Search Results: World War I from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good. 1918. 8th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; US trade edition. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is sunning and fading to spots on the book covers along with a bit of light edge wear and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "In the following chapters I have tried to record my impressions, observations, interviews and adventures on a somewhat extensive journalistic pilgrimage through Germany in war-time." "Since he habitually wore a top hat, monocle and spats, he became known as The Dude Reporter. He also appeared in newspaper stories himself, the stories often involving altercations of one sort or another. He went to Europe to cover the war, saying he was working for the British newspapaer Daily Telegraph, but he was also working for Hearst and INS. His… Read More

Washington D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey. Very Good+. 1918. Other. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is one small sheet of cardstock, folded once vertically. The interior includes color and black and white illustrations of different marks used by the British (on the left side) and French (on the right) as part of their maps for World War I - possibly especially for trench warfare. The front of this item, with the title has some light, generalized toning and a previous owner's inked name and squadron (59th squadron) on the top edge. The interior is clean and bright. "Trench warfare prevailed on the Western Front from late 1914 until the Germans launched their Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. After the buildup of forces in 1915, the Western Front became a stalemated struggle between equals, to be decided by attrition. Frontal assaults, and their associated casualties, became inevitable because the continuous trench lines had no open flanks. Casualties of the defenders matched… Read More

New York: No Publisher Listed.. Good. 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Other. This is a trade sized pamphlet with thin paper covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Good only condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing and nicking. The front cover has torn and is only hanging on by a small bit. The covers and text pages have noticeable toning. The text pages are generally clean. "John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body… Read More

Stockton, CA: Tuleburg Press. Near Fine. 2020. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 173213474X . B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page, with a short inscription. This is a trade paperback book with illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright, ; Signed by Author .

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good. 1918. Early printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. Early printing - no statement of printing on the copyright page, but the code B-S shows a February 1918 publication date. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There are several small edge tears to the spine ends and some light bumping and rubbing to the corners. The covers have some beginning spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. This copy has been removed from the library of the Bohemian Club - it bears the bookplate of the Bohemian Club with a removed from Collection stamp on it. The front inner hinge is slightly loose. "Although Lieutenant Robert's modest preface makes little reference to the exploits which he has lived through, the readers of the extraordinary story which follows may care to know a few personal facts at the outset. It was in 1914 that this… Read More

Washington D. C.: The Committee On Public Information. Good. 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade paperback book with thin cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has one large-ish chip to the front cover. The spine has noticeable wear and chipping. The text pages are generally clean, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. "The Committee on Public Information (1917–1919) , also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front. In just over 26 months, from April 14, 1917, to June 30, 1919, it used every medium available to create enthusiasm for the war effort and to enlist public support against the foreign and perceived domestic attempts to stop America's… Read More

Atlantic Ocean: USS Calamares. Good. 1918. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a small cloth covered hardback (trade sized) in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine of the book is mostly gone though the stitching and binding of the book is generally solid condition. There is a faint US Navy Seal on the front cover, along with heavy ground-in dirt and previous owner's handwritten doodles and notes. There are approximately 75 leaves (making approx. 150 pages). The front endpaper / first text page has been torn vertically and is missing half of the page. The text pages are mostly handwritten in pencil (occasional ink marks throughout) and are noted in mostly four hour increments, written by a number of different hands. The USS Calamares was built in 1913 in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was chartered (in a contract to the US Navy) as a transport / cargo ship during World War I -- during a period of eight months from April to October 1918, the ship made… Read More

Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good+. 1917. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There are two previous owner's names on the front endpaper and a previous owner's ink stamped name and address on the front pastedown page. "His academic career was interrupted by two years (1915 and 1916) spent in Brussels as director of Hoover's humanitarian American Commission for Relief in Belgium. Initially a pacifist, Kellogg dined with the officers of the German Supreme Command. He became shocked by the grotesque Social Darwinist motivation for the German war machine - the creed of survival of the fittest based on violent and fatal competitive struggle is the Gospel of the German intellectuals. Kellogg decided these ideas could only be beaten by force and,… Read More

Angers, Maine ET Loire, France: Caserne Desjardins. Very Good-. 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with illustrated cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and creasing. The top spine end has a small, wrinkled tearw. The text pages are noticeably toned, but clean and bright. "The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers provided diverse military services during World War I. The Corps formed the large 1,660-man engineer regiments of the American combat divisions. Army engineers built port facilities, roads, and railroads essential to moving war materiel to the battlefront. They also harvested timber for military construction and operated searchlights in anti-aircraft defense. The engineers organized the first U. S. Army tank units and developed chemical warfare munitions and… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: E. C. Seale & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a reprint of the 1937 printing by E. C. Seale & Co. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with the exception of some light bumping, edge wear and a couple of small nicks to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have generalized toning, especially to the spine, along with several edge tears, wrinkled spots and creases. The spine joints have rubbing as well. "Early in 1916, a year before the United States entered World War I, a handful of valiant Americans banded together as the Lafayette Escadrille to forge their mark in history in the skies over France. Be it for fame, adventure or patriotism, they stepped forward to meet the common enemy long before their… Read More

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good+. 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine of the book has noticeable fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The rear endpaper has noticeable toning and the front endpaper and front pastedown page has several spots of foxing. "The last quarter century of White's life was spent as an unofficial national spokesman for Middle America. This led President Franklin Roosevelt to ask White to help generate public support for the Allies before America's entry into World War II. In 1940 White was fundamental in the formation of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, sometimes known as the White Committee. He had to fight the powerful America First faction, which believed, like… Read More

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. There are several patches of spotting / foxing to the foredge of the text block. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing, along with one medium sized chip missing from the top spine. "But because women were paid less than men, there was a worry that employers would continue to employ women in these jobs even when the men returned from the war. This did not happen; either the women were sacked to make way for the returning soldiers or women remained working alongside men but at lower wage rates. But even before the end of the war, many women refused to accept lower… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1918. 9th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. This copy is lacking the front endpaper and the half title page has noticeable foxing, as do the rear endpapers. "M. Cheradame explains - and I believe with perfect accuracy - the nature of the German objective. It is, in his opinion, to lay secure and stable foundations for the system known as Pan-Germanism." "Pan-Germanism or Pan-Germanicism (German: Pangermanismus or Alldeutsche Bewegung; see also Pan-Germanicism) is a pan-nationalist political idea. Pan-Germanists originally sought to unify all the German and possibly also Germanic-speaking peoples in a single nation-state known as Großdeutschland. Pan-Germanism was highly… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1917. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription by the author on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small chips missing , and the dust jacket has generalized ground-in dirt. "Born in Jamaica in 1893, and emigrated to Toronto with his mother, Peat was educated privately and at boarding school in Kingston, Jamaica. He served as a private in the 3rd Battalion of the First Canadian Contingent during World War I. He was hit by an explosive bullet and lost his right arm. While recuperating in a hospital, he became pen-mate with Louisa Watson… Read More

New York: Coward McCann. Very Good+. 1929. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The rear cover has a couple of small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. The previous owner has ink stamped his name on the half title page and twice on the title page. There is another previous owner's name inked on the front endpaper, and a note on the reverse of the rear endpaper. This is a diary of an anonymous participant (female) in the American Expeditionary Forces. "The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F. Or AEF) was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, and Australian Army units against the… Read More

New York: McBride, Nast & Company. Very Good+. 1914. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name (and Chinese Chop) on the front endpaper, along with an ink stamped name and city at the bottom corner of the front endpaper. There is an inked code on the rear endpaper. "Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was certainly well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across no man's land if they wished to speak to a British soldier. French and Commonwealth troops would also call British… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+. 1921. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has noticeable strips of toning where a newspaper article was laid-in. There are two small newspaper strips adhered to the front pastedown page. The rear pastedown page and endpaper have the dust jacket flap and part of the rear panel pasted down. "André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu (22 September 1876 – 15 September 1945) was three times Prime Minister of France (3 November 1929 – 17 February 1930; 2 March – 4 December 1930; 20 February – 10 May 1932) and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929–1932. He was a moderate conservative with a strong… Read More

San Jose, CA: Santa Clara County Historical Society. Very Good-. 1919. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The previous owner has added labels to the spine of the book with the title and author's name. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "Edith Daley was the city librarian of San Jose. She was the author of "War History of Santa Clara County", retelling life in San Jose during World War I. She was the author of "Angel in the Sun" (1917) , a book of verse, reviewed in the Evening News in December 1917, "Silver Twilight", "The Golden Dome" and of poems contained in the following anthologies: "Roosevelt as the Poets Saw Him",… Read More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company. Very Good. 1918. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine of the book has a bit of a slant. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The covers have generalized ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper and a ink stamped name on the front pastedown page. The rear cover has an inked date. The rear inner hinge has cracked and been repaired. "In 1916, Robert Derby Holmes, from Boston, Massachusetts, traveled to England on a horse boat, tending to a detachmen of stallions for the British Army. When Holmes reache England, he immediately went to the Trafalgar Square recruiting office and joined the army. He rose to the rank of Corporal and served in the 22nd London Battalion before… Read More