DRAKE, RICHARD V.

Silent Victory in Remembranc Harvey Drake

Los Gatos, CA: Richard V. Drake, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. Laid-in is a handwritten (autographed) letter by the author. This is a trade paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers are clean and bright, with the exception of some light scraping to the rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 42876

Catalogue: Nebraska History

Keywords: Nebraska History Richard V. Drake Harvey Drake Olin Personal History Americana Western Americana Nebraska History

DUFF, CHARLES

England and the English

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0582527341. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light sunning / fading to the spine and a couple of smallish edge tears. "Duff's book James Joyce and the Plain Reader (1932) is an introduction James Joyce's major works that seeks to guide "the plain reader" through the author's oeuvre. [5] Duff both situates Joyce within a long literary tradition and emphasises his originality. [6] In describing Joyce, Duff draws on ethnic stereotypes, describing Irish people as motivated by "a restless and often fantastic imagination". [7] Joyce himself owned a copy of Duff's book, [7] and the literary scholar Jean-Michel Rabaté argues that, when Joyce came to complete Finnegans Wake (1939) , he was pleased with Duff's book and incorporated elements of Duff's thought into his work, including the vindication of the rights of the "plain reader." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43508

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: 0582527341 British History Charles Duff England The English Peoples

DIRECTORATE OF MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING

Mcclellan Air Force Base 1954

Baton Rouge, La: Army & Navy Publishing Co, Inc, 1954. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color and B&W illustrations; This is an oversized book. THe book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front spint joint has some lighyt fading and beginning cracking due to dryness. The text pages are clean and bright. Mostly a yearbook for the Directorate of Maintenance Engineering, but also included is a short history of the base. "For the vast majority of its operational lifetime, McClellan was a logistics and maintenance facility for a wide variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies. Initially known as the Pacific Air Depot and Sacramento Air Depot, in 1939 the base was renamed for Major Hezekiah McClellan, a pioneer in arctic aeronautical tests. Born in 1894, he died on 25 May 1936 when his Consolidated P-30 which he was flight testing crashed near Centerville, Ohio. The depot went through several name changes, finishing its life in 1995 as the Sacramento Air Logistics Center (SALC). The SALC reported to the Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and later the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40785

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History Directorate Of Maintenance Engineering Mcclellan Air Force Base Sacramento, CA Aviation Aeronautics / Astronautics United States Air Force

FAGAN, BRIAN M.

Fish on Friday Feasting, Fasting and the Discovery of the New World

New York: Basic Books, 2006. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Fagan is an archaeological generalist, with expertise in the broad issues of human prehistory. He is the author or editor of 46 books, including seven widely used undergraduate college texts. Fagan has contributed over 100 specialist papers to many national and international journals. He is a Contributing Editor to American Archaeology and Discover Archaeology magazines, and formerly wrote a regular column for Archaeology Magazine. He serves on the Editorial Boards of six academic and general periodicals and has many popular magazine credits, including Scientific American and Gentleman's Quarterly. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40418

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: World History Food The Catholic Church Archaelogy Boatbuilding Travel & Exploration World History

FARNHAM, RUTH S.

A Nation at Bay What an American Woman Saw and Did in a Suffering Serbia

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merill Company, 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some spotting and spots of discoloration to the book covers (both front and rear). The text pages are generally clean and bright, however there are several spots of foxing throughout. The endpapers have spots of discoloration / foxing. "She (Farnam) originally served as a volunteer nurse in a medical unit attached to the Serbian army. She was present during the Battle of Brod on October 11, 1916 and, when a soldier asked if she was afraid, answered: "Do you think I am scared? I have never lived before". After this, she was allowed to enlist in the Serbian army as a volunteer soldier. She was decorated three times by the King of Serbia. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 47512

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Biography Ruth S. Farnham Serbia World War I Bulgaria

FERRERO, GUGLIELMO

The Women of the Caesars

New York: Century Co, 1911. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying, along with two small tears to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. "Guglielmo Ferrero (July 21, 1871 — August 3, 1942) was an Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 volumes, published after English translation 1907–1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and Big Government. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty times in six years.". Very Good .

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Book number: 35318

Catalogue: Roman History

Keywords: Roman History Guglielmo Ferrero Women's Studies Biographies Classical History Rome Italy Roman history

FOWLER, WILLIAM

S.A. S. Behind Enemy Lines Covert Operations 1941 to the Present

London: Harpercollins UK, 1997. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0004720512. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and top front corner of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a tiny bit of bumping to the spine ends. "The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. In 1941, the SAS was founded as a regiment, and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and covert reconnaissance. Much of the information about the SAS is highly classified, and the unit is not commented on by either the British government or the Ministry of Defence due to the secrecy and sensitivity of its operations. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 43527

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: 0004720512 Military History William Fowler S.A.S World War II Special Air Service Special Forces

FOWLER, W. WARDE

The City-State of the Greeks and Romans a Survey Introductory to the Study of Ancient History

London, England: MacMillan and Co, 1895. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front pastedown page, along with an inked p revious owner's name and a second ink stamped owner's name. "William Warde Fowler (16 May 1847 – 15 June 1921) was an English historian and ornithologist, and tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was best known for his works on ancient Roman religion. Among his most influential works was The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic (1899). H. H. Scullard, in the introduction to his 1981 book on a similar topic, singled out Fowler's book as a particularly valuable resource despite its age, writing, "I have not been so presumptuous as to attempt to provide an alternative." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46431

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: World History W. Warde Fowler Ancient History Roman City-state Greeks

GIDDINGS, CAPT. HOWARD A. (PREPARED BY)

New Handbook of Military Signaling

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1917. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format book. The book is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping and rubbing. The book has some bowing (possibly from being stuck in a pocket). The covers have some discoloration and tidemarking, especially to the bottom edges. The rear cover has patches of discoloration. The title has been inked on the spine by a former owner. The text pages are clean, but have tidemarking and water spotting to the bottom edges. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper and penciled name and company on the front pastedown page. "Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces. Military communications span from pre-history to the present. The earliest military communications were delivered by runners. Later, communications progressed to visual and audible signals, and then advanced into the electronic age. Examples from Jane's Military Communications include text, audio, facsimile, tactical ground-based communications, terrestrial microwave, tropospheric scatter, naval, satellite communications systems and equipment, surveillance and signal analysis, encryption and security and direction-finding and jamming." (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 38262

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History Capt. Howard A. Giddings Military Signaling Signal Corps United States Army World War I

GLINES, CARROLL V.

The Compact History of the United States Air Force the Story of the American Airman and the Force in Which He Serves

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Gil Walker. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The book covers have some bits of the dust jacket adhered where moisture stuck the covers and the dust jacket together. There is some light bumping and edge wear to the spine ends. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have some beginning toning to the foredges. The dust jacket has edge tears, nicks and several small chips missing along with some light cosmetic moisture wear / tidemarking to the rear panel. Laid in is a copy of the Radar Intercept Graduation program from the James Connally Air Force Base for 1962 - the officers graduating are: 2nd Lt Thomas D. Bjers, 2nd Lt Bruce T. Burrows, 2nd Lt Kenneth H. Cook, 2nd Lt Fred B. Jacobs, and 2nd Lt Walter F. Sosnowski. Stapled into the back of the booklet is a photograph of the graduates. "Comprehensive and up-to-date, this compact history is an authoritative account of the rise of the United States Air Force.". Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 31844

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History Carroll V. Glines Air Force United States Air Force Aviation Planes Military History

GUENTHER, LEONHARD (PH. D) (PSEUDONYM OF FREDERICK MAY ELIOT)

A German Ace Tells Why from Kaiserdom to Hitlerism

Cambridge, MA: Sci-Art Publishers, 1941. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short incription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks, chips and some ground-in dirt and tidemarking to the bottom edge of the front cover. There is a round stain to the front panel of the dust jacket as well. "LEONHARD GUENTHER was the pseudonym of a German scholar who moved to America shortly before the original publication of A German Ace Tells Why. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Munich and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Bonn. FREDERICK MAY ELIOT (September 15, 1889-February 17, 1958) served as President of the American Unitarian Association (AUA) for twenty years. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Christopher Rhodes Eliot, a minister, and Mary Jackson May, he was educated at the Prince Grammar School and Roxbury Latin, from which he graduated in 1907. He entered Harvard College, majored in Government, graduating summa cum laude in 1911. He spent the next year in Europe, on a Sheldon Fellowship, studying how local governments functioned. He earned his M. A. From Harvard in 1912, which led to an instructorship in government from 1912-13. " (from Scribd); Signed by Author. Near Fine in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 41456

Catalogue: German History

Keywords: World War I Leonhard Guenther Pilots Germany Signed Editions Fighter aces Fighter pilots Nazi

GUTFREUND, AMIR (TRANSLATED BY JESSICA COHEN)

Our Holocaust

New Milford, CT: The Toby Press, 2006. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1592641393. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39499

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: 1592641393 World History Amir Gutfreund Jessica Cohen Holocaust World War II World History

HUGHES, THOMAS (M. A P. )

Alfred the Great

London, England: MacMillan & Co. Publishers, 1887. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wera, bumping and spots of fraying. The spine of the book has noticeable toning. Both front and rear endpapers have the hinge stuck to the pastedown pages about half an inch, and the front inner hinge has cracked. The text pages are clean and bright. "Alfred the Great (Old English: AElfred, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is one of only two English monarchs to be given the epithet "the Great", the other being the Scandinavian Cnut the Great. He was also the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of Alfred's life are described in a work by the 9th-century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser." "Thomas Hughes QC (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857) , a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861). Hughes had numerous other interests, in particular as a Member of Parliament, in the British co-operative movement, and in a settlement in Tennessee reflecting his values.". Very Good- .

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Book number: 35405

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: British History Thomas Hughes Alfred The Great Emperors Kings And Emperors English Royal Biography

SIXTY-THIRD U. S. INFANTRY

A History of the Sixty-Third U.S. Infantry 1917-1919

New York: Members of the Sixty-Third U. S. Infantry / H. H. Bissell, 1920. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, bumping and fraying. There is one inch long triangular chip out of the spine of the dust jacket and the top spine end has some tearing to the cloth and noticeable fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is some tidemarking to the bottom spine end of the first 15 or so pages. Both inner hinges have cracking to the paper and there is some loosening to the spine. "When the United States entered the big war in 1917, I was stationed in Honolulu, senior Lieutenant Colonel of the Infantry arm, and, like dozens of other officers, was aching to return to the mainland and get to work with a regiment. (from the foreword of the book).. Good .

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Book number: 38704

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History Sixty-third U.S. Infantry Infantry Histories United States Army World War I War Regimental Histories Military History

JERDON, T. C. (THOMAS CAVERHILL)

The Mammals of India a Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit Continental India

London, England: John Wheldon, 1874. Corrected Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The book covers have spots of biopredation (bug nibblings to the sizing of the cloth). The text pages are generally clean. Both inner hinges have cracked. The front pastedown page has a personal card pocket, a previous owner's inked name and date, and an ink stamped name and university department name. "Thomas Caverhill Jerdon[1] (12 October 1811 – 12 June 1872) was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. He was a pioneering ornithologist who described numerous species of birds in India. Several species of plants (including the genus Jerdonia) and birds including Jerdon's baza, Jerdon's leafbird, Jerdon's bushlark, Jerdon's nightjar, Jerdon's courser, Jerdon's babbler and Jerdon's bush chat are named after him. " (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 40515

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History T. C. Jerdon Thomas Caverhill Jerdon India Zoology Mammals Of India Natural History