World War II from Texas Star Books

Fort Worth, Texas: Prairie International, Inc., 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Crisp clean and bright copy with like dust jacket. Laid in is half-page with explanation of demise of the B-24, gidi gidi boom boom on the way to a 5th mission to Ploesti, and signed by author, S/Sgt. Robert H. Johnson, Top Turret Gunner. Fine… Read more about this item

First Edition . Hardcover. Good +. 8vo. Severely damaged with the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, USS California was refitted and rebuilt and made two wartime cruises, the lasty one ending in Tokyo Bay. Oblong 8-3/14"H X 11"W. Unpageinated and without date of publication or publisher designated. Text details ships destinations and encounters, and last half… Read more about this item

Canyon, TX: Staked Plains Press, 1981. Ex-Lib . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Col. Lockhart relates the storied history of the 36th Division, the Texas Division, inj WWII. Signed and inscribed by Col. Lockhart on front free end paper with a warm greeting to friends and dated March, 1982. This is an ex-Library copy… Read more about this item

Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. Findley signed the the front free end paper with inscription "o Betty and Warren with best wishes.." and dated 7-15-10..Memoir of a true-life adventurer with cave exploration, scuba & sky diving , service in the Navy in WWII, along with other pranks and close calls.… Read more about this item

Lone Star Productions. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author, Willis, on title page. Personal account of WWII experience on Okinaway. 226 pp. Bright, crisp, clean and tight copy.

Quantico, VA: Marine Corps Association, 1998. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Signed by author,USAF Maj. Gen. Perry & inscribed on title page which also has previous owner's, a Lt. Col. at the Air War College. 243 pp. Wrappers show light edge wear, and a light reading crease on front hinge. Clean and bright interior.

Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. World War II memoir from the New Mexico Military Academy to the Rhine. Inscribed on front pastedown page by the author to friends, and signed, Jim, May 21, 2003. Bright, crisp, clean and tight copy with… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Casemate, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, crisp and clean copy with a little spine end and corner bumping. Dust jacket is also bright and clean with very minor edge creasing. 274 pp.

Honolulu, HI: Hawaii Pacific University, 2004. Reprint . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed on title page, 'March 8, 2005, Pearl Harbor TO: Yvonne, This is the way the Pacific War really was. Semper Fidelis, Jerome T. Hagen, B. Gen. USMC (Ret)'. Laid in is a flyer with order form… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Public Affairs, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled 'The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power'. 313 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean with light rubbing on forward page edge. Dust jacket has price intact and is bright and crisp… Read more about this item

Waco, TX: Eakin Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed, 'Jim Simpson' on front free end paper. Bright, crisp and clean with black boards. Front board has some tiny white spots, and bottom edge is a little bowed. Rear board has barely discernible indention. Dust jacket has light… Read more about this item

Manila: M. Colcol & Company, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library book from Naval Station San Diego, with library markings, pockets, etc. 272 pp. Dark reddish-brown boards with bright gilt print. Tight copy with minor wear. A few pages have faint smudging/marks, perhaps from printing. Clean interior.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. '111 Stories from the Official Service Journal of the USAAF, Selected and Edited by James H. Straubel, Colonel, Air Force Reserve'. 492 pp. Navy blue cloth boards show light edge wear and some light spotting. Bright gilt print on… Read more about this item

Bryn Mawr, PA: Dorrance & Co., Inc., 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on front free end paper with inscription to a friend. Also laid in are publisher's book release info and a sticky note with author's note to same friend about book's publishing. Inside view… Read more about this item

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Gateway Press, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Frank Lawson, commentator and retired pilot with the 27th Fighter Squadron, the oldest squadron in the U.S.A.F. Daily record of the unit's action in Italy, 1943-1944. 150 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean coy with… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Pubns Inc, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Recollections of Christmas by serviceme and from the home front during World War II. 210 pp. Tight, crisp, clean and bright copy with like dust jacket.

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 228 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with very minor corner and spine end wear. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp with very slight edgewear. Now in protective cover.

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texan Weissinger writes of his experiences as a crew member of the U.S.S. Houston and as prisoner of the Japanese during WWII. From the collection of a fellow Texan and WWII Navy vet, who stamped his name and address on the… Read more about this item

Hickam AFB, Hawaii: Pacific Air Forces Office of History, 1991. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 214 pp. Oversize trade paperback, 8-1/2"W X 11"H. Bright, crisp and clean. Very light corner and spine end wear.

Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Yucca Tree Pr, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on half-title page - signature only. 431 pp. Supplement laid in. Bright and crisp copy with light corner and spine end wear. Bottom page edge has faint, small smudge. Dust jacket has… Read more about this item