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Yorkshire - Philadelphia: Pen and Sword Military - An Imprints of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2019. First Edition Assumed . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. 370 Pages Indexed. Book and jacket are protected with a Demco Polyfit since day of purchase. The American internal war of 1861-65 was not civil. Those fighting for the Union called it the war of the Rebellion while the Confederacy viewed it as the War of Yankee Aggression or the Second War of Independence. Armies fought great, sweeping battles over vast distances and are well recorded Antietam, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg - but in the seams of the battlefield another, and much less known or publicized, war raged. Both the Union and the Confederacy employed small forces of bold and highly motivated soldiers for special operations behind enemy lines. Skilled in infiltration sometimes disguising themselves as rural mail carriers - these warriors deftly scouted deep into enemy territory, captured important personnel,… Read More

Emmaus, PA, U.S.A.: Rodale Press, Incorporated, 1996. First Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 6 1/2" X 9 1/4. 394 pages indexed. Straight clean book with no marks or stamps. Glossy pictorial boards. A collection of ingenious ways to extend the life of every thing you own. Easy to follow advice to extend the life of anything from cars to carpets, lawns to linens, etc. Illustrated.

Washington D. C.: Regnery History - An Imprint of Regnery Publishing - A Salem Communications Company, 2014. First Printing . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. 404 Pages Indexed. Book and jacket are in new condition. This is the epic story of America's involvement in the First World War and it a Military History of the United States in World War I. Readers will learn: How George S. Patton, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall (of the Marshall Plan), "Wild Bill" Donovan (future founder of the OSS, the World War II precursor to the CIA), Harry S. Truman, and many other American heroes earned their military spurs in "The Great War". Why, despite the efforts of the almost absurdly pacifistic administration of Woodrow Wilson, American involvement in the war was inevitable. How the First World War was "the War that Made the Modern World" sweeping away most of the crowned heads of Europe, redrawing the map of the Middle East, setting the stage for the rise of… Read More

New York: Avon, 1957, 1957. Mass Market Paperback. Good. # T-193, 159 pages

Chicago,, Illinois: The Year Book Publishers, 1960. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 5 1/4" x 8. 616 Pages Indexed. Includes a Section on Anesthesia. Previous owner's name stamped on front endpaper. Date Nov 22 1960 is stamped on the back endpaper. No other marks or stamps to this tight, bright book with near flawless interior text pages. The medical literature of the past few years has reflected concern with regard to the problem of hospital-acquired infections, particularly postoperative staphylococcic infections. The concern persists currently, as indicated by the number of articles on the subject contained in this book and, despite the many advances made in preoperative and postoperative management of patients, the incidence of infection appears to be as high today as it was 20 years ago. These observations again emphasize the great importance of the Listerian doctrine and of well-established principles in wound management, for which there are no substitutes-not even… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. Siclair, James - Design. 419 Pages. This is the December 2017 First Edition. It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed-and more than half of the world's population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river-or in the ones you know and love the most. As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and… Read More

New York: Vintage - A Division of Random House, Inc., 1990. First Vintage Edirion May 1991 Stated . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/2" x 8. Clancy, Judith - Illustrations. 207 Pages. This First Vintage Edition was released in May 1991. In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.

Havertown,, Pennsylvania: Casemate Publishers, 2012. First Printing . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. 371 Pages Indexed. Brand new book with protective vinyl Demco Polyfit since purchase date. No commander during the Civil War is more closely identified with the cavalier mystique as Major General J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart. And none played a more prominent role during the brief period when the hopes of the nascent Confederacy were at their apex, when it appeared as though the Army of Northern Virginia could not be restrained from establishing Southern nationhood. Jeb Stuart was not only successful in leading Robert E. Lee s cavalry in dozens of campaigns and raids, but for riding magnificent horses, dressing outlandishly, and participating in balls and parties that epitomized the moonlight and magnolia image of the Old South. Longstreet reported that at the height of the Battle of Second Manasses, Stuart rode off singing, If you want to have good time, jine the cavalry. Porter Alexander… Read More

Havertown, Pennsylvania: Casemate Publishers, 2015. First Printing . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. 291 Pages Indexed. Book and jacket are protected by Vinyl covering from the time of purchase. By the summer of 1863, following Chancellorsville, it was clear to everyone on both sides of the Civil War that the Army of Northern Virginia was the most formidable force Americans had ever put in the field. It could only be tied in battle, if against great odds, but would more usually vanquish its opponents. A huge measure of that army's success was attributable to its cavalry arm, under Major General J.E.B. Stuart, which had literally run rings around its enemies. But Northern arithmetic and expertise were gradually catching up. In this work, the sequel to his acclaimed Year of Glory, author Monte Akers tracks Stuart and his cavalry through the following year of the war, from Gettysburg to the Overland Campaign, concluding only when Jeb himself succumbs to a gunshot while fending off… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Hard Back. Very Good. 7" X 9. Worth Brehm. 400 Pages. A large heavy book with black boards and a paste-on front color illustration. Attractive illustrated endpapers. Front endpaper has one line gift inscription. No other marks or stamps. Pages are tight and clean. A hint of age-tanning to the page borders. Hinges are a bit loose but still firmly attached. A Pulitzer Prize novel that was made into a movie with Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman. A classic family and animal story that is set in rural Florida after the civil war. It is the story of Jody and his father, Penny and their love for animals that will give you an appreciation for the farming pioneers who worked hard to carve out a better life. List of the 12 color Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth: Jody and the Flutter-Mill - He threw himself on the weedy sand close to the water and abandoned himself to the magic of motion, The Fight With Old Slewfoot - Penny ran desperately into the heart of the… Read More

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1959. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. James Thurber Drawings.. Owner's name in ink on endpaper. Mauve boards with black decorated quarter spine. Gold lettering attractive Manhatten skyline decoration on front cover. No other mrks anywhere. Some very light age tanning on extreme edges of some pages. If you get Ross down on paper, Wolcott Gibbs warned James Thurber, nobody will believe it. Ross was Editor of the New Yorker and Thurbered worked there for 25 years.

Seattle: Universtiy of Washington Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Good. 6" x 9. 351 pages including bibliography and index. Some light water stains and wrinkling on endpapers and title pages. Top back cover corners of last 50 pages are bent. Updated Edition. Introduction by James Michener. This book relates the single worst wholesale violation of civil rights of Americans in history, the World War II internment of 112,000 West Coast Japanese, mostly American Citizens. Full story of World War II internment of Japanese Americans with previously unpublished material revealing reasons other than military necessity--economic exploitation, racism and a barter-reprisal reserve plan.

New York: Houghton Miffflin Company, 1956. Fourth Printing . Hard Back. Fine/Good. 5 1/2" x 8. 238 Pages. A February 1972 reprint of the 1956 Edition. Tan cloth stitched binding with maroon lettering. Dust jacket price $4.95 is unclipped and has some minor edge wear and light chipping. Dee Brown's story reflects the true spirit of the Western novel --- action, adventure, cavalry soldier, and Indian. Captain Tom Easterwood, a man with little respect for spit and polish, but with years of frontier service in the U.S. Cavalry, is well versed in the ways of the West and the Indians. He has one special qualification which leads to his being assinged to Major Quill's frontier command. During the Civil War he served in the balloon corps, and so he became one of the few men in the Western Territories capable of launching a man-carrying weather balloon. At his new post Captain Easterwood becomes dangerously entangled with two women, a treacherous scout, and an old chief of the Sioux… Read More

Bison Books, 1973. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Good. 268 pages, indexed, fold out map intact and secure. Book is gently used with spine and cover creases. Pages are age tanned and binding is square and tight. In the narrative of Yellowstone Kelly we have a rare story of adventure and service general miles who knew him long and intimately fitly compares him with such heroes of the American wilderness as Daniel Boone and David Crockett we think of these men as products of a bygone age environment as indeed they were yet Mr. Kelly still lives in his California form a witness of the mechanical marvels and material progress which marked the third decade of the 20th century. Like Boone he is a lover of solitude in the wilderness unlike Boone he has had the desire to preserve for posterity the story of the life he loved and the education and the literary capacity requisite to the task

London New York: Omnibus Press - A Division of Music SAles Limited, 2008. Updated Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8. Dean Martyn - Cover Design. 325 Pages. First published by Omnibus Press in 1999. Chris Welch's definitive biography of Yes is once again updated to include the historic return of Rick Wakeman to the classic Yes line up during 2002 and their subsequent highly successful tour of America. Yes have dominated the Progressive Rock world for almost 40 years. Jan Anderson, Steve Howe Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire and Bill Bruford are just some of the star players who helped make the ban one of greatest-ever names in their genre. Their turbulent story spans the early days of pub and club gigs, international supergroup status in the heyday of rock, and a multitude of lineups since. Chris Welch's definitive biography of Yes is updated once again to include new interviews with Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, and Chris Squire who discusses the band's most… Read More

Washington D.C.: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association - Publications Division, 1974. Edition Not Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Published. 8 1/2" X 11. 160 Pages. Top left corner appears to have received a blow, maybe a box placed on it, causing a crease about 4 inches long diagonally across that corner. Also caused a 1 inch tear to the title page at the spine. The title page is the first page in this book. Does not seem to affect the rest of the book except the first 4 or 5 pages. Beyond that is a flawless interior. No marks or stamps. Bright front cover with a very attractive color photograph of the Boeing 75 Kaydet owned by Fred Wilson. The popular Stearman was photographed by Berl Brechner at the Flying Circus Aerodrome in Bealeton, Virginia. The book is a chronological compendium of Bowers' autoritative reviews of historical aircraft that have helped shape the world of aviation, from the warbirds that mustered out of World War I and introduced Americans to… Read More

Miama, Florida: E. A. Seeman Publishing Company, Inc., 1975. Assumed First Edtion . Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good. 7" X 10 1/4. 272 Pages. Tan boards and endpapers with brown spine lettering. Very tight bright book with no defects noted. No marks or stamps and a flawless interior. Dust jacket has unclipped price $14.95 and the flap has some penciled prices. Very minor jacket edge and corner wear. Yesterday s California is a photographic sampler of California in another time, another way of life, another age of both working and playing. Of all the states in the Union, California perhaps has the greatest variety -- variety in land forms, in climate, in occupations, in business, industry, the arts and the people. It has a history rooted in two colorful New World traditions: the Spanish and the Mexican. It was born of the famous Franciscan mission experiment, and exploded with the Gold Rush, with statehood, and the rapid exploration of its natural resources. California is mining country;… Read More

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1996. First Thunder's Mouth Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 10" x 9 . Komar, Sara - Design and Typography. 96 Pages. Covers show very light to corners and edges and some creases. Interior text and photographs pages are near flawless. Robert Freeman's photographs represent a unique record of the Beatles in the early years of their success. He traveled with them, as photographer and friend, in England, Sweden, France, America, Austria and the Bahamas, and was responsible for the design and photography of five of their album covers - 'With The Beatles', 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Beatles for Sale', 'Help!' and 'Rubber Soul' - and of John Lennon's two books, In His own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. He recorded some historic moments in the Beatles' careers - the first British tour, filming A Hard Day's Night and Help!, the first trip to America - and also the more intimate moments behind the… Read More

Cerrillos, New Mexico: San Marcos Press, 1969. Assumed First Edtion . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/2" X 8 1/4. 79 Pages. Stapled and glued square bound paperback.. This book appears to have never been opened for reading and although the binding is tight, opening wide to read could cause the glue to crack. No marks or stamps. A series of episodes of interest to those who have some interest in Santa Fe as it used to be. Each of the little esays opens a small window on some aspect of life in New Mexico's ancient capital. Taken together they form a loose history covering a period of 350 years. There is a brief note at the end of the bookexplaining the sources. The Stories are Titled: The Naming of Santa Fe An Historical Problem, An Unseemly Feud, Reckoning in Blood, The First Urban Renewal, The Incident of the Elk, A Remarkable Celebration, Of Love-Potions and Witchcraft, A Governor Loses His Head, A Crooked Derby, Telegraph Aubrey A Riding Man, and A Postscript. Illustrated liberally with… Read More

Miama, Florida: E.A. Seemann Publishing, Inc., 1976. Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4. 208 Pages Indexed. Red boards with gold spine lettering. Photographically illustrated Endpapers. Tight bright book with no marks or stamps and a faultless interior. Dust jacket has some edge and corner wear, a couple of tears less than 3/8 inch,.and scuffing. Dust jacket price 12.95 is clipped and there pencil prices on the flap. Up and out of its Spanish and Mexican heritage Los Angeles exploded like no other city -- from a humble beginning in 1781 to a giant megalopolis sheltering millions of people of every kind. There are over three hundred pictures here to help you follow along through its Spanish and Mexican days, of missions and padres, fiestas, fandangos, cock fights, and dons; its persistent and victorious Yankee immigration; the Gold Rush, the finding of black gold; the endless real estate booms; the busts; the energetic sale of its oranges and climate to a vitamin hungry and shivering… Read More