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London: Andrew Melrose, Ltd, 1917. Reprint. Second Edition, Second printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page discoloration. Boards weak.. 140, [1] p. Preface by E. B. O. The articles which are collected in this volume first appeared in the Morning Post and other journals of consequence in Engalnd, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and in the Overseas Dominions. They were written to explain the position in the Western theatre of warfare, and convincing the man in the street and the man at the club window that the defeat of Germany was inevitable.

New York: Norton, c1978. First Edition. First Printing. very good, good. 22 cm, 274, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, pencil erasure on front endpaper.

Laurel, MD: Chemical Propulsion Info Ag, 1977. fair to good. Quarto, 163, bibliography, index, some soiling to covers and spine, some wear at spine, 1st 3 sheets separated from rest of text. This book contains 1175 bibliographic citations of reports and papers from 1963 to 1977. Topics covered include energetic ingredients, propellants, igniter materials and igniters, rocket motors, gun, ammunition, and missiles.

Washington, DC: United States Army, Center of Military History (produced by U. S. Government Printing Office), 1991. World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. very good. Format is approximately 5.875 inches by 9.125 inches. viii, 227, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations (some color). Maps (with some color). Notes. The author received his Ph.D. in History from Ohio State University in 1981. He joined in 1983 the faculty of the Combat Studies Institute the military history department of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, where he specialized in the U. S. Army in the interwar and World War II periods. The 1941 maneuvers, the largest ever conducted by the U.S. Army, exercised an incalculable influence on the development of the American force structure in World War II. The maneuvers served to test emerging assumptions about doctrine and organization. He is the author of a number of campaign and battle studies that have earned him an… Leer más

Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute, 1997. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued.. vii, [1], 25, [3] p. Maps. Figues. Tables. Illustrations. Bibliography. Military logistics, during the era of the use of draft animals, had significant constraints in terms of lengh, seasonal aspects, and challenges of moving large masses of troops and tons of materiel. The situation changed in the middle of the Nineteenth Century with the advent of the railroad and its integration into the military planning and logistics processes. The railroad increased enormously the geographical scale of military operations.

Place_Pub: Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, [1986]. First? Edition. First? Printing. very good. 23 cm, 27, wraps, figures, maps, notes, slight wear and soiling to covers.

Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, 1987. First Thus? Edition. First? Printing. good. 28 cm, 39, wraps, illus., maps, bookplate residue inside front cover, slight wear and soiling to covers.

Slough, Eng: Technivision Services, c1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, fair. 25 cm, 514, illus., DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some rippling at front endpaper, pencil erasure on front endpaper.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2015. First U.S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xix, [1], 435, [9] pages. Illustrations. A Note about the Text. Maps, Notes. Bibliography and Archives Consulted. Inscribed on the page facing the title page. Derived from a Kirkus review: Gabis brings her sensibility as a poet and indefatigable energy as a historian to this engrossing memoir. The author's family spoke little about their past. Gabis knew that her maternal grandparents had come to America after World War II; that her grandfather had fought bravely against Russian invaders; that her grandmother had been arrested and sent to labor camps. However, several years ago, she found out more: her grandfather had been a Nazi security chief in a town where at least two mass slaughters had occurred. For the next several years, she became obsessed with one question: was the man she had loved a murderer? The author's research involved repeated trips to Israel,… Leer más

Philadelphia, PA: Am Academy of Pol & Soc Sci, 1959. fair. 24 cm, 222, wraps, tables, ink mark and staining on covers.

Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1967. First Edition. fair, ex-lib., fair. 254, illus., footnotes, appendix, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to boardsbook somewhat cocked and shaken. One of the Airmen & Aircraft series of which Martin Caidin was the General Editor. History of the rotating wing aircraft, from ancient times to their use in modern times as military aircraft and daring rescue machines.

New York: Anchor Books, published by Doubleday, 1989. First Anchor Books Edition [Stated]. Presumed first printing. Trade paperback. Good. The format is approximately 5.125 inches by 8 inches. vi, [2], 502 pages. Illustrations. Reference Notes. A Note on Sources. A Selected Bibliography. Index. Some cover wear and soiling, and a crease at the back. Provocative, original group biography of the Jewish immigrants who came to dominate the American film industry. These men--Adolph Zukor, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, the Warner Brothers, Harry Cohn--created an image of America out of their idealism. Neal Gabler (born 1950) is an American journalist, writer and film critic. Gabler has contributed to numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Esquire, New York Magazine, Vogue, American Heritage, The New Republic, Us, and Playboy. He has appeared on many television programs, including The Today Show, CBS Morning News, The News Hour, Entertainment Tonight, Charlie Rose, and… Leer más

New York: Knopf, 1994. First Edition. First? Printing. good, good. 25 cm, 681, illus. The life of Walter Winchell, the fast-talking gossip columnist and radio broadcaster.

Cincinnati, OH: The B. Manischewitz Co, 1930. Third Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. The format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.75 inches. Text in English and Hebrew. 79 and 79 pages. Index to Recipes. Illustrations (some with color). SCARCE. Cover has wear and soiling and spine frayed and torn. No dust jacket present. Decorative endpaper. 250 choice recipes tested and approved in the Manischewitz Experimental Kitchens by Miss F. O. Gabr, B.S., Science Experts and Graduate in Institutional Management. Manischewitz is a brand of kosher products founded in 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and best known for its matzo and kosher wine. It became a public corporation in 1923 but remained under family control until January 1991, when it was bought out by a private equity firm. On April 7, 2014, Sankaty Advisors, an arm of the private equity firm Bain Capital, bought the company from a group that included the investment firm Harbinger. It is the world's largest Matzo… Leer más

Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1972. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling.. 489-889, viii p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, index. References. This volume of Space Science Reviews is devoted to the Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Ultraviolet and X-Ray Spectroscpy of Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas, that was held at Utrecht in The Netherlands, August 24 to 26, 1971.

New York: Hill and Wang, c1984. First Printing. very good, very good. 24 cm, 241, maps, minor wrinkling and wear to DJ. The first book about the 1982 war in Lebanon, based on hundreds of interviews with the soldiers of both sides, the guerrillas who fought in it, and the civilians caught in the middle.

Place_Pub: New York: Hill and Wang, 1985. First Edition. very good, good. 24 cm, 208, maps, notes, some wear to DJ.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980. Book Club Edition. very good, fair to good. 246, tables, chapter notes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled. The author conducted extensive surveys of recent emigres from the Soviet Union, men who served in the Russian Army at various times over a forty-year period from World War II to 1979.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1985. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling. Cover has some wear.. xii, [2] 207, [1] p. Maps. Notes.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. First Printing. Hardcover. very good/good. 24 cm, 208 pages. Bookplate and name in ink inside front board. "Richard A. Gabriel ... brings a fresh perspective to [the analysis of the relative merits of the US and Soviet Armed forces]. In his new book, The Antagonists, he focuses upon small-group cohesion as the primary determinant of combat performance. Contrasting recent statistical surveys of the US Army with attitudinal polls of former soldiers among Soviet emigres, Gabriel assesses each army's ability to sustain combat. Coincidentally, he also launches a critique of the managerial philosophy now followed by the US Army officer corps. ... The Antagonists takes a significant step forward in the comparison of US and Soviet armed forces. By extending the analysis of small-group cohesion to the Soviets, Gabriel brings us closer to a real world assessment of their capabilities."-Military Review Richard A. Gabriel is a published historian and author.… Leer más