Printed Crap

Cheap Crap You Don't Need, Enterprises

Here's where we've decided to move all of our printed materials (books, magazines) that don't need photos or we can't think of a better place to put them. So, be sure to look carefully 'cause you never know when that vital Underwater Basketweaving Course Manual might show up!

Magazines

Wheels & Tracks. Now out-of-print magazine that covered the history of military vehicles. These issues are full of interesting articles and great photos of tanks and other exotic vehicles. The magazine was founded by Bart Vanderveen in 1982. When Vanderveen died in 2001, publication ceased. The final issue was issue 75, April 2001. Please contact us for the current list. Price: $10 per issue.

Machine Gun News. Now out-of-print magazine that covered the Class 3, full-auto world. These issues are full of interesting articles and great photos of machine-guns and other exotic weapons. Magazine stopped publication in 1997. Price: $10 per issue.

1991 - November issue only
1992 - January through December
1993 - January through December
1994 - January through December
1995 - January through December
1996 - January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1997 - March and April

The Point. WWII reenactor-based magazine published by the WWII Historical Reenactment Society (HRS). A great look back on how WWII reenacting was 15-20 years ago. The Point went out of publication in the late 1990s. Condition is mostly good though some will have surface wear from USPO mailing. Price: $2.00 per issue/copy.

Vol 12 #1 (Jan-Feb 1986) cover is very damaged, otherwise ok.
Vol 12 #5 (Sept-Oct 1986)
Vol 12 #6 (Nov-Dec 1986)
Vol 13 #1 (Jan-Feb 1987)
Vol 13 #2 (Mar-Apr 1987)
Vol 13 #3 (May-Jun 1987)

Vol 14 #1 (Jan-Feb 1988)
Vol 14 #3 (May-Jun 1988)

Breakthrough. WWII reenactor-based magazine published by the 20th Century Tactical Studies Group (TSG). Excellent magazine with many diverse articles on reenacting the wars of the 20th century. Magazine went out of publication in the late 1990s. Price: $2.00 per issue/copy.

Vol 1 #2 (Winter 1989)
Vol 2 #1 (Winter 1990)
#8 (Summer/Fall 1990) Vietnam Issue

#10 (Spring/Summer 1991)

#18 (Spring 1995)
#19 (Summer 1995)
#19 (Fall 1995)

All books are in good condition unless otherwise noted.

H.M Corvette by Nicholas Monsarrat (Lieutenant RNVR). 1st Printing (1943) by The Mercury Library, 128 pages, soft cover. Written by the author of "The Cruel Sea" this well-written semi-fictional book covers the early part of the naval war between the small corvettes of the Royal Navy and the German U-Boats. The edition was printed for the Armed Services and would make an excellent addition to the WWII reenactor or collector of WWII Naval stories. Price: $10.00

The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. 1st Printing (1951) by Doubleday, 494 pages, hardback w/o dustjacket. This novel (which was the basis of the Bogart/ Van Johnson movie) is about the events leading up to and the "mutiny." The book's ending is FAR different than the movie's. One of the best novels about WWII. Price: $10.00

Books (non-fiction)

All books are in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Medals and Decorations

Book of Orders and Decorations by Vaclav Mericka. 1st English Printing (1975) by Hamlyn Publishing. Hardcover w/dustjacket, ex-library book in good condition. This book describes "how and why" medals/decorations are designed, made and the reasons behind the making of said items. Not really a collector's books, but it does make and interesting read and the color plates show many European medals many of us will never see. Price: $15.00

Military History (20th Century)

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II/The Violent Century. These soft-back books make up part of a huge series that came out during the early 1970s detailing various Campaigns, Weapons, War Leaders, Battles, etc. that occurred during the 20th century. Written by various historians. An excellent series of about 160 pages per volume that are many times hard to find. All these books are in good to excellent condition (They are 35+ years old)

Price: $10 per volume

Currently in stock:

Defeat in Malaya-the fall of Singapore (Campaign No. 5)

Pearl Harbor (Battle No. 5)

Salerno (Batlle No. 24)

Patton (War Leader No. 1)

Mussolini (War Leader No. 13) (have 2 copies)

Halsey (War Leader No. 26)

U.S. Army Uniforms of the Vietnam War by Shelby Stanton. 1st Printing (1989) by Stackpole Books. Hardcover w/dustjacket, great condition. This book covers just about every uniform worn by US Army Forces "in country" during the Vietnam War. One of the best references for the Vietnam collector or reenactor ever written. Price: $25.00

Military History (WWII)

Time-Life Series of World War II by Time-Life Books Hard-back volumes of the 1978 series on the Second World War. An excellent series of about 200 pages per volume that is sometimes hard to find.

Price: $10.00 per volume

Currently in stock:

The Second Front

The Secret War

Home Front USA
Island Fighting

Mighty Midgets At War (The Saga of the LCS(L) Ships from Iwo Jima to Vietnam by Robin Rielly. 1st Printing (2000) by Hellgate Press, 300 pages with many photographs and illustrations. This softback covers the use and history of converted Landing Ships into anti-aircraft "gunboats" that took on the WWII Japanese suicide attacks and into the "Cold War." A really great book on the history of small ships that went "in harms way." Price: $15.00

Brave Men by Ernie Pyle. 8th Printing (February 1945) by Henry Holt and Company; 328 pages; no dust cover; hardback, good condition. A great WWII book by a man who lost his life while covering WWII. Price: $10.00

They Were Expendable by W.L. White. 1st Printing (1942) by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 209 pages; hardback w/dustcover, very good condition. The book that was the basis for the John Wayne movie. A good read. Price: $10.00

Gunner's Mate by Bob Galati. 1st Printing (1993) by Innovatia Press, Inc., 123 pages, soft cover, good condition. An excellent first-person memoir of service with the Naval Armed Guard in WWII. Autographed by the author. Price: $10.00

The Landings in North Africa - November 1942 by the Naval Historical Center 1993 Reprint of 1st Edition (1944) by the Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., 113 pages, softcover. This reprint of a WWII-era book is a well-done report on the US Navy's operations for the TORCH invasion of North Africa in 1942. The book details the problems and successes of the operation. Excellent read for the WWII naval historian. Price: $10.00

Military History (Civil War)

Time-Life Series of the Civil War by Time-Life Books Hard-back volumes of the 1985 series on the Civil War. An excellent series of about 175 pages per volume that is sometimes hard to find.

Price: $10.00 per volume

Currently in stock:

The Struggle for Tennessee: Tupelo to Stones River

The Road to Shiloh: Early Battles in the West

Brother Against Brother: The War Begins
First Blood:Fort Sumpter to Bull Run

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