Search Results: Titles starting with A from Chartwell Booksellers

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Fine overall account, much operational detail. A very good copy, without dust jacket. (385p., 16 maps, index. )

New York: Library of America, 2008. 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: Library of America, 2009. 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: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 4to (131 pages, with 100 photographs in full color). As new, in dust jacket.

New York: Trident Press, 1970. American Edition Esp. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (347 pages, 12 illustrations, index.). Through the life story of Rudolph Ivonovich Abel, Bernikow examines the meaning of the title double agent, to friends, neighbors and the concept of identity itself. Living as Emil Goldfus for eight years among New York’s young Bohemians he developed an identity that the author does not take for granted as simply false, but seeks to portray in the light of his later exposure. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket with torn spine, former owner’s name on front end paper, blind stamp on title page.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. A well-regarded work on American soldiers’ and civilians’ perceptions of war from 1865-1918. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in somewhat soiled dust jacket with light edge wear. (260 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index).

New York: Library of America, 1989. Later printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in an unclipped, lightly shelfworn 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.

Rochester, NY: George P. Humphrey, 1898. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (14pages) . Written in 1675, here published in 1898 by Colonial Tracts "from the original manuscript in the Richmond, Virginia Enquirer of 12 September, 1804.” Nathaniel Bacon led this rebellion against ‘Governor's lenient Indian policy.’" This copy is in very good condition, bound in period cloth-coverd boards (12 pages, list of those executed).

London: Neville Spearman, 1961. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Much detail & statistical data. A very good copy, without dust jacket. ( 390p., 55 illus., apdcs., biblio., index.)

Pacifica Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. Thirty eight first person accounts by American WWII fighter aces. 302 pages, illustrations, index, bibliography.

New York: Richards Rosen Press, Inc. , 1970. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. “A narrative of national strategic planning and its trials and tribulations in the mid- war period of World War II. A good copy in chipped and stained dust jacket (191 pages, 7 illustrations, appendices).

England: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1984. First English Edition/5th Printing Intrepid. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. A very good copy, in dust jacket.

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1962. First American Edition Intrepid. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Official Naval History Division biography. Wainwright served 1868-1911, fought in the Spanish-American War and was a central figure in revitalizing the fleet and the Naval Academy. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. (266p., 50 illus., notes, index.)

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. First American Edition Intrepid. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Chief of Naval Ops., U.S. Navy, 1915-19; U.S. Shipping Board, 1920-28. A very good copy, in worn, torn & taped dust jacket, covers very slightly soiled at top edge. (268p., 34 illus., notes, biblio., index.)

Wash. DC: Naval History Division, Dept. of US Navy, 1974. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. USNA-1899 to 1933. Stints in Naval Ops. WWI & as CIC, Naval WarCollege, Naval Conferences, 1921, 1922 & 1930. A very good copy, without dust jacket. (456p., 60 illus., biblio., index.)Presentation copy: Laid-in is 3”x5”card: “Presented with the Compliments of the Director of Naval History” Edwin B. Hooper,Vice Admiral U.S. Navy (Retired).”

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. Second Printing . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (376 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs; maps). This is a very good copy of the Second Printing in an unclipped dust jacket. The jacket is lightly soiled; else fine. Contents fine.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. A detailed examination of the period during which the United States established itself as an imperial power with unprecedented expansion. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, without dust jacket (433 pages, bibliography, index).

Washington, DC: Historical Division/U.S. War Department, 1945. First Thus . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (151 pages). This is a very good copy, with a former owner’s stamp on title page; contents fine. The covers show typical wear at the corners and spine; else fine. The American Forces in Action series presents detailed accounts of particular U.S. combat operations. Focused on the operations of the 1st Cavalry Division in the South Pacific, this volume contains numerous black and white photographs and maps illustrating extensive campaigns; individual chapters examine activity at Los Negros Beachhead, Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Lorengau and Rossum.

Great Britain: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., 1939. First English Edition (Cohen B65.1) . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (373 pages, illustrated with photo frontis, 7 plans & maps, 23 leaves of plates.). The memoirs of Churchill’s close colleague, the Royal Navy’s Admiral of the Fleet, published just as Churchill was about to return as First Lord of the Admiralty. This is a very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint, save for some edge-chipping and closed tears on the front face. The contents are fine. Rare thus.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Reprint . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (248 pages; map end papers). The memoirs of Alexandre Moreau De Jonnes who was called up for the national guard at the age of 13 during France’s short lived constitutional monarchy. The author became acquainted with illustrious figures of the period during his time in Paris and joined the revolutionary forces as a volunteer in 1792. As a member of the Navy in 1793, De Jonnes witnessed several key conflicts and his writings provide an enlightening personal narrative of the French Revolution. A very good copy, in mylar-covered dust jacket with light edge wear.