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WORLD WAR II IN THE AIR
The Pacific
A collection of accounts by Toland, Sakai, Kenney, Chennault, Boyington, Glines, Inoguchi, Arnold and others. A very good copy, corners lightly worn, in rubbed dust jacket with worn edges &…
HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II: Volume II
Operations in North African Waters, October 1942-June 1943
A very good ex-libris copy, slight foxing of preliminaries, deckled edges, spine slightly faded & bumped, lettering still clear.
HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Volume Nine, Sicily-Salerno-Anzio, January 1943-June 1944
A good copy, hinges split, binding sound, contents fine (413 pages, photo frontispiece, 20 illustrations, 18 charts, fold out map, appendices, index)….
BUILDING THE NAVY’S BASES IN WORLD WAR II
History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946
The official history of the herculean effort of building modern naval installations on jungle islands, including the efforts of the famed Seabees. A very good set, covers a bit worn,…
WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE SECOND FRONT
1940-1943
A highly critical study of Churchill’s wartime objectives in the Mediterranean. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, without dust jacket; somewhat toned on the endpapers….
THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND DIVISION
1914-1916 (Volume 1)
This is a very good copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket, as issued. The gilt lettering on the front cover and spine is bright. The boards are…
THE WORLD IS ROUND
-The Arion Press Edition-
…exterior is very lightly scuffed, the contents are in mint condition. Gertrude Stein selected Clement Hurd to illustrate her first and only children’s book, THE WORLD IS ROUND, in 1939…
THE WORLD CRISIS
-First American Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
…jacket. The book is the second binding variant of the First Printing, per Cohen (A69.1[II].b).] The spine lettering has faded a bit and the cloth is lightly scuffed. The contents…
THE WORLD CRISIS
-Mixed Early English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
…the Sixth Printing of the First English edition, according to Cohen (published March 1929 and denoted by the publisher as the ‘3rd Impression of the Second English edition’). The dust…
THE WORLD CRISIS
-First English Edition Set without Dust Jackets-
…which is the Second State of the First Printing, per Cohen, with the Errata slip tipped-in opposite Page 1, is somewhat scuffed and shelfworn. The cloth is bright, but there…