ROBERTS, George (Editor, Printer)
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Life in a Man-of-War or Scenes in 'Old Ironsides' During Her Cruise in the Pacific
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. First edition. Hard Cover. Large 8vo. A good, sound copy; worn at edges. Rubbing to spine. Starting at front hinge. From a limited edition of 785, this being no. 174. 288pp.
THE ARMS RACE AND US: The Riverside Church Disarmament Program Fourth Annual Conference November 15-16, 1981
New York: The Riverside Church, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Perfect-bound wraps. About very good. Light curling, creasing to wraps; trace soil. Pages heavily toned throughout, with mild dampstaining to bottom, but clean overall. 144pp. Prints talks given at this anti-nuclear event at New York's Riverside Church. Speakers included Cora.....
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION BY THE NATO ALLIES: Ten Years Later - and Beyond
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt titles. In original printed dust jacket. Unclipped. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to first endpaper: "For Joe, / A gentleman, offier and true / professional, whom I am honored to / have as a good friend. / Alex.....
CONCEPT, ALGORITHM, DECISION: Decision Making and Automation (A Soviet Vew)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, (1974). First US Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Wraps heavily rubbed and creased at lower corner. Price stamp at front wrap. Scratches at fore and bottom edge. Some neat underlining in pencil. Still good and sound. Translated and published under the auspices of the.....
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Wayne, NJ: Avery Publishing, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. 4tos. 3 vols. Publisher's imitation leather bindings in original slipcase. Wear to spine extremities. Minor rubbing to slipcase. Near fine. From the West Point Military History Series. Three volumes include Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia and the Pacific and Military Campaign Atlas.....
MONICA HALLER: RILEY AND HIS STORY
Paris, France / Värnamo, Sweden: Onestar Press / Fälth & Hässler, (2009). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black printed cloth. As new; sealed in shrinkwrap. [480] pp. First printing (hardcover). Collection of photographs taken by Sharbanno, a friend of Haller's, during his tenure as nurse at Abu Grhaib prison.
THE CASE AGAINST THE ADMIRALS: Why We Must Have a Unified Command
New York: Dutton, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth in original dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. Rubbing, edgewear and corner chips to jacket. Endpapers a bit soiled, toned. Text block clean throughout. Binding sound. 216pp. Following World War II, an argument for the unification of the military.....
LA PLACE DE LA CONCORDE SUISSE
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Near fine with very light rubbing to jacket, else bright and tight. Observations of an American observer during Swiss Army exercises. 150 pp.
Extracts from Moltke's Correspondence Pertaining to the War 1870-71
Fort Leavenworth, Kas. The Army Service School Press, 1911. First edition thus. Hard Cover. 8vo. Original blue wraps, hansomely rebound in marbled boards over quarter blue cloth. Casing near fine with trace fading and edgewear. Internally very good with some creasing here and there to pages and minor edgewear. Scarce.....
ARMOR: A History of Mechanized Forces
New York: Praeger, (1960). First American edition. Cloth. 8vo. Very good in like jacket. Jacket rubbing with mild edgewear. Clipped. Some mild foxing internally. Touches shelfwear to boards. Else clean and sound throughout. 475pp. with index.
LIC 2010: Special Operations and Unconventional Warfare in the Next Century
Washington DC: Brassey's, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Near fine. Very minor wear to jacket at top edge. Touch of foxing to edge-wear. Interior clean and bright. Speculation on the future of 21st century warfare. 166 pp.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND MILITARY POWER: A Study of Civil Control of the Military Power in the United States
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1951). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. Association copy, warmly INSCRIBED, dated, and SIGNED by author Smith to noted educator and historian Leonard D. White: "With affection and respect / to / Professor Leonard White / Whose encouragement and aid / made possible.....
BACK TO MANDALAY
New York: Greystone Press, (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth original dust jacket. Jacket suffers some light edgewear and foxing. Adheisive residue at front flap. Interior bright and clean. About very good. Account of British and American military involvement in Burma, written in an adventure style, from the man.....
REVISED PROGRAM OF CONSTRUCTION NEEDED AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
West Point, NY: n.p., April 4, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth over flexible boards. Moderate edgewear, rubbing/scuffing, and a few small dents and stains to boards. Interior pages lightly toned with faint foxing to endpapers, otherwise unmarked. Typescript bound with original photographs, blueprints, architectural plans and diagrams, organized.....
NO EXCUSES ALLOWED: My 15 Years in the Navy
Cambria, CA: Dead Reckoning Press, (1991). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound photographic wraps. Near fine. INSCRIBED with a lengthy note by Wilson at FFEP, in the year of publication. Front cover a bit curled. Else clean and unmarred. 343pp. Sequel to Wilson's memoir NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Illustrated.
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