Search Results: Authors starting with W from Chartwell Booksellers

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (222 pages, index.). A British agent’s experiences in Germany, 1933-1939. The author later served as the MI 6 Air Intelligence Chief. A very good copy, spine tail bumped, in dust jacket with some edge wear & chipped spine tail.

New Jersey: Associated Presses, Inc., 1983. Amercian Book Club Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. (308 pages). A GOOD BOOK CLUB EDITION, Top Corner Of The Front Is Bumped, d/j Has A Little Bit Of Shelf Ware and has Yellow a Bit

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1967. American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. Folio (180 pages; illustrated with 104 hand-tipped color plates). This is a very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket. There is a gift inscription in blue ink on the half-title; else fine.

Great Britan: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1964. First English . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. Autobiography of Sunday Times reporter and noted author: Gran Chaco War,WWII & Korea. A very good copy, in dust jacket.

New York: M. Evans and Co., 1967. First American Edition (Za326) (R249). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (276 pages). Churchill’s supposed PR manufacture of “Monty” as Britain’s savior general. Revisionist history with much to say of substance but with an agenda of its own that defies the facts often as not. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. First published in England under the title, THE MONTGOMERY LEGEND.

USA: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1957. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. This is a very good copy of the First American edition in dust jacket.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973. First English Edition (Za386) (R300). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (252 pages, illustrated). Thompson's third critique expands his analysis from Montgomery to all the generals, saying Churchill should have left war plans to the brass. A very good copy, in a price-clipped dust jacket.

New York: Frederik Ungar Publishing Company, 1943. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. “This book is dedicated to the countless men and women-anonymous soldiers without uniform-who in all conquered countries are the most intrepid heroes of this war for humanity’s survival.”- The Author, opens his Foreword with “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.” -Winston ChurchillA very good copy, without dust jacket. (284 pgs., Index), Outer hinges are separating and vulnerable.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1956. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. Based on the diaries and letters of five relatives in the 43rd North Carolina. They fought at Big Bethel, Virginia (the first battle after Fort Sumter), and two survived to surrender at Appomattox. A fair copy, with slightly torn covered dust jacket , corners and spine head very slightly bumped, binding tight, contents clean (317 pages, 4 facsimiles, notes, bibliography, index, map endpapers).

New York: Library of America, 2000. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in publisher’s shrink wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1981. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (99 pages). A very good copy of the First American Edition in an unclipped dust jacket that has unevenly sunned across the rear face.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (152 pages). This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in dust jacket.

New York: Library of America. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, still in publisher’s shrink-wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Library of America, 1994. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Library of America, 1983. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, still in publisher’s shrink-wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Ruled 1689-1725: Russo-Turkish 1695-1700, took Azov; Great Northern 1700-21, took Baltic provinces & islands.

Germany: Stedil Publishers, 2006. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap. Evans’ seminal WPA-era images presented for the first time as one comprehensive group, in chronological order.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1960. First American Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. Secession, Grant’s advance and siege, the city’s surrender and occupation. A very good copy, in price-clipped dust jacket with worn spine head. (235p., 14 illus., notes, biblio., index.)

London: Putnam, 1957. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo ( 288 pages, 21 illustrations.) . History of the Royal Air Force aerodrome from 1916 through WWII. A very good copy, without dust jacket.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1957. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. The filibusters, American expansionist adventurers and freebooters who launched (mostly unsuccessful) expeditions into South and Central America in the 1840-60’s. A fascinating and largely forgotten (in the U.S.) period. A very good copy with light shelf wear, spine head slightly split, in price-clipped dust jacket. (320 pages, map end papers, 9 illustrations, bibliography, index).