COUP D'ETAT, A Practical Handbook
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1969. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.75", embossed black cloth, 209pp, extremities lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1969. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.75", embossed black cloth, 209pp, extremities lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Philip, Son & Nephew: Liverpool, 1916. 6.5 x 4.25, wraps, 69 pp, covers worn and unevenly toned, front cover detached but present, some wear to text block, errata slip tipped-in on p11, pencil correction on p11. Scarce. World War I poetry. "The profits from the Sale of this Book will..... More
John Wiley & Sons: NY, 1943. Photos, 7.5 x 5.5, spiral bound printed wraps, 101 pp, covers quite worn and soiled, front cover corner chipped and torn and creased, contents soiled and worn and loose. Still, an interesting item, with topics including: Goggles, Safety Shoes, Electrical Hazards, Fire, etc., including..... More
Privately printed. 1919. Illust, 9.5 x 6, cloth, 122 pp, covers moderately worn, text block cracked, some spotting at ends. FIRST ED., Battery F, One Hundred and Forty Ninth US Field Artillery. More
np, nd (1952?). Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 32pp, covers a bit rubbed and spotted/soiled, contents good. "Included are six profound and prophetic speeches by the famous General dealing with the basic principles of Americanism..." All the speeches were from 1951. More
The Heritage Foundation: Chicago, IL, (1952). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 96pp + photos, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine with repaired closed tear, hinges loose, ink-stamped name of former owner on front fly, pp toned; a rather well-worn copy, but SIGNED BY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ON HIS PHOTO INSIDE..... More
np, nd. Paperback. Oblong 8 x 10", black and white, very good condition. Photo shows MacArthur with Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and Vice Adm. Robert L. Ghormley on deck of USS Baltimore at Pearl Harbor July 26, 1944. Later printing of photo. More
APO 14: (Japan), nd. Paperback. Illus. by Akio Yamada, 10 x 7", string-tied pict yellow wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed and creased, rear cover with small abrasion, contents nice. SCARCE. An introduction to Japan for the US Army troops post WWII. More
Squadron/Signal Publications: (Carrollton, TX), (1989). Paperback. Photos, oblong 8.25 x 11", pict stapled wraps, 50pp, covers a little edge-worn, contents a bit used, but still a nice copy of this SCARCE title. WWII aviation. More
London (1979). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 304 w/index, v.g. in slightly used price clipped dw. FIRST EDITION. More
Oxford University Press: London, 1961. Photos, 9 x 5.75, blue cloth, 459 pp with index, cover moderately worn, hinges loose, contents edge toned else a decent copy in edge-worn and edge-torn, spine-sunned and splash-stained, toned and soiled, price clipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. More
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Paperback. 40 x 28", dramatic color poster showing a Nazi hand penetrating the Holy Bible with a bayonet, couple of small holes at folds else nice. OWI Poster No. 76. More
Np nd. Illus, 7.75 x 5.5", stapled wraps, couple spots on front cover, covers yellowed. More
William Morrow: NY, 1941. 8 x 5.5", tan cloth-like boards, 251pp with index, edges rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, endpapers spotted, in a rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket with inkstamped price on rear flap. FIRST EDITION (NAP), INSCRIBED "For Roy D. Chapin, Jr. Wishing him all success and happiness"..... More
William Morrow: NY, 1941. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", cloth, 251pp with index, spine ends badly bumped, extremities lightly worn, pp a little toned, in a rubbed, darkened and edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP), WITH LONG, FLIRTATIOUS ("...one of the loveliest women I know...wishing that all of her paths will be..... More
NY 1941. Maps; diagrams, 8x5", cloth, 251 w/index, v.g. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MARSHALL. More
NY 1941. Maps; diagrams, 8x5", cloth, 251 w/index, dw torn, chipped and missing piece of spine at top, but INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MARSHALL. More
The Kolynos Co: New Haven, nd (1918?). Oblong 3.5 x 5, printed stapled wraps, (40) pp, covers worn, creased, stained, couple of tiny edge tears, contents are creased, light staining on last few pages, one page has a tear and a small piece out of margin and another has an..... More
Henry Holt and Co.: NY, (1945). Hardcover. Illus. by author, 9.5 x 6", cloth, 228pp, covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, pp toned, in a rubbed, spine-sunned, edge-worn and chipped (large chip out of front cover) dustjacket. FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BILL MAULDIN, WHO HAS DRAWN A...... More
Toppan Printing Co.: Tokyo, Japan, nd. Hardcover. Photos; illus., 10.5 x 8.5", embossed pict blue cloth, 214pp, covers rubbed and lightly soiled, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, inner hinges cracking, pp toned and used. Scarcest of the three iterations of this series. More
np, 1968. Mostly photos, 12 x 9, embossed cloth, 336 pp, covers a bit worn, spine a little cocked, extremities bumped and a little frayed, hinges loose, contents edge toned else a decent copy of this 25th Anniversary cruise book of this historic ship. More
Signal Corps U.S. Army, nd (c. 1943). Paperback. 11 x 9", black and white, some minor staiing to right margin and reverse else okay. Inscribed to "The Old Settlers Club" which as a Milwaukee organization of early settlers. Inscription and signature on dark part of photo so it is a...... More
National Press: Washington, DC 1968. 9 x 6", cloth, 274pp, vg in vg jacket, first edition, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO G. MENNEN "SOAPY" WILLIAMS, former Governor of Michigan. More
Kent State University Press, hb, vg in dw, multiple copies. More
The Brigade Information Office: Tokyo, Japan. nd. Mostly photos (incl color), illustr, oblong 9 x 11.5, decorated padded cloth, unpag, covers rubbed, hinges loose, contents worn with one red ink mark near end, red ink book title on bottom edge of text block, edges soiled and spotted, a loose copy..... More