Genre & Subject / Military from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2010. vii, 566 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first… Read more about this item

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1985. 180 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. First paperback edition. "The image of Sparta as a repressive warrior society that shunned the arts has been the accepted view well into our own century. Drawing on contemporary written evidence and archaeological finds, L. F. Fitzhardinge portrays… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1988. 283 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, July 2 to September 18, 1988, Portland Museum of Art, October 8 to December 18, 1988, and the Amon Carter Museum, January 7 to March 12, 1989. Firm binding,… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations, maps; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. "For more than 25 years, American memory has been haunted by photographs of the Vietnam War, the most troubling and… Read more about this item

New York: Portland House, 1987. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First thus. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Photographs by Steichen and his crew of photographers in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit: Wayne Miller, Horace Bristol, Victor… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 328 pages, [2] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 28 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First American edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong. Collectible.

New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013. xv, 302 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. With editorial contributions by Jim Defelice; foreword and afterword by Taya Kyle. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In this book, the author, deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the ten most… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, 1983. Cloth, 279 pages, illustrations (some colour), charts, map; 29 cm. Exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, December 17, 1983 to February 26, 1984 and other institutions through May 12, 1985. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE!… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Studio, 1995. Cloth, 224 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Featuring the Jeffrey Ethell collection of World War II color photography. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, price-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The most important historical event of the 20th century… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Place des Victoires, 2011. Cloth, 593 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. TRES BON ETAT. Legerement use. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Guerres: Reportages de 1854 a nos jours = Wars: Reports… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: National Trust for Scotland, 2010. 72 pages, colour illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: Introduction: Debunking the myths of Culloden; Setting the scene; The government versus the Jacobite cause; The prince and the duke: troops and tactics; The road to Culloden; Culloden: the battle; Culloden: the legacy.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1999. Cloth, 144 pages, colour illustrations; 28 x 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Some of the greatest dramas of World War II occurred in the skies, where… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. xx, 342 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces in history. However, few people realize that this vast empire was guarded… Read more about this item

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing; Images of America Series, 2010. 127 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "The commonwealth of Virginia holds a prominent and distinguished place in American Civil War history. Home to the Confederacy's capital city of Richmond, more major battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state. The commonwealth also produced some of the war's… Read more about this item

Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2008. Pictorial boards, 200 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 x 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Chosen as a 'must-read' recommendation on Sgt. Santa's Reading List in Armchair General, January 2009. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand… Read more about this item

Beijing: China Travel and Tourism Press, 1999. 126 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Penguin Books, 2014. 511 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly bowed. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Plagued by accusations of un-American attitudes before World War II, movie folks rallied when the fighting broke out. Outstanding among them, says Harris (Pictures at a Revolution), were the directors… Read more about this item

New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1996. Pictorial boards, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. United States Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war. "From the work of photographers Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner to… Read more about this item

Xi'an: Shaanxi Travel & Tourism Press, 2001. 126 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Santa Ana, CA: Bowers Museum, 2011. 198 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held October 1, 2011 to March 4, 2012 at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA, and April 1 to September2, 2012 at Houston Museum of Natural Science, in Houston, TX. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.… Read more about this item