Military History from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering. xi, 692pp. Very good. Faint bit of binding wear; light stain to outer page edges, else tight and internally near fine. Tight and attractive first edition. From the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81) -- whose large, bold ownership… Read more about this item

Boston: William White, 1860. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping, black cloth tape spine. 46pp. Good only. Boards edgeworn, though front board gilt strong and bright; modern library cloth tape spine rather homespun; inner hinges delicate but holding; small hand-lettered paper shelf label at lower left of front board. Decently tight and… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion, 2001. Hardcover. Photo foreword by Jerry Bruckheimer. Introduction by Michael Bay. Preface by Randall Wallace. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight third printing of this heavily pictorial chronicle of the 2001 war film, a mostly fictionalized account of the December 7,… Read more about this item

Dorset: Blandford Press, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this well-illustrated survey.

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1987. Hardcover. Foreword by John Y. Simon. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 248pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Touch of foxing to both endpapers (only). Tight and handsome first edition of Volume XIV of this publisher's "Frontier Military Series." Front flyleaf bears a fine decorative-edged bookplate signed… Read more about this item

Livonia, NY: R & R Books, 1992. Hardcover. 4to. Full green leatherette with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 495pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Superbly tight and lovely reprint edition of this thorough, detailed, definitive study first published by Robert Halter in 1952.

Rock Island: U.S. Army Armament, 1990. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey wrappers. 80pp, 116pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Mild rubbing to outer wrappers only, else tight and internally fine; small ownership name/address inkstamp. Revised edition of the 1988 text (Part One), together with the first appearance of Part Two -- thus first time published together in this form. … Read more about this item

Montezuma, IA: F. Brownell & Son, 1997. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 372pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings. Fine/near fine. First published in 1951, this is the 13th printing of the updated and expanded third edition of this classic and definitive study. Quite tight and handsome.

Hooks, TX: Brownlee Books, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards with white lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear only. Tight, quite lovely first edition of this slim study of "U.S. Model 1847," the Army's first repeating pistol. Title page colophon notes this as #0445 (of unspecified limitation) and printed dedication… Read more about this item

Boulder: Paladin Press, 1994. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 627pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and nice first edition of this hefty reference source.

Boulder: Paladin Press, 1994. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 627pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Handsome first edition of this exhaustive reference source.

Forestville, CA: Eclipse Books, 1991. Hardcover. Illustrations by author. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 126pp, (2pp ads). Numerous illustrations (many full page), maps. Near fine/near fine. Attractive first edition of this thrilling (to quote jacket front panel) "Illustrated Guidebook to the Great Trans-Allegheny Adventurers and Chiefs" -- one of 250 numbered copies (this… Read more about this item

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 255pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with spine a bit sunned; 1968 ownership signature on front pastedown. Tight and nice first edition of this history of the historic military fort in southeast Minnesota initially completed in 1825. This copy bears… Read more about this item

Galena, IL: M.J. & A.J. Weber, n.y.. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt front board lettering. 224pp, 93pp ads. Numerous illustrations, advertisements, green decorative endpapers. Very good. Quite faint binding wear only. A handsome, tight probable sole edition of this memorial yearbook of World War I veterans from Jo Daviess county in northwestern Illinois. Intriguing addition: Tipped opposite… Read more about this item

Cleveland: The Britton Publishing Co, 1920. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth with front board gilt lettering and device. 135pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this World War One regimental history. Neatly tipped to front pastedown is publisher's 8½" X 11" printed announcement that "A few copies of this book are still available due to… Read more about this item

Galena, IL: M.J. & A.J. Weber, n.y.. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt front board lettering. 224pp, 93pp ads. Numerous illustrations, advertisements, green decorative endpapers. Very good. Mildly edgeworn only. Tight and attractive probable sole edition of this memorial yearbook of World War I veterans from Jo Daviess county in northwestern Illinois. Of special interest is a sharp… Read more about this item

Broken Arrow, OK: Cedar Ridge Publications, 1997. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy grey pictorial paper over boards. 258pp. Extensive line drawings. Near fine. A wonderfully bright and tight fifth printing of this well-illustrated 1987 text, a country by country alphabetical (Argentina through Yugoslavia) study of the bayonets produced in these countries.

Broken Arrow, OK: Cedar Ridge Publications, 2000. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy grey pictorial paper over boards. 258pp. Extensive line drawings. Near fine. Quite tight, quite bright sixth printing of this well-illustrated 1987 text, a country by country alphabetical (Argentina through Yugoslavia) study of the bayonets produced in these countries.

Broken Arrow, OK: Cedar Ridge Publications, 1997. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy grey pictorial paper over boards. 258pp. Extensive line drawings. Near fine. Superbly tight and handsome fifth printing of this 1987 pictorial text, a country by country alphabetical (Argentina through Yugoslavia) study of the bayonets produced in these countries.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 579pp. Numerous maps. Near fine/fine. Just a book club edition of this thick (to cite jacket front panel) "Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo," but tight, clean and near pristine.