New York: Pantheon, 2005. Hardcover. First American Edition. xxi, [1], 378 p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Red and black cover with silver spine title. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Russian writer Vasily Grossman (1905-1964) was engaged as a war correspondent by the Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda during the..... More
New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1944. Paperback. [2], xii, 177, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Color illustrated wrappers. Wrapper title: "Aeronautics Recognition Guide to Operational War Planes issue 7 and 8." Includes insignia, silhouettes, and black-and-white photographs. In Good Condition: paper loss along spine and at lower corner of front..... More
Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Cie. 1885. Hardcover. 245, [3] p., 45 leaves of color and black and white plates included in pagination (including 13 double-leaf plates), 1 color plate not included in pagination: many in-text illustrations; 35 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments..... More
1886. 1 handwritten letter, dated Washington, Dec. 20, 1886, to Gail T. L. Roper to say that Hampton will not be able to attend her daughter's marriage to "my young kinsman." Wade Hampton (1818-1902) served in the Confederate calvary during the Civil War, reaching the rank of lieutenant general. After..... More
Washington, D.C. Syracuse Post-Standard, 1942. 1 typed letter, signed by journalist Frederic J. Haskin on Syracuse Post-Standard Information Bureau letterhead, dated 22 Oct. 1942. Frederic Jennings Haskin (1873-1944) was an American journalist best known for his information column, which researched and answered readers' questions. In this letter, he is responding..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 329 mm (image is 156 x 224 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Oct. 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 261 x 328 mm (image is 153 x 218 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Nov. 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 154 x 222 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published July 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled in margins;..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 152 x 226 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Aug. 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Very Good Condition: lightly soiled in margin;..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 261 x 328 mm (image is 153 x 223 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published May 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 152 x 226 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Feb. 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in..... More
Titusville, Pa. Titusville Herald, 1943. Hardcover. [6] p., 61 leaves of cartoons, [2] p.; 22 cm. Yellow card covers on a plastic comb binding; front cover illustrated by the author cartoonist. Dedicated to Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift, U.S. Marine Corps, and the officers and men of the Navy and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Paget, Walter Stanley. Hardcover. ix, [1], 353, [31] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 8 additional leaves of plates, including 1 map; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt- and grey-stamped cover title. Red, black, and grey-stamped illustrations on spine and front cover..... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1918. Paperback. [4], 29, [1] p.: music for soprano solo and chorus with piano accompaniment; 28 cm. Plain wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title and imprint. Front wrapper stamped in red: "Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus." The words are printed separately after the title page (as well..... More
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith. 1912. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 22 cm. signed "WH," with accompanying leaf of descriptive text. Wallace Hester (1866-1942), artist, engraver, and caricaturist, signed his works "WH." Charles Robert Crosse (c. 1852-1921) attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Royal..... More
Berlin, Germany: Friedrich Luckhardt, 1883. Hardcover. [2], 96 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary maroon, pebble-grain cloth spine with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title: Über Bewaffnung und Ausbildung der Reiterei. All page edges marbled. Bookdealer's label on verso of front free endpaper for Gustav E. Stechert, New York. Former owner's..... More
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Wien: G. Szelinski, k.k. Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes: vol. 1: xv, [1], 676 p., 29 leaves of plates (some in color); vol. 2: xxiv, 680 p., 38 leaves of plates (including 1 color folded map); vol. 3: x, 551, [1] p., 18 leaves of plates, including 2..... More
London: The Studio, 1918. Hardcover. v, [1], 98 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Edges of board are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Eight leaves of color plates are included in page count. The 30 artists represented include many who were serving in the..... More
![Engraving of Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B. [after the painting by John Hoppner]. John...](/pictures/thumb/006806.JPG?v=1547845886)
1847. 1 stipple engraving 11.2 x 8.7 mm. mounted on card 26 x 16 cm. Printed label on back: "Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B." After the portrait by John Hoppner; engraver not given but probably H. D. Cook. No date of publication but H. D. Cook's engraving after..... More
![To Lose a Battle: France 1940 [Advanced Readers Copy]. Alistair Horne](/pictures/thumb/000806.jpg?v=1472082187)
Boston, Mass. Little, Brown and Company, 1969. This is an ARC (Advanced Readers Copy). 650 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Yellow paper covers printed in black. The illustrations are in a separate 48-page booklet and are slightly taller than the volume: 24 cm. In Good Condition: the cover is slightly sunned..... More
Atlanta: U.P. Byrd, 1896. Hardcover. vii, [17]-207 p., 2 leaves of plates; 20 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title, gilt-stamped cover title, black-stamped decorative border on front cover and illustration on back cover. Preface signed: Charles W. Hubner. Without music. No publication information, which has been taken from WorldCat..... More
Detroit: General Motors, 1942. Paperback. "Revised and condensed." [2], 23, [3] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Dark blue wrapper printed in white; stapled. "Blueprint for Victory" -- on front wrapper. After the atttack at Pearl Harbor, General Motors and other American car manufacturers formed the Automotive Council for War Production in..... More
Harrisburg: J.M.G. Lescure, printer to the state, 1850. Paperback. 27 p.: sample forms; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "25" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. William H. Irwin (d. 1886) was a Mexican-American War veteran who served as Adjutant General..... More
1816. 1 leaf folded, dated Sept. 2, 1816, from John Johnson, Sussex Brigade Judge Advocate, addressed to Jacob S. Thomson, Brigade Paymaster, Marksborough [Marskboro, N.J.]. Thomson is asked to collect the $50 fine from Captain Thomas M. Armstrong. Jacob S. Thomson was the paymaster of the Sussex Brigade in New..... More
1885. 1 handwritten letter (2 pages), dated Washington, April 7, 1885, signed by J. E. Johnston, Commissioner of Railroads. On stationery of the Department of the Interior, Office of Commissioner of Railroads. J. E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston (1807-1891) studied civil engineering at West Point and joined the U.S. Army, becoming..... More