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By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press:
Seller ID: 2272307
Condition: Near Fine
Near Fine. 20 pp. Two original essays and a reproduction of one of the greatest of all the battlefield paintings, keyed to actual battlefield episodes. View more info
![Image for V.C. [The Victoria Cross]](/assets/images/product/2283084.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Geo. Pulman & Sons, Ltd.: 1942
Seller ID: 2283084
Condition: Good
Pages 19-22 loose but included, ink stamp on front wrapper, quarter-inch tear along spine head and spine base, wrappers split along spine base. 1942 Stapled Binding. 38 pp. Here are the stories of the Victoria Cross awards of this war announced up to the end of April, 1942. The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for gallantry in the presence of the enemy to members of the British Armed Forces. It may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honou... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.00
Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office: 1942
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2283122
Condition: Very Good
First edition - a paperback original. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed, smudge on front wrapper, ink stamp on half-title page. 1942 Soft Cover. 72 pp. Men of the R.A.F. describe their own experiences in their own words. These accounts of operations over Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Britain, Norway, Italy, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Atlantic give us the human stories behind the official communiques, and show us the great range and effectiveness of our Air Power. The narratives are selected from over 280 broadcasts, given anonymously by the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. during 1941. View more info
By: A Soldier Doctor; H.M.G.; M.M.H.; Kendall, Frederick W.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1919
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2200879
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Partial cup ring stain on front board, edges toned and a bit rubbed. 1919 Hard Cover. 103 pp. Memoirs of a former American Civil War soldier, transcribed by an amanuensis during World War I. An interesting mix of spirit writing and military history. View more info
By: Allen, Martin
Price: $9.00
Publisher: M. Evans and Co., Inc.: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2285405
ISBN: 0871319934
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Very minor tear on front jacket panel near spine. Faint smudge on top page ridge. 2000 Hard Cover. xxx, 312 pp. Many would have suspected the Duke of Windsor of treason but until recently proof has been suppressed. Now, drawing on a range of archival sources, Martin Allen offers the evidence in this reasoned indictment of the Duke's perfidy. View more info
![Image for Eisenhower, in Two Volumes: Volume One [I, 1]: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952; Volume Two [II, 2]: The President (The Library of the Presidents)](/assets/images/product/2274910.jpg)
Price: $60.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1987
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274910
Condition: Near Fine
Publisher's inserts and blank bookplate laid in. 1987 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 637, [3]; 750, [2] pp. Original brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Numerous photographs. The complete two-volume biography of the general who became the 34th President of the United States. Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president. He gives... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster: 1985
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2281563
Condition: Very Good
First paperback printings. Spine and back corner of volume 2 lightly creased. 1985 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 637, [3]; 750, [2] pp. Numerous photographs. The complete two-volume biography of the general who became the 34th President of the United States. Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president. He gives us a masterly account of the European war theater and Eisenhower'... View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Grove Press, Inc.: 1997
Seller ID: 2286203
ISBN: 0802135587
Condition: Very Good
Remainder mark, wrappers lightly rubbed. 1997 Large Softcover. 814 pp. This New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” is the definitive biography on Che Guevara, whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America through armed revolution. Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the Cuban revolution, from the halls of power in Castro’s government to his failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the Bolivian jungle. View more info
By: Armstrong, Roger W.; Stone, Ken
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Quail House Pub. Co: 1991
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2198433
ISBN: 0962916110
Condition: Very Good
Signed by author with inscription For--Reg Miner--A fellow Kriegie and hostage (of the Russians) at Barth (Stalag Luft I). My very best wishes, Roger W. Armstrong, 5-17-93, with signed and inscribed post-it note laid in: Hi--Reg: Sorry I haven't sent the book earlier--but we're back to our base--in England--for two weeks. It's still there and today houses the Queen's Division. Their claim to fame is the burning of the White House in War of 1812. Thanks, Roger.. 1991 Trade Paperback. 299 pp. The autobiography of Roger W. Armstrong, who enlisted in the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program durin... View more info
By: Arnault, M.A.; Panckoucke, C.L.F.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Porter & Coates: 1890
Seller ID: 2287014
Condition: Very Good
No jacket. No publisher date (circa late 1800s), hinges starting. 1890 Hard Cover. 247; 251 pp. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul; ... View more info
Price: $95.00
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1874
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2260977
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape, minor loss from spine head, boards rubbed, single page in appendix loosening. 1874 Hard Cover. ix, 337 pp. 8vo. A biography of a West Point graduate and career soldier who served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War. Bayard died from an injury sustained from Confederate artillery shrapnel during the Battle of Fredericksburg. This account of his early life, education, and military career was written by his father, who survived him. View more info
By: Belden, Thomas Graham and Marva Robins
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 1956
Seller ID: 2295944
Condition: Very Good
Light stain on jacket rear panel, jacket rubbed. 1956 Hard Cover. 401 pp. The story of Chase, Lincoln's ambitious Chief Justice, his bold designing daughter, and the husband who could finance her plans. View more info
By: Bonaparte, Napoleon; de Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet; Phipps, R.W.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.: 1889
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2265359
Condition: Near Fine
Revised edition. Ink name on front endpaper, boards lightly rubbed. 1889 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. xl, [2], 401, [3]; xiv, 408, [2]; xiii, [1], 397, [3]; viii, 434, [4] pp. The memoirs of French general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Includes prefaces to the 1836 and 1885 editions. View more info
By: Bonaparte, Napoleon; de Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet; Phipps, R.W.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.: 1889
Seller ID: 2283702
Condition: Good
Bindings shaken with some repairs, ink gift note on front endpaper of each volume. 1889 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. xl, [2], 401, [3]; xiv, 408, [2]; xiii, [1], 397, [3]; viii, 434, [4] pp. The memoirs of French general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Includes prefaces to the 1836 and 1885 editions. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Longmeadow Press: 1992
Seller ID: 2179093
ISBN: 0681415967
Condition: Very Good
Light rubbing to jacket. Very Good. 1992 Large Hardcover. A biography of the famous general and U.S. president loaded with b&w photographs and illustrations. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294644
Condition: Good
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few minor chips, minor surface tears to jacket spine which do not obscure text, front jacket flap price-clipped with price intact. Ink name on front free endpaper, minor ink marginalia, ink notes on rear free endpaper,. 1950 Hard Cover. xiii, 535 pp. Rescued from obscurity in this the first English biography, Pierre Vergniaud, genius and orator, whose eloquence held the violence of the French Revolution in check from 1791-93, is here given his due. On the one hand he fought the excesses and inequities of the regime, on the other the terrorism of the Re... View more info
By: Bowers, John
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Avon Books: 1990
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2206473
ISBN: 0380711648
Condition: Very Good
2nd printing. Spine creased, ink name to half-title page, pages faintly toned. 1990 Trade Paperback. 367 pp. John Bowers brings to life this demanding commander and prickly made him a legend. He re-creates Jackson's service as Robert E. Lee's right arm and details Jackson's leadership of his foot cavalry. Includes 16 pages of photographs. Keywords: CIVIL WAR MILITARY HISTORY AMERICA AMERICAN STONEWALL JACKSON CONFEDERATE CONFEDERACY BIOGRAPHY View more info
![Image for The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman](/assets/images/product/2266387.jpg)
By: Boyd, James P.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Publishers' Union: 1891
Seller ID: 2266387
Condition: Near Fine
Minimal wear to corners, minor loss of gilt from spine and front board, small light spot on rear board. 1891 Hard Cover. 608 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black & gilt decorations, black titles, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece of Sherman, illustrations, including maps of Vicksburg & Port Hudson and Chattanooga & Vicinity, throughout text. William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outst... View more info
![Image for The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman](/assets/images/product/2290750.jpg)
By: Boyd, James P.
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Publishers' Union: 1891
Seller ID: 2290750
Condition: Near Fine
Gilt on spine a bit faded. 1891 Hard Cover. 608 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black & gilt decorations, black titles, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece of Sherman, illustrations, including maps of Vicksburg & Port Hudson and Chattanooga & Vicinity, throughout text. William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of... View more info
By: Broadfoot, Barry
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Doubleday Canada Limited: 1974
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2205791
ISBN: 0385058144
Condition: Near Fine
2nd printing. No jacket, page ridges lightly foxed. 1974 Hard Cover. xii, 417 pp. Ordinary Canadian women and men from the war and home fronts share with readers their experiences of the Second World War, which for them was the most exciting and terrifying event of their lives. View more info
By: Buckeridge, J.O.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Stackpole Company: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2282746
Condition: Very Good
First edition. No jacket, spine head and spine base lightly rubbed, ink stamp and pencil notes on front endpaper recto and verso, pencil notes on rear endpaper verso. 1956 Hard Cover. xviii, 254 pp. Herein, for the first time, is revealed the impact and scope of the basic repeating rifle in the Civil War. Well documented, and supported by exciting on-the-spot reports, the author presents convincing evidence that the Spencer seven-shooter was a major factor--possibly the major factor in winding up the war which cost far more American lives than World War II. Christopher Spencer, the inventor an... View more info
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons: 1902
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2292849
Condition: Very Good
1902 printing. Spine and edges a bit rubbed. xv, [1], 328, [6]; vii, [1], 379, [5] pp. Brown leather spine and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece of Paul Jones in first volume, etched portrait frontispiece in second volume. Also includes a map of the British Isles, an outboard profile of the Bon Homme Richard, a plan of the battle of the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis, and a facsimile of an letter from Paul Jones to George Washington. View more info
By: Burr, Esther; Rankin, Jeremiah Eames
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Woodward & Lothrop: 1903
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2291933
Condition: Very Good
Third edition. Pencil name on front endpaper, corners lightly rubbed. 1903 Hard Cover. 100 pp. This little work is purported to be the authentic diary of Esther Edwards, the mother of Aaron Burr. No explanation was contained in the volume itself as to its authenticity. Dr. Rankin, formerly President of Howard University, had the original diary of Esther Burr in his possession, but was not allowed by the owners of the manuscript to use it. This Manuscript Diary is now in the possession of the Yale University Library. The above entitled work is entirely fictitious, with the exception of a few pa... View more info
By: Butler, Benj. F. [Benjamin]
Price: $15.00
Publisher: A. M. Thayer & Co.: 1892
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294778
Condition: Fair
First edition. Tears to cloth along front joint, edges heavily rubbed, loss to top corner of front board, front hinge broken, front free endpaper, second blank, and frontispiece loose but included; pencil name on front paste-down endpaper, ink name on second blank. 1892 Large Hardcover. 1154 pp. Illustrated with 125 engravings, maps, photograveres, etc. Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was a major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler is best known as a ... View more info
![Image for C. Julii Caesaris, Quae Extant, Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Johannes Godvinus, Professor Regius, in Usum Delphini. The Notes and Interpretations Translated and Improved by Thomas Clark. [Clark's Caesar] [Commentariorum de Bello Gallico; Commentariorum de Bello Civili; Commentariorum de Bello Alexandrino Liber.; Commentariorum de Bello Africano Liber Unus.; Commentariorum de Bello Hispaniensi Liber.; Fragmenta] [Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic, Civil War, Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars]](/assets/images/product/2289638.jpg)
By: Caesar, Julius; Hirtii, A.; Clark, Thomas
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Bennett & Walton, John Grigg, Carey, Lea & Carey, and Thomas Desilver.: 1829
Edition: Sixth Edition
Seller ID: 2289638
Condition: Good
1829 sixth edition. Includes all three fold-out maps and engraving. Boards rubbed with some loss of leather along edges, light stain to fore edge, lightly foxed throughout. viii, 410, [8] pp. 4to. Latin text, with notes and interpretations translated into English and improved by Thomas Clark. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 1993
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2295909
ISBN: 1557501084
Condition: Near Fine
Second printing. Jacket spine base rubbed with a minor tear. 1993 Hard Cover. xv, 198 pp. A narrative account of the Sterett and her 800 sailors. Calhoun was a junior officer serving on the World War II destroyer from 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded off Guadalcanal. The author supplements his own experiences with interviews of officers and enlisted men, action reports, ship logs, and diaries. He vividly describes the Sterett 's surface actions, such as the Third Battle of Savo Island and the Vella Gulf action. A roster of the ship's personnel from August 1939-November 1945 is included. View more info
By: Canfield, Cass
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers: 1976
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2279082
ISBN: 0060106190
Condition: Very Good
Second printing. Jacket flaps taped down. 1976 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xvi, 140 pp. Offers a revaluation of Sam Adams's role in the American Revolution, portraying him as the untiring and leading proponent of independence during the eleven years preceding overt revolt. View more info
![Image for A Roumanian Diary [Romanian]](/assets/images/product/2201689.jpg)
By: Carossa, Hans; Scott, Agnes Neill (Translator)
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2201689
Condition: Near Fine
First American edition. Ink name mostly erased from front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 173 pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine, red cloth boards, gilt titles. Memoirs of a German military doctor who acted as a field surgeon during World War I, originally published as Rumanisches Tagebuch in 1928. Carossa also wrote novels and poems. View more info
By: Carroll, Andrew; Brinkley, Douglas
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Scribner: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2187041
ISBN: 0743202945
Condition: Near Fine
First Edition. An exceptional copy. 2001 Hard Cover. 491 pp. In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the B... View more info
By: Castelot, Andre
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2285510
ISBN: 0060106786
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few minor tears, front jacket flap creased, jacket faintly toned. 1971 Hard Cover. vii, 627 pp. André Castelot was a French writer born in Belgium who wrote 65 biographies of famous persons in the History of France. He is perhaps best known for his biography of Josephine. His biography of Napoleon emphasizes not only his military campaigns, but his many love affairs and his many mistresses. It shows how his tumultuous relationship with Josephine influenced and affected his Napoleonic Code. It was because of Josephine's fickleness and unfaithfulness to... View more info
