THE 13TH VALLEY.
New York: Bantam, [ 1981]. Narrow quarto. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected proofs of the first edition. About fine.
War Literature
THE STORY OF GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL.
[Np]: Published by the Author, 1952. 187,[1]pp. Printed wrappers. text stock uniformly slightly tanned, otherwise a very good copy. First edition of Tailgunner Joe's amplification of his Senate attack on Marhsall.
AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF COPENHAGEN BY THE BRITISH, IN THE YEAR 1807 ... TO ACCOMPANY A PLAN OF THE CITY OF COPENHAGEN ....
London: Printed for W. Faden ... 1807. [4],89,[1]pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound volume. Some scattered foxing early and late, otherwise a very good copy, bearing the small book stamp of Prince Ernest August of Hannover on the verso of the title. First edition. As noted in the extended title, this.....
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CLARA IN BLUNDERLAND [with:] LOST IN BLUNDERLAND THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CLARA..
London: Heinemann, 1902 & 1903. Two octavo volumes. Pictorial olive green cloth stamped in red and black. Frontispieces and illustrations by "S.R." (i.e. Stafford Ransome). Light offset to endsheets, some foxing to tissue guards between titles and frontispieces, otherwise a very good to near fine set. First edition of these.....
CLARA IN BLUNDERLAND [with:] LOST IN BLUNDERLAND THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CLARA..
London: Heinemann, 1902 & 1903. Two octavo volumes. Pictorial olive green cloth stamped in red and black. Frontispieces and illustrations by "S.R." (i.e. Stafford Ransome). Cloth a bit rubbed and soiled, with some pale stains to the image on the upper board of the second, front free endsheet of second.....
MALICE IN KULTURLAND.
New York: E. P. Dutton, [1917]. Brown paper over boards, printed spine label and pictorial cover-label. Illustrations by W. Tell. One upper fore-tip bumped, sliver- thin edge loss to spine label. pictorial label very slightly foxed, but a good, sound copy, without dust jacket. First U.S. edition, impression not identified.....
THE ELEVENTH MAN A NOVEL.
Orlando, etc: Harcourt, [ 2008]. Pictorial wrappers. Advance reading copy from uncorrected proofs of the first edition. Fine.
ONCE A WARRIOR KING MEMORIES OF AN OFFICER IN VIETNAM.
New York: McGraw-Hill, [ 1985]. Large octavo. Cloth and boards. First edition. Edges slightly dusty, but a very good copy in dust jacket.
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THE WALLS DO NOT FALL [with]: TRIBUTE TO THE ANGELS [with:] THE FLOWERING OF THE ROD.
London: Oxford University Press, 1944 - 1945 - 1946. Three volumes. Printed wrappers over stiff wrappers. Wrappers of first two volumes a bit darkened and rubbed at extremities with a bit of hand- soiling; a bit of foxing, more pronounced in the third volume, otherwise a very good set. First.....
TRILOGY THE WALLS DO NOT FALL TRIBUTE TO THE ANGELS THE FLOWERING OF THE ROD. By "H.D."
[New York]: New Directions, [1973]. Gilt cloth. Lightly dust speckled at top edge, else about fine in faintly speckled dust jacket. First collective US edition, clothbound issue (1500 copies). Foreword by Norman Holmes Pearson. H.D.'s three long poems, written during and under the impact of World War II. Although copies.....
FIRST ENCOUNTER.
New York: Philosophical Library, [1945]. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. A reprinting of the original text of ONE MAN'S INITIATION, retitled, and with a new preface by the author. Endsheets tanned, otherwise very good in worn and smudged dust jacket with some small scrape losses to the front panel.
ONE MAN'S INITIATION.
London: Allen & Unwin, [ 1920]. Blue cloth. First edition, second state, of the author's first book. Spine faded and frayed at crown, but a good copy.
ONE MAN'S INITIATION.
New York: Doran, 1922. Cloth, paper label. A very good copy, without dust jacket. First edition, American issue, one of 500 sets of sheets from the British edition exported to America to capitalize on the success of THREE SOLDIERS. This copy bears those determinative points often suggested, without basis, to.....
THREE SOLDIERS.
New York: Doran, [ 1921]. Black cloth, stamped in orange. First edition, first printing, with 'signing' at p. 213:31. A couple of small nicks to fore-edge of upper board, otherwise very good, tight and clean.
THE VILLAGES ARE THE HEART OF SPAIN.
Chicago: Esquire-Coronet, [ 1937]. Cloth, paper label. Cloth a bit dust soiled, otherwise a very good copy. First edition in book form. One of 1200 numbered copies distributed by the publisher as a promotional premium. Pictorial endsheets by Eric Lundgren.
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[Autograph Lettercard to Elkin Mathews].
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex. postmarked "27 7 17." One page, on blank side of printed lettercard, in ink, addressed in his hand on verso. Some oddly symmetrical tan discoloration to address side, perhaps from having been mounted, else very good. Doyle writes to Mathews, providing an enthusiastic blurb for a forthcoming.....
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST CONAN DOYLE.
[ London]: Whizzard Press / Andre Deutsch, [ 1979]. Cloth boards, endpaper maps. Profusely illustrated. Cocked, but otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author in the year of publication on the title-page: "George & Beryl [Sims] from Julian...ACD was involved [?] in.....
NEW POEMS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Boards, paper spine label. First U.S. edition, including war verse and translations. Signed by the author in 1926. Spine faded, light wear to extremities, else good or better, lacking the dust jacket.
TALES OF WAR.
Dublin: The Talbot Press, [ 1918]. Cloth and gray boards, stamped in red and black. Spine a little rubbed, boards and text stock a little darkened, as usual, but a good or better copy, without dust jacket. First edition. Dunsany served as a Captain with the Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers, and.....
Original Color Lithographed Australian Daybill for CASTLE KEEP.
Sydney: Columbia Pictures / Filmways, [1970]. Folio (30 X 13.25", 76 X 34cm). Folded, as issued, about fine. Vintage brilliant color lithographed daybill poster for the 1970 Australian release of this memorable film adaptation of Eastlake's 1965 novel, first released in the US in 1969. Directed by Sydney Pollack, it.....
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[Studio Publicity Campaign Press Book for:] CASTLE KEEP.
[Hollywood]: Columbia Pictures, [1969]. 11[1]pp. Folio (43 x 28 cm). Pictorial self wrappers. Horizontal fold, a couple of minor dust spots, near fine. A publicity pressbook for this memorable film adaptation of Eastlake's 1965 novel. Directed by Sydney Pollack, it starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Astrid Heeren, Bruce Dern, Tony.....
CASTLE KEEP.
New York: Simon & Schuster, [ 1965]. Cloth and boards. Top edge spotted, but very good in dust jacket with a couple mends on verso. First edition. The source novel for the memorable 1969 Sydney Pollack adaptation, starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Tony Bill, et al.
BURNING CONSCIENCE THE CASE OF THE HIROSHIMA PILOT CLAUDE EATHERLY, TOLD IN HIS LETTERS TO GUNTHER ANDERS....
New York: Monthly Review Press, [ 1962]. Cloth. Frontis. First U.S. edition. With a Preface by Bertrand Russell. Near fine in lightly spine-faded dust jacket.
THE COURT-MARTIAL OF DANIEL BOONE.
Boston and Toronto, Little, Brown, [1973]. Gilt cloth and boards. Endsheet maps. First edition. Spine slightly cocked, otherwise fine in lightly sunstruck pictorial dust jacket.
JOHNNY LOGAN SHAWNEE SPY.
Boston and Toronto, Little, Brown, [1983]. Gilt cloth. First edition. Endsheet maps. Small, neat former owner's name on endsheet, else fine in fine dust jacket.