Search Results: Titles starting with B from Chartwell Booksellers

New York: New American Library, 1987. First American Edition vt. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8 vo. (451 pages, chronology, index.). The collection includes 75 personal accounts of the Vietnam war from a wide range of often conflicting perspectives. A very good copy, in mylar covered dust jacket.

London: Cambridge University Press, 2004. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (526 pages, illustrated with black & white photos, charts, maps and reproduced documents). A judicious selection of letters and related documents and illustrations. This is a very good copy of the First English edition in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2006. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 4to (224 pages, 280 illustrations). As-new, folio-sized paperback, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap.

New York: Aperture, 2012. Revised Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (144 pages). As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap. First published in 1986.

Morristown, NJ: The Jerseyman Print, 1896. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (168 pages, 4 illustrations, 2 maps [1 folding], appendix, chronology, notes, index.). A chronologically arranged collection of ballads celebrating Morris County New Jersey’s role in the American Revolution. A very good ex-library copy, without dust jacket. Spine head and tail frayed, boards slightly damp stained, gilt still bright, front hinge cracked, library blind stamp on title page and number on spine, but no other library marks or wear, virtually no yellowing or foxing.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, 1984. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. Large 8vo (176 pages; illustrated with 51 color plates and 151 black & white illustrations). This is a virtually mint copy of the exhibition catalogue for a 1983-1984 exhibit held at Centre Georges Pompidou and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. American Reprint Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. Reissued classic, new in dust jacket.

U.S.A: Sutton Publishing, 1996. First English Edition Intrepid. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Boy seamen in the Royal Navy,1800-1956; by one of them, 1947-58. A very good copy, small smudge on cover, without dust jacket. (150p., 27 illus., notes, biblio., index.)

Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. A Civil War veteran and commander of the only regiment from Ohio to go to Cuba, Curtis V. Hard has written a personal and compelling account of the last days of the Spanish American war. The regiment arrived only a few days before the Armistice but “the value of Hard’s account lies elsewhere- in the story he tells of the men in his regiment.” A very good copy, in dust jacket (147 pages, 19 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index).

No place: Self-published, 1984. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. The author’s cousin in the 48th survived the Bataan Death March, but died in a Japanese POW camp. Very rare. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. A fine copy, very slight shelf wear, published without dust jacket. (100 [8] pp., 71 illus., 2 facsimiles, 4 diagrams, 3 maps, roster.)

New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. First Thus . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (5 x 7.5 inches; illustrated with black and white drawings throughout). As-new, from this beautifully produced set, a virtually mint copy in a price-clipped dust jacket.

Stillwater, MN: Wolfgang Publications, 2008. Reprint Edition . Softcover. Very Good. (128 pages with index; illustrated with color and black and white photographs). First published in 1997.

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to ( 328 pages). This is a virtually mint copy of the First Edition in an unclipped dust jacket. Laid-in are a presentation card from the publisher, “With the compliments of the author,” and an original press release about this extraordinary book.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. One of the best one volume histories, by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. A very good copy, corners a bit worn & bumped, without dust jacket. (904p., 40 photos, 23 maps, notes, index.)

New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1970. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (334 pages). The book is in very good condition in dust jacket. A small piece is missing from the front part of the jacket; else fine. Contents fine.

New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1981. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (395 pages; illustrated with photographs; maps). This is a very good copy of the First American edition without dust jacket. The story of Israel’s 1979 treaty with Egypt, by the former Minister of Defense who played a significant role.

Leesburg, VA: Potomac Press, 1958. Limited Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. October 21, 1861: a badly coordinated Union thrust across the Potomac, turned and driven into the river. Little is written on this battle, which had great political ramifications in Washington. A very good copy, spine slightly creased, light wear to edges, covers slightly soiled, rear cover scraped (123p., 12 illus., several drawings, biblio., index, map endpapers, 3 maps on folding sheet in rear).

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. The story of the founding of the French Intellectual Resistance, the establishment of "Editions de Minuit” (the secret Paris resistance press) and the publishing in Nazi-occupied France of Vercors’ famed “Silence of the Sea.” A very good copy, in slightly soiled dust jacket. (286p.)

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1991. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. The only in-depth study of Grant’s first battle, November 7, 1861. A fine copy, in like dust jacket. (310p., 21 illus., 10 maps, appendices, biblio., index.)

New York: W. W. Norton, 1951. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (244 pages). The book is in good condition, the dust jacket is in poor condition, and it has a couple of pieces, the front end paper has the ex Libris book plate.