Mike Armstrong
Hunter
WTS: USED books on Western History, Vietnam War, Korean War, Outdoor "adventures," fish and fishing. PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING TO CONTINENTAL US ONLY. Take $1 off the price of any books you order after the first one: first is full price.
I DON'T do PayPal, but do take MOs (any kind) cash (gold, silver or US greenbacks only, please: no quetzales, dirhan, or dong), and personal checks. I ship by USPS "Media Mail," commonly called "book rate."
An "I'll take book ___" on this thread is the only way to reserve a book; please ask questions by PM but order HERE only. Then I'll PM you my address for payment, etc.
Western History
A. SPF "An Indian Winter" by Russell Freedman. This oversized softbound combines journals of a German prince with the paintings and drawings of a Swiss painter. Both record the Winter of 1833-34 which they spent with the Mandan tribe in what is now ND. 9x10" 95 pp illus. w/many full color paintings, drawings and maps of Indian life. Exc. cond. $5
B. SPF "Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Ran Wild" by Lee Sandlin. A popular history of life on Old Man River from the times of the Mound Builders to the building of the locks. River boats, river cities, pirates, floods, river politics pre-and-post Civil War. HB 293 pp. in new cond w/no dust jacket. Illus w/maps, b/w photos, and repros of magazine illus. of the times. $7
C. SPF "The Education of Little Tree" by Forrest Carter. Classic true story of Carter's childhood as an Eastern Cherokee boy growing up, raised as an Indian by his half-breed grandfather in the 1930s. Country life and death; a "natural" education. Quality PB (UNM Press) 224 pp. in exc. reading cond. by the author of "The Outlaw Josey Wales". $4
Vietnam War
D. "The Vietnam Almanac" by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr. Essential reference book on Vietnam War: complete timeline plus alpha order articles on main operations, battles, people, units, locations, weapons systems, terms. 8x10" HB new cond. 424 pp. w/b/w photos , maps, index. $8
E. "Vietnam: the Tools of War" by Edgar Doleman. One of the "Vietnam Experience" series that focuses on hardware from small arms to pilotless aircraft (yes, they used drones even back then) and motion sensors. Oversized HB 11x9 1/2" 176 pp. FULLY illus w/b/w photos, maps, diagrams and color plates of vehicles, including aircraft. $7
F. SPF "The Illustrated History of Marines in the Vietnam War" by BG Edwin Simmons, USMC. Short, heavily illus. history of the first-in last-out USMC in Vietnam by commander of the 9th Marines. HB exc./new cond w/dust jacket 158 pp. illus. w/b/w and color photos, maps $4
Korean War
G. SPF "The River and the Gauntlet" by S.L.A. Marshall. Famous military historian's carefully researched study of the resistance and retreat of US forces in the days after the Chinese poured across the Yalu in 1950. Small units fight "human sea" assaults in sub-Arctic weather. Quality PB in exc. cond. 382 pp. illus w/35 maps and drawings/specs of main US weapons engaged. $5
H. SPF "The Korean War: Uncertain Victory" by Donald Knox and Alfred Koppel. History of the war from Jan. 1, 1951 to the Armistice in 1953. An "oral history" with explanatory narrative by the authors: the words of the servicemen themselves explain/illustrate the war. HB exc./new cond w/dust jacket 520 pp. $7
I. SPF "Why Marines Fight" by James Brady. Korean War USMC vet and historian ("The Coldest War") studies combat motivation from USMC vet interviews WWI to Afghanistan, using his experience in Korea as a reality check. Quality PB new/exc. cond. 302 pp. $5
J.SPF "Re-Fighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea" by D. Clayton James. An analysis of the US commanders, both military and civilian, and their decisions in the Korean War by a VMI military historian and author of a prize-winning study of Douglas MacArthur. HB exc. cond except price cut from flyleaf. 295 pp. ilus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
Outdoors Topics: Adventure and Fun
K. SPF "The Sporting Life: A Passion for Hunting and Fishing" by Laurence Sheehan. A beautiful 10x10" HB that celebrates traditional hunting and fishing with over 340 full-color photos of sporting locations, equipment, game and fish, dogs and traditional sporting activities like fly tying, decoy carving, and gun engraving. New cond. w/new dust jacket $8
L. SPF "Your Cabin in the Woods" by Conrad Meinecke. "Pre-prefab" building of cabins, published in 1945. Many cabins from "The Squatter" to a four- room lodge, building from raw logs or conventional lumber with complete plans including to how to cook in your new fieldstone fireplace! HB new/exc. cond. w/115 charming drawn illustrations, plans, and diagrams. A WWII GI's dream between two covers! $6
M. SPF "Fire on the Mountain" by John Maclean. Investigative reporter's best-selling account of the 1994 Colorado "South Canyon Fire" which killed 14 firefighters. What went wrong and why a "campaign fire" really is like war. PB new. cond. 289 pp. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $5
N. "Icebound Summer" by Sally Carrigher. A naturalist's chapters on her summer beside the Arctic Ocean. Many tales of wildlife and natives illustrated by charming pen and ink drawings, map. Quality PB (U. Nebraska Press) new cond 262 pp. $4
O. "To the Elephant Graveyard" by Tarquin Hall. The war to preserve India's wild elephants in Assam, a region trying to secede from federal India. Jungle life, battles with poachers and guerrillas. An ongoing battle. Quality PB new/exc. cond. illus. w/maps and b/w photos. $4
P. SPF "The Great Atlantic Air Race" by Percy Rowe. A WWII RAF vet's history of the contest to win the Northcliffe Prize for crossing the Atlantic from America to Ireland by air. The contest, interrupted by WWI, was finally won in 1919. Pioneer planes and pilots. HB illus w/b/w phtos pics and text exc. cond. worn dust jacket. $5
Q. "West With the Night" by Beryl Markham. Markham was a pioneer raised in East Africa in the first two decades of the 20 Century. This is her memoir of growing up, hunting, and pioneer mail and bush flying all over the region. A friend of Hemingway, she later became the first person to solo across the Atlantic from East to West. Quality PB exc. cond. $5
R. SPF "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" by David Gramm. Well-researched history of the fate of Percy Fawcett, famous British soldier and explorer who was obsessed with the legendary city of El Dorado. Stranger than fiction! Exc. cond. PB 411 pp. w/b/w photos and maps. $5
S. SPF "Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature" by Thor Heyerdahl. Before "Kon Tiki", the voyage that proved prehistoric South Americans could have ventured to Polynesia, Heyerdahl tried to return to nature in a remote island near Tahiti in the 1930s. Here he formulated his theory that led to Kon Tiki, and then, having had enough of cannibalism, octopi, and the rest of "nature," fled back to "civilization".....WWII-style. HB exc. cond. 284 pp. illus w/many b/w photos, maps. A prewar classic adventure. $6
T. "The Founding Fish" by John McPhee. One of America's best nonfiction authors--and a shad fishing nut--explores the history of shad and shad fishing in historic and present-day America. Turns out the humble shad had a big-fish role! HB new cond. w/new dust jacket $7
Civil War books
U. "The Blue and the Gray: the Story of the Civil War as Told by Its Participants" ed. by Henry Steele Commager. Complete history of the Civil War as told by Union and Confederate diarists, writers of memoirs, and journalists in their own words, from U.S. Grant's "Biography" to a Confederate boy-soldier's semi-literate letter home to his Ma. The whole body of work is tied together by the narrative and commentaries of Prof. Commager, who had ancestors on both sides of the conflict. HB exc/new cond. 1242 pp. illus w/many maps and reproductions from Civil War era newpapers and magazines. $9
V. "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" by Jefferson Davis. The President of the Confederacy's history of his "nation" with a foreword introducing the author and how the book was written. PB 573 pp in exc. reading cond. $4
X. SPF "The State of Jones" by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer. Forgotten Civil War episode when Jones County Mississippi seceded from the Confederacy from 1863-65--civil war within the Civil War, and its aftermath. HB exc. cond. w/new dust jacket illus.w/b/w photos $7
Y. SPF "Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from An Unfinished Civil War" Pulitzer-winning reporter/author ("Baghdad Without a Map") does a ten-state study of attitudes and activities about Civil War and Confederacy. Lively, provocative. New cond. quality PB 410 pp. w/map. $4
Z. SPF Six "Fish and Fishing" Books as a package for $13
"An Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, 3rd. ed." A compilation of 23 illustrated articles on various types and techniques of fishing from farm ponds to Baja tuna tournaments. 8 1/2x11" softbound 256 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/many b/w photos.
"The Bonefish, Tarpon, and Permit Fly Fishing Guide" by Al Raychard. Tackle, techniques, and locations to fish the Big Three of Caribbean saltwater fly fishing. 8 1/2x11" softbound heavily illus. w/color photos of gear, fish, and flies.
"The Trout and Salmon Fisherman's Bible" by Jim Bashline. Intro. to the salmonids and the tackle and techniques to catch them, how to find them, and how to cook them. 8 1/2x11" softbound in exc. cond w/photos and diagrams of tackle, knots, and stream layouts.
"Pacific Salmon and Steelhead" by R.J. Childerhouse and May Trim. More a "fish book" than a "fishing book," this describes the six species' life cycles, the industries they supported, and the attempts to sustain them and those industries. 9x12" softbound illus. by 100+ color photos, color plates of all species, and maps and charts.
"Wondrous World of Fishes" by Natl. Geographic Society. Contains 19 'National Geographic" articles on fish and fishing related topics such as "Fishin' for Fun," "Coast and Deep Sea Fishes," "Lake and Stream Dwellers," and "Tropical Curiosities," plus a cooking guide by James Beard. Extensively illus. w/b/w photos, color photos, fish paintings, and charts. Oversized HB 365 pp. exc. text and pics but slightly faded cover, no dust jacket.
"Why Fish Bite and Why They Don't" by James Westman. Classic old book by a wildlife biologist and fisherman on fish behavior done in a humorous way with cartoons and drawings. HB 210 pp. in exc. cond w/worn dust jacket.
Thanks for reading my usual long, windy post! Don't forget to take a buck off any book (or "package") you order after the first one!
Mike Armstrong
I DON'T do PayPal, but do take MOs (any kind) cash (gold, silver or US greenbacks only, please: no quetzales, dirhan, or dong), and personal checks. I ship by USPS "Media Mail," commonly called "book rate."
An "I'll take book ___" on this thread is the only way to reserve a book; please ask questions by PM but order HERE only. Then I'll PM you my address for payment, etc.
Western History
A. SPF "An Indian Winter" by Russell Freedman. This oversized softbound combines journals of a German prince with the paintings and drawings of a Swiss painter. Both record the Winter of 1833-34 which they spent with the Mandan tribe in what is now ND. 9x10" 95 pp illus. w/many full color paintings, drawings and maps of Indian life. Exc. cond. $5
B. SPF "Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Ran Wild" by Lee Sandlin. A popular history of life on Old Man River from the times of the Mound Builders to the building of the locks. River boats, river cities, pirates, floods, river politics pre-and-post Civil War. HB 293 pp. in new cond w/no dust jacket. Illus w/maps, b/w photos, and repros of magazine illus. of the times. $7
C. SPF "The Education of Little Tree" by Forrest Carter. Classic true story of Carter's childhood as an Eastern Cherokee boy growing up, raised as an Indian by his half-breed grandfather in the 1930s. Country life and death; a "natural" education. Quality PB (UNM Press) 224 pp. in exc. reading cond. by the author of "The Outlaw Josey Wales". $4
Vietnam War
D. "The Vietnam Almanac" by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr. Essential reference book on Vietnam War: complete timeline plus alpha order articles on main operations, battles, people, units, locations, weapons systems, terms. 8x10" HB new cond. 424 pp. w/b/w photos , maps, index. $8
E. "Vietnam: the Tools of War" by Edgar Doleman. One of the "Vietnam Experience" series that focuses on hardware from small arms to pilotless aircraft (yes, they used drones even back then) and motion sensors. Oversized HB 11x9 1/2" 176 pp. FULLY illus w/b/w photos, maps, diagrams and color plates of vehicles, including aircraft. $7
F. SPF "The Illustrated History of Marines in the Vietnam War" by BG Edwin Simmons, USMC. Short, heavily illus. history of the first-in last-out USMC in Vietnam by commander of the 9th Marines. HB exc./new cond w/dust jacket 158 pp. illus. w/b/w and color photos, maps $4
Korean War
G. SPF "The River and the Gauntlet" by S.L.A. Marshall. Famous military historian's carefully researched study of the resistance and retreat of US forces in the days after the Chinese poured across the Yalu in 1950. Small units fight "human sea" assaults in sub-Arctic weather. Quality PB in exc. cond. 382 pp. illus w/35 maps and drawings/specs of main US weapons engaged. $5
H. SPF "The Korean War: Uncertain Victory" by Donald Knox and Alfred Koppel. History of the war from Jan. 1, 1951 to the Armistice in 1953. An "oral history" with explanatory narrative by the authors: the words of the servicemen themselves explain/illustrate the war. HB exc./new cond w/dust jacket 520 pp. $7
I. SPF "Why Marines Fight" by James Brady. Korean War USMC vet and historian ("The Coldest War") studies combat motivation from USMC vet interviews WWI to Afghanistan, using his experience in Korea as a reality check. Quality PB new/exc. cond. 302 pp. $5
J.SPF "Re-Fighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea" by D. Clayton James. An analysis of the US commanders, both military and civilian, and their decisions in the Korean War by a VMI military historian and author of a prize-winning study of Douglas MacArthur. HB exc. cond except price cut from flyleaf. 295 pp. ilus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
Outdoors Topics: Adventure and Fun
K. SPF "The Sporting Life: A Passion for Hunting and Fishing" by Laurence Sheehan. A beautiful 10x10" HB that celebrates traditional hunting and fishing with over 340 full-color photos of sporting locations, equipment, game and fish, dogs and traditional sporting activities like fly tying, decoy carving, and gun engraving. New cond. w/new dust jacket $8
L. SPF "Your Cabin in the Woods" by Conrad Meinecke. "Pre-prefab" building of cabins, published in 1945. Many cabins from "The Squatter" to a four- room lodge, building from raw logs or conventional lumber with complete plans including to how to cook in your new fieldstone fireplace! HB new/exc. cond. w/115 charming drawn illustrations, plans, and diagrams. A WWII GI's dream between two covers! $6
M. SPF "Fire on the Mountain" by John Maclean. Investigative reporter's best-selling account of the 1994 Colorado "South Canyon Fire" which killed 14 firefighters. What went wrong and why a "campaign fire" really is like war. PB new. cond. 289 pp. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $5
N. "Icebound Summer" by Sally Carrigher. A naturalist's chapters on her summer beside the Arctic Ocean. Many tales of wildlife and natives illustrated by charming pen and ink drawings, map. Quality PB (U. Nebraska Press) new cond 262 pp. $4
O. "To the Elephant Graveyard" by Tarquin Hall. The war to preserve India's wild elephants in Assam, a region trying to secede from federal India. Jungle life, battles with poachers and guerrillas. An ongoing battle. Quality PB new/exc. cond. illus. w/maps and b/w photos. $4
P. SPF "The Great Atlantic Air Race" by Percy Rowe. A WWII RAF vet's history of the contest to win the Northcliffe Prize for crossing the Atlantic from America to Ireland by air. The contest, interrupted by WWI, was finally won in 1919. Pioneer planes and pilots. HB illus w/b/w phtos pics and text exc. cond. worn dust jacket. $5
Q. "West With the Night" by Beryl Markham. Markham was a pioneer raised in East Africa in the first two decades of the 20 Century. This is her memoir of growing up, hunting, and pioneer mail and bush flying all over the region. A friend of Hemingway, she later became the first person to solo across the Atlantic from East to West. Quality PB exc. cond. $5
R. SPF "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" by David Gramm. Well-researched history of the fate of Percy Fawcett, famous British soldier and explorer who was obsessed with the legendary city of El Dorado. Stranger than fiction! Exc. cond. PB 411 pp. w/b/w photos and maps. $5
S. SPF "Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature" by Thor Heyerdahl. Before "Kon Tiki", the voyage that proved prehistoric South Americans could have ventured to Polynesia, Heyerdahl tried to return to nature in a remote island near Tahiti in the 1930s. Here he formulated his theory that led to Kon Tiki, and then, having had enough of cannibalism, octopi, and the rest of "nature," fled back to "civilization".....WWII-style. HB exc. cond. 284 pp. illus w/many b/w photos, maps. A prewar classic adventure. $6
T. "The Founding Fish" by John McPhee. One of America's best nonfiction authors--and a shad fishing nut--explores the history of shad and shad fishing in historic and present-day America. Turns out the humble shad had a big-fish role! HB new cond. w/new dust jacket $7
Civil War books
U. "The Blue and the Gray: the Story of the Civil War as Told by Its Participants" ed. by Henry Steele Commager. Complete history of the Civil War as told by Union and Confederate diarists, writers of memoirs, and journalists in their own words, from U.S. Grant's "Biography" to a Confederate boy-soldier's semi-literate letter home to his Ma. The whole body of work is tied together by the narrative and commentaries of Prof. Commager, who had ancestors on both sides of the conflict. HB exc/new cond. 1242 pp. illus w/many maps and reproductions from Civil War era newpapers and magazines. $9
V. "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" by Jefferson Davis. The President of the Confederacy's history of his "nation" with a foreword introducing the author and how the book was written. PB 573 pp in exc. reading cond. $4
X. SPF "The State of Jones" by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer. Forgotten Civil War episode when Jones County Mississippi seceded from the Confederacy from 1863-65--civil war within the Civil War, and its aftermath. HB exc. cond. w/new dust jacket illus.w/b/w photos $7
Y. SPF "Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from An Unfinished Civil War" Pulitzer-winning reporter/author ("Baghdad Without a Map") does a ten-state study of attitudes and activities about Civil War and Confederacy. Lively, provocative. New cond. quality PB 410 pp. w/map. $4
Z. SPF Six "Fish and Fishing" Books as a package for $13
"An Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, 3rd. ed." A compilation of 23 illustrated articles on various types and techniques of fishing from farm ponds to Baja tuna tournaments. 8 1/2x11" softbound 256 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/many b/w photos.
"The Bonefish, Tarpon, and Permit Fly Fishing Guide" by Al Raychard. Tackle, techniques, and locations to fish the Big Three of Caribbean saltwater fly fishing. 8 1/2x11" softbound heavily illus. w/color photos of gear, fish, and flies.
"The Trout and Salmon Fisherman's Bible" by Jim Bashline. Intro. to the salmonids and the tackle and techniques to catch them, how to find them, and how to cook them. 8 1/2x11" softbound in exc. cond w/photos and diagrams of tackle, knots, and stream layouts.
"Pacific Salmon and Steelhead" by R.J. Childerhouse and May Trim. More a "fish book" than a "fishing book," this describes the six species' life cycles, the industries they supported, and the attempts to sustain them and those industries. 9x12" softbound illus. by 100+ color photos, color plates of all species, and maps and charts.
"Wondrous World of Fishes" by Natl. Geographic Society. Contains 19 'National Geographic" articles on fish and fishing related topics such as "Fishin' for Fun," "Coast and Deep Sea Fishes," "Lake and Stream Dwellers," and "Tropical Curiosities," plus a cooking guide by James Beard. Extensively illus. w/b/w photos, color photos, fish paintings, and charts. Oversized HB 365 pp. exc. text and pics but slightly faded cover, no dust jacket.
"Why Fish Bite and Why They Don't" by James Westman. Classic old book by a wildlife biologist and fisherman on fish behavior done in a humorous way with cartoons and drawings. HB 210 pp. in exc. cond w/worn dust jacket.
Thanks for reading my usual long, windy post! Don't forget to take a buck off any book (or "package") you order after the first one!
Mike Armstrong
