Search Results: History from Trench Books

Clifton, NJ: Augustus M. Kelley, 1974. Red Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Minimal shelfwear. clean and unmarked. Jackets show only light soiling, minor edgewear. Two volumes, a great resource. Covers the period "of modern industrialism, from the later decades of the eighteenth century to the present" (1974). "Living persons are excluded". Extra postage will be necessary outside the US.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1989. First Edition . Gray Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Light wear, minor soiling to foredge, unmarked. Jacket shows rubbing, light soiling. "The first full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political/industrial system". 496 pgs.

New York: Viking, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Good+/Fair. Inscription on flyleaf, moderate wear to covers. Jacket quite worn, complete. Illus with B&W photos.

New York: Harper Collins, 2006. First Edition . Black Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Minimal wear, light soiling to foredge, otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket shows soiling to back, dealer sticker on back. "U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day". B&W photos.

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab/Aero, 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Illustrated Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket-as Published. Clean and unmarked; glossy cover art of early bi-plane in a field. A detailed study of the early days of aviation. Many B&W photos.Indexed; 230 pgs.

New York: Bantam, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Inscription on half-title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket shows rubbing, light soiling. The story of Iwo Jima, and the famous flag raising.

Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1959. Paperback. Good+. Covers show rubbing, light soiling, pages a bit yellowed; sound copy. "Out of conflict and barren soil, a zealous band of pioneers have built a sturdy nation".

Netherlands: S.I. Publicaties, 2011. First Edition . Illustrated Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Superb copy, clean and unmarked. 150+ pages of B&W photos showing German rifles and the men who fired them. Includes photos from both World Wars.

New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1953. Second Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Light soiling to covers, text clean and unmarked. "Connecticut Origins of Modern Telephony (1878-1953).) Interesting and detailed history, written by the President of the Southern New England Telephone Co, (SNET). Includes a reproduction of the one page New Haven telephone directory, the first in the world. 28 pgs.

Lincoln NE: Univ of Nebraska, 1968. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Nick Eggenhoffer. Light shelf / reading wear, clean and unmarked. "It's history and drama, and it's role in the opening of the west".

Hamburg: Helmut Gerhard Schulz, 1964. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Die militarische Tracht in ihrer Entwicklung bis zur Gegenwart Mit 1600 Uniformdarstellungen." Light wear to boards, orig owners name on flyleaf, otherwise a nice clean and sound copy. Jacket shows edgewear, a bit of surface wear. Published in German, this volume is the history of military uniforms from the 1600s through the 1930s. Many drawings and charts.

Indianapolis: E.C. Seale Co, 1963. Reprint . Tan Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Minimal wear to clorners, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear, light soiling, complete. A first hand account of the American flyers who flew for France in the Great War. Originally published in 1937 as "The Great Adventure". Illus with many B&W photos.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1942. First Edition . Red Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Gerald Foster. Minor shelfwear, spine slightly faded, bookplate inside front cover, '59' written inside front cover, otherwise a sound and clean copy. "The Story of John Paul Jones".

Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico Press, 1973. Gray Cloth. Very Good+/Good. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket worn at edges, scuff marks to back, rubbing elsewhere. "The First Archaeologists". Several B&W photos.

New York: New American Library, 1967. First Printing . Yellow Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Clean and unmarked, nice copy. Jacket shows light wear/soiling. An examination of the ramifications of western influence upon eastern and third world countries. Prophetic.

New York: Valentine's Manual, 1928. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Bumps to spine ends, clean, unmarked copy. (Valentine's Manual number twelve). The author looks back sadly at the passing of the "gay nineties", but looks ahead to advances in society; "Perhaps I may yet enjoy cigarette smoking by women. Nothing can surprise me any more". Interesting illustrations.

New York: D. Appleton, 1932. First American Edition . Black Cloth. Good+/Good. Rubbing and some discoloration to boards, otherwise a nice sound copy, clean and unmarked.Jacket yellowed, worn at edges, quite soiled. A reinterpretation of the short life of Caesar. "Appleton Biographies". Uncommon in jacket.

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1928. First Edition . Gold Cloth. Good/No Jacket. James Daugherty. Covers somewhat worn and soiled, binding a bit loose, hinges intact. An amusing history, originally published 200 years ago. Edited by Anne Carroll Moore. Large volume, extra postage outside the US.

New York: Random House, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Minimal wear, inscription on half-title page. Nice copy. "The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division and the assault on Hitler's Europe". Illus with photos and drawings.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856. Navy Cloth. Good. Sound copy with a pronounced lean; covers worn, unmarked pages yellowed with foxing to some. Illus with B&W engravings.