BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military from Thomas J. Joyce And Company

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, ( 1969 ). Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 600 pages, black cloth, This covers 1759-1775. Arguably the definitive, full, multi-volume biography of Washington. Awarded the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, ( 1966 ). Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 464 pages, black cloth, This covers 1732 - 1759. Arguably the definitive, full, multi-volume biography of Washington. Awarded the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

Boston: A.M.Thayer & Co., 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Many double-page plates. Thick 8vo, 1154 pages, contemporary full sheep; head of spine repaired, reinforced with some darkening, corners worn, rehinged. [Nevins II p.43] "Filled with many letters and statistics (which are useful in themselves) -Eicher, CIVIL WAR IN BOOKS, 455". N.B. This work was sold by subscription.… Read more about this item

Keel United States Naval Training Center Great Lakes, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to, yearbook cloth, cheap, thin cloth separating at top joint, repaired with black cloth tape The Keel was published for each graduating Recruit Training Command Class and provided a record of their experience at the Training Center along with their name, portrait, Company Commanders and… Read more about this item

Fort Benning, GA: Officer Candidate School, Circa 1950s. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to; unpaginated, blue yearbook cloth stained, some foxing. Ex libris Paul J. Dunne, with many signatures of his classmates. Brig.-Gen. Guy S. Meloy was the commanding officer.

Des Moines, IA: Mills & Company, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 656 pages, original brown diapered cloth, lacks spine, some foxing. Ex Ottumwa, Iowa in 1865. "Through biographical sketches of eighty-four Iowa officers, Capt. Stuart produced one of the first acccurate compilations of his state's military contributions - Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS i:165". A… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Pulitzer Prize Edition. Hardcover. fine. 8vos, green cloth

Louisville, KY: Globe Printing Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, embossed brown cloth, needs rehinging. The 1st Mississippi Cavalry (African Descent) was organized October 9, 1863 to March 1, 1864 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Designation of Regiment changed to Third United States Colored Cavalry on March 11, 1864. Major Main became the regimental… Read more about this item

New York: United States Book Company, 1848. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, old boards, rebacked in modern cloth Black Hawk biography, with Keokuk. Woodcuts.

San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company, 1948. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped. 8vo, green cloth, map endpapers, one section of photographs Inscribed To Ramona Gatewood in 1954. Utinsky lead the Underground in the Philippines for three years. " 'Miss U' took every chance, ran every risk, and underwent torture in order to help the poor men behind… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN: State of Minnesota by the Pioneer Press Companyh, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to; xii, 844 pages, half morocco, lacks most of the lower 3 inches of the spine, with a small sale stamp on blank leaf. An extensive history, which incorporates the names of 26,717 men on the rosters herein. That… Read more about this item

London: Library of Imperial History / Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1973. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/issued without. Octavo, printed on Archive Long Life Text paper, bound in full vellum, all edges gilt, with 24-carat gold lettering, in bumped publisher's slipcase with gilt-stamped heraldic crest. This volume contains Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill's "Preface to The Collected Works". Promoted as an… Read more about this item

Notre Dame, IN: U. S. Navy Midshipman's School, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, yearbook cloth Extensively illustrated with photographs. Laid in are three official 8 x 10 glossies of a ship, seamen, and officers, dated Charleston, SC, 1945. Note: the six officers in the third photo are identified on the verso.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vos, blue cloth, x-library with rubber stamp on title-pages, call numbers on spines, otherwise very good, t.e.g. West Pointer Stevens fought in the War with Mexico, ran the U. S. Coastal Survey, was appointed territorial governor of Washington & Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory, was elected to the… Read more about this item

New York: W. Borradaile, 1823. New edition. Wrappers. Good. Folding plate. 8vo, 28 pages,stained at gutter( coffee? blood?), lacks wrappers; splits at fold of plate is repaired with archival tape, later side stitching. Contains numerous Anecdotes of Undaunted Courage, in the Prosecution of His Bold Enterprizes. To Which is Added, the Song Written on the Engagement… Read more about this item

Louisville, KY: Bradley & Gilbert Company, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 211pp., front hinge cracking, Table of Contents reattached, minor internal spotting, floral endpapers, original cloth, gilt, edgworn; Inked names of Lucy (?) T. Ripy (?) [rrelated to James P. Ripey, 3d Sergeant from Anderson County], and P. H. Thomas ( who may be related… Read more about this item

Washington DC : Infantry Journal Press, ( 1948 ). First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 176 pages, beige decorated cloth The 11th served especially at New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Nasugbu Point, Tagaytay Ridge, Japan. They interrogated General Fujishige. Extensively illustrated.