CONDITION

Pre-owned vintage hardcover books in good overall condition with age and shelf wear. Open Fire retains its dust jacket, which shows some wear. The Children’s War is a hardcover without a dust jacket and shows normal exterior wear. Pages appear generally clean from the photos. Please see all photos for exact condition.

DESCRIPTION

Lot of 2 vintage military and war-related hardcover books.

Open Fire: Artillery Tactics from Marlborough to Wellington – B. P. Hughes

Hippocrene Books

First Hippocrene Edition, 1984

ISBN 0-907319-07-6

Hardcover with dust jacket.

Detailed history of artillery and its tactical use during the era of Marlborough through the Napoleonic/Wellington period.

The Children’s War – Theodore Taylor

Doubleday & Company, Inc.

1971 FIRST EDITION — stated directly on copyright page.

Hardcover, no dust jacket.

Historical war novel involving a young boy in an Alaskan settlement during World War II and the Japanese campaign in the Aleutians. The 1971 Doubleday publication and first-edition status match bibliographic records.

Great pairing for collectors/readers interested in military history, artillery, Napoleonic warfare, WWII and vintage war literature.

ITEM SPECIFICS

Topic: Military / War

Subject: Military & War

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Years: 1971 / 1984

Authors: B. P. Hughes / Theodore Taylor

Vintage: Yes

Number of Books: 2

Features: First Edition

Genre: History / Military / Historical Fiction