Admiral Togo
Tokyo: Kinkodo Publishing Co., 1905. Paperback. portrait, photos & illustrations, 160p. Original red cloth-backed wrapper. 19cm. Repaired tear on inside of front cover. More
Tokyo: Kinkodo Publishing Co., 1905. Paperback. portrait, photos & illustrations, 160p. Original red cloth-backed wrapper. 19cm. Repaired tear on inside of front cover. More
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, (2008). Hardcover. folding plate, v, 282p. Cloth. 23cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1860 Calcutta edition. More
[Chicago?]: 1967. Paperback. 40 unnumbered leaves. Softcover in original wrapper. Black plastic comb binding. 28cm. The legitimacy of the draft and the Vietnam War and Racism. More
Tampa: The Tribune Press, (1943). Paperback. photos, illustrations, 46p. Softcover in original wrapper. 36 cm. Modest cover wear. Includes 4 page article (1p. text) titled, "MacDill's Colored Troops. Trained as an Integral Part of 'The Army Air Forces' Units." which includes a full- page photo titled "MacDill's Fighting Engineer's. and..... More
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, maps & charts (2 folding), index, xliii, xvi, 333p. Green cloth. 22cm. No Jacket. MacDonald was Chief Engineer of the preliminary survey for the Uganda Railway. This is a reprint of the London edition of 1897 with the addition of a...... More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985. Hardcover. frontis, index, x, 266p. Original cloth. dj. 23cm. Edited by William Trousdale. More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (c. 1974). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, index, xx, 267p. dj. 24cm. Price sticker removed from endpaper. More
Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1913. 1st ed. in French. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), xx, 191, [4]p. Contemporary 3/4 leather. 22cm. Covers heavily scuffed. Lacks all seven maps (probably not preserved when this was rebound). Former owner's name (Theron J. Damon). French text. Translation by Commandant Minart from the German edition ("Meine Fuhrung im..... More
London: Hardwicke, 1861. Paperback. 28p. Original wrapper. 21cm. Cover almost detached. Small library stamp on front. Browned at edges and rather brittle throughout. Consists of two articles from Fraser's Magazine for August, 1856 and March, 1861, under the titles "The Last Naval Campaign in the Pacific" and "Another Chapter on..... More
1941. Paperback. 19, [1]p. Wrapper. Stapled. 28cm. World War II Aviation item. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. illustrations, index, xix, 904p. Original blue cloth. dj. 24cm. Jacket lightly worn. Corner and ends of backstrip rubbed (minor fraying). INSCRIBED on title-page by McPherson at Gettysburg on June 26, 1989. This copy is SIGNED by C. Vann Woodward, the General Editor of..... More
[Washington]: War Dept. Military Intelligence Division, 1945. Paperback. iii, [62] leaves, mostly printed on one side. Softcover in original stapled covers. 28cm. Paper backing around spine almost completely gone, exposing the staples. Other modest cover soiling and wear. More
[Detroit?]: n.d. [1930s?]. Folded 4-page invitation item with last three pages blank. 17 cm. Later horizontal crease/fold. Third page browned. The Military Order of Guards was an African American civilian organization which wa granted the right (in 1934 or earlier) to wear the khaki uniforms of the U.S Army "under..... More
Detroit: The Polar Bear Publishing Co., (c. 1920). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, folding map, 303p. Original blue cloth. 23cm. Some splitting of cloth at top of front joint. Cracking of endpapers along hinges partially reglued. Ink inscription on front pastedown ("Sonated to Valparaiso Univer ...). No jacket. Experiences during America's..... More
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1971. Hardcover. frontis, folding map, xv, 302p. Original green buckram. 18cm. Faint ink mark on front cover. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1885 London edition. More
Ft. Collins, Colo. The Old Army Press, (c. 1972). Hardcover. photos, (133)p. Original cloth. 23 cm. No jacket (presumably as published). A reprint of the rare original 1923 edition. This African American regiment served in Indian wars in Texas, in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines during the..... More
n.p. n.d. [1923]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. photos, text unnumbered [128 pages]. Original dark leatherette binding. 27cm. Cover sound with some bumping, fraying, and other wear. Pages lightly rippled. Moderate stain at bottom of a few pages. Former owner's name ("Edward D. Ward Jr. Troop C 10th Cavalry June 21st 1923")..... More
Tokyo: Togo Gensui Publishing Society, 1937. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. About 80 pages of unnumbered photos and illustrations at beginning, [4], 4, 347, [1]p. Decorated cloth. 31cm. Rubbing and minor fraying along joints and extremities. No Jacket. The first edition of this adulatory work appears to have been published..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969). Hardcover. photos, xvii, 212p. plus (2)p. plates. Brown cloth. 23cm. No Jacket (as published). Reprint of the 1927 edition. History of an African American regiment which served in the Wild West, saw action in the Spanish American War, and was later stationed in the..... More
Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Company, (c. 1927). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, xvii, 212, (19)p. Original blue cloth. 27 cm. Some spotting and discoloration on back cover. Contents sound and clean. No jacket. Scarce history of this segregated African American regiment. The 25th served in the West, saw action in the Spanish..... More
Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Company, (c. 1927). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, xvii, 212, (19)p. Rebound in attractive quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in leather). 26 cm. Moderate staining and wrinkling in upper right corner and extending partway across top margin of text leaves; contents otherwise sound and clean. Uncommon history of this..... More
Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Company, (c. 1927). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, xvii, 212, (19)p. Original blue cloth. 27 cm. Slightly musty. Cover sound with moderate soiling and wear. Inked note on front pastedown: "From: Ben Washington, Co. H. 25th Infantry." Uncommon history of this African American regiment. The 25th served in..... More
London: John Murray, 1857. 1st ed. Hardcover. 4 vols. frontis (in each volume), folding map, vii, 482, [plus 2p. adverts.], v, 458, [plus 2p. adverts.], viii, 482, vii, 432p. plus [4]p. adverts. Original green cloth. Backstrips show fading and are worn along top. Later owner's name inked on first blank..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1927. Margaret Thorniley Williamson. 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (by Margaret Thorniley Williamson), x, 171p. Cloth. dj. 22 cm. Jacket chipped & somewhat worn. Cover rubbed along extremities. Niles, a Southern white WWI aviator, wrote about the war songs of African American soldiers serving in Europe. More
Philadelphia: S. I. Bell & Co., (c. 1894). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 608p. Original green decorative cloth. 26 cm. Cover scuffing and wear; cover lettering dulled. Contents sound. More