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The Flying Pencil Publications Limited, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The Flying Pencil Publications Limited, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. This first edition is in a fine condition with a very good jacket. Signed by various Bomber Command Veterans to the title page and throughout, including Wing Commander John Bell MBE DFC, Warrant Officer Ken Reed, BBMF Honours Sqn Leader Tony Pickering, Sgt W T Clard, Eric Clark, Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Dambuster Pilot Benny Goodman, Murray Valentine (Vagnolini), Air Commodore John Langston, Bomb Aimer John Aldridge and many more. The pages are excellent, bright and clean, free from any signs of wear.
One World Or None. A Report To the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb by Masters, Dexter and Katharine Way (editors); foreword by Niels Bohr - 1946
by Masters, Dexter and Katharine Way (editors); foreword by Niels Bohr
One World Or None. A Report To the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb
by Masters, Dexter and Katharine Way (editors); foreword by Niels Bohr
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McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1946. Softcover in good condition. x and 79 pages, 11 in. tall. Fifteen essays by outstanding scientists as well as political and military authorities concerning threats posed by the atomic bomb and the use of atomic energy. Contributing authors include Albert Einstein, J. R. Oppenheimer, Harold Urey, Walter Lippman and others. Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and this title was published the following year. A clean copy with a vertical crease on the front and rear covers, textblock leaves are age-toned.
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- Date Published 1946
- Keywords arms control; atomic bomb; peace; albert einstein
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Nicolas Trudgian's Aviation Sketchbook - signed copy
by Trudgian, Nicolas
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Achtung Panzer No. 5 Sturmgeschutz III, Stug.IV & SIG.33
by Mitsuru Bitoh; Hiroshi Kitamura
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Dai Nippon Kaiga , 2002. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Copyright 1995 reprinted 2002. VG clean condition with a little light edge wear. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated with photos & diagrams. Text is in English & Japanese.
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Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
by Sheeler, Jim
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2008. Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 280 pages. Hardcover bound in full brown leather with gilt embossing. All edges gilt. There is light wear to the binding, however the text block is slightly uneven with a break in the center (near the photographs), possibly from pressure exerted on the spine. Contains a gold ribbon bookmark. Silk moire send papers. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated with color photographs in the center.
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It's What I Do (1st Print Signed in Person at Syracuse University)
by Addario, Lynsey
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1ST PRINTING SIGNED in person by LYNSEY ADDARIO at Syracuse University in October 2016. Not personalized. A lovely true 1st printing in gift-worthy condition. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; international buyers should request a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.
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Creasy's Decisive Battles.
by Sir Edward Creasy.
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Tan leather binding with gilt banding, black title plate and decoration on the spine. Rugby school emblem on the front board. A nice clean book.The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo is a book written by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy and published in 1851. This book tells the story of the fifteen military engagements, which, according to the author, had a significant impact on world history. Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (12 September 1812 – 17 January 1878) was an English historian and jurist. He was born the son of a Land Agent in Bexley, Kent, England and educated at Eton College (where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1831) and King's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837 and appointed assistant judge at the Westminster sessions court. In 1840, he began teaching history at the University of London and wrote a number of historical books including The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). Creasy was knighted in 1860, and spent the next decade and… Read More
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA
by Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.
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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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Nicolas Trudgian's Aviation Sketchbook - signed copy
by Trudgian, Nicolas
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- 9780955913709 / 0955913705
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Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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The Flying Pencil Publications Limited, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The Flying Pencil Publications Limited, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. This first edition is in a fine condition with a very good jacket. Signed by various Bomber Command Veterans to the title page and throughout, including Wing Commander John Bell MBE DFC, Warrant Officer Ken Reed, BBMF Honours Sqn Leader Tony Pickering, Sgt W T Clard, Eric Clark, Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Dambuster Pilot Benny Goodman, Murray Valentine (Vagnolini), Air Commodore John Langston, Bomb Aimer John Aldridge and many more. The pages are excellent, bright and clean, free from any signs of wear.
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Micah Clarke: His Statement As Made To His Three Grandchildren Joseph, Gervas, & Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734.
by Doyle, A. Conan
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Micah Clarke. RARE. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Harper & Brothers First American Edition, Copyright 1894. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. A square, solid copy. Bright pages. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Gilted front cover and spine ornamentation are still in nice shape. Former owner signature on front free endpaper dates our copy of this book to 1894. Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 in England, Micah Clarke is a a bildungsroman (coming of age story) whose protagonist, Micah Clarke, begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naive way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced, world-weary soldier of fortune. A story of disillusionment with religious extremism. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective fiction series. 5 X 7 ½ 471 pages.
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Colonel Quaritch, V.E.
by H. Rider Haggard
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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H. Rider Haggard. Colonel Quaritch, V.E. Longmans, Green And Co. In 1 Volume. States New Edition , 1896, on the title page. USED. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Brown boards, silver titling. Titling is still bright. Plot summary: "After leaving active service, a decorated battlefield officer, Colonel Quaritch, VE. moves back to his ancestral village of Honham, where he unexpectedly finds more drama than he bargained for." 341 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 1/4. Handwritten inscription on first white front endpaper is dated 1898. By the author of SHE, PEOPLE OF THE MIST, and KING SOLOMON'S MINES.
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King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
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Haggard, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression 1921 on the title page. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Blue boards withdark red- orange titling. 274 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8. Summary "King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world genre."
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation
by Bishop, Randy
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Pelican, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Bishop, Randy : Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation. Gretna (LA) : Pelican Publishing, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features John Paul Strain's 'Raid on the L&N'. 368 numbered pp; maps, photos, illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: light wear to dj, no tears or chips; binding square and tight, no notes or highlighting. A fine copy to carry with you on your Kentucky excursions. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU
by Miller, Charles
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with owner's bookplates to inner front board and FFE, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG conditon with light rubbing to edges else bright, intact and whole.
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NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980
by Clarfield, Gerard H. and William M. Wiecek
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NY: Harper & Row, 1984. Signed by one of the authors on fep: To Jack, Best Wishes, William M. Wiecek. Price clipped dj in new mylar, overall minimal edge wear, bottom spine edge w/two small chips. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, page edges w/just a hint of dust soiling. Navy blue boards, silver lettering on spine, blind stamped publisher logo on cover. The authors cover the development of the atom bomb, what Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and their advisers thought about its use, Truman's attitude of it being "just another piece of artillery"; the formation of the Atomic Energy Commission and the escalation of the arms race. Other chapters cover "atoms for peace", the policies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the arms limitations agreements and the history of arms negotiations. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All…
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Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)
by National War College Class of 2009
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Fort McNair, Washington, DC: National War College, 2009. Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Mild foxing to top closed edge. Not from a library. 4to. 200 pages.
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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET
by Anonymous
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Kobenhavn: Christian F. Romer's Forlag Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 16 continuous-fold pages of col. illustrations of Danish uniforms and badges, ca. 1900. The covers have separated, but both they and the contents are in excellent condition. Bookplate of a former owner on the (blank) front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy of a very scarce publication. Captions in Danish..
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Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)
by Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A
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Greenwood Pub Group, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A. : "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies). New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Matte gray dj. Plain white endpapers. Bibliography, index. X pp prelim material, 215 numbered pp, 12 pp unnumbered illustrations to center, three pp unnumbered following (one blank, one author info, one blank). Condition notes: a clean copy, marred by six pages having red underlining (about two lines each). Slight rippling to dj, which also has a price sticker to front and is covered in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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The Iron Brigade
by Nolan, Alan T
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Macmillan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Nolan, Alan T. : The Iron Brigade: A Military History. New York : Macmillan, 1961. First edition. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering imprinted on spine, gilt insignia of the Iron Brigade and its constituent regiments on front board. Semi-glossy dj, white background with black/gold/blue photo of the brigade's brimmed "slouch" hat. Front endpaper features map of where members of the brigade came from (Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin); rear endpaper shows map of where the brigade fought. Xviii pp prelim material, 412 numbered pp, 16 glossy b&w unnumbered pp throughout text, plus two blank unnumbered at end. Maps (by Wilson K. Hoyt III), photos, appendices (counties from which brigade members originated, commanders and officers, biographical note, uniform of the brigade, source materials for battle of Brawner Farm); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: quite a nice unmarked first edition; corners…
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The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking: Accounts of Two Sieges, 1899 to 1900, Being the South African War Experiences of William Thwaites, Steuart Binny, Alfred Down, and Samuel Cawood
by Davey, Arthur
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Brenthurst Press, 1983 Hardcover Limited Edition of 850 copies in red cloth boards, EX-LIBRARY with very minimal lib markings (no pockets, barcodes or call letters - only a few small neatly blacked-out 'discard' stamps), no text markings, no dj, minor shelf wear & soil to boards, touch of foxing to page block, else clean tight very nice copy; ob 4to; 275pp indexed & illus, some color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STURMGESCHUTZ-ABTEILUNG 202
by Szamveber, Norbert
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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PeKo Publishing Kft., 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 396pp, including 116p of b/w & col. maps, documents and photographs. An n excellent copy. (Due to the size/weight of this book, an extra shipping charge may apply.).
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