Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxv, 372pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight and bright first edition of this broad survey. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1981]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 264pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Superb, bright and tight first edition. More
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 306pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Truly pristine first edition of a young officer's experiences with the 399th Armored Field Artillery Battalion during the Second World War. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Moses Hadas and Joe P. Poe. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 399pp, (8pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly rubbed. Tight nice later printing of #325, first published by ML in 1962 and..... More
New York: Scribner, [2000]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 221pp. Fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn only. Just a book club edition of the seventh title in the English art historian's Jonathan Argyll art-centered mystery series, but tight and nice. More
Seoul, Korea: Korea Foreign Trade Association, 1995. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy wrappers. 133pp. Near fine. Tight and attractive first edition of this Seoul Global Trade Forum study featuring essays from three notables in this field. Superb presentation copy, for Sakong (born 1940), the influential chair of the nonprofit research..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 203pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Handsome first edition of this study of (to quote jacket front panel) "The Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War," a volume in the "Pivotal Moments..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [1987]. Hardcover. Introduction by Edward L. Beach. 8vo. Black/green paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 260pp, (2pp). Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but quite tight and most handsome. More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 183pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of what jacket front panel calls "35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany" by this young B-17..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1995]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue/grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 362pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/fine. Superb, tight and bright second printing. More
New York: Charter Books, [1986]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 186pp. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of this Vietnam War fiction "Based on a Screenplay by Oliver Stone" -- but incredibly unusual. This sharp and lovely copy bears fine..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue/grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 462pp. Illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Just a book club edition of this biography of the world War Two naval admiral, but tight and bright..... More
New York: Random House, [1987]. Hardcover. New York: Random House, 1987. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 382pp. Illustrations, 13 maps. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and quite handsome. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 354pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, though front panel graphics pleasing and bright. Tight, decent book club edition of this military aviation classic. BOMC leaflet with Henry Seidel..... More
New York: The Free Press, [1993]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 635pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/fine. A handsome and tight reprint edition -- with a fine, archival, decorative-edge bookplate boldly signed by Marszalek (who adds "With..... More
London: Arms and Armour, [1989]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 212pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Superb, pristine second edition of this raid on Berlin study first published by Jane's in 1981. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxiii, 950pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Mildest of wear only. A tight and handsome second printing of this mammoth biography -- one of the greatest Thomas J. Jackson biographies ever..... More
New York: The Fairfax Press, [1984]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 730pp. Maps. Near fine/near fine. Text block lightly age toned, as usual. Tight, handsome reprint of "Mr. Lincoln's Army," "Glory Road" and "A Stillness at Appomattox" -- the complete "Army of..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1959]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 350pp. Illustrations, color map endpapers. Fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only. Just a handsome, tight book club edition of this bestseller about the D-Day landings at Normandy -- but..... More
New York: Promontory Press, [1992]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 557pp. Illustrations. Near fine/fine. Faint spotting of top page edges. Reprint edition, tight and nice. More
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter palle blue cloth with red and grey spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 400pp. Illustrations. Very good/near fine. Touch of spotting at top page edges, else tight and bright. Handsome first edition of the account..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 241pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 6 maps. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, tight and bright, of this firsthand account of an ensign's capture at Corregidor in 1942, escape and recapture. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1944]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with burgundy spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 474pp. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with a few small edge chips and lightly sunned spine. Just a book club edition of the last book by the famed war correspondent..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1987]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter green cloth with black spine lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 265pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but exceptionally perfect, bright and tight. More
Philadelphia: Chilton Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 283pp. Fine/fine. Cryptic modern undated (1990s?) facsimile reprint of the noted 1959 study. More