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The Plumber's Kitchen; The Secret Story of American Spy Weapons [The Combat Bookshelf]

By: McLean, Donald B.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Wickenburg, Arizona, Normount Technical Publications: 1975

Seller ID: 24987

ISBN: 0879472030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

B&W Illustrations and Photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 282 pages; Tight and neat in heavy black cloth with title-lettering in white to spine. The original paperback edition has been bound sturdily in cloth by the original owner. Illustrated with B/W photographs and drawings. Tight and very neat. NF ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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July 1914: Countdown to War

By: McMeekin, Sean

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, Basic Books: 2013

Seller ID: 43126

ISBN: 0465031455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

B&W Photographs & maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 461 pages; 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $29.99 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket edges. Feels and appears unread. Illustrated with b&w photos and maps. NF/NF
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The Rebel Shore; The Story of Union Sea Power in the Civil War

By: Merrill, James M

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown: 1957

Seller ID: 42652

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with $4.75 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket moderately sunned and fading at spine and with light shelf rubbing to edges. Illustrated with b&w photos and pictorial map endpages. VG+/VG-
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War Lessons; How I Fought to Be a Hero and Learned That War Is Terror

By: Merson, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, North Atlantic Books: 2008

Seller ID: 30887

ISBN: 1583942092

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; Trade paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Tight bright and fresh. Signed with inscription of a few lines by the author on the title page. Just mild shelf/handling evidence to cover edges. Neat unmarked copy. VG++; Signed by Author
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The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes; Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition. [9 of 10 Volumes] Deluxe Binding

By: Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Ed. ) & Robert S. Lanier & James Barnes; Et. Al.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: New York, Review of Reviews Company: 1912

Seller ID: 19134

Binding: 3/4 leather

Condition: Near Fine

Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2nd edition. In the deluxe binding of 3/4 dark blue morocco leather over light blue, thatched pattern linen boards. 9 of the 10 volumes, missing only Vol 8, "Soldier Life/Secret Service." Though lacking a volume this set is dignified by its especially nice condition and the deluxe binding format. Textured dark blue leather spines and corners with gilt rules at cloth and leather seams, triple gilt tules at spine ends, and gilt struck titles at spine. A few volumes with a nick or tiny chip to the leather at the cloth leather seams of the boa...
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The U-Boat Hunters; The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive Against Germany's Submarines

By: Milner, Marc

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press: 1994

Seller ID: 38563

ISBN: 1557508542

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Maps and photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 326 pages; 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Feels and appears as new. F/F
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Law and the Indo-China War

By: Moore, John Norton

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press: 1972

Seller ID: 34222

ISBN: 0691030898

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 794 pages; Snugly bound and clean in original title lettered dust jacket. Bright, clean and very neat. Binding a little shaken in the spine. Jacket price clipped from top corner of front flap and just a little sunned handled at edges. VG+/VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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The Poles and Saxons of the Napoleonic Wars

By: Nafziger, George & Mariusz T. Wesolowski

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chicago, Emperor's Press: 1991

Seller ID: 19343

ISBN: 0962665525

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Color Illustrations and b/w photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 266 pages; Superb copy; bright tight and fresh in immaculate dust jacket. Appears and feels unread. As new. F/F .... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1914. Seven Volumes. From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814. (Six Volumes [Complete]. )

By: Napier, W. F. P. ; Sir William Francis Patrick Napier

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Thomas & William Boone: 1829

Seller ID: 34573

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Engraved maps and plans; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1829 - 1840. Mixed edition. Six volumes, complete. Thomas & William Boone, London. Vol I 1835 3rd edition, with "A reply to various opponents: Particularly to 'Strictures on Colonel Napier's History of the war in the Peninsula' ; together with observations illustrating Sir John Moore's campaigns" included as front matter. [v-vii], viii - xci, [1], 638 pp with publisher 16 pp catalog at rear. Vol II, 1829 (1st ed. ) ; Vol III, 1831 (1st ed. ) ; Vol IV, 1834 (1st ed. ) ; Vol V, 1836 (1st ed. ) Vol VI, 1840 (1st ed. ). Ex-library ...
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In Time Of War Hitler's Terrorist Attack On America

By: O'Donnell, Pierce & Anthony Lewis

Price: $10.89

Publisher: New York, New Press: 2005

Seller ID: 14881

ISBN: 1565849582

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 444 pages; HC/DJ. 1st printing. Bright tight and fresh in immaculate dust jacket. Appears unread. No marks. F/F Appears as new.
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Napoleon in Exile; Or, a Voice from St. Helena Volume I (Only, of 2)

By: O'Meara, Barry E. & Napoleon Bonaparte

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Jehu Burton: 1822

Seller ID: 40985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages; 1st American edition. Volume I only (of two) In original drab blue paper covered boards; spine perished and lacking. Front board detached and rear board holding by cords. Retains two blank original endpages at front and rear. Dampstaining to the last 1/3 of the text appears to be from two discrete damp events. A heavy tea colored toning across the lower front corner of the last 90 pages and a ligheter tea colored damp stain over the lower 1/2 of the page of the last 100 or so pages. Toning and foxing to the text block. Contents complete. Sold as is with al...
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The Brown Mare

By: Ollivant, Alfred

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ny, NY, Alfred Knopf: 1916

Seller ID: Alibris.0004613

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Very Good-

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 145 pages; Knopf HC 1st edition. Original thatched brown cloth with titles stamped in green to cover and spine/ Spine titles rubbed and dulled. Binding snug and contents clean. Boards sharp at corners and spine ends. Solid clean copy just dulled a bit to spine. G++ to VG-
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Documents and Letters Intended to Illustrate the Revolutionary Incidents of Queens County, With Connecting Narratives, Explanatory Notes, and Additions

By: Onderdonk, Henry

Price: $29.50

Publisher: Port Washington, NY, Kennikat Press: 1970

Seller ID: 38537

ISBN: 0871980746

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; HC. Facsimile reprinting of the 1880 original. Snugly bound in original blue cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Text clean and unmarked. Issued without dust wrapper. VG+
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The General

By: Opitz, Karlludwig; Constantine Fitzgibbon (Trans)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: N. Y., John Day Company: 1957

Seller ID: 11773

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages; 1957 John Day Company. HC/DJ. 1st American edition and printing. Fresh, snug and very neat copy in original dust jacket. No marks. Tightly bound book. Just light shelf rub to dust jacket edges. Spine slightly cocked. Feels and appears unread and nearly as new. NF/NF
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Master of the Girl Pat

By: Orsborne, George Black & Joe McCarthy (Ed. )

Price: $29.50

Publisher: Doubleday & Company: 1949

Seller ID: 42240

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages; HC/DJ. Early printing. Soundly bound in original rustorange colored cloth with titles in gilt and black to spine. Pictorial dust jacket is shelf rubbed at edges with short closed fray tears at spine ends and lower front corners. Jacket front flap relaxed and no longer crisp. VG/G+
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The Great Sea War; The Dramatic Story of Naval Action in World War II

By: Potter, E. B. & Chester W. Nimitz (Eds. )

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N. J., Prentice Hall: 1960

Seller ID: 34816

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

B&W Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 468 pages; Bright, snug copy in original pictorial dust jacket. A mild shelf bump to the top front corner of the text block jas left a shallow stress crease to the top front corner of 20 or so pages. Dust jacket clean and generally bright but with a short closed tear at the crown of the spine panel and light shaelf rubbing at edges. Mild sticker scar to base of rear panel. Illustrated with numerous maps. VG/VG
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Dredges and Dredging

By: Prelini, Charles

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand: 1912

Seller ID: 15187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

B&W Illustrations and Diagrams; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Bright, tight, and very fresh in publisher's blue cloth with title lettered brightly in gilt to spine. Just trace shelf wear to spine ends. From the library of Lieut. J. O. Fisher, a 1902 graduate of Annapolis and member of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. Apparently he was on board the U. S. S. Dolphin at the time that he acquired this book. Fisher later took command of the submarine K-6 when it was launched in 1914. In WWI he took the sub on patrol in the Azore Islands, seeking out U-boats and surface raiders. Glossy pages...
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High Command in the World War

By: Puleston, William Dilworth

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1934

Seller ID: 23859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 331 pages; Snug, solid and neat in original pictorial, map illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket spine moderately toned and faded but with titles still readily legible. Jacket edges lightly rubbed with small, shallow chips at spine ends and upper front corner; prior owner's minimal reinforcement to spine ends with archival japanese paper. Small, faint drip outline to jacket mid-spine. Light binder's glue offsetting as usually found in books printed in the 1930's. Prior owner name and Fort benning address penned neatly to front endpaper. Cloth slightly rub...
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Wellington's War; His Peninsular Dispatches

By: Rathbone, Julian

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1994

Seller ID: 19467

ISBN: 0718138414

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Illustrations and Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages; Papeback in glossy pictorial covers. A square, sound and clean copy; no marks. Expected mild toning to page stock. Trace reader creasing to the spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings and maps. VG+
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Torture and Democracy

By: Rejali, Darius

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University Press: 2007

Seller ID: 37605

ISBN: 0691114226

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 880 pages; Stout HC/DJ 3rd printing. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Text fresh and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed to edges and surfaces. Superficial ripple to cloth at spine. VG+/VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Category: Military History