World War I from Monongahela Books

NEW copy. Historical facsimile edition of the original 1919 edition by The Lafayette Publishing Company, Paris. Maps, illustrations, 24 pages. ~~~ " . . . touring the battle sites at Chateau Thierry, Vaux, Belleau Woods, Bouresches, La Voie du Chatel, La Loge Farm, Coupru, Bezu-le-Guery, along the Marne, Soissons, Berzy-le-Sec, Vierzy, Chavigny Ferme, Longpont, Juvigny, along the River Ourcq, Chateau de… Read more about this item

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. Jacket in mylar protector. Illustrated, descriptive bibliography, index, 206 pages. ~~~ "Weintraub's poignant account of the day one of the worst of wars took a holiday sounds like the stuff of fiction, but it was the sort of event that fiction can only imitate. No wonder that his book reads like… Read more about this item

NEW copy, paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Illustrations, Night after night through heavy shellfire, Alpheus Appenheimer, a private with the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Brigade of Marines, hauled ammunition to front-line positions of his company with a 4-line mule-team and wagon during the fiercest fighting at Belleau Wood. ~~~ For years after the war, Alpheus hoped to return to Belleau… Read more about this item

NEW copy. (Monongahela Books, 2017). Facsimile edition of original edition published in July, 1919 at the 78th Company Headquarters in Neuweid, Germany. ~~~~~ In addition to the actual history of the company (8 pages), there are several photographs, an Honor Roll of the Dead, a list of "Decorations Won by Men of 78th Company" including Croix de Guerres, Citations for… Read more about this item

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. ~~~ Index of poets and first lines. 171 pages. ~~~ The First World War produced some of the most haunting and memorable poetry of our age. In this compelling anthology, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion guides us through both the horror and the pity of that conflict, from the trenches of… Read more about this item

Very Good +. Hardcover, clean, tight, no chips or edgewear, slight toning to spine. A very nice copy in collectible condition. No dust jacket. ~~~ First Edition, Third Printing (Feb 1933). ~~~ Praised by Grahme Greene, Christopher Morley and Ernest Hemingway as one of the most significant novels of the First World War. ~~~ Innovative in form, it is told… Read more about this item

Very Good-- / Acceptable. Very slight creasing & tiny ding to first three pages. Jacket (in mylar protector) has considerable edgewear and an inch-long tear to front panel. ~~~First Edition. Photographs, maps, glossary, extensive notes, appendices, bibliography, index, 463 pages. ~~~The first history of the U.S. Marines in World War I to cover the entire war, using a wealth of… Read more about this item

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in mylar protector. A tight, clean copy. Forward by Edmund Blunden. Biographies of the poets. Index. --- An important anthology compiled with the encouragement of Sassoon and Blunden, and published while many of the poets were still alive. ~~~ "The journey from Laurence Binyon's 'The Fourth of August' to Philip Johnstone's 'High Wood' was a… Read more about this item

Very Good. Hardcover without dust jacket. Third Printing. Index to Titles. 303 pages. ~~~ A tight, clean volume with very little edgewear. Spine unchipped & unfaded. A small, neat signature by previous owner on front flyleaf. ~~~ An important early anthology published during the war. Includes work by Rupert Brooke, John McCrae, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Thomas Hardy, Katharine Tynan, Leslie… Read more about this item

NEW copy. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of original postwar edition. Profusely illustrated, combat reports, roster, casualties, victory credits, 92 pages.

NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine. Profusely illustrated, appendices, rosters, glossary, bibliography, index, 160 pages. ~~~ GC12 counted amongst its fighter pilots most of the major French aces of the war: Guynemer, Fonck, Heurtaux, Deullin, de Sevin, Bozon-Verdurez and many more. It also had several American Lafayette volunteers amongst its ranks, notably Frank Baylies, Edwin Parsons, Bert… Read more about this item

Fine/Fine. Hardcover with dust jacket in new condition. Photographs, appendices, extensive notes, bibliography, index, 189 pages.

VG/VG. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. Book without chips or tears to cover. Jacket has minor chipping to head of spine (see photo), now in mylar protector. Originally published by George H. Doran Company in 1921. This Modern Library edition published in 1932 with a new introduction by the author. ~~~From the dust jacket: "Three Soldiers… Read more about this item

Trade paperback. Remainder mark on bottom edge; one dog-eared page. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 353 pages. "... brilliantly organized and exceptionally well-written ..."

NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, index, 410 pages. "An eloquent retelling of one of the First World War's most mismanaged battles."

NEW copy, hardcover in dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Photographs, maps, list of military personnel. Jackson served with 95th Company, 1st Battalion, Sixth Marines, 4th Brigade of Marines, 2d Division (Regular), A.E.F from June 1917 until the end of the war and the German Occupation.

NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Photographic plates, a 27-page section of maps, page-end notes throughout, bibliography, an 11-page double-column bibliography, index, 615 pages.

Uncommonly tight, clean copy, with virtually no edgewear. Gift inscription in elegant hand (dated 1920) on front flyleaf. No dust jacket. Illustrated. Scarce title in collectable condition. Included is one letter from Belleau Wood by Capt George Hamilton, (DSC) 49th Co, 5th Marines. Most Marines identified by unit.

NF/VG. A few minor tears to jacket. Biography of writer/artist/Marine officer. Photographs, drawings by Thomason, extensive bibliography, index, 405 pages.

NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket. (Grub Street, 2002). Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index, 217 pages. ~~~ In late 1916 and early 1917 the Royal Naval Air Service bombed Imperial Germany and whilst the attacks were not greatly successful they proved that targets could be reached inside the enemy. And when the Germans in turn started to bomb London in 1917,… Read more about this item