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1945. First. First edition. Good in soft leather that is scuffed. Intended to be a book of photographs of the 3rd Army operations in Northern Europe during World War II, the book is devoid of pictures, only the pages the pictures were mounted on or placed between are present. Would make a great scrapbook. . ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. 1945. First. First edition. Bookplate of an African-American writer. Owner name erased else very good plus lacking the dustwrapper. Report by the executive secretary of the N.A.A.C.P. on the status of Black troops in the European Theatre of War after a personal visit. . ... more information

London: Arthur Barker, Ltd,. [1934]. original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, endpaper maps.. Top edge of text block foxed, narrow strip of foxing along gutter. margins of free endpapers, a very good copy in very good decorated. dust jacket with shelf wear and shallow chipping wear at edges,. mostly spine ends and corner tips. (#114874). First edition. Published later in the United States as DESTINY'S MAN (1935). Antifascist fantasy of history. Following World War I industrialist Maximilian Fra... more information

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers,. [1898]. title page printed in orange and black, original decorated red cloth, front and rear panels stamped in black, spine panel stamped in black and gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed.. A bright, clean, very good to near fine copy. (#110007). First edition. Future war novel depicting an Anglo-American victory over the rest of Europe in a highly destructive war caused by European imperialism. "An Anglo-American alliance is established to... more information

Verlag Hallwag Bern. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. A very nice clean, tight set in original cloth bindings. Dustjackets have some edgewear. Volume were publiched serially between 1942 and 1945. A fascinating contemporary record of World War II from a European perspective. Profusely illustrated with photographs. . ... more information

Berlin: E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1938 Original Wraps. Good Copy First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Zum 25. Todestage des Generalfeldmarschalls Graf von Schlieffen. Sonderheft der "Militaerwissenschaftlichen Rundschau". 56 pp. Two portraits. The central problem not accurately dealt with in World War I would definitely have to be considered for any invasion friends to the West. Here is the issue published in the Third Reich without explicitly stating the obvious impl... more information

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. 1945. First. First edition. Attractive bookplate on the front pastedown, mostly covered by the front flap else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing and a couple of tiny tears. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Report by the executive secretary of the N.A.A.C.P. on the status of Black troops in the European Theatre of War after a personal visit. . ... more information

New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., n.d.. [1871]. original purple cloth, front panel stamped in gold, yellow endpapers.. Cloth rubbed at edges and faded, else a very good copy. (#110084). First U.S. edition. The first edition illustrated by Nast. Henry William Pullen's THE FIGHT AT DAME EUROPA'S SCHOOL was an anonymously published allegory about the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871) published in 1870. About 200 pamphlet responses taking various sides of the question, appeared over the next couple of ... more information

Boston: Hovey and Co., 1852-56. First edition Fine Original Chromolithograph. Royal Octavo 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Includes original text. Inspired by national pride, and a desire to document the finest fruit cultivated on American soil, Charles Hovey's The Fruits of America is as fine as any 19th Century European Pomology (or collection of fruit). These rare prints, executed by William Sharp after drawing by Charles Hovey, are the very first and finest early American Chromolithographs of fruit, preda... more information

Oak Knoll Press, 2002. hardcover. First edition in English. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations [130 in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed in... more information

2003. Scott, James Brown. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization. New York: Oxford University Press, 1920. xix, 605 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-171-5. ISBN-10: 1-58477-171-2. Cloth. * With an extensive appendix of source readings. Scott [1866-1943] presents a detailed and comprehensively documented history of the American Constitution from its roots in the Mayflower Compact and other colonial associations through the Eighteenth Amendmen... more information

London, Great Britain: Hodder & Stoughton. As New in As New dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 9780340977064 . A stunning copy of this First Edition/ First Printing in As New condition in alike dustjacket. This one SIGNED by author John Le Carré directly on the title page; <br>In Le Carré's 21st novel, rival spies of Germany, England and America converge upon the innocents in the War on Terror . ... more information

hardcover. Packed with excellent gravure illustrations, but printed on very thin paper which is uniformly toned. Folio, original cloth- backed boards (bumped at corners and edges; internally very good). N.Y.: Circulation Bureau, (no date). Scarce photographic history of World War I. ... more information

London / New York: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. / Macmillan Co., (1918). First English Language edition. Green cloth (hardback). A very good+ copy, light sunning to the spine and boards. No dust jacket. 8vo. Authorized English version, with an introduction and notes by Andrew Boyle. ... more information

New York: Doubleday Doran, 1930. First Edition US (stated). Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. Cloth on boards has mottled somewhat, apparently from glue on boards, else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has 1/2" loss at heat of spine, mild spine fade, wear at folds and extremeties, age toning, else intact. After many adventures young Austrian soldier returns home after the great war. Having fought with the Red Army during the Russian Revolution, he arrives back in bourgeois Vienna to find ... more information

Washington, D.C.,. 1921.. 32 pp. . First separate edition. "Printed in the Congressional Record, June 13, 1921." Original self-wraps. A near fine copy of this scarce work. Pushmataha (c.1760's - 24 December 1824), the "Indian General", was chosen by historians as the "greatest of all Choctaw chiefs." He was highly regarded by Native Americans, Europeans and white Americans for his skill and cunning in both war and diplomacy. Rejecting the offers of alliance and reconquest p... more information

First Edition. hardcover. 22 plates, including one folding lithograph. (Bound with). Schon, J. Rifled Infantry Arms; A Brief Description of the Modern System of Small Arms, as adopted in the Various European Armies. 13 folding plates. 232pp. 4to, orig. cloth; (lacking spine, ex-lib, edges worn). Washington: George Bowman, 1860. Study of the military organizations and ordnances of Russia, Prussia, Austria, France, and Great Britian. Author was a member of the U.S. ordnance board and "...from 1855 to 18... more information

Boston: Hovey and Co., 1852-56. First edition Fine Original Chromolithograph. Royal Octavo 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Includes original text. Inspired by national pride, and a desire to document the finest fruit cultivated on American soil, Charles Hovey's The Fruits of America is as fine as any 19th Century European Pomology (or collection of fruit). These rare prints, executed by William Sharp after drawing by Charles Hovey, are the very first and finest early American Chromolithographs of fruit,... more information

Boston: Hovey and Co., 1852-56. First edition Fine Original Chromolithograph. Royal Octavo 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Includes original text. IInspired by national pride, and a desire to document the finest fruit cultivated on American soil, Charles Hovey's The Fruits of America is as fine as any 19th Century European Pomology (or collection of fruit). These rare prints, executed by William Sharp after drawing by Charles Hovey, are the very first and finest early American Chromolithographs of fruit... more information

Boston: Hovey and Co., 1852-56. First edition Fine Original Chromolithograph. Royal Octavo 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Includes original text. Inspired by national pride, and a desire to document the finest fruit cultivated on American soil, Charles Hovey's The Fruits of America is as fine as any 19th Century European Pomology (or collection of fruit). These rare prints, executed by William Sharp after drawing by Charles Hovey, are the very first and finest early American Chromolithographs of fruit,... more information