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civil war
REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR AT THE 2ND SESSION 38TH CONGRESS 1865 VOL 1
Wash. 1865 GPO. Army of the Potomac 524pp. and Battle of Petersburg 249pp. Good stains on end papers a few extremely light stains on some text pages. unknown
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(spanish civil war)
ALCAZAR DE TOLEDO SU DEFENSA Y LIBERACION ALCAZAR DE TOLEDO PINCELADAS
Toledo 1959. In Spanish. 12mo. 80pp. photo illus. wraps. Owner signed on title page and on final page. Good a bit worn. paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : a39526
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(civil war)
CIVIL WAR HISTORY CUMULATIVE INDEX 1955 -1959 VOLUMES I-V
1963 State University of Iowa. 8vo. 87pp. original red wraps bound in buckram binding. Three small library stamps on end papers and on wrapper. VG. hardcover
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(civil war)
MEMORIAL OF WILLIAM KIRKLAND BACON LATE ADJUTANT OF THE 26TH REGIMENT OF NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS
Boston 1865 American Tract Society. By His Father. Octavo 139pp. fine steel engraved portrait of Bacon in Civil War uniform as frontis original boards with later spine. Good light wear. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : a66128
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Rene Hardy
The Sword of God
Garden City Doubleday 1954 1st . Hardcover . VG/VG. Spine a bit cocked; glue at top of spine seperated from signatures; tiny bit of wear edges. DJ w/ few chips edges/corners; spine tiny bit discolored; in new Brodart protector. Garden City, Doubleday, 1954, 1st hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 000001304
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Woolley, Charles with Bill Crawford
Echoes of Eagles A Son's Search for His Father and the Legacy of America's First Fighter Pilots
Dutton 2003. Small black marker line on bottom outside page edges. Top edges of dust jacket lightly rubbed. Black spine and edges with gold lettering on spine red covers. 307 pages. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. Dutton hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017947 ISBN : 0525947574 9780525947578
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Blaxland, Gregory
Amiens 1918
Introduction by General Sir John Hackett light cover edge & corner wear light spine crease light marker line across some bottom page edges__________________________________The British began 1918 defeated and demoralized. "In the previous six months they had lost a quarter of a million men and now they faced crushing defeat. In under a year however they had transformed potential disaster into total victory and peace." W. H. Allen & Co. (Star Book) paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : biblio597 ISBN : 0352308338 9780352308337
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O'Brien Tim
Going after Cacciato
New York NY U.S.A.: Delacorte Press 1978. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Quarto. This is a Publisher's Review Copy stamped thus on the ffep. 338pps. Second printing. The edges of the cloth are faintly sunned. Otherwise clean bright square and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket glossy in a new mylar sleeve has a couple of creases in the front flap; the original price 8.95 is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> ".<big>W</big>hen this extraordinary novel was still a work in progress with chapters appearing in such varied magazines as Esquire Redbook and Shenandoah it generated immediate pre-publication excitement. One chapter was an O. Henry Award winner in 1976; another was selected for The Best American Short Stories in 1977.<br> As Cacciato pursued by his own comrades-in-arms walks out of the jungles of Vietnam -- over mountains and across continents toward the promise of Paris -- Tim O'Brien portrays both the nightmare of war and a magnificent vision of peace."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. ISBN: 0-440-02948-1. Cloth. FICTION GENERAL AMERICAN LITERATURE WAR VIETNAM CACCIATO SOUTHEAST ASIA TIM O'BRIEN GOING AFTER CACCIATO FIRST EDITION LITERARY NOVELS COLLECTIBLE. Catalogs: War Literature & Fiction U.S.A. Delacorte Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 402-1519 ISBN : 0440029481 9780440029489
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McPherson, James M
Drawn with the Sword Reflections on the American Civil War
Oxford University Press 1991. Maroon cloth spine and edges with gold lettering on spine gray covers. 258 pages. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017807 ISBN : 0195096797 9780195096798
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Bennett Michael J
Union Jacks Yankee Sailors in the Civil War
The University of North Carolina Press 2004. Brown cloth with silver lettering on spine. 337 pages. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The University of North Carolina Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017814 ISBN : 080782870X 9780807828700
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Balck, [William]
Tactics Volume I: Introduction And Formal Tactics of Infantry
Fort Leavenworth Kansas: U. S. Cavalry Association 1911. HB. Red cloth gilt lettering on front cover 8vo 539 pp. including extensive index patterned endpapers. Fourth completely revised edition with numerous plates in the text. English translation from the German by First Lieutenant Walter Krueger. Balck was a member of the Prussian Imperial General Staff. This is Volume I dealing with infantry tactics on the eve of World War I. He also wrote a volume on cavalry tactics. Krueger 1881-1967 rose to command of the U.S. Sixth Army in the South West Pacific during World War II. With the bookplate of Charles Rees Lloyd Colonel 10th Field Artillery 3rd Division U. S. Army during World War I. Book shows considerable underlining of text in pencil hinges reinforced binding solid. Covers show minor edge wear top corner of text block and corners scuffed spine sunned. Book condition Good. U. S. Cavalry Association hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : CT4959
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Hicks, Al
Traditional Poems
no jacket otherwise new inscribed by the author on the first page Prescott Printing Co. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : biblio585
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SIMPSON, Brooks D.,
Let Us Have Peace : Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction 1861-1868
University of North Carolina Press U S A 1991. hbk 339pp ISBN: 0807819662 dj sl shelf worn now in protective sleeve excellent clean tight text as new University of North Carolina Press, U S A, 1991, paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : AMH845 ISBN : 0807819662 9780807819661
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How To See The Cote D'Azur: For The Soldiers Of The Allied Armies
Paris: Franco-Allied Good Will Committee. Wraps. Blue paper stapled wraps 12 mo 60 pp. plus maps at rear. "Presented by the Commissariat General Au Tourisme." Tourism brochure issued to Allied soldiers at end of World War II profusely illustrated with photographs. Fold out maps include that of Cannes Nice Grasse and Menton and on the back a color map of the entire Cote D'Azur. Clean unmarked book but for some edge soiling binding solid. Uncommon World War II title. Franco-Allied Good Will Committee paperback
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Noller, Ella M
The Life LIne
Grand Rapids Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1944. HB. Imitation blue leather gilt lettering on front cover and spine 8 vo 168 pp. No marks in book binding tight. Covers show slight edge wear. In price clipped dust jacket that shows minor chipping one closed tear top rear panel. Book condition VG in VG- DJ. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company hardcover
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O'Flaherty, Liam
Insurrection
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1951. Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in red. Octavo. 248pps. Stated first edition. There is bumping to the lower tips and very faint dustspotting atop the textblock. Also a previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the ffep. Otherwise clean tight square and bright. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has light rubbing wear at the extremities; no chips soiling or tears. The original price is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> ".<big>I</big>n his new novel the author of that memorable book The Informer writes again of Dublin -- this time of the Easter uprising of 1916. That romantic and violent episode makes one of the most colorful and fantastic stories in modern history. Re-created now by Liam O'Flaherty it comes enormously alive again packed with action and with the folly and the power and the glory of mankind."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. First Edition. Cloth. LIAM O FLAHERTY INSURRECTION FIRST EDITIONS IRISH LITERATURE FICTION LITERARY IRELAND DUBLIN EASTER RISING 1916 COLLECTIBLE USED BOOKS NOVELS. Catalogs: Irish Literature and Heritage War Literature & Fiction World. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 103-2097
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Roland, Charles Pierce
The Confederacy
Chicago Illinois U.S.A.: Univ of Chicago Pr 1960. Soft Cover. Good. Univ of Chicago Pr paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6810 ISBN : 0226724514 9780226724515
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Sulzberger, C. L
World War II American Heritage Library
New York NY U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company 1985. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Company paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 3191 ISBN : 0828103313 9780828103312
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Perry, Mark
Conceived in Liberty: Joshua Chamberlain William Oates and the American Civil War
New York New York U.S.A.: Viking Pr 1997 Minor corner bumping. Some edgewear to the dust jacket with a small tear to the top at the front near the spine. Clean text. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Viking Pr hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 007721 ISBN : 0670862258 9780670862252
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Gardiner, John Rolfe
Unknown Soldiers
New York: Dutton 1977. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Red boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. This volume has a touch of soiling as of ink that offset to the inner rear board; otherwise it is clean tight and bright. The dustjacket glossy in mylar is flawless. The original price 8.95 is intact.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. ISBN: 0-525-22675-3. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. War Battle Vietnam Literature JOHN ROLFE GARDINER UNKNOWN SOLDIERS FIRST EDITIONS. Catalogs: War Literature & Fiction U.S.A. Dutton hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 202-0168 ISBN : 0525226753 9780525226758
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Stone, James H. (editor)
Crisis Fleeting: Original Reports on Military Medicine in India and Burma in the Second World War
Washington D.C: Office of the Surgeon General Dept. of the Army 1969. HB. Dark blue cloth gilt lettering on spine 8vo 423 pp. Clean unmarked book binding tight. Covers show just slight shelf wear. Book condition VG. Office of the Surgeon General, Dept. of the Army hardcover
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DASO, Dik Alan,
Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Airpower
Smithsonian Institution Press 2000 . hbk 314pp illustr ISBN: 156098824X excellent in dj as new Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000, unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : Av23 ISBN : 156098824X 9781560988243
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Tuchman Barbara W
The Guns of August
New York NY U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:034538623x. "An epic never flagging in suspense.It seemed hardly possible that anything new of significance could be said about the prelude to a nd the first month of World War I. But this is exactly what Ms. Tuchman has succeeded in doing.Where she has improved upon her predecessors is in illuminating practically inch by inch the roads by w hich the fateful decisions were reached in Berlin Paris St. Petersburg and London and by transforming the drama's protagonists as well as its immense supporting cast from half-legendary and half-s hadowy figures into full-dimensional believable persons." 511pp A Pulitizer prize winning masterpiece of World War I in unforgettable portraits of an era and the disasters of leadership with photos . 3 tan streaks on Fep top corner 1/4" to 1" in length. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1994 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1941 ISBN : 034538623X 9780345386236
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Gannon, Michael
Black May : The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-Boats in May 1943
New York NY U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers 1998. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0060178191. 1st printing. Bottom of spine book & jacket slightly bumped otherwise as new. In May 1943 Allied sea and air forces won a stunning dramatic and vital victory over the largest and most powerful submarine force ever sent to sea sinking forty-one German U-boats and damaging thirty-seven others. At U-Boat Headquarte rs in Berlin despondent naval officers spoke of "Black May." It was a defeat from which the German U-Boats never recovered. This for the first time is the story of that victory. Numerous black and white photos. New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2059 ISBN : 0060178191 9780060178192
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Pham, Andrew X
Catfish and Mandala
Farrar Straus Giroux 1999. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0374119740. A solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam---made by a young Vietnamese-American man in pursuit of bo th his adopted homeland and his forsaken fatherland. Intertwined with an often humorous travelogue spanning a year of discovery is a memoir of war escape and ultimately family secrets. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1091 ISBN : 0374119740 9780374119744
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Brokaw, Tom
The Greatest Generation Speaks Letters and Reflections
Random House 1999. ISBN:0375503943. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-375-50394-3. A wonderful book "crafted by memories youthful insights and the wisdom that comes with seaso ns of despair and triumph.". Random House, 1999 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1005 ISBN : 0375503943 9780375503948
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Porter, Horace (General)
Campaigning With Grant Collector's Library Of The Civil War
Time-Life Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket; A handsome copy in black leather binding with modest scuffing to gilt spine lettering and gilt top edge; Small abrasion to marbled front endpaper. 1985. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 546 p.; Collector's Library of the Civil War. Full leather binding with embossed scene on front cover; all edges gilt. Facsimile of 1897 edition originally published by The Century Co. New York. B&W illus. Maps. General Ulysseys S. Grant. . Time-Life Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 14964 ISBN : 0809442000 9780809442003
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Adler, Betty
Within The Year After
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co 1920. HB. Dark brown blindstamped cloth gilt lettering on front cover and spine 12 mo 416 pp. No marks in book binding solid 1/2" tear ffep hinges cracked but holding well. Covers show minor soiling spine lettering somewhat faded. Uncommon analysis of post World War I Europe and the peace conference by a correspondent of the Lee Newspaper Syndicate. Book condition VG-. M. A. Donohue & Co hardcover
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Jack Hamman
On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casuality of World War II
Seattle: University of Washington Press 2007 Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket as Issued. University of Washington Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 006925 ISBN : 0295987057 9780295987057
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Perry, M. James
Touched with Fire : Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles that Made Them
New York NY U.S.A.: New York NY U.S.A.: PublicAffairs 2003 2003 Hard Cover. First Edition. Private Press. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This very fine lightly read book tells of five men who served in the Civil War and went on to become President's of the United States. F. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press. New York, NY, U.S.A.: PublicAffairs, 2003 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6854 ISBN : 1586481142 9781586481148
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Scott, James A
The Iran Contradictions
Ames Iowa U.S.A.: AAFTON Research & Media Incorporated 2005 As new never read. Silver sticker on front of the dust jacket from Independent Publishers.com indicating a Highlighted Title Signed by the author. Conspiricacy and cover-up abound in this novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AAFTON Research & Media, Incorporated hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 8008 ISBN : 0963925091 9780963925091
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Perry, M. James
Touched with Fire : Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles that Made Them
New York NY U.S.A.: New York NY U.S.A.: PublicAffairs 2003 2003 Hard Cover. First Edition. Private Press. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Because of their service in the civil War five men went on to become the President of the United States. As new never read. F. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press. New York, NY, U.S.A.: PublicAffairs, 2003 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6832 ISBN : 1586481142 9781586481148
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Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah
Hitler's Willing Executioners Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
Vintage Books New York 1996 ISBN# 0-679-77268-5 First Edition Trade Paper soft cover nf. 634 pages. A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. F. Soft cover. Vintage Books, New York, 1996 ISBN# 0-679-77268-5 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2078 ISBN : 0679772685 9780679772682
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Scott, James A
The Iran Contradictions
Ames Iowa U.S.A.: AAFTON Research & Media Incorporated 2005 New Book Never read. Signed by the Author. The cover-up and the truth hide a deeper secret. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. AAFTON Research & Media, Incorporated hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 8211 ISBN : 0963925091 9780963925091
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Whitfield, Evelyn
Three Year Picnic
Corvallis Or.: Premiere Editions International Inc 1999 Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. First Edition. Private Press. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-9633818-8-1. 319 pages. A riveting story that shares with the reader the details of Evelyn Whitfield's life inside civilian camps during her three-year WWll imprisonment during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. There is a sticker on the flyleaf "gift book compliments of the author". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. Corvallis, Or.: Premiere Editions International, Inc, 1999 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 5858 ISBN : 0963381881 9780963381880
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Bussey, Charles, M. Lt. Col., USA (Ret)
Firefight At Yechon Courage and Racism in the Korean War
Brassey's. Inc. 1991 ISBN# 0-08-037448-4 Hardbound Second printing New 264 pages. A Personal Story of the Courage of African-American Soldiers. Hardcover. Brassey's. Inc. 1991 ISBN# 0-08-037448-4 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 3952 ISBN : 0080374484 9780080374482
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Whitfield, Evelyn
Three Year Picnic
Corvallis Or.: Premiere Editions International Inc 1999 Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. First Edition. Private Press. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0-9633818-8-1. 319 numbered pages. An American woman's life inside Japanese prison camps in the Philippines during WWII. Evelyn wrote her story over 50 years ago as part of her healing process--then put her manuscript away in a drawer. Half a century later her words have more impact than ever offering hope and perspective to war-torn families everywhere. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. Corvallis, Or.: Premiere Editions International, Inc, 1999 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 5505 ISBN : 0963381881 9780963381880
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PAQUETTE, Robert Louis and Ferleger, Louis A.(eds),
Slavery Secession and Southern History
Univ Press of Virginia 2000 . pbk 229pp ISBN: 0813919525 rem mark on bottom edge otherwise excellent as new Univ Press of Virginia, 2000, paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : AMH813 ISBN : 0813919525 9780813919522
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SMITH, Graham
SUFFOLK AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1st edition 1995. Countryside Books - Newbury Berks. 1853063428. A softback original. Colour covers. Dozens of black & white photos & detailed index. Fine condition. . 1st edition 1995. Countryside Books - Newbury, Berks. 1853063428 unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12708 ISBN : 1853063428 9781853063428
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Laval, Pierre
The Diary of Pierre Laval
New York: Scribners 1948. 1st. hb. Gray cloth black lettering on spine 8vo 240pp. With an introduction by his daughter Josee Laval. Laval was a Nazi collaborator during World War II tried and executed by the French government in 1945. No marks in book binding tight. Dust jacket shows minor edge wear chipping. !st printing A. Not price clipped. Book condition VG in VG- DJ. Scribners hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : CI4663
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PALAZZO, Albert,
Seeking Victory on the Western Front: The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I
University of Nebraska Press 2000 . hbk 239pp ISBN: 0803237251 ecellent in dj as new University of Nebraska Press, 2000, unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : BH912 ISBN : 0803237251 9780803237254
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Hope, Laura Lee, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped Lists Thru In War Plays, Inner Hinge Very Slightly Starting , Blank Endpapers Lig
Moving Picture Girls At Rocky Ranch or Great Days Among the Cowboys in RARE Pink Color DustJacket Series #5
World Syndicate Publ. 1914. HBDJ 1914 1st Edition THUS VG-/GOOD AS-IS. Some Chipping & A closed tearCreases Small Chips Wear DJ Edges DJ Spine Light Sunned with SmaLL Chips Tears Wear at Ends BUT Title Intact Back DJ light Soil & Small Creases TinY Chips FOX Tears ExTremities FronT DJ Bright light Wear Soil & SMall Chips Tears Extremities Purple Embossed Cloth lettered in Gold GilT Spine which has Stain Cover light Rub Wear titles BRIGHT Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear 214 pgs NO ADS in Back Back DJ lists 5 Chidrens Series ending with Robinson Crusoe Scuff & Mended Tears Tiny Chips back DJ . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. World Syndicate Publ. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 23891
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Liebknecht, Karl
Militarism
New York: B. W. Huebsch 1917. 2nd Printing. HB. Dark green cloth paper title label on front cover and gilt lettering on spine 12 mo 178 pp. Second printing October 1917. Owners bookplate on front paste-down no other marks in book binding solid. Covers show some edge wear slight fraying top of spine. Book condition VG-. B. W. Huebsch hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : CG4616
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Barber, Noel
A Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore 1942
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1968. 1st Printing. HB. Blue cloth black lettering on spine and red sun on front cover 8vo 364 pp. map endpapers. Clean unmarked book binding solid. In unclipped dust jacket that shows edge wear and chipping small stain top of spine. Book condition VG in Good DJ. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
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Heckstall-Smith, Anthony
Tobruk Fortunes of War
Cerberus 2004. Thin pen line on bottom outside page edges right by binding. "The Story of a Siege" Fortunes of War series. New Book. 256 pages. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. Cerberus paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 016101 ISBN : 1841450510 9781841450513
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Whitney, J. H
Ballads Of War And Peace
Baraboo Wis: By Author 1904. HB. Red beveled cloth gilt lettering on front cover 12 mo 126 pp. Frontis photo of author. Poetry mainly on the American Civil War. Book dedicated to the author's brother killed at Chantilly Va. September 1 1862. The Battle of Chantilly was a rear-guard action after the Second Battle of Bull Run at which General Phillip Kearny also fell. No marks in book binding solid. Hinge cracked at title page. Covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG-. Uncommon title. By Author hardcover
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Stockwin, Julian
Kydd
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 2001. Uncorrected Bound Proof. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps trade-sized pb. 309pps. An excellent collector's-quality copy: clean tight square and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate acquired directly from him; the bookplate has been laid in.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> ".<big>E</big>urope is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships ordinary citizens must be press-ganged.<br> Thomas Paine Kydd a young wig-maker from Guildford is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the ninety-eight-gun line-of-battle ship <i>Duke William</i>. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all he goes through amid dangers of tempest and battle he comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor and defender of Britain at war.<br> Kydd launches a masterly new writing talent and is the first installment of a thrilling new series. Based on dramatic real events it is classic storytelling at its best rich with action exceptional characters and a page-turning narrative."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. ISBN: 0-340-79473-9. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition First Printing. Advance Reading Copy ARC. FICTION HISTORICAL ROYAL NAVY THOMAS PAINE KYDD ADVENTURE ACTION WAR SEAFARING SHIPS MARITIME 1700S EUROPE BRITAIN FRANCE JULIAN STOCKWIN FIRST EDITIONS SIGNED NAPOLEONIC ERA SEA STORIES COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS. Catalogs: Advance Reading Copies SIGNED War Literature & Fiction World. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 306-5129 ISBN : 0340794739 9780340794739
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Hunter, Stephen
The Master Sniper : A Novel
New York: Morrow 1980. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Beige boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Beige endpapers. 292pps. There are eight small check-marks sporadically placed in the margins of pages otherwise clean tight square and bright. No names or inscriptions. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has faint toning to the white panels; no chips soiling or tears. The original price 10.95 is intact. A very nice copy of the author's first novel.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> ".<big>I</big>t is the spring of 1945 and the Nazis are eliminating all the witnesses to their horrible crimes including Jews and foreigners remaining in the prison camps. Kommandant Repp who is known as a master sniper decides to hone his sniping abilities by taking a little target practice at the remaining laborers in his own prison camp. But one man escapes and becomes the key to solving the mystery of the cold calculating Kommandmant Repp and his plans for ending the war.<br> Repp was the master sniper whose deadly talent had come to the notice of British Intelligence as the linchpin of a desperate Nazi plot to reverse the fortunes of the Third Reich at the eleventh hour. But what was the nature of the weapon that Repp was to aim -- and who was to be his last target Allied Intelligence officers Leets from the U.S. and Outhwaite from England are dispatched to identify and abort his lethal mission. And when they finally learn the truth the Second World War's deadliest race against time is on."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. ISBN: 0-688-03591-4. First Edition First Printing. STEPHEN HUNTER THE MASTER SNIPER FIRST EDITIONS THRILLER SUSPENSE WORLD WAR II NAZIS GERMANY CONCENTRATION CAMPS KOMMANDANT REPP JAMES LEETS COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS. Catalogs: Mystery/Crime/Thriller War. Morrow hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 306-5119 ISBN : 0688035914 9780688035914
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McElroy, John
Si Klegg: His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran
Washington D.C: The National Tribune Co 1910. Second Edition. Wraps. Gray wraps black lettering on front cover and spine 8vo 245 pp. No marks in book binding solid. Covers show some soiling and creases. The National Tribune Co paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : CC4500
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Anderson Ken
Shadows Under the Midnight Sun
Grand Rapids Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House c. 1943. Third Edition. HB. Brown imitation leather gilt lettering on front cover and spine 12 mo 247 pp. Old price in ink ffep only mark in book binding solid frontis map of Norway. Novel about Norway in World War II. Covers show minor edge wear especially corners and top of spine. Book condition VG-. Zondervan Publishing House hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : CC4505
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