only the Tiger II, Sherman, and Churchill)

Wiking Aircraft

1. Aircraft models I have only as replacement models (HBM and X-Models) He 46, He 59, He 60, Go 242, GO 244, Si 104, C-54

2. Aircraft models I have only as test shots or in unusual colorsSi 204D, Baltimore, Albemarle, Yak-6, Yak-9, DFS Reiher, a few more

3. Wiking and Pilot Metal prewar aircraftNumerous needed

Wiking Ships

Wiking ships in 1/200 scale

In the early stages of WWII Wiking’s Kiel workshop turned out some really nice 1:200 warships. They were wood, with Cyanolit/plastic turrets, searchlights, ships boats, and other details. They seem to have been used both as teacher’s scale models (like our 1:500’s) and as decorations for VIP offices, recruiting stations, and such. In particular I would like their model of the cruiser Nürnberg. I would be happy with salvageable examples or even just components. I would also like to see pictures from other collections. As a special challenge, can anyone tell me what happened to the complete set displayed for many years in the Marine Ehrenmal (memorial to lost seamen) museum in Laboe. That has disappeared without a trace.

Wiking Ships in 1/625 scale –

plaster/Gyps Coastal fortifications/Kustenbefestigungen made for use with the 1/625 Landing Craft set. I am fairly sure the only missing piece is the one displaying light gun emplacements and a trench system.

Konishi (Japan) 1/200 Aircraft

2038 H8K2 “Emily”2046 Shinmeiwa PS-2 2047 Shinmeiwa US-22083 Boeing B-292121 Messerschmitt Me110C2123 Junkers Ju 88A2126 Heinkel He 111Z Zwilling2145 Avro Lancaster I2146 Avro Kancaster III Special2147 Avro Lancaster I Special2150 Martin M130 China Clipper – PAA colors

I am certain that I also lack many of the Konishi models of postwar aircraft

Pilot Modelle (Denmark) 1:200 Pilot aircraft

Friedrich Peltzer, the founder of Wiking Modellbau, learned his trade in the early 1930’s from Henning Cortsen of Pilot. Some of the early Wiking aircraft are reproductions of Pilot models. I would be delighted to find a few more of the Pilot aircraft either as originals or as reproductions. In particular I would like to find an intact example of the Pilot Dornier Wal flying boat, as the fuselage of mine is badly buggered forward of the empennage.

Märklin/Dinky Toys (France)1:200 Dornier Do 18

This is one of the weirder stories around, but there are extant examples which support the account. During the German occupation of France the Dinky workshop was used to produce items for Märklin. (Yes, Märklin did make 1:200 aircraft but it is uncertain whether any beyond the Dornier Do 18 were actually distributed. You are looking for a solid metal model, made like ours and the Wikings from two components. The wing was separately cast and then attached to the fuselage before painting.

Atlas Verlag - from Z-Gauge (1:220) Train Sets sold by subscription in Europe only

I just need the black plastic display case sold knocked down to their subscribers. I can use one more to display my armored trains and a few Märklin Miniclub cars

Books wanted

1. Autocar on Jaguar 1996 On. Book of road tests of current era Jaguar cars. 2. Auto Motor und Sport Road Test Annuals from 2007 to date3. Old paperbacks of Frederic Brown anthologies of short sci-fi stories4. Original or reprint editions of ONI recognition manuals, particularly for AFV’s5. Alway, Rockets of the World, several issues.

6. Ludwig Leinhos, Wiking Schiffs-Modelle 7. Cherret tbook on the Alfa Romeo 8C2300 8. Minerbi book on Alfa Romeo SZ, TZ, TZ II, Junior, etc. with Zagato bodywork 9. Plans and photos for 1930’s Soviet T-42 super-heavy tank 10. Philippe Olczyk, Alfa Romeo TZ Zagato Autodelta Conrero (2002)

What is coming on the Sell and Swap list?

1/200 Scale aircraft by

HBM – list forthcomingHelmet – list forthcomingHai/KrtinaFM SchultzDr. HaukVK – many also appeared as Hauk, Silhanek, and MPM,X-ModelsWiking originalsWiking Grope reissuesWiking copiesHansa-SchowanekHerpa/Hogan/Gulliver , other modern diecastsKonishiHawkSkytrexMercatorMercury, Dinky, Corgi, Palitoys, Politoys, etc.( veteran diecasts)Styrene kits from producers old and new

Atlas Verlag Silver Classics – These are a completed range of 1/200 scale metal models offered only in a few European countries on a subscription basis by Atlas Verlag. They focus generally around historic airliners. Subscribers received their models on a monthly basis circa 2011-2013. I believe the original producer was DeAmbrosini, who also were involved in ranges such as the Postage Stamp/MPC and and proprietary ranges in Italy and Russia. The models are finished in a highly polished nickel/silver. They include rotating prop’s and display stands. At least a few of the Ju 52/3m and the Do-X reportedly appeared in airbrushed colors before the silver finish was standardized. A coat of primer should prep these models in case you wish to paint them. All of these examples are mint and in the original packaging. I am keeping my personal set but selling these for a friend. He claims he his cost including shipping from Europe was about $800. I believe him. Make an offer!

Bristol 170 SuperfreighterLockheed L1049 Super ConstellationAvro RJ100 JumbolinerDehavilland Comet

Douglas DC-67BLockheed L-9 OrionHeinkel He 70 BlitzJunkers F-13North American X-15AFocke-Wulf FW A 16Rutan Spaceship TwoBoeing 314 ClipperFokker F.27 FriendshipConvair 340Dornier Do-XAerospatiale ConcordeSud-Aviation CaravelleBoeing 307 StratolinerFokker F-IIIFocke-Wulf FW 200V CondorJunkers Ju 52 3mAntonov An-2Airbus A-318Douglas DC-2

1/200 AFV’s and figures

SkytrexHai/KrtinaHansaWiking PilotMercatorHBM(LOTS more to be added as cataloged)

1/200 ships and naval (includes 1/192 / 1/16”=1 foot)

Fine Arts /Tehnoart – museum quality USS Walke DD-23 Sumner Class – brand new and still in packing case . Never even displayed in a vitrine.

HBM - Complete set of WWII midget submarines, SSBN 726 Ohio, NR-1Mahogany display models from Philippines - SSN 688, K-Ship Blimp, etc.Various styrene kits old and new

Hai/Krtina – various subjectsPlanet Models - resin U-boatsPaper card kits(More to be added as cataloged)

Ship Models

1:200 ship models

Fine Arts Models/ Tehnoart 1:192 scale USN destroyer DD- Walke. Absolutely gorgeous, incredibly detailed model of highly decorated Sumner Class ship that served in the European and Pacific Theaters during WWII and then in the Korean and Vietnam wars. If I understand correctly the models were developed under a contract between the US firm Fine Arts Models and one or more Latvian suppliers, who partnered in Tehnoart. They had an acrimonious falling out. I was fortunate to obtain some pieces from their remaining stock, including a CV-8 Hornet and a second Walke, plus a Yorktown I passed on to a collector here. At last check many photos of the Walke were still posted on the Tehnoart web site. The model is like new and has never been removed from its wooden shipping container.

Nichimo 1:200 scale IJN BB Yamato. I bought this kit new at Squadron Shop in Detroit in the 1970's, when we lived in Ann Arbor. It is still untouched in the original box. Very nice kit, but I know that if I build that I will feel compelled to build the other Nichimo 1/200 ships and perhaps the Trumpeter/Merit kits as well.

Marine Models wooden kit of the USS Trigger WWII Fleet sub, plus most of a second kit. About 1/192 scale. I had visions of making a series of fleet subs in 1/192 or 1/200, using detail parts from the Revell Lionfish kits and conversion parts for those made by Nautilus Models. The availability of the nicer Riich Models 1/200 Gato Class plastic kits made those plans redundant. I would suggest keeping the intact kit as a collectable and perhaps building the second one.

ITC Models USS Halibut. About 1/200 scale. ITC is the model arm of Ideal Toy. Good articles and pix on the web. eg, http://www.oldmodelkits.com/blog/plastic-model-kit-history/itc-ideal-toy-company-model-kit-history-and-cam-a-matic-action-used-in-the-halibut-uss-enterprise-thor-mercer-duesenburg-and-battling-betsy/. This is one of those cases where they seem to have started with a scale model and then re-engineered it to include action capabilities, like sailing in a circle, submerging and surfacing, and launching a Regulus missile. No box and parts missing, but all I wanted was the hull, sail, etc. that would be used to make a display model. It has all those. I since acquired the Cold War Submarines Halibut, so the project stalled. You can save about a thousand dollars by building your own on this hull.

Large scale ship models

Electric Boat Company display model of the USN NR.1 Research Submarine. Cast resin model made and finished by Fisher Model and Pattern, mounted with metal posts on a wooden base. Approximately 1 foot long , or 1/140 scale. Very good condition but the fins are butt jointed and occasionally come off during handling. The model depicts NR.1 in her configuration after her major refit.

Display model of a fully rigged Viking Longship with oars deployed. Scale approximately 1/32. Nice model still in shipping container. Producer unknown but model is mainly wood construction and probably Philippine or Chinese handmade. This one came with a quantity of cast metal Viking figures in what looks like the same scale. The figures are British wargaming figures of undetermined origin. I’ve had the model in storage for 20+ years.

Unopened Revell Lionfish kits. I measure it at 1/184 scale. Revell has been reissuing this kit for decades. It is still the best available in near 1/16” (1/192) scale and Nautilus and other suppliers offer all sorts of conversion and detail parts. I just prefer 1/200 scale, which Riich Models covers very well, so these are up for grabs.

Still to be listed are a small quantity of other plastic ship kits.

1/500 Ships and Accessories

Almost all of the 1/500 ships listed here are from the German firm Historia Navalis. The HN models look nice with the 1/500 Cruver, South Salem, Framberg, etc. ID models. The range was truly historic, starting with early Egyptian boats and working forward to subjects like guided missile frigates. The range is also noteworthy for its coverage of early steamships, torpedo boats, and unusual submarines. I bought some of these models back in the 1980’s. Since then the firm has changed hands at least twice, at times also offering models as finished or as kits and changing the finishes supplied and the packaging.

HN 101 Kon-Tiki Thor Heyerdahl raft

HN 111 Chinese Junk/Dschunke – only part of sail present

HN 121 Arab Baggala

HN 122 Arab Sambouk – like a dhow – with sails

HN 122 Arab Sambouk – like a dhow – without sails

HN 209 Gokstadschiff – Viking ship

HN 209 Gokstadschiff – Viking ship - no spar on this one

HN235? 2-masted Caravelle – no booms or sails

HN 243 Hanseatic Merchant ship like a Kogge – with sails (2X)

HN 244 Hanseatic Merchant ship like a Kogge – without sails

HN 382 American Brig “Alligator”?

HN 404 Steamboat “Comet”

HN 406 North River/Clermont steam ship – with sails

HN 406 North River/Clermont steam ship – with sails – second example

HN 516 MRB/ME Torpedoboat “”Thorneycraft”

HN 519 Torpedo Boat “Turbinia”

HN 520 Torpedo boat “Topfer”

HN 517 Torpedoboat “Yarrow”

HN 525 Torpedoboat G.132 with mines on aft deck

HN 541 Schnellboot “Jaguar” – unassembled kit

HN 704 small submarine “Gymnote”

HN 709 unidentified – the HN catalog shows 709 as a UB.1 U-Boat, but this is a surface boat about the size of a torpedo boat or minesweeper

HN 741 German Type 205 U-Boat

HN 756 Midget Italian sub SLC/”Miale” (2X)

HN 757 Japanese Type A sub (2X)

HN 758 British X-Craft sub (2X)

HN 759 Japanese Kaiten sub (2X)

HN 811 Fischdampher/Trawler 1913 - unpainted kit

HN 811 Fischdampher/Trawler 1913 - finished model with somewhat different hull casting

HN 815 (not in my HN Catalog) “Schulboot 500t” – hull very similar to trawlers

HN 851 “Yacht America”

HN 853 (not in my HN Catalog) large white boat with the lines of a yacht or frigate. Yellow funnel. General appearance of Aviso Grille

(No number but late production) – unidentified very large square-rigged boat with red sails on what appears to be a Greek bireme hull. Sticker underneath dates it to Karl Rainer period

I also have the HN 504 Rammschiff “Merrimack” and the HN 505 Turmschiff “Monitor” here somewhere, but those have not yet been rediscovered.

1/1250 and 1/1200 Ships and Accessories

Neptun 1310 Essex Class with aircraft

Neptun 1214 Hiryo

"Micro Ships Japan 1/1250" CV Akagi - with aircraft

Trident Alpha CVN-61 with aircraft

Trident Alpha CVN -64

Trident Alpha CVN-66

Trident Alpha CVN-67 - 2X with slightly different finishes

Trident Alpha CVN-70

Neptun 1215 Soryu with aircraft

Neptun 1215 Soryu no aircraft

Neptun 1211 Unryu

Neptun 1216 Ryujo

Neptun 1222 Chyoda

Neptun 1214 Hiryu

Neptun 1092 Hipper

Neptun 1035 Lutzow

Neptun 1023 Stier HK

Neptun 1022 Thor HK

Neptun 1021 Atlantis HK

"RS" KN14 Widder HK

(square in circle icon) USS Langley CVL

Sextant S127 Z-28 DD

Neptun 1068A T-13 Torpedo Boat

Neptun 1311 Independence/Princeton CVL

Neptun 1314 Yorktown CV5

Neptun 1313 Hornet CV8

(No ID or Icon) ------ US CVE - maybe Casablanca

(No ID or icon) US CV Lexington

Neptun 1114 Ark Royal CV

Neptun 1323 Bogue CVE

Neptun 1312 Wasp CV

Neptun 1218 Kaga CV

Neptun N1055 Aviso Grille (Hitler's yacht)

Neptun 1001 Tirpitz BB

Neptun 1201 Yamato BB

Neptun 1025 Kormoran HK

Sextant 106 Mur HK

"KN12" HSK-5 Pinguin HK

Neptun 1026 Michel HK

M (Mercator?) 070 Nestor HK

Sextant 125 Z26 DD

Sextant 126 Z25 DD

"COPY" 1080 VP5 Vorpostenboot - picket boat

Neptun?? N1081 MB = minesweeper

"S" 195/1 Lutzow this or next ship definitely mislabelled

Sextant 116 Lutzow see preceding!

SS-277 Darter wood model – maker unknown

U-505 U-Boat Type IXC - wood model – maker unknown

SS- 91-SS-146 - wood model – maker unknown

U-550 Type IXC - wood model – maker unknown

U-117 Type XB (?) - wood model – maker unknown

U-105 Type unknown - wood model – maker unknown

USS S-47 SS-1?? - wood model – maker unknown

USS SS-247 Dace - wood model – maker unknown

U-515 Type IXC - wood model – maker unknown

U-179 Type IXD M (Mercator) Germany - metal model

U-198 Type IXD2 M (Mercator) Germany - metal model

U-564 Type VIIC M (Mercator) Germany - metal model

U-404 Type VIIC M (Mercator) Germany - metal model

S.100 Schnellboot S on shield icon – Sextant? Metal model - German

Still to be ID'ed and listed are 2-3 boxes full of 1/1250 aircraft and a very large collection of 1/1250 submarines from many producers like Hai, Trident, Neptun, Navis, Mercator – includes a submarine pen with drydock! Also1/625 scale model landing craft used by German forces to plan and game their responses to the expected Allied amphibious landings at Normandy, etc.. Made by Wiking Modellbau and extremely rare

Railroad subjects 1/200 and Z-Gauge/1:220 (MiniClub)

Hai/Krtina armored trainsHBM armored trainsMärklin – various unused locomotives, rolling stock, rails, switches, transformer, etc. – LOTSScenic items and buildings from Kibri, Vollmer, etc.Atlas-Verlag Z-Gauge Minitrains – complete set mint and boxed(More to be added as cataloged)

Rockets, Missiles, and Sci-Fi in 1/200 and close

Listing to be updated when I get that far

1/72 scale aircraft

mainly very old Czechmaster resin and Czech short run injected kits

1/144 scale aircraft

Some nice finished Diverse Images , display models, and models, and old, rare 10mm kits

1/1250 scaleAircraft

Very large number of models originally made for waterline carriers and warships

1/432 scale Aircraft

mainly original and repro Cruver and Authenticast WWII ID models

1/400 Aircraft

1/350 Aircraft

notably a set of the very rare plastic Helmet Aircraft from about the 1970’s

1/285 and 1/300 scale aircraft

most are wargaming aircraft miniatures by GHQ, CnC, Skytrex, Heroics &.Ros

Military models of AFV’s trucks, figures outside 1:200

Authenticast , Superior and Quality Castings – these were reproductions of 1/108 metal ID model AFV’s used by US forces – mainly WWII but includes the AtomicCannon - I think a full set - plus some of the soldier figures

1/285 and 1/300 by GHQ, CnC, Skytrex, Heroics&RosIncludes a few extremely rare models of items like Soviet ICBM carriers that were made to military contracts for uses like photo-interpretation.

Selection of Comprehensive Training Aids rubber foam tank gunnery training modelsin circa 1/24 scale – used with pellet guns

Naval models outside 1/200

mainly 1/1250 and 1/1200 scale but some gems in other scales

1/625 scale model landing craft used by German forces to plan and game their responses to the expected Allied amphibious landings at Normandy, etc.. Made by Wiking Modellbau and extremely rare

A very large collection of 1/1250 submarines, mainly waterline, from many producers like Hai, Trident, Neptun, Navis, Mercator – includes some very nice scratchbuilt wooden sub’s and a submarine pen with drydock!

set of 1/1250 models of WWII and modern aircraft carriers

set of 1/1250 models of the German raiders like Atlantis, Pinguin.etc.

assorted others in 1/1250 – mainly Neptun is used as references in restoring my 1:200 wooden Wiking ships

1/500 scale Historia Navalis historic ships and boats

Model Railroad items in and near 1:200 scale

Märklin Mini Club Z-Guage model trains, track, and accessories (1/220)

(to be added)

Scenics, structures, accessories made for use with Märlinl Mini Club trains

(to be added)

Atlas Verlag Z-Gauge Classic Train Display Models

About 2012-2013 Atlas Verlag made a really nice set of plastic display models depicting famous historical trains. Each train was represented by its locomotive, tended, and 2-3 passenger wagons. The trains were supplied with a length of realistic scale track. It was intended that the trains would be displayed in black plastic display cases that came with a subscription. As is typical of Atlas Verlag the models were offered only by subscription. Each month or so the subscriber would receive a new addition to the collection. Subscriptions were available only in selected Central European countries where the post office enabled both distriubution and payment through post office accounts. I have what I believe is one full extra set, plus a number of duplicates. All but a very few are still new in their original packing.

RheingoldMistral (?)Kiruna Narvik (?)Canadian PacificParsifalRAM TEE EdelweißFlying Scotsman +1Golden ArrowMikado RenfeTrans-Siberian Express +1Tokaido Shinkensen +1Train Bleu +1Rio GrandeFliegender Hamburger

Transalpin ExpressDacoregubbinThe GramZackenbahnHenschel-Weggman ZugMallardBayrischer LudwigsbahnVindobona +1Cornish RivieraTransalpine New ZealandGlacier ExpressSanta Fe Super ChiefOrient Express +1Settebello +1

Automobile Items

BMW Automobile Bits

For many years we drove 3-series BMW’s. We were founding members of the local BMW club chapter, and so on. Regretfully BMW seem to have lost both their mojo and the sense that their sustaining customers are keen drivers. Recently we made our periodic trek to try replacement candidates for the family car. We were frankly appalled. Flabby suspensions, numb steering, no spare tires, no way to check the oil levels, and a hideous suite of nanny electronics finished the turnoff. In any case we now have some interesting BMW bits to dispose of.

“M” Motorsports key fob from our lamented E46 M3.

Assorted shop manuals for E36 and E46 BMW’s, plus a variety of references. Please check the book listings.

Assorted BMW books. I’m keeping a core selection but there are a number of references I will not use. Please see the Books section.

Automotive Books - with special sections for Mazda Miata, BMW, Alfa Romeo, and Jaguar

BMW books

Robert Bentley, BMW 3 Series Service Manual E46. Covers the 323,325,328,330 in excruciating detail. The cover indicates 1999 to 2001, but will work fine for almost anything 2002-2006 as well. Like new. Soft cover

Robert Bentley, BW 3 Series E36 Service Manual E36. Covers M3, 318, 323,325, 328 from 1992 to 1998 in exhaustive detail. Almost never needed it with my E36 but very comforting to have around. Very good. Soft cover.

BMW Car Club of America, Friends of BMWCCA Directory, Greenvillle, SC, 2007. BMWCCA is one of the most active and useful car clubs. One of their best services for members is publishing a diurectory of skilled members willing to aid members travelling in their locale. Almost 300 pges of friends no matter where you go. Smart owners keep this in their glove box. Verg good, soft cover. $5.00

Wayne Dempsey, 101 Performance Projects for your BMW 3-Series 1982-2000, MBI, St.Paul, 2006. Dempsey is the owner of Pelican Parts, which does world class service making replacement and tuning parts for BMW’s. In particular their color-illustrated, owner-friendly instructions are superb therpy for inexperienced owners. This book covers mostly the E36 Series cars, but E30 and E46 cars are substantially the same. Very good. Soft cover.

Benjamin Greisler, Chilton BMW 3-Series/M3/Z3 1989-1998 Repair Manual, Haynes Publishing, Newbury Park, CA 1994. Covers all the E36 chassis cars. but is very applicable to the E30 and E46 models. Very good, soft cover.

David Kiley, Driven: Inside BMW the Most Admired Car Company in the World, Wiley, NY, 2004. A readable and critical history of BMW from its origins to its heyday at the turn of the century. Especially good insight into the human side. Dust over. Very good. $10.00

(2-volume boxed set) Dr. Karlheinz Lange, BMW Dimensions: The History of Engines – Engines that Made History 1916-1945 and 1945-2000, BMW Mobile Tradition, Munich, 1999, 2000. This a genuine tour de force. Covers all the aero, motorccycle, car, and truck engines since year one, with pictures and cutaways of the engines, shots of the vehicles they were used in, and heavy doses of specifications. A spectacular work. Boxed 2 volumes with dust covers, excellent condition. Sold originally for #300-. $100.00

Graham Robson, BMW 3-Series 1991-1999, Motor Rcing Publications,. Croydon, , 2000. Robson compiles lots of marque books and does them well, with plan view drawings, lots of photos, and coverage of all the variants. Very good. Printed soft cover. 10.00

James Taylor, Original BMW M-Series: The Restorer’s Guide to the M1, M3 1985-98, M535i, M5 1984-95, and M635CSi, MBI, St.Paul, 2001. Very nice guide to the early M

cars, with sharp color photos. More of a guide to the details of how restored examples should appear, rater than a how-to. Very good. Dust cover a bit rough. $15.00

Jeremy Walton, BMW 3 Series Enthusiast’s Companion and Buyer’s Guide, Robert Bentley, Cambridge MA, 2001. Printes soft cover, Very good. Covers from the 2002 in the late 1960’s to the E46 cars. With this and the Bentley shop manual you could be a very confident DIY owner.

Jaguar books

Anders Clausinger, Jaguar: a Living Legend., Chartwell Books, Secaucus, NJ, 1990. A wel done, large format full-color history of Jaguar up to about 1990. This is the book an enthusiast would hand to a newby or visitor to explain the obsession with the marque. Very good. Dust cover.

Jaguar Cars Ltd, Jaguar XK8 Workshop Manual and Diagnostic Service Manual. These are the factory manuals for the X100, which we know as the XK8 and XKR coupe and convertible, produced from 1996-2006. They are virtually new, in the original factory 4-ring binders. I fell in love with the lines of the X100 but was ultimately seduced by the aluminum-bodied X150 successors. $100- the set

Mazda MX5 Miata Books

Larry Edsall, Miata: 20 Years, MBI, Mineapolis, 2008. Nostalgiac retrospective on the first 20 years of the Miata, including clubs, racing, and modifications along with the other marque info. Excellent. Printed hard cover.

Norman Garratt, Mazda Miata Performance Handbook, MBI, St. Paul. The Miata responded extremely well to chassis and drivetrain modifications. Garrett gives the full details and illustrates them on 1st generation cars. Very thorough, but I have to say that aftermarket suppliers are so professional that I almost never referred back to the text. Soft cover. Very good.

(Second copy) Norman Garratt, Mazda Miata Performance Handbook, MBI, St. Paul. The Miata responded extremely well to chassis and drivetrain modifications. Garrett gives the full details and illustrates them on 1st generation cars. Very thorough, but I have to say that aftermarket suppliers are so professional that I almost never referred back to the text. Soft cover. Excellent.

Jay Lamm, Miata Universe, Media Source, 1996. By 1996 the Media had become a sales hit but also a social phenomenon, with clubs of enthusiasts around the world. Written for

and with the US Miata Club, Lamm covers almost anything a new Miata buff might want to know. Very good. Soft cover.

Jay Lamm, Mazda MX-5 Guide – Mazda Re-Creates the Sports Car, Motorbooks, St. Paul, 1990. Lamm published this just after the Miata appeared in 1989. It was a celebration of a second coming for enthusiasts who had endured the sports car deprivation for decades. Soft cover.

Brian Long, Mazda Miata; Renaissance Sportscar, Veloce Pub’s, Dorchester, UK, 1998. Long chronicles the history, development, and reception of the first- and second generation Miatas. A nice marque book. Excellent. Soft cover.

John Matras, Illustrated Mazda Buyer’s Guide, MBI, Osceola, 1994. Mazda has a long history of cars that are fun to drive. This starts with the R100 and Cosmo and works forward to the 1990’s RX-7, MX5, and 323GT. Excellent. Paperback. $5.00

Miata Club of America, Miata Magazine, the official magazine of the Miata Club of America. This is a complete run of the magazine from Volume 1 in 1989 to Volume 11 in 2000. The copies are hardbound inblue library bindings.

Motor Fan Magazine (Japan) Special Issue on the Mazda Third Generation MX5 Miata, Japan, 2006. Japanese text. One of those wonderful single-model photo studies the Japanese do so well. High-contrast color shots of everything down to the inside of the glove box. Styled to arrouse lust in the beholder. Magazine format. Very good. $10.00

Keith Tanner, Mazda Miata MX-5 Performance Projects, Motorbooks, St.Paul, 2003. A really useful handbook for maintainance, repairs, and modifications, with unusually clear, helpful directions and illustrations. Soft cover. Very good.

James Taylor, Mazda MX-5 and Miata, an MRP Autoguide MRP, Croydon, 1999 An enthusiast’s marque book covering the development into the 2nd generation. Excellent. Soft cover

Other Automotive Subjects

Mike Ancas, Honda and Acura Performance Handboom, MBI, 1999. More of the small Hondas have been tuned than all other Japanese imports combined

Antique Auto Magazine, May-June 1979. The magazine of the Antique Automobile Clun of America. Good. $1.00

Mike Antonick, Corvette Black Book 1953-2005, Motorbooks, St.Paul, 2005. Detailed handbook for folks who buy, sell, collect, and speculate in Corvettes. Any fact, option, model feature, etc. you could want. Printed soft cover, excellent. $8.00

Graham Arnold, Illustrated Lotus Buyer’s Guide, Motorbooks, Osceola WI, 1986. One of the first marque buyer’s guide books, and a rather good one. Truth be known, I once plotted putting an Alfa drivetrain in a 1.6 liter Elan, and more recently considered an early Esprit. Please do not tell anyone. $5.00

Autoweek Magazine, 1999 Ultimate Buyers Guide. Annual compendium of road tests, comparisons, and so on. Good condition. $2.00




Auto Bild magazine, I bought it for the feature on the expected BMW Z2 coupe and convertible. BMW dropped the ball on that. Good condition. $1.00

Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 2000 Road Test Yearbook, AMS, Germany, 2000. German text, but mainly spec’s and photos. Road tests of 90 cars. Good condition. $5.00

Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 2001 Road Test Yearbook, AMS, Germany, 2001. German text, but mainly spec’s and photos. Road tests of 80 cars, plus 10 crash tests, as only the Germans seem to do. I take that back. Quattreoruote is right up there, if you can find it. Good condition. $5.00

Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 2002 Road Test Yearbook, AMS, Germany, 2002. German text, but mainly spec’s and photos. Road tests of 90 cars plus tire tests. Good condition. $5.00

Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 2003 Road Test Yearbook, AMS, Germany, 2003. German text, but mainly spec’s and photos. Road tests of 90 cars, plus summer and winter tires. Good condition. $5.00

Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 2004 Road Test Yearbook, AMS, Germany, 2004. German text, but mainly spec’s and photos. Road tests of 90 cars, plus summer and winter tires. Good condition. $5.00

Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 2006 Road Test Yearbook, AMS, Germany, 2006. German text, but mainly spec’s and photos. Road tests of 95 cars, plus summer and winter tires, as only the Germans seem to do. I take that back. Quattreoruote is right up there, if you can find it. Good condition. $5.00

Automobile Quarterly, Automobile Quarterly’s World of Cars. Bonanza Books, NY, 1981. A compendium of articles from their art quality magazine. Allegedly includes 200 cars. I did not count them. Dust cover. Very good. $8.00

Phil Berg, Ultimate Garages, Motorbooks, St.Paul, 2003. One of the books one would never think to look for, but a well researched and engaging read. Picture someone visiting and photographing Jay Leno’s garage/warehouse and then researching anotherr 25 or so. A book that picks up on the dreams of our youth. Dust cover. Very good.

Rerucchio Bernabo, Color Treasury of Racing Cars, Crescent Books, NY, 1971. The Color Treasury books were nicely produced, typically 64 page, introductory volumes for the beginning enthusiast. Nice color collection concentrating on F1 and Sports-Racing. Very good. Printed hard cover. $5.00

John Bolster, The Lotus Elan and Europa: a Collector’s Guide, Motor Racing Publications, 1980. Really nice treatment, with emphasis more on the issues of ownershaip than the experience of lust. Excellent drawings and surprisingly candid comments on what breaks under stress. What other company once installed fiberglass door with wood screws? Very good. Dust cover. $6.00

Brumm, 1982 Catalog of 1/43 Brumm Model Cars. Some collector somewhere is going to go nuts. Very good. $1.00

Car and Driver Magazine, 2004 Road Test Annual, 2004. In 2004 they reprinted all the 2003 comparison tests. Good stuff. Good condition. Two copies - both for $2.00

Car and Driver Magazine, 2005 Road Test Annual, 2005. In 2005 they reprinted all the 2004 comparison tests. Good stuff. Good condition. $2.00

Piero Casucci and Tommaso Tommasi, The History of Ferrari and Alfa Romeo, Arnoldo Mondadori Pub’s, Rome, 1975. In 1975 Ferrari won the Formula I title and Alfa Romeo won the World Sports-Racing title with the Tipo 33. The book celebrates that with a well illustrated history of both firms and their lines of racing cars. Lots of art from the company archives. Very good. Dust cover. $15.00

RM Clarke, Maserati Cars 1957-1998 – a Brooklands Portfolio, Brookland Books, Surrey, UK, est. 2005. An absolutely incredible compendium of every available magazine test and article about Maserati road cars. Dust Cover. Excellent.

C Clutton, C.Posthumus, D. Jenkinson, The Racing Car – Development and Design, Batsford, London, 1962. Paperback history of F1 and Sports-racing to the late 1950’s by top motor journalists. Very good. Soft cover. $5.00

Richard Crump and Rob de la Rive Box, Illustrated Maserati Buyer’s Guide, Motorbooks, Osceola, WI, 1984. One of the early buyers guides, with all-B&W illustrations. Good and very candid coverage of the production Maseratis in a popular format. Paperback. Very good.

Richard Crump and Rob de la Rive Box, Maserati Road Cars, the Postwar Production Cars 1946-1979, Mercean Manuals, Coventry, 1979. An extravagant, mainly photographic history, covering both the classics and the cars with special coachwork. Gorgeous. Excellent. Dust cover.

(2nd copy – I think)Richard Crump and Rob de la Rive Box, Maserati Road Cars, the Postwar Production Cars 1946-1979, Mercean Manuals, Coventry, 1979. An extravagant, mainly photographic history, covering both the classics and the cars with special coachwork. Gorgeous. Excellent. Dust cover.

Enzo Ferrari, The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs – My Terrible Joys, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1963. British translation of the Italian edition. Ferrari the driver, team owner, condstructor! Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Paul Frere, Starting Grid to Checquered Flag, Batsford, London, 1962. Famed journalist and LeMans winner recalls his sports/road racing career. Very good. Soft cover. $5.00

Paul Frere, Porsche Boxter Story: The entire Development History, Haynes, Somerste, 2006. Full colour treatment of the Boxter from concept to the current models. All you might ever want to know and enough praise to make you want one. Badly. Dust cover. Very good.

Harold Glenn, Glenn’s Volvo Repair and Tune-up guide, Chilton, New York, 1965. Great Haakon’s Ghost! This is the manual we used with our 122S circa 1964-68. Covers 1122S, P.1800, PV.444 and PV544. Could be a family heirloom. Hard printed cover. Good, but some smudges here and there. $5.00

Jeff Hartman, How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems, Motorbooks, St.Paul, 2003. If you want to hot rod modern engines of any marque, most of the gains in peformance, economy, and drivability are now achieved by reprogramming the engine management system computer. This little gem tells you exactly what to do and how to do it. Soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Daniel Heroud, Road Report: The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide in North America, Editions du Renouveau Pedagogique, Quebec,1994. Kind of like a road test annual but the size of a phone book. 150 models. 144 road tests, all color. Very good. Softbound. $5.00

Jay Hirsch, More Great American Dream Machines: Classic Cars of the 50’s and 60’s. This is a photo essay on the more romantic designs of the period. An essay on the in’s and out’s of submarine racing as a spectator sporrt gets you in the mood. Interesting

feature choices. Entertaining commentariea and excellent color pictures. Very good. Dust Jacket. $5.00

Wolfgang Hörner, Maserati Retrospective: All Series Cars in the Original Documents, Wieland Verlag, Bruckmuhl, 2004. German language text, but where else are you going to find reprints from what look like all the factory brochures! I still kick myself (albeit quite gently)for not jumping at long gone opportunities to buy an orphan 3500GT or Ghibli. Excellent. Printed Hard cover.

PE Irving, Automobile Engine Tuning: High Performance and How to Obtain It (with a Foreward by Sir Jack Brabham),Temple Press, London, 1967. This is one of the two basic volumes from which I learned about piston engines and how to modify them. Reading this will help you understand why chipping your car is not enough. The secctions on tuning SU and Weber carbs made it worthwhile by themselves. Dust cover, very good.

John Keats, The Insolent Chariots, Crest Books, Greenwich CT 1964. The original and probably still ultimate commentary on the American car and its owner, eloquently served with megadoses of humor and satire.

Maryann Keller, Rude Awakening – the Rise, Falll, and Struggle for Recovery of General Motors. Harper, NY, 1989. There are lots of reasons why GM got their rear ends kicked over and over and still are considered as “Government Motors” in some circles. Keller lays them out in clear analyses. Soft cover. Very good.

Ivan Kotzig, Ford Tuning – Secrets Revealed, Kotzig Publishing, Boca Raton, 2001. Subtitled First Complete Guide to Electronic Performance of Ford Vehicles. This takes you through the detailed process used in dyno tuning and chip modifications. The Applies to other Ford motors like Mazda, Volvo, some Jag’s and Land Rovers, and has been used by Cosworth. You’ll want access to a dyno, but these days that is not hard. Printed hard cover. Excellent. $10.00

John Lamm, Nissan 350Z: Behind the Birth of a Legend, Motorbooks, St.Paul, 2003. Lamm acurately describes the evolution of the 350Z, including many factor shots of sketches, clay models, prototypes. I came close to buying one. Good, dust cover. $15.00

Jurgen Lewandowski, Maserati Coupes, The History, Maserati SPA, Italy, undated but ealy 2000’s. Every Maserati buff needs this one. Almost like a series of color brochuresw starting with the A6G in 1946, continuing through the 3500GT and Ghibli, and concluding with the return to road coupes under FIAT ownership. $35.00

Brian Long, Datsun Z: Fairlady to 280Z , Veloce Pub’s, Dorchester, UK, 1998. Long specializes in marque books, and here he spotlights the Datsun/Nissan sports cars up to and including the 240Z and 280Z. Well done. Excellent. Dust cover. $10.00

Brian Long, Nissan 300X and 350Z, the Z-car story, Veloce Publishing, Dorchester, 2004. Nissan made several attempts to reestablish their earlier success as sports car builders with the 240Z and 280Z. The 300ZX was hi-tech but costly to build and had “issues”. The 350Z and 370Z returned to the big engine/simple car model. Long gives an enthusiasts’s model history, heavily illustrated with factor color shots and brochure offprints. Very good. Dust cover.

Robert A. Lutz, Guts (It Rhymes with Lutz) – 8 Lawfs of Business from One of the Most Innovative Business Leaders of our Time, Wiley, NY, 2003. The only guy who was formerly at the top of the Big Three, BMW, etc., tells it like he thinks it is/was/should be. Dust cover. Very good, $5.00

David Magee, Turn Around: How Carlos Ghosn rescured Nissan, HarperCollins, New York, 2003. Ghosn saved Renault, Nissan, Peugeot, etc.. You might not like the results, but still an amazing record. Excellent. Dust cover.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, In Our Humble Opinion: Car Talk’s “Click and Clack” Rant and Rave, Perigee, New York, 2000. The Public Radio “Tappet Brothers” hosts hold forth on everything on wheels. Fun read. Soft cover, excellent. $5.00

LA Manwaring,ed., The Observers Book of Automobiles, 15th edition, Warne, London, 1979. The classic pocket-sized annual, more or less a Spotter’s Guide. Dust cover, very good. These series are themselves collectables. $5.00.

Alberto Martinez and José Rosinski, Ultimate Automobiles, Foulis, Paris, 1984. A full color large format ode to the supercars of the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Solid and readable type histories and artistic original photos. Very good but scruffy dust cover.

Micheline Maynard, The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost their Grip on the American Car Market, Doubleday, NY, 2003. The US automakers literally wrested defeat from the jaws of victory, losing the core of the market to the Japanese and the top end to the Germans. Best single source on how it happened! Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed, the Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile, Grossman, 1965. This is a first edition of the classic tract on highway safety issues. Love it or hate it, here’s a very good copy with dust cover for only $1.00

Naboru Nakajima, Model Cars of the World, Hoikusha, Osaka, 1977. Color catalog of scale model diecast cars, arranged by producer. English edition. Invaluable for the hardcore collector. Paperbck. Very good. $5.00

Stephen Newbury, The Car Design Yearbook, Vol.1, Merrall, London, 2002. “The definitive annual guide to all new concept and production cars worldwide.” Art/design book with terrific photos. Very good. Dust cover. $20.00

Stephen Newbury, The Car Design Yearbook, Vol.3, Merrall, London, 2004. “The definitive annual guide to all new concept and production cars worldwide.” Art/design book with terrific photos. Very good. Dust cover. $20.00

News Mook Hyper Rev Vol.112, Honda S2000, News Publishing, Japan, 2006. The Honda S2000 was a brilliant design, utterly dominating the gap between the Miata and the Porsche Boxter. This book was aimed at the Japanese S2000 enthusiast, cataloging the immense array of appearance, performance, and personalizing items the home market generated for the car, all in color. Japanese text. Soft cover. Very good.

News Mook Hyper Rev(I think – same format!), Nissan Fairlady Z (350Z) Roadster, News Publishing, Japan, circa 2003. The Nissan 350Z was a design step backward from the 300ZX, but sufficiently rationalized to be produced at a profit. In its niche it was quite successful.This book was aimed at the Japanese Nissan enthusiast, cataloging the immense array of appearance, performance, and personalizing items the home market generated for the car, all in color. Japanese text. Soft cover. Very good.

Dick O’Kane, How to Repair your Foreign Car, a Guide for the Beginner, Your Wife, and the Mechanically Inept, Doubleday, Garden City NY, 1968. A lighthearted but insightful guide for anyone whom grew up with imports like MG, Sunbeam, Triumph, Jaguar, Austin. Should have been subtitled as a survivor manual for Lucas, SU, Stromberg, Lodge, and other threats to the human race. Very good. Dust cover. $5.00

John Olsen, The SL experience – Five Decades of Marcedes-Benz SL, John Olsen Inc, Minneapolis, est. 1998. An SL-lover’s copendium of all would conceiveably want to know about the SL’s. A rare and expensive ($65-!) volume that was available through the M-B Owners’ Club.

Frederick Paternie, Corvette C5, MBI Sportscar Color History Series, St. Paul, 2004. The 1997-2003 C5 Corvettes were what I consider their first truly modern designs, with strong efforts to simplify and strengthen components and the entire chassis. This book covers all a proud owner or prospective collector what what to know about the C5’s. Well written and profusely illustrated with color images. Very good. Soft cover.

Henry Rasmussen, Ferraris for the Road: the Survivors Series, Motorbooks, Osceola WI, 1980. A photographic celebration of Ferrari coupes and convertibles of the 1950-70’s. Lots of color. From a Survivors series. Dust cover, VG.

Reader’s Digest, America from the Road: a Motorist’s Guide to our Country’s Natural Wonders and Most Interesting Places. I’m surprised the title says nothing about the Good Old Days. Still a good into to the regions, geology, wildlife, and attractions. Structured around 125 loop tour routes. Printed hard cover. Very good. $5.00

Road & Track, Nissan 300ZX & 350Z Portfolio, Brooklands Books, Surrey, 2003. A reprint of all the Road & Track road tests and other articles on these sports models.Very good. Soft cover. $5.00

Road & Track, Road & Track’s Guide to the Mazda RX-8, Hachette, New York, 2003. R&T periodically publishes special issues on individual cars. Excellent coverage of the history, development, technology of the RX-8. Good, magazine format. $3.00

Road & Track, Road & Track’s Guide to the All-New Nissan 300ZX, Hachette, New York, 1989. R&T periodically publishes special issues on individual cars. Excellent coverage of the history, development, technology of the 300ZX. Good, magazine format. $3.00

Graham Robson, TVRs – a Collector’s Guide, Vol.I, Grantura to Taimar, Amadeus Press, W.Yorks, 1993. TVR sports and GT cars to about 1980, good coverage of each generation including the Griffith. Printed Hard cover. Very good. $10.00

Joe Saward, The World Atlas of Motor Racing, Mallard Press, NY, 1989. The artwork sells this book. Saward takes us on a world tour of race circuits, giving a map, history, description, and so on. But then each track is also shown in a birds’ eye view painting that really gives a sense of the track and its challenges.

Ron Sessions, Lust, Then Love, The Story of the New Z, Publications Intl., Lincolnwood, IL, 2002. Coffee table large format ode to the just introduced Nissan 350Z. Beautifully produced. It’s odd the Z-cars did not become cult objects like the Miata. I believe these books went heavily to dealership and sales personnel. Very good. Dust cover.

Philip Smith, Tuning for Speed and Tuning for Economy, Robert Bentley, Cambridge, 1967. Another golden oldie, that does a great job of getting the novice DIY owner up to speed. Good source today for the owner-restorer who must deal with Stromberg, SU, Solex, Zenith, mechanical fuel pumps, and similar diabolical components. Very good. Dust Cover.

Sport Compact Car Magazine, Honda/Acura Performance, HP Books, New York, 1999.HP Books prints books on restoring and hot-rodding US cars, but they recognized the popularity of the smaller Hondas and Acuras. Great resource, especially for parts sources.Soft cover. Good.

Supercar Classics, January, 1990. I don’t ordinarily list magazines, but this one has great articles on the AC Cobra coupes, Maserati Ghibli (all-time Ron favorites) . Good. $3.00.

Maurizio Tabucchi, Maserati – the Grand Prix, Sports and GT Cars 1926-2003, Giorgio Nada Editore, Milan, 2003. Tabucchi has produced what amounts to a definitive catalog or handbook of everything that Maserati made, with profuse photos, plan view drawings (great source for modellers!), cutaways, and statistics. Definitive work for the enthusiast. Dust cover. Excellent.

Top Gear Magazine, Supercars Annual 2008. Big, glossy compendium of the Top Gear features on the world’s fastest, sexiest cars. Good condition. $5.00

EB Weston, Auto Body Repairing and Refinishing, Drake, New York, 1970. A reprint of the Butteerworths How-To manual for bodywork. A simple treatment for the DIY enthusiast or new apprentice. I’m guessing it is a new edition of an older manual, as it has illustrations of procedures like removing the body from an Austin A40 Devon – my first-ever car. Very good. Dust cover $5.00

What Car Magazine, Road Test Revies: the Best New Cars of 1999. Test annual covers everything sold on the UK market, in remarkably candid assessments. $5.00

What Car Magazine What Car Road Test Directory. . Test annual covers everything sold on the UK market, in remarkably candid assessments. They claim 350 models! $5.00

Books and other references

I should explain up front that in one of my previous incarnations I did a lot of work on doctrinal analysis, strategy, and tactics for various military and civil clients. A fringe benefit of that activity was inheriting an inordinate number of great reference books. Most were used very briefly and then archived. The listings will be updated as items are sorted, added and removed. Please check back from time to time.

Prices for books are set with reference to used listings on amazon.com and abe.com. I try to make them competitive with the attractive end of those offerings. If you see a book you want, feel free to negotiate or propose swaps.

Books are heavy enough that shipping costs will need to be considered. A Media Mail postal rate still exists for the USA. Unfortunately our feckless leaders do not provide for book exports to the rest of the world. We can mail from Canada but Canadian postal rates are even higher and subject to a “fuel surcharge” and VAT.

BOOK GEMS – These are books “everybody” should have because they are invaluable resources. I am selling these only because they are duplicates.

Aireview, German Military Aircraft in the Second World War, Aireview, Tokyo, 1950. This is a 2-volume handbook of all military aircraft operated by the Luftwaffe, including many of the experimentals and last-ditch “Projekt” aircraft. Volume 1 contains the Japanese text, photos, and 3-view drawings of each type by Hashimoto. Aireview was Japan’s most aurthoritative aviation journal. $90.00 the set

Wieslaw Baczkowski, Italian Military Aircraft 1936-1945 (Wloskie Samoloty Wojskowe 1936-1945)., Wydawnictwo Lampart, Warsaw, 1999. This is one volume in a series entitled Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Technology. The best currently available directory of Regia Auronautica aircraft, with good if sometimes badly copied photos, excellent 3-view drawings. It should be good as it is mostly cribbed from the impossible to find work of my late friend Jonathan Thompson. Polish language text. Card cover.Very good.

Peter Brooks, Zeppelin Rigid Airships 1893-1940, Smithsonian, Washington DC, 1992. The Putnam book, but US edition. Great source with lots of plan view drawings. Ex library copy, but they must not read much at that school. Very good, with dust cover.

Jack Hagarty and Jon Rogers, The Saucer Fleet, Apogee Books, 2008. Encyclopedic coverage of the Flying Saucers which appeared in all the classic movies, with detailed plan view drawings, spec’s, studio and still color pictures, and histories. Nothing like it except for the companion volume on UFO’s.

Dieter Herwig and Heinz Rode, Luftwaffe Secret Projects – Ground Attack and Special Purpose Aircraft, Midland Counties, Hinckley, 2003. One of a series also covering fighters, bombers, etc.. English version of the Motorbuch Verlag originals. Super coverage of each known project with scale drawings and unique “in action” paintings. Dust cover. Excellent. Why do I have a 2nd copy? $30.00

Lloyd Jones, US Fighters 1925 to 1980’s, Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA, 1975. Jones, also the father of Superscale decals, covers all the fighter developments from the birth of the USAAF to the F-16 and F-18 projects. Each aircraft has a potted history, photos, and a very nice 4-view scale drawing. Good condition but dust cover worn.

Lloyd Jones, US Naval Fighters 1922 to 1980’s, Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA, 1983. Jones covers all the fighter developments from the birth of the USN air power to the F-14. Each aircraft has a potted history, photos, and a very nice 4-view scale drawing. Good condition, soft cover.

Lloyd Jones, US Naval Fighters 1925 to 1980’s, Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA, 1977. As above but hard cover edition. Jones covers all the fighter developments from the birth of the USN air power to the F-14. Each aircraft has a potted history, photos, and a very nice 4-view scale drawing. Good condition, dust cover.

Lloyd Jones, US Bombers B-1 1928 to B-1 1980’s, Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA, 1974. Jones covers all the fighter developments from the B-1 to the B-1. Each aircraft has a potted history, photos, and a very nice 4-view scale drawing. Good condition, dust cover.

Jay Miller, The X-planes, X-1 to X-31, Aerofax, Arlington TX, Hinckley, 1988. This is the first edition of Miller’s classic work on the NASA X-planes. A chapter is devoted to

each design’s development, operations, and disposition. Super photo coverage of each type and variant, and super 3-view drwings. The drawings are a bit different from later editions, in that they show the markings. Dust cover. Very good. $20.00

(second example) Jay Miller, The X-planes, X-1 to X-31, Aerofax, Arlington TX, Hinckley, 1988. This is the first edition of Miller’s classic work on the NASA X-planes. A chapter is devoted to each design’s development, operations, and disposition. Super photo coverage of each type and variant, and super 3-view drwings. The drawings are a bit different from later editions, in that they show the markings. Good ex library copy with dust cover. $15.00

Jay Miller, The X-planes, X-1 to X-45, Midland Counties Pub’s, Hinckley, 2001. This is the final edition of Miller’s classic work on the NASA X-planes. A chapter is devoted to each design’s development, operations, and disposition. Super photo coverage of each type and variant, and super 3-view drwings. Excellent condition with dust cover.

Ray Rimell, Zeppelin, Windsock Datafile Special Zeppelin Volume II. Albatross, 2008. Rimell is a/the guru of Windsock WWI monographs. He has published a book and at least 3 Datafile monographs on the WWI German airships. This deals mainly with the “R” class. Expensive but there is nothing like these. Printed soft cover. Excellent. $40.00.

Robrert Shaw, Fighter Combat – Tactics and Maneuvering – Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1985. If you really want to understand how air combat works, this is the best open-source reference. Stop rolling those dice and read this! Glowing reviews by Duke Cunningham, Johhnnie Jonson, Pappy Boyington Robert Scott, Robin Olds, and me. Dust cover. Very good. $15.00

Christopher Shores, Fledgling Eagles – The Complete Account of Air Operations During the Phoney War and Norwegian Campaign, 1940, Grub Street, London, 1991. Day by day record of what happened. Super account, and fits well with his other WWII volumes. Dust cover $25.00

John Wegg, General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1990. Large format Putnam book covering each parent firm and its aircraft from Thomas-Morse through the FB-111 and F-16. Solid information, photos, and a detailed 3-view drawing for each type. Very good, dust cover.

Aviation

Air Enthusiast magazine , Issue 110, March/April 2004. Fair condition but very readable $1.00

Enzo Angelucci and Paolo Matricardi, Complete Book of World War II Combat Aircraft, Military Press, NY, 1988. Huge coffee-table sized book with over 500 color drawings, mainly 3-views in large scale of what must be 150+ WWII planes. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

G Apostolo, FIAT CR.42. Ali d’Italia series, Bancarella Aeronautica, Turin, 1995. “Profile style monograph with plans, cutaways, photos, color profiles, and detailed history of the aircraft. Soft cover. Excellent

Rick Archbold, Hindenburg, Reliving the Era of the Great Airships: an Illustrated History, Madison Press, Toronto, 1994. Wonderful picture history of the airships, with emphasis on the Hinderburg. Great photos, drawings. Paintings by Ken Marschall. How did I end up with two copies???

J Batchelor, B.Gunston, et al, Air Power, a Modern Illustrated Military History, Exeter Books, NY, 1979. A compendium of earlier Phoebus volumes on bombers, fighters, etc.. Loaded with sketches, drawings, and John Batchelor paintings. Covers from dawn of aviation to the Jet Age. A nice single-volume resource with amazing inclusion of weird and wonderful oddities. Dust Cover. VG.

Michael JF Bowyer, Aircraft for the Royal Air Force – the Griffon Spitfire, the Albemarle Bomber, and the Shetland Flying Boat, Faber & Faber, London, 1980. Detailed monographs on each of the types. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Paul Brickhill, Escape or Die – Authentic Stories of the RAF Escaping Society, Evans Brothers, London, 1952. The author of Dambusters and The Great Escape chronicles 8 more RAF escaper adventures. Wow! Worn dust cover. Good. $5.00

Jack Broughton, Going Downtown – the War Against Hanoi and Washington, Orion , NY, 1988. The author of Thud Ridge recounts the missions of F-105 squadrons against heavily defended targets in North Vietnam. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00.

Wm. E. Burrows, Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security. Wrtitten at the height of the Cold War, the book covers the history and operations of Western and Commecon aerial and orbital “spy” forces. Very good detail on programmes, successes, failures. Random House, NY, 1986. Dust cover. VG.

D. Charles, The Story of Aircraft: Seven Decades of Powered Flight, Octopus, London, 1974. History of aviation in 140+ photos, but cames across well to raise intertest. Well selected, sharp pix. Dust cover. VG.

Tom Clancy, with Gen. Chuck Horner, Every Man a Tiger, Putnam, NY, 1999. Excellent history of the American air operations in Desert Storm. Good sense of both the Big Picture and what it was like on the missions. Dust cover. Very good. $8.00

B. Cooper and J Batchelor, Die Geschichte der Jagd-Flugzeuge (The History of Fighter Planes), Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1973. A picture book, illustrated heavily with John Batchelor drawings and paintings. Very good for WWI and Interwar colors and markings. Some photos and layout drawings. (German text) Soft cover. VG.

WF Craven and JHL Cate (eds.), The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 1, Plans and Early Operations, January, 1939 to August 1942,5. Air Historical Group, USAF, Univ of Chicago Press, Chiago, 1949. Official USAAF history. Dust cover .Very good. $10.00

WF Craven and JHL Cate (eds.), The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume II, Torch to Pointblank, August 1942 to December, 1943,Air Historical Group, USAF, Univ of Chicago Press, Chiago, 1949. Official USAAF history. Very good. $10.00

WF Craven and JHL Cate (eds.), The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume V, The Pacific Matterhorn top Nagasaki, June 1944 to August, 1945. Air Historical Group, USAF, Univ of Chicago Press, Chiago, 1949. Official USAAF history. Dust cover .Very good. $10.00

Brian Cull, Diver! Diver! Diver!, Grub Street, London, 2008. Shortly after Normandy the Germans began launching large numbers of V-1 missiles against England. They were nicknamed Divers because they were programmed to dive at a particular distance from launching. This book is a day by day, exhaustive chronicle of the RAF and USAF efforts to intercept the V-1’s. Very good. Dust cover. $10.00

Larry Davis, U-2 Spyplane in Action, Squadron-Signal, Carrollton, Texas, 1988. The U-2 and all of its variants is profiled in ths Squadron format. Soft cover. VG.

Lou Drendel, C-130 Hercules in Action, Squadron-Signal, Carrollton, Texas, 1981. The Squadron profil monograph on Herkeybirds. Soft cover. VG

Jerzy Cynk, Polish Aviation during the German Invasion September, 1939. AJ Press, Gdansk, 2000. Equipment, operations, and engagements of the Polish air force. They put up a brave and surprisingly effective defense. Tour de force, with lots of photos, drawings, color plates of profiles, insignia, etc.. Dust cover. Very good. $15.00

Larry Davis, Gunships – a Pictorial History of Spooky, Squadron-Signal, Carrollton TX,1994. Gunships originated in the Vietnam War. They were mainly transport aircraft like C-47, C-119, and C-130 that were modified for night straffing with heavy loads of MG and cannon armament. A great general source or guide for modellers. Dust jacket. Very good. $10.00

Guillaume de Syon, Zeppelin – Germany and the Airship 1900-1939, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 2002. Almost two books here. A very good and superbly documented technical and operational history of the German airships. But also a unique study of the role of the Zeppelins in the German society, especially in the post-WWI era when there

was not much else for the people to cheer about. Dust cover. Very good, but divot of dust cover misdsing. $10.00

Lou Drendel, Huey, Squadron-Signal, Carrollton TX, 1983. The UH-1 Huey was for amny years the standard USAF attack helicopter. This is a great general history, covering variants, operations, colors and markings. Great source for history buffs and modellers. Dust cover. Very good. $7.00

GR Duval, British Float Planes, Bradford Barton, Truro, 1976. Great photo collection of British floatplanes. Good source for the waterfowl enthusiast. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Roderick Dymott, Fleet Air Arm 1939-45 Portfolio, Ian Allen, London, 1981. Photo book showing FAA operations during WWII, using B&W images from the Imperial War Museum. Especially good shots on RN carriers. Printeed soft cover. Very good. $7.00

Anis Elbied and Daniel Laurelot, Curtis P-40 from 1939 to 1945, Planes and Pilots Series, Histoire & Collections, Paris, 2002. Indispensible resources for anyone modelling Curtis Hawks from P-36 to late P-40 marks. Zillions of color profiles and painted 3-views. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Jeffrey Ethell and Alfred Price, The German Jets in Combat, Janes, London, 1979. This and Ethell’s volume on the Me 163 Komet rocket fighter started the flood of books on the German “Projekt” aircraft. Still one of the best and a solid source on their actual operational service. Dust cover. Very good. $15.00

Donald Featherstone, Air War Games – Fighting Air Battles with Model Aircraft, Stanley Paul, London, 1966. The spiritual successor to HG Wells (Little Wars) writes the first known book on the subject. A classic and extremely rare. Dust cover. Good. $10.00

Roger Ford, Germany’s Secret Weapons on World War II, MBI, Osceola WI, 2000. Good general book on aircraft, missile, weapons, exotic artillery, advanced submarines, and NBC weapons, with lots of photos and color profiles. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

William Green, Famous Bombers of the Second World War, 2 nd Series. Great resoure. Green provides a very detailed profile on each of the aircraft, with B&W photos plus a 3-view and side views of other variants. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Wm. Green and G. Pollinger, The Observer’s Book of Aircraft, 1956 Edition. The standard pocket-sized reference, from the wonderful folks who have brought generations of recognition books for planes, birds, ferns, fungi, mosses, and liverworts. A small time capsule. Cover loose at spine but contents OK.

Wm. Green and G. Swanborough, The Indian Air Force and its Aircraft Golden Jubilee 1932-82. Special issue from Air International devoted entirely to Indian AF, about like

the Yearbooks they currently publish. Lots of cutaways, color profiles, color photos. Good commentaries on the little known conflictas with China and Pakistan.

Yefim Gordon and Vladimir Rigmant, MiG-15 – Design, Development, and Korean War Combat History, Motorbooks, Osceolo WI, 1993. Excellent monograph on the MiG-15, with scale plans , color profiles, and lots of B&W and color pictures. Printed soft cover. Very good. $8.00

Bill Gunston, Aircraft of World War 2, Crescent, NY, 1980. Gunston does not mess around here. He presents 40+ aircraft and illustrates them with circa 600 color paintings. Very good. Dust cover. $10.00

Hans Halberstadt, Sukhoi SU-27: Design and Development of Russia’s Super Interceptor,Motorbooks, Osceola WI, 1992. Nice, heavily illustrated monograph on the Su-27 Flanker, a brilliant traditional design still evolving as first line equipment for Russia, China, and client states. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00.

Fred Hamlin and ET Miller (eds.), The Aircraft Yearbook, 1955, Lincoln Press, Washington DC, 1956. Yearbook of the US aviation industry, including 3-views and spec’s of aircraft in production. Hard cover. Very good. $10.00

Eric Hammel, Aces Against Japan – the American Aces Speak. Pocket Books, NY, 1992. Memoirs of USN, USMC, and USAAF fighter pilots from Pearl Harbor to carrier ops of Kyushu in 1945. Good stuff. Soft cover. Very good.

W Held and W Nauroth, The Defense of the Reich – Hitler’s Night Fighter Planes and Pilots. Arco, New York, 1982. Dust cover. Excellent. A unique photo history made up of prints by German war correspondents, from surviving negatives in the German federal archives.

W Held, Fighter – Luftwaffe Fighter Planes and Pilots. Prentice-Hall, New York, 1978.Companion volume to Held’s photo history of the German night fighter force, but focussing on the day fighters. Many unique images. Dust cover. Excellent.

Robert Jackson, Fighter! The Story of Air Combat 1936-45, St. Martins, NY, 1979. Anecdotal account illustrated with details of encounters from the Spanish Civil War to chasing Me 262’s in 1945. Good read. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

G. Johnson, Airplane Model Building, Cornell Maritime Press, New York, 1946. A great look at the wonderful days when models were built almost entirely from wood. Detailed and well-illustrated introduction to how to build and finish both static and flying models. Dust cover is tattered but book is very good.

Bert Kinzey, F9F Cougar in Detail and Scale. Aero Publishers, California, 1983. Everything you could ever want to know about the USN’s first swept wing fighter. Soft cover. VG.

Raymond Lamont-Brown, Kamikaze: Japan’s Suicide Samurai, Cassell, London, 1997. Very good history of the “Special Attack” program, with emphais on the program and organiation rather than being a list od operations. Strong on the aviation elements but does cover other arms. Soft cover. Good.

Herbert Leonard and Andre Joineau, Junkers Ju 87 from 1936 to 1945, Planes and Pilots Series, Histoire & Collections, Paris, 2002. Indispensible resources for anyone modelling any versiopn of the Junkers 87 Stuka dive bomber. Zillions of color profiles and painted 3-views. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Charles A. Lindbergh, We, Grosset and Dunlap, NY, 1927. This is the original edition of Lindbergh’s classic autobiography and pioneering Trans-Atlantic flight. Dust cover worn and needs mending but binding and contents good. A collectible first edition.

Terry Love, A-37/T-37 Dragonfly in Action, Squadron-Signal, Carrollton, Texas, 1991. The classic Squadron aircraft profile. Super. Soft cover. VG.

Frank Mason, Luftwaffe Aircraft Pintings by Michael Turner. Crescent, New York, 1986. Mason was one of the most talented and prolific aviation artists. Mason comments on a compendium of 54 of his paintingas and many more sketches. Great stuff. Dust cover. Excellent.

H.M Mason, The Rise of the Luftwaffe 1918-1940. Dial Press, NY, 1973. . Comprehensive history of the clandestine renaissance of the German Luftwaffe between the end of WWI and the onset of WWII. Many B&W photos. Dust cover. VG.

Hugh McDaid and David Oliver, Robot Warriors – the Top Secret History of the Pilotless Plane, Orion, London. Good source on drones, cruise missiles and similar planes. Starts with the Baka/Okhas, Mistels and RQ’s of WWII and covers up to the S3 project (see our Shaft,Scremar and Shmac models) and early UCAV’s. Good worldwide directory. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Jim Mesko, Airmobile – The Helicopter War in Vietnam, Squadron/Signal, Carrollton TX, 1984. Great coverage of the aircraft, organization, and operations, with lots of photos and color paintings. Dust cover. Very good. $7.00

Kurt Miska, Tigercat – Air Combat Special Number 2, Eagle Aviation Pub’s, Rockaway NJ, 1971. Very well researched and heavily B&W illustrated monograph on the Grumman F7F Tigercat, including Koster 1/48 (I estimate) scale drawings. More or less like the Ginter series. Soft cover. Very good. $5.00

“Mister Kit” and G.Aders, Chasseurs de Nuit Allemands de la Derniere Guerre, (German Night Fighters of WWII), Editions Atlas, Paris, 1981. An equipment and operational history, with vg 3-views, lots of photos, paintings, and color profiles. Excellent for the modeller. (French text) Dust cover, VG, 1981.

S. Moeng (ed.) Vital Guide to Military Aircraft, Airlife Pub., Shewsbury, UK,1994. A nice little 8 ½ X 6” handbook with a color and B&W photo of each current type, a 3-view drawing, spec’s and a brief description. Hard printed covers, VG.

Kenneth Munson, German Aircrft of World War 2 in Colour, Blandford, Poole Dorsets, 1978. Good early effort to show German aircraft colour schemes. Many photos, but mainly colour 3-views and profiles. Dust cover. Very good. $7.00

Nobuo Nakatomi, NASA – NASA’s Pioneering Achievements of the Aviation Frontier, Japan, 2004. Color photos of all or most of NASA’s experimental aircraft, with short write-up on each. Japanese text but mostly photos. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

David Oliver and Mike Ryan, Warplanes of the Future, Salamander, London, 2000. Autographed. Starts with the F-35 and looks foreward. Lots of great concept artwork, and comes remarkably close to what we hve seen to date. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

David Oliver and Mike Ryan, X-Planes – Secret Planes and Secret Missions, Harper-Collins, London, 2000. Autographed. A look into the future, with lots of concept paintings that must derive from manufacturers. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

A.Pajdosz and K Zalewski, Amerkanskie Lotnictwp Pokladowe 1941-1942 (American Naval Aircraft 1941-1942, Lampart, Warsaw 1996. Nice coverage of earl WWII aircraft, operations, etc., with many photos, vg 3-view drawings, spec’s, and color plates of markings. Polish language. Soft cover, VG.

Richard Pape, Boldness Be My Friend, Riverside Press, Cambridge MA, 1953. Remarkable memoirs of a RAF navigator shot down , imprisoned, escaping, caught by the Gestapo, and ultimately reaching England. Dust cover. Good. $5.00.

SM Pavelec, The Jet Race and the Second World War, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2007. Solid history book, tracing the competition between the Allies and Germany to develop and deploy jet aircraft during WWII. Especially strong on the applications of the Whittle design. The bibliography alone is worth the price. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

C. Peebles. Dark Eagles: a History of Top Secret US Aircraft Programs, Presido, Novato, Calif., 1995. A detailed and well researched history of secret or “black” aircraft projects. He starts with the early jets during WWII and proceeds through the U-2, SR-71, etc. to the F-117A and reported projects like TR-3A and Aurora. Solid but no revelations. Dust cover, VG.

Bruce Porter, Ace – a Marine Night Fighter Pilot in World War II. Jove, NY, 1985. Memoirs of a Hellcat pilot flying night ops over the Pacific. Soft cover. Very good.

Josel “Pips” Priller, Geschichte eines Jagdgeschwaders- History of a Fighter Wing – JG.26 1937-45. JG.26 was one of the most famous German fighter units. Very good. Dust cover.

George Punka, Hungarian Air Force, Squadron_Signal, Carrollton TX, 1994. Hungarian Air Force during WWII – operations, aircraft, colors and markings. Great for the modeller. Printed soft covers. Very good. $10.00

Francois Rude, Airliners – the Main Types in Service Worldwide, Solarama, Paris, 1974. Slim but nicely produced spotters guide to airliners, with a writeup, 1-2 photos, ansd a 3-view of each type. French text. Printed soft cover. $3.00

R.Russo, Mustangs and Messerschmitts, Falcon Games, Calif., 1983. This is the grand-daddy of all the air warfare games, and the book is the original game manual. Incredible detail on how to tool up, set up, organize a game, maneuver, fire, and assess results. Includes lots of scenarios from various theaters. Now a rare collectible but eclipsed by the current simplified and computer run wargames. Soft cover. VG.

Jerry Scutts, Wolfpack – Hunting MiGs over Vietnam, Motorbooks, Osceola WI, 1988. Operations of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, flying F-4 Phantoms on air-air, bombing, and countermeasures missions. $7.00

Milan Sestak, Directory of Rockets, Aircract and Armoured Vehicles, Nase Vojsko, Prague, 1964. Czech language. Encyclopedia of military technology in the mid-1960’s. Lots of 3-views – probably from Letectvi + Letadla and pictures of Western / NATO hardware. $6.00

William Smallwood, Warthog – Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War, Brassey’s , McLean VA, 1993. Memoirs of Desert Storm missions. Nothing else like this anywhere. Dust jacket. Very good. $15.00

Martin Streetly, World Electronic Warfare Aircraft, Janes, London, 1983. If you are into AWACS, ELINT, Anti-sub, defence suppression, and other E-warfare types, this is the bok for you. Authoritative Janes plans show all the bumps, radomes, domes pods, etc. and explain what they do. Only Janes or an intelligence agency could pull this off. $10.00

K Stroschen, Tails, Albert Nauck Verlag, Berlin, 1995. Art book of prints of montages derived from or inspired by the colorful designs painted on the tails of WWII Japanese aircraft. The original artwork was done by Berlin artists and well known Wiking collector Gunter Wirth. Beautifully produced. Dust cover. Excellent. Includes autographed insert by Gunter.

Bill Sweetman, Aircraft 2000 – The Future of Aerospace Technology, Miitary Press, NY, 1984. Sweetman specializes in future developments, talking about how 21st Century tech will change aerospace, military aircraft, airliners, and even private aviation. Lots of photos of experimentals and artists impressions. Veey good. Dust cover. $6.00

Bill Sweetman, Mike Spick, Bill Gunston, et al, The Great Book of Modern Warplanes, Salamander, NY, 1987. Oversized coffee table book. Each chapter is an excellent monograph on one aircraft, with 1000+ photos, 200 color illustrations, lots of 3-views, and so on. Covers A-10, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18, F-111, B-1B, F-4 AV8B Harrier, and a book by itself on MiG’s. A monster! $16.00

Michael JH Taylor, Jet Warplanes – the Twenty-First Century, Exeter, NY, 1986. Stealth, avionics, fighters, bombers with lots of color and concept drawings. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Michael Taylor, Fighter Aircraft, WH Smith, London, 1983. Misleading title. This is actually a survery of all military aircraft in service just after the Falklands War. Lots of cutaway drawings and color photos, but really keyed to the general reader. Dust cover, VG.

Barrett Tillman, MiG Master: the Story of the F-8 Crusader, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1990. The USN’s first supersonic jet and the most successful air-air aircraft in Vietnam. Buy Tillman’s other USN aircraft histories when you can.Dust cover. Very good. $7.00.

RF Toliver, The Interrogator – the Story of Hans-Joachim Scharff, Master Interogator of the Luftwaffe, Schiffer Pubs., Aglen, PA, 1997. Scharff was apparently a remarkable fellow at questioning POW’s. Became a guru of sorts for NATO trainers. Dust cover. Excellent.

Gen. JJ Tolson, Airmobility in Vietnam – Helicopter Warfare in Southeast Asia, Arno Press, NY, 1981. An operational history covering the evolving strategies and tactics during the course of the war. Well presented but says little about the horrendous losses of men and machines. Good battle illustrations. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

SM Ulanoff, ed., World War II Aircraft in Combat, Arco, New York, 1976. This is the stuff of imagination. 43 paintings by Glenn Bavousett showing the classic fighters and bombers in vivid action. Makes me want to grab my air brush. Soft cover. VG.RH Fredette, The Sky on Fire: the First Battle of Britain, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, NY, 1966. Probably still the best source on the 1917-1918 bombing blitz of England by the German Gotha and Staaken Giant raiders. The Zeppelins got more press, but this was a much greater

-------- Su-47 and 1.44, Russian language 140+ page book on the Su-47 forward swept fighter prototype and the MiG 1.44 fighter still in development. Color pictures and 3-views. About the size of a paperback, dated 2002 .

NavalA Adcock, US Ballistic Missile Subs in Action, Squadron Signal, Texas, 1993. Useful either for the naval enthusiast or the model builder, this follows the Squadron “in Action” format of an informative history, type descriptions and spec’s, and color paintings, lots of photos, and scale authoritative drawings. These are the best public access source on US SSBN’s. Soft cover. VG.

TL Bosiljevac, SEALS, UDT/ SEAL Operations in Vietnam, Presidio, Boulder CO, 1990. A detailed and comprehensive look at the development of the USN Special Forces units and their remarkable achievements in the Vietnam Conflict. Very well done. Factual without the sensationalism these units have evoked lately. Dust cover. VG.

Robert Bulkley, At Close Quarters – PT Boats in the US Navy. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2003. A comprehensive look at USN PT boat ops in both the Pacific and ETO during WWII. With all the PT-109 publicity we easily forget the enormous contributions of those crews throughout WWII. Soft cover. Very good.

Christopher Chant, Submarines of the 20th Century, Tiger Books, London, 1996. A history of military submarines, heavily spiced with photos and John Batchelor paintings. Dust cover. VG.

Tom Clancy, SSN-Strategies of Naval Warfare, Berkley, NY, 1996. The famed novelist spins out 15 very plausible mission scenarios involving a US 688 Class nuclear attack sub. These look very much like actual training challenges. Very good. Printed soft cover. $5.00.

Tom Clancy, Submarine: a Guided tour Inside a Nuclear Warship, Berkley, NY, 1993. Clancy was known for his incredible detail and realism. Here he essentially gives his readers his files on the SSN or nuclear attack submarine. Very good. Printed soft cover. $5.00

Tom Clancy, Carrier : A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier, Berkley, NY, 1999. All you need to know about nuclear carriers, their crews, aircraft, and missions. Clancy wrote a number of non-fiction “guided Tour” books, and they are uniformly solid. Very good. Printed soft cover. $5.00

Editions Atlas (no author credited) Ships of the First World War, Atlas Editions/Glenat, Issy le Moulinoux, 1997. French language text but all spec’s and pictures and drawings. Great resource for ship collectors, especially those who follow ranges like Navis. Dust cover. Very good. $15.00

Frederick Emmons, The Atlantic Liners 1925-70, Crown, NY, 1972. An exhaustive directory of the world’s ocean liners from the golden age of the 1920’s, country by country and then by shipping line. Ships are covered by basic spec’s and a side view drawing. Waterline ship collectors will love it. Very good. Dust cover. $5.00

Edw. Ellsberg, Hell on Ice: the Saga of the “Jeanette”. Dodd & Mead, NY, 1938. The barque “Jeanette” was outfitted in 1879 to explore the Arctic Ocean and if possible reach the North Pole. They were trapped in the ice and the trek of her survivors is one of the great stories of naval history. Ellsberg is a captivating writer, best knon in the submarine literature. No dust cover. Fair-to good.

Edw. Ellsberg, Hell on Ice: the Saga of the “Jeanette”. Dodd & Mead, NY,1950 reprint. The barque “Jeanette” was outfitted in 1879 to explore the Arctic Ocean and if possible reach the North Pole. They were trapped in the ice and the trek of her survivors is one of the great stories of naval history. Ellsberg is a captivating writer, best knon in the submarine literature. No dust cover. good.

DM Goldstein and KV Dillon, The Way it Was -Pearl Harbor: the Original Photographs, Brasseys, Washington, 1991. 430 photographs tell the story from before the attack, during, and the aftermath. An amazing compendium with images from both sides. Dust cover. VG.

Michael and Gladys Green, The Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, Edge Books, Mankato MN, 2005. Slim book but decent introduction to the still current generation. Printed hard cover. Very good. $2.00

Paul Hamlyn (author undeclared), The Adventure of Ships, Hamlyn, London, 1968. Large format book coverin g history from dugouts to battleships. I bought it for the illustrations, which are all lovely paintings of various types in action.Great for the imagination and for picturing realistic finishes. Good but dust cover a bit worn. $5.00

Ishiwata (ed.),Ships of the World, No. 374, 1987. One of those heavyweight “Maru” Japanese journals, absolutely packed with photos and scale drawings. Mostly side views. This issue features reviews of world submarines, aircraft carriers, and other surface ships.

Henry Keatts and George Farr, Dive into History – Volume 3: U-Boats, Pisces, Houston, 1994. Marine archeologists have compiled histories and dive reports on U-Boat wrecks off the coast of the US and Canada. Lots of scuba-accessible and well-preserved sites. Nicely illustrated with drawings, maps, photos. Very good. Printed soft cover. $10.00

John Keegan, The price of Admiralty: the Evolution of Naval Warfare, Penguin Books, NY, 1988. The author of The Face of Battle dissects the battles of Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway, and the Atlantic as exemplars of how naval combat has evolved. Probably the best out there. Paperback. Very good. $3.00.

Dick Keresy, PT 105, Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1996. Keresy was the Captain of PT-105 and a squadron mate of JFK. He served in 20+ engagements in the SW Pacific. These are his memoirs. Eccellent. Dust Jacket. $5.00

IM Korotkin, Seeunfälle und Katastrophen von Kriegsschiffen (Naval Accidents and Disasters), Militärverlag der DDR, Berlin, 1986. The Osties were always a glum bunch, but this remarkable book is especially frightening. Korotkin chronicles the modern history of fires, explosions, collisions, and storms that wrecked or sank warships. A remarkable work. Who needs enemies?? (German language). Printed covers, VG.

Björn Landström, Egyptiska Skepp (Egyptian Boat), International Book Production, Stockholm, 1970. One of a gorgeous oversize series on naval architecture, this is mainly an art book. However, it also traces the ancient Egyptian ship building and sea travel through the classic age. Wonderful sketches, drawings, and color illustrations. $15.00

HT Lenton, American Battleships, Carriers, and Cruisers – Navies of the Second World War Series, MacDonald, London, 1968. Pocket sized book similar to Wm. Greene’s Warplanes series. Witeup and a B&W photo for each ship. Handy reference. Good. Frayed dust cover. $3.00

HT Lenton, Warships from 1860 to the Present Day, Hamlyn, London, 1974. 1860 marked the entry of iron hulled ships. Nice little history with losts of good paintings to stir the imagination. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Andy Lightbody and Joe Poyer. Submarines – Hunter/Killers and Boomers, Publications Intl., Lincolnwood IL, 1990. Large format photo heavy book with lots o color from defense publications. Nice coverage of US and Soviet boats. I used it mainly as a guide for painting and posing model submarines. Very good. Dust cover. $10.00

Charles MacHandy, Send Down a Dove, Collins, London, 1973. The best sub war novel I know of. A RN boat is trapped on the bottom in the Baltic. Good. Paperback. $1.00

Alfred Thayer Mahan, Mahan on Naval Strategy. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1991. Mahan is THE classic author on the dynamics of naval strategy. The book is a compendium of his core writings. Clausewitz should have read Mahan first. No dust cover. VG.

HJ Mau and CE Scurrell, Aircraft Carrier and Carrier Aircraft, Trans Press, Berlin, 1991. Germn language survey of carriers and carrier borne aircraft from before WWI. Good coverage of the major ships and types, accompanied by photos and side elevation drawings. Printed hard cover. Very good. $10.00.

William McFee (ed.) The World’s Great Tales of the Sea, World, Cleveland, 1944. An all-star selection of sea stories from Crane, Kipling, London, Forester, McFee himself and others. Good reading. Good condition, with tattered dust cover. $2.00

Tom McGregor, The Making of Master and Commander- the Far Side of the World: an Official Guide to the Motion Picture, Norton, NY, 2003. Lavish color documentation of the movie based on Philip O’Brien’s novel of the same title. Adventures of Capt. Jack Aubrey RN during the Napoleanic Wars. Probably modelled on the career of Cochrane. Very good. Printed soft cover. $10.00

Kevin McMurray, Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria, Touchstone, NY, 2001. The ocean liner Andrea Doria sank in 1956 after being rammed by another ship. She lies just 250 feet down on the Continental Shelf south of Martha’s Vinyard. This is the story of exploration on the wreck. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Eberhard Möller, Secret Naval Projects: Hellmuth Walter and his Developments, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart. Walter was the engineer who pioneered the use of H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) fueled motors for aircraft (eg, Me 163, missiles,torpedos, and in particular U-Boats. German language but mainly photos and plans. Wild stuff and much more usable than most of the drawing board “Projekt” stuff. Very good. Printed hard cover. $2.00

Naval Submarine League, United States Submarines, Sonanalysts Inc., Waterford CT, 2002. Huge coffee table book covering USN submarines and sub force operations from the Revolutionary War to the 21st century. Exrtremely well researched and illustrated with photos, paintings, and charts. Great general source or as a gift for sub vet’s and other enthusiasts. $20.00

Stuart Nelson Oceanographic Ships – Fore and Aft, Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, 1971. The only known reference on US oceanographic ships. Satrts in the 1700’s and covers into the 1960’s. B&W pictures and writeups with spec’s for each ship. $10.00

Richard O’Neill, Suicide Squads – the Men and Machines of World War II Special Operations, Salamander, London, 1999. There were two versions of this book. This one focuses almost exclusively on the manned torpedos, midget submarines, explosive laden speedboats and similar contrivances that were used, some with startling successes. Printed soft cover, good. $5.00

Michael Powell, Graf Spee – The Battle of the River Plate, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1956. The voyage and eventual scuttling of the German pocket BB. Good to fair ex library copy with stains inside cover where dust cover is taped. $5.00

Anthony Preston, The World’s Great Aircraft Carriers from the Civil War to the Present, Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, 2000. Nicely illustrated basic history of carriers, with lots of profile paintings. Everyone needs an overview, especially for recognizing the very early attempts like Civil War balloon carriers. Very good. Dust cover. $8.00

Gaddis Smith, Britain’s Clandestine Submarines, 1914-1915, Yale, New Haven, 1964. Yale historian explains how UK got submarines built despite US neutrality issues. Better than many mysteries. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Andrzei Sobucki and Mirostaw Skwiot, The Battleship Richelieu: Super Drawings in 3D, Kagero, Lublin. 2012. A kind of book that only recently appeared. The authors created a 3D digital model of the French BB. From that model they rendered lifelike, detailed drawings of whole views from every conceivable perspective, along with detail views down to tiny components. A tour de force of what can be achieved. A super tool for the modeller or collector. Makes you want the Trumpeter or Polish card kit, and just plain lust for the Latvian desk model. Also includes conventional 1:400 plan view drawings. We used their VIIC edition for our 1/200 U-Boat. Excellent. Printed soft cover. $15.00.

Kenneth Sewell and Clint Richmond, Red Star Rogue: the Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine’sd Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S., Simon & Schuster, NY, 2005. I hope this is speculation. The book alleges that the Soviet missile sub K-129 that sank and was recovered by the Glomar Explorer was sunk by an explosion in one of her own launch tubes. Explosive story if remotely true. Excellent. Dust cover. $10.00

EB Potter (ed.) Sea Power – a Naval History, US Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1981. Core text on naval history, with each chapter on campaigns and battles written by a specialist. Printed hard cover. Very good. $10.00

Edward Rickenbacker, Seven Came Through, Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including his Message to America, Doubleday Doran, NY, 1943. This is the original first edition of Eddie Rickenbacker’s survival in inflatyeable life rafts. Rickenbacker was America’s ace of aces in WWI, making his feat even more remarkable. Gooid. Fair dust cover. $5.00

Critchell Rimington, Merchant Fleets – A Survey of Merchant Navies of the World, Dodd and Mead, NY, 1944. A good attempt at showing readers the vital wartime of merchant ships, along with a look at the cargo, tanker, etc. ships of the major combatants in WWII. Ex library copy but good condition. $5.00

Wiliam Rice, Pearl Harbor Story, December 7, 1941, Swak, Honolulu, 1975. Small 48pp paperbound guide aimed at tourists and transferees. Also published in Japanese! Good summary of what happened and what to see. Printed soft cover, very good. $2.00

Critchell Rimington, Fighting Fleets, 1943 Edition –Dodd and Mead, NY, 1943. A review of combat ships of the world powers. A military buff or average family might

have bought this instead of the manifold more expensive Janes Fighting Ships. Ex library copy in faircondition. Cover over spine should be reglued. $5.00

Miroslaw Skwiot and ET Prusinowska, Operation Rheinubung, the Hunt for the Bismark. One of the AJ Press Battles and Campaigns series, this is the photo history of the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May, 1941, when the battleship Bismark and cruiser Prinz Eugen sallied into the North Atlantic. Super photos, line drawings, maps, color plans. Polish language. Dust cover. Very good. $7.50.

Linda Sunshine and Antonia Felix (ed’s) Pearl Harbor: the Movie and the Moment, Hyperion Books,, NY, 2001. An unusal concept that actually works. The book uses both historical material and shots from the film production to tell the story oif Pearl Harbor. Then it switches gears and shows the back story of the film. Well done. Very good. Dust cover. $10.00

Shelley Tanaka, On Board the Titanic, an I was There Book, Hyperion, NY, 1996. Good general history illustrated with numerous wonderful Ken Marschall paintings. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Geoffrey Till, Modern Sea Power, Vol.1, Brassey’s , London, 1987. Basic intoduction to sea power, strategy, technology. Written for the journalist, government official, etc. Well done. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Robt. Trumbull, The Raft, Holt, NY, 1942. Phenomenal survivor story, published in 1942 when Americans really needed good news. The story of 3 USN airmen who survived 34 days with no rations on a rubber life raft after their scout bomber went down in the South Pacific. Dust cover, VG

US Navy (reprinted), US Navy Seal Combat Manual, Lancer, no location or year. Facsimile copy of material from basic SEAL manual. Covers doctrine, tasks, equipment, methods, improvisations – all in very clear terms with good graphics. Best not to share this with Junior or neighborhood baddies, as the how-to portions are scarey. Printed soft cover. Very good. $6.00.

Dan Van der Vat, Stealth at Sea – the History of the Submarine, Houghton-Mifflin, NY, 1994. Very detailed and readable history of the submarine from the early boats like Turtle to the current nukes. Excellent history and analysis. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Lee Vyborny and Don Davis, Dark Waters – an Insider’s Account of the NR-1, the Cold War’s Undercover Nuclear Sub. Excellent account of the hush-hush overachiever. Let’s just say that maybe her other exploits will be declassified someday. Read the book. Buy the model. Printed soft cover. $5.00

Douglas Waller, Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine, Harper-Collins, NY, 2001. Three months on the Nebraska sure provides enough to answer

almost any question. Certainly makes you respect the crews who do that for a career. Excellent. Dust cover. $10.00

Conrad Waters, ed., Seaforth World Naval Review:2014. Seaforth, UK, 2013. The Seaforth annual costs around 5% of a Janes, and is a great source for maritime andn weapons development updates. Very good. Dust jacket. $15.00

Anthony Watts (ed.). Janes Underwater Warfare Systems 1993-94, Janes Info Group, Alexandria, 1993. The technologies of submarine and anti-sub warfare, C4i, weapons, communications, countermeasures, etc. Ex-library copy, good condition. $10.00

Gary Weir, Forged in War: the Naval-Industrial Complex and American Submarine Construction, 1940-1961, USN Naval Historical Center, Washington, 1993. Behind the accomplishments of the USN submarine force in WWII and during the Cold War was the interaction between the Bureau of Ships, the operational Navy, and the corporations which built and maintained generations of submarines. Great read, and nothing else like it. Very good. Dust cover. $10.00

William L. White, They Were Expendable, Harcourt Brace, NY, 1942. The original story of MTB Squadron 3 and their efforts against overwelming odds to slow the Japanese advance in the Philipines. The last survivors brought MacArthur out. This is the original edition. Very good. Dust cover. $10.00.

Ancient and historic warfare – conflicts to the 19th century

Thomas B. Allen, George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War. Natl. Geographic Society, Washington, 2004. Entertaining account of how (sometimes) good intelligence, espionage, deception, and denying information to the British commanders helped the Home Team. Dust cover, VG.

John Brick, Jubilee, Doubleday, NY, 1956. Sherman’s US Civil War march through Georgia to the ocean. Confederatophobes will really enjoy it. Hard cover, no wraps, good. $2.00.

Owen Connelly, Blundering to Glory – Napolean’s Military Campaigns, SR Books, Wilmington DE, 1987. Napolean Bonaparte was special. Maybe a genius at getting the best from the troops and weapons available. A scrambler, perhaps. Yet his gifts were employed mainly to rescue ill-conceived plans. Superb analysis. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Peter Connolly, Greece and Rome at War, MacDonald, London, 1981. A real classic on Greek and Roman armies and fleets. Beautiful custom artwork by Connolly throughout. This is a reprint of earlier volumes covering Greek and Roman warfare separately. Very good but dust cover hors de combat.

Cyril Falls, The Art of War from the Age of Napoleon to the Present Day, Oxford, NY, 1961. Classical insights on operational and tactical engagements. Printed soft cover. Good but some underlining. $1.00

Geoffrey Moorhouse, India Britannica, Harper & Row, NY, 1983. Lavishly illustrated and well told history of the English presence in India, from the East India Company to post WWII independence. Good coverage of the military operations against local rajahs and in what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Myamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings, Overlook Press, NY, 1974. A reprint of the classic Japanese tome on strategy. Soft cover. Excellent condition but the top right corners of the front cover and first few pages are torn, $1.00

CWC Oman, The Art of War in the Middle Ages, Cornell, Ithaca, 1953. Interesting accounts of how combat evolved. Not terribly insightful. Printed soft cover. Very good. $1.00George Scheer and Hugh Rankin, Mentor, NY, 1957. The American Revolution taken from letters, diaries, and battlefield reports. “Real” history! Printed soft cover. Good. $2.00

John Warry, Warfare in the Classical Age, Salamander, London, 1980. The Salamander books were the Osprey’s of the preceding generation. Super, well-illustrated coverage of Greek and Roman weapons, warriors, and warfare. For sale only because I have two copies. Very good. Dust cover.

John Warry, Warfare in the Classical Age, SalamanderBook, Univ. of Oklahoma Press reprint, Norman, 1995. The Salamander books were the Osprey’s of the preceding generation. Super, well-illustrated coverage of Greek and Roman weapons, warriors, and warfare. For sale only because I have two copies – oops – make that three!. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Modern warfare – the 19th (USCW onward), 20th, and 21st centuries

Thomas B Allen, War Games, Berkley , NY, 1987. This is professional gaming by armed forces, corporations, and governments. They are used to develop and test ideas, to prove methods and technologies, and to rehearse for the real thing. What we know as recreational gaming is a very indirect approximation, but could be greatly improved by learning from the pro’s. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Aaron Bank, From OSS to Green Berets – the Birth of the Special Forces, Presidio, Novato CA, 1986. Col. Bank was essentially the father of the US Special Forces. This is the inside view of how they evolved from the WWII OSS. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

William Baxter, Soviet AirLand Battle Tactics, Presidio, Novato CA, 1986. A detailed analysis of Soviet army doctrine. How they move, support, attack, defend, and so on. Excellent general briefing, and for today you need do little more than change the “Soviet” to “Russian”. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Christopher Chant, World War II Airborne Invasions – Paratroops and Glider Borne Forces in Action, Marshall-Cavendish, NY, undated circa 1975. A profusely illustrated edition from their World War II Special series. 64 pp with some color photos and artwork. Organised by nation. Soft cover $3.00.

Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon, Putnam, NY, 2000. Convincing fictional account of Chinese exploitation of Russian and Western weakness. Sound familiar? Very good. Dust cover. $2.00

Tom Clancy, Shadow Warriors – Inside the Special Forces, Berkeley, NY, 2002. Really valuable look at the special ops commands of the armed forces. As challenges move toward low intensity and unconventional conflict, those units will be even more critical. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00.

Eliot Cohen and John Gooch, Military Misfortunes – The Anatomy of Failure in War, Vintage Books, NY, 1990. Nothing seems to change. Failure to anticipate, to learn on the fly, to adapt, and sometimes to admit failure before catastrophe. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Richard Condon, The Winter War – Russia against Finland, Ballantine Books, NY, 1972, Part of Ballantine’s Illustrated History of WWII. A solid history of the Russo-Finnish war and its continuation. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Anthony Cordesman and Abraham Wagner, The Lessons of Modern War, Vol. III, the Afghan and Falklands Conflicts, Westview Press, Boulder CO, 1990. Well known commentator looks at the long Soviet invervention in Afghanistan and the UK-Argentinian conflict over the Falklands Islands. Excellent analysis. Printed soft cover. Very good. $4.00

JP Cross, Jungle Warfare – Experiences and Encounters, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1989. Very nice history and summary of learned lessons, illustrated mainly by the British post-WWII experience. Obstructed terrain with flora and fauna that may be as bad as the adversary.Dust cover. Very good $5.00

Burke Davis, Marine! The life of Chesty Puller, Bantam, NY, 1962. Biography of Gen. Lewis Puller, USMC, winner of 5 Navy Crosses in WWII and Korea. Inspirational! Printed soft cover. Very good. $2.00

Peter Darman, Surprise Attack – Lightning Strikes of the World’s Elite Forces, Barnes & Noble, NY, 1993. The title is misleading, but the contents are great. Darman presents a large number of engagements from 1939 in Poland to Desert Storm, each illustrates a lesson about doing the unexpected in battle. Superb use of maps and paintings showing the event in 3D. Dust cover. Very good. $7.00

Michael Dewar, War in the Streets : the Stiory of Urban Combat from Calais to Khafji. Almost a manual in its coverage. Fighting in built up areas can be enormously challenging, but it is a reality for today’s forces. Well prsented. Dust cover. Very good. $6.00

Michael Dewar, The Art of Deception in Warfare. David and Childs, Devon, 1989. Remarkable book , full of info on camouflage, concealment, deception, and anything else that would deny situational awareness to an adversary. Dust cover. Very good.

Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel – The Fates of Human Societies, Norton, NY, 1999. This belongs with the military books although the thrust is broader. Our society may be playing Russian Roulette either solo or in competition with others. Scarey stuff. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00.

Kevin Dockery, Seals in Action, Avon, NY, 1991. Good history of the USN special force units from the UDT-Frogman teams of WWII to Vietnam and Grenada. Nice combination of history and action accounts. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Karl C. Dod, The Corps of Engineers in the War Against Japan, US Army Center for Military History, Washington, 1987. A unique volume – the Engineers did not get much love. Almost 800 pages of detailed description of the Corps of Engineers contributions to building bases, roads, ports, airfields, etc.., often under fire. Printed soft cover. $10.00

Hans Dolliger, The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Bonanza Books, NY, 1967. A remarkable picture history of the last 100 days of WWII, drawn both from publications and private archives. A useful and sobering source on a period about which we have little organized information. Dust cover. Good.

Trevor Dupuy, Understanding War: History and Theory of Combat, Paragon House, NY, 1987. Col. Dupuy preceded me at HERO. His breadth of historic knowledge was remarkable. Here he lays out his general theory of combat dynamics, with heavy emphasis on the bases of combat effectiveness as those mediate force. Dust cover. Very good

John English, On Infantry, Praeger, NY, 1981. Canadian Jack English presents the most readable, lucid account of the evolution of the infantry force since the 1800’s. The guys with “boots on the ground” are the basis of everything else but get lost in current tech-happy treatments. First class work! Soft cover. $5.00.

John English, The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign: a Study of Failure in High Command.Praeger, NY, 1991. The Canadian Army fought bravely and effectively at the company and battalion level wherever they were deployed. They were let down and sometimes suffered terribly because of failures in higher levels of command. The disasters at Normandy were just one well documented example. Dust cover. VG. $10.00.

JJ Ewell and AI Hunt (eds) Sharpening the Combat Edge – the Use of Analysis to Reinforce Military Judgement, Department of the Army, Washington, DC, 1974. Good official application of how field experience can be used to generate valuable Lessons Learned. Based on ops in Vietnam. Hard cover. Very good. $5.00

Bernard Fall, Street Without Joy, Stackpole, Harrisburg PA, 1961. The best and most readable account of the struggles in hat was once French Indochina between the French fores and the Communist-Nationalist revolutionaries. Covers to the very early US ops in what became known to the rest of the world as the Second Indohina War. No covers. Good.

(second copy) Bernard Fall, Street Without Joy, Stackpole, Harrisburg PA, 1961. The best and most readable account of the struggles in hat was once French Indochina between the French fores and the Communist-Nationalist revolutionaries. Covers to the very early US ops in what became known to the rest of the world as the Second Indohina War. No covers. Good.

Cyril Falls, The Great War, Capricorn Books, NY, 1959. The classic one-volume history of WWI. Especially good coverage of the ar at sea and in usually ignored theaters like Africa, the Eastern Front, and the Middle East. Soft cover. Good

Cyril Falls, A hundred Years of War 1850-1950, Collier, NY, 1962. Military historian Falls chronicles the emergence of citizen armies, modern weapons, and total war. Especially valuable for coverage of the “other” wars between WWI and WWII. Paperback. Very good. $2.00

George Feifer, The Battle of Okinawa – the Blood and the Bomb, Lyons Press, Guilford CT, 2001. Superb history of the Okinawa operations, the bloodiest and arguably most ferocious of the Pacific War. It ulimately explains our decision to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki rather than mount a land invasion. Printed soft cover. Very good. $8.00

Bernard Fitzsimmons, ed., The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, Volume 2: Anab to Aviocar. Columbia House, NY, 1977. One volume of an immense work cataloging all sorts of weapons and equipment. Printed hard cover. Very good. $3.00.

Bernard Fitzsimmons, ed., The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, Volume 7: D12 to Doxa. Columbia House, NY, 1977. One volume of an

immense work cataloging all sorts of weapons and equipment. Printed hard cover. Very good. $3.00.

John Foster, Guadalcanal General: the Story of A.A.Vandegrift. Morrow, NY, 1966. General Vandegrift won the Medal of Honor for his command of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal in 1942-43. He was also the author of the US island-hopping strategy and later the commandant of the USMC. Great biography. Dust cover. Good ex-libris.

Franz Frisch and Wilbur Jones, Condemneds to live – a Panzer Artilleryman’s Five-Front War, Burd Street Press, Shippensburg PA, 2000. Terrifying experiences of an enlisted man in Poland, France, Russia, and Italy-Sicily. A survivor. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00.

Richard Gabriel, Military Incompetence – Why the American Military Doesn’t Win, Noonday, NY, 1985. Another assessment by a guy who was there. Post-Vietnam operations (still) crippled by bad intelligence, poor execution, and bad planning, especially at the top. Our warfighting improved since Vietnam but not much can be said for our strategy.. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Paddy Griffith, Battle Tactics of the Civil War, Yale, New Haven, 1987. Excellent analysis. Griffith describes the USCW as the “last of the Napoleanic Wars”. Especially if you think of France against France! Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Paddy Griffith, Forward into Battle, Fighting Tactics from Waterloo to the Near Future,Crowood, Swindon, 1990. I like Griffith’s thinking. His specialty is tsking the prevailing wisdom and noting its limitations. Boots on the ground will always make a difference. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Heinz Guderian, Panzer Leader, Michael Joseph, London, 1970. Guderian was a Wehrmacht Panzer general and field marshall commander , eventually becoming the chief of the Army General Staff. A lot of great insights in his memoirs. Dusrt cover. Very good. $5.00

Eric Hammel, Guadalcanal: Starvation Island. Very well researched study of the Guadalcanal campaign of 1942-43. Almost unique for his use of interviews with many hundred participants. Insightful thoughts about a turning point that could have gone the other way. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Michael Handel, War, Strategy, and Intelligence, War College, Carlisle, 1989. Essays on the limits of rationality in military decisions and the implications for strategy. Great truth here although it does no go as far as I would have liked. Printed soft cover. $5.00

M.Hargrove, See Here, Private Hargrove, Holt, NY, 1942. Lively and often humorous account of learning to be a soldier in the US Army in 1940-42. Good.

HMSO – uncredited, Combined Operations: the Offiial Story of the Commandos. Macmillan, NY, 1943. Excellent history of British and Commonwealth commando forces in WWII up to Dieppe. The forefathers of hat we now know as speial forces. Surprising wartime candor and detail. No dust over, VG.

Jon T. Hoffman, Once a Legend – “Red Mike” Edson of the Marine Raiders, Presidio, Novato CA, 1994. Inspirational biography of Edson, who along with Chesty Puller remains a legend of the USMC. Dust cover. Very good. $8.00

Ian V. Hogg, Coast Degences of England and Wales,1856-1956, David & Charles, London, 1974. Very thorough and well illustrated treatment of coastal fortifications and seacoast artillery defences. Between those and digging the Channel, the Brit’s have successfully avoided invasions since 1066. Dust cover, Very good. $5.00

Richard Holmes, Acts of War: the Behavior of Man in Battle. Free Press, NY, 1989. Holmes attempts to brroaden the insights of authors like Keegan and SLA Marshall to something like the combat experience. Particularly good attention to issues like cohesion, the community setting, the vision of the adversary. A definite contribution. Soft cover. $5.00

Edwin Hoyt, The Marine Raiders, Pocket Books, NY, 1989. History of the 1st and 2nd Marine Raider Battalions in jungle warfare in the Pacific. Forerunners of the Green Berets and USMC Force Recon. Glad those guys were on our side! Printed soft cover. Very good. $2.00

Infantry Journal, Infantry in Battle, Marine Corps Association reprint edition, Quantico, 1986. Nobody does Lessons Learned better than the Marines. You could learn your trade well from this 1939 classic. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Stuart Johnson and Alexander Levis, Science of Command and Control, Part II – Coping with Complexity, AFCEA, Fairfax, 1989. Excellent collection of articles about how to overcome the challenges of command, control, communications, and intelligence under inevitably chaotic battle conditions. Great book for systems approach but this is exactly the insight that led us to develop the approach of certainty creation and denial. $5.00

Larry Kahaner, Competitive Intelligence: How to Gather, Analyze, and Use Information to Move Your Business to the Top. Touchstone, NY, 1997. Very comprehensive treatment of what we call unobtrusive intelligence – what you can learn without actually influencing a competitor or adversary. Soft cover. Very good.

Robert Kaplan, Balkan Ghosts – a Journey through History, Vintage, NY, 1994. Kaplan’s analysis of why Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania are the way they are. We need to understand before we can deal with them effectively. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Robert Kaplan, The Ends of the Earth – a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy, Vintage, NY, 1996. Another swath of troubled countries, from West Africa to Cambodia. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Robert Kaplan, Eastward to Tartary – Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus, Random House, NY, 2000. Kaplan is my best single-source commentator on hot spots. Here he takes us through the ancient lands of the Turkish empire(s) and adds a return to the Balkns as a follow-up to Balkan Ghosts. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Ephraim Kam, Surprise Attack – the Victim’s Perspective, Harvard Press, Cambridge MA, 1988. Israili War College analyst writes with the perspective and experience of a region where advance warning is an endangered species. The conclusions are even more valid in today’s limited and asymetric warfare environment. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

John Keegan, The Mask of Command, Viking Penguin, NY, 1987. Keegan, best known for his Face of Battle, gives a superb analysis of types of top military leadership, focussing on Alexander, Wellington, Grant, Hitler, etc.. Soft cover. Very good.

John Keegan, The Face of Battle, Viking Press, NY, 1976. The seminal work on the psychology of battle. Absolutely brilliant insights. War as the competition for situational awareness, cohesion, and coherance.Dust cover. Very good. $5.00.

John Keegan, Six Armies in Normandy – From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris, Penguin, NY, 1984. Probably the best overall account, by the author of Face of Battle. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

John Keegan, The Battle for History, Vintage Books, NY, 1996. A thought-provoking assessment of the nature and quality of military history and the lessons learned. Even WWII remains fraught with controversy. Soft cover. VG. $5.00

John Keegan, A History of Warfare, Knopf, NY, 1993, As you would expect this is one of the best, touching on everything from Stone-Age ritual combat to today’s Total War. Extremely readable despite the complexity. Dust cover $6.00

NA Kellett, The Regimental System and Combat Motivation, Dept of National Defense Monograph, Ottawa, 1984. A history of the regimental system in the Canadian Army. Canada, like much of Europe, bases it’s army on territorial regiments. Soldiers train, serve, fight, and come home with their neighbors and classmates. It makes a big difference. Soft cover monograph. VG

Graeme Kent, Guadalcanal: Ordeal Island. Ballantine’s Campaign Book Vol.14, Ballantine, NY, 1971. Excellent paperback treatment, with many b&w photos and very well presented maps. Soft cover. VG. $5.00

Siegfried Knappe, Soldat – Reflections of a German Soldier 1936-1949, Dell, NY, 1992. Memoirs of a Wehrmacht officer who served mainly on the Russian Front and then survived 5 years on a Soviet prison. You won’t need any more books on Hell. Printed soft cover. Very good. $2.00

John Laffin, Jackboot, a History of the German Soldier 1713-1945, Barnes & Noble, NY, 1994. The common German soldier performed more or less at the level other countries are happy to have in their elite units. Laffin traces it back to indoctrination and training plus cohesion. Most interesting aspect was the training for resourcefulness and individual iniative: the core traits of professionals. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Michael Lanning and Dan Cragg, Inside the VC and NVA. The Real Story of North Vietnam’s Armed Forces,, Fawcett-Balantine, NY, 1992. Accurate look based both on western sources and survivors and documents from the VC and NVA. They were human too! Dust cover, very good. $5.00

BH Liddell-Hart, Strategy, Meridien, NY, 1991 (revised from the 1954 edition) Liddell-Hart was a key link between Clausewitz and the early “maneuver” strategists like Rommel. If Clausewitz identified the function of war, Liddell Hart laid the groundwork for the “how” with his notions of physical, functional, and psychological dislocation. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

BH Liddell-Hart, The Rommel Papers. DaCapo Press, NY, 1953. Marshall Erwin Rommel was both an exceptional field commander and an extraordinary analyst and writer. Liddell-Hart has done a super job of presenting Rommel’s campaigns as recorded in his own reports and letters. Printred soft cover. Very good.

Edward N. Luttwak, Strategy – the Logic of War and Peace, Belknapp-Harvard, Cambridge MA, 1987. Brilliant analysis of strategy as a process rather than an coice of options. Works thru examples at the technologic, tactical, operational, and grand strategic levels. A worthy successor the Clusewitz. Printed soft cover. $5.00

Charles MacDonald, WWII- The Last Offensive, Barnes & Noble, NY, 1995. Reprint of Vol.9 of the US Army History of operations in the ETO. Covers the final offensive actions after the Battle of the Bulge, January, 1945 on. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories – The Story of German Military Strategy in World War II by the Allies Most Formidable Opponent, Regnery, Dehli, 1970. Very clear, detailed explanation from the High Connand perspective. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories – The Story of German Military Strategy in World War II by the Allies Most Formidable Opponent, Regnery, Dehli, 1970. Very clear, detailed explanation from the High Connand perspective. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00SLA Marshall, Ambush and Bird: Two Vietnam Battle Narratives, Nelson Doubleday, NY, 1969. More absolutely brilliant reconstruction for after-ation interviews. This time a jungle ambush and the defense of a landing zone in 1966. Dust cover. VG

Albert Manucy, Artillery Through the Ages : a Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types used in America, US Dept. of the Interior, GPO, Washington, 1949. Really good history of cannon design, propellents, warheads/projectiles, usage up into the 19th Century. Soft cover. Good.

SLA Marshall, Armies on Wheels, Morrow, NY, 1941. The Blitzkrief campaigns of 1939-1941 stunned military thinkers. Here SLAM Marshall gives readers a clear look at operations in the Balkans, the Dresert War, and the first offensives in Russia. More descriptive narrive than his later research but a solid analysis. No cover. Good.

SLA Marshall, Battle at Best, Morrow, NY, 1963. Eight Actions from WWII and the Korean Conflict are analyzed by the dean of historical combat studies. Dust cover. VG.

SLA Marshall, The Soldier’s Load and Mobility of a Nation, USMC Assoc reprint, Quantico, 1980. SLAM Marshall was incredibly perceptive and regularly took aim in Infantry Journal and other publications. In these incisive essays he looks at what armies asked soldiers to carry into combat, and the incredibly high cost of weight in human casualties and battlefield effectiveness. Printed soft cover. VG.

SLA Marshall, Swift Sword: the Historial Record of Israel’s Victory, June, 1967. Amrian Heritage pub., 1967. SLA (SLAM) Marshall as the chief historian of the US Army. He pioneered historic battle studies through the use of systematic observations and after-action interviews. If you want to know what really happened and how it unfolded, there is absolutely no better source. It is instutionalized today in our Lessons Learned practices. Unfortunately no one has yet found an antidote for hat careerists and politicians do ith reports. Dust cover. Good.

SLA Marshall, Vietnam – Three Battles, Da Capo Press, NY, 1971. SLAM Marshall looks at a cluster of 3 battles of the Special Forces and First Air Cav in 1966. Marshall’s honest, detailed acounts make us all the more sensitive to how official accounts become tainted. Soft cover. VG.

SLA Marshall, West to Cambodia and The fields of Bamboo, Nelson Doubleday, NY, 1971. Two more of SLAM Marshall’s battle analyses. One from the Cambodian incursions to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the battles around Dong Tre in Vietnam. Dust cover. VG.Cate Marshall (ed.) SLA Marshall – Bringing up the Rear, Presidio, San Rafael, CA, 1979. Marshall died in 1977 and his widow edited his memoirs. All of his ideas and experiences and methods in one volume! Dust cover. Ex libris but still very good.

SLA Marshall, Pork Chop Hill, Battery Press, Nashville, 1986. Marshall was the father of combat studies. He interviewed participants before and after the battle and provides what is probably the most valid interpretation of the flow of combat. Dust cover. VG.

Montgomery of Alamein, A History of Warfare, World, Cleveland/NY 1968. This qualifies as the Full Monty. Viscount Montgomery give his analysis of the developments from the Ancient Middle East to the Nuclear Age. Classic. No dust cover but good.

Robin Neillands, By Sea and Land- the Royal Marines Commandos – a History 1942-1982, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987. Excellent history of a superb force that receives little published attention. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Steven Newton, German Battle Tactics on the Russian Front 1941-1945, Schiffer, Atglen NJ, 1994. At the end of WWII the US Army interviewed as many German officers as possible about how they fought with limited, battered assets against the giant Soviet armies. This book presents translations from many of those studies. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Rod Paschall, LIC 2010: Special Operations and Unconventional Warfare in the Next Century. Brassey’s, Washington, 1990. Very powerful assessment of LIC and how it has evolved as a proxy, adjunct, and perhaps successor for modern warfare. A bit scary, to the extent that it prevents the superpowers from using their full power. Ust cover. Very good.

Bryan Perrett, Last Stand – Famous Battles against the Odds, Arms & Armor, London, 1991. Most last stands are lost. Victors in last stands pay a heavy price. Leave cornered foes an apparent line of retreat. Then whack them. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Tom Lee Perry: Offensive Strategy. Harper, NY, 1990. Argument for aggressive, head-to-head competitive action. An application of military thinking to business leadership. Dust cover. VG. $2.00

Charles Province, Patton’s Third Army – A Chronology of the Third Army Advance August 1944 to My 1945, Hippocrene, NY, 1990. Day by Day account as scene at the staff level. Puts Patton’s decisions in clear perspective. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00Harry Summers, On Strategy – a Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, Dell, NY, 1984. This was the book that defined the tactical and strategic lessons that should have been learned from the strategic defeat in Vietnam. When it became public, it led to the self-assessments that ultimately redefined our doctrine. If only the politicians also understood……! Printed soft cover. Very good. $2.00

Georges Sada, Saddam’s Secrets, Integrity, Brentwood, TN, 2006. An Iraqui Air Force general who allegedly knew Saddam Hussein well spills all. Scary stuff. Saddam was clearly a world class egotist, but key issues like WMD are somewhat sketchy. Like most affluent states, Iraq unquestionably had nuclear and NBC WMD programmes. The evidence was exported, buried, etc. but we may never know how close to use they were.5/14/23ust cover. VG.

John Strawson, The Battle for North Africa. Scribners, NY, 1969. From 1940-43 the Allies were in continuous combat with German and Italian armies in North Africa. Detailed and well researched account. Dust cover. VG.

EB Swindon, The Defence of Duffer’s Drift, Avery, Wayne NJ, 1986. This is a classic case study widely used in officwr training and staff colleges. It is nominally set in the Boer War, but the Lessons Learnablke are eternal. Printed soft cover. $3.00

Telford Taylor, The Breaking Wave – World War II in the Summer of 1940, Simon and Schuster, NY, 1967. This is the definitive work on the period between the fall of France and the conclusion of the Battle of Britain. Ex-library copy. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00. NB – I would be delighted to swap for a readable copy of Taylor’s March of Conquest.

J. Thorwald, Flight in Winter, Pantheon Books, NY, 1951. This is a translation and abridgement of a two-volume work originally published in Germany. Based both on eyewitness sources and official reports, it details the horrible experiences of the German populations of Eastern Europe in 1945 was the German forces collapsed in the face of Soviet advances. Historically accurate but not for the faint of heart. Civilian left behind suffered beyond belief. Is anything different happening in the Middle East today? Dust cover. VG.

Richard Tregaskis, Guadalcanal Diary. Modern Library reprint, NY, 2000. First-person memoir by one of two war correspondents on the island during the critical battles of 1942-43. Soft cover. VG. $5.00.

HR Trevor-Roper, The Last Days of Hitler, Macmillan, NY, 1947. The first, and still a standard reference for the final days of the Nazi leadership during the collapse of the German forces in April-May, 1945. Good.

US Dept of the Army, Field Manual 100-5, Operations. Washington, 1986. This is the offical US Army manual for how it fights the air-land battle. Clearly presented and well illustrated with historical cases. It would be hard to understand history or conduct a serious simulation without this background. Soft cover. VG.

Wake Robin Residents Association, Our Great War: Memoirs of World War II from the Wake Robin Community, Wake Robin, Shelburne VT, 2008. Reminiscences from members of one of the first Senior communities. Unexpectedly touching and eloquent. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

RL Wing, The Art of Strategy – A New Translation of Sun Tzu’s Classic The Art of War, Doubleday, NY, 1988. Sun Tzu pretty well nailed Maneuver War doctrine in circa 2500 BC. Applies as much to business and political conflict as to operations. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Ira Wolfert, American Guerilla in the Philipines, Simon ans Schuster, NY, 1945. Memoirs of USN Lt. Iliff Richardson, who served originally with Bulkley’s PT boat squadron and then joined the Filipino and American guerillas who operated in the interior. There was responsible for radio contacts to US commanders. Cover faded but sound and good text.

WB Wood and JS Edmonds, Military History of the Civil War, Capricorn, NY, 1958. A solid single-volume history of the US Civil War. Printed soft cover. Very good. $2.00

Gao Yuon, Lure the Tiger out of th Mountains: the 36 Strategies of Ancient China, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1991. Strategy and tactics writing tends to follow one of three thems: eternal truths like surprise and concentration of force, process models that emphasize C3I and exploiting what the adversary gives you, and specific tactical gambits. This text lays out 36 approaches from the Mao Tse Tung playbook. As applicable to business as to warfare. Dust cover, VG.

Ralph Zumbro, Tank Aces – Stories of America’s Combat Tankers, Pocket Books, NY, 1997. Haven’t seen anything else like this. Accounts from WWI Argonne to Desert Storm. Printed soft cover. Very good. $2.00

----------, Roots of strategy, Book 2. 3 Classics in One Volume, Stackpole, Harrisburg, 1987. Ardent du Picq’s brilliant Battle Studies, Clausewitz’s Principles of War, and Jomini’s Art of War. 550 or so pages of the masters. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Tanks, weapons, vehicles, artillery and missiles

Christopher Chant, Artillery, Missiles, and Military Transport of the 20th Century, Tiger Books, Dorset, 1996. Filled with John Batchelor paintings. Mainly on the later SPG’s, missiles and missile carriers. Good clues for finishing your models. Dust cover. Very good. $6.00

Chris Chant et al, Weapons of War – Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1900-1945, Chartwell Books, NY, 2014. Very nice handbook with writeup and a side color profile for each of circa 150 types. One of a series covering planes, ships, armored vehicles. Not exhaustive but covers most needs. Printed hard cover. Very good. $10.00

Brian Ford German Secret Weapons – Blueprint for Mars, Ballantine Books, NY, 1969, Part of Ballantine’s Illustrated History of WWII. An early effort but covers things like NBC projects that more or less got lost in the craze over Projekt aircraft. Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Christopher Foss, Jane’s Tank Recognition Guide –How to Identify Modern Tanks and Combat Vehicles, Harper Collins, Glasgow, 1996. Nice recognition/ID manual. Covers

circa 400 vehicles and each gets a 2-page spread with photos, side view, and writeup. More usable than the regular Jane’s annual. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

L:aurie Garrett, The Com ing Plague – Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, Ferrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1994. I needed a readable volume on biological threats and weaponry. Read this and you will never worry about Iranian or Noprth Korean nukes again. You may also not want to live in much of the US, where we are naturally exposed to Lyme, Valley, and a host of other naturally occurring nasties. Picture those souped up and distributed by the Bad Guys. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00.

Paul Jefferson and Lyn Haywood, Warsaw Pact Mines, Volume 1, Miltra, Basildon, England, 1992. Genuine Desert Storm souvenir. A looseleaf manual for recognizing, avoiding, disarming, and otherwise surviving the land mines and booby traps our brothers in Eastern Europe supply to anyone who wants to kill and maim. 74 plasticized and superbly illustrated pages of mayhem. Printed binder. Very good. $10.00.

Douglas Orgill, T-34 – Russian Armor, Ballantine Books, NY, 1971, Part of Ballantine’s Illustrated History of WWII. Nominally about the T-34 but actually covers the Soviet use of tanks throughout the war. . Printed soft cover. Very good. $3.00

Gerald Pawle, Secret Weapons of World War II – The Secret Story of the Fantstic “Surprise” Weapons of World War II, Ballantine, NY, 1957. Truly unique account of the British “Miscellaneous Weapons Development” unit. They began with the search for improvised weapons to counter a German invasion and moved into ideas like Mulberry moles for Normandy and hedgerow breeching mobile rocket launchers. Wild but sometimes very effective projects. Printed soft cover. Good. $3.00

George Weingart, Pyrotechnics, 2nd edition, Angriff, NY, undated reprint of 1947 edition. Don’t show this to your kids or jihadist neighbors. It is an extremely detailed manual for maing your own things that screeam thru the air, go bang bigtime, and make pretty displays in the nighttime sky. Come to think of it, don’t show your elders either. Printed soft cover. Very good. $5.00

Rocketry, Missiles, and Space Exploration, includes sci-fi references

Gregory Benford, The Amazing Weapons that Never Were, Hearst, NY, 200?. Popular Mechanics magazine was famous for its speculative articles about future technologies, always illustrated with semi-plausible paintings. Here are some of their best and wildest from the military sphere. Dust cover. Very good. $10.00

Mark Berhow, US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems, 1950-2004, Osprey, NY, 2005. I confess to an occasional urge to build a cutaway 1/200 scale “ant farm” diarama

of a Minuteman or Titan launch complex. Maybe if I sell this book the compulsion will go away. Super source for things like that and as a general history of US strategic and air defense rockets. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Piers Bizony, How to Build Your Own Spaceship – The Science of Personal Space Travel, Penguin, NY, 2009. A guide to the development of private, commercial space flight. Great stuff, spearheaded as always by the Rutan brain trust. Printed soft cover. Very good. $6.00

Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke’s July 20, 2019 – Life in the 21st Century, MacMillan, NY, 1986. The great sci-fi writer’s text and visual forecast of our world in 30 years. Yipes 2019 is just a year away! $5.00

Michael Collins, Liftoff – the Story of America’s Adventure in Space. NASA/Grove Press, NY, 1988. The Apollo astronaut’s view of the manned space program and how things really worked. 88 drawings by James Dean are a bonus content. Dust cover. Very good.

Philip Corso, The Day after Roswell: the Truth Exposed after Fifty Years. Pocket Books, NY, 1997. Colonel Corso presents a convincing but perhaps apocryphal histoy of ho artifacts from the 1947 UFO crash in Rosell, NM, have been secretly reverse engineered, leading to discoveries like the integrated circuit, laser, carbon fibers, and fiber optics. Dust cover, VG

Michael Coumatos, Wm. Scott, and Wm. Birnes, Space Wars – the First Six Hours of World War III, Forge, NY, 2007. Distilled from actual wargamed scenarios, this portrays an unintended near space/orbital breakdown that precipitates warfare. Add some skilled cyberwar initiatives and you are looking at tomorrow’s news. Dust cover. Very good. $4.00

Tim Furniss and David Shayler, Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006, Springer, Berlin, 2007. Amazing directory of every declassified manned fight into space, near space, etc., including flights like the XC-15 and SpaceShip One, with sections on launchers, programs, and mishaps. Printed soft cover. Very good. $12.00

Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg, The Computers of Star Trek, Basic Books, NY, 1999. Almost a history of computing, along with a close look mat the TV and movie versions of Kirk, Spock, and Piccard. Fast forward to 2015 and realize how far we have come since then. Dust cover. Very good. $5.00

Kenny Kemp, Destination Space – How Space Tourism is Making Science Fiction a Reality, Virgin, London, 2007. The story of the X-Prize and the efforts of Virgin Galactic, Burt Rutan, and the other private teams racing to make space travel a commercial reality. Soft cover. Very good.

William Mellberg, Moon Missions – Mankind’s First Voyages to Another World, Plymouth Press, Plymouth MI, 1997. Illustrated history of the US moon missions up to Apollo 17. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Mono Express Magazine – I think 8/92 issue. Japanese magazine that has some nice high-contrast shots of NASA topics and the Royal Museum of Science space flight miniature diorama series. Free for the asking with any purchase. NB: I did, however, squirrel away a second full set of the Royal Museum. I will list those someday but please inquire if you are interested.

Lane E. Wallace, Flights of Discovery – 50 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA History Series, NASA History Office, Washington, 1996. Large format glossy photo history, mostly color shots. Printed soft cover. Very good. $10.00

Alan Weisman, The World Without Us, St.Martin’s Press, NY, 2007. We humans are continually doing our best to do ourselves and one another in. Weisman takes a long, hard look at what will happen if we succeed. Take a look at Chernobyl, the Korean DMZ, Ulithi and Bimini Atolls, and you will be shocked at how our achievements fade. Dust cover. $5.00

First Editions and Collector Books

Other interesting subjects that do not fall in above categories

Available HBM Models in 1:200 scale - September 2018 Stock Inventory

This is an updated list of the HBM 1:200 models which I can still offer from remaining stocks. As you can see, the older models are just about exhausted. Even the newer releases are down to just a few examples.

Making nearly a thousand different models has created quite a filing and storage problem. Please make my wife happier and my life easier by ordering any models you would like. All sales are first-come-first served, and actual postage is additional.

Number Type Price Remarks

037 Caudron C.714 6.00048 Bloch l74 7.50054 Loire-Nieuport LN 401 6.00

060NP Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI 8.00 Bubble canopy.063 Nakajima Ki.84 Frank 8.00065NP Douglas TBD Devastator 8.00084NP Centre 222.2 16.00094 Bell XP-59 Airacomet 6.00098NP Supermarine Spitfire Mk 24 8.00100 Mitsubishi G4M2 Betty 22 9.00105 General Aircraft Hamilcar 15.00110 Avro Lancastrian I 12.00112 Supermarine Seafang/Spiteful 5.00116 Kawasaki Ki.48 Lily 7.50141 Convair F-102 Delta Dart 6.00 155 Mitsubishi C5M Babs 5.50169 Ambrosini SAI.207 5.00170 Kyushu J7Wl Shinden 6.00216 Grumman F2F 5.50218 Boeing Y1B-9A 9.00220 Douglas B-23 Dragon 9.00234 Kawasaki Ki.56 Thalia 9.00238 Siebel Si 104 8.00239 Grumman J4F Widgeon 7.50

247 SAAB Lansen 6.50253 Saro London 13.50263 Submarine Set I 15.00 Marder, Neger, Kaiten I, Kaiten II,

SSB, Chariot, Miaile, Type A266 SAAB Grypen 6.50

288 Submarine Set II 5.00 X-Craft, Welman

291 Ilyushin DB3-M 9.00292 Dornier Do 22 Land 9.00303NP Republic P-47D-20 Thunderbolt 8.00325 Northrop T-38 Tweety 6.00 uncompleted factory model331 Republic P-47D-25 Thunderbolt 6.00344NP Dassault Mirage III 8.00345 Dassault Mirage IV 7.50354 N.Am. P-51J Mustang 6.00383NP N.Am. -51D Mustang 8.00 389 Short Stirling 15.00409 McDonnell F/A-18 7.50 - replaces #026411NP MiG-1 (open cockpit) 8.00412 Sikorsky S-38 12.00425 Douglas Y1B-7 11.00426 Renard R-38 6.00431 Chenowth FAV 7.00 433 FW Flitzer 6.00438 Dewoitine D.338 10.50443 N.Am. P-51B Mustang 6.00447NP Focke-Wulf FW 190D-9 8.00450 IAR-93 Orao 6.00458 MiG I-211 (MiG-5/MiG-9-M-82) 6.00 460 Sud Est SO-30P 10.50469 BAC Strikemaster 6.00 471 Aero L.39 Albatross 6.00

472 Convair YF-92 6.00481 Messerschmitt Me-P-1110V2 6.00482 Arado Projekt E.581 6.00496NP Messerschmitt Bf 109K 8.00 498NP Handley-Page Hampden 13.00499NP Vickers Wellington 15.00500 Daimler Benz Projekt B only the jet bomber and guided missiles are available -

FREE with other orders507 H-P Halifax I-II 16.00509 Ger. Panzer-Drazine Truppenwagen 7.00 armored train set -other cars

follow511 Handley Page Harrow 15.00512 Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley 12.00513 Panzer-Träger Wagen 8.00 armored train set - other cars

to follow514 Drazine with Pz.III Turret 7.50 armored train set 515 Steyr Panzer-Drazine 7.00524 SAAB 105 6.00529 Amiot 350 11.00533 N. Am. B-25B-C Mitchell 13.00 special in Doolittle trim536 Panzer Draisine - 20mmFlak Vierling 7.00 armored train set537 Planked pushed car-sandbagged 6.00 armored train set543 Lippisch DM-1 6.00545NP Junkers Ju 88A-1 12.00552 Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui 6.00554 Avro Lincoln 16.00 replaces #123556 Northrop XB-35 14.00562NP Fairey Battle 9.00563NP Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless 8.00566 Northrop N-9M 7.00567 Northrop XP-79 6.00568 Northrop MX-334 6.00572 FW 190A-10 ram jet project 6.00574 Panzer-Jäger Wagen 8.00 armored train set580 McDonnell-Douglas X-36 5.00581 Curtiss P-40Q 6.00582NP Northrop "Tacit Blue" 10.50596 Arsenal VG.33 6.00600 Roswell "Centauri" Mk.47 20.00 flying saucer601 BlackHorse 8.00604 Latecoere 631 30.00605 Amiot 354 10.00618 Mureaux 117 7.50619ANP McDonnell F-18E Super Hornet 10.00619BNP McDonnell F-18F Super Hornet 10.00 2- seater624 X-Craft midget submarine 6.00 Normandy pathfinder 626 Avro Manchester I 13.00 triple tail631 Curtiss XP-37 6.00647 Submarine set III 9.00 Hecht, Biber, Molch,

Seehund (ex HFM)648 Kyushu K11W1 Shiragiku 8.00649 Kawanishi E7K Alf 9.00658NP FVS J.22 8.00665 Douglas Dolphin 14.00667 Messerschmitt Me 321 21.00

674 Lockheed Dark Star 6.00679 Ki.77 10.00685 Sikorski S.39 12.00686 Kawasaki Ki.100-1A 6.00691 Ki.74 Patsy 11.00692 Yokosuka Cherry 12.00693B PZL 38 Wilk overscale – ask for free one with any order (1:00

ones all gone)697 Caproni-Vizzola F.5 6.00698 Potez 62-65 15.00699 Bloch 131 12.00701 Breguet 693 10.00705NP Bristol Blenheim IV 13.00707 Breda Ba.88 9.00708 Loire et Olivier LeO.451 15.00709 Caproni Ca.313 10.50711NP Lockheed P-38J Lightning 10.00712 Avro Anson 11.00713 Airspeed Oxford 9.00730 Douglas DC-2 15.00734 Martin Maryland 12.00735 Martin A-30 Baltimore 12.00745 Dewoitine D.371 8.00746 Loire et Olivier LeO.257 10.00747 Latecoere 29.0 14.00756 Westland Lysander 8.00757 Fairey Fulmar 6.00758 Junkers Ju 88C 10.00763NP Fokker G.1 12.00766` Junkers EF.009 6.00767NP Yakolev Yak-6 12.00768NP Sukhoi Su-2 9.00774 He-70A 6.00775 A-31 Vengeance MK.1 7.00787 Me 262 Schnellbomber Project 6.00788 Me 262 HG-I Project 6.00789 Lockheed PBO Hudson 12.00790 Horton XIII-B Projekt 6.00792NP Gloster Meteor III 8.00795 Caudron Simoun 7.00796 Caudron Goeland 10.00800 Ushakov LPL/ PKP Flying Sub 18.00 801 PZL Sum 7.00 802 LWS Mewa 7.00 805 Hover M.F.11 14.00 806 Northrop N-3PB 8.00 814NP Mitsubishi Zeke 32 “Hamp” 8.00817NP Douglas 8-A (Swedish B.5) 9.00825 Panhard Ger.armoured rail car 6.00830 Boeing X-45B 6.00839 Gordou-Leseure GL.810 12.00 840 Morane Ms.230 11.00 841 Besson MB-411 10.00842 Potez-CAMS S.55.10 16.00843 Centre NC.470 20.00

844 Latecoere 523 36.00 845 Loire 70 19.00846 Loire et Olivier LeO H-43 10.00847 SDV Swimmer Delivery Vehicle 11.00 set of Mk.VII, Mk.VIII, Mk.IX850 ground 853 Scaled.Composites SpaceShipOne 8.00854 Sc.Comp. White Knight 15.00857 A-Stoff tank for V-2 set 8.00861 Boeing X-53 11.00 (F/A-18 MCW)862 Nakajima Ki.27 Nate 8.00863 Lockheed 12 Electra Junior 12.00865 North American NA.26-27 8.00 BT9 and other variants to AT-6 easy -867 Pereira X-28A 11.00869 Schweizer X-26B 10.00870 Bell Textron X-22A 12.00871 Northrop X-21A 19.00872 Douglas X-3 Stilleto 11.00873 Lockheed X-17 10.00874 Hiller X-18 18.00875 Lockheed X-27 Lancer 10.00876 Latecoere 521 36.00878 Bell X-14B 9.00880 Curtiss-Wright X-19 13.00882 Bell X-1 (1st gen) 10.00883 Bell X-1A-C-D (2nd gen) 10.00885 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket 10.00886 Gordou Leseure GL.812 12.00 890 North American X-10 11.00891 Lockheed X-7A with Booster 12.00892 Morane-Saulnier MS.225 11.00896 Martin-Marietta X-23 8.00897 Bensen X-25A autogyro with pilot 10.00898 Bensen X-25B unpowered gyro w/pilot 10.00900 Boeing X-48B BWB demonstrator 10.00901 Boeing X-37 10.00902 Boeing X-40 10.00903 Caproni CB Class midget sub 12.00 completes WWII midget series904 Boeing X-50 Dragonfly 10.00905 NASA X-30 house design 23.00906 French Char 2C heavy tank 1939-40 10.00907 Handley-Page Victor K.2 26.00908 Lockheed Hopeless Diamond 10.00909 Bugatti 100 Racer 10.00910 Chengdu FC-1/A-17 10.00911 Harbin H-5/ Tupolev Tu-28 Beagle 14.00912 Harbin SH-5 amphibian anti-sub 27.00913 Lockheed-Martin X-55 AACA 18.00 based on Do 328914 Consolidated Commodore 19.00915 Northrop-Grumman FB-23 12.00 916 Lockheed-Martin X-44 12.00 917 Sukhoi T-50 13.00 918 Consolidated XPY-1 Admiral 19.00921 Piasecki X-49A Speedhawk 11.00922 Douglas XSB2D Destroyer 10.00923 Lockheed-Martin F-35A (CTOL) 10.00924 Lockheed-Martin F-35B (VSTOL) 10.00925 Lockheed-Martin F-35C (Naval) 10.00

926 Boeing X-51 +ATACMS booster 10.00928 Shenyang J.20 12.00929 Shenyang J.16 12.00 (stealth J.11/Su-27)930 Shenyang J.21/F60 project 31 10.00930A Shenyang J.21/F60updated 10.00 (free to buyers of 930)931 Hongdu L.15 10.00932 Soyuz launch set 38.00 incl.launch stage + 5 payload stages933 Sikorsky S-42 Clipper 26.00934 Martin M-130 Clipper 28.00935 Boeing 314 Clipper 30.00936 Douglas AD-1 Skyraider 10.00937 Northrop BT-1 10.00938 Douglass XTB2D Skypirate 10.00939 Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning 12.00940 Hughes XF-11 16.00941 Republic XF-12 Rainbow 20.00942 1/200 novelty deck figures set gift to subscribers943 Xian JH-7/FBC-1 Flying Leopard 10.00944 Bell XP-77 10.00945 Curtiss XP-71 10.00946 Republic XP-69 10.00947 Orbital X-42 RLV 13.00 includes orbital launch system948 Curtiss XP-31 10.00949 Wedell-Williams XP-34 10.00950 Seversky P-35 10.00951 Tucker XP-57 10.00952 Bell XP-52 10.00953 Bell XP-59 10.00

960 Type VIIC U-Boat 70.00961 Type VIIC/41 U-Boat U-995 70.00

Decal sheetsSwedish roundel 5.00Soviet 5.00WWII RAF 5.00WWII Italian 5.00WWII USA 5.00Axis Allies I 5.00 Finland, Hungary, Romania,

SlovakiaSmaller Allied Countries 5.00 Holland, Belgium, Norway, Poland

French Aeronavale Axis Allies II 5.00 Spanish Rep and Nat, Croatia, Thailand

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