Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of OSS by Ford, Corey and Alastair MacBain - 1946

Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1888. This is the original 1888 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. Original paper wrappers a little rubbed/chipped. SEE PHOTOS. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, tight, and unmarked. "Published by Order of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with Law." Softcover. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Lists all Army officers as of 1888 with their service records briefly detailed, e. g. Lieutenant Philip H. Sheridan; Major General John M. Schofield; etc. Information is arranged by career field -- quartermaster; medical; corps of engineers; signal corps; cavalry; artillery, infantry, general and staff officers, medical, pay and purchasing officers, chaplains, etc. Also lists officers retired from active service and their service records, e. g. General William T. Sherman. Lists brevet commissions and the service for which brevetted. Officers commissioned for distinguished service. Includes… Read More

This listing is for all 12 monthly volumes of this French military review which resumed publication with the January, 1872 issue under a new director general, J. Dumaine.
OTHER FULL YEAR ISSUES AVAILABLE.
Full details of articles available on request.

London: Picton Publishing 1987. (Hardcover) 250pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. A nice copy with a bump to the top of the spine and the spine lettering faded. (World War 1, Royal Flying Corps, World War 1).

New York / London: Harper & Brothers, 1941. First edition (first printing) of this classic by a pioneering journalist. Cowles, born in Vermont in 1910, began writing for the society columns & reporting fashion news for Hearst's Boston & New York papers before going to Spain in 1936 with the intent of become a war correspondent, despite her lack of experience; in Spain, she fell in with with the foreign press contingent including Martha Gellhorn & Ernest Hemingway and became noted for her coverage of both sides of that conflict. Later, she travelled all over Europe, including Britain, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Italy & Poland before witnessing the fall of France & the Battle of Britain. He she recounts her experiences & observations and in closing, urges that the US join Britain in the fight against Fascism "until we reach a victory so complete that freedom will ring through the ages to come with a strength no man dare challenge." After the war, she remained an author, writing several well-received… Read More

First Editon 1916; Front and back covers show some wear with rubbing, discoloration, slight fraying along the edges, and a couple of bent corners; Inside front cover has indications of a library card removal and the word "Discarded" stamped at center of page; Front free-endpaper has a previous owner's name and the date "April 9 - 1917" written at the top of page in ink and a previous owner's bookplate center of page; Front free-endpaper and half title page have partially separated from the binding; Full title page has a library stamp at the bottom center of page; Pages have discolored from age but are otherwise clean; Back paste down has partially separated from spine.

Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1888. This is the original 1888 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. Original paper wrappers a little rubbed/chipped. SEE PHOTOS. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, tight, and unmarked. "Published by Order of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with Law." Softcover. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Lists all Army officers as of 1888 with their service records briefly detailed, e. g. Lieutenant Philip H. Sheridan; Major General John M. Schofield; etc. Information is arranged by career field -- quartermaster; medical; corps of engineers; signal corps; cavalry; artillery, infantry, general and staff officers, medical, pay and purchasing officers, chaplains, etc. Also lists officers retired from active service and their service records, e. g. General William T. Sherman. Lists brevet commissions and the service for which brevetted. Officers commissioned for distinguished service. Includes… Read More

This listing is for all 12 monthly volumes of this French military review which resumed publication with the January, 1872 issue under a new director general, J. Dumaine.
OTHER FULL YEAR ISSUES AVAILABLE.
Full details of articles available on request.

London: Picton Publishing 1987. (Hardcover) 250pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. A nice copy with a bump to the top of the spine and the spine lettering faded. (World War 1, Royal Flying Corps, World War 1).

New York / London: Harper & Brothers, 1941. First edition (first printing) of this classic by a pioneering journalist. Cowles, born in Vermont in 1910, began writing for the society columns & reporting fashion news for Hearst's Boston & New York papers before going to Spain in 1936 with the intent of become a war correspondent, despite her lack of experience; in Spain, she fell in with with the foreign press contingent including Martha Gellhorn & Ernest Hemingway and became noted for her coverage of both sides of that conflict. Later, she travelled all over Europe, including Britain, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Italy & Poland before witnessing the fall of France & the Battle of Britain. He she recounts her experiences & observations and in closing, urges that the US join Britain in the fight against Fascism "until we reach a victory so complete that freedom will ring through the ages to come with a strength no man dare challenge." After the war, she remained an author, writing several well-received… Read More

First Editon 1916; Front and back covers show some wear with rubbing, discoloration, slight fraying along the edges, and a couple of bent corners; Inside front cover has indications of a library card removal and the word "Discarded" stamped at center of page; Front free-endpaper has a previous owner's name and the date "April 9 - 1917" written at the top of page in ink and a previous owner's bookplate center of page; Front free-endpaper and half title page have partially separated from the binding; Full title page has a library stamp at the bottom center of page; Pages have discolored from age but are otherwise clean; Back paste down has partially separated from spine.