(Goodrich, Frank B.)

Tricolored Sketches in Paris, During the Years 1851-2-3

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 368pp. FIRST EDITION.Blue embossed cloth, gilt spine lettering. Corners worn, spine ends chipped, spine slightly darkened, slight internal separation, endpapers darkened from offsetting, light foxing to first and last few pages, pencil notes on rear endpaper,former owner's name on front endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 003715

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: France Revolution "Louis Napoleon"

Crane, John and Kieley, James F.

United States Naval Academy; The First Hundred Years

New York, Whittlesey House, 1945. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 53pp + approx. 110 pp illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt insignia to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Corners lightly rubbed, spine darkened but readable, book is in clean and sound condition. Book includes an extensive section on historical photos and illustrations of the academy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004543

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Fasquelle, Louis and Dumas, Alexandre

Napoléon, Par Alexandre Dumas. For the Use of Colleges and Schools.

New York, Ivison & Phinney, 1858. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 273pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine detached but present, dampstaining most heavily to first 30 pages, mild thereafter, contents tanned, binding is tight, a portrait of Napoleon has been pasted onto front free endpaper opposite title page. An early textbook, 1858, including conversational exercises and explanatory notes. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002030

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: Emperor General France Bonaparte Buonaparte

Ford, Paul Leicester

The True George Washington (Signed by Harry Ogden)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 319pp. Covers soiled chipped (mainly spine), cracking of endpaper at hinges, contents age-toned, owners' bookplate and label on front pastedown and some offsetting opposite from bookplate. Front free endpaper is SIGNED in pencil "H.A. Ogden" (Harry Ogden, well-known illustrator of historical and military subjects). Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001637

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Keywords: President Autograph Ogden

De Gaulle , Charles

Mémoires de Guerre ; l'unité 1942-1944

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1956. Soft cover. 712p. Slight fading to spine, covers and text are clean, slight foxing to front endpaper, book is overall, in very sound condition. Dust jacket is very clean with very light wear. Folding maps in rear. Text in French. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002248

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: France "WW II"

Lee, Cazenove Gardner Jr.

Lee Chronicle : Studies of the Early Generations of the Lees of Virginia

New York, New York University Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 411pp. Grey cloth in grey slipcase. Spine is sunned, book is otherwise near fine. Slipcase has light fading and soiling, corners lightly rubbed, dturdy and solid. Background and lives of Lee family members, by a descendant of them. Illustrated. Very Good.

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Book number: 003329

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Keywords: "Civil War" Confederacy

Mahan, A.T.

Makers of American History ; Admiral Farragut

New York, The University Society, 1905. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 333pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Spine moderately sunned, gilt lettering bright, owners bookplate on front pastedown, text is clean and sound, binding is tight. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003051

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Keywords: Navy Vicksburg Porter

John Toland

Adolf Hitler

Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1976. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 0385037244. 1035pp. Red boards, black buckram backing, gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound, binding is tight, contents are clean. Dust jacket is price-clipped, lightly worn along edges, and partially darkened along spine and folds. A sweeping chronicle of the life, both public and private, of the infamous dictator. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004668

Catalogue: Military, History, Biography

Keywords: Germany Nazis Fascist "WW II" Holocaust 0385037244

Warden, William

Letters Written on Board His Majesty's Ship the Northumberland, and Saint Helena; In Which the Conduct and Conversations of Napoleon Bonaparte, and His Suite, During the Voyage and the First Months of His Residence in That Island, are Faithfully Described

London, For the Author By R. Ackermann, 1816. Fourth Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 215pp. Publisher's original paper backed boads, paper spine label, frontispiece portrait, folding map and one additional plate. Boards and spine darkened and lightly soiled, spine chipped at bottom, contents age-toned and faint foxing to first and last few leaves, binding is solid, small bookseller's label on front pastedown. Good.

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Book number: 003816

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: Bonaparte Exile