New York: Fortune, 1941. A vibrant 1941 pictorial map of a hypothetical ideal U.S. Naval Base, published in 1941 just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Map depicts docks for housing and repairing ships, a large naval fleet just off the coast and a large channel..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1947. 1st edition. 8vo. A very nice copy of this auto-biographical first-hand account from a key member of the German underground during WW II. "Andreas-Friedrich (1901 – 1977) was born Ruth Andreas in Berlin and was a member of the Wandervogel movement as a girl..... More
Chicago, IL: Ken Magazine, 1938. 1st Edition. Quarto. "Caught here in all their peculiar beauty by the soul searching stylus of W. Cotton, Ken holds up for wonder the mangy motley pack of little "strong men" who are now leading the world on a backward march to the Dark Ages"..... More
London: Macmillan And Co, 1877. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce 1877 1st Edition, beautifully rebound in three-quarter burgundy calf over burgundy pebbled cloth. Titling and ruling in gilt, with black title label to spine. Raised bands to spine, as well. "Denison was born in Toronto to..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful copy of Goodwin's latest work, signed by the author in blue marker on the title page. This soon-to-be-young adult classic follows the paths of four U.S. Presidents from childhood to the White House. "All four presidents..... More
1944. 1st Edition. Quarto. An advanced printing , specifically stated as not yet for publication, of the typewritten 108-page statement by U.S. Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel to a Congressional Joint Committee investigating what went wrong and who was to blame for the destruction of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor..... More
New York: The MacMillan Co, 1922. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1922 1st Edition with outstanding Nursing School provenance, the front endpaper of this edition featuring a gift inscription from the St Luke's Alumni Association to the St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. An..... More
Quantico, Va: Marine Corps Assc, 1959. 1st Edition. 8vo. WW II from the Japanese viewpoint, with much material not previously published in the U.S. Red cloth with titling in black. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with mild rubbing and edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
New York: Ken Magazine, 1938. Yardley, Richard. Quarto. A whimsical pictorial map depicting the ever growing influence of Hitler's Germany shortly before the beginning of WW II, with Yardley's sarcastic captions below individual illustrations indicating what everyone believed at the time, that war was inevitable and Hitler's reasonings for is..... More
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New York: Easton Press, 1985. 8vo. A BEAUTIFUL edition of this uncommon two-volume set, finely bound in full leather. Dark blue leather with elaborate gilt tooling and titling. Raised bands on spines. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. Moire endpapers. In Fine, as-new condition. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. A beautiful set of Churchill's magnum opus, scarce in original wooden box, with one 1st printing (V) and the others very early printings. Six volumes complete in original dust jackets. Red cloth. Square Tight Bindings..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2000. 8vo. A lovely six-volume special edition of Churchill's iconic history of WW II. Half brown cloth over front photographically illustrated front board. Black-and-white photographs and maps throughout. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Lacking slipcases. Overall a quite attractive set. More
New York & Toronto: Little Brown & Co., McClelland & Stewart, 1941-1946. 8vo. A quite scarce complete seven-volume set of Churchill's War Speeches, including Blood, Sweat and Tears, and the scarcest of the seven, 'The Dawn of Liberation, which had a comparatively very small 1st Printing. SIx of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition in original publisher's illustrated dust jacket. Dick's Alternative History novel depicts a post-WW II world in which Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan defeated the Allied Powers and, similar to the real-life actual carving up of Europe by the..... More
New York: Scribner, 2014. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner, signed TWICE by Doerr. Signed by Doerr without inscription on the front flyleaf in black pen, then boldly signed and inscribed by Doerr in black marker on the title page and dated in..... More
Motorbooks International, 1994-08-01. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Eerdmans Pub Co, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. harrowing account of young Jewish woman Etty Hillesum during the Nazi Holocaust of WW II. Burgundy paper covered boards. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Jacket Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1952. Early Printing. 8vo. A very nice early printing of this compelling account of a young Jewish girl's years in hiding from the Nazi regime of Germany during WW II. In her diary, Anne documents the day to day life of her and her..... More
Naples, FL: Midway Publishers, 1980. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome copy of this engaging WW II biography from a participant of the pivotal battle which swung the momentum in the pacific theatre toward the Allies. Signed by Gay in black ink on the front endpaper above an inscription which..... More
Ken Magazine, 1938. 1st Edition. Quarto. A whimsical, yet foreboding, pictorial map depicting the ever growing influence of Hitler's Germany in South America shortly before the beginning of WW II, with the title throwing shade at Hitler's indifference toward any potential consequences of violating the Monroe Doctrine. The map..... More
University of California Press, 1987-05-15. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Black cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for a tiny blue mark to top corner of front end paper. Jacket Fine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
Leicester: Midland Publishing Limited, 1994. Quarto. 1st Edition. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Binding and dust jacket in beautiful condition, with a touch of light fading to jacket spine. More
New York: Fortune, 1936. 1st Edition. Quarto. A vibrantly colorful 1936 pictorial map depicting the resources of the Japanese Empire shortly before the outbreak of WW II, by influential 20th-century cartographer Richard Edes Harrison. The map features five types of Japanese resources, giving each category its own map, gradually..... More
New York: Fortune, 1938. 1st Edition. Quarto. A vibrantly colorful 1938 pictorial map of bases, ships, and manpower of the U.S. Navy shortly before the outbreak of WW II, by influential 20th-century cartographer Richard Edes Harrison. Harrison (1902-1994), a Baltimore native, redefined 20th-century cartography, adding flairs of artistic perspective..... More
Random House, 2010-11-16. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1st Edition. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More