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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 278 pages in an attractive/durable full-cloth binding. The book has map endpapers, an illustrated title page, several interior maps and attractive chapter-heading woodcut illustrations. "Not everyone would like to travel afoot from Land's End to John O'Groats, a trip of some 1100 miles, often saturated with the rains and mists of 'England's green and pleasant land,' sleeping under the stars on clear nights, and replenishing the inner man by taking pot... more information

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NY: Tor, June, 1996.. 1st edition. 1st printing. HC. New, unread copy. NOT a remainder. VF- in VF- dj.. New/New. ... more information

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NY: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1983. Uncorrected proof of the true 1st. SIGNED by Pohl on the title page. SIGNED and inscribed by Williamson, also on the title page. Though the cover art is not present on this proof, this copy is SIGNED by the artist, David B. Mattingly (with note: "cover artist"), also on the title page. New, unread copy: I bought it new in 1983, never read it, stored it carefully over the years, only took it out to have the authors and the artist sign it. NO stamps or alien writi... more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1951. Pocket #816 (no price), 212 pages. "When lean, hawk-eyed Frank Landry rode into Broken Wheel, he was looking for his brother. He found... A trigger-happy town ready to explode into blazing violence... A gang of battling cattlemen with hell in their holsters... His brother murdered... And a hard and powerful woman who made every man her enemy and every enemy buzzard-bait!" Very nice copy: spine square/no creases/tiny bit of wear at front hinge, upper corner of front a little... more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947. Early trade edition with "$3.95" price on dj flap. Significant differences from Lippincott edition: this Doubleday edition has more pages than the Lippincott (423 vs 371), different binding (light green cloth vs dark red-maroon cloth) and a somewhat different dj (shinier stock, richer colors, picture of Wellman on back, different flap blurbs). Clean, solid copy; the book has a tiny bit of bumping at the lower points, spine and endpapers very slightly browned, dj h... more information

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Burbank, CA: Walt Disney/Western Publishing, 1971. 24 pages, nicely illustrated in full color, 33 1/3 record stored in flap inside back cover. The book's in nice shape: little bit of wear at extremities, little creasing at spine, last page is colored. NO tears, NO stamps or alien writing (other than the colored page). The record is cracked (but it isn't obvious) and a little scratched. Book: Very Good+, Record: Fair. . 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Booklet/Record. Book: Very Good+, Record: Fair. ... more information

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Milano, Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, June 18, 1972.. 1st edition? 1st printing? Trade Paperback. 161 pages, full-color comic strips in Italian; the ads are very interesting. Clean, solid copy, some cover creasing else nice. NOT a remainder, NO stamps or alien writing. Very Good-.. ... more information

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NY: Crown Publishers, 1985. 272 pages in an attractive/durable full-cloth binding, includes a lot of pictures, couple maps and an Index. "In a compelling journey through the history of armed conflict, Gwynne Dyer takes us back to the very origins of warfare and examines its essentials - organized mass violence applied against an enemy so that he will do what you want him to do. Dyer, who served in the Canadian, American, and British navies and taught at Sandhurst in England, spent three years in the cr... more information

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No Publisher. 32 page small booklet with colored/textured covers, apparently self-published, no date indicated; I'm guessing (by the look of it) that it was published not long after WWII ended. Ok copy but covers somewhat dust soiled/worn/a few small stains. The pages have a little creasing else nice and clean with NO highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. Good.. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Booklet. Good. ... more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1996. 331 pages, authors and titles of some of the stories listed above. Also includes an original Coonts story, "The Last Ace". "Stephen Coonts, America's foremost writer of aviation fiction...now presents twenty-six of the most dramatic true stories ever told of men in aerial combat, from World War I to Vietnam...Never before has there been a collection of real-life tales of aerial warfare drawn from so wide a range of sources: American, British, German, Japanese, and ... more information

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Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal Books, March 1958.. 1st edition. 1st printing. Paperback. Cover art: Richard Powers. True 1st: Gold Medal #s751: no hardcover edition of this was published. Nearly as new, appears unread, two small felt-tip marks on lower edges of pages. Fine+.. ... more information

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NY: Popular Library, April 1986.. 1st edition. 1st printing. Paperback. Cover art: Richard Corben. Bowes' 1st novel. True 1st: no hardcover edition of this was published. New, unread copy. Very Fine.. New. ... more information

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Secaucus, NJ: The Wellfleet Press, 1991. No statement of printing on the copyright page so I don't know if this is a 1st edition, 1st US edition or what. 256 pages, oversize hardcover with chronologies on the endpapers and an illustrated frontispiece/title page. Includes a ton of pictures/artwork/maps (many in full-color), also includes an Index. "This encyclopedia is the definitive survey of the subject of warfare, from the time of the earliest civilizations to the 1990s. Clear and concise surveys, wi... more information

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Milwaukee, WI?: R. Zimmerman, 1973. 74 pages, stapled booklet with quite a few illustrations/tables/diagrams. One of the books listed in the Bibliography is H.G. Wells' LITTLE WARS and Mr. Zimmerman says that Mr. Wells was "one of the first of the great modern enthusiasts (of wargaming)"! Excellent copy: covers have a couple very faint creases, staples a tiny bit rusted else the book is as new with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NOT an ex-library, NO... more information

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West Point, NY: Department of History, United States Military Academy, 1974. This is probably a 2nd edition since the copyright page only states, "Original Printing - 1973" while the front cover and spine state "1974". 326 pages, oversize quality trade paperback with an illustrated title page (seal of West Point's Department of History), includes quite a bit of artwork, several maps and an Index. Pages 295-6 are a fold-out "Chronology of Napoleon Bonaparte's Career" (still atta... more information

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London: Bison Books, 1988. 560 pages, oversize hardcover with a full-color photo-illustrated frontispiece/title page, includes a ton of pictures/artwork/maps (quite a few in full-color), also includes an Index. The book is divided into three sections: "World War I" is written by Ms Everett and has an Introduction by John Keegan, "World War II" is written by Brigadier Young, "The Modern World" (includes "The Korean War", "The Vietnam War" and "The Middle... more information

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NY: Gallery Books, 1989. 176 pages, oversize hardcover that includes a ton of great illustrations (all in color), lists of each and every U.S. and Confederate warship, also includes an Index. "'...the Civil War actions that took place at sea have largely been forgotten. After over thirty years of intensive research, WARSHIPS AND NAVAL BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR presents, for the first time, a comprehensive study of the battleships and cruisers of the conflict. It looks at the ironclads of the North and S... more information

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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. 352 pages. Very nice copy of one of Koontz's classics. The book has one small (1/4" X 1/4") bump/tear at lower edge of front board, tiny bump at lower edge of back, just a little page toning else as new. The dj is slightly rubbed, one short (1 1/8") closed, inner tape repaired tear at the lower edge of the front, small (1/4" X 3/4") area of blue staining on the inside at the heel of spine (doesn't show through and nothing on the book) else very nice sh... more information

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London: Arms and Armour Press, 1983. 415 pages, includes several interior maps, three fold-out maps at back of book present and attached ("Waterloo General Plan" #s 1, 2 and 3, "Plan of Quatre Bras" #s 1 and 2), also includes an Index. "The editor's father, William Siborne, was present at the battle and was subsequently commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief to construct a model soldier diorama of the battlefield...In order that the diorama be as accurate as possible, William Siborn... more information

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London: Arms and Armour Press, 1993. 416 pages with map endpapers, includes a lot of artwork/pictures/maps, also includes an Index. "This is the most studied battle in history, yet many have come to their knowledge through inaccurate and error-ridden information. For the first time it is now possible to assess and discover the true role of Dutch, Belgian and German forces at Waterloo, all accurately recorded as clearly as the devious British foreign policy that ignored them." Very nice copy: head/... more information

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