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New York: Free Press, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Fine first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue boards with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping ,fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. 541 pages + "About the Author." Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the interconnected lives of America's most revered 5-star generals, which opens a fascinating window onto some of the 20th century's most crucial events, revealing the personalities behind the public images and showing how much of a difference three men can make..

Perennial Library, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. Stated First Edition.. Perennial Library, 1987. STATED FIRST EDITION. Near Fine. Clean unworn large softcover book (approx. size is 8-1/2" x 11"). No chipping, creasing or fading. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. Photographs and text bny Robert Del Tredici. Introduction by Jonathan Schell. 192 pages. An examination of the havoc wreaked on humanity by atomic and hydrogen bombs..

New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus.. First HarperCollins Edition (and first printing with complete number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean black boards with gray spine, metallic lettering on spine. No bumping, no fading, no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. With an Introduction and Afterword by Peter Maas. 326 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

The Free Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with black and white plates. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "A rich, invaluable resource in both military history and psychology, here is the most completesoldier's eye-view of the comradeship, isolation, terror, and excitement that makewar hell--and the most powerful experience in men's lives. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing.. First American Edition in original dust jacket. Very clean yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and town, state at top corner of front free endpaper. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and detailed descriptions of World War II planes. 256 pages. Illustrated jacket is clean, not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), a few small edge nicks and short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Osprey Publishing, 2004. Book. Illus. by Iain Wyllie and Mark Postlethwaite. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Beautiful first edition, first printing, in clean unchipped dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. White cloth boards with blue metallic lettering on spine. A couple of tiny spots to cover (pencil point in size) else bright clean white. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean - no names, writing or marks. Clean sky blue endpapers. Showcases the outstanding artwork produced by Iain Wyllie and Mark Postlethwaite featuring 33 action-packed paintings from the most successful aviation series of the past decade. Each artwork is accompanied by a detailed discussion of the action depicted in the painting. Supporting the full-color paintings are33 aircraft profiles and over 100 color and black & white archival photographs. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. An awesome book..

New York: Atheneum, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Atheneum, 1982. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. As new, Stated First Edition. Very clean rust brown cloth boards with bright stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 213 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. World War II..

New York: Stein and Day, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean beige boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages are clean - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, maps. 309 pages with Index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster at sea, the sinking of the Indianapolis, with the loss of 880 lives. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in original unclipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with dark blue lettering and line and star decoration on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no previous owner markings. Edited by Ben Ames Williams. 498 pages with sources. Dustjacket is not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), has light dust soiling, a few very tiny edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A collection of fighting tales, told first hand soon after action, giving a stirring picture of the American in action: what the soldier thinks, how he acts, how he talks about it afterward. From John Paul Jones's own story of his capture of the Serapis to John Hersey's description of jungle fighting on Guadalcanal..

Metro Books, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition in clean dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean with clean photo-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 176 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new mylar..

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Clean orange boards with brown spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, no names, writing or marks. 310 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Critically acclaimed first novel by a man who joined the British Army when he was twenty-three and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009. He is also a painter and has completed a post grad degree at the Royal Drawing School. A brilliant novel clearly based on the author's experiences in combat and recovery. .

College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1991. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition in clean unworn dust jacket. Clean golden brown cloth boards with dark brown lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean light brown endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Amazing images by artists of scenes from World War I which utilized everything from horses to airplanes, barbed wire and trenches, cannons and grenades and gas. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Presented here is the first comprehensive account of the U.S. Army art program in World War I. The AEF artists saw their role as one of preserving images of the entire aspect of American involvement in a way that photography could not. Unsure of what to do with these… Read More

Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean, beautiful hardcover book in clean dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable clear mylar cover). Glossy illustrated boards - no fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with awesome drawings and photographs in color and black & white. 144 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. The World War II memories of Stars & Stripes artist Ed Vebell, captured in his magnificent art and and in historic photographs..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942 Stated First Edition Very Good/Good Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket Clean gray cloth boards with black title box on spine No fraying or wear Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Previous owner inscription neatly penned on front free endpaper ("For William from Miss Seattle - Christmas 1943). Very slight tanning to pages Illustrated with black and white glossy photographs 102 pages Dust jacket is not price clipped, has shallow edge chipping Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover One of the great stories of World War II It is the story of Mary Cornish, an Englishwoman assigned as escort on the evacuee ship "City of Benares" which was carrying children out of the war zone to safety in Canada the summer of 1940 The ship was torpedoed several days out of port and only one lifeboat survived to return its passengers to land… Read More

Wayne, New Jersey: Avery Publishing Group, 1986. Book. Very Good. Spiral_bound. White plastic comb-bound book with illustrated card covers - size approximately 10-3/4" x 14". Cover is clean, no chipping or tears. Previous owner name on title page, otherwise no marks. 58 maps in color. Foreword by the Editor. Includes Table of Symbols..

Pocket Books, 1945. Book. Very Good+. Paperback. Stated First printing.. Pocket Books, 1945. Stated First Printing. Very Good+. Stated First Printing, August, 1945. Pocket Book Edition Complete & Unabridged, number 340. Clean paperback book, picturing orange and white explosion on cover. No chipping, very soft almost crease at upper right corner. Binding is tight, pages are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned in upper corner of front free endpaper. Clean red stained text block edges. 253 pages..

M.E. Sharpe, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. M.E. Sharpe, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/near fine. First Edition, First Printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unchipped dust jacket. Very clean white cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Small neatly ink-stamped previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. Foreword by Robert Jay Lifton. Illustrated with photographs. 257 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped; slight fading to background on spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Literary Guild.. Clean hardcover book in dust jacket. Red cloth boards with crisp black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean color-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 209 pages. Jacket has very light dust-soiling, edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black boards with red cloth spine extending halfway over boards, silver and black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 309 pages with bibliography and index. Clean dust jacket designed by John Morris has very slight edge wear, chip at top spine edge, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The Battle of Cassino (World War II) started on the night of January 17, 1944. It ended on June 4, when the Fifth Army entered Rome. The story of this battle involves the massive design of military strategy translated into a… Read More

London: Carlton Books, 2014. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing.. London: Carlton Books, 2014. First printing. Very Good+/Fine. First Edition, First printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Previous owner name and bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with photographs, many in full color. 255 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..