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New York: Random House, 1975. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (274 pages). A virtually mint copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket with a hint of age toning to the lower edge of the front face, else fine. The contents are mint.

New York: Random House, 1989. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (323 pages). A virtually mint copy of the First American Edition in an unclipped dust jacket with a hint of age-toning to the upper edge of the front face, else fine. The contents are mint.

New York: Library of America, 2014. 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.

Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, 1995. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. The story of American war correspondents from the Revolution through the Persian Gulf war. A near fine copy in very good dust jacket (160 pages, numerous photographs, index).

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1934. First American Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (283 pages, illustrated end papers, frontispiece, 19 illustrations, bibliography, index.) . Originally the trade route with Mexico, this trail connecting Santa Fe with Missouri also served as the 1846 invasion route during the Mexican-American War, and then again as the major trade route until the introduction of the railroad in New Mexico in 1880. A good copy, gilt lettering on spine and cover, binding shaken but sound, corners slightly frayed, spine rubbed & a bit faded, without dust jacket, front hinge split, contents clean save for light markings on page facing half title.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. First American Edition, 4th Printing . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. The story of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, virtually wiped out in the fall of the Philippines. As told by four of its surviving officers, including Lt. John Bulkeley, who evacuated MacArthur, won the Medal of Honor and Navy Cross and retired as a Vice-Admiral. The basis for the John Ford movie. A very good copy, front cover very slightly dampstained, corners & edges a bit worn, discreet ink marginalia in roster, in price-clipped, worn dust jacket with chipped corners. (205p., roster.)

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1943. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. American fighter ace flying Hurricanes; he later ransferred to the USAF. A classic memoir of the epic siege of Malta. A very good copy, spine slightly sunned, in worn & heavily chipped dust jacket. (222p., map endpapers.)

Gottingen, Germany: Steidldangin, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (192 pages, black and white photographs throughout). This is a very good copy of the First edition, in a very good dust jacket, with a hint of spotting to the page edges.

New York, 1983. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (357 pages). The book is in good condition, it has a little shelf ware, with no dust jacket and the corners are bumped.

New York: Dorset Press, 1989. Reprint . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (299 pages, 22 illus., 3 maps, biblio, index). A good historical review from the Russo-Turkish Wars through World War I, originally published in 1918. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket.

Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press, 1982. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. The 15th saw combat at Pearl Harbor, scoring the first U.S. air-to-air victories of the war, and fought throughout the Pacific to the end. An uncommon history, by the unit’s official historian, and a member in Korea. A very good copy, spine heavily rubbed, corners a bit worn, published without dust jacket. (186p., profuse illus., 5 maps [2 folding], casualties, awards, appendices, biblio.)

St. Paul, MN: Phalanx Publishing Co., Ltd, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover. As New. The 7th U.S. Air Force, in combat at Pearl Harbor (as the Hawaiian Air Force) and throughout the Pacific to the end. Signed inscription on title page by the author, a prolific historian of World War II aviation. As new, published without dust jacket. (214p., profuse black & white photos, 26 color photos, 8 color side-views of aircraft, color plate of 19 squadron badges, 10 maps, chart, appendices, biblio., index.)

London: The Jazz Book Club (by arrangement with the University of Chicago Press), 1957. First Thus (No. 8) . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 12mo (148 pages, with index). This is a very good copy of the lovely British Jazz Book Club edition, in a dust jacket that is just a touch chipped, else fine.

Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2017. Signed First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (250 pages). A thoroughly-researched factual debunking of the fatuous accusations and fabricated or inaccurate quotations that continue to haunt Churchill’s mythos. This mint First American Edition hardcover copy is signed by the author on the title page.

Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2017. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (250 pages). A thoroughly-researched factual debunking of the fatuous accusations and fabricated or inaccurate quotations that continue to haunt Churchill’s mythos. This is a mint First American Edition hardcover copy, as issued, without a dust jacket.

New York: Public Affairs , 2009. American POD Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (244 pages). A fine compendium, more thoroughly sourced than any previous collection. This is the current Print-On-Demand edition, without a dust jacket as issued.

New York: Henry Holt, 1923. First American Edition (Crane A6). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (113 pages, 4 full page woodcuts, including frontispiece, by Lankes). The collection that won Frost his first Pulitzer Prize, containing the poems "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice," among others. This is the First Trade Edition, without dust jacket, inscribed and SIGNED in ink on the front free endpaper: “For Thomas Jacob, the best wishes of his Western friend, Robert Frost. Amherst, February 1924.” The book is in very good condition, with light rubbing to the cloth. Laid-in is an Autograph Letter Signed from Frost to Thomas Jacob, dated December 27, 1924, in the original envelope, together with a small sepia snapshot photograph of Frost, inscribed and signed in ink on the verso: “For Thomas Jacob, from his friend in the United States, Robert Frost.” Also present is one of the original proofs for illustrator J.J. Lanke’s frontis woodcut, inscribed in pencil… Read More

New York: Basic Books Inc., 1985. First American Edition Esp. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (404 pages., notes, index.). A survey and assessment of US intelligence activities dating from the end of WW II to the date of publication. A fine copy, in like dust jacket.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (568 pages, 413 color and black & white plates). As-new, without dust jacket, as issued.

New York: Library of America, 2013. 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.