Search Results: Titles starting with A from Ross & Haines

Lyon, Mississippi: The Derrydale Press, 1990. Reprint . Cloth. Fine/Issued Without d/j. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Short folio, xx + 169 pp., frontis, b/w illus. & drawings, facsimiles. A limited edition (2,500 cc.) reprint of the original 1933 limited edition (950 cc.). Unfortunately it is all black & white. Cloth bound hardcover w/gold-foil stamping to the front cover & spine, all edges gilt, fine cond.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xx + 515 pp., map endpapers, b/w photos, index. The Story of all the Air Forces of the AAF whose target was Japan. Deals w/the 11th AF in Alaska & the Aleutians, the 5th, 13th & 7th in the southwest, south & central Pacific, the 10th & 14th in CBI & the 20th w/B-29s, incendiary raids & the atomic bomb. Cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. cond., the price clipped d/w is only good w/some edge wear & sl. chipping at the head & heel of the spine

San Antonio: San Antonio: Aerophile, Inc. 1982, 1982. First Edition . Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 84 pp., b/w photos, drawings, diagrams, tables, bib. Quarto paperback w/ color wraps. Aerophile Extra No. 1.

Pasadena, CA.: Richard Lloyd Schwenk, 2003. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperbound quarto, v + 135 pp., color & b/w photos, b/w illus., maps, notes, facsimiles, family trees. The author looks at the German Settlement of Hudson, Wisconsin & German families. Soft cover, self published work from the author. Signed presentation from the author on p. iii & the owner's sig. on p. ii. Fine cond.

New York: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979, 1979. First Edition, Later Printing. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition, Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 443 pp. Former owner's embossed stamp on front end-paper, otherwise Very Good in a Very Good Dw. Biography of Burr from Princeton to Vice-President, 1756-1805.

New York: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979, 1979. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 443 pp. Very Good in a price-clipped Good Dw. Biography of Burr from Princeton to Vice-President, 1756-1805.

Fayetteville, AR.: Phoenix International, Inc., 2002. First Edition, Later Printing. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Short, slender octavo, iv + 138 pp., map frontis, map & b/w photos. The World War II Memories of the author who flew the FM-2 Wildcat in the South Pacific & was shot down in the Battle of Leyte Gulf & later rescued. Signed on the f.f.e.p., "Best Wishes!, Doy H. Duncan, 9-18-04." 2nd prntg. Cloth bound hard cover book in fine cond., d/w also fine cond.

Winnipeg: Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperbound quarto, viii + 215 pp., extensive b/w maps & illus., notes, glossary, bib. Looks at aboriginal migrations over the last 12,000 years in Manitoba. Deals w/geography, archaeology, linguistics, ethnology, the Ice Age, the Algonquians, the Sioux, & the Metis. Paperback book in near fine cond. w/only the very tiniest wear to the bottom of the spine.

Chicago: Adams Press, 1986. Second Edition . Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv + 387 pp., b/w drawings, footnotes, bib., index. This 2nd edn. is expanded from the 1st edn. of 1979 published as THE SOUND OF ACADEME. Poetry & prose of Don Martindale, edited & illus. by Edith Martindale & w/a signed presentation on the f.f.e.p. (dated Jan. 7, 1987 & signed "Edith"). Green cloth hardcover w/gold-foil stamping to the front & spine, in fine cond.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1869. First Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 336 pp., b/w double page frontis but no other illus. Inner hinges cracked but not through to the cloth binding. The binding is severly sun faded on both boards but the gold-foil stamping on the spine is still legible. Overall fair to good cond.

Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxii + 307 pp., frontis, b/w photos, appendices, index. Foreword by C. Melvin Aikens. Jennings ultimately was long time professor of Archaeology at the Univ. of Utah. Brown cloth bound hard cover book in near fine cond., d/w same.

Ohio: Golden Age Arms Co.. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4 quartos, over 900 pp., end papers, extensive b/w photos. Vol. IV, 2016, color plates, color photos, color e.p. Kentucky Rifles and Pistols, Tomahawks, Axes, Knives, Powder Horns, Hunting Bags, Trade Silver Indian Historic and Pre-historic Artifacts. Blue colored cloth bound hard cover books in fine cond. D/ws same.

Pacifica, CA.: Pacifica Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii + 279 pp., maps, b/w photos, bib. Flying Corsairs & Hellcats in the Pacific Theater. Intro. by Pappy Boyington. Flat signed on the half-title p. by author & Ace "R. Bruce Porter." Also signed on the f.f.e.p. by Roger Conant (Ace w/6 kills, won the DFC w/gold star) & signed by Jim Swett (17 kills, Ace in a day & Medal of Honor winner).

Tucson, AZ.: Mustang International Publishers, 1993. 1st Edition . Magazine Style. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wirt Silvis. Paperbound, stapled magazine style, 32 pp., 3 page color foldout, color & b/w photos. American Fighter Pilot Series No. 1. Color wrap around cover. Signed on the front cover, "Col. Rex T. Barber." There is a small warp along the bottom edge that affects the cover and pages. Barber is credited with shooting down the Japanese Betty bomber carrying Adm. Yamamoto.

Osseo, WI.: Carl M. Bong, 1985. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Imitation Leather. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv + 223 pp., map end papers, b/w photos, appendices, notes, index. The story of Dick Bong America's greatest air ace in World War II with 40 kills who died in a plane crash at the end of the war. Written and published by Bong's brother. Blue imitation leather binding w/gold foil title stamping to the front cover and spine in fine cond.

London: Arms and Armour, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 219 pp., b/w photos, appendices, tables, bib., glossary, index. Short biographies of German aces on land, sea and air. Tipped-in on the half-title p. is a signed b/w photo of Erich Rudorffer. He was the 7th highest scoring air ace in the history of aviation with 222 victories. On 19 Aug. 1942 he shot down 8 British aircraft in 32 minutes. On 6 Nov. 1943 he shot down 13 Russians in 17 minutes, He also flew the Me262 (German Jet) & had 12 victories. He flew over 1,000 missions of which over 300 were combat missions. He was shot down 16 times & bailed out 9. He sank a British submarine. Rudorffer won the Knight's Cross w/oak leaves & swords, the Iron Cross 1st & 2nd class & the German Cross. Oddly he is not cited in this book. Hard cover book & d/w both in near fine cond. There is a little bleed thru from the half-title p.

London: London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966, 1966. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 334 pp.

N.P.: U.S.S. O'Bannon Shipmate's Assoc.. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback reprint, vi + 171 pp., frontis, b/w photos, roster. The Story of the Destroyer O'Bannon in the Pacific. Originally pub. in 1945 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y., this is a paperback reprint from the U.S.S. O'Bannon Shipmate's Assoc. No date or place given. The O'Bannon was the most decorated destroyer in the Pacific in World War II. Near fine cond. No markings or underlinings. Not ex-lib. A scarce book.

Hastings, NE.: Adams County-Hastings Centennial Commission, 1972. Second Printing . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thick quarto, xx + 1,106 pp., photo endpapers, b/w photos & illus., tables, notes, bib., index. A history of Adams County, Nebraska in which Hastings is the largest city. Dark blue cloth bound hardcover book in v.g. cond., the d/w shows lt. wear along the top & bottom edges o/w also v.g. cond. 2nd prntg.

Annapolis, Md: Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1996, 1996. First Edition, Later Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition, Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 376 pp. Biography of the Union Naval hero.