Historical Books

*A sample of our Historical Books*
	Paine, Albert Bigelow JOAN OF ARK - Maid of France MacMillan, 1925. VG/no DJ's. 2 volumes. Blue cloth with gilt on covers and spines.Corners and spine ends bit bumped and slightly worn otherwise unmarked clean and tight copies- Price: US$ 75.00
	Butler, Lt-Gen. Sir William F. CHARLES GEORGE GORDON English Men of Action London: Macmillan, 1911. First edition. Three-quarter leather prize binding with gilt spine and cover Marbled Endpapers and edge papers. A fine example of the bookbinders art. Presented as a prize to J.M. Smith at the famous Whitgift School in Croydon. Bookplate for Gordon Emerson Bowes inside endsheet Very Good. Price: US$ 275.00
	Soderbergh Peter A. WOMEN MARINES The World War II Era. Foreward by Colonel Julia E. Hamblet USMC (Ret.) For those who served in the Marine Corps Reserve in World War II, this book is a poignant and fascinating stroll down memory lane. Praeger Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. Used-Good. Hard to find. Clean,tight ex library in very good condition. Usual library markings. No dustjacket. ISBN:0275941310 Price: US$ 79.99
	Boutilier, James A. RCN IN RETROSPECT London, England The University Of British Columbia Press 1982. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 19 papers taken from the RCN conference of 1980 including: The Royal Navy's in the Pacific 1880-1914 (Gough) ; the R. C. N. Between the wars 1922-1929 (Pullen) ; Canada's use of Armed Merchant Cruisers during WWII (McKee) ; The R. C. N. Quest for autonomy in the North West Atlantic (Lund) ; The R. C. N. Participation in the Battle of the Atlantic crisis of 1943 (Milner) ; Operational Intelligence & the Battle of the Atlantic (Beesly) ; Convoys, escort, & radio intelligence in the Western Atlantic 1941-1943 (Douglas & Rohwer) ; The destroyer's war in Korea 1952-1953 (Bovey) . Dust jacket in mylar protective cover. Extensive notes index. ; Illustrations; 8vo; 393 pages. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover. ISBN:0774801522 Price: US$ 39.97
	Dupuy, Trevor N. THE HARPER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY BIOGRAPHY Castle Books 1995. As New in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. An invaluable biographical summary and assessment of the 3000 most important worldwide military figures from earliest times to the present, from Abahai (a Manchu emperor) to Elmo Zumwalt (a U. S. Admiral in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam). Heavy, oversized book. 834p. Blue and gray boards. . 8vo. C6. Reprint edition. Price: US$ 65.00
	Graves, Robert, Illustrated by Baker, Grahame THE GREEK MYTHS - Vols. I & II, SLIPCASE EDITION London: The Folio Society, 1996. First Folio Edition New/New. 8th Printing. Nonfiction. 8 Vo. SLIPCASE EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES/Slipcase burnt orange w/gilt Greek Key border on front, around gilt print (author, title and publisher): Illustrated boards in black, brown and white, with dk. brown spine wrap, gilt print on spine, and gilt "Greek key" border between the two sections of the covers. Two volume set, presents as follows, subsequent to copyright page: TOC covering both books (pp. 5-7); List of Illustrations (pp. 9); Editor's Introduction (pp 10-20); Author's Introduction (pp 21-34); Vol. I extends through p. 342; Vol. II begins (pp 343-666); Index covering both books (pp. 667-700. These are high quality in materials and craftsmanship. A buy for the price .Price: US$ 60.00
	Shaara, Jeff GONE FOR SOLDIERS a Novel of the Mexican War Ballantine, 2000. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First/First. Price Intact. 8vo - over 9" Tall. 424pp. The author inherited his Pulitzer-winning father's interest in historical battles..here he steps back 13-years before the Civil War to the Mexican-American War..the Navy delivered General Winfield Scott, a young Robert E Lee and 8,000 soldiers to Vera Cruz for the march to Mexico City against Santa Ana. Price: US$ 20.00
	Van Creveld, Martin THE SWORD AND THE OLIVE: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force. Around 1905 a small group of Jews, having escaped the pogroms in their native Russia, found themselves refugees in a foreign country. Surrounded by hostile Arabs, outnumbered by 40-1, they banded together in a small group known as Ha-shomer- "The Guard." From these humble beginnings, the renowned Israeli Defense Force was born, and over the course of this century has proven itself to be one of the greatest armed forces of all time. New York: Public Affairs, 1998. Cloth Backed Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. ISBN:1-891620-05-3. 422 pp, illustrations, 9 maps, end notes, index, Price: US$ 22.00
	LANGGUTH, A.J. A NOISE OF WAR: Caesar, Pompey, Octavian and the Struggle for Rome. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo. pp: 384. One double-page map. Notes, bibliography, index. The period between 81 B.C. and 30 B.C. when Caesar, Cicero and Pompey were struggling for supremacy in Rome , with the eventual winner being Octavian. ISBN:0671708295 Price: US$ 21.74
	Nora Chadwick The Celts Folio Society, 2001. Hard Cover. As New. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. 64 illustrations, 6 maps. With slipcase. Bound in Dark Orange Buckram. Price: US$ 80.00
	Jones Gwyn: The Vikings London: Folio Society, 2001. Hb, xxii, 490pp, no dw. With an introduction by Magnus Magnusson. Bound in full buckram blocked with a design by Simon Noyes (red/gilt). Endpaper maps. 29 illustrations and 12 maps. A fine copy in a fine dk red slipcase. Price: US$ 48.60
	Waller, John H. GORDON OF KHARTOUM. The Saga of a Victorian Hero. New York: Atheneum, 1988. First Edition. xxi+504pp. Illustrated with Photo Plates & Maps. Pictorial Dust Jacket. A Fine Copy. Price: US$ 45.00
	McInnes, Ian (editor); Fraser, Mark (editor) ASHANTI 1895-96 United Kingdom: Picton Publishing, The campaign of 1895 into the iterior of West Africa to capture the King of Ashanti, Premph, and senior chiefs, was led by Colonel Sir Francis Scott. This was the last campaign in which the British Army wore red tunics. 1987. Buckram. New/New. First Edition. ISBN:0948251123 Price: US$ 35.00
	Brown, Anthony Cave "C", The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill New York, NY MacMillan Co. 1987. Near Fine/Near Fine. Size=6.5"x9.5" Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket 830pp (Index) Clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates, DJ tears etc. Illustrated by 32 B/W Photos. 1st Edition Review Copy. ISBN:0025173901 Price: US$ 40.00
	Seward, Desmond THE MONKS OF WAR: The Military Orders 2000, London, The Folio Society. hc in original slipcase 24x16cms 338pp black pictorial cloth gilt title on spine illustrated with colour and b/w plates with full-pg maps interspersed incl index and biblio decorated endpapers 'as new' cond. with clean and bright interior and excellent binding No edgewear to boards or s.case VGC Medieval History / Folio Editions. Price: US$ 40.58
	Corbett, Julian S. Introduction by Jeremy Black. Maps drawn by Reginald Piggott. THE SEVEN YEARS WAR: A STUDY IN BRITISH COMBINED STRATEGY. Folio Society, London, 2001, Ist Folio Society printing. 674 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dark blue slipcase. Bound in full cloth, printed with 'The Death of General Wolfe' from an engraving by William Woollett after Benjamin West, gilt lettering, 'FS' design on spine. Map endpapers, color frontispiece, b&w and color plates, b&w maps. "..first published by Longman, Green & Co., in 1907 under the title 'England in the Seven Years' War'. This edition follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations.Fine+/Fine+. Price: US$ 45.00
	Dunan, Marcel (Editor) (Foreword By Arnold Toynbee) Larousse ENCYCLOPEDIA Of ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY London, UK: Hamlyn, 1981. Pictorial Cover, paper, coated. Good. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. 413 pgs including index with numerous b/w illustrations & few color illustrations; cover slightly scuffed with wear to edges & corners; ISBN:0600023710 Price: US$ 18.00
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