Search Results: Authors starting with O from Chartwell Booksellers

New York: The Free Press, 1994. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (530 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. There is a remainder mark on the bottom; contents fine.

New York: Potter, 1985. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (275 pages). A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket with light external shelf-wear and faint age-toning to the inner flaps. The contents are fine.

Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1991. American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (370 pages; illustrated with photographs and maps). This is a very good copy of the American edition in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (532 pages). A very good copy of the First American Edition in an unclipped dust jacket with edged age-toning. The contents are fine and the binding tight.

Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1973. Paperback edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (244 pages). This paperback printing of a collection of 17 essays is in very good condition. The cover is chipped around the edges at at the spine folds and the front corners are bent; else fine. Contents fine.

New York: The Free Press, 2002. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo ()314 pages; illustrated with photographs; maps). This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. In their own words, World War II’s Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat.

Glasgow and Edinburgh: R.A. & Jay Hay, 1908. First Scottish Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (634 pages; portrait frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams, fold out maps, indices). This is a very good copy of the First Scottish edition without dust jacket. The spine has faded and the boards are slightly discolored with worn edges and slightly frayed corners. The preliminaries are foxed; contents are clean.

London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1943. First English Edition thus . No Binding. Very Good. 8vo. The french language version of “East of Malta, West of the Suez,” the Admiralty account of World War II in the eastern Mediterranean, September, 1939 to March, 1941. Published simultaneously with the english language version. A very good copy, covers somewhat worn, spine delicate. (65p., profuse illus., maps.)

London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1944. First English Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. The Army at War" series. The North Africa campaign: Sidi Rezegh, Torbuk, El Alamein, etc. A somewhat delicate copy, cover torn at staples, contents fine (102p., circa 100 illus. & maps).

London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1944. First English Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 8vo. Eyewitness accounts of the battle, from three outdated biplane fighters to the arrival of Spitfire squadrons, which turned the tide. A very good copy, covers slightly worn & faded, bookseller’s stamp on title page. (95p., profuse illus., 3 maps.)

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Later Printing . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (467pages, 54 illus., 57 maps [most color folding], 13 charts, 21 tables, chronology, appendices, index). This volume is part of the U.S. Army’s official After-Action Report, published 1947-59. It provides a fascinating overview of the tremendous, and largely unsung, contribution of the engineers to victory. Engineer Intelligence, in particular, is almost unknown, yet critical to operations. A letter from Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Casey, Chief Engineer (Ret.), to Col. Heiberg, a professor at West Point, that accompanied this copy when Casey sent it to Heiberg, is laid in at the front. This is a very good copy, issued without dust jacket, spine faded, covers slightly scratched, corners a bit bumped.

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947. First thus . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (375 pages, profuse illus., 56 folding color maps, chart, biblio., index). This volume is part of the U.S. Army’s official After-Action Report, published 1947-59. It is a fascinating overview of the tremendous, and largely unsung, contribution of the engineers to victory. This is a very good copy, First thus, with a U.S. Government Property stamp. The cover is somewhat worn, creased, split and a bit soiled, and spine starting to detach. The contents clean.

New York: Basic Books, 2011. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (484 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). New, in dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1955. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (408 pages). A very good copy of the First Printing of the First American Edition in a price-clipped dust jacket with a clear-tape repair along the top edge that spans the spine, some light chipping and edge-wear. Else fine.

Canada: Merritt Publishing Company, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. (199 pages). A very good copy in a dust jacket that is lightly worn. Signed by the photographer on the title page.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Flying from an anonymous carrier (possibly the Bunker Hill) at Rabaul, Tarawa, Kavieng, Kwajalein, Truk and Tinian. A classic. A very good copy, spine slightly faded, spine head & tail a bit worn, without dust jacket. (225p., 77 illus., 8 maps, roster.)

Wellington, NZ: A.H. and A.W. Reed for The Third Division Histories Committee, 1947. First New Zealand Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. “A Brief Outline of the Activities of Headquarters of the Third Division and the 8th and 14th Brigades During Their Service in the Pacific.” The 3rd New Zealand Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Really an official history, edited by an Official Historian, covering September, 1940 through October, 1944, when the division was disbanded. A good copy, issued without dust jacket, corners bumped, spine faded & stained, covers slightly soiled. (278p., 117 illus., 3 maps, facsimile, Table of Organization, rosters, map endpapers.)

Wellington, NZ: A.H. and A.W. Reed for The Third Division Histories Committee, 1947. First New Zealand Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo. The 3rd New Zealand Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Really an official history, edited by an Official Historian, covering September, 1940 through October, 1944, when the division was disbanded. Fiji, Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella, Monro, Green Is., etc. Quite rare as a complete set. A fair set, issued without dust jackets. All volumes have heavily worn covers with varying fading & soiling, as usual, but except where noted clean contents: Vol. 1 has front hinge split & spine starting to detach, “ War Veterans Home” stamp throughout front matter & on rear paste-down; Vol. 3 has discreet owner’s stamp on front endpaper; Vol. 5 has pencil marginalia throughout; Vol. 6 has tape on paste-downs & stained front endpaper; Vol. 7 has rear hinge splitting at tail; Vol. 12 has front hinge splitting at head.

London: The Bodley Head, 1962. First English Edition (Second Impression) (Zb426). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (446 pages, illustrated with maps). The memoirs of Churchill's Minister of State in charge of coordinating military and political affairs in the Middle East during World War II. This is a Second Impression copy of the First English edition in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine, with an owner name discreetly in ink on the front free endpaper..

New York: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. First English Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (160 pages, 13 illustrations, map, notes, index, map end papers.). Making full use of contemporary evidence, military historian Richard Ollard provides a picture of Charles II’s six week flight after the defeat of the royalists in 1651 and speculates as to the influence of this time period on the development of his political principles. A very good ex-library copy, no spine markings, no scoring, etc., in mylar-covered dust jacket with worn edges.