Search Results: Titles starting with N from Chartwell Booksellers

New York: Library of America, 1996. First 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.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. (272 pages). As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 8vo (402 pages, 20 color plates, 96 black & white illustrations, 8 maps, 4 facsimiles, notes, glossary, index, map end papers.). Nagle joined the Continental Army at age 15, then served in the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, then became a privateer and later a merchant seaman; met Washington and Nelson. An extraordinary life; a lively and adventuresome read. As new, in fine dust jacket.

New York: Intl. Center of Photography/Skira Rizzoli, 2014. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (156 pages, profusely illustrated). As-new, still in publisher’s shrink-wrap.

London and Novato, CA: Greenhill Books/Presidio Press, 1992. Reprint . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (403 pages; illustrated with map line drawings; one fold-out map bound at the end). This is a very good copy of the 1992 reprint in an unclipped dust jacket. First published in 1912 by John Lane, the Bodley Head.

Paris, 2001. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4t (136 pages, profusely illustrated). A very good coy, in dust jacket. Virtually mint.

New York: New York University Press, 1965. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo (884 pages, map, notes, bibliography, index.). Vol. I: “The Challenge and the Old Order.” Vol. II: The Struggle Without and Within.” Excellent scholarly work. A very good set, slight wear to spine heads & tails, in dust jacket with light edge wear; Volume I dust jacket also has a small tear at the spine tail, neatly taped on the inside, and Volume II dust jacket a faint damp stain on rear.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1936. First English Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (372 pages). This is a very good copy of the First English edition without dust jacket, SIGNED and Inscribed on the prelims by the author. The previous owner’s bookplate is affixed to the facing page. The corners of the cloth cover, head and tail of the spine are worn and frayed; else fine. Contents fine. The Napoleonic Wars, 1796 to 1815, from the points of view of his twenty-six Marshals.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1974. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (228 pages, 18 portraits, 8 maps, bibliography, index.). Wellington’s opponents in Spain. Especially good on Marmont. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with light edge wear.

London: The Rubicon Press, 1995. First English Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. The first full length biography of France’s proconsul in Egypt for nearly thirty years. A fine copy, very slight shelf wear (372 pages, 34 illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index.)

London: Savannah Publications, 2002. Reprint fr. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (257 pages, 20 portraits, index.). “A Comprehensive Listing of Those Present including Civil, Military and Naval Personnel with Biographical Details.” Both the 1919 1st edition and this facsimile reprint are quite scarce.

New York: The Free Press, 1965. Book club edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (387 pages; illustrated with map line drawings). This is a very good copy of the book club edition in dust jacket which is a bit chipped and worn at the edges, head and tail of spine; now protected by a mylar. Contents fine.

London: George G.Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1961. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. A fascinating little anthology and a true rarity, from the “Harrap’s Modern English Series.” Churchill’s “The Eve of Omdurman” is excerpted from THE RIVER WAR, appearing alongside contributions by George Orwell, P.G. Wodehouse and Dylan Thomas, among others. The book is a lovely little trifle and does not appear in Cohen’s bibliography. This is a very good copy, without dust jacket (as issued?). There is a City of Leicester Ex-Library inkstamp on the front endpaper but no other markings. The contents are fine.

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. Limited edition reprint of the 1806 edition . Hardcover in Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo (206 pages; illustrated with black and white 80 plates, 2 folding maps). The edition of this handsome box set was limited to 1,950 copies. This is a beautifully preserved set without dust jackets, as issued. The box is lightly soiled, and the corners are a bit worn and frayed; else fine. Contents fine. The book centers on the Scots Brigade in Dutch service fighting against fugitive slaves (the Maroons) raiding from French Guyana; includes material on the natives, flora and fauna in Guyana.

New York: Library of America, 1997. 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, 2005. 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.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1974. First Soviet Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (175 pages). Soviet propaganda outlining the ideal dynamics of a multi-national state. A very good copy, in slightly soiled dust jacket.

Cleveland, OH: General Eletric Co., 1920. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (381 pages plus index). An encyclopedic compendium of military service records, including technical and research achievements, war relief and educational efforts, war funding (liberty loans, war chests, etc.), and various types of war employment; illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. This copy is in good condition, with the leather cover worn at top and sides. Interior pages are clean.

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, November-December, 1917. Vol. XXXII, Nos. 5-6 . Magazine. Very Good. 8vo (pp. 421-550, profuse illus.). “Training the New Armies of Liberty;” “The Immediate Necessity For Military Highways;” “In French Lorraine: That Part of France Where the First American Soldiers Have Fallen;” “From the Trenches to Versailles.” A very good copy (rebound), without dust jacket.

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000. First American Edition Esp. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (241 pages, bibliography, index.). Ten contributors from the Center for International Policy on the considerable flaws in, and possible solutions to, the U.S. intelligence gathering system. Signed presentation from the editor on front free end paper.