Search Results: Authors starting with J from Chartwell Booksellers

Norman,OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. First American Edition (Second Printing) . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (226 pages). As-new copy of the Second Printing of the First American Edition in an unclipped dust jacket, signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (386 pages). New, in dust jacket.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 8vo. 19 biographical essays in chronological order, Drake to Halsey, plus 6 surveys on technological change. As new, in like dust jacket. (535p., 18 illus., 31 maps, notes, biblio., index.)

London: Purnell Book Services, Limited, 1973. First English Edition ko. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (175 pages, 56 illustrations, several maps, victories, Orders of Battle, glossary, bibliography, index.). Includes Allies rarely covered elsewhere. A very good copy, in mylar covered, price clipped dust jacket, slight shelf wear.

London: Purnell Book Services, Limited, 1973. Book Club Edition ko. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (175 pages, 56 illustrations, several maps, victories, Orders of Battle, glossary, bibliography, index.). This is a very good copy of the Book Club edition without dust jacket.

Wash. DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. First American . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. “Charts the operational career of the F-86, from its inception through the embattled skies of Korea to its role as NATO’s guardian and after, when it became the fighter workhorse of many Third World nations.” A very good copy, in dust jacket. (154 pages, 99 illustrations, specs., F-86 combat wings, index).

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. The forced removal of the Creek, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes from the Southeast to the West, which resulted in thousands of Cherokee deaths. A very good copy, covers slightly soiled, spine tail bumped, without dust jacket (356 pages, 16 illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, map endpapers).

New York: Library of America, 1998. 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, 1998. 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.

Canada: University of British Columbia Press, 1982. Canadian Reprint Edition Intrepid. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. A history of the Royal Canadian Navy, including its crucial contribution to the allied cause during WWII. A very good copy in like dust jacket (373 pages, 105 illustrations, 12 maps, 2 charts, extensive notes).

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1945. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. CO of 5th New Zealand Brigade, captured at Sidi Aziz, N. Africa, 1941, escaped, arrived UK 1943, killed in Normandy, 1944 after writing this book. A very good copy, light shelf wear, leaves slightly yellowed, illegible signature on half-title page, without dust jacket. (184p., frontispiece, diagram, map end paper.)

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First American Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Covering his years as Secretary of the Navy, 1944-49. A very good copy, corners lightly worn, blind stamp on front free endpaper, without dust jacket. (581p., 16 illus., index.)

New York: Library of America, 2011. 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 Thus . 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, 1984. 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, 1983. Third Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. A very good copy, in an unclipped , slightly shelfworn 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.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Biography of the legendary president, senator and governor (successively) of Texas. A good copy, corners slightly worn, spine head & tail a bit frayed, spine faded, front endpapers & title page somewhat foxed, without dust jacket (489 pages, 20 illustrations, 5 maps, bibliography, index).

New York: Random House, 1987. Second Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (384 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs, maps). This is a very good copy of the Second Printing in an unclipped dust jacket. Hill was one of the least known Confederate generals yet one of the most important and capable. He participated in nearly every major battle in the North. He was killed in the last days of the war.

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. What soldiers’ lives were like, mainly from their letters. A fine copy, in dut jacket. (278p., 8 illus., notes, biblio., index.)

New York: Bramhall House, 1962. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. A collection of accounts by Toland, Sakai, Kenney, Chennault, Boyington, Glines, Inoguchi, Arnold and others. A very good copy, corners lightly worn, in rubbed dust jacket with worn edges & chipped corners. (306p., profuse illus., map, glossaries, index.)