The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Fourth Printing. 533, frontis illus., maps, index, some scuffing to boards, small creases at top and bottom spine edges. More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Fourth Printing. 533, frontis illus., maps, index, some scuffing to boards, small creases at top and bottom spine edges. More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 533, [1] pages. Frontis illustrations. Maps. Index. Boards restrengthened with glue. Stamp of M.G. W. A. Patch USA (RET) with address on fep. Patch was a retired major general and former commander of the Army Training Center and Fort Dix who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1948. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College; the Armed Forces Staff College, and the Army War College. He served as a company commander during the Korean War, when he was wounded in combat. He served as aide-de-camp to the chief of staff at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. He later served as an Army instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and as deputy battle group commander of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C. Gen. Patch served two tours in Vietnam, first as commander of Detachment C-2, 5th Special Forces Group and then as commander of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. He became chief of the tactics group at the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. More
Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2012. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 279, [1] pages. Illustrations. Chapter Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by both co-authors on the title page. Inscription reads: To Cokie Roberts. We read your book on Founder Mother. We agree with you about Peggy! Mark Jacob and Stephen Case, July 2012. Mark Jacob was the deputy Metro editor at the Chicago Tribune and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. Steven Case is a lawyer, entrepreneur, and professor at Georgetown University, He is a member of the board of the American Revolution Center. More
New York, NY: Berkley Caliber, 2008. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. xii, 292 p. Illustrations, black & white. Index. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 740, [2] pages. John William Jakes (born March 31, 1932) is an American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. He has used the pen name Jay Scotland. Thrilling Wonder Stories, edited by Sam Merwin, published two 1949–1950 letters from Jakes and two of his stories were published in pulp magazines edited by Howard Browne late in 1950, The Dreaming Trees (Fantastic Adventures, November) and "Your Number is Up!" (Amazing Stories, December). Jakes sold his first short story in 1950. ISFDB catalogs 28 more speculative fiction stories published 1951 to 1953. Jakes published dozens of stories and several novels during the twenty years following completion of college, many of them fantasy fiction, science fiction and westerns and other historical fiction. He was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of heroic fantasy authors founded in the 1960s and led by Lin Carter. Jakes gained widespread popularity with the publication of his Kent Family Chronicles, which became a best-selling American Bicentennial Series of books in the mid to late 1970s. He has since published several more popular works of historical fiction, most dealing with American history, including the North and South trilogy about the U.S. Civil War, which was adapted as an ABC-TV miniseries. In September 2013, Jakes was named a Florida Literary Legend at the Florida Heritage Book Festival. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Fourth Printing. 740, v.1 only, illus., maps, apps, notes, index, lib stamps (some crossed out in marker), library pocket pasted ins rear flyleaf small red ink scribble inside front flyleaf, rear flyleaf creased, fore-edge soiled, library stamp on fore-edge crossed out in marker, DJ in plastic sleeve, library stickers and barcode on DJ and plastic sleeve (somecrossed out in marker), DJ creased and worn, tape on front DJ. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Fourth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xix, [3], 740, [4] pages. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Illustrations. Maps Appendices. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Slightly cocked. A detailed biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, chronicles his controversial military, administrative, and political career and examines his complex, contradictory personality and character. D. CLAYTON JAMES (1931–2004) was a history professor at Virginia Military Institute, where he held the John Biggs ’30 Cincinnati Chair in Military History. In 1965, James became a professor of history at Mississippi State University in Starkville, where he remained for twenty-three years and in 1978 became a Distinguished Professor. In 1977, James served as an adviser on the movie MacArthur for Universal Studios. He consulted on the BBC television series: The Commanders in 1973. James also held the Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania and the John F. Morrison Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. During that time, James was also a Harmon Lecturer at the U.S. Air Force Academy. In 1988 he moved to Lexington, Virginia, to become the John Biggs Chair in Military History at the Virginia Military Institute where he retired in 1996. He is the author or editor of nine books, including the three-volume biography, The Years of MacArthur, which received the Truman Book Award. More
Union Publishing House, 1894. Presumed contemporary reprint. Hardcover. 607, [5] pages. Introduction by Major General Oliver Otis Howard, U. S. A. (who also reviewed each chapter). Decorative endpapers. Maps. Illustrations. Decorative front cover and spine. Front and rear boards weak. Some page discoloration. Willis Fletcher Johnson (1857 - March 29, 1931), was an author, journalist. lecturer and for twenty years foreign and diplomatic editorial writer for The New York Tribune. Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, an action which later earned him the Medal of Honor. Known as the "Christian general" because he tried to base his policy decisions on his deep, evangelical piety, he was given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid-1865, with the mission of integrating the former slaves into Southern society and politics during the second phase of the Reconstruction Era. More
Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 2000. Sixth printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 416 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Slight cover wear and soiling. Signed by both authors with sentiment on the half title page. Reads as Best little wishes Brian Kelly and Read, Learn & Enjoy Ingrid Smyer. Autographed sticker on front cover. C. Brian Kelly, a prize-winning journalist, is cofounder of Montpelier Publishing and a former editor for Military History magazine. He is also a lecturer in newswriting at the University of Virginia. Kelly's articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Friends, Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and other magazines. He is the author of several books on American history. Mr. Kelly was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and now teaches news writing at the University of Virginia. His wife, Mrs. Smyer-Kelly, is a former freelance writer for newspapers. In recent years she has served on the board of the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia in Charlottesville and as a member of the city’s Historical Resources Committee. More
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vii, [3], 246 pages. Footnotes. Index. Signed by author on fep. Other name, in pencil, on fep. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ is worn, torn, chipped and soiled in a plastic sleeve. Some soiling at pages 6 and 7 noted. The author was a career Army officer, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He served in WWII and the Korean War. He published a number of articles on military reform with outlets such as the Washington Post, The New Republic, and the Denver Post. This was his first book. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1962. First edition. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [4], 101, [7] p. Chronology. Bibliography. Notes. More
New York: Greenberg, 1949. First? Edition. First? Printing. 233, bibliography, reference notes, boards soiled and somewhat marred at and near spine. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. 317, illus., bibliography, minor wear and soiling to DJ, date stamped on top edge. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 317 pages. Illus., bibliography, slight creasing to DJ edges, small crease in front DJ flap. Signed by the author. More
Chicago: R. S. Peale & Company, 1887. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 706 pages. Color frontis illustration. Illustrations (all present). Appendices. Index. Decorative front cover and spine. Cover has some edge wear, rubbing, and corner bumping. Front board weak and restrengthened with glue. Some rear board weakness noted--heavy book. Edges gilded. John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state Representative, a Congressman, and a U.S. Senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States with James G. Blaine in 1884. As the 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, he is regarded as the most important figure in the movement to recognize Memorial Day as an official holiday. His likeness appears on a statue at the center of Logan Circle, Washington, D.C. Logan is one of only three people mentioned by name in the Illinois state song. Upon his death, he lay in state in the United States Capitol rotunda. U.S. Representative Logan fought at Bull Run as an unattached volunteer in a Michigan regiment, and then returned to Washington where, before he resigned his congressional seat on April 2, 1862, he entered the Union Army as Colonel of the 31st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which he organized. Before resigning his seat, Colonel Logan served in the army of Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater and was present at the Battle of Belmont on November 7, 1861 and at Fort Donelson, where he was wounded. More
Da Capo Press, 2006. Advance Reading Copy - Not For Sale. Uncorrected page proofs. Trade paperback. xiii, [1], 329, [17] pages. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. [Index is not present]. Date stamped on the bottom edge. Edward G. Longacre is an award-winning author of twenty books and more than 100 articles on the Civil War. His "Cavalry at Gettysburg" won the Fletcher Pratt Award. More
Boston: Da Capo Press, 2006. First Da Capo Press Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 338 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Gift inscription, not from author, on fep. Edward Longacre (born December 22, 1946) is an American historian and writer. He specializes in American Civil War historiography. He is famous for his numerous biographies of Civil War generals. He has received multiple awards including the Moncado Prize in 1981, the Fletcher Pratt Award in 1986, the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award in 2004, and the Dr. James I. Robertson Jr. Literary Prize for in 2015. In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his weakness for alcohol, which exerted a major influence on both his military and civilian careers. Longacre, to a degree that no other historian has done before, investigates Grant's alcoholism in light of his devout religious affiliations, and the role these sometimes conflicting forces had on his military career and conduct. Longacre's conclusions present a new and surprising perspective on the ever-fascinating life of General Grant. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 438, illus., color frontis, maps, index, DJ scuffed, small tears, crease in rear DJ. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965. Reprint. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxix, 367, [3] p. illus., maps (on lining papers) ports. 25 cm. Chronology of MacArthur's career. More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 279, illus., maps, index, removed from shrinkwrap for data entry. More
Washington, DC: Brassey's, c1996. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 232, illus., pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. Cox disappeared during his second year at West Point. More
Washington, DC: Brassey's, c1996. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 232, illus. More
London: Arrow Books, 1979. Presumed First Arrow Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 4.875 inches by 7.5 inches. 656 pages. Illustrations. Front cover has a crease. "AMERICAN CAESAR is gracefully written, impeccably researched and scrupulous in every way...a thrilling and profoundly ponderable piece of work." (Newsweek). William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. In 1947, Manchester went to work as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, where he met journalist H. L. Mencken, who became his friend and mentor. In 1955, Manchester became an editor for Wesleyan University and the Wesleyan University Press and spent the rest of his career at the university. Manchester's wartime experiences formed the basis for his very personal account of the Pacific Theater, Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War. Manchester also wrote of World War II in several other books, including a three-part biography, The Last Lion, of Winston Churchill. Manchester also wrote a biography of General Douglas MacArthur, American Caesar. His best-selling book, The Death of a President (1967), is a detailed account of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, who had been the subject of an earlier book by Manchester. Before the book could be published, Jacqueline Kennedy filed a lawsuit to prevent its publication, even though she had previously authorized it. The suit was settled in 1967. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 793 pages. Chronology on endpapers. Author's Note. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. "AMERICAN CAESAR is gracefully written, impeccably researched and scrupulous in every way...a thrilling and profoundly ponderable piece of work." (Newsweek). William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. In 1947, Manchester went to work as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, where he met journalist H. L. Mencken, who became his friend and mentor. In 1955, Manchester became an editor for Wesleyan University and the Wesleyan University Press and spent the rest of his career at the university. Manchester's wartime experiences formed the basis for his very personal account of the Pacific Theater, Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War. Manchester also wrote of World War II in several other books, including a three-part biography, The Last Lion, of Winston Churchill. Manchester also wrote a biography of General Douglas MacArthur, American Caesar. His best-selling book, The Death of a President (1967), is a detailed account of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, who had been the subject of an earlier book by Manchester. Before the book could be published, Jacqueline Kennedy filed a lawsuit to prevent its publication, even though she had previously authorized it. The suit was settled in 1967. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. 320, illus., notes, index, some wear to DJ edges. More