Search Results: Authors starting with F from Chartwell Booksellers

London: The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd. (Privately Printed), 1920. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (75 pages, with tissue-guarded color frontisplate). The privately printed Word War I record of the Union-Castle Line, whose ships provided invaluable service as transports, troopships, hospital ships, and armed merchant convoys, including a complete ‘Roll of Honour’ of seamen lost. A virtually mint copy of this very handsomely produced volume, without dust jacket, as issued; recently deaccessioned from the library of the New York Yacht Club, with the club’s stunning vintage bookplate on the front pastedown, along with a discreet Case and Shelf notation. No other markings.

New York: Monthly Review Press, 1952. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (364 pages, map, notes, index.). Signed presentation on front end paper from Stone to Amos Perlmutter (professor of political science at American University & editor of The Journal of Strategic Studies). Stone refuted all the contemporary official and press accounts, using published material from the country’s top newspapers and the State Department. Much of the book is now accepted by most historians. A very good copy, without dust jacket, spine faded, boards slightly scuffed, light shelf wear.

New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2004. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (176 pages) . This is a mint copy of the First American edition, in publisher’s shrink wrap.

Boston: Gambit Inc., 1971. First American Edition Intrepid. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. A very good copy, in dust jacket. Current analysis of strength & strategy. (287 pgs., 20 illus., 6 maps.)

London: His Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1933. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (409 pages, maps, illustrations, index, bibliography). A good copy, red cloth gilt, spine faded and bumped, bookplate and owner’s name in ink on half title, fold out colored maps, map end papers.

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Books, 1996. Trade Edition (Fourth Printing) . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (161 pages). A very good copy of the Fourth Printing of the Trade Edition, in the publisher’s acetate dust jacket.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press & Little, Brown and Company, 1979. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. The author’s experiences in the Canadian Hastings & Prince Edward Regt., from Sicily to the Sangro at Christmas, 1943. Sometimes humorous, often grim, always vivid. Mowat’s story is continued in the sequel: "My Father's Son." A very good copy, in torn dust jacket (219p).

New York: The New York University Press, 1956. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (315 pages, illustrated with drawings and photographs). A studious early history of New Orleans jazz. This First Edition copy is in very good condition, with some light edge-chipping to dust jacket, else fine.

New York: Library of America, 2004. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in publisher’s shrink wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Gough, Napier, Gordon, Roberts, Wolseley, Wood, Macdonald and Kitchener. A very good copy, small stains on cover, without dust jacket. (366p., 39 illus., 4 maps, glossary, biblio., index.)

New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. A pro-U.S. history, assigning more blame to the Mexican government then most. A very good copy, very slight shelf wear, in price-clipped dust jacket with chipped corners (300 pages, bibliography, index, map endpapers).

New York: Library of America, 1990. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in publisher’s shrink wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Library of America, 1985. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. A very good copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 1968. First American Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (70 pages, 13 illustrations, 8 figures, 3 tables, bibliography, index.). An anthropological inquiry into what is popularly referred to as The Old Stone Fort located in Coffee County near the town of Manchester, Tennessee. Used for various purposes the fort has been attributed to Norse builders among others but its purpose and exact provenance have never been determined. A very good copy.

New York: Library of America, 1994. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Abrams Books, 2015. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (272 pages, profusely illustrated). This is a very good copy of the First Edition, in dust jacket. Virtually mint.

New York: Random House , 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (112 pages, 135 illustrations). As-new copy of the First American edition in publisher’s shrinkwrap.

Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. As new. 264 Pgs.

Princeton,NJ: Princeton University Press, 1961. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. Pressures to force a surrender, the debate over dropping the bomb, Japan’s decision to surrender. A very good copy, in dust jacket. Later edition titled: “The Atomic Bomb.” (199pgs., notes, biblio., index.)

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1953. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Cairo and Tehran conferences, Stilwell, Wedemeyer, etc. A very good copy, light edge wear, small spot on front cover. (445p., notes, index.)