New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Paperback. x, [4], 279 p.: maps; 20 cm. Paperback. Gift inscription from the author on half title page to Kenneth Kusmer, then Professor of History at Temple University, Philadelphia: "for Ken Kusmer, companion in arms. Waldo Heinrichs January 1990." In Near Fine Condition: pages..... 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
![Item #002037 Buch des Fluges [3 volumes] [provenance: Österreichischer Aero-Club]. Hermann Hoernes](/pictures/thumb/002037.jpg?v=1472082222)
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
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
![Item #000806 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
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1919. Hardcover. xvi, 204, [2] p., [30] p. of photographs; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. No dust jacket. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1922 on front fixed endpaper. First edition. Lieutenant Francis T. Hunter's account..... More
Middletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Press, 1989. Hardcover. xi, [1], 436 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The cases involving three Japanese Americans seeking justice in the 1980s after suffering interment during World War Two: Minoru Yasui, Fred Korematsu, and Gordon Hirabayashi. Book is..... 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
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918. Hardcover. [6], 101, [1] p.; 20 cm. Beige cloth spine with grey paper over boards. Paper labels on spine and front board printed in black with red borders. Dust jacket printed in red and black with advertisement for War Savings Stamps on back..... More
West Point, N. Y. Lithographed by J. C. Poortermans, 1832. Hardcover. [4], 55 p., 24 folded leaves of plates; 35 cm. Original calf spine and plain boards. Plates removed from volume by previous owner. Both text in original plain binding and separate plates are housed in a new clamshell box..... More
Allentown, Pa. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1946. Hardcover. [4], 3, [6], 4-241 p., 6 leaves of illustrations (including 2 folded maps): many in-text and full-page illustrations; 24 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine title and red cover illustration. Title page has decorative red border. Decorated inital letters in red. Former..... More
New York: Harper Torchbooks, Harper & Row, 1952. Paperback. Vol. 2, only: vi, 405-794, 9, [11] p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Paginated continuously with vol. 1. Final 2 unpaginated pages contain A Letter to the Reader from Edward R. Murrow, Director of the U. S. Information Agency, asking for support for..... More
New York: Crown, Random House, 2020. Hardcover. xii, [4], 585, [5] p.: illustration, map; 24 cm. Black and grey cover with orange spine title. Dust jacket. The author "shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people 'the art of being fearless.' It is a story of political brinkmanship..... More
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1766. Hardcover. "Sixieme Edition, Réimprimée sur la quatrième, pour servir d'abrégé de la cinquième." xxxvi, 412 p.: 19 folded plates; 17 cm. Contemporary full mottled calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled in other spine compartments. Gilt..... More
New York: T. Allen, Bookseller and Stationer, 1793. Hardcover. The Second American Edition. Title continued: "To which are added, His Political and Military Essays: Also, Letters to and from Many Distinguished Characters, both in Europe and America." viii, 284 p.; 18 cm. Early 19th-century? half calf with marbled paper over..... More
Berlin: Verlag Scherl, 1937. Hardcover. 237, [3] p., 30 p. of unpaginated illustrations (including 1 double-page illustration), 15 leaves of color plates; 22 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Lacking dust jacket. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: B. Westermann Co., New York. Entirely in German. In..... More
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1895. Hardcover. [8], 163, [1] p., frontispiece portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm I, 5 leaves of color maps (1 folded), 19 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations and maps; 31 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title; gilt cover title with black, green, and gilt front..... More
Washington, D.C. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Paperback. Revised September 1950. x, 456 p.: illustrations, figures, tables; 23 cm. Light green paper cover with black front title. Appendices include: Calculation of Hazard from World-wide Contamination, and Meteorological Trajectory Analysis. In Very Good Condition: spine and upper edges of cover..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University, 2014. Hardcover. xiii, 412 leaves: tables, maps; 29 cm. In black spiral ring binder. A few ink corrections and marginal notations; this copy belonged to one of the members of the committee, Dr. Ken Kusmer. Edward Mallory "Ned" Almond (1892–1979) was a United States Army officer who..... More