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  • A CADET OF BELGIUM: An American Boy in the Great War; A Story of Cavalry Daring - Bicycle and Armored Automobile Adventures. by Grant, Captain Allan (pseudonym of Arthur Douglas Howden Smith, 1887-1945)
    Grant, Captain Allan (pseudonym of Arthur Douglas Howden Smith, 1887-1945)
    A CADET OF BELGIUM: An American Boy in the Great War; A Story of Cavalry Daring - Bicycle and Armored Automobile Adventures.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: George H. Doran, (1915). Hardcover first edition - The first book in what was intended to be a 4 books series on "Boys at the Front in the Great War" - but apparently only the first 2 titles were published, both in 1915. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 5 inserted plates by Bayard Jones. 286 pp.

    Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated blue cloth (front free endpaper and one plate missing, crease down spine, other wear to the covers, but still a very readable and reasonably decent copy of a hard-to-find title)

    Book ID: 66492
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  • SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR. by Helprin, Mark.
    Helprin, Mark.
    SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991.). First edition - An Italian professor recounts his experiences in the Great War - World War I - a half a century after that war intervened in his life. A massive novel which is, ultimately, a celebration of love and a recapitulation of a life more than it is a story about war. 791 pp.

    Condition: Fair condition only in printed light blue wrappers (some spine slant, wear to the covers, uneven textblock.)

    Book ID: 40424
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  • THE LION AT SEA. by Hennessy, Max (pseudonym of John Harris)
    Hennessy, Max (pseudonym of John Harris)
    THE LION AT SEA.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Atheneum, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set during World War I, this is the first novel of the British naval adventures of Lt. Kelly "Ginger" Maguire, and the first written by John Harris under this pseudonym. 314 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Ian Robertson. ISBN: 0-689108451.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75939
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  • NO MAN'S LAND. by Hill, Reginald.
    Hill, Reginald.
    NO MAN'S LAND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of war, and of desertion and loyalty, set in the Somme during World War I. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-312-576706.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 4572
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  • LOSING JULIA. by Hull, Jonathan.
    Hull, Jonathan.
    LOSING JULIA.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte, 2000. First edition - Author's highly praised first novel, told from the viewpoint of an elderly man looking back at the boy he was in the Great War in 1917.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 14875
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  • DEAFENING. by Itani, Frances.
    Itani, Frances.
    DEAFENING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.' INSCRIBED on the title page. 378 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83093
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  • Itani, Frances.
    DEAFENING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.'. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 26966
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  • Itani, Frances.
    DEAFENING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.'. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy, but light crease to title page)

    Book ID: 27230
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  • Itani, Frances.
    DEAFENING.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. First edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.'

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 27450
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  • Itani, Frances.
    DEAFENING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.' SIGNED on the title page. 378 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 27475
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  • Itani, Frances.
    DEAFENING.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.' 378 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine.

    Book ID: 32970
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  • TOUCHSTONE. by King, Laurie R.
    King, Laurie R.
    TOUCHSTONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1921, in the years after the Great War had shattered Bennett Grey's life. SIGNED on the title page. 548 pp. ISBN: 9780553803556.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 51998
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  • TOUCHSTONE. by King, Laurie R.
    King, Laurie R.
    TOUCHSTONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1921, in the years after the Great War had shattered Bennett Grey's life. SIGNED on the title page. 548 pp. ISBN: 9780553803556.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (publisher's flaw to upper corner of front cover of dj,but otherwise appears unread.).

    Book ID: 55185
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  • THE RED PLANET. by Locke, William J. (1863-1930)
    Locke, William J. (1863-1930)
    THE RED PLANET.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1917. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this author who was born in British Guiana, and educated partially in Trinidad before returning to England to attend Cambridge University. Set in a small town near London during the first World War. A study of heroism, bravery, cowardice, and fear, narrated by an ex-English officer, Duncan Meredyth, who was crippled during the Boer War. This is really the story of Leonard Boyce, a man of heroic appearance, who is assaulted at times with an uncontrolled, paralyzing fear. One of five novels by Locke to reach the bestseller list in the US. 349 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good in blue cloth with gold lettering and small illustration on front cover (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine, but still legible, gift inscription on front endpaper in pencil and dated in 1917), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83656
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  • SYLVIA & MICHAEL: The Later Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett. by Mackenzie, Compton [1888-1972.]
    Mackenzie, Compton [1888-1972.]
    SYLVIA & MICHAEL: The Later Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, (1919.). Hardcover first edition - The third novel in the Sylvia trilogy, set in Eastern Europe during the first World War. 323 pp

    Condition: Good only in teal boards with a black cloth spine, gilt lettering - some fraying to the top end of the spine, cracked at title page and rear hinge.

    Book ID: 38941
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  • DEPTHS. by Mankell, Henning.
    Mankell, Henning.
    DEPTHS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format)

    New York: The New Press, (2006). First edition - A story of obsession set on the coast of Sweden during World War I, as a naval officer is willing to do anything to maintain his two lives - one with a fascination for an illiterate young widow living on the rocky isle of Halsskar, unaware even that the world is at war - and also with his reserved and elegant wife. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 404 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84903
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  • FAREWELL TO THE MOCKINGBIRDS. by McEachin, James
    McEachin, James
    FAREWELL TO THE MOCKINGBIRDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Encino, CA: The Rharl Publishing Group, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel inspired by the true story of the all-black, all-volunteer 24th Infantry Regiment, Company K, during World War I - when the segregated Army sent the unit to a post near Houston noted for its miserable conditions, a race riot in town ensued and the resulting court-martial produced the largest mass trial in U. S. Military history: 63 black soldiers (called mockingbirds by the prosecution) were charged with murder and mutiny and other capital crimes. Among their defenders was Lt Jennings, the first woman ever to appear in a military court. The author, an actor best known for his role as Tenafly in the television series…

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    Encino, CA: The Rharl Publishing Group, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel inspired by the true story of the all-black, all-volunteer 24th Infantry Regiment, Company K, during World War I - when the segregated Army sent the unit to a post near Houston noted for its miserable conditions, a race riot in town ensued and the resulting court-martial produced the largest mass trial in U. S. Military history: 63 black soldiers (called mockingbirds by the prosecution) were charged with murder and mutiny and other capital crimes. Among their defenders was Lt Jennings, the first woman ever to appear in a military court. The author, an actor best known for his role as Tenafly in the television series of that name, served in the military during the Korean War and he received his basic military training with Company K, 24th U. S. Infantry Regiment, the regiment he writes about in this novel. Boldly SIGNED on the half title page. 506 pp plus an epilogue. ISBN: 0-9656661-90.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43274
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  • SHOULDER THE SKY. by Perry, Anne.
    Perry, Anne.
    SHOULDER THE SKY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1915, against the background of World War I's trench warfare. The second novel in her World War I series. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-345-456548.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bookplate, name).

    Book ID: 52956
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  • NO GRAVES AS YET. by Perry, Anne.
    Perry, Anne.
    NO GRAVES AS YET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in her World War One series - set in England in 1914, in the last golden days before war engulfed their world. Introduces Cambridge professor Joseph Reavey and his brother Matthew, an officer in the intelligence service. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-345484231.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73345
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  • A RIVER IN THE SKY. by Peters, Elizabeth [Barbara Mertz].
    Peters, Elizabeth [Barbara Mertz].
    A RIVER IN THE SKY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, set in Palestine in 1910 on the eve of World War I. 307 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 9780061246265.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 58459
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  • THE GOLDEN ONE. by Peters, Elizabeth [Barbara Mertz].
    Peters, Elizabeth [Barbara Mertz].
    THE GOLDEN ONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, set at Luxor during World War I. 429 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-380-978857.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62361
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  • THE GOLDEN ONE. by Peters, Elizabeth [Barbara Mertz].
    Peters, Elizabeth [Barbara Mertz].
    THE GOLDEN ONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, set at Luxor during World War I. SIGNED on the title page. 429 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-380-978857.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 65547
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  • SCOUTING THE BALKANS IN A MOTOR BOAT or, An Escape From the Dardanelles, #3 in the Boy Scout Series. by Sherman, Capt. V.T.
    Sherman, Capt. V.T.
    SCOUTING THE BALKANS IN A MOTOR BOAT or, An Escape From the Dardanelles, #3 in the Boy Scout Series.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1913). Hardcover - Third book in this ten book series, set during the early years of the Great War. From publisher's ad: "The Boy Scout Series and Nature Adventure embraces a variety of interesting and instructive stories of the kind that are so much sought after and so eagerly devoured by the youth of this country. Every live, red-blooded boy and girl in the land will want to read each book in this series. They are endorsed by Scout Masters, Educators and Trainers of the youth, and are written along the lines that inculcate and exemplify the ideals and principals of the universally accredited." Ad for Mead Bicycles in front, 258 pp.

    Condition: Good only in illustrated light brown covers - severe toning to pages, corners bumped and other wear to covers, gift inscription dated Christmas 1920.

    Book ID: 76066
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  • THE RUNAWAY BALLOON or The Besieged Scouts. #6 in the Boy Scout Series. by Sherman, Capt. V.T.
    Sherman, Capt. V.T.
    THE RUNAWAY BALLOON or The Besieged Scouts. #6 in the Boy Scout Series.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1913). Hardcover - Sixth book in this ten book series, set during the early years of the Great War. From publisher's ad: "The Boy Scout Series and Nature Adventure embraces a variety of interesting and instructive stories of the kind that are so much sought after and so eagerly devoured by the youth of this country. Every live, red-blooded boy and girl in the land will want to read each book in this series. They are endorsed by Scout Masters, Educators and Trainers of the youth, and are written along the lines that inculcate and exemplify the ideals and principals of the universally accredited." Frontispiece. 147 pp plus 1 p publisher's ad.

    Condition: Good only in illustrated light blue covers - severe toning to pages, some wear to covers.

    Book ID: 76265
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  • Sherwood, Margaret.
    A WORLD TO MEND: The Journal of a Working Man.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1920. Hardcover first edition - Interesting novel in the form of a diary beginning in 1916 in the midst of the Great War or World War I - the diarist is a 50 year old man, injured in one leg, who starts a new life as a cobbler in a small New England seashore town - and it consists of musings both on his life - where for the first time he is earning money from his work - and of the terrible war ravaging the world.

    Condition: Very good in khaki colored cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, lacking the dustjacket. Rather uncommon.

    Book ID: 29280
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  • Stephenson, H. M.
    ON THE HIGHEST HILL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Cleveland and New York: International Fiction Library, (1929,) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of a forced marriage, moral cowardice, blackmail, murder, escape from a penal colony, serving in World War I and more. Notable for the striking dust jacket with an orange front panel and a face of a prisoner behind bars superimposed on a the white silhouette of a soldier. 286 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages, gift inscription dated in 1930.)

    Book ID: 33269
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  • THE HOUNDS OP SPRING. by Thompson, Sylvia. [Mrs. Theodore Luling,1902 - 1968]
    Thompson, Sylvia. [Mrs. Theodore Luling,1902 - 1968]
    THE HOUNDS OP SPRING.

    Edition: Early printing - 6th printing, just 2 months after the first.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1926. Hardcover - A novel by this English writer of the ten years between 1914 -1924 - that is the years leading up to the Great War and just afterwards. One of the top 10 bestselling novels of 1926. 366 pp.

    Condition: Very good- in black cloth with salmon colored lettering (lettering on spine rubbed).

    Book ID: 43145
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  • A PALE HORSE. by Todd, Charles.
    Todd, Charles.
    A PALE HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, set in 1920 in an England still recovering from the Great War. SIGNED on the title page by Charles Todd ("Charles Todd" was the mother/son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd.) A highly recommended series of historical mysteries. 330 pp. ISBN: 9780061233562.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder line).

    Book ID: 87902
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  • A FALSE MIRROR. by Todd, Charles.
    Todd, Charles.
    A FALSE MIRROR.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, set in the 1920s in an England still recovering from the Great War. A highly recommended series of historical mysteries. SIGNED on the title page by both authors as Charles Todd ("Charles Todd" is actually the mother/son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd.) 371 pp. ISBN: 978-0060786731.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line, some toning to the pages..

    Book ID: 72465
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  • HUNTING SHADOWS. by Todd, Charles.
    Todd, Charles.
    HUNTING SHADOWS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, set in 1920 in the isolated Fen country where there is a seemingly unconnected series of murders. A highly recommended series of historical mysteries. SIGNED by both authors on the title page. ("Charles Todd" was the mother/son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd.) 344 pp. ISBN: 978-0062015662.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.

    Book ID: 75141
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