Search Results: War from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 468pp. Signed and dated by McGraw in 1999. Fine, like new in dj.

Norman: OU, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Royal 8vo cloth. 337pp. Illus. Index. Covers North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, South, & West. Fine in dj.

Norman: OU, 1990. First Thus. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing glossy trade paperback. 337pp. Illus. Index. Maps. Fine, as new.

Gig Harbor: Plicata Press, 2013. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Glossy pictorial wraps. 261pp. A military autobiography from Vietnam. Fine, like new.

Menasha: George Banta, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark blue gilt-stamped cloth. 368pp. Illust. Two maps, including one large map (with long tear archivally closed) related to a textbook tactical problem to be solved. Includes illustration of the anatomy of a horse. Some tables & charts. Corrigenda (errata slip) affixed verse of ffep. Original owner signature on both paste downs. Recent owner's address label on ffep. Dedicated "to the enlisted men and officers who trained the American Army for the World War, and to the American citizens who backed that army at home." Much on the mounted service, & many chapters on other aspects of training. "Last Will and Testament" form on back page. Edge of title page with one-half nickel size stain. Tiny chip top of one leaf. Spine lettering dull. Minor wear to extremities. Vg copy. Rare in private domain. Only 16 copies in institutions worldwide.

Alberta: Edmonton Bulletin, 1950. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. A reprint, full newspaper size, of various Canadian newspapers reproducing certain headlines, Athenia Torpedoed (Edmonton Bulletin 9/4/39), Hess Bails Out Near Glasgow (Globe and Mail 5/13/41), Bismarck is Engaged (Saint John Telegraph-Journal 5/27/41), War Grips Pacific (Regina Leader-Post 12/8/41), Dieppe Fight (Ottawa Citizen 8/20/42), Allied Invasion of Sicily (Halifax Chronicle 7/12/43), Normandy Invasion (Montral Gazette 6/7/44), and Official V-E Day plus "Foe Fight on in Czechoslovakia (Calgary Albertan 5/8/45). I do not know what publisher compiled these front pages, but this is kind of a remarkable printing job of key WWII stories. Slight split middle of back fold. 8pps folded twice. Vg.

San Francisco: B. Pasquale Co, 1917. Limited First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus of a circa 1917 (WW I) catalogue printed in tall (4 1/4" x 10") pictorial, cord-tied wraps. 24pp. Illus. Index. The cover illustration shows a uniformed soldier beside a horse holding a guidon with "Standard of Excellence" on the flag. This vintage catalogue shows a number of military uniforms and accessories, including medals, and also other equipment such as camp furniture. A number of items are over-stamped "discontinued" and "price revised." There are several pink printed slips affixed at one end to various pages showing changes to certain products. One insignia metal was cut out leaving a 1 1/6" x 1 1/2" gap on the edge of one leaf. Very, very scarce.

n.p.: Centralia Publicity Committee, 1943. Soft cover. Near Fine. Original 8" x 10" photograph of the famous comedian, Bob Hope, on one of his USO tours, either in 1943 or 1944. Many years ago I purchased two photos in New York State attributed to a freelance photographer named Connolly. We have not been able to verify this. We find no copy of this photo anywhere online, including the well-known major repositories of photography.This is not your typical black and white glossy press photo.It is on a softer paper and is slightly sepia.The only print existing? We simply don't know, but we have not found another in the years we have researched it. The aircraft is a Cessna T-50. The left bar on the side of the plane, a U. S. Air Corps aircraft, identifies the insignia as one used on aircraft between 28 June 1943 and August 1943. Whether Hope would have been transported the following year on a plane retaining that insignia I do not know. Hope went to Italy and North Africa in 1943 and the South Seas in… Read More

NY: Hachette Books, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 416pp. Illus. Notes. Index. Bibliography. Superb account. Fine in dj.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 382pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed (signature only) by De Nevers. Fine copy.

Camp Kearny: John Milledge & William B. Tyler, 1917. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good+. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped full red leather. 235pp. Frontispiece: Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Strong (with facing bio). "President's Message and Proclamation of War". "History of General Kearny" (1p). Appendix: "List of Officers Active and Retired, Residing in San Diego". Ads. Index to Complete Roster (lists company & regiment group numbers/names). "Clubs and Rest Rooms in San Diego for Service Men". (1p). Moderate wear to extremities & head/toe of spine. Short split at toe of spine (1/2"). Vg. Rare.

Lincoln: iUniverse, Inc, 2004. Soft cover. Good+. Pictorial wraps. 117pp. Inscribed by Mr. Nakagawa & dated in year of publication. The author described his WWII years of internment while a citizen of the U. S. Mild diagonal crease up front cover, else fine. Signed copies scarce.

NY: Random House, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good/Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 150pp. A remarkable and carefully graphic "as told to" account of a few weeks in the life of an air-raid warden in London during the Blitz. "... full of deep human feelling but superbly restrained..." I cannot recommend this book more highly. Near fine in good scarce dj which has a few chips, head of back strip mainly; panels with very little chipping. Very scarce in dj.

NY: Atria, 2020. ARC. Soft cover. New. Advance Reader's Edition. Trade wraps. 373pp. Notes. Publisher's promo letter laid in. Fine, like new.

Bothell: Book Publishers Network, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial glossy wraps. 311pp. Signed by the author and dated 2009 on the title page. Fine condition, but we note an ink strike through the bar code on the back & something printed just above it. WWII aviation fiction set in Yunnan Province, China.

Ebury Press, London, 2004, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 1st printing. Cloth. 486pp. Illustrated with occasional b/w photos. Index of Contributors. General Index. Pictorial endpapers. Signed by Arthur. "The Sound Archive -- the most important of its kind in the world -- holds a vast quantity of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians recorded over the last thirty years. After months of detailed research and having listened to hundreds of hours of interviews, (Arthur) has pulled together the story of the war through these powerful and moving testimonies." It includes "the personal experiences of ordinary men and women from around the world, including British, Irish, French, German, American, Japanese, Australian and New Zealand accounts." A fine new work by the author of "Forgotten Voices of the Great War." Fine in dj.

NY: Crown, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 178pp. Frontispiece in color, otherwise illustrated in b/w. Index. Fine in near fine, pc dj.

Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Royal 8vo cloth. 432 pp. Illust. Glossary. Index. Very interesting & extensive material. Fine in dj with several short edge tears & wrinkled and lightly stained back panel.

San Antonio: Privately printed, 1902. First Edition. Soft cover. Fair. 1st printing. Silver-stamped wraps. 131pp. Illus. Includes about 3 pps of list of "Honored Dead," those who fell at the Alamo. This copy we grade fair because of stains last few pps & on covers, but it is a tight copy. Quite scarce.

Mid-Prairie Books, Parkersburg, Iowa, 1994, 1994. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st edition. Pictorial wraps. 143pp. Illust. Fine. Scarce.