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News archive for May 1999
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Forthcoming from Cass Two interesting titles due from Frank Cass & Company Ltd:
Moreman. The Jungle, Japanese, and the Sepoy: British Armed Forces and Jungle Warfare. Due later this year.
New arrival Rickard, John Nelson. Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, September to December 1944. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1999
Now available from UPK Mansoor, Peter R. The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999
Wish List Everyone is familiar with "want lists", but no one more than secondhand booksellers who constantly deal with requests for hard-to-find and out-of-print books, often with no more to go on than a nebulous "it was a book about Guadalcanal with a red cover and it mentioned my uncle's name." This compilation is a "wish list" rather than a "want list". The distinction? Secondhand booksellers won't be able to locate any of these titles, because they seem never to have been published, at least not in English-language editions, and they are certainly unavailable through any of the dozens of specialized military publishers and booksellers we regularly deal with.
History Book Club Selections for "June 1998": Caraccilo. Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey as a Japanese Prisoner of War
Forthcoming from Aegis Keith Bonn of Aegis informs us that Major Georg Grossjohann's memoirs, Five Years, Four Fronts, is now due for publication in July of this year.
Military Bookman The "Spring 1999" catalog from Military Bookman, their 74th, has arrived bearing 65 pages of secondhand military books with several WWII categories including Poland & Scandinavia; German Army; Nazi Germany & German Resistance; China, Burma & India; and Pacific Campaigns.
New arrivals Prien, Jochen. Jagdgeschwader 53: A History of the "Pik As" Geschwader, volume 3: January 1944 - May 1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1999. Rogers, Jeff. Valor at Polebrook: The Last Flight of Ten Horsepower. Milwaukee, WI: Ken Cook Co., 1998. Schultz, Alfred W. with Kirk Neff. Janey: A Little Plane in a Big War. Middletown, CT: Southfarm Press, 1998. Hair, Charles Arthur. The Saga of '54 and More: The Story of the 310th Bombardment Group (M). Anaheim, CA: Robinson Typographics, 1987. Stephens, Glenn A. Kriegies, Caterpillars and Lucky Bastards. Anaheim, CA: Robinson Typographics, 1987.
Now available from Southfarm Knox. The Emperor's Angry Guest: A WWII Prisoner of the Japanese Speaks Out. Middletown, CT: Southfarm Press, 1999
Battlefield update Stan Kislow of Battlefield Books in Danbury, CT has uploaded an inventory list of 2000 secondhand military titles to his website. "Our inventory," he reminds us, "is over 95% used, rare, and out of print hardcover books."
Now available from Aegis Engler. The Final Crisis: Combat in Alsace, January 1945. Ft Monroe, VA: Aegis, 1999
Military Book Club Selections for "Late Spring 1999":
Deutsch and Showalter. What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII
Jerboa From Jerboa-Redcap Books comes printed "Supplement #18" with six pages of military titles for sale.
Armies of the Second World War Long-time visitors to this website might recall our "Armies of the Second World War" software which we formerly sold as a disk-based product. We've now converted that software to a Web-based application and are making its huge day-by-day WWII order-of-battle database available to our online visitors at no charge. It's all right here on our Armies pages.
Old Army In addition to his well-stocked website, Bruce Halsted of Old Army Books continues to mail printed catalogs, and his latest, "Number 69", arrived here today.
GPG The "Spring 1999" catalog from Greenwood Publishing Group reminds us of two of their latest releases:
Langer: World War II: An Encyclopedia of Quotations
Cadman update Tom Cadman today uploaded a fresh load of secondhand WWII books to his online inventory pages.
The War Room Book Shop The War Room has updated its online inventory with almost a thousand videos, posters, and secondhand WWII books, including a selection of discount items.
Forthcoming from Kentucky The "Fall and Winter 1999" catalog from University Press of Kentucky shows these upcoming books:
Hofmann and Starry. Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces. Due in September
Military Book Club Selections for "Memorial Day 1999":
Toland. Battle: The Story of the Bulge
Specialty Specialty Press has mailed its "Spring 1999" catalog. In addition to their own publications, Specialty distributes books from Air Research, Airlife, Brooklands, Crecy, Midland, and Phalanx.
Jerboa Frank and Maureen have updated their Jerboa-Redcap Books website with a full range of air/land/sea titles covering pre-WWI, WWI, WWII, and post-WWII.
Aardvark Check out the Aardvark Books website where Martin and the gang have uploaded several thousand titles including a new "World War I" category.
Schiffer Here's early word on a couple of titles Schiffer will be offering in their "Fall 1999" catalog:
Koch. G-2: Intelligence for Patton. Due in September Schiffer is also unveiling a new series entitled X Planes of the Third Reich: An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II. Aircraft covered in books due in August, September, and October will include the Focke-Wulf Ta 183, Horten Ho 9, Messerschmitt P.1101, Messerschmitt Me 263, and Heinkel He 162.
History Book Club May selection: Kennedy, David M. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
Forthcoming Cline. Submarine Grayback: The Life and Death of the WWII Submarine. Due from R. A. Cline Publishing in August
Now available from Classic Mombeek, Eric with J. Richard Smith and Eddie J. Creek. Classic Colours, volume one: Birth of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force. Burgess Hill, West Sussex: Classic Publications, 1999 "Classic Colours" volumes to follow later this year: Spanish Civil War, Invasion of Poland, and Invasion of France.
Hamilton The newsprint "Bargain Books" catalog dated April 30 arrived here today from Edward Hamilton with the usual "World Wars I & II" section plus many additional WWII titles spread throughout the "New Arrivals" section.
Forthcoming from Fedorowicz The gang at J.J. Fedorowicz sends word of their impending releases:
Schadewitz. First the Meuse, Then Antwerp. Due later this month
Scholar's The mail brings a hot new "Spring Military History" catalog from Scholar's Bookshelf with a wide selection of WWII titles in addition to books about nearly every other war imaginable.
Now available from Greenwood Langer, Howard (compiler and editor). World War II: An Encyclopedia of Quotations. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. Written and spoken quotations by and about WWII leaders, from the war years to the present.
Forthcoming from Smithsonian Four titles on the way from Smithsonian Institution Press:
Engen. Wings and Warriors: My Life as a Naval Aviator. Due in August 1999
News from David Glantz With Zhukov's Greatest Defeat newly released and Kursk 1943 due later this year, Colonel Glantz reports on what he's currently writing: "I am working on a follow-on to Stumbling Colossus, entitled Colossus Reborn: The Red Army in 1943 and a three volume desktop publication entitled Forgotten Operations on the German Eastern Front. Volume 1, which covers June 1941-18 November 1942, will be completed in June. The two following volumes will be completed over the course of the summer. These three volumes are map- and document-heavy and will cover about 45-50 forgotten or covered up operations, many of the scale of Mars."
UPK Here's the latest from University Press of Kansas:
Corum. The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air Arm, 1918-1940. Now available
Catalog The monthly catalog from Kisselburg Military Books arrived today with over 200 WWII books between its green covers. Paul is filling every catalog with fresh, previously unlisted titles and this issue includes gems such as a set of fourteen Tessin volumes. (Oops. Just checked and it already sold.)
Now available from Nebraska Toland, John. Battle: The Story of the Bulge. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Softcover reprint.
New arrival Stevens, David. U-Boat Far from Home: The Epic Voyage of U-862 to Australia and New Zealand. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1997
Web updates The new month brings updated inventory pages at these important military book websites:
Old Army Books All three offer browsing by topics as well as searching for books by key words.
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