Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, [1963]. Hardcover. 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 742pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, tables. Very good/very good. Faint freckling of top page edges; jacket rather edgeworn, with unsightly but small old price black markered at top of front panel -- it..... More
New York: The Review of Reviews Corporation, 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XVII, No. 108). 8vo. Stiff red wrappers. 26pp, pp. 481-576. Illustrations. Very good. Faint edgewear only, with spine slightly sunned. 1933's final issue of this monthly (Vol. XVII, No. 108), this special issue featuring Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers," Honore de..... More
New York: Random House, [1964]. Hardcover. 8vo. Turquoise cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 440pp. Near fine/very good. Faint edgewear to bright jacket. Quite handsome and tight first edition in sharp jacket -- signed huge and bold by Warren in blue ballpoint on inner flyleaf. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1991]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. v, 226pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Only a book club edition of this account of the air battle over New Guinea in March 1943, but perfectly pristine. More
Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1978]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 316pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Slight freckling of top page edges (only). Just a book club edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "unforgettable saga of Japan's greatest..... More
Novato, CA: Presidio, [1983]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 253pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Merely a book club edition -- but perfectly tight and near pristine. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, [1976]. Hardcover. 8vo. Mustard and black paper over boards with black spine lettering, dust jacket. 245pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "story of the most amazing mass escape of World War II," but..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, n.y. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, slipcase with paper label. 454pp, 444pp. Frontispieces, numerous illustrations. very good/very good. Mild slipcase wear and rubbing; "Johnny Reb" half-title page bears two small old tape stains. A tight and handsome undated later printing..... More
Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1866. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Green pebble-grained blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and emblem. xix, 477pp; 512pp. Top edges gilt. Very good. Tight and bright, with just the faintest of edgewear; minor damage to rear inner flyleaf. Handsome first edition of this pair introduced by..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1946]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt and green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 319pp. Good plus/very good. Internally tight and text block very good, though binding shows mild dampstaining and rear endpapers faint wrinkling; jacket mildly edgeworn, with several tiny edge chips (mainly spine tail). A..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 403pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Superb and tight "Military Book Club's Collector's Edition," an undated but modern (ca. 1990s) reprint edition. More
New York: Stein and Day, [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, price clipped dust jacket. 332pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition, but quite tight and attractive. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, [1986]. Hardcover. Foreword by Bernard Braine. 8vo. Brown and tan paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 241pp. Illustrations, 2 maps. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but tight and quite handsome. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 341pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine/very good. Bit of freckling to page edges; minor jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition, but tight and quite nice. More
New York: Newmarket Press, [1981]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 341pp. Illustrations, maps, line drawings. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but supremely tight and lovely. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 251pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Just a book club edition, but tight and quite attractive. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1980]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of this WW2 chronicle, but tight and quite nice. More
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, [1995]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 483pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but superb, tight and sharp. More
Westport, CT: Praeger, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 235pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Superb, tight, bright first edition. More
San Rafael: Presidio Press, [1978]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 261pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket wear only. Just a book club edition of "The First Complete Account of the Most Controversial Tragedy in the Royal Navy's History --..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1965]. Hardcover. Translation by Len Ortzen. 8vo. Blue paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 249pp. Map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with single small edge chip. Tight and quite nice first edition. More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, [1971]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Wonderfully bright and tight undated (likely 1990s) reprint edition of this account first published by Prentice-Hall in 1971 -- and bearing choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is an..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1995]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with silver lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 133pp. Fine/fine. Handsome and tight second printing of this account of action in the South Pacific. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1975]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and burgundy paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 206pp. Illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Superb, tight and bright book club edition of this account of the 1943 battle on this tiny atoll, part..... More
This College Football Hall of Famer (inducted 2002) played halfback for University of Minnesota (1938-40) and helped that team earn the 1940 national championship; he debuted with the New York Giants in 1941, paused to join the U.S. Marine Corps and become a fighter pilot on the U.S.S. Hornet, then..... More