B&W Figures; Musical Notation; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages; 1912 William Reeves. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in original red cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine; ruling and decorative flourish to cover in blind. Mild shelf tapping to boards at corner tips; mild crimping to cloth at spine ends. Illustrated with b&w figures and some musical notation. 48 page publisher catalogue appended at rear. VG++ View More...
Oblong Small 8vo 7½" - 8; 125 pages; 1959 GI Europe Publications. Oblong paperback in illustrated wraps. Sound clean copy of this exceptionally uncommon guide book to Europe written for US GI's stationed in Europe. Illustrated with cartoons by Jack Niles and Jim Dye, "stolen" from their collections, "Mox Nix" and "More Mox Nix." Expected light toning to page stock; laminate lifting over spine with a partial split to the laminated at the crown of the spine. A practical but humorous guide to most major European destinations, done specifically for the post-war Europea... View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 669 pages; 1979 Franklin Watts/Jane's. Oversize HC/DJ Massive volume in publisher issued royal navy cloth with title lettering brightly in silver to cover and spine. In original glossy title lettered dust jacket. Snug solid and neat. No marks. Dust jacket modestly sunned at spine and just a little shelf rubbed at edges. Profusely illustrated in b&w photography; numerous weapons systems and maker ads. Handsome solid copy. NF/VG ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Engravings; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 332 pages; Hardcover in publisher's original brown cloth with title lettering and pictorial vignette brightly in gilt to spine. Complete copy including original endpages and all engraved illustrations. Corners bumped with rubbing thorugh to boards; rubbed and nicked at spine ends. Foxing and staining scattered throughout, sometime a bit heavily so. Several signature starting, two or three more significantly so. Still a complete and sound copy and a decent reader or filler copy. Good only View More...
Maps, some folding; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 446 pages; 1929 John Murray, London. HC 1st UK edition. Soundly bound and clean in original thatch patterned red cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Cloth at spine a trifle sunned; superficial shelf wear to cloth at spine ends. Prior owner bookplate to front pastedown. Illustrated with maps, some folding. VG View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 301 pages; HC in beige cloth with titles in red to spine. 1st edition. Snugly bound copy with shelf soiling to boards and toning to spine. Gift inscription to prior owner penned to front endpage; otherwise unmarked. Pagestock lightly toned as expected. Slightly spine-cocked. Back strip sunned. Covers moderately soiled. G+ View More...
B&W maps and illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 393 pages; Stout trade sized paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Snugly bound and neat; no marks. Just trace shelf evidence to cover edges and superficial impressions to cover. Illustrated with maps and figures/reproductions. VG+ View More...
B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 295 pages; 2015 Osprey Publishing HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and very neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Prior owner name penned to front endpage. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock. Handsome copy. VG++/VG++ or better View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages; [SIGNED] 1923 William B. Feakins, New York. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat copy in the true 1st edition; worth noting that Appleton did not publish the book until 1924 at the earliest. Inscribed and signed by Gilbert on the front flyleaf and dated January 1924. Inscribed to Dr William Wolf of the Lancaster [PA] Travel Club, before whose members Gilbert delivered a lecture on matters described in the book. It appears that Gilbert's book was first published by this relatively small run publisher in 1923, and that his successful lecture circuit appearances dre... View More...
Lockheed Horizons, Issue 30; Color Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 60 pages; Oversize paperback in glossy color illustrated covers with saddle stapled binding. Uncommon company history of F-117 and early Stealth testing and production. This copy subject to a spill or damp incident with moderate ripple to the front edge of the book's pages and a mild damp line along the front edge/margin of pages. Light shelf wear to cover edges. No damage or stuc pages from damp incident. Uncommon primary history of the F-117 testing and manufacture. With flaws as described. Good only View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 481 pages; [SIGNED] 3rd printing. Inscribed and signed by Goodheart on the title page to historian, William Bruce Catton. Snugly bound and neat in uniformly bright and clean dust jacket with just mild shelf evidence to edges. VG++/VG++ ; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Photographs & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 470 pages; [SIGNED] HC/DJ. 1st edition. Soundly bound copy in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $6.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Signed on a publisher provided leaf by both authors for memebers of the Civil War Book Club. FJacket rubbed and worn with some furring and shallow nicking at edges; spine faed and toned. Illustrated with b&w photos and maps. VG/G+; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Photograph Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 121 pages; [SIGNED] 1931 Metropolitan Museum of Art. Paperback in title lettered card stock covers. Inscribed by Granscay, the author of this catalog, dated Sept 1931. Light halo dust soiling to covers and mild fading to cover stock at spine. Illustrated with a substantial section of b&w photo plates on glossy stock appended at rear. VG-; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 504 pages; 1st edition of this revised edition with notes by John Littell (after the 1811 Harrisburg Ed. ) In publisher's trade cloth with floral borders stamped in the cloth at board edges and titles brightly in gilt to spine. Cloth has shallow chipping at spine ends and is bumped at corners with mild rub-through at the tips. A closed crack in the cloth across the spine. Contents soundly bound; moderate foxing scattered throughout. Armorial bookplate (hand colored) of well known bibliophile, author and long time head of Dickinson Univ. Library - Charles Coleman Sellers. A h... View More...
B&W Photographs & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 304 pages; 1st printing. Bright snug and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket. Spine just slightly out of square. No marks. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock and maps in text. Handsome copy. VG++/NF View More...
B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages; 1971 Collier Books. Oversize paperback in glossy photographic covers. 1st paperback edition, issued simultaneously with the HC Macmillan edition. Sound, clean and complete. No marks. Light to moderate reader creasing to spine and light to moderate rubbing to covers at edges with light dogearing at corners. Classic photo essay on the Vietnam conflict. G++ to VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages; 1955 Scribners HC/DJ Apparent 2nd printing w/ 1955 on title page but no "A" on verso. Tight clean copy in original red cloth. Original dust jacket lightly rubbed surfaces with a shallow chip base of spine and sticker scar top of rear panel. Civil War novel. NF/VG- View More...
B&W Drawings and Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 352 pages; Bright, tight and fresh. No marks. Illustrated with B&W drawings and maps. Handsome copy. F/F. View More...
