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Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1962. First Edition So Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a First Edition hardcover book with 366 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page states 1962 First Printing with no other dates or printings shown. This is definitely Not a former library book. The dust jacket is about 99% intact with light chipping and crease marks along the edges and corners. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

West Point Military Series. Used - Very Good. Good shape with typical wear. Pages are unmarked and sharp. spiral_bound Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2003

Strategem. A beautiful clean crisp softcover copy in very good condition. . Very Good. Soft cover. 2000.

West Point Military Series, 2003-01-01. spiral_bound. Used: Good.

West Point Military Series, 2003-01-01. spiral_bound. Used:Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1876. First Edition. 1st Printing.. Hardcover. Good+. L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 1876. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1166 pages. Moderate general wear. Foxing on preliminary and ending pages. Size: L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Law/True Crime::Law Law/True Crime::Creating the Constitution 6220 6220

West Point Military Series, 2003-01-01. Spiral-bound. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Wash. D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1876. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1166 pages, original cloth, spine coming off, good reference / research copy. Dustin 13 "A very important document. Custer's testimony before the House Committee had much to do with Belknap's impeachment.".

Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1987. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 19x13x12. An exceptional set. 1987 Large Hardcover. Stamped silver covers with photographic insets. Complete in 28 volumes, this profusely illustrated set is an authoritative reference of the most violent conflict in the history of the United States. Images include color reproductions of period illustrations, black-and-white photographs taken during the war, modern color photographs of military memorabilia, and engravings that appeared in publications during the war (such as Harper's Weekly). Includes: Brother Against Brother: The War Begins; First Blood: Sumter & Bull Run; The Road to Shiloh: Early Battles in the West; Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run; Decoying the Yanks: Jackson's Valley Campaign; Forward to Richmond: McClellan's Peninsula Campaign; The Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam; Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville; Gettysburg: The… Read More

Letter of Colonel Bomford on Ordnance Duty to The Secretary of War Relative to the Number of Arms Required Annually to Supply the Militia of the West. House of Representatives: Washington, 1823. Printed Pamphlet totals 6 pages. Measures 5.75 x 8.75 inches. When the United States Army was reorganized in 1821, the Ordnance and Artillery Departments were merged with Colonel Comford promoted to full colonel and attached to the artillery. In 1823 the United States was fighting the Arikara Indians in the first plains Indian War and asserting control of the Western Hemisphere against further colonization by European powers. This text breaks down cost and quantity of artillery required by Bomford to support military efforts in the American west. Toning around edges does not affect text. Front page detached. Text is clean. Overall very good condition.

Wash - GPO: Government Printing Office. 3/4 tan leather and marbled paper hardback in good plus condition due to some hairline; mostly closed-splitting at the front cover outside hinge at the top a few inches vertical and the bottom about 4-5 inches vertical closed tear. Tightly hinged but outside joint starting on both ends. Other very light wear and minor rubs. Contains an original "Hamlin Library of Hebron Academy" colored yellow bookplate from about the same time period as when the book was published mounted to the front pastedown. Also has has an old ink pen inscription in period ink "Presented to Hebron Academy by Hon. H. Hamblin 1876" - probably not in Hamblin's hand-writing but a holograph by a librarian or the person who originally accepted the book for the library. Also laid in is an original holograph letter in William Belknap's obvious hand writng and signed and dated: " Wash. D.C. Oct. 22 1876 / Mr. James A. Edgerby[?] Great Falls N.H. / Dear Sir: I regret… Read More

Boston: B. Mecom, 1760. Good. Boston: [B. Mecom, 1760]. First Edition. Octavo; removed, later stitching; 46,[2]pp. ([A]-F4, collated complete). Substantial loss at bottom quarter of title page with loss of text including publisher's imprint; rather dark dampstaining to texblock, stitching rather frayed; Good copy only of this rare French and Indian War-era sermon. Imprint provided by OCLC no. 960092335. Preached in the midst of hostilities during the French and Indian War giving thanks to recent "decisive Victories and valuable Acquisitions [which] have not been purchased with a Song...They have been obtained at the Expence of much Blood and Treasure" (p. 17). Indeed, the final page of text lists the nineteen men of the parish "lost by the War" since 1755. "The four first were slain in the Morning-Action at Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755. All the Rest, I think, were lost by Sickness abroad, or Indisposition they brought home with them from the Camp; except the last, who was drowned, this Year, in Lake… Read More

(Rutland, Vermont), 1861. Hardcover. Near Fine. An original albumen print of the celebrated Union Army officer William Y.W. Ripley, together with a handsome first edition copy of his *History of Company F, First United States Sharp Shooters*. Ripley was wounded and later received the Medal of Honor for heroism as second in command of the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters at the Battle of Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862). Born in Middlebury, Vermont, Ripley first served as a Lieutenant in the Rutland Light Guards (1858). In May, 1861 he entered the Union Army for the Civil War as Captain and commander of the Rutland Light Guards, which was mustered in as Company K, 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In the fall of 1861 Ripley joined the 1st United States Sharpshooters as Lieutenant Colonel and second in command. He fought in several battles, including the Battle of Malvern Hill, where at a crucial juncture, he returned to the rear to gathered reserves which he led into battle. He fought until he was seriously… Read More

Munich: Vaad Hatzala, 1948. First edition (earlier variant printing). Hardcover. good- to vg+. Duodecimo. 4 1/2 x6 3/4". 84pp. Housed in a small dark blue cloth chemise, with marbled paper interior. Original printed tan paper wrappers. This a rare earlier variant printing with the front cover and interior front cover image printed in red (blue in the other version). Wrappers repaired and re-backed, spine reinforced with tan paper. There is a printing error on p.83, with the 8 missing from the number. This now scarce Passover haggadah was issued and compiled in Munich by the Vaad Hatzala organization. The American-Jewish organization was originally founded by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, in 1939, with its mission being the rescuing of European Jews from the Nazis. In the wake of the Holocaust, the organization found its new goal as providing provide material support for the remaining Jewish community of Europe that had survived the war. As stated in the initial… Read More