4to 11" - 13" tall; 120 pages; 1990 (self-published) Sohtold, NY. Oversize paperback in commercial document binder. Printed single (recto) side only by mimeo. Unpaged; approximatley 120 pgs. Includes b&w maps and illustration reproductions. A brief history of the Bayles family of Long Island, but by far the majority of the book is the reproduction of Civil War letters written by Albert & Edward Bayles Aug 1862 to May 1864. Both brothers died in action June 2 during a charge on Confederate works near Jamestown. Not found in any Worldcat collection, though the author did include the Civ... View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; 2nd edition, revised and enlarged with b&w photographs. Soundly bound with original pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's red cloth with title lettering in orange to cover. Pictorial dust jacket is worn and rubbed at edges with small nicks and chips and some short closed tears. Furring and partial separation along the flap folds has been mended with archival japanese tissue paper applied to the blank reverse side of the jacket. Bit of superficial mottling to the color of the cloth cover board. Contents clean and neat; illustrated throughout w... View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; Paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, snug and clean; no marks. Used sticker to rear cover but feels and appears unread. Illustrated with B&W photographs. NF View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 331 pages; Soundly bound in original ribbed red cloth with titles in gilt to cover and spine. Contents clean and neat with no marks. Titles at spine a little dulled; publisher's red top stain a little faded. Illustrated with some b&w photos on glossy stock. VG- View More...
Farm and Fireside Library, No. 175; B&W Photographs and Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; Paperback in glossy pictorial wraps. 1st edition. Snugly bound and unmarked. First and last several pages have crescent shaped lard/oil stains to the front edge; they intrude on the frontis photo of Dewey but otherwise do not mar the text. Small chips to the cover stock at spine ends have been archivally reinforced with Japanese tissue paper. A few nicks and short tears to the covers at edges. Solid and generally neat. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. VG- View More...
B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 166 pages; Oversize paperback in glossy illustrated covers. Soundly bound and neat. Mild shelf/handling wear to covers at edges. Superficial toning to white areas of cover design. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Solid unmarked copy. VG or better....Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages; HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt to cover and spine. Cloth at spine dulled and a bit toned with gilt fading. Cloth rubbed with trace fray at crown. Contents clean and soundly bound. Illustrated with portraits on glossy stock. G+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479 pages; Rebound in heavy red library buckram cloth with titles stamped in white to spine. Snugly bound, ex-library copy has some several ex-lib indications and attachments. Some mild pencil bracketing scattered in the margisn of the 1st half of the text. Solid and generally neat in library binding. Good only thus View More...
Half-tone photos; maps, some folding; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages; 1919 Printed by M. Dumont Schauberg for the Regiment. 1st edition. Soundly bound in original black quarter cloth backed spine and title lettered paper covered boards. Handsome pictorial color lithograph extra title page. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos reproduced in half-tone and with maps, several folding including a larger folding map at rear. Prior ownership penned to front endpage; expected light general toning to page stock. Light/moderate shelf soiling to the board surfaces and mild rubbing edges. A solid and still ... View More...
Men-At-Arms #244; B&W and color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 48 pages; 1991 Osprey Publishing. Larger format paperback in glossy color illustrated covers. Snugly bound copy. Prior retail shop sticker inside front cover. Superficial soiling to cover edges. Illustrated with color and b&w plates. VG View More...
414 pages; In original terra cotta colored cloth boards with title lettering in gitl to spine. Ex-library copy with rmanants of repair tape that was applied to strengthn the rear joint, of which the cloth is completely separated and the board tenuously attached by cords. Prior ownership of John Watts de Peyster, noted military historian, social and policy pioneer. This volume was among several thousand on military history to the library he established at Franklin and Marshall College. An exhaustive list of his honors and services is mounted to the verso of the title page and his bookplate to t... View More...
Partial maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages; Bound in original green cloth with borders in blind to boards and titles in gilt to spine. Light general mottling to cloth boards; boards rubbed at corners and spine ends with mild rub through at tips and modest fray at spine ends. Both folding maps missing large prtions with only partial single page stubs remaining. Split to the rear endpage joing; front free endpage appears to have been removed - liekely to excise ownership or gift inscription/ Text complete and generally clean with only modest foxing and light soiling to endpages and light... View More...
Color and b&w reproductions; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 199 pages; 1994 Meridien. Oversize paperback in glossy color pictorial covers. Tightly bound, bright and very neat; no marks of any kind. Superficial shelf evidence to cover edges. Tight binding feels unread. Illustrated with full page color reproductions of 48 posters from WWI and WWII along with many more b&w reproductions. NF ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Campaign; Maps; Color Illust; b&w photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 96 pages; 2012 Osprey Publishing. Larger format paperback in glossy color pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread. Illustrated with color maps and art and historical b&w photos. NF View More...
Maps and charts, folding; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 866 pages; 1949 Charles Scribner's Sons. Stout HC/DJ. 1st printing of the revised single volume edition with a new introduction by Churchill. Soundly bound in original thatch pattern red cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. This copy retains the original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $7.50 issue price to unclipped front flap. Jacket is rubbed and worn at edges with surface stress; several shallow chips missing from spine ends and edges; there is a small open snag on the rear jacket flap fold and light general toning to the re... View More...
Color and b&w photos and maps; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 613 pages; 1959 Time Inc. Two volumes folio oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition, thus. Tightly bound in original color pictorial dust jackets. Bound in two tone green & Blue black pebbled cloth lettered in gilt. Glossy title lettered dust jackets with publisher's $25 issue set price to the unclipped front flaps. Churchill's trenchant historical history abridged from his 6 volume work paired with lavishly printed photo journalist work from the Life photography unit, including maps and color art work. Jackets ruubed and worn with some several short n... View More...
Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 317 pages; 1860 D. Appleton & Company. HC 1st edition. In original pebbled brown cloth. Ex-library copy with expected library ownership indications, attachments and repairs. Mylar tape over the spine with evidence of some short tears and chips to cloth below the tape. Binding shaken but sound and with several signatures starting at front edge. Weakness in gutter of the title page archivally reinforced. Contents generally clean and decent. Worn copy prior library ownership, Good only at best. View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; Set of 7 cassettes in clam shell case - part 2 of 2. Cassettes appear very fresh; from the prior owner the statemnt that he listened to them once only. Case immaculate. Appears as new ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 110 pages; 1918 Harper & Brothers. HC 1st edition. Date code F-S (June 1918). Soundly bound small format HC in original khaki brwn cloth with titles in darker brown to cover and spine. Light to moderate shelf soiling to cloth boards; binding a little shaken in the spine. Several pages with a corner creased; faint damp stain top front corner of the first several leaves. Uncommon. G+ View More...
Classics of Naval Literature; B & W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages; 2001 Naval Institute Press. HC reissue of Copper's classic 1846 study of the American Navy. Tightly bound in original blue cloth lettered in gilt. Feels and appears generally unread. Issued without dust wrapper. About as new. NF View More...
