Bomber Command Sept 1939 - July 1941 [World War II]
London: Harrison & Sons Ltd., 1941. A wartime magazine detailing ship building and bomber command during the Second World War.
London: Harrison & Sons Ltd., 1941. A wartime magazine detailing ship building and bomber command during the Second World War.
Mounted on card stock measuring 8.5 by 11 inches; the black/white photo by Autrey of Hollywood measures 6.5 by 8 inches.The signature is with an inscription and the date of 9. 22. 60.On the reverse side in an unknown hand is written boldly in marker: We Played 'WOPS 'n ROBBERS'.....
New York: Doubleday, 2017. 19th Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Basis for the Martin Scorsese film that was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.Haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history in the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world.....
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1902. Photo-etched plates by John Andrew. Limited Edition #725 of 1000 the Centenary Edition. Half Leather. Le Rhin (lit. The Rhine) is an 1842 travel guide written by Victor Hugo. Similar to Mark Twain's writings about the Mississippi, it includes many stories about the Rhine.....
At its height in the 1920s, the Dollar Steamship Company was the largest and most successful United States shipping firm, and its signature white dollar sign mounted on red-banded stacks was known around the world.
Seattle: The Boeing Company, 1963. Second Edition. This booklet serves as a modest a chronicle efforts to understand and harness the earth's atmosphere, and, in more recent times, outer space, for the advancement of commerce and defense. While it's not feasible to catalogue every aircraft or product manufactured by Boeing.....
Ansel F. Hall Publisher, Yosemite Valley, Calif.:, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. The original text was issued in 1911 with some tipped-in photo illustrations. This new edition replaces the photographs with color reproductions of watercolor paintings by Gunnar Widforss. It is surprising that this seems to be the only book.....
New York: Fox, Duffield and Company, 1905. Illustrated by Florence Wyman. New and Larger Edition. A book with a story….. 28 young men have added their signatures under various ‘Rules’ which are written with a light humor covering Courtship and Etiquette. Signatures of 28 gentlemen – possibly suitors, or friends.....
London: William Kidd, 1830. Charming poem about the citizens of Brighton, England, illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.George Cruikshank (1792 –1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many.....
London: Charles Tilt, 1834. George Cruikshank (1792 –1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. (wiki).
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, [1949]. Book Club Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A brave little company of men and women are the government school teachers of Alaska, who in isolated posts teach Eskimo and Indian children their ABCs. Their jobs extend far beyond the hours in the classroom, for.....
Montpelier, Vermont, Vermont Life Magazine, 1970. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 13 tales, mysterious or just odd historical stories about Vermont . These aren't horror stories necessarily, although several are nicely creepy. They are more... odd. Unusual, for a state that's normally hard-headed and not too interested in the fantastic.
Charlestown, WV: Quarrier Press, 2002. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Originally published in 1887, this book remains the sole history of the First West Virginia Infantry. It details the regiment's actions across twenty-five chapters, including their pivotal role in the initial land conflict of the Civil War at Philippi. After.....
New York: Atheneum, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Provides the biography of this American military hero, from his earliest days as an orphan and his accomplishments at West Point through his successes during the Mexican-American War and campaigns as a general in the Civil War.Jackson fought.....
Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press, 1998. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This work is a tribute to the Author's strong belief in the overlooked contribution of loyal West Virginians during the Civil War, both on the civil and military fronts, in their unwavering support for the Union cause.The motivation behind this.....
Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Military Campaigns of the Civil War Series.
Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1992. Paintings of Mort Kunstler. Limited Edition of 5000. With a highly readable text, contemporary maps, and more than seventy accurate, dramatically composed paintings by Mort Künstler that record the key events, battles, and personalities of the War Between the States, Images of the Civil War.....
Birmingham: Southern Classics Library, 1982. Freeman's research of Lee was exhaustive. He evaluated and cataloged every item about Lee, and he reviewed records at West Point and the War Department and material in private collections.In narrating the general's Civil War years, he used what came to be known as the.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and.....
Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1995. Reprint. A well-crafted reprint of Harper's 1892 edition. [Howes, J-25].
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. The battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men; produced staggering, unequal casualties (13,000 Federal soldiers compared to 4,500 Confederates); ruined the career of Ambrose E. Burnside; embarrassed Abraham Lincoln; and distinguished Robert E. Lee as.....
PA: Stackpole Books,. 2002. The Valley Campaign conducted by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson has long fascinated those interested in the American Civil War as well as general students of military history, all of whom still question exactly what Jackson did in the Shenandoah in 1862 and how he.....
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Using accurate background information as well as anecdotal material, eyewitness accounts, and new primary sources, a historic narrative outlines the events surrounding the Civil War battles at Port Republic and Cross Keys.Subjects: Jackson.....
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Editors Randall Allen and Keith S. Bohannon expertly weave Allen’s letters with valuable commentary and annotations and include a useful index that identifies every person Allen discusses. Whether focused on the war or.....
Lynchbury, VA: H. E. Howard, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. n 1856, just six years prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, a transplanted Richmond lawyer by the name of George S. Patton organized a militia in the Kanawha Valley of western Virginia. Originally.....