Search Results: Titles starting with U from Chartwell Booksellers

Wash. DC: Office of the Chief of Military History United States Army, 1988. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (571 pages, 4 charts, 8 in-text maps, 9 fold out color maps, 83 illustrations, appendices, index.). The second of five volumes to be published on the United States and the Korean War, Truce and Tent Fighting covers the seemingly unending negotiations during the last two years of what was euphemistically termed a police action. A very good copy, without dust jacket.

Annapolis: Navl Institute Press, 1989. First Printing . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. Oblong (285 PP.). Book in good condition. with dust Jacket.

Annapolis ,MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 8vo. As new, in dust jackeet.

London: Excalibur Books, 1978. First English Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. A comprehensive pictorial. A very good copy, corners somewhat worn, in dust jacket with light edge wear. (192p., circa 300 illus [some color], several maps, index.)

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1974. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. This is a very good copy, in slightly chipped, slightly soiled dust jacket.

Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1993. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Unprecedented, though sometimes still contentious, Anglo-American intelligence sharing. A very good copy, in dust jacket. (276p., notes, biblio., index.)

Roma: Stabilimento Poligrafico per l’Amministrazione Della Guerra, 1921. First Italian Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. The Italian victory at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, October 24 to November 3, 1918, helped precipitate the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and ended the war on that front. Scarce in Europe, rare here. A very good copy (especially for an 85 year old paperback), covers somewhat soiled, front hinge splitting & very delicate, label on front cover. (43p., map, notes, errata.)

Burlington: Apogee Books, 2001. First Canadian Edition sp. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (215 pages, 40 black & white photos, 30 color photos.). The autobiography of a NASA engineer, 1959-1989. As Pad Leader, Wendt oversaw launch pad preperations and safety from Project Mercury through the Space Shuttle and worked with every astronaut launched until his retirement. A fine copy, in dust jacket, missing the CD-ROM with a virtual tour of Cape Canaveral.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Much on capture of Resistance leader Jean Moulin. A very good copy, in dust jacket.

Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, 1995. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. The story of American war correspondents from the Revolution through the Persian Gulf war. A near fine copy in very good dust jacket (160 pages, numerous photographs, index).

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1968. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (381 pages). This is a very good copy of the First American edition in worn dust jacket. Anthology of accounts, from Israel’s establishment through the Six Day War.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2013. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (496 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). A new, one-volume history of British imperialism.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1989. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (372 pages; illustrated with graphs, charts, etc.). This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped, lightly soiled dust jacket.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (61 pages). Illustrated with contemporary official war department photographs. A very good copy, cover slightly faded (61 pages).

Boston: Little, Brown and Company , 1977. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (385 pages) . A very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket with moderate wear to edges and corners, including a closed tear at the top front edge, and light scuffing. The contents are fine, with light toning to the pastedowns just along the hinges.

London: The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd. (Privately Printed), 1920. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (75 pages, with tissue-guarded color frontisplate). The privately printed Word War I record of the Union-Castle Line, whose ships provided invaluable service as transports, troopships, hospital ships, and armed merchant convoys, including a complete ‘Roll of Honour’ of seamen lost. A virtually mint copy of this very handsomely produced volume, without dust jacket, as issued; recently deaccessioned from the library of the New York Yacht Club, with the club’s stunning vintage bookplate on the front pastedown, along with a discreet Case and Shelf notation. No other markings.

New York: Mason/Charter, 1976. First American Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. From the Wright borthers to date. A very good copy, spine sunned, small stain at upper edge of front cover, without dust jacket. (284p., 79 illus., appendices, biblio., index.)

Washington, DC: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1976. First American Edition vt. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (419 pages, 53 charts & illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index.). Official History. Vol. II is Marolda, E.J.: "From Military Assistance to Combat, 1959-1965." A near fine copy, piece of price tag on front end paper, issued without dust jacket.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. Reprint . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (199 pages, illustrations, map, notes, index.). How the policies and perceptions that led to Korea and Vietnam were formed during World War II. Reading copy, covers partially detached, extensive underlining.

Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, 1981. First American Edition vt. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Official History. Memo taped to front end paper from Maj. Gen. John Huston (Chief, Office of Air Force History) to Maj. Gen. William McLaren, sending this book to him. A very good copy, without dust jacket (398 pages, 83 photos, 14 maps charts & graphs, glossary, notes, bibliography, index).