San Francisco: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 Inches. 284 PP. First printing of this study and guide to Japanese Sword guards. Gift note on MIT stationery from Cyril Stanley Smith, famed member of the Manhattan Project responsible for the production..... More
Columbus, OH: Enola Gay Remembered, Inc., 2005. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 339 PP. First printing of the 2005 edition signed by Paul Tibbets directly under the group photograph on first page. First printing of the "60th Anniverary Restoration Edition" (which lists Enola Gay Remembered and..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: James E. Hicks, 1940. Andre Jandot. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 117 PP. [80 Plates]. First edition of this privately printed book on United States military handguns and rifles. Signed and dated by Andre Jandot on the FFEP. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1942. Hardcover. 7 7/8 X 10 5/8 Inches. 108 [11] PP. Published by and for the Indoctrination and Communication School of the Naval Training School at Harvard. Includes six large illustrations of "Ensign" Donald Duck by Walt Disney. One of the overlooked gems of Disney's morale-building..... More
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 256 PP. First printing signed with lengthy inscription on December 7, 1995 - the 45th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Original price of $29.95 intact. King was later the subject of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 291 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Binding clean and tight. PO name and note to FFEP (in pencil only). Light toning to pages..... More
New York: Random House, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 277 PP. "Bin West's One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War should be mandatory reading for every citizen who wants to understand the reality of the war we are in with thouse who..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 263 PP. Original green cloth with gilt illustration of the famous ship on front cover. The Constitution is the world's oldest ship of any kind that is still afloat. One of six frigates ordered by Congress in..... More
Jacksonville, FL: Self-Published, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of both the hardcover and paperback. Hardcover first edition signed twice by Camarda. Paperback first edition signed and inscribed. Life inspiration as well as Father Ron Moses Camarda’s story of his tour of duty as the Chaplin at the Surgical Hospital..... More
Washington DC: Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, US Navy, 1943. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/2 X 7 Inches. 155 PP. Part one of this WWII era US Navy flight manual. Illustrated throughout. Hint of wear at edges and folds, but an extremely well-preserved copy overall. More
St. Paul: Phalanx, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 205 Pages. Signed by all three Naval Aviators directly on the title-page. The book itself is a mini-biography of each of the three pilots. An exceptional signature of Wally Schirra, one of the original seven..... More
Germany: Franz Steiner, 1962. First Edition. 6 7/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 185 [2] PP. First printing of the first book by Dr. Donald Detwiler, noted Professor at Southern Illinois University and past Chairman of the World War II Studies Association. A superb copy. Printed in the original German language..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 558 PP. Important biography of Nathan Beford Forrest. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Listed in "In Tall Cotton". Signed and inscribed, "For the one who started all this - so long ago - Alice Eloise..... More
Verona, VA: McClure Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 174 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Author's first book in the orignal blue cloth binding. DJ retains the price of $4.50 on front flap. Signed by Conroy on laid-in bookplate. Hint..... More
New York: The New York Historical Society, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 325 PP. Exhaustive history of Joshua Hett Smith's involvement in the treasonous actions taken by Benedict Arnold in 1780. Original price of $12.50 intact on front flap. Signed by author on..... More
New York: The Abingdon Press, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 217 PP. Original olive cloth with gilt title stamping to cover and spine. From the preface: "The purpose of the following chapters is to try to interpret those ideas and ideals of Germany that issued in..... More
New York: The Woolfall Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 559 PP. Profusely illustrated biography of Admiral Dewey. Original navy boards with gilt seal on front cover. PO plate to front pastedown. A bit of wear and scuffing to edges and spine. Spine ends a...... More
Atlanta, GA: Office of the Command Historian / United States Army Reserve Command, 1996. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 436 PP. Stated "First Printed 1995" with no additional dates on the copyright page. Hint of wear to edges, but a very sharp copy overall. More
Atlanta, GA: Office of the Command Historian / United States Army Reserve Command, 1994. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 3/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 259 PP. Stated "First Printed 1994" with no additional dates on copyright page. Original printed wraps. Light wear to edges and spine. More
Washington DC: Regnery, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 780 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.95 intact. A few bumps to board edges. More
New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 304 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed "For Commander A.A. Marstetter with my appreciation of his kindness and courtesy / John H. Craige / 14 November, 1934" directly on..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 9 Inches. Orignal blue and yellow cloth boards. Gilt stamping to spine. A very sharp copy of the 1904 rules and regulations for the 37th National Encampment of the Civil War Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco..... More
Private Printing, 1926. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 X 6 7/8 Inches. 63 PP. Original wraps clean and tight. Fold-out frontis illustration intact. History of the Company A of the Reading, PA militia throughout basic training and WWI. A nice first-hand account of the American soldier fighting overseas during WWI..... More
Goodrich's Landing, LA: Original, 1863-64. Original Letters. Important collection of six war-date letters written by Union Brigadier General John Parker Hawkins while in command of Colored Troops at Goodrich's Landing, LA. Goodrich's Landing was the name for the cotton plantation owned by Henry Goodrich that was siezed by Union troops..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 6 1/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 362 PP. Stephen D. Trenchard commanded the USS Rhode Island during the first part of the Civil War. As such, his letters detail everything from picking up slaves and leaving them to their..... More