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DOOMED DEMONS: Air Combat Stories for Boys #5.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1935.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - the fifth in this series, but the first by Adams (earlier titles were by Thomson Burtis) Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretter. Lists to #7 on the rear flap of the dj. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 209 pp.
Condition: Good condition in a fair dust jacket (several tears to the dj along the folds, some chipping)
Book ID: 64780More details Price: $16.50 -
WINGS OF THE NAVY: Air Combat Stories for Boys #6.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1936.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretter. Lists to #7 at the back of the book . Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, purple tinting to the top edge. 211 pp. plus 1 pp of publisher's ad..
Condition: Very good overall condition (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 68754More details Price: $12.50 -
WAR WINGS: Air Combat Stories for Boys #7.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1937.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretter. Lists to itself at the back of the book, but to #20 in the Hardy Boys series. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, purple tinting to the top edge. 216 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good overall condition (a hint of fading to the spine, prev owner's name)
Book ID: 67294More details Price: $12.50 -
IT WAS LIKE THIS: Two Stories of the Great War.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1940) dj. Hardcover first edition - Written for a country of the verge of World War II, this attempts to show what war is like - "Report to Major Roberts" involving a young Lietenant, tell of 4 companies, cut off by a barrage of German artillery in the Allied Retreat from the Marne in July 1918. and "Blood Lust" describes an American attack on the town of Fismette, August 1918. Includes an introduction by the author. Illustrated with drawings by Lyle Justis. 153 pp.
Condition: Near fine in red cloth in a good example of the rather uncommon dust jacket - overall edgewear, a bit of sunning to the spine. 153 pp.
Book ID: 84682More details Price: $30.00 -
STORIES OF AMERICANS IN THE WORLD WAR.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Charles E. Merrill Company, (1918). Hardcover first edition - Mostly first person accounts about heroism during World War I - the Great War - and depicting the love of country. Many of them are articles which appeared in various magazines, adapted slightly for this book. Published for use in schools. Illustrated with photographs. List of military terms. 176 pp.
Condition: Very good+ in illustrated terra cotta cloth. Uncommon.
Book ID: 73035More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SUN OF QUEBEC: A Story of a Great Crisis.
Edition: Later printing.
Condition: Near fine in tan cloth with red lettering in a good only dust jacket (a straight and tight binding, clean cloth covers, sharp corners; the rather fragile illustrated dustjacket is price-clipped but with a new publisher's price stamped on corner, has a loss of 1/4 inch at the top of the spine and bottom of the spine and other minor edgewear, but it is quite uncommon to find any copies in a dust jacket,. Now protected by an archival cover.)
Book ID: 38300More details Price: $60.00 -
THE TREE OF APPOMATTOX: A Story of the Civil War's Close.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: D. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., (ca 1950) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1916, this is the eighth and last title in the Civil War series. Resumes the adventures of Dick Mason and his friends who fight for the Northern side. A carefully researched historical novel by this former journalist who became a prolific writer of books for older boys. Despite being kept in print for many years, and frequently reprinted, this remains quite difficult to find in any early ediiton - and especially so in this condition. 321 pp.
Condition: Near fine in grey cloth with dark blue lettering in a good only dust jacket (bookplate, a straight and tight binding, clean cloth covers, sharp corners; the rather fragile illustrated dustjacket is missing the lower corner of the front cover, approx 2 inches at the base of the spine and other edgewear, but it is quite uncommon to find any copies in a dust jacket,. Now protected by an archival cover.)
Book ID: 38296More details Price: $75.00 -
THE RULERS OF THE LAKES: A Story of George and Champlain.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: D. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., (ca 1950) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1917, this is the third title in the French and Indian War series. Recounts the adventures of Robert Lennox and his friend Tayoga, an Onondaga Indian. A carefully researched historical novel by this former journalist who became a prolific writer of books for older boys. Despite being kept in print for many years, and frequently reprinted, this remains quite difficult to find in any early ediiton - and especially so in this condition. 333 pp.
Condition: Near fine in tan cloth with red lettering in a fair only dust jacket (a straight and tight binding, clean cloth covers, sharp corners; the rather fragile illustrated dustjacket is price-clipped but with a new publisher's price stamped on corner, has a loss of about an inch at the top of the spine, a tear at the side of the bottom of the spine and other minor edgewear, but it is quite uncommon to find any copies in a dust jacket,. Now protected by an archival cover.)
Book ID: 38299More details Price: $60.00 -
VIETNAM PERSPECTIVEs, Volume 1, Number 2, November 1965.
Edition: First printing.
New York: American Friends of Vietnam, Inc. 1965. First edition - Pro Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) academic journal, with articles including George Tanham's "The Communist challenge in the provinces;" Charles Joiner's "Administration and political warfare in the highlands;" "Asian Leaders Speak" and "Why New Zealand aids South Vietnam." 56 pp.
Condition: Very good in red and black printed stapled wrappers.
Book ID: 55356More details Price: $11.50 -
THE LION'S GRAVE: Dispatches from Afghanistan.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Grove Press, (2002). First edition - "Two weeks after September 11, Jon Lee Anderson became one of the first Western journalists to get into Afghanistan" Photographs. 201 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63471More details Price: $15.00 -
CHICKAMAUGA 1863: The River of Death.
Edition: Hardcover.
London & Toronto: Osprey Military, (1997). Hardcover - A title in the Classic Battles series. A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, a hard-fought victory for the Confederates. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and full-color. Maps. 96 pp. ISBN: 1-855323633.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards.
Book ID: 62265More details Price: $20.00 -
ONE SOLDIER'S WAR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner slightly bumped).
Book ID: 66335More details Price: $25.00 -
NAM: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Morrow, 1982. Based on interviews with over 150 men and women, this is the story of what it was like there in their own words. Newsweek called this 'convincing - and the most horrifying book this war has yet produced.' Glossary. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-688-012248.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 28052More details Price: $10.00 -
UNGENTLEMANLY ACTS: The Army's Notorious Incest Trial.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 75676More details Price: $17.50 -
THEY ALSO SERVED: Military Biographies of Uncommon Americans.
Edition: Trade paperback original.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78884More details Price: $25.00 -
BEHIND THE GLORY.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Macmillan Canada, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on the author's interviews with more than 200 instructors, this is the story of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan - "the plan that won the allied air war." In five years, the BCATP turned over 200,000 young men and teenagers into seasoned aircrew. SIGNED on the title page with "All the best" and dated in the year of publication. Sixteen pages of photographs. Notes, sources, index. Map endpapers. viii, 358 pp. ISBN: 0-771591764.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (inscription on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 42430More details Price: $30.00 -
MEDALS, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN OF THE UNITED STATES.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in blue cloth in a near fine dust jacket (small discoloration on front endpaper from sticker removal).
Book ID: 35189More details Price: $35.00 -
LADY GI: A Woman's War in the South Pacific: The Memoir of Irene Brion.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket ('maui 2004' written on front pastedown, otherwise appears unread.)
Book ID: 39967More details Price: $18.00 -
NIGHT OF THE HAWK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald Fine / Putnam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain. Clive Cussler called Brown "the best military adventure writer in the country today." 462 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-139311.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47480More details Price: $14.50 -
NIGHT OF THE HAWK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald Fine / Putnam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain. Clive Cussler called Brown "the best military adventure writer in the country today." 462 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-139311.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47473More details Price: $16.50 -
CHAINS OF COMMAND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain. Clive Cussler called Brown "the best military adventure writer in the country today." 479 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-138226.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47474More details Price: $15.00 -
DAREDEVILS OF THE AIR: Air Combat Stories #1.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 215 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 85842More details Price: $14.50 -
DAREDEVILS OF THE AIR: Air Combat Stories #1.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 205 pp.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 54114More details Price: $16.50 -
WING FOR WING: Air Combat Stories #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 205 pp.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, toning to the pages, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 54115More details Price: $12.50 -
FLYING BLACK BIRDS: Air Combat Stories #4.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - features ace Stormy Lake and his squadron, the Black Birds, as they take on the German 'Red Devils.' Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Lists to itself on the back cover. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 242 pp. (Lists to Ted Scott #18 on back cover, and 7 Air Combat books on rear flap)
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, some overall edgewear to the dj, tears at top of dj spine, tape on dj, etc.)
Book ID: 67277More details Price: $21.50 -
WING FOR WING: Air Combat Stories #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 212 pp. plus 5 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, minor edgewear to the dj, front cover illustration bright and attractive)
Book ID: 67247More details Price: $25.00 -
FOUR ACES: Air Combat Stories #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, tinting to the top edge. 216 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (darkening to the spine, usual toning to pages, some wear to covers but a tight copy), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85849More details Price: $14.50 -
FLYING BLACK BIRDS: Air Combat Stories #4.
Edition: 1940s printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - features ace Stormy Lake and his squadron, the Black Birds, as they take on the German 'Red Devils.' Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Bound in green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, tinting to the top edge. 242 pp. Produced under wartime conditions notice on title page.
Condition: Fair condition only - some rubbing and wear to edges of boards, rather severe toning to pages, corners bumped, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85843More details Price: $14.50 -
DUST TO DUST: A Memoir.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first book - "an extraordinary memoir about ordinary things: life and death, peace and war, the adventures of childhood and the revelations of adulthood. Writing with enormous poignancy, Benjamin Busch - a decorated U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer who served two combat tours in Iraq, an actor on The Wire , and the son of celebrated novelist Frederick Busch-offers an unforgettable meditation on life and loss, the longing for the elemental and the call of the wild, and how the curious children we were remain alive in us all."SIGNED on the title page with the last two words in the book "Live forever" and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-0062014849.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64202More details Price: $21.50 -
DUST TO DUST: A Memoir.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "an extraordinary memoir about ordinary things: life and death, peace and war, the adventures of childhood and the revelations of adulthood. Writing with enormous poignancy, Benjamin Busch - a decorated U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer who served two combat tours in Iraq, an actor on The Wire , and the son of celebrated novelist Frederick Busch-offers an unforgettable meditation on life and loss, the longing for the elemental and the call of the wild, and how the curious children we were remain alive in us all." 305 pp. ISBN: 978-0062014849.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64201More details Price: $18.00
