New York: Exposition Press, 1951. Joseph J. Astarita. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1951 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR HANS WHITNEY on the half-title. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading along the spine. Octavo, 70 pgs., 15 prisoner sketches at..... More
West Yorkshire, UK: Shelf Books Ltd., 2001. 1st. Original Wraps. A bright, clean copy of the 2001 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 145 pgs., high-quality plates thruout. Part of the Shelf Books "Armed Forces of the Third Reich--Battles and Campaign" series. More
West Yorksire, United Kingdom: Shelf Boks, Ltd., 2001. 1st. Original Wraps. A crisp, clean copy of the 2001 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 145 pgs., high-quality plates thruout. Part of Shelf's very impressive "Armed Forces of the Third Reich--Battles and Campaigns" series. More
Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. An As New copy of the 2003 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Octavo, 312 pgs. Text in its original German. More
Providence, RI: Brown University Press, 1961. Cloth. The 1961 1st American edition of this monumental study of Napoleon and his Imperial Guard. Tight and VG+ (with very light offsetting at the front free endpaper and pastedown) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping (and a bit of bubbling)..... More
New London: Self-published, 1870. The elusive 1870 1st edition, limited to only 100 copies (Howes H-240). Solid and VG to VG+ in its pebbled, original dark-green boards, with lightly-faded gilt-titling along the spine and blindstamped rule to the panels. Small, tasteful bookplate ("H. F. Chappell") at the front pastedown, very..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin. Ltd., 1917. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1917 1st edition of this uncommon booklet. G+ in its stapled gray wrappers, with light soiling at the front panel and title page. Octavo, 43 pgs. More
New York: G.P. Putnam & Son, 1869. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1869 1st edition, with mounted frontis photographic portrait of Admiral Farragut. Solid and VG+ in its gilt-decorated front panel. Decorative blindstamping as well to the panels, bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Thick octavo, 464..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. 1st. Cloth. A solid, crisp copy of the 1982 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its green cloth. Octavo, 292 pgs. Part of Greenwood Press's "Contributions in Legal Studies" series. More
London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1809. Boards. The 1809 4th edition, including its 2 large fold-out maps ("The Action Near Coruna Jan. 16th, 1809" and "Spain & Portugal with the March of the British Columns"). Re-bound (with new endsheets as well) in late 19th/early 20th century dark green..... More
Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., 1898. Pictorial cloth. The uncommon 1898 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its light-blue pictorial cloth, with bright gilt-titling to the front panel. Very mild darkening along the spine, light soiling to the rear panel, rear inner hinge tender (but still perfectly sturdy). The..... More
Cornell University Press, 1988. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1988 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 234 pgs. More
Glasgow: Charles Mackay, 1890. Decorative Cloth. A superb copy of the 1890 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright, dramatic gilt-design and titling along the front panel and spine. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. From the title page: "Compiled..... More
Cambridge University Press, 2007. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 2007 1st edition. Near Fine (small remainder mark at bottom edge) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 323 pgs. More
Oxford, England: Joseph Skelton, 1830. 1/4 leather. The 1830 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes, of this sweeping catalogue of engraved illustrations --and desciptions-- of the historic collections of ancient armor built by Dr. Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1948). Both volumes imposing elephant folios, handsome in their 1/2 leather over rich..... More
Westport, CT: Grenwood Press, 1973. 1st. Cloth. A fresh, clean copy of the 1973 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 262 pgs. More
Salem, MA: The Meek Press, 1919. Cloth. The 1919 1st edition. Solid and VG in its red cloth, with all-but-completely-unrubbed titling along the front cover and just a touch of very light spotting at the pastedowns and endsheets. Octavo, over a dozen black-and-white illustrations complementing the text. More
Pissburgh: Reed & Witting Company, 1920. Decorative Cloth. The uncommon 1920 1st edition of this remarkable first-person account of the action on the battlefields of France in 1918, arguably the War's most decisive year, from the perspective of a single American machine gunner. THIS COPY IS WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1941. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1941 1st American edition, in the uncommon original dustjacket. A clean, VG+ pocketbook in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges and light wear along the front flap-fold. Handsome wartime effort by Penguin Books. More
Hartford, CT: Hartford, CT, 1945. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR FRANK CORKIN along the front free endpaper. A tight, solid copy to boot of the 1945 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (very light wear to the spine crown, light spotting at the rear pastedown and endsheet) in a crisp..... More
Paris: Asociation Pour La Recherche De Documentation surL'Histore De L'Aeronautique Navale, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. An immaculate copy of the 1999 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Tall quarto, 494 pgs. An impressive history of the French seaplane (or hydroplane) used in World War I. Text in..... More
Humanities Press, 1981. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1981 1st English language edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, almost 2 dozen black-and-wgite photos supplementing General Sarafis's text. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1885. Cloth. The uncommon 1885 1st edition, with its lovely chromolithographed frontispiece and title page (separated only by their original tissue-guard). Solid and VG in its red cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and titling along the front panel and spine respectively. Light, forgiveable soiling to the panels..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. Cloth. A solid copy of the May 1938 stated 1st printing, in its original pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (one small, neat catalogue entry affixed to the top of the rear pastedown) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along..... More
The Military Service Publishing Company, 1940. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR LILLI SWETLAND on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1940 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the spine crown. Octavo, 8 full-page maps complementing..... More
