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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.3 in., pp. xv, [3], 220, [7] (advertising). Illustrated with frontis black and white photographs of the author, and many other black and white photographs. Dark gray cloth boards with ambulance scene in black and orange and black title to front. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Bottom corners nudged. Light age-toning to pages. A true story of operating the amblances on the front lines of France in the First World War.

St. Louis: Zeus, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. First editon. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the front endpaper. 240 pages, bibliography. Red cloth, octavo. The author fought at Sadzot and provides a first hand account. Well researched. Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protector.

London, England: Printed by Charles Say: And Sold by J. Nourse and P. Vaillant in the Strand, and T. Payne, by the Meuse-Gate, near St. Martin's Church, 1752. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. 8vo. Nicely rebound in period half-leather calf, over stone marble boards of slate blue, brick red and tan. Five raised bands (six compartments).Contrasting spine label (gilt on red) with snowflake device in gilt to each compartment, and 1752 date stamped in gilt at bottom. Endpapers repeat marbled pattern of boards. [23]168. Extremely rare, highly-detailed title on the nature, construction, charging, and exploding of land-mines, to which is appended the entire text of Bernard Forest de Belidor's groundbreaking treatise on the force, use and effect of gunpowder. Plates 9 & 12 absent; Plate 14 shows a closed tear, plate 7 defective. Worldcat (OCLC) lists only two or three libraries worldwide who hold the actual book. Specifically covered are: Introduction to Mines, the Memoirs of the author/engineer;… Read More

London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in., pp. 184 + 36 + 6 (advertising). Illustrated with 36 black and white photographic plates of uniforms, insignia, etc.. Purple boards with embossed double frame, floral corner-design in blind to front and back, and emblem and title in blind to front. Advertising to front and rear endpapers. Rubbing to extremities. Small closed tears to front free endpaper. Mull (netting beneath endpaper at hinge) showing on front hinge, but spine is tight and holding well.

Virginia: 64th U.S. ARMY ENGINEERING BATTALION, 1944. Poster. Good. Three informational (propaganda) posters in a series, comprising 4009-1; 4009-2; and 4009-7, each measuring approximately 17 1/2" x 11 1/2". Each of the three shows a central fold crease, and one shows considerable smudging or perhaps dry mold; each is now protected in a stiff, archival sleeve. Bottom corner of each reads "Reproduced by 64th Engr. Top. Bn USAFICPA" followed by the graphic number. We're guessing that these posters did not come out of the far larger mapping divisions in the Topographic Battalion, but were from the "Graphic Arts and Distribution" division, domiciled in Virginia. The artist for each is "BRAD". 4009-1 depicts a tank surrounded by attacking Japanese soldiers who are attemptng to overrun the tank, lobbing grenades, etc. but who are repelled, ostensibly, because, well, it's a tank, and the fact that the soldiers in the tank are prepared. The caption in the top right corner reads: "'STOP THE JAP"/Infantry… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Good Plus / Good Minus. Quarto, 10.25 in. x 7.6 in. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in black ink with brown and blue highlighting. Red cloth boards with white and dark blue patriotic stripes and emblem and white title stamped to front and row of white stars stamped to back. White title to spine. Light rubbing to front board. Hinge split at book's half-way point, but mull is holding. Rubbing, several closed tears and creases to dustjacket edges and spine. One inch chip to base and sunning to dustjacket spine; one square inch surface tear to front of dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Laid in: Eight-page light gray stapled pamphlet, 9 in. x 6 in., regarding not spreading wartime secrets. Title reads: "A Personal Message to the Mothers, Wives, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters and Friends of Service Men from General Marshall... and Admiral King" with a message from J. Edgar Hoover, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1943. Light age toning… Read More

Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Navy Blue cloth with title in gilt on cover. Octavo. Inscribed, signed and dated [October 1993] by the author on the front endpaper. xiii,421 pages, index. Profusely illustrated with text photos and drawings. Introduction by no less than Bill Jordan, author of "No Second Place Winner". Colonel Applegate was THE recognized authority on unarmed combat techniques. "This edition is being published at a time when the world is in a state of unrest. Race riots, intolerance, Communist-inspired mob violence, and nationalism emphasize the importance of mob control by the established forces of law and order. Three new chapters have been added on the techniques involved. in riot control..." (from Publisher's Foreword). "In 1941 Applegate was developing armed and unarmed close quarter combat courses for the US Army Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S), specifically to build and run what was called 'The School for Spies and Assassins',… Read More

London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Chuch-yard, 1796. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. OctavosThree volumes. Contemporary speckled calf professionally rebacked with newer spines in polished leather with green spine labels and titles in gilt. . Some chafing to front edges, spines bright with some darkening to boards. Bindings sound. xii,508; vii,433; vii,439[2] pages. Stain to bottom of Volume III. Text bright with some occasional light foxing. A nice set. Dumouriez was a general for French Revolutionary Army, but later fell out with the Jacobins and allied himself with the British. He entered into numerous Royalist intrigues, settled in England in 1804 and advised the British War Office in their struggles with Napoleon. He died in England in 1823.

London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Chuch-yard, 1796. First Edition. Leather-bound. Good. Octavos. Three volumes. Contemporary speckled half-calf. Each volumes, with two contrasting spine labels, and fading gilt designs to spine. Rubbing the wear to extremities, with some cracking to leather. Bindings sound. xii,508; vii,433; vii,439[2] pages.Text bright A nice, working set. Dumouriez was a general for French Revolutionary Army, but later fell out with the Jacobins and allied himself with the British. He entered into numerous Royalist intrigues, settled in England in 1804 and advised the British War Office in their struggles with Napoleon. He died in England in 1823.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Good Only. Munro Leaf. 10 in. x 8 in. Red, white and blue card covers. Prepared "At The Suggestion of The U.S. Treasury Department..." Shelfwear to card covers and a 1 1/2 in. x 3/4 in. chip missing from bottom corner. Previous owner's names _________, Christmas, 1942) to inside front cover, in ink. The book is speaking to children about the efforts they can make to help win the war, and that lots of toys and other things will not be available till the war is won. "...Help Your Country To Win The War. Lend Your Money to Buy and Build the Planes, Tanks, Guns and Shells and Ships Needed for Victory.." "I am a Pilot and I'm Telling You to Buy the Stamps to Build the Planes for Us to Fly. You Build 'Em -- We'll Fly 'Em..." "We Must Learn to Obey...and Let's Obey Cheerfully. Do it With a Smile and Not Be a Gloomy Sour-Face..." This copy includes the "10 Cent Defense Stamp Album For the Purchase of United States Defense… Read More

Pristina, KOSOVO: Zeri, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. VERY GOOD TRADE PAPERBACK. A bit of creasing and curlng to corner of rear cover, and previous eight pages. Translated from the Albanian by Engjellushe Morina. 191 pp. Photographs. Signed Only (no inscription) "Ramush Haradinaj" on front free endpaper. Corners bumped and creased. Softcover original. A book-length interview with Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader (and, briefly, Prime Minister of Kosovo) Ramush Haradinaj, describing his early and student life, after which his conscience compelled his entry into the war for the liberation of Kosovo. He participated in a number of arms-smuggling operations across dangerous borders, successfully prevented a wholesale massacre of his village by the Belgrade-led Serbs, and forming the AAK (Alliance for the Future of Kosovo) entered politics. In 2004-2005 . He briefly served as Prime Minister of Kosovo, before being accused of war crimes. He met the charges in a forthright manner, determined to prove… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 6.5 x 9.25 in., pp. vii + [2] + 323. Illustrated with frontispiece map. Cream-colored boards with black cloth spine. Gold title to spine. Author inscription and signature to front free endpaper. Dust jacket in archival plastic. From dustjacket: Once a Warrior King vividly portrays the Vietnam experience of an officer and a gentleman. It is the story of a man with a sense of honor and responsibility that extended beyond his immediate command and encompassed the people of the rural Vietnamese village he was sent to defend. It is a portrait of a compassionate man, a humane soldier and a soldierly humanist, and the precarious mental and physical balance he maintained through the horrors of wax.In April 1969, David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta. A raw and idealistic first lieutenant fresh from the Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Donovan joined an isolated four-man American team operating… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 6 in., pp. xxiv, 261. Illustrated with frontispiece black and white photograph of William Mitchell and fifteen additional photographs. Dark green cloth boards with frame stamped in blind and gilt title to front and spine. Light rubbing to extremities; a couple scuffs and light stains to the boards. Corners are nudged. Decorated endpapers. William Lendrum Mitchell (1879 - 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, commanded all American air combat units in that country. After the war, he was appointed deputy director of the Air Service and began advocating for increased investment in air power, believing that this would prove vital in future wars. He argued particularly for the ability of bombers to sink battleships and organized a series of bombing runs against stationary ships… Read More

Self-Published, 1993. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Off-white cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. All corners lightly nudged. Full of black and white photographs, diagrams, maps, rosters, and explanatory text, all dealing with the brief period (1942 to 1944) when women pilots were trained during World War II, to pilot supplies to the front. Map endpapers. 230 pp. including index. 2 1/2 inch x 1 inch closed tear with corner chip to bottom of front dustjacket panel. SIGNED by Kay Gott on half-title page.