Mike Armstrong
Hunter
WTS: used books on aviation, general military/CW/Western-US history, and outdoor survival topics. PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING TO THE LOWER 48 STATES. If you live in AK or HI, let me know and I'll figure out if there is extra postage (usually not much).
I take cash, personal checks, or any kind of MO. I DON'T do PayPal. To reserve a book or books, put an "I'll take book(s) ____" ON THIS THREAD. Then I'll acknowledge your order here, mark the book sold on the ad, and PM you my address and "legal" name for payment.
Please ask any questions or make any remarks by PM; I'll try to answer right away. Don't put comments here (board rule).
TAKE AN EXTRA $1 OFF EACH BOOK YOU ORDER AFTER THE FIRST ONE!
Thanks for reading,
Mike Armstrong
Aviation topics
A) "Civil Aircraft Today: the World's Most Successful Commercial Aircraft" by Paul Eden. Extensively illustrated coverage of the aircraft of 19 contemporary manufacturers from Airbus Industries to Tupolev. More than 600 color photos and plates showing planes in airline livery; design and development histories. Quality softbound 8 1/2x11" 192 pp. in new cond. $7
B) "Hurricane" by Edward Bishop. Complete British history of the fighter that destroyed more German planes in the Battle of Britain than any other. Design history, production, all variations, service history including all units that flew the Hurricane (except Soviet) in all types and purposes: Sea Hurricanes, tank busters, Hurribombers, fighters, night intruders, merchant ship catapult fighters. HB new cond. 7x10" 158 extensively illus. w/b/w photos, drawings, diagrams, and tables. $7
C) Two books together:
"The Development of Piston Aero Engines" by Bill Gunston. British tech history from pre-WWI to the present, with prophecies for the future of piston engines. HB new cond. 222 highly illus. w/b/w photos, drawings, diagrams, and charts.
and
"A History of Aircraft Piston Engines" by Herschel Smith. American tech history that treats each piston engine type separately but has similar coverage to the above. Ends with "Lost Causes, Oddballs, and Unconventional Engines." PB 8 1/2x11 271 pp. illus w/b/w photos, many diagrams and drawings.
Both books together for $12 shipped.
D) Two more books together
"The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters" by Jim Winchester. 150 "losers" from the history of aviation, and the lessons they teach. Excellent explanatory text and at least one b/w photo and one color plate per type. HB new cond. 320 PP. A beautiful little book.
and
"The World's Worst Airplanes" by Bill Yenne. Many planes you never heard of (for good reason...) and some you won't agree are that bad. HB 9x12" 160 pp. fully illus. w/historic color and b/w photos. Some cover wear but exc. text and photos.
Both books together for $10 shipped.
E) "Russia's Top Guns: Soviet Air Power" An encyclopedia of all Soviet military aircraft from the Korean War to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Many types still in use. Contains specs, color plates, line drawings, and photos. Especially good for modellers. Over 40 types including combat helicopters. HB 81/2x11" 144 pp. in new cond. $7
F) "The Soviet Air Force at War" by Russell Muller. History from the Czarist air force in WWI thru the Revolution, Spanish Civil War and Japanese border wars of the '30s, the Finnish and German fronts in WWII, plus brief postwar history. New cond. w/extensive illustrations of Russian and Allied aircraft in Soviet service, propaganda posters, and combat photos and paintings. 176 pp. $6
Military history, general
G) SPF "Ike the Soldier as They Knew Him" by Merle Miller. By an ex-combat correspondent and presidential biographer who knew Eisenhower for many years, using the testimony of men who served with him to uncover the man under the bland, jovial exterior his public saw. A very complete biography that focuses on "the soldier that drove the politician." HB 859 pp. in new cond. $7
H) "Napoleon Bonaparte" by Alan Schom. Complete biography of the original "Little Big Man" from his impoverished youth on Corsica to his end, poisoned on St. Helena. A BIG book but easy clear reading. Quality PB 911 pp. illus w/b/w repros of paintings and 20 maps, in exc. cond. $7
I) "The Voyage of the Armada: the Spanish Story" by David Howarth. Tells the story of the Spanish Armada of 1588 from the "Allied"--Spanish--side, explaining why it was such a disaster, caused as much by Allied misplanning and lack of coordination as British heroism. By the author of "1066" and "1776". HB exc. cond 256 pp. illus w/b/w photos and repros of contemporary maps and paintings. $6
J) "Life in Nelson's Navy" by Dudley Pope. Comprehensive description of British naval life in the Napoleonic Wars. Details the ships, the lives of officers and crew, and the large and small "economics" of the Navy and of the wars. Quality PB (Bluejacket Press) 290 pp. exc. cond. illus w/b/w repros of paintings, drawings. $6
K) "Someone Has Blundered: Calamities of the British Army in the Victorian Age" by Dennis Judd. The Empire's bloody defeats at Balaclava, in the Zulu Wars, the Boer War, Afghanistan, and the Indian Mutiny. Details of these battles and campaigns w/many maps. Quality PB in new cond. 198 pp. $5
L) "Out of the Sky: A History of Airborne Warfare" by Michael Hickey. RAF Bomber Command vet's history of airborne operations from balloon jumpers to Vietnam. Mainly about WWII: Allied and Axis airborne assaults. HB 286 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $5
Our "Civil" War
M) "All For the Union: the Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes" by E.H. Rhodes, ed. Robert Hand Rhodes. Rhodes began as a private and ended the war as a LTC in charge of his regiment, the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Inf. He fought in 20 battles from First Bull Run to Apomattox Court House. His diaries were a key part of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" on PBS. HB new cond. 256 pp. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $7
N) SPF "Never Call Retreat" by Bruce Catton. Volume 3 of Catton's prize-winning "Centennial History of the Civil War" this volume covers the end of the war from the Battle of Fredericksburg to the death of Lincoln. HB 567 pp. in exc. cond. w/worn dust jacket, illus. w/16 maps. $6
O) "The Incredible Civil War: Amazing Facts and Revealing Stories from the War Between the States" by Berke Davis. A compilation of "firsts" in the Civil War, plus many little-known facts about people, events, battles, and weapons of the war including the Civil War service of many people who later became famous (or infamous) in the Wild West. PB new cond. 244 pp. illus w/b/w photos. $6
P) "Not War, But Murder: Cold Harbor, 1864" by Ernest B. Furgerson. USMC vet and historian chronicles and analyzes Lee's last great victory over Grant. Meticulous detail with maps and b/w photos, Union and Confederate orders of battle, casualty counts, and detailed notes and bibliography. HB exc/new cond. 342 pp. $7
Q) "Blackjack Logan" by Gary Ecelbarger. Biography of John Alexander Logan, Union major general who was described by his superiors as "the best (Union) volunteer soldier of the war." Logan volunteered--in the middle of a battle he was observing--in spite of being a sitting member of Congress at the time. HB 399 pp. new cond. illus. w/b/w photos and repros of documents. $7
Western/US History books
R) SPF "The Authentic Wild West: The Outlaws" by James D. Horan. Based on research, not legend. Covers the Reno, James, Younger, Dalton, "Wild Bunch," Cassidy/Sundance Kid/Place gangs, plus Tiburcio Vasquez (a real Mexican bandit) and Joaquin Murrieta (a mostly fictional Mexican bandit). Accounts by verified eye witnesses and depositions of the outlaws themselves. 8 1/2x11" HB in exc. cond. 318 pp. illus. w/over 250 reproductions of historic documents and b/w photos of the "players." $9
S) SPF "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris. Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of TR. Fascinating book about a great and complex man. Quality PB 945 pp. in exc. reading cond w/some cover and edge wear, illus w/b/w photos, drawings, and maps. $6
"Outdoor Adventures"
T) SPF "The Outlaw Sea" by William Langerweische. Investigative reporter's "ocean voyage." How the global merchant marine actually works (the free-est "free trade" in the world) plus the criminal enterprises that live with and off it. A world we depend on but never see. By the author of "Cutting Sign." HB 240 pp. in new cond. inscribed by the author to a crewman of the historic SS "Lane Victory" docked in Long Beach CA near the USS "Iowa." $7
U) "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David O. Relin. Best-selling account of a US mountaineer's crusade to bring education to portions of Pakistan and Afghanistan plagued by Islamic radicals. Perils and joys of a truly "foriegn" country. Quality PB 355 pp. in exc. reading cond w/some cover wear. Illus w/b/w photos and maps. $5
V) "Mountaineering, 5th Ed." by The Mountaineers. Basically a college-quality course on climbing. Covers and illustrates every technical aspect of climbing from choosing footgear to rescue techniques--all gear, terrains, technical rock climbing, planning--from a mountain peak campaign to a small rock feature, safety, etc. Oversized PB 446 pp. w/extensive technical drawings and photos, index, checklists. Some cover wear but exc. reading cond. $6
W) "Among Predators and Prey: Photographic Reflections on African Wildlife" by Hugo Van Lawick. Interesting text, SPECTACULAR full-page color photos of African wildlife from toads to elephants, including some very rarely photographed or discussed animals. HB exc. cond. 10x13" 223 pp. illus w/full color photos. $9
X) SPF "The Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife WESTERN Edition" ed. Jay Ellis Ransome. Handbook to more than 1800 species of Western American birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. Each entry contains physical description, range, similar species, habitat and habits, food. Fully illus. w/2200 indexed b/w and full-color plates. HB exc. cond w/some dust jacket wear. 828 pp. $6
Y) SPF "The Sledge Patrol" by David Howarth. Account of the epic conflict between Danish and Norwegian Arctic hunters and German special forces in Greenland in 1943 to control vital Arctic weather station sites. Hunters become hunted: Arctic survival epic. Quality PB 235 pp. illus w/b/w photos exc. cond. $5
Z)SPF "Extreme Outdoor Adventures: Who Survives and Why" by Larry Mueller and Marguerite Reuss. "Outdoor Life" staff writer and Alaskan journalist collect 20 true stories of survival, including cougar attack, Alaska plane crash, alligator trapping gone wrong, wild boar charge, and many more. Introduction on the "Whys" of survival. Quality PB 218 pp. in new cond. illus w/b/w photos. $6
Thanks for reading my (usual) long posting! Don't forget to discount $1 off each book you order after the first one!
Mike Armstrong
I take cash, personal checks, or any kind of MO. I DON'T do PayPal. To reserve a book or books, put an "I'll take book(s) ____" ON THIS THREAD. Then I'll acknowledge your order here, mark the book sold on the ad, and PM you my address and "legal" name for payment.
Please ask any questions or make any remarks by PM; I'll try to answer right away. Don't put comments here (board rule).
TAKE AN EXTRA $1 OFF EACH BOOK YOU ORDER AFTER THE FIRST ONE!
Thanks for reading,
Mike Armstrong
Aviation topics
A) "Civil Aircraft Today: the World's Most Successful Commercial Aircraft" by Paul Eden. Extensively illustrated coverage of the aircraft of 19 contemporary manufacturers from Airbus Industries to Tupolev. More than 600 color photos and plates showing planes in airline livery; design and development histories. Quality softbound 8 1/2x11" 192 pp. in new cond. $7
B) "Hurricane" by Edward Bishop. Complete British history of the fighter that destroyed more German planes in the Battle of Britain than any other. Design history, production, all variations, service history including all units that flew the Hurricane (except Soviet) in all types and purposes: Sea Hurricanes, tank busters, Hurribombers, fighters, night intruders, merchant ship catapult fighters. HB new cond. 7x10" 158 extensively illus. w/b/w photos, drawings, diagrams, and tables. $7
C) Two books together:
"The Development of Piston Aero Engines" by Bill Gunston. British tech history from pre-WWI to the present, with prophecies for the future of piston engines. HB new cond. 222 highly illus. w/b/w photos, drawings, diagrams, and charts.
and
"A History of Aircraft Piston Engines" by Herschel Smith. American tech history that treats each piston engine type separately but has similar coverage to the above. Ends with "Lost Causes, Oddballs, and Unconventional Engines." PB 8 1/2x11 271 pp. illus w/b/w photos, many diagrams and drawings.
Both books together for $12 shipped.
D) Two more books together
"The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters" by Jim Winchester. 150 "losers" from the history of aviation, and the lessons they teach. Excellent explanatory text and at least one b/w photo and one color plate per type. HB new cond. 320 PP. A beautiful little book.
and
"The World's Worst Airplanes" by Bill Yenne. Many planes you never heard of (for good reason...) and some you won't agree are that bad. HB 9x12" 160 pp. fully illus. w/historic color and b/w photos. Some cover wear but exc. text and photos.
Both books together for $10 shipped.
E) "Russia's Top Guns: Soviet Air Power" An encyclopedia of all Soviet military aircraft from the Korean War to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Many types still in use. Contains specs, color plates, line drawings, and photos. Especially good for modellers. Over 40 types including combat helicopters. HB 81/2x11" 144 pp. in new cond. $7
F) "The Soviet Air Force at War" by Russell Muller. History from the Czarist air force in WWI thru the Revolution, Spanish Civil War and Japanese border wars of the '30s, the Finnish and German fronts in WWII, plus brief postwar history. New cond. w/extensive illustrations of Russian and Allied aircraft in Soviet service, propaganda posters, and combat photos and paintings. 176 pp. $6
Military history, general
G) SPF "Ike the Soldier as They Knew Him" by Merle Miller. By an ex-combat correspondent and presidential biographer who knew Eisenhower for many years, using the testimony of men who served with him to uncover the man under the bland, jovial exterior his public saw. A very complete biography that focuses on "the soldier that drove the politician." HB 859 pp. in new cond. $7
H) "Napoleon Bonaparte" by Alan Schom. Complete biography of the original "Little Big Man" from his impoverished youth on Corsica to his end, poisoned on St. Helena. A BIG book but easy clear reading. Quality PB 911 pp. illus w/b/w repros of paintings and 20 maps, in exc. cond. $7
I) "The Voyage of the Armada: the Spanish Story" by David Howarth. Tells the story of the Spanish Armada of 1588 from the "Allied"--Spanish--side, explaining why it was such a disaster, caused as much by Allied misplanning and lack of coordination as British heroism. By the author of "1066" and "1776". HB exc. cond 256 pp. illus w/b/w photos and repros of contemporary maps and paintings. $6
J) "Life in Nelson's Navy" by Dudley Pope. Comprehensive description of British naval life in the Napoleonic Wars. Details the ships, the lives of officers and crew, and the large and small "economics" of the Navy and of the wars. Quality PB (Bluejacket Press) 290 pp. exc. cond. illus w/b/w repros of paintings, drawings. $6
K) "Someone Has Blundered: Calamities of the British Army in the Victorian Age" by Dennis Judd. The Empire's bloody defeats at Balaclava, in the Zulu Wars, the Boer War, Afghanistan, and the Indian Mutiny. Details of these battles and campaigns w/many maps. Quality PB in new cond. 198 pp. $5
L) "Out of the Sky: A History of Airborne Warfare" by Michael Hickey. RAF Bomber Command vet's history of airborne operations from balloon jumpers to Vietnam. Mainly about WWII: Allied and Axis airborne assaults. HB 286 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $5
Our "Civil" War
M) "All For the Union: the Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes" by E.H. Rhodes, ed. Robert Hand Rhodes. Rhodes began as a private and ended the war as a LTC in charge of his regiment, the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Inf. He fought in 20 battles from First Bull Run to Apomattox Court House. His diaries were a key part of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" on PBS. HB new cond. 256 pp. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $7
N) SPF "Never Call Retreat" by Bruce Catton. Volume 3 of Catton's prize-winning "Centennial History of the Civil War" this volume covers the end of the war from the Battle of Fredericksburg to the death of Lincoln. HB 567 pp. in exc. cond. w/worn dust jacket, illus. w/16 maps. $6
O) "The Incredible Civil War: Amazing Facts and Revealing Stories from the War Between the States" by Berke Davis. A compilation of "firsts" in the Civil War, plus many little-known facts about people, events, battles, and weapons of the war including the Civil War service of many people who later became famous (or infamous) in the Wild West. PB new cond. 244 pp. illus w/b/w photos. $6
P) "Not War, But Murder: Cold Harbor, 1864" by Ernest B. Furgerson. USMC vet and historian chronicles and analyzes Lee's last great victory over Grant. Meticulous detail with maps and b/w photos, Union and Confederate orders of battle, casualty counts, and detailed notes and bibliography. HB exc/new cond. 342 pp. $7
Q) "Blackjack Logan" by Gary Ecelbarger. Biography of John Alexander Logan, Union major general who was described by his superiors as "the best (Union) volunteer soldier of the war." Logan volunteered--in the middle of a battle he was observing--in spite of being a sitting member of Congress at the time. HB 399 pp. new cond. illus. w/b/w photos and repros of documents. $7
Western/US History books
R) SPF "The Authentic Wild West: The Outlaws" by James D. Horan. Based on research, not legend. Covers the Reno, James, Younger, Dalton, "Wild Bunch," Cassidy/Sundance Kid/Place gangs, plus Tiburcio Vasquez (a real Mexican bandit) and Joaquin Murrieta (a mostly fictional Mexican bandit). Accounts by verified eye witnesses and depositions of the outlaws themselves. 8 1/2x11" HB in exc. cond. 318 pp. illus. w/over 250 reproductions of historic documents and b/w photos of the "players." $9
S) SPF "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris. Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of TR. Fascinating book about a great and complex man. Quality PB 945 pp. in exc. reading cond w/some cover and edge wear, illus w/b/w photos, drawings, and maps. $6
"Outdoor Adventures"
T) SPF "The Outlaw Sea" by William Langerweische. Investigative reporter's "ocean voyage." How the global merchant marine actually works (the free-est "free trade" in the world) plus the criminal enterprises that live with and off it. A world we depend on but never see. By the author of "Cutting Sign." HB 240 pp. in new cond. inscribed by the author to a crewman of the historic SS "Lane Victory" docked in Long Beach CA near the USS "Iowa." $7
U) "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David O. Relin. Best-selling account of a US mountaineer's crusade to bring education to portions of Pakistan and Afghanistan plagued by Islamic radicals. Perils and joys of a truly "foriegn" country. Quality PB 355 pp. in exc. reading cond w/some cover wear. Illus w/b/w photos and maps. $5
V) "Mountaineering, 5th Ed." by The Mountaineers. Basically a college-quality course on climbing. Covers and illustrates every technical aspect of climbing from choosing footgear to rescue techniques--all gear, terrains, technical rock climbing, planning--from a mountain peak campaign to a small rock feature, safety, etc. Oversized PB 446 pp. w/extensive technical drawings and photos, index, checklists. Some cover wear but exc. reading cond. $6
W) "Among Predators and Prey: Photographic Reflections on African Wildlife" by Hugo Van Lawick. Interesting text, SPECTACULAR full-page color photos of African wildlife from toads to elephants, including some very rarely photographed or discussed animals. HB exc. cond. 10x13" 223 pp. illus w/full color photos. $9
X) SPF "The Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife WESTERN Edition" ed. Jay Ellis Ransome. Handbook to more than 1800 species of Western American birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. Each entry contains physical description, range, similar species, habitat and habits, food. Fully illus. w/2200 indexed b/w and full-color plates. HB exc. cond w/some dust jacket wear. 828 pp. $6
Y) SPF "The Sledge Patrol" by David Howarth. Account of the epic conflict between Danish and Norwegian Arctic hunters and German special forces in Greenland in 1943 to control vital Arctic weather station sites. Hunters become hunted: Arctic survival epic. Quality PB 235 pp. illus w/b/w photos exc. cond. $5
Z)SPF "Extreme Outdoor Adventures: Who Survives and Why" by Larry Mueller and Marguerite Reuss. "Outdoor Life" staff writer and Alaskan journalist collect 20 true stories of survival, including cougar attack, Alaska plane crash, alligator trapping gone wrong, wild boar charge, and many more. Introduction on the "Whys" of survival. Quality PB 218 pp. in new cond. illus w/b/w photos. $6
Thanks for reading my (usual) long posting! Don't forget to discount $1 off each book you order after the first one!
Mike Armstrong
