Search Results: Titles starting with V from DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books

Beaux Arts Editions, 1986. 385pp/illus. 125 full-color reproductions and 103 black and white illustrations. The story of the great Ducth artist as a single volume has never told it before, illuminating his work with a fascinating selection of primary texts, including some of Van Gogh's letters. Clean. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Stroud, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing, Limited, 2000. 212pp, preface, introduction, over 250 b&w illus. (photographs, maps, reproductions & drawings), sources, bibliography, Appendix: Additional Sources, ~The Battle of the Somme lasted from 1 July to 18 November and is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles of the First World War. One the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed -- the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll in the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to more than one million. This book tells the story of the fifty-one soldiers from the Commonwealth and Empire armies whose bravery on the battlefield was rewarded by the Victoria Cross. Not only do we learn of the heroic endeavours of these men at the height of battle, but we also read of their lives before 1914, ranging from the back streets of Glasgow to a country house in Cheshire, and of what life was like after the war for the… Read More

Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom: Wrens Park Publishing, 1999. 204pp, abbreviations, introduction, numerous b&w illus. (photographs, reproductions & drawings), sources, bibliography, index,. ** ~Of more than 600 Victoria Crosses awarded to British and Empire servicemen during the First World War, 19 were awarded to airmen of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Of these, four were posthumous awards and all but one of the total were to officers. Some of these valorous airmen were from humble backgrounds and with limited education, others were collegiate men from wealthy families, but in the words of one senior officer they all had in common "the guts of a lion". The aircraft they flew were as varied as their individual character and social background, ranging from the BE2 and Morane "L", to the SE5 and Nieuport Scout. . Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1899. 360pp; 16 plates; a nice copy in original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt and white just lightly faded, . 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Preager, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1831 original. Two volumes in one, in the Praeger Scholarly Reprints series. Volume I: X*, XI, 12-358 pp. Volume II: IV, 5-360 pp. Cloth cover, gilt title on black vignette on spine. The first American naval circumnavigation. Volume I: On the "Guerrière" to Brazil, round Cape Horn & Peru, then on the "Vincennes" to the Marquesas (Washington Islands). Volume II: Tahiti/Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, Canton & Manilla, Cape of Good Hope & St. Helena. Clean. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Preager, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1831 original. Two volumes in one, in the Praeger Scholarly Reprints series. Volume I: X*, XI, 12-358 pp. Volume II: IV, 5-360 pp. Cloth cover, gilt title on black vignette on spine. The first American naval circumnavigation. Volume I: On the "Guerrière" to Brazil, round Cape Horn & Peru, then on the "Vincennes" to the Marquesas (Washington Islands). Volume II: Tahiti/Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, Canton & Manilla, Cape of Good Hope & St. Helena. Clean. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Public Library, 1965. 216pp/illus. Extensively illustrated with black & white photographs, sketches, facsimiles. Wood-block chapter headings. Index. Illustrated in b&w; color chapter headings after woodcuts. Includes a list of 836 whaling voyage logbooks, journals and account books from 1762 to1922. DJ creased and having a couple of small tears. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Geneva, Switzerland: Chez Barde, Manget & Comp, 1786. 641pp illus with beautiful fold-out engraved plates. 19th century quarter calf gilt, marbled boards. Containing De Saussure's account of the natural history of Geneva and its environs along with the record of his explorations in the area of Mont Blanc. De Saussure has been called the father of alpinism; between 1774 and 1787 he performed extensive geological investigations of the Alpine region, which he saw as holding the key to a true theory of the earth. Book is tight, clean and beautiful plates are in excellent clean condition with no tears. French text.. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Book Co, 1967. 222pp/illus/maps. British raid Nazi-occupied Norway. Scarce. Clean. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Old Colony Press, 1917. 448pp/illus. Gilt decorated cover. Fold out color plate. Cover fade; light wear. Front hinge started. ; Chromo-lith ograph. Fold-out illus. Hinges cracked. Clean. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Supreme Council/Thirty Three degree, 2001. 269 pages/illus; Founded in 1801, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry was one of the premier international fraternal orders of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. For more than two hundred years, Freemasonry in America helped define social and cultural arrangements that affected the development of civic life and philanthropic institutions. In Valley of the Craftsmen, the story of "higher degree" Freemasonry is depicted through portraits, official papers, material objects, photographs, buildings, and stagecraft. Featuring many previously unpublished images, Valley of the Craftsmen begins with rare illustrations of the English and French philosophical sources that were projected upon an American landscape vitalized and transformed by the concept of fraternity. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Random House Inc, 2010. 722pp/illus/maps. A definitive account of the fateful battle that ended French rule in Indochina--and led inexorably to America's Vietnam War. Dien Bien Phu was a remote valley on the border of Laos along a simple rural trade route. But it would also be where a great European power fell to an underestimated insurgent army and lost control of a crucial colony. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kimberly, WI, U.S.A.: Cross Roads, 2000. Book has 142 heavily illustrated pages. Signed by author on ffep. Story of the B-17 bomber known as Ten Horsepower in World War II and the highly decorated - two Medals of Honor - crew. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Darnestown, MD, U.S.A.: Hearthside Publishing Company, 1998. 496 pages with a number of photos. Provides background on the history of the Confederate Medal of Honor and the almost 50 Confederates soldiers who have received it and their citations. Includes an appendix with the Confederate Roll of Honor. Small tape repair to top of dj rear cover. Text clean. No marks. `. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Gallon, Dale (illustrator). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Overlook Pr, 1998. 178pp/illus/maps. A history of the regiments of Gurkhas who have fought in every war for Great Britain, including the Falkands campaign of 1982. They have won countless gallantry decorations including thirteen Victoria Crosses. Price clipped on dj. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Overlook Pr, 1998. 178pp/illus/maps. A history of the regiments of Gurkhas who have fought in every war for Great Britain, including the Falkands campaign of 1982. They have won countless gallantry decorations including thirteen Victoria Crosses. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chile: Universidad Mayor, Facultad de Arquitectura 187pp/illus (several fold-outs). n.d. Historic architecture of Valparaiso, Chile. Spanish text. Clean.. 1st Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall - Oblong.

Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Co., 1917. 324 pp., 30 full page color illust. plates by Edwards w/ descriptive tissue guards, + index. Royal blue cloth w/ red & gilt lettering & decoration on spine & front. Light shelfwear. Tight Clean.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1987. 505pp/illus/maps. From the 5th to the 18th Century. Conquest of Constantinople in 1204. Influence spread to the Levant, shores of the Black Sea. Clean. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket -Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1999, 1999. Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. 487pp, b/w illus. A near fine clean copy. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.