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[005615] . Johnson County Honor Roll [Honor Roll Johnson County Iowa 1917 1918 1919 World War I. Iowa City, IA: Dreyer / The Economy Advertising Company, 1919. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. 156 p. Illus, index. Attractive embossed/debossed tinted pictorial cloth cover. 4to. Hundreds of cameo Photos, biographies, assignments. Veterans" town of residence at entry; Division; Date of Birth; Son of...; dates killed, rank, promotions, sailed. $119.50
[005744] [Carnegie Endowment For International Peace]. Official German Documents Relating to the World War. Volume II. New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 1923. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 675pp. German diplomatic actions and documents related to World War I. $59.50
[006148] BALFOUR, John. Ruhleben Poems. London: Esthonian Review Office, 1919. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Card Covers. Inscribed by the Author?. Very Good+ / No Jacket - Wraps. 44pp printed on one side only. Inscription on inside of cover - appears to be signed by author but is not signed. Clean. $74.50
[005196] Bell, Ernest W.. Soldiers Killed on the First Day of the Somme. Lancaster, UK: Ernest W. Bell, 1977. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good+ / No Jacket - Wraps. 212pp. Detailed list of the 18,000 plus British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Listed by unit and rank. Some loose pages but complete. Clean $72.50
[004911] Boraston, J. H.. Sir Douglas Haig's Dispatches, December 1915 - April 1919. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1919. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 378pp. Maps. VG/no jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Edited byJ.H. Boraston, Private Secretary to Earl Haig. With specially prepared maps, sketch plans & portraits. Folding maps in rear, Clean. $57.50
[002592] British General Staff. Handbook of German Military & Naval Aviation, 1918 (Reference Ser., No. 9). Nashville, TN, U.S.A.: Nashville, TN, U.S.A.: Battery Press, 1995, 1995. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket Issued. ISBN: 0898392365. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originally issued by the British Air Ministry in October of 1918, it is a detailed study of both German Army & Naval aviation services in the Great War. It presents all known information on the general organization & training of every type of air unit, types of units, ballon corps, policy, general tactics, detailed tactics by type of plane, types of communication equipment. The Naval Air Service is detailed in the same manner plus a section with technical details of aircraft with 3-view photos and 4-6 silhouettes of the aircraft at various angles, along with a full technical list of German aviation abbreviations. 1995 ltd ed reprint of 1918 ed, 7 x 10, 140 pp, illus. $44.50
[004140] Brook-Shepherd, Gordon. Slatin Pascha. Ein abenteuerliches Leben. Vienna: Vienna: Fritz Molden, 1973, 1973. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 3217003179. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 348pp/illus/maps. DJ has small tear. German text. $32.50
[004929] Bull, Stephen. World War One: German Army. United Kingdom: Brasseys Uk Ltd, 2000. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 1574882783. 144pp with 1500 illus. This book covers the German Army at war from 1914-1918. The author analyses the uniforms, equipment and weapons used by the German army on the Western Front. Clean $39.50
[005563] Cassar, George H.. Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914 to 1916. Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: Potomac Books Inc, 2004. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 1574887084. 362pp/illus/maps. Without the advantage of birth or social connections, Horatio Herbert Kitchener rose rapidly in the Army, from obscure subaltern to the most acclaimed soldier in Britain. In August 1914, in the hour of his country's greatest need, he dutifully responded to the call to serve as secretary for war. Clean $49.50
[003899] Cassels, Lavender. The Archduke and the Assassin: Sarajevo, June 28th 1914. New York: New York: Dorset Press, 1985, 1985. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0880292229. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp/illus/maps. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the throne of the Austrain Empire, led to the outbreak of war. $19.50
[002146] CHALMERS, Rear-Admiral W. S.. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF DAVID, EARL BEATTY - Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby. London: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951, 1951. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 488 pp with 2 maps, 11 diagrams, plus 21 plates with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Crayon portrait of David Beatty. Cloth cover, gilt signature on front cover, gilt title on spine. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Drawing much information from Beatty's letters and journals, this is a full biography of the life and naval career of one of the most charismatic and controversial naval commanders of the 20th century. $34.50
[004820] Churchill, Winston S.. The World Crisis (4 Vols). London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1927. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. Vol. I: 1911-1914 536pp; Vol. II: 1915 563pp; Vol. III-IV: 1916-1918 589pp. Original blue cloth, titles to spines gilt, and to upper boards in blind. Illustrated throughout with maps (two color) and charts (many folding). Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. Clean and overall crisp bright set in the original cloth. $395.00
[007209] Churchill, Winston S.. The World Crisis 1916-1918 Two Volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Volume 1 - 302 pages, maps, tables, appendices, fold-out table and two color map of Jutland. Volume 2 - 319 pages plus index, maps, fold-out color map, chart, graph, letters. Both volumes show minor rubbing and shel-wear. Tight and clean. $124.50
[006390] Churchill, Winstone S.. The World Crisis 1911-1918 (One Volume ed). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket. 866pp. Excellent, crisp. Original red cloth. No dj. More than 50 maps and charts (some folding). One volume edition of Churchill's World Crisis. Clean $195.00
[002484] Cole, Ralph D and Howells, WC. The Thirty-Seventh Division in the World War, 1917-1918 (2 volumes). Columbus, OH: 37th Division Veterans Assoc, 1926. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good(-) / No Jacket Issued. 1926, 1st edition, volume one, very good(-) condition, blue decorated cloth, 404 pages. 1929, 1st edition, volume two, very good(-) condition, blue decorated cloth, 725 pages. A most complete unit history of this World War I Division, with extensive details to their various combat engagements, profusely illustrated with photographs. Light staining to covers. Scarce set. $92.50
[006081] Connell, John. Wavell: Scholer and Soldier: To June 1941. London: Collins, 1964. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 572pp/illus/maps. The biography of a scholarly man who was also a great commander, soldiering with the Black Watch in India & during the South African War, with Allenby in Palestine & the first glorious victories in the Western Desert & East Africa. A brilliant staff officer who became an imaginative & innovatory commander. Some pencil marks. $39.50
[002832] Cooksley, Peter G.. VCs of the First World War: The Air VCs. Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom: Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom: Wrens Park Publishing, 1999, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0905778340. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 204pp, abbreviations, introduction, numerous b&w illus. (photographs, reproductions & drawings), sources, bibliography, index,. ** ~Of more than 600 Victoria Crosses awarded to British and Empire servicemen during the First World War, 19 were awarded to airmen of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Of these, four were posthumous awards and all but one of the total were to officers. Some of these valorous airmen were from humble backgrounds and with limited education, others were collegiate men from wealthy families, but in the words of one senior officer they all had in common "the guts of a lion". The aircraft they flew were as varied as their individual character and social background, ranging from the BE2 and Morane "L", to the SE5 and Nieuport Scout. $34.50
[007407] Daly, H. W.. Pack Transportation (War Department Manual). Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1917. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket - Issued. 248pp/illus. Original World War I manual on pack mules. Clean and Rare $195.00
[004541] Deak, Istvan. Beyond Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps 1848-1918. New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 019504505X. 273pp/illus/maps. This volume examines the role of the Habsburg Officer Corps in holding together the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian empire from the mid-19th century to its end in 1918. Clean $57.50
[006183] Dickson, Paul; Allen, Thomas. The Bonus Army : An American Epic. New York: Walker and Company, 2006. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0802714404. 370pp/illus. During the summer of 1932, in the depths of the Depression, some 45,000 World War I veterans descended on Washington, D.C., to demand immediate payment of a cash bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, and for two months they rallied peacefully for their cause - an action that would have a profound effect on American history.Despite their efforts, the bonus bill was defeated in the Senate after passage by the House. President Herbert Hoover, Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, and others-fearing the veterans were controlled by Communists and would turn violent - decided they had to be removed from their bivouac near the Capitol. On July 28, 1932, going beyond presidential orders, MacArthur drove the veterans out of the city with tanks, tear gas, and soldiers wielding bayonet-tipped rifles. Clean $19.50
[007281] Dixie, Lt. Commander A.E. Air Navigation for Flight Officers. Portsmouth, England: Gieves Publishing Company, 1917. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. 224pp/illus. plus ads. red boards with gilt stamping are scuffed and stained. World War I era training manual intended as an aid to Royal Naval Air Service fliers. Previous owner's name signed on title page. Text clean and tight. $49.50
[002009] Dobson, Christopher; Miller, John. The Day They Almost Bombed Moscow : The Allied War in Russia 1918-1920. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum Books, 1986, 1986. 1st American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0689117132. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1st American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pp. Photo illustrations. Maps in text and end-paper maps. Very Fine copy in Fine dust-jacket. The little known and much misunderstood war - the Allied intervention into the Russian Revolution. What began as a desperate attempt to maintain the Eastern Front against the Germans developed into a haphazard and chaotic offensive against the Bolsheviks. $27.50
[004366] Dos Passos, John. Mr. Wilson's War: From the Assassination of McKinley to the Defeat of the League of Nations. Garden City, New York: Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962, 1962. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good(-). Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good(-). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 517pp/illus w/end-paper maps. Study of Wilson and World War I. DJhas wear. $29.50
[006220] Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. A Genius for War: The German Army and General Staff, 1807-1945. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1977. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0133511146. 62 pages, 12 plates, many maps. A study of the creative General Staff system used by the Germans and how it led to successes in war over the period covered. DJ has a small tear and light chipping. Text clean. $47.50
[001959] Egerton, George W.. Great Britain and the Creation of the League of Nations : Strategy, Politics, and International Organization, 1914-1919. Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: University of North Carolina Press, 1978, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0807813206. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 173 pages. Examines the wartime debate in England on creation of the League of Nations. $22.50
[003452] Eisenhower, John S.D.; Eisenhower, Joanne Thompson. Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I. New York: The Free Press, 2001. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0684863049. 353pp, author's note, 70 b&w photos, 16 maps, epilogue, Appendix: Mobilization, notes, bibliography, index. The European Allies wished to plug the much-needed U.S. troops into their armies in order to fill the gaps in the line. But General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, the indomitable commander of the AEF, determined that its troops would fight together, as a whole, in a truly American Army. Only this force, he argued--not bolstered French or British units--could convince German that it was hopeless to carry on. Pershing's often-criticized decision led to the beginning of the end of World War I--and the beginning of the U.S. Army as it is known today. There United States started the war with 200, 000 troops, including the National Guard as well as regulars. They were men principally trained to fight Indians and Mexicans. Just nineteen months later the Army had mobilized, trained, and equipped 4, 000, 000 men and sent 2, 000, 000 of them to France. It was the greatest mobilization of military forces the New World had yet seen. Nice clean copy $27.50
[002839] Farwell, Byron. The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1986, 1986. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0393023699. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 382pp, 33 b&w photos, 4 maps (West Africa, The Cameroons, Southern Africa & East Africa), epilogue, select bibliography, index, ** A true account of the British vs. the Germans commanded by Lt.-Col. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. A mixed force of German and mostly native troops, never numbering more than 11,000, kept upwards of 250,000 British and colonial troops busy chasing him round East Africa. $39.50
[002400] Farwell, Byron. The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1987, 1987. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0393023699. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 382pp, 33 b&w photos, 4 maps (West Africa, The Cameroons, Southern Africa & East Africa), epilogue, select bibliography, index, ** A true account of the British vs. the Germans commanded by Lt.-Col. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. A mixed force of German and mostly native troops, never numbering more than 11,000, kept upwards of 250,000 British and colonial troops busy chasing him round East Africa. $45.00
[005081] Farwell, Byron. The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918. Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Near Fine / No Jacket - Wraps. ISBN: 0393305643. 382pp, foreword, 33 b&w photos, 4 maps, epilogue, bibliography, index, ** A true account of the German East African Campaign, where a mixed force of German and mostly native troops, never numbering more than 11,000, kept upwards of 250,000 British and colonial troops busy chasing him round East Africa. Clean $19.50
[001264] Franks, Norman. Albatros Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces # 32). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, Limited, 2000, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good++ / No Jacket - Wraps. ISBN: 1855329603. Soft Cover. Very Good++/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has 96 heavily illustrated pages. The Albatros family of fighters were amongst the most effective aircraft employed by the German Air Service for much of World War 1, with the D III and D V/Va being flown by most of the 350+ pilots who qualified as aces at some point in their often brief careers. $16.50
[004413] Franks, Norman. Who Downed The Aces on WW1?. New York: New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0760707782. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 218pp/illus. Facts, figures and photos on the fate of over 300 top pilots flying over the Western Front. Arranged in chronological order and covers both sides of the fighting - RFC, RNAS, RAF, USAS, French and German Air Services mainly over France 1916-1918 $29.50
[004721] Franks, Norman L.R.; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and ru. United Kingdom: Grub Street the Basement, 1997. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 1898697566. 217pp/illus. A complete record of the British two-seater bomber pilot and observer aces, the British two-seater fighter observer aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian fighter aces 1914-1918. Clean $47.50
[003378] Gentilli, Roberto; Varriale, Paolo; Iozzi, Antonio. Italian Aces of World War I and Their Aircraft. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2003. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+ / Near Fine. ISBN: 0764316648. 495pp/illus/end-paper maps. Detailed history of the Italian AF and biographies of the Italian aces. $72.00
[004282] Gilbert, Martin. Winston S. Churchill Vol. III : Challenge of War, 1914-1916. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0395131537. This volume of the Official Biography covers the period from the start of WW1 through Churchill's fall from office following the Dardanelles and on through 1916 when he returned from service on the front. 988 pages, maps and photos, index. DJ spine sunned. $86.50
[003009] Gilbert, Martin. Winston S. Churchill Vol. IV : The Stricken World, 1916-1922. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good(-) / Very Good(-). ISBN: 0395131537. This volume of the Official Biography covers the period when David Lloyd George was in office, the First World War ended, and Churchill was again moving up the ladder. 967 pages, maps and photos, index. Has notations inside front cover and light underlinining on approx 10 pages. DJ has small tear at top of spine. $142.00
[003010] Gilbert, Martin. Winston S. Churchill Vol. III : Challenge of War, 1914-1916. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0395131537. This volume of the Official Biography covers the period from the start of WW1 through Churchill's fall from office following the Dardanelles and on through 1916 when he returned from service on the front. 988 pages, maps and photos, index. $87.50
[002831] Gliddon, Gerald. VCs of the First World War : The Somme. Stroud, United Kingdom: Stroud, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing, Limited, 2000, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 1840150076. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212pp, preface, introduction, over 250 b&w illus. (photographs, maps, reproductions & drawings), sources, bibliography, Appendix: Additional Sources, ~The Battle of the Somme lasted from 1 July to 18 November and is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles of the First World War. One the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed -- the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll in the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to more than one million. This book tells the story of the fifty-one soldiers from the Commonwealth and Empire armies whose bravery on the battlefield was rewarded by the Victoria Cross. Not only do we learn of the heroic endeavours of these men at the height of battle, but we also read of their lives before 1914, ranging from the back streets of Glasgow to a country house in Cheshire, and of what life was like after the war for the thirty-three who survived. "VCs of the Somme" is fully illustrated and the accounts are arranged chronologically, so offering a new perspective on the course of the battle. $34.50
[004076] Goldhurst, Richard. The Midnight War: The American Intervention in Russia, 1918-1920. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0070236631. 288pp/illus. Two months before WW I ended, President Wilson sent 5000 soldiers to north Russian port of Archangel on White sea; these boys continued to fight long after the boys in France came home. Here is the fascinating political behind the scenes story of this war. Clean $27.50
[001712] Gray, Edwyn A.. The Killing Time: The U-Boat War 1914-18. New York: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972, 1972. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Book Club Ed. Very Good / Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Ed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 241 pages/photos. History of WWI German submarine warfare. $14.50
[005687] Gray, Peter M.D.; Thetford, Owen Gordon. German Aircraft of the First World War. New York: Doubleday, 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0370001036. 600pp/illus w/line charts. Detailed study of German WWI aircraft. Clean $89.50
[007312] Gregory, Barry. Argonne: The AEF in France (Ballantine's Battle Book No 28). Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1972. 1st Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Trade Paperback. Near Fine / No Jacket - Wraps. ISBN: 0345029976. 160pp/illus. "The devastated Forest of Argonne had seen constant fighting throughout the First World War, yet neither French nor Germans had dared risk in it the heavy losses of a major offensive. But late in 1918, the young American army set forth to seize the forest outright, and emerged from the ordeal battered, bloodied - and mature." Clean $22.50
[001294] Gretton, Vice Admiral Sir Peter. Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy. New York: New York: Coward, McCann, 1969, 1969. 1st American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 338 pages with several photos. Impact of Churchill on the Royal Navy as First Lord of the Admiralty 1911-15 and again 1939-40. Small gift inscription inside front cover. $24.50
[005486] Groom, Winston. A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918 Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2002. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0871138425. 276pp, introduction, Author's Note on Unit Sizes and Designations, 66 b&w photos & illus., 5 maps, bibliographic notes, source notes, index, maps as rear endpapers, ~The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded place in all of World War I. It was said that you could smell the battlefield miles before you reached it -- a fetid odor of death. It was where the poppies grew in Flanders Fields while a million men lived like animals in slimy underground trenches and from 1914 to 1918 slaughtered one another with such consistency that even on "quiet days" casualties ran into the thousands. "A Storm in Flanders" is prize-winning historian Winston Groom's compelling history of the four-year battle for Ypres. Clean $39.50
[001769] Harries, Meirion; Harries, Susie. The Last Days of Innocence : American at War, 1917-1918. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1997, 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0679418636. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book contains 575 pages with a center section of black and white photographs. Tiny bit of wear along edge of dj. The story of the Great War (World War I). $24.50
[004127] Harrison, Captain Carter H.. With the American Red Cross in France 1918-1919. Chicago, IL: Ralph Fletcher Seymour Publisher, 1947. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good(-). 341pp/illus/color frontis. A personal account of France during WWI. DJ has wear. Clean $37.50
[006403] Herrmann, David G.. The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Univ Pr, 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Near Fine / No Jacket - Wraps. ISBN: 0691015953. 307pp/illus. The most complete study to date of how landbased military power influenced international affairs during the series of diplomatic crises that led up to the First World War. Instead of emphasizing the naval arms race, which has been extensively studied before, Herrmann draws on documentary research in military and state archives in Germany, France, Austria, England, and Italy to show the previously unexplored effects of changes in the strength of the European armies during this period. Herrmann's work provides not only a contribution to debates about the causes of the war but also an account of how the European armies adopted the new weaponry of the twentieth century in the decade before 1914, Clean $24.50
[006644] Herwig, Holger H.. Politics of Frustration : The United States in German Naval Planning, 1889-1941. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0316358908. Book has 323 pages. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. In 1889, ships from two ebullient newcomers to the world's colonial scene encountered each other in Samoa. That meeting signaled teh beginning of Imperial German's astonishing state and naval policies toward the United states - a volatile relationship shaken from the first by misunderstanding, later poined by jealousy, and twice culminating in total war. Light shelfwear to dj. Text clean. $27.50
[004588] Hickey, Des and Smith, Gus. Seven Days to Disaster: The Sinking of the Lusitania. New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam, 1981. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0399126996. 336pp. b/w plates/maps. The sinking of the luxury liner Lusitania after she was torpedoed by a U-Boat in 1915 & the death of 1200 of her passengers, roused the Allies to fury, eventually bringing the United States into the First World War. Clean $37.50
[002171] Hiery, Hermann J.. The Neglected War : The German South Pacific and the Influence of World War I. Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.: Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1995, 1995. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0824816684. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 387pp(Index) 35 Photos/Illus/11 Data Tabl. Clean, tight & bright. How the policies pursued by the occupying forces of Australia, New Zealand & Japan affected life in Western Samoa, New Guinea & the Micronesian Islands. $32.50
[001629] Higgins, Trumbell. Winston Churchill and the Dardanelles: A Dialogue in Ends and Means . New York: MacMillan, 1963. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good(-) / Very Good(-). 308 pages/photos, end-paper maps. full-length study of the disastrous British-led World War I campaign against the Turks at the Dardanelles in 1915. Primarily utilizing troops from Australia and New Zealand, the amphibious assault was conceived and championed by Winston Churchill, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty; however after months of bitter and inconclusive fighting with many casualties, the allied forces ignominiously withdrew from the peninsula. Citing a rich variety of well-placed first-hand sources, DJ has light chipping. Book has pencil underlining throughout. $19.50
[005735] Hogg, Ian V.. German Pistols and Revolvers, 1871-1945. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Galahad Books, 1975. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good (+). ISBN: 0883652994. 160pp/illus. A comprehensive encyclopedia. The German pistols and revolvers manufactured during the period from the unification of the German states in 1871 to the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945. Clean $37.50
[002077] Horn, Daniel. The German Naval Mutinies of World War I. New Brunswick, NJ: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, 1969, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good(-). ISBN: 0813505984. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good(-). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 346pp, index, 11-page bibliography, 66pp of reference notes. The first full and detailed account of the mutinies by German sailors in Imperial Germany's High Seas Fleet in August 1917m and again in Oct & Nov of 1918, the last one which paralysed the fleet. Light wear/chipping to dj. $37.50
[004717] Huidekoper, Frederic Louis. The Military Unpreparedness of the United States: A History of American Land Forces From Colonial Times Until June 1, 1915. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. 735pp/maps. Topics covered include the colonial period, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. Minor edge wear. $87.50
[006128] Jastrow, Morris, Jr.. The War and the Bagdad Railway. The Story of Asia Minor and Its Relation to the Present Conflict. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1918. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Ex-Library. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 160pp/Frontispiece, 7 plates and 1 folding map. Blue cloth. The building by Germany of this link in its railway across the Turkish heartland to Baghdad was seen as a great threat to English security in India. Usual markings. $57.50
[006657] Johnson, J.H.. Stalemate: The Great Trench Warfare Battles, 1915-1917. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arms & Armour, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 185409257X. 224pp/illus/maps. Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai - six attempts to break through the German line, six of the most famous, catastrophic offensives of the First World War. Clean $29.50
[001790] Jukes, Geoffrey. Carpathian Disaster: Death of an Army. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1971, 1971. 1st Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket - Wraps. ISBN: 0345023846. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket - Wraps. 1st Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160 pages/photos & maps. Battle Book #26. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. $14.50
[007254] Karolevitz, Robert F.; Fenn, Ross S.. Flight of Eagles: The Story of the American Kosciuszko Squadron in the Polish-Russian War 1919-1920. Sioux Falls, SD: Brevet Press, 1974. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0884980227. 281 pages/illus. The dramatic and graphic exploits of the Polish American Fighter Pilots of the Polish Kosciuszko Squadron during the Polish-Russian War of 1919-1920. Profusely illustrated with photographs, and a selected bibliography. Previous owner name on ffep. DJ price-clipped. Text clean $49.50
[002561] Kennett, Lee B.. The First Air War, 1914-1918. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1990, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0029173019. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has pages. Front endpaper has been torn out. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. Historian Lee Kennett tells the complete story of the Great War's air battles, from eastern to western front, from the skies and seas of Europe to those of the Middle East and Africa. $17.50
[003726] Kihntopf, Michael P.. Handcuffed to a Corpse: German Intervention in the Balkans and on the Galician Front, 1914-1917. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: White Mane Publishing Company, 2002. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 1572492422. 146pp/maps/illus. The history of Germany's WWI operations in the Balkans and Galicia. Clean $22.50
[001489] Kraft, Barbara S.. The Peace Ship: Henry Ford's Pacificst Adventure in the First World War. New York: New York: Macmillan Company, 1978, 1978. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++ / Very Good. ISBN: 0025665707. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++/Very Good. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book contains 367 pages with a few illustrations. Book very, very clean and binding tight. DJ has a 2" tear on top rear edge and a 1.5" tear along front top edge. Henry Ford and his company of peace pilgrims set sail from NJ in an ill-fated effort to stop World War I and have the boys "out of the trenches by Christmas" 1915. $22.50
[005387] Lawrence, T.E.. Revolt in the Desert. New York: George H. Doran, 1927. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 335pp/illus and map. 1st Printing. Lawrence of Arabia tells his story, the most romantic epic of our time. All illustrations are present and in excellent condition, as is the fold-out map attached to RFEP. The frontispiece portrait of Lawrence is by Augustus John. Seven of the fifteen portraits in the book are by Eric Kennington and were commissioned directly by Lawrence. Brown cloth binding, spine ends/corners lightly bumped/rubbed. Light foxing. $145.00
[002948] LeFebure, Victor. The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War. New York: New York: E. P. Dutton, 1923, 1923. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 282pp. With a Preface by Marshal Foch and an Introduction by Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, a dire warning that the chemical factories along the Rhine present an ominous weapon for a future rearmed Germany, making disarmament more important. $26.50
[003331] Lichnowsky, Prince. Heading For the Abyss. New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 1111317518. 471pp illus. , footnotes, index, some foxing to fore-edge, spine lettering faded The author was German ambassador to Great Britain before World War I; he argues that it was mainly the system of groups and alliances inaugurated by Bismarck that led to the outbreak of war, and that the GreatPowers were thereby drawn into conflicts which were quite alien to their real interests. Among his dispatches from London are several dealing with the Balkans. $34.50
[002204] Lodge, Henry Cabot. The Senate And The League Of Nations. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 424 pages. The senate debate on the League of Nations following WWI. Spine faded. $26.50
[005433] Loening, Grover C.. Military Aeroplanes Simplified -- Enlarged. An Explanatory Consideration of their Characteristics, Performances, Construction, Maintenance and Operation. Specially Arranged for the Use of Aviators and Students. Boston, MA: W. S. Best Printing Company, 1918. 3rd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket Issued. original green cloth, spine and front cover giltlettered. [v], 202 pp. Seven folding plates and diagrams, and many plates, text illustrations and diagrams. Fresh and fine copy. Third Edition, extensively updated and improved from earlier editions, with additional illustrations. Originally compiled as a textbook for the United States Army Aviation School in San Diego, this is presentation of every possible aspect of the design and operation of military airplanes as they had developed thorugh the course of World War I. Light shelf wear. $195.00
[005190] Longstreet, Stephen. The Canvas Falcons. New York: World Publishing Co, 1970. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 1566196698. 365pp., b/w pls., appendix, bibliog., Story of the Men & Planes of WWI. Short biographies of the Air Aces of Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy and America Light wear to dj. Clean $24.50
[006002] Ludendorff, General Erich. (LUDENDORFF) General Ludendorff's Krigserindringer 1914-1918.. Copenhagen, Denmark: H. Aschehoug & Co, 1919. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good+ / No Jacket - Wraps. Printing 2-5,000. 535pp/maps. General; Ludendorff's war memoirs. Danish text. Small tear at bottom of spine. Tight and clean. $44.50
[001027] MacGregor, James; O'Hagan, Michael. MacGregor V. C. : Goodbye Dad: Biography of the Man Who Won More Prestigious Awards for Valour Than Any Other Canadian Soldier (Autographed). Victoria, BC, Canada: Victoria Publishing Company, 2002. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Signed by Author. As New / No Jacket Issued. ISBN: 0969869983. 260 pages with several photos. Biography of Captain John MacGregor Canada's most-decorated soldier in Worlr War I. Clean $27.50
[005326] Mackey, Frank J.; Marcus Wilson Jernegan. Forward-March!. Chicago, IL: Disabled American Veterans of the World War, 1934. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. Blue boards and silver lettering.and Distinguished Service Cross. Hinges tight Light foxing , light wear. 239 pages (vol. 1) and 257 pages (vol. 2). Numerous illus. A photographic record of America in the World War I. Clean $175.00
[005019] Marder Arthur J. From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. the Royal Navy in the Fisher Era 1904-1919. Volume 1-The Road to War, 1904-1914. London: Oxford University Press, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0192151223. 459 pp plus 15 illustrations on 8 plates and with a double page map in the text. Previous owner bookplate on ffep. 42s price present on dj. Clean with light edgewear to dj. $135.00
[002584] Marshall, George C.. Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0395207258. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has 268 pages with some illustrations. DJ has some light wear at the edges with a small chip to top front edge. This is George Marshall's own long-undiscovered account of what he saw and did and thought during those months of the war. He wrote it in the early 1920's - that age of hope and innocence when no one envisioned a second World War twenty years later - but put the manuscript aside and it has not been published until 1976. $24.50
[006537] Mason, Herbert Malloy. The Lafayette Escadrille. New York: Random House, 1964. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. 340p, plates. History of the American members of the French Foreign Legion who served in the French Air Service in WWI. Clean $57.50
[006338] Massie, Robert K.. Castles Of Steel: Britain, Germany, And The Winning Of The Great War At Sea. Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2003. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0679456716. 884pp/maps. In August 1914 the two greatest navies in the world confronted each other across the North Sea. This is a book about leadership and command, bravery and timidity, genius and folly. Lighr edgewear to dj. Clean $49.50
[004275] Massie, Robert K.. Castles Of Steel: Britain, Germany, And The Winning Of The Great War At Sea. New York: Random House Inc, 2003. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0679456716. 865 pages, maps, notes, bibliog, index. In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper-historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War. The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. $34.50
[002305] Maurer Maurer. The U. S. Air Service in World War I. Vol. I: the Final Report and a Tactical History; Vol. II: Early Concepts of Military Aviation; Vol. III: the Battle of St. Mihiel; Vol. IV: Postwar Review. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. 1978/1979 4 volumes;448pp/460pp/794pp/617pp illus/maps/charts. Detailed record of the U.S. Air Service during WWI. Presentation certificate inside front cover of Vol 1. $139.00
[002544] Maurer Maurer. The U.S. Air Service in World War I : Volume III : The Battle of St. Mihiel. Washington: Washington: The Office Of Air Force History, 1979, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has 794 pages with illustrations. Documents on the Battle of St. Mihiel: Plans and Preparations, 12 September 1918 - 16 September 1918. Appendices: Order of Battle - First Army, Order of Battle - Air Service - First Army, Independent Force - RAF. $27.50
[003277] Mead, Gary. The Doughboys: America and the First World War. Woodstock: Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2000, 2000. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 1585670618. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 494pp/illus/maps. Detailed Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Records the events of the war exclusively from the perspective of the United States, highlighting the crucial part played by the troops of the AEF and exposing the prickly, often turbulent relationship between the American and Allied forces. Establishes the central role played by the Americans in the defeat of the Central Powers inNovember 1918. $32.50
[007360] Menning, Bruce W.. Bayonets Before Bullets: The Imperial Russian Army, 1861-1914. Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1999. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0253337453. 334pp/illus/maps. The first organisational & operational account of the Imperial Russian Army from the reforms of 1860 to the eve of the Great War. Menning studies the development of army organisation, doctrine & strategy after the Crimean War and how it armed & acquitted itself in its wars with Turkey in 1877-78 and Japan in 1904-05. Light rubbing to dj. Text clean. $74.50
[006953] Middlebrook, Martin. The First Day on the Somme. New York: Norton, 1972. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0850529433. 381pp/illus/maps. Beige cloth covered boards with red blocking to spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. 1 July 1916 was the first day of the Battle of the Somme and on that day the British suffered nearly 60, 000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. The casualties exceeded not only the entire infantry strength of the present British Army, but the combined battle casualties of the Crimean, the Boer and the Korean Wars. Light chipping to dj. $47.50
[003570] Middlebrook, Martin. The First Day on the Somme. New York: Norton, 1972. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0850529433. 381pp/illus/maps. Beige cloth covered boards with red blocking to spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. 1 July 1916 was the first day of the Battle of the Somme and on that day the British suffered nearly 60, 000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. The casualties exceeded not only the entire infantry strength of the present British Army, but the combined battle casualties of the Crimean, the Boer and the Korean Wars. Light chipping to dj. $45.50
[006264] Moorehead, Alan. Gallipoli. Mount Plesant, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, 1989. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0933852282. 384pp/illus/maps. Classic account of the military operations in the Dardanelles in 1915, during the First World War, in which the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), played a major part. Gift inscription on ffep. Clean $47.50
[005104] Morris, A. J. A.. Scaremongers: The Advocacy of War and Rearmament, 1896-1914. London: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1984. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0710201621. 462pp. Complete with a comprehensive bibliography. Germany-Foreign Relations-Britain-Press and Propaganda. Clean $34.50
[007174] Moyer, Laurence. Victory Must Be Ours: Germany in the Great War, 1914-1918. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hippocrene Books, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0781803705. 399pp/illus. Chronicles Germany in World War I From the viewpoint of soliders who fought the battles and civilians who endured the ever-increasing trauma of escalating casualties, widespread shortages, and declining condition of living. It relates how Germany attempted to cope with a massive blockade, the scope of which had not been seen since the days of Napoleon, this forcing German authorities to adopt a series of sometimes innovative, sometimes brutal measures, all of which rested on the underlying premise that victory, a clear-cut victory, could be the only acceptable option. Wear and chipping to dj. Text clean. $29.50
[006078] N/A. Waldorf Astoria Uniformen der alten Armee. Munich, GE: Waldorf Astoria, First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Card Covers. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 312 color cigarette cards showing Imperial German uniforms. Covers: Fahnen und Standarte der alten Armee, Generalität, Stäbe, Verwaltung, Gardekorps Berlin - Potsdam; Armeekorps Ostpreußen; Pommern, Posen; Brandenburg; Provinz Sachsen; Posen, Niederschlesien; Schlesien; Westfalen, Niederrhein; Rheinprovinz; Schleswig Holstein, Hansestädte, Mecklenburg; Schwerin und Strelitz; Hannover, Braunschweig, Oldenburg, Ostfriesland; Hessen - Kassel, Thüringen; Sachsen; Württemberg; Baden; Elsass Lothringen; Westpreußen; Main - Rhein - Gebiet, Hessen - Darmstadt; Ost und Westpreußen; Elsass Lothringen, Saar; Bayrisches Armeekorps. All color uniform cards present and in excellent condition. Covers are lightly worn. $94.50
[005197] N/A. Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919. Part I Old and New Armies. Part II Territorial Force. London: Samson Books, 1979. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. Near Fine / No Jacket - Wraps. 262pp. Facsimile of roll originally published in 1919. Part one is arranged alphabetically and Part II is arranged by ranks. Clean $44.50
[007283] Nordhoff, Charles. Falcons Of France: A Tale Of Youth And The Air. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co., 1940. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0891902325. 332pp. A novel about the Lafayette Flying Corps by two of its noted members. Clean $67.50
[004769] Norman, Terry. The Hell They Called High Wood: The Somme 1916. United Kingdom: Leo Cooper, 2003. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0850529867. 256pp, 33 b&w photos, 13 maps, bibliography, index, "The Somme is acknowledged as one of the bloodiest battles of the 20th century. What began as attrition, ended in mutual destruction and is now chiefly remembered for its tragic loss of life. Bitterly contested and dominating the Bazentin Ridge, High Wood was a focal point of the battle area. Held by the Germans, High Wood was fiercely defended against infantry, cavalry and tanks -- the latter deployed in battle for the first time. The wood finally fell to the British in September, but the successful divisional commander was dismissed for "lack of push" and "wanton waste of men". Clean $37.50
[003509] Palmer, Frederick. Newton D. Baker: America at War (in Two Volumes). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 421 & 451, 2 vols., illus., references, Newton D. Baker was Secretary of War during World War I. The book contains much material on the draft and conscription. There is also much material on the Spanish-American War $62.50
[005778] Patton, George S.. The Patton Papers, 1885-1940. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0395127068. 996pp/illus. Stated 1st printing. Mr. Blumenson has woven them into a stirring narrative which speaks with unparalleled clarity and force. Here, then, for the first time, is the opportunity to see Patton in all his aspects, as legend, soldier, and man. This book carries Patton's story to 1940. It shows the formation of the soldier and how'ie prepared himself for the unique leadership he exercised in World War II. Here is the youthful Patton, conscious of his heritage as a member of a military family and totally absorbed in the fulfillment of his destiny. One sees too the nature of Army life in those days, by turns exciting and monotonous, as the young Patton was shunted from one military post to another, during what he considered onerous years of peace. With his service under General Pershing in the Punitive Expedition in Mexico, and later in the tumultuous years of World War I, Patton finally found opportunities for military life as he wished it to be. Mr. Blumenson shows how Patton met the challenges of the Mexican campaign and how, during the World War, he switched from cavalry to tanks, organized and led the Tank Corps, and began to build for himself what was to become the Patton legend. In the two decades after the war, the Army passed through lean years, as appropriations .were cut to a minimum. Patton returned to the cavalry - but not to obscurity, for as Mr. Blumenson shows, he was often at the center of an ongoing controversy between supporters of a mechanized army and defenders of traditional cavalry units. Patton's positions in this debate, always forceful but often full of reservations, appear here in startling relief, and they amply suggest the complexities of the later hero of World War II. Clean $47.50
[001754] Pershing, John J.. My Experiences in the World War (2 Volume set). New York: New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1931, 1931. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good(-) / No Jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good(-)/No Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 400p and 436p with 69 photos and numerous maps. Memoirs of Gneral Pershing. Light water damage at bottom corner near spine (does not affect text). $64.50
[004364] Persico, Joseph E.; Powell, Colin L.. Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax (11th Month 11th Day 11th Hour). New York: New York: Random House Inc, 2004, 2004. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. As New / As New. ISBN: 0375508252. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 456pp/illus/maps. Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and its violent climax. "The days preceding November 11, 1918, featured a deadly minuet involving exhausted armies conditioned to fight, yet desperate to avoid still more futile bloodshed. Joe Persico re-creates this twilight struggle with heartbreaking intimacy. Clean $24.50
[006031] Philadelphia War History Committee. Philadelphia in the World War 1914-1919. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co, 1922. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket. 785pp/illus. blue with a tan spine with title text gilted in gold on the cover and a government seal on the cover as well. This is a comprehensive history of Philadelphia's role in the World War One. It includes hundreds of pages of genealogical information. There are hundreds of beautiful b/w photos that cover the pages and make the reading enjoyable. Clean $97.50
[006667] Previtera, Stephen Thomas. Prussian Blue - A History of the Order Pour Le Merite. Richmond, VA: Winidore Publications, 2005. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. New / No Jacket Issued. ISBN: 0967307023. 400 pages - Over 1,000 original large-format color photographs created especially for this master reference. Prussian Blue rewrites the reference - history book. Nowhere will you find such a comprehensive visual history of the Order Pour le Mérite. State-of-the-art photography captures the original awards of kings and kaisers, tsars and generals, princes and statesmen, in all their glory. New $192.50
[006127] Prior, Robin; Wilson, Trevor. The Somme. New Haven: Yale Univ Pr, 2005. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0300106947. 352pp/16 illustrations The definitive account of the Battle of the Somme, and who was responsible for its catastrophic outcome. Clean $49.50
[002905] Rawls, Walton. Wake up, America! : World War I and the American Poster. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 2001. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0896598888. 288pp A detailed and superbly illustrated study of the poster campaign with which the American people were persuaded by the Wilson government to accept involvement in the first world war. Whatever the moral status of the campaign, the posters were artistically superb creations by the likes of Charles Dana Gibson, N. C. Wyeth, Jessie Wilcox Smith and many others, and this book is the first to acknowledge and discuss in detail their artistic merit. Fully illustrated in colour $99.50
[004943] Ritter, Gerhard A.; Norden, Heinz (translator). Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany: Volume 4:The Reign of German Militarism and the Disaster of 1918. Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.: Univ of Miami Pr, 1973. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0870242350. 496pp. This final volume of Gerhard Ritter's great work on the problem of militarism in Germany studies the period from the fall of Bethmann Hollweg in July 1917 to the collapse of the German state in November 1918. Small chips on dj. Clean $47.50
[000230] Ruhl, Moritz. The Russian Army Ca 1888 (Uniforms Illustrations By Moritz Ruhl). ill. Ruhl, Moritz. Weatherford, TX: Uniformology, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. As New / No Jacket. 18 color plates showing the Green Field uniforms and insignia at the beginning of WWI. $24.50
[005056] Rutherford, Ward. The Russian Army in World War I. London: Gordon Cremonesi, 1975. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0860330028. 303pp, 16 plates, maps. History of the Russian Army in World War I. DJ chipped. Clean $37.50
[001262] Seymour, Charles. The Intimate Papers of Colonel House - Volume I (Arranged as a Narrative). Boston and New York: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1926, 1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book has 471 pages with a few illustrations. "Letters from Wilson to House." A tear on the tissue covering the frontis photograph. Book store stamp inside front cover. Light wear to edge of cover. Vol 1 only. $22.50
[004787] Snelling, Stephen. Passchendaele, 1917: VCs of the First World War. Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom: Wrens Park Publishing, 2001. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 090577860X. 280pp, introduction, numerous b&w photos & illus., afterword, sources, index. During the three and a half month struggle, which claimed the lives of more than 60,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen, 61 men were adjudged to have performed deeds worthy of the Empire's highest military award for valour -- the Victoria Cross. Men from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa were among their number, alongside men from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They came from all walks of life, counting humble privates and, for the first time, a general among their ranks. They won their awards, often in conditions that beggar belief, as a campaign of grand strategic ambition became bogged down in the Flanders mud. Of those 61 VCs, 15 were posthumous awards. Clean. $39.50
[007159] Snelling, Stephen. Gallipoli (VCs of the First World War). UK: Sutton Publishing, 1999. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0905778332. 264pp/illus. This book tells the stories of the thirty-nine men from the Commonwealth and Empire armies whose bravery on the battlefield was rewarded by the Victoria Cross - the highest military honour - among them the war's first Australian VC, first New Zealand VC and first Royal Marine VC. Although the total is far smaller than the number awarded on the Western Front, it represents the highest number of VCs won in any other theatre of war. Thirteen went to the 'incomparable 29th' who carried out the main landing on 25 April. Six were awarded to a single battalion: 'the six VCs before breakfast' won by the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Not only do we learn of the heroic endeavours of those men at the height of battle, but we also read of their lives before the war, and the impact the awards had on their subsequent careers. Clean $47.50
[003451] Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. August 1914. London: Bodley Head, 1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good(-). ISBN: 0370014650. 645pp w/ fold-out color Tannenburg map in rear. First UK edition - third impression. "This is the work which Solzhenitsyn has described as having long been "the chief artistic design of my life." AUGUST 1914 is the first of a series of interlinked novels whose grand theme is the growing pains of modern Russia. Its first publication is a literary event of world-wide importance. In August 1914 the Russian army, ill-equipped though greatly superior in numbers, in response to the call of the Allies in the West advanced too rapidly into East Prussia and was destroyed by the Germans at Tannenberg. In sixty-odd chapters, most of them covering the eleven fatal days of the campaign, Solzhenitsyn introduces us to a large cast of characters from all walks of life.DJ chipped. Previous owner's bookplate ffep. $34.50
[002402] Spears, Edward. Liaison 1914. London, England: William Heinemann, 1931. First Edition, Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0304356824. Xxix, 597pp. , index, 5 fold-out maps at back (loose) and others throughout book, b/w photographs. , thick 8vo, red cloth with gilt titles. As British Liason Officer with the French Fifth Army, Spears was an eye-witness to the most important phase of the War, from the Retreat from Mons to the Victory on the Marne. Spine slightly faded Text Clean $92.50
[006411] Stallings, Laurence. The Doughboys: The Story of the AEF, 1917-1918. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good+. 404 pages including Appendix material and Index plus 32 pages of photographic illustraations and 17 plates (maps) including 2 foldouts. Endpapers illustrated in color "Distinctive Insignia, American Expeditionary Forces" complete front and back endpapers, each different with additional foldout. This is the story of the Doughboys of the American Expeditionary Force who went to France in 1917-1918 to "Make the world safe for democracy." Clean $47.50
[006504] Stone, Norman. The Eastern Front, 1914-1917. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1975. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good (+). ISBN: 0684144921. 348pp/maps. History of the little known battle between the Germans and Russians on the Eastern Front during WWI. DJ has light edgewear. Text clean. $49.50
[001449] Stowell, Ellery C.. The Diplomacy of the War of 1914: The Beginnings of the War. Boston: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915, 1915. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 728 pages. Diplomatic background on the beginning of World War I. Beginning to separate inside front and rear covers. $25.50
[005553] Stroppa-Quaglia, R. (Editor). The European War, The Powers. New York: Editions d'Arts Co., Inc, 1914. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated Cloth. Ex-Library. Very Good+ / No Jacket. 310pp/illus. The Editors of this work sought to "place before the eyes of their readers ten nations moving into the greatest conflict of history in all their glorious panoply." The conflict was World War I; the panopoly was their military, naval and economic resources and the territories they rued as they stood at the doorstep of war. Heavily illustrated with photographs of ships, troops, medals, heads of state, etc. Minimal markings. Tight $39.50
[003957] Sweetman, John. Tannenberg 1914. Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom: Cassell P L C, 2002. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0304356352. 232 pages 100 colour & 100 b/w ills, maps Hbk Fields of Battle series. In 1914 Russia's Nicholas II, ordered his armies to invade German territory. The two armies involved were led by generals that hated each other. Their lack of cooperation and signal staff's inefficiency brought about the annihilation of the Russian 2nd Army. A fine new account. Clean $39.50
[002010] Titler, Dale M.. The Day the Red Baron Died. New York: New York: Bonanza, 1970, 1970. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0802703216. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages w/maps, photos. This is the full account of the death of Baron Manfred von Richtofen. In this extraordinary book, bases on a complete search of the records and the eyewitness reports of the airmen and ground troops who were present that day, the last days and hours of the famous German ace are recreated by a superbly qualified historian. $24.50
[005988] Toliver, Raymond F.; Constable, Trevor J.. Fighter Aces. New York: MacMillan, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / Good+. 354pp. 32 plates. The dramatic saga of pilots who became Aces, with five or more aerial victories in fighter-type aircraft, from World War I through the Korean War. The pilots often tell their own thrilling stories. Includes a list of every American Ace, plus the top two or three Aces of other countries. Appendices listing American aces of WWI, WWII & Korea. Blue cloth. DJ has approx 1" missing at top of spine. Text clean. $37.50
[004054] Vat, Dan Van Der. Grand Scuttle, The: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0870212257. 240pp with 1 map on double page, plus 8 pages with b/w photos. The German High Seas Fleet sunk on 21 June 1919 by its own hands, 7 months after the armistice and the end of World War I. Clean $36.50
[001348] Von Bernhardi, Friedrich. On War of Today - 2 Volumes. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd, 1913. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. 396 pages plus 462 pages. 4 fold-out charts in rear of Vol I on march speeds/rates of march. Text Clean $119.50
[001095] Von Bernhardi, General Friederich. Germany and the Next War (Authorized American Edition). New York: New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1914, 1914. Authorized American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Authorized American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book has orange cloth cover with black title and author and illustration of eagle. Cover is a little dirty on the rear with tiny bit of wear to edges. Slight discoloration on spine. A very interesting work on all aspects of war. $69.50
[004045] Waller, Douglas C.; Harper Collins. A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nation. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Near Fine. ISBN: 0060505478. 439pp/illus. Story of the court martial of BG Billy Mitchell. Clean $22.50
[003791] Welch, David. Germany, Propaganda and Total War, 1914-1918: The Sins of Omission. Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2000. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. As New / As New. ISBN: 0813527988. 365 pp/40 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. The book argues that the moral collapse of Germany was due less to the failure to disseminate propaganda than to the inability of the military authorities and the Kaiser to reinforce this propaganda. Clean $42.50
[004418] Westlake, Ray. British Battalions on the Western Front: January to June 1915. United Kingdom: United Kingdom: Leo Cooper, 2001, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0850527686. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270pp/illus. Provides a unique account of the 291 infantry battalions of the British Army that served in France and Belgium from 1 January to the end of June, 1915. Detailed records of movements, both in and out of battle areas and on a day-to-day basis are covered. Clean $39.50
[005170] Wheeler, Gerald E. Admiral William Veazie Pratt, U.S. Navy: A Sailor's Life. Washington, DC: U S Government Printing Office, 1974. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. 456pp/illus. As an ensign, Pratt served on the Mayflower during the Spanish-American War; the book contains several references to his service during this war. He did not serve at sea during World War I, but moved into the flag ranks after WWI and retired before Pearl Harbor. $63.50
[002398] White, John Albert. The Siberian Intervention. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1950. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good+. ISBN: 1117858014. 483pp/illus/maps. An excellent, well-documented account of the struggle for the Russian Far East from 1917 based on Russian, Japanese & American sources. DJ stained. $64.50
[005073] Wilson, Dale E.. Treat 'em Rough : The Birth of American Armor, 1917-29. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1990. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0891413545. 243pp., photos. & maps. The US Tank Corps in WW1. Clean $27.50
[006799] Zebecki, David T.. Steel Wind : Colonel George Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery. Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket - Wraps. ISBN: 0275947505. 197pp/illus/maps. The first work to study the career and operational tactics of this obscure German artillery officer in WW I . Recalled to duty in WW I , he pioneered revolutionary new tactics for massed artillery bombardments , first on the Russian Front and then in the West 1917 - 1918. Light staining along outer edge. $37.50