Military History from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition, first printing. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), 260 pages. Publisher's buff paper over boards backed in brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in gilt-lettered dust jacket. Upper margin lightly sunned, small stain at the top edge of the text block, previous owner's illustrated bookplate at the front pastedown, otherwise… Read more about this item

Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1816. First edition. Folio (13" x 8.25"), letterpress on laid paper, 2 leaves & 10 folding tables. Shaw & Shoemaker/ Early American Imprints series II 39500. Disbound. Removed from a bound volume, moderately toned, foxed, stained, edge wear including small tears, otherwise Good. "Having this day received the enclosed abstracts on the books of the… Read more about this item

Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1816. First edition. Folio (13" x 8.25"), letterpress on laid paper, 5 pages including 2 folding tables. Shaw & Shoemaker/ Early American Imprints series II, 39535. Disbound. Removed from a bound volume, moderately toned, foxed, stained, edge wear, tears, separating at the spine, some creasing, otherwise Good. "The estimate for arsenals, etc. appears large, but it… Read more about this item

Winchester, Virginia: [Robert H. Gallaher], "Friday Morning, February 14, 1862." Folio newspaper, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 24 inches folded once vertically forming four pages. Old folds, lightly browned & foxed, tiny losses at fold intersects, brief youthful scribblings in ink & pencil in the margins, old ink signature in the top margin of page one & small rubber stamped… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1975. First edition, this a presentation copy for Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, signed on a laid in sheet by author Hewes & Brigadier General James L. Collins, Jr., Chief of Military History. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), xvii & 452 pages, illustrated, plus [10] folded leaves of plates. Publisher's textured maroon… Read more about this item

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. First edition. Duodecimo (7.25" x 5"), 48 pp. plus 8 unnumbered pp. providing the publisher's catalog of "Books on the Great War." Original printed & decorated blue paper over boards backed in tan cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Binding lightly soiled, old price in ink at the ffep, brief offsetting/ toning mostly at… Read more about this item

New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, (1985). First edition, "Commemorative Copy for the Dear America Celebration, May 6, 1985." This copy signed in green ink by General William Childs Westmoreland on the title page. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), 316 pages including full page illustrations from photographs & endpaper maps. Publisher's gilt-lettered off white paper over boards backed in… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1972). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink in the year of publication at the first blank page by Colonel Booth. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 168 pages. Publisher's black lettered tan cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Top corners bruised, minor foxing mostly at the edges of the text block, otherwise very good in very… Read more about this item

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), 103 & [1] pages, with frontis portrait. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards depicting a light blue sky & clouds, the upper cover lettered in darker blue with the crest of the Royal Flying Corps below. Covers & spine soiled & browned, upper joint beginning to split (still secure), corners bumped… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, (1997). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Salter on a tipped in leaf following the ffep. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), x, [4], [1] - 365, & [4] pages. Publisher's black-lettered white paper over boards, in translucent, pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with slight edge wear &… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, (1972). First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 168 pages. Publisher's black lettered tan cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's name & date at ffep, minor foxing mostly at pastedowns & endpapers, otherwise very good in dust jacket with edge wear including a few short closed tears & tiny losses, soiled, foxed, rubbed, & browned at the… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Chez Devambez, [1918]. Pictorial paper wraps, sewn. Paris: Chez Devambez, no date [1918]. Oblong sextodecimo (5" x 6.5"), 28 unnumbered pages providing text in English with 12 color pochoir illustrations captioned in French adjacent. Printed on thick laid paper. Original printed & illustrated self wraps, sewn.Moderately soiled, edge wear including a small loss at the lower corner… Read more about this item

New York: WJ Widdleton, (1854 copyright but probably later) "New & Revised Edition." 12mo (7.5" x 5.5"), 518 pages, with illustrated half-title & engraved frontis Publisher's original pebbled brownish cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial device of crossed muskets with a drum & flag on the spine, the covers ruled in blind. Blanck/ Bibliography of American Literature 18149 (citing the… Read more about this item

Washington, [DC]: Printed for the Senate, 1850. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6"), [3], 4 - 444, & [3] pages (part I); [3], 4 - 488 pages (part II), including 2 pages of illustrations (plans for a lighthouse), plus 35 engraved lithographs (3 folding), 6 folding charts, and 1 folding map of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Contemporary… Read more about this item

Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), May 31, 1862. Original manuscript document signed by S.G. Perkins, Captain 1st Vermont Cavalry, measuring 4.25 inches by 7.75 inches, approximately 67 words recorded in ink on laid paper. With brief cryptic annotations & stamped "Received" mark on the verso. "Rec'd at Martinsburg, Va. May 31, 1862 of John Miller one gray mare five years old… Read more about this item

[Martinsburg]: J.Q.A. Nadenbousch, June 19, 1877 to June 19, 1880. Partially printed document completed in manuscript. Folio broadsheet (22.5" x 17.25") using both sides. Signed twice by Nadenbousch. Folded once horizontally & three times vertically, light edge wear, couple of small losses at fold intersects, moderately soiled, stained, & foxed, otherwise Good. Records in ink the names of 6 officers,… Read more about this item

Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio: Published Monthly by the C.M.T.C. office in the interest pf the Citizens' Military Training Camps, Volume 1, [number 1], April, 1931. First edition. Octavo (7.75" x 3.75"), 6 pages plus covers, illustrated. Original pictorial stapled stiff paper wraps. Moderately browned, scuff on the rear cover affecting return address, staples rusted, otherwise Very Good. "Here is the… Read more about this item

[New York]: New York Central System, 1943. Original stapled pamphlet measuring 9 inches by 8 inches folding to 9 inches by 4 inches (as issued) with 48 pages plus covers. Includes a double-page map (9 inches by 16 inches) showing the New York Central Water Level Route. Modest soiling & sporadic minor foxing, light edge wear including a tiny… Read more about this item

[Baltimore, Maryland]: B & O Railroad, May 23, 1943. Original stapled pamphlet measuring 8.75 inches by 8 inches folding to 8.75 inches by 4 inches (as issued) with 39 panels of text on 10 leaves. Includes a double-page map (8.75 inches by 16 inches) showing the routes of the railroad. Modest soiling, sporadic minor foxing & age browning, slight edge… Read more about this item

Ft. Ord, California, December, 1990. First edition. Original mini comic measuring 11 inches by 7 inches, two illustrated sheets folded & stapled forming 8 pages. Slightly wrinkled, lightly toned, staples rusted, otherwise Very Good. An amusing comic book published just before the aerial and naval bombardment on 17 January 1991 led by the United States in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion… Read more about this item