Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1917. Hardcover. Edited by Benjamin F. Shambaugh. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and rules. x, 282pp. Near fine. Superb first edition of this chronicle "in the work of frontier defense, garrison duty, treaty negotiations, marches, expeditions, patrol duty, exploration, and..... More

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1927. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules, dust jacket. xii, 491pp. Near fine/very good. Rarely-seen jacket is rather age toned (more so at spine), but with only minor edgewear; 1951 ownership signature on front pastedown. Superb first edition of..... More

London: Country Life Limited, [1931]. Hardcover. Edited by Dorothy Hartley. Small 4to. Quarter tan cloth with black/red spine lettering and faux wood paper over boards with black/red lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 195pp. Color frontispiece, 22pp facsimile, numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild binding wear, with head and foot of spine..... More

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 251pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this officer aboard subchaser 692 in the Mediterranean during World War Two. More

Novato, CA: Presidio Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 365pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Just a tight and handsome reprint edition of this chronicle of America's World War Two winners of the Congressional Medal of Honor -- but with..... More

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 201pp. Fine/near fine. Just a reprint edition of this slim essay collection, but near pristine. More

Conshocken, PA: Combined Books, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 263pp. Numerous illustrations and maps. Fine/fine. Second printing of the "Revised and Expanded Edition" of this volume in the "Great Campaigns" series. More

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [2002]0870213261. Hardcover. Square small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Extensive illustrations, floor plans, tables. Fine/fine. Tight and handsome reprint edition of this in-depth destroyer-by-destroyer study, sorted by country. More

Ontario, Canada: Madison Press Books, [2001]. Hardcover. Introduction by John McCain. Paintings by Tom Freeman. Wide small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), maps. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight and bright first edition. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxv, 451pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine in every way first edition of this PBS series companion. More

New York: Bulfinch Press, [2004]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Gold and blue paper over boards with gilt, blue and white lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 185pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Fine/fine. Attractive, tight first edition, with flute-edged seal on jacket front panel noting "Includes Two Audio CDs" and tipped to..... More

Poole, UK: Blandford Press, [1986]. Hardcover. Folio. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 272pp. Extensive color illustrations and maps. Fine/near fine. touch of uneven subbing to jacket. Tight, handsome first edition of this hefy and marvelously-illustrated survey, with 176 outstanding artworks by Hamilton -- leading WW2 maritime artist..... More

N.p. University of Kentucky Press, [1955]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 392pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. A tight and quite handsome first edition -- the so-called "Cassius Marcellus Clay Edition" of the Civil War Book Club with this special leaf signed boldly by Townsend tipped..... More