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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Reprint. Volume III of U.S. Marine Operations in Korea 1950-1953. Austin: Brandy Able I, 1987. Reprint of 1957 edition published by Historical Branch, U. S. Marine Corps. 8vo. xi,432pp, Index, Bibliography. Blue cloth, near fine condition (shelf edges slightly rubbed). Based on research by K. Jack Bauer, PhD. With 32 pages of photographs and 30 maps and sketches. From Foreword: "The Breakout of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir area will long be remembered as one of the inspiring epics of our historythe Marines fought their way through twelve Chinese divisions over a 78 mile road in sub-zero weather". ISBN 0944495036; U. S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-53, Volume 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages.…

hardcover. Condizione: Used-Very Good. 2nd. Vol. 1 only. Reprint edition. Cloth, no d.j. Light shelf-wear. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Acceptable. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Boards have shelf wear.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. Blue boards, library binding, clean and sharp. Book is firm in binding, library env. removed from inside front cover, library notations on full title page, 361 pages include Index, b&w photographs and map illustrations. Color map illustrated endpapers. Free of any other markings. ; Ex-Library; 361 pages.…

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 142 pages. Illustrated. Performance Practice in the Papal Chapel during the 16th Century (pp. 452-462) Richard Sherr Prince Arthur (1486-1502), a Carol and a cantus firmus (pp. 463-467) Hugh Benham Eighteenth-Century French Chamber Music for Vielle (pp. 468-479) Robert A. Green Another Keyboard Canzona by Giovanni Gabrieli? (pp. 480-486) Richard Charteris The Basset Clarinet Revived (pp. 487-501) Colin Lawson Francisco Pérez Mirabal's Harpsichords and the Early Spanish Piano (pp. 503-510+512-513) Beryl Kenyon de Pascual The Enigmatic Canons of Juan del Vado (c. 1625-1691) (pp. 514-519) Luis Robledo and Gerardo Arriaga (M20). …

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. This 361 pp. indexed Hardbound is an excellent history of the U.S. Marines in the Korean War. There is a prior owner's address label atop the first blank flyleaf. Otherwise the book is unmarked and AS NEW, inside & out. Striking shiny Black buckram binding with gilt lettering on the spine !.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B008G68JL2 Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. VOLUME TWO ONLY. No dustjacket; bound in gray boards with gold gilt lettering and design. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning and dustsoiling throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good to Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Condizione: Fair. Original gilt lettered cloth, map on endpapers, illustrations in b/w, small maps, 8vo.; Ex-library with usual stamps and (partly removed) markings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 361pp; several Appendixes; Bibliography; Index; color & b/w maps and b/w photographs. No library stamps; no ownership name or markings. Contents textually unmarked, clean, tight. The Battle of Inchon was a decisive turning point during 1950 in favor of United Nations forces under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Code name was Operation Chromite, involving 75,000 troops and 261 naval ships. Color map endpapers. Blue cloth with goldtone lettering and front panel emblem. XIV chapters: Communist Challenge; Minute Men of 1950; Operation Plan Chromite; Planning Phase; Embarkation and Assault; Hitting the Beaches; Securing the Beachhead; On to Kimpo; Marine Air Support; Crossing the Han; Fight for Yongdungpo; Main Line of Resistance; Seoul as a Battlefield; Drive to Uijongbu.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Vintage printing. Clean content pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover, reprint 1976, ix + 271pp (including 32 pages of b&w photos and 23 maps). Ex-library, marked "withdrawn": an external stamp on upper page edges, internal stamps and inventory numbers; remnants of a removed label inside the rear board. Pages are clean, untanned, with unmarked text; firm secure binding. Age-toned outer page edges with faint age-spotting. Boards show rubbing to edges; a foreign library label on the back. No dust jacket. -- "An ability to furnish skilled forces to meet emergency situations on short notice has long been a hallmark of the Marine Corps. When the call came for such a force to be dispatched to Korea on 2 July 1950, the Corps was handicapped by the strictures of a peacetime economy. Nevertheless, a composite brigade consisting of a regiment and an air group was made available within a week's time. With a reputation built largely on amphibious warfare, Marines of the 1st Brigade were called upon to prove their versatility in sustained ground action. On three separate occasions within the embattled Perimeter - south toward Sachon and twice along the Naktong River - these Marine units hurled the weight of their assault force at the enemy. All three attacks were successful, and at no point did Marines give ground except as ordered. The quality of their performance in the difficult days of the Pusan Perimeter fighting made them a valuable member of the United Nations team and earned new laurels for their Corps." [Foreword by Gen. Lemuel Shepherd] -- Contents: 1 Korea, Doorstep of Strategy [Korean Question; Russo-Japanese War; Korea as a Japanese Colony; Partition of Korea; Red Victory in China; Civil Strife in Korea]; 2 Red Aggression in Korea [Units of the NKPA; NKPA Command and Leadership; NKPA Infantry Division; NKPA Air and Armor; NKPA Officer Procurement Conscription; NKPA Order of Battle]; 3 Marine Brigade [NKPA Gains of First Week; Early U.S. Decisions; Geography of Korea; U.S. Ground Forces in Korea; Requests for U.S. Marines; Activation of the Brigade]; 4 Advance Party [Conference with CINCFE; Washington Scene; Advance Party in Japan; Voyage of the Brigade; Advance Party in Korea; Crisis of the Eighth Army]; 5 Prelude to Battle [Reconnaissance by Jeep; Brigade Air Lands; Landing of Ground Force; Bedlam on Pusan Water Front; Brigade at Changwon; Pusan Perimeter; Brigade Air Strikes First; Planning the Sachon-Chinju Offensive]; 6 Action on Hill [First Platoon Fight; Perimeter on Hill 342; Call for Artillery Fires; Task Force Kean Stalled; General Craig Assumes Control; Enemy Attack at Dawn]; 7 Advance to Kosong [Heavy NKPA Resistance; Assault on Hill 255; Confusion at Tosan Junction; Brigade Artillery in Support; Encounter with Japanese Maps; Ambush at Taedabok Pass; Seizure of Kosong]; 8 Fight on Two Fronts [Kosong Turkey Shoot; Changchon Ambush; Marines Ordered to New Sector; Attack of 3/5 to the Rear; Enemy Dawn Attack at Changchon; Breaking Off Action]; 9 Battle of the Naktong [Task Force Hill Organized; Planning the Next Operation; Reconnaissance of Terrain; Air and Artillery Preparation; Company D on Objective; Attack of Company E]; 10 Obong-ni Ridge [Company B to the Attack; Advance of Company A; Defeat of Enemy Tanks; End of the First Day; Enemy Counterattack on Ridge; Obong-ni Ridge Secured; Supporting Arms Clear the Bulge]; 11 Second Naktong [Famous Bean Patch; Planning for Inchon Landing; Return to the Naktong Bulge; All-Out NKPA Offensive; Marines Jump Off; Progress of Brigade Attack; Assault on Hill]; 12 Mission Completed [Collapse of the 9th NKPA Division; Attacks of 5 September; Two Marine Tanks Killed; Brigade's Final Action; Brigade Embarkation at Pusan; Results of Brigade Operations; Summaries and Conclusions]; Appendixes [Glossary of Military Terms; Command and Staff List; Citations and Commendations]; Bibliography; Index.…

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket Reprint. Three volume set, volumes 1-3. (korean war, military history, USMC) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

443 pages. illustrated with maps and photos. fine condition hardback in the dust-jacket. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Five volume set in excellent condition. Reprints of original volumes.

hardcover. Condizione: As New. 5 volumes. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 1992 reprint. Contents:v. 1. The Pusan perimeter / L. Montross and N.A. Canzona; v. 2. The Inchon-Seoul operation / L. Montross and N.A. Canzona; v. 3. The Chosin Reservoir Campaign / L. Montross and N.A. Canzona; v. 4. The East-Central front / L. Montross, H.D. Kuokka and Norman W. Hicks; v. 5. Operations in West Korea / P. Meid and J.M. Yingling. This is an oversized or heavy book, which WILL require additional postage for Priority Mail or International delivery outside the US.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [1], 361, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Appendixes. Glossary of Technical Terms. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Name and notation by previous owner on fep verso. Cover has wear and soiling. Rear board weak and restrengthened with glue. Lynn Montross was born in 1895, and studied at the University of Nebraska before serving three years in an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) regiment in World War I Afterward became a writer for the Chicago Daily News. He died in 1961. Lynn Montross is one of the foremost post-World War II Western military historians. From 1950 to 1961 he was a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps. Though he only published seven books during his life, his insightful monumental lifetime work, War Through the Ages (1960), stands as one of the important works of military history in the 20th century. It has been used as a text book by various military academies. Montross influenced Trevor N. Dupuy and R. Ernest Dupuy's work, The Encyclopedia of Military History. The Encyclopedia of Military History uses the same illustrations as those in War Through the Ages, but also the Encyclopedia has Montross-like narrative sections describing specific periods of history, or particular battles. The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations. The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels, and led to the recapture of the South Korean capital of Seoul two weeks later. The code name for the operation was Operation Chromite. The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and South Korean forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Inchon was secured after being bombed by UN forces. The battle ended a string of victories by the invading Korean People's Army (KPA). The subsequent UN recapture of Seoul partially severed the KPA's supply lines in South Korea. The United Nations and South Korean forces were commanded by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of the United States Army. MacArthur was the driving force behind the operation, overcoming the strong misgivings of more cautious generals to a risky assault over extremely unfavorable terrain.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [1], 432, [4] pages. Appendixes. Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Name and notation by previous owner one fep verso. Cover has some wear and soiling. Lynn Montross was born in 1895, and studied at the University of Nebraska before serving three years in an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) regiment in World War I Afterward became a writer for the Chicago Daily News. He died in 1961. Lynn Montross is one of the foremost post-World War II Western military historians. From 1950 to 1961 he was a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps. Though he only published seven books during his life, his insightful monumental lifetime work, War Through the Ages (1960), stands as one of the important works of military history in the 20th century. It has been used as a text book by various military academies. Montross influenced Trevor N. Dupuy and R. Ernest Dupuy's work, The Encyclopedia of Military History. The Encyclopedia of Military History uses the same illustrations as those found in War Through the Ages, but also the Encyclopedia has Montross-like narrative sections describing specific periods of history, or particular battles. The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Changjin Lake Campaign was a decisive battle in the Korean War. The battle took place about a month after the People's Republic of China entered the conflict and sent the People's Volunteer Army 9th Army to infiltrate the northeastern part of North Korea. On 27 November 1950, the Chinese force surprised the US X Corps commanded by Major General Edward Almond at the Chosin Reservoir area. A brutal 17-day battle in freezing weather soon followed. Between 27 November and 13 December, 30,000 United Nations troops under the command of Major General Oliver P. Smith were encircled and attacked by about 120,000 Chinese troops under the command of Song Shi-Lun, who had been ordered by Mao Zedong to destroy the UN forces. The UN forces were able to make a fighting withdrawal and broke out of the encirclement while inflicting heavy casualties on the Chinese. U.S. Marine units were supported in their withdrawal by the U.S. Army's Task Force Faith to their east, who suffered heavy casualties and the full brunt of the Chinese offensive. The evacuation of the X Corps from the port of Hungnam marked the complete withdrawal of UN troops from North Korea.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

8vo Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Reprint. A complete five volume set. Interiors are unmarked with many b/w photos. Bound in navy blue cloth with crisply pointed corners, gold emblem on center front panels, and gilt tilting on spines. Bindings are tight with securely attached hinges. No jackets, as issued. Cloth and text-block of volume two is slightly more toned than its brothers. Price of shipping is subject to change due to quantity and weight. Vol. I The Pusan Perimeter Vol. II The Inchon-Seoul Operation Vol. III The Chosen Reservoir Campaign Vol. IV The Eastern-Central Front Vol. V Operations in West Korea. …

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Tapa dura. Condizione: Muy Bien. Ilustrado. Idioma: Inglés. 22 x 14 cm. . Anotación de fecha. Sello de anterior propietario 3540 gr.

Condizione: Very Good. Austin, TX: Brandy Able 1, 1987. Reprint of Historical Branch, 1954-1972. 5 volumes. 8vo. Illus., maps. Very Good book. (Korea, Changjin Reservoir, Pusan, Inch'o?n, Seoul) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.