Softcover. Washington,DC, U.S. War & Navy Dept., 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Issues for May-Aug. Dec. 1944. A magazine devoted to identifying war planes and ships. Many photos and drawings. 50 pages each. Allied & enemy planes covered. Light wear otherwise solid & clean.
Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 354 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Embossed decoration to front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 474 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. Fascinating reminiscences of our Civil War by an important participating leader on the Southern side with wide experience. Covers wartime highlights, anecdotes, and other recollections drafted some 3 decades after the conclusion of hostilities.
Hardcover. New Hampshire, State of New Hampshire, 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 401 pages, hardcover. Adjutant General's report of New Hampshire from 1868. Stamped boards, gilt titling intact. Heavy chipping to spine. Corners bumped. Moderate edgewear and rubbing to boards as well. Mild age toning to text block edge. Gutter crack at rear panel. Unmarked. A clean copy.
Hardcover. Newport VT, Vermont Civil War Enterprises, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Hardcover Volumes. Reprint from early 2000's. Volume 1 - 455 pages. Hardcover. Imitation red leather covers. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Related article laid in. Previous owner's pencil inscription on front end paper has been erased. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 408 pages. Hardcover. Imitation red leather covers. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Previous owner's pencil inscription on front end paper has been erased. Some pencil markings throughout. Otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Washington D.C., United States Government, 1st Edition, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1: 666 pages. Volume 2: 875 pages.Volume 3: 883 pages.Volume 4: 869 pages. Volume 5: 881 pages.Volume 6: 1002 pages.Domestic shipping only.Hardcovers. Complete set. Light brown leather cover boards with decorative details, red, black, gilt, raised bands and title on spine, all still bright and without fading. Some agewear to covers, rubbing, light scratches, all usual shelfwear. Pages unmarked, tanning throughout from age. Binding excellent. Spines straight. Beautiful collector's set. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 389 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. The commander of a Georgia regiment through much of the Civil War mused later in his memoirs that the heaviest burden fell not upon the man at the front, but upon the woman who waited and prayed for victory: "While the men were carried away with the drunkenness of the war, she dwelt in the stillness of her desolate home." Sallie Brock Putnam spoke for Southern womanhood. She was a native of Madison County, Virginia, and seems to have come from a family of good social standing. The book contains an unexpectedly full history of the Civil War; the author exhibits a strong grasp of strategy and tactics. But at its heart is an incisive eyewitness account of life in a capital that was swollen to four times its normal population by the exigencies of war. Brock's descriptions of Jefferson Davis' inauguration and the Richmond Bread Riot of 1863 are dramatic, but no more so than her accounts of nameless refugees, race relations, opportunistic merchants and blockade runners. Confederate prisons and family matters. In contrast to other female Southern writers of the period, she was more sober and factual, less gossipy and speculative. She wrote with shrewdness and maturity, and with a remarkable lack of self-pity and exaggeration. Yet the reader cannot miss her courage, sacrifice and suffering. Sallie Brock Putnam died in 1911.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages, b&w illustrations, dark blue cloth with gilt design on spine. In a bright, price-clipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. Montpelier, Vermont General Assembly, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1665 pages, black leatherette binding with gilt lettering. Bright, clean copy.
Softcover. Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 145 pages. Black and white photographs and sketches throughout. Cohesive history follows the evolution of United States coastal defense from the 1700s until World War II. Appendix. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Historical Committee Second Division Association/HIllman Press, 1st Edition, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 412 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations/maps throughout. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine (faded) and front cover board, some agewear. Some light tanning to pages. Binding good. Spine straight. The story of the "American Regulars" in WWI.
Hardcover. New York, Association Press, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1: 636 pages. Volume 2: 664 pages. Hardcovers. Bound in maroon, gilt titles on spine, somewhat muted with age. Letter from Trustees of the War Fund, dated April 11, 1924, presenting volumes to previous owner (Gilbert Colgate), as well as original packing list enclosed in Volume 1. Full color fold-out maps throughout both books. Gutter cracked in a few spots, but both book's pages still completely intact. Pages slightly yellowed with age. In very good condition.
Softcover. Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Center of Chinese Studies, 1st Edition, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. Soft cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Wrapper has some tanning (shelfwear) and small spot of soil on front cover (see image), otherwise good with no tears. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A study of the Chinese May Thirtieth movement.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume IX in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 413 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. The account of the battles give incisive information, the writer speaks in such a way that one feels he is present, and telling you his experience and account of each battle discussed. McKim was a Maryland Confederate officer and one can feel his position in many of the comments he makes. This book is "the real deal". If you seek the true Confederate view of the Civil War, McKim will supply you with accurate information, both the good and the bad, concerning his experience in battles.
Hardcover. Jericho, Town of Jericho, 1st, 1868, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages. Soldiers listed by name, age, unit, dates of service, capture, wounds, deaths. Interspersed throughout text are historical facts to be found in no other Civil War publication. Brown cloth. Title in gilt on front cover. Front and rear endpapers age toned. Small wrinkle in cloth on back cover. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 208 pages, b&w illustrations. An account of the water between the Isle of Wight & the Mainland, its Naval base and its importance to British Naval history. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York , G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, reprint, 1886, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 688 pages, b&w illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt and black titles and gilt design on front and spine. Binding is very delicate. Some internal signature coming loose. Handle with care. Small tear to front gutter, ex-lib numbers at bottom spine. Previous owner's stamp on prelim-page. Light wear and rubbing to pictorial boards.
Hardcover. Yorkshire UK, Pen and Sword Military, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 320 pages. So much has been written about the Battle of Stalingrad - the Soviet victory that turned the tide of the Second World War - that we should know everything about it. But the history of the war, and the battle, is evolving and is being written anew, and Alexey Isaev's engrossing account is a striking example of this fresh approach. B&w photos, color maps. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dorling Kindersley, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Look inside an 18th-century warship as it sails into battle on the high seas.Packed with extraordinary illustrations, this history book for children covers everything from warship design to navigation. Biesty's incredible drawings slice through a man-of-war to explore every corner, from the crow's nest to the stinking hold. Packed with fascinating facts and gory details, the pages teem with sailors going about their duties. Find out how gun crews fired a cannon, examine a surgeon's toolkit, and learn the best way to wriggle the maggots out of the ship's biscuits. Light wear to cover edges, clean copy.
Hardcover. San Rafael, CA, Presidio Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. A touch of foxing to top edge, otherwise clean inside and out. In great shape.
Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 476 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. Leander Stillwell (1843-1934) was an American lawyer, judge and a pioneer attorney who co-created the first bar of Erie. From 1861 to 1865 he was with the Union army joining as a private of Company D, Sixty-first Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers. He was appointed Corporal, then Sergeant and later First Sergeant in 1863, and re-enlisted in 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas. He participated in the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Vicksburg, and several minor engagements. His experiences were published as The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (1917/20). In 1876 he was elected a member of the lower house of the Kansas Legislature. He was a republican and held various township offices, both in Illinois and Kansas, and was quite active in civic affairs. In 1883 he was elected judge of the Seventh Judicial District. He was re-elected judge of the same district in 1887, 1891, 1895 and 1899, and resigned in 1907.