Testament to Union: Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998. First Printing. 192, illus., appendices, sources, index. Inscribed by the author. More
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998. First Printing. 192, illus., appendices, sources, index. Inscribed by the author. More
Place_Pub: New York: The Century Co., 1884-1888. Quarto, 3098 total, 4 vols., illus., maps, ftnotes, apps, index, bds scuffed, clear plastic taped over bds, lib bkplates & pockets, stamp ins fr fly. More
Place_Pub: Secaucus, NJ: Castle, 1986. Reprint Edition. First Thus Printing. Quarto, 3091 total, 4 vols., illus., maps, footnotes, appendices, index, tear in front DJ v.1, slight wear to DJ edges. More
New York: Penguin Books, 1988. Eighth Printing. 368, wraps, illus., maps, bibliography, index, some wear to cover and spine edges, price stickers on rear cover An exploration of four different military leadership styles (the heroic style of Alexander the Great, the anti-heroic style of the Duke of Wellington, the unheroic style of Ulysses S. Grant, and the false-heroic style of Adolf Hiter) and how they reflect their times. The author believes that a fifth type of leader will emerge in the nuclear age--a post-heroic leader, who acts only after clear, intellectual thought. More
New York: Penguin Books, 1988. Presumed First U. S. Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [14], 368, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Select Bibliography. Index. Slight wear to cover and spine edges. Sticker residue on the back cover. Ink notations and marks on several pages and on rep. Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare and the psychology of battle. In 1960 Keegan took up a lectureship in military history at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which trains officers for the British Army. He remained there for 26 years, becoming a senior lecturer in military history during his tenure, during which he also held a visiting professorship at Princeton University and was Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar College. Leaving the academy in 1986, Keegan joined the Daily Telegraph as a defence correspondent and stayed with the paper as defence editor until his death. He also wrote for the American conservative National Review Online. In 1998 he wrote and presented the BBC's Reith Lectures, entitling them War in our World. An exploration of four different military leadership styles (the heroic style of Alexander the Great, the anti-heroic style of the Duke of Wellington, the unheroic style of Ulysses S. Grant, and the false-heroic style of Adolf Hiter) and how they reflect their times. The author believes that a fifth type of leader will emerge in the nuclear age--a post-heroic leader, who acts only after clear, intellectual thought. More
New York: Atlas Books [Harper], 2013. The Illustrated Harper Reissue Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [12], 226, [2] pages. Illustrations. (included 24 pages of full-color art) and many black and white illustrations. Notes. Illustration Credits. Index. Format is approximately 8 inches by 9.75 inches. Inscribed on the fep by the author. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Michael Korda (born 8 October 1933) is an English-born writer and novelist who was editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City. He states in his memoir that he edited books on everything from mathematics and philosophy, memoirs, fiction, translations from French, politics, anthropology and science history. One of the first books Korda bought was The Forest People by Colin Turnbull—a memoir of Turnbull's time living with the Mbuti Pygmies in the then Belgian Congo. Korda was a major figure in the book industry, publishing numerous works by high-profile writers and personalities such as William L. Shirer, Will and Ariel Durant, Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, Richard Nixon, Richard Rhodes and Ronald Reagan. Korda was a major part of Simon & Schuster for more than forty years. In 2000, he published Another Life: A Memoir of Other People, about the world of publishing. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First Edition. 512, frontis illus., notes, bibliography, index, discolor ins bds, rough spot ins r bd, bds stained, spine faded, pgs darkened. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1950. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 83, wraps, some wear to cover edges, cellophane wrapper has pieces missing, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Place_Pub: New York: Free Press, c1987. Book Club Edition. 25 cm, 357, illus., notes, bibliography, index, highlighting/underlining, some soil fr endpaper & edges, some DJ wear/soil: sm edge tear. More
Place_Pub: New York: Free Press, c1987. First Printing. 25 cm, 357, illus., notes, bibliography, index, slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: New American Library, 1961. Second Printing. pocket paperbk, 256, wraps, illus., facsimiles, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page discoloration A Mentor Book. More
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 270, illus., maps, sources, end notes, selected bibliography, index, slight weakness to front board, rear DJ scuffed over barcode. More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1970. Book Club Edition. 244 + maps, illus., maps, footnotes, appendices, chronological table, bibliography, index, bookplate, DJ worn, stained, and scuffed. More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1970. Hardcover. 244 pages + maps. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Appendices. Chronological Table. Bibliography. Index. Bookplate. DJ worn and creased. Ink name and date inside front flyleaf, lower corner front DJ flap clipped. General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall KCB, CBE, DSO, MC (27 May 1887 – 1985) was a British Army officer and linguist. On the outbreak of World War I Cornwall joined the Intelligence Corps. In 1915 he was appointed to the rank of Captain at 2nd corps headquarters in the Second Army. In 1916 he was promoted to temporary major at the general headquarters of the British expeditionary force, under Sir Douglas Haig. In 1918, Cornwall was head of the MI3 section of the military intelligence directorate, where he remained until the armistice. In 1919, Cornwall was sent to the peace conference in Paris, where he worked with Reginald Leeper and Harold Nicolson on the new boundaries of Europe. Several jobs in the Middle East in the 1920s gave him the opportunity to study Turkish and modern Greek. From 1928 to 1932 he held the post of military attaché in Berlin. In 1934, he was promoted major-general. In 1938, he was promoted to lieutenant-general, in charge of the air defence of Great Britain. In May 1940 he went to France to help evacuate British troops from Cherbourg, boarding the last ship to leave the port. He took over command of III Corps in England in June 1940 holding the post until November 1940. In April 1941 Marshall-Cornwall became General Officer Commanding the British troops in Egypt. . He spent the rest of the war with the Special Operations Executive and MI6. More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of NC Press, c1988. First Printing. 24 cm, 455, illus. More
London: W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1926. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 171, appendix, tear at top of spine, wear at bottom of spine, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 25 cm,. viii, [4], 392, [10] pages. Endpaper map. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling and chips. The author came from 'a railroad family.' He worked as a caller and a roundhouse clerk for the New York Central before becoming a feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle. During World War II he served as an anti-submarine warfare with the U. S. Navy. He then became a full-time writer. More
Chicago, IL: Rhodes & McClure, Publishers, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 + 36 pages. Illustrations. Some foxing and soiling to text, boards quite weak, most of rear flyleaf torn out, notations inside boards. More
Place_Pub: Knoxville, TN: University of TN Press, 1984. First Edition. 298, illus., maps, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. More
Knoxville, TN: University of TN Press, 1984. Book Club Edition. 298, illus., maps, notes, appendices, bibliography, index, History Book Club bookplate inside front flyleaf. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1960. Presumed First Edition, First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 23 cm, 533 pages, footnotes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ taped to boards, pocket removed from rear endpaper, edges soiled. Eric Louis McKitrick (July 5, 1919 - April 24, 2002) was an American historian, best known for The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800 (1993) with Stanley Elkins, which won the Bancroft Prize in 1994. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in 1949, an M.A. in 1951, and a Ph.D. in 1959. He taught at the University of Chicago and at Rutgers University's Douglass College in the 1950s, and Columbia University from 1960 to 1989 before retiring as an emeritus professor of history.[2] In 1973-74 he was the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University and in 1979-80 the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Fourth Printing. 904, illus., maps, footnotes, bibliographical note, index, small stain in top corner of first few pages. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Book of the Month Club Edition. Trade paperback. xix, [1], 904,[4] pages. Wraps. Musical score. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Bibliographical Note. Index. Minor edge moisture stains. Minor page creasing. This book is Volume VI of The Oxford History of the United States; general editor of the series is C. Vann Woodward. Comprehensive one-volume history of the Civil War era, covering military, political, and economic topics. James Munro McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. McPherson was the president of the American Historical Association in 2003. McPherson joined the faculty of Princeton in 1962. His works include The Struggle for Equality, awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Award in 1965. In 1988, he published his Pulitzer-winning book, Battle Cry of Freedom. His 1990 book, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution argues that the emancipation of slaves amounts to a second American Revolution. McPherson's 1998 book, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, received the Lincoln Prize. In 2007, he was awarded the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement in military history given by the Society for Military History. More
New York: Collier Books, 1966. First Collier Edition. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 244 pages. Illus., pencil erasure front endpaper, DJ somewhat worn/soiled, minor damp staining to rear DJ & boards. Signed by the author. More
New York: Castle Books, 1957. Reprint Edition. Quarto, 358, vol. 10 only, profusely illus., small stain top corner front flyleaf, index, DJ worn, scuffed, & soiled: edge tears/chips. More