Photography / Subjects & Themes / Combat from LEFT COAST BOOKS

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

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999. 185 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The images in 'Of battle and beauty, Felice Beato's photographs of China', taken in 1860 during the Second Opium War when the photographer accompanied Anglo-French forces into China, are… 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: 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

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company [1985-86] 2 volumes, chiefly illustrations; 27 cm. COMPLETE SET. Firm bindings, clean inside copies. Dust jackets, with light edgewear, protected in mylar book covers. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. An outstanding compilation of photographs. Please note: Volumes One and Two. CONTENTS: v. 1. Introduction, by William C. Davis; Around the War:… Read more about this item

Syracuse, NY: Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, 1994. [23] pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held August 26 to October 23, 1994. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. Cloth, 153 pages, illustrations; 25 x 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The Civil War. Historians call it the first modern war. Men and boys marched by the thousands and… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 368 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A brilliant father-son biography of the scandalous life of movie star Errol Flynn -- and of his son's equally glamorous yet doomed career as a war photographer in… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1985. Cloth, 206 pages, illustrations, portraits; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A retrospective of the prolific career of the 'Life' photographer includes unforgettable pictures and portraits of history and history-makers from… Read more about this item

East Hampton, NY: Guild Hall Museum, 2000. 36 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, October 21, 2000 to January 7, 2001. Firm binding, clean inside copy. This exhibition included Korean War-era photojournalism by David Douglas Duncan, Margaret Bourke-White, and others, alongside combat art by artists in uniform and editorial cartoons.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Britannica Books, 1962. 192 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Foreedge creased on a couple of pages near the back. Age toning. Fine DJ. Photographs from the Ansco Historical Collection, the Chicago Historical Society, and Kean Archives, Philadelphia.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. Cloth, 199 pages, illustrations, maps; 29 cm. Maps on lining papers. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Introduction. Photography in the Crimea; Britain, Europe and the Crimean War; The Army and the war; The photographs. The… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Books, 2001. xvi, 373 pages, illustrations, map; 21 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by Kim Phuc, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy, age toning. "From the most photographed war in the twentieth century, among the enduring images is one of a little girl screaming in pain and terror after being burned by napalm in an air attack.… Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books; Random House, 2001. 300 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. "What if the protagonist in that age-old tale--boy goes to war, comes back a man--were a female? Shutterbabe, Deborah Copaken Kogan's remarkable debut, is just that: the story of a twenty-two-year-old… Read more about this item

New York: Fairfax Press, 1978. 512 pages, [8] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. First published, 1912. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Includes a chronological summary and record of every engagement.showing the… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1977. 61 pages, illustrations, map; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Bumped corners/bottom edge. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Originally published in a now-rare collector's edition in 1866, these 68 historic photographs include haunting images of the battlefields and ruined mansions of one of history's most devastating military campaigns."… Read more about this item

Bath: Parragon Books Ltd., 2012. 223 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm + 1 videodisc (DVD; 4 3/4 inches). Issued in a case. A fine copy. Paperback volume in fine condition and DVD (unused) in case. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Rare Images & Tales of the War Between the States.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Regan Books; Harper Collins, 2003. 373 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small remainder mark/tail edge. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Large propaganda book featuring American soldiers as heroes and saviours, while Iraqis are objectified as helpless victims. No photographs of Abu Ghraib. This book appears to have been… Read more about this item

New York: National Historical Society; Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997. 647 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. 2 volumes in 1. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. An outstanding compilation of photographs. "In this striking chronicle, the American Civil War… Read more about this item