New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. Second Edition, but first Macmillan edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 131, glossary; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; photographs by Cpl. Edward J. Freeman and Pfc. John H. Birch Jr.; quarter gray blue cloth and pictorial boards; lettered in silver. This copy is inscribed..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1986. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; lxxxiv, 354, with index and a list of the Lakeside Classics; frontispiece portrait, and thirty-nine additional plates including two maps plus; brown cloth, gilt, top edge gilt. "Ballentine's account of his years of Army service at "Ft. Pickens, Florida..... More
(Hamden Ct.): Anchon Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (viii), 119; black cloth lettered in gilt; in a dust jacket; A beautiful inscribed copy. The personal experiences of an American infantry soldier of the 10th Mountain Division in WWII. He recounts the final skirmishes against the retreating German Army..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., (1935). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 288, 16, index, catalogue of books; illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-two additional black and white plates; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt;. Cooke serveed as an artillerist in India, the Middle East and in the First World War. A...... More
(New York): P. F. Collier & Son, (1906). First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp. (vi), 278; portraits, black and white plates; tan cloth lettered in brown, pictorial label at center of front board; moderate wear;. In depth profiles of six military adventurers, H. K. D. MacIver, James Harden-Hickey, Philo N...... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1960. Wraps. 16mo; pp; (ii), 54; illustrated; original printed glossy brown wrappers;. From the Office Of Civil And Defense Mobilization. The October 1956 Manual Revised in April 1960. This manual is actually filled with helpful info for any first responder. More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1955. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; lvi, 379, including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics; illustrated with a frontispiece & eleven additional plates including two maps; dark blue cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt with a gilt..... More
New York: American Tract Society, Nd. (c1860). First Edition. Hardcover. 24mo; pp. 184; green cloth, decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, coated yellow endpapers;. In ink on the front endpaper, “South Colebrook S. S.” most probably Colebrook Ct, Sunday School. The narrative taken from the subject’s letters. Quite scarce..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, 407, index; illustrated, frontispiece portrait and fifteen additional black and white plates; blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, map endpapers;. Reminiscences from the Great War. More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1979. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; liii, (i), 518, with index and a list of the Lakeside Classics; frontispiece portrait and twenty-eight additional illustrations including three maps; brown cloth, gilt, top edge gilt. Billy The Kid, Jesse James & Others. More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1953. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; xxxvi, 297, including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics; illustrated with a frontispiece & five additional plates including two maps; dark blue cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt with a gilt..... More
Philadelphia: L. R. Hammersly & Co., 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 214, (vii), ads; green cloth, lettered in gilt, patterened end papers;. King, a West Point graduate who served in the Indian Wars under George Crook, wrote and edited 60 novels and wrote several scripts for Buffalo Bill Cody's..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 260, (iv), ads; decorated blue cloth, lettered in gilt, brown coated end papers; illustrations by C. B. Cox; Light wear, else very good. King, a West Point graduate who served in the Indian Wars under George Crook, wrote and..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 230, (vi), ads; decorated blue cloth, lettered in gilt, patterned end papers; Light wear, else very good. King, a West Point graduate who served in the Indian Wars under George Crook, wrote and edited 60 novels and wrote several..... More
(Manchester Vt: Marshall Jones Co, 1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (xiv), 497; two double page maps; blue b lettered in gilt; in a dust jacket; A beautiful inscribed copy;. A work of fiction based on fact. The author was a member of the storied 10th Mountain Division in WWII..... More
Two pages (Approx. 8" x 5") on War Department stationary. Sargent is the Quartermaster of the Second U. S. Cavalry. Written to Mr. E. S. Fales, the Editor of the Mail & Express in New York. Sargent is now in Washington "to help General H. C. Corbin organize the Volunteer..... More
Ft. Benning Ga. U.S. Army Infantry School, 1965. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 86; illustrated with black and white photographs; original printed stapled blue paper wrappers lettered in black;. Four Sections, Rifle Marksmanship; Special Purpose Weapons; Machineguns; Rifle Squad Technique Of Fire;. More
Washington: War Department, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo, terra-cotta pebbled cloth, gilt with eagle and shield on the front board. Top edge gilt. 152pp. with index of advertisers. Illustrated. Various portraits of the officers of the Association and other related government officials of the time: Elihu Root, George D...... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, (1999). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp. 375, glossary; beautifully illustrated with photographic plates, some in color; black cloth lettered in white, pictorial endpapers, in a pictorial dust jacket;. A Sciffer Military History Book. The Kaiser's Army was considered the absolute gold standard in the late..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1906. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. viii, 620, index; frontispiece portrait;, an addional portrait and a folding map; original blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt;. Milner was the key British Empire figure in the events leading up to and following..... More