Military History from The Book Shed

New York: Basic Books, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. No additional standard domestic postage forr this heavy book. "Mann's book is a political history of Congress' role in allowing the war to escalate, with a close recounting of particular members… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket which is price clipped. First printing, full number line. In Broadfoot 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. From the flap: "Alan Nolan explodes these and other assumptions about Lee and the war… Read more about this item

Rutland: Tuttle Publishing, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. As New in As New jacket. First printing, full number line. From the flap: A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end--an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the Japanese character and… Read more about this item

Manchester Vt : Marshall Jones Co, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Signed. Book has been read; previous owner's name to front endpaper, mostly under the flap, finger mark to front page edge; jacket shows edge wear with a short closed tear to the top of the front panel. Personally inscribed by the author. Fact based fiction about… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. About As New in all respects, clean anbd unmarked. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "In the late-1930s United States, rock climbing and downhill skiing were relatively new sports. But World War II brought a need for men who could handle extreme mountainous conditions -- and… Read more about this item

Engelwood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light shelf wear to the book and jacket, spine sunned,,top edge dusty,else clean and unmarked.. First printing, full number line.From the flap: "This is a fascinating account of one of the great, tragic dramas of recent years that reached across an ocean and touched all Americans, whatever… Read more about this item

Washington: Cornelius Wendell, printer, 1855. Hardcover. Good. A good reference copy, no endpapers or title page, shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, covers mottled, spine illegible, inked date and previous owner's emboss to the first page. Report of the Secretary of War (Jefferson Davis) begins: "Sir, I have the honor to submit the following… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book andmore to the jacket. Slight lean. Clean and unmarked. First printing,stated. George Rippey Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, a small stain or rub at the top front corner, previous owner's emboss and inked date to the half-title page; no jacket. Tipped in is a letter from the Commandant of the Marine Corps regarding the book… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. First edition, no jacket. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, spine darkened but legible; no jacket; dampstaining to the preliminaries and after matter, wrinkling of the pages; scattered foxing else clean and unmarked. First edition stated. Unit history of the storied 101st Airborne, the Screaming… Read more about this item

Guilford, CT: Stackpole Books, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Light scratch to the front panel else As New in all respects. First printing, no others noted. "The siege of Plei Me (19–25 October 1965) was the beginning phase of the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and… Read more about this item

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket. First printing, no others noted. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. "The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known… Read more about this item

Dayton: Morningside House, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket, touch of fading to the spine, clean and unmarked.Broadfoot, 1996, page 18. The19th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Dowagiac, Michigan, on September 5, 1862. The regiment suffered 7 officers and 88 enlisted men who were killed in action or… Read more about this item

New York: Presidio Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. From the flap: "Corbett relates these experiences through the eyes of an eighteen year old but with the mind and maturity of a man now in his fifties. His story of life,… Read more about this item

Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. VOLUME 2 only. Label ghost to spine, covers, tips, edges and corners quite worn, hinges repaired, lacks rear free endpaper, ownership inscription of Oscar Chandler, a private in the 2nd Vermont Artillery. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship… Read more about this item

Harrisburg: Military Service Publishing Company, 1944. Tenth edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; more to the jacket which is chipped and creased with short closed tears; crease to the front endpaper. First printing, no additional printings. "Nowhere can you geat as much information as you can from 'The Officer's Guide.'… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Brassey's Inc, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Signed. About As New in all respects. Inscribed by the author. First printing, full number line. History of the 107th New York Infantry Regiment in WWI. The 107th was formed from the patrician 7th NYIR and the plebian 1st and 12th Infantry Regiments of upstate New York.… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. Books and slipcase are about As New in all respects. "Peter Cozzens is the author of seventeen critically acclaimed books on the American Civil War and the American West....This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga and The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga were both Main Selections… Read more about this item

Newport Vt: Vermont Civil War Enterprises. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Previous owner's name and address else about As New in all respects; no jacket, as issued; previous owner's name and address to front endpaper, else clean and unmarked. Subtitled: Giving the Author's Personal Experience During Eleven Months That he was Confined in Pemberton, Libby, Belle Island, Andersonville,… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light shelf wear to the book; more to the tips, corners, and edges of the jacket; white shelving marks along the bottom edges of the covers, previous ower's address stamp to front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. "Sweeping… Read more about this item