Search Results: Titles starting with T from Chartwell Booksellers

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1972. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (208 pages, index). First new Lawrence bibliography since 1938. Lists and describes everything by and about him. A very good copy, small smudge on spine, in dust jacket.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers , Ltd., 1961. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (574 pages, index.). On location for the associated press in June of 1950 when fighting broke out, King delivers a first hand account of the war and the situation in Korea up to the date of publication. A very good copy, in a price-clipped dust jacket, discreet owner’s inscription in ink on front free end paper.

New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993. First American Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (250 pages, 7 appendices.). The official inquiry into the infamous scandal, which derailed the careers of several senior and over 100 junior officers. The report was published in February, 1993, released to the public in April and published by St. Martin’s in June. Many relevant news clippings laid in along with what appears to be a proposal for a TV drama. A fine copy.

Van Nuys, CA: Tiger Originals, 1986. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. The memoir of Robert Smith, one of the legendary Flying Tigers, who scored nine victories and went on to serve under the Tigers’ commander, Gen. Chennault, in the U.S. Air Force after they were disbanded. Much of the book consists of facsimiles from Smith’s diary. Signed inscription by the author on half-title page. A fine copy, in rubbed dust jacket with some edge wear. (362p., circa 80 photos, 2 maps, roster.)

New York: AA Knopf, 1991. Pre-Publication Proof . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (275 pages). As-new in white wraps, as issued, in publisher’s glossy black cardboard case. Signed by the author in ink on the front free endpaper.

Canada: Academie de France a Rome/Centre culturel Alessandra Borghese/Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, 1994. Softcover. Very Good. Folio (112 pages; illustrated with full-color plates). A very good copy of this gorgeous French folio edition, in wraps, as issued. Virtually mint.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1968. First American Edition Esp. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (203 pages, index.). Hubertus Lauwers, a Dutch Section SOE radioman captured by the Germans was part of a German plan to “turn” radio agents and send false messages in order to obtain important allied information. One of the greatest German successes of World War II, and an incredible failure on the part of the Allies, Lauwers attempts to inform the British of his capture were ignored and agents continued to be sent into Holland, where they were either captured or killed. A fine copy, in dust jacket with chipped spine head.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1966. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (267 pages, illustrations, index.). An examination of the impact of tanks and armor on modern warfare, specifically focusing on the period surrounding the Second World War. A good copy in like dust jacket, boards and spine slightly faded, spine bumped, lettering bright, binding sound.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (533 pages, with 426 illustrations, 76 in color). As-new, in dust jacket.

London: William Kimber, 1985. Revised Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. An R.A.F. fighter pilot’s vivid account of Malta, March through May, 1942, plus two months of operations during and after D-Day, previously unpublished. A near fine copy, very slight edge wear, in like dust jacket. (222p., 28 illus., index.)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. By a French soldier, POW after fourteen days in 1940; his captivity & thoughts of 1914. Translated from the French by Harold KingA very good copy, without dust jacket (244 pages).

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Introduced in 1937, 53 subs served in WWII. With extensive modifications, the T-Class served until 1977. A very good copy, in dust jacket with slight wear to corners and adhesive residue from removed labels (160p., circa 200 photos & diagrams, appendices, biblio., index).

New Delhi, India: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section, India & Pakistan, 1962. First Indian Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. This is a very good copy of the First Indian edition. Light shelf wear, in slightly soiled facsimile dust jacket (479 pages, 22 illustrations, 16 folding maps, folding charts, appendices, index).

no place: New York Telephone Company, 1947. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Employees of the company who served in World War II; all services, all theaters. A very good copy, spine head & tail frayed, spine faded, published without dust jacket. (213p., 23 illus., 31 portraits of casualties, biographies, map endpapers.)

New York: Doubleday, 2010. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (180 pages). As-new copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1989. First American SIGNED Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (416 pages). As-new copy of the First Signed Limited edition, one of 500 copies, unopened, in the publisher’s original slipcase and shrink-wrap.

Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (118 pages; illustrated with photographs; two maps). This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. There are some small scrapes and short tears to the back of the jacket; else fine. Contents fine.

New York: Random House, 1955. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (408 pages). A very good copy of the First Printing of the First American Edition in a price-clipped dust jacket with a clear-tape repair along the top edge that spans the spine, some light chipping and edge-wear. Else fine.

London: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers), 1973. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (254 pages, 27 photos, index.). The memoirs of a BBC broadcaster, including World War II. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with slightly chipped corners.

Iceland, August 16, 1941. No Binding. Very Good. 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches each.(Sepia-tone snapshots). Ten vintage snapshot photographs of Winston Churchill, taken in Iceland on August 16, 1941 as Churchill was returning from the Atlantic Conference. From August 9-12, 1941, he had met secretly with President Roosevelt off Newfoundland aboard the USS Augusta and the British battle cruiser HMS Prince of Wales to discuss the war against the Axis powers. The outcome of this so-called “Atlantic Conference” was the Atlantic Charter, which later formed the basis for the United Nations Charter. Iceland was at this time under joint British and American occupation. Churchill is seen here disembarking from his car in Reykjavik and walking the streets accompanied by FDR’s son, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. (in naval uniform with white cap), as well as Churchill’s aide de camp, Commander C.R. “Tommy Thompson (in naval uniform and black cap). Other photographs capture him delivering an address from the balcony of… Read More