Opening Moves: August 1914
New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., facsims., maps, bookplate, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., facsims., maps, bookplate, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Foreign Policy Association, [1942]. First? Printing. 19 cm, 96, wraps, illus., diagrams, usual library markings. Headline Books No. 37. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956. 25 cm, 310, tables, index, usual library markings. More
New York: D. McKay Company, [1969]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 270, illus., bibliography, fr DJ flap price clipped, DJ edges worn. Foreword by Admiral T. H. Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations. More
Paris: Librairie pour L'Art Militaire, Les Sciences et les Arts, 1872 (through 1874 for set). Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Volume I only of a four volume set. 448 pages. Three folding maps at back. Footnotes. This work is in the French language. Decorative binding. Decorative endpapers. Name of previous owner on fep. The author was a noted Swiss military observer. Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Lecomte was dispatched to the United States in the closing days of 1861 by the Swiss Federal Council to observe the military conflict. Lecomte’s account explains, with noted clarity, the causes of the war and disagreements between the two sides, the cultural differences between North and South, the political background to the 1860 presidential election, and the opening battles and engagements of the war that had occurred thus far. He additionally takes a special interest in new technologies utilized in the war—especially the USS Monitor. He carried over this overview/strategic perspective and attention to detail in his study of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, c. 1987. 164, wraps, figures, tables, appendices, references, ink date inside front flyleaf, rear cover scuffed, some wear cover & spine edges. More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1941. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 192 p. Includes: illustrations, maps. Occasional footnotes. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. Limited numbered edition of 350, preceding First Trade Edition. Hardcover. viii, [2], 407, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Index. Stain on rear board, inscription on flyleaf, signed by author, no. 175 of limited edition of 350 copies. Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864 – April 13, 1955) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1918 until 1921. He is largely responsible for designing the powerful role of the Chief of Staff in the 20th century. March was assigned as the aide to Major General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. during the Philippine–American War. He participated as part of General Wheaton's expedition in battles at San Fabian, Buntayan Bridge and San Jacinto. He commanded the U.S. forces in the Battle of Tirad Pass, 2 December 1899, where General Gregorio del Pilar was killed, and received the surrender of General Venacio Concepción, Chief of Staff to Philippine President Aguinaldo, 5 December 1899. In March 1918, he became acting Army Chief of Staff and was made Army Chief of Staff on May 20, 1918. As Chief of Staff he reorganized the Army structure, and abolished the distinctions between the Regular Army, the Army Reserves, and the Army National Guard during wartime. He created new technical branches in the service including the United States Army Air Corps, Chemical Warfare Service, Transportation Corps, and Tank Corps. He also centralized control over supply. He supervised the demobilization of the Army. March was a highly efficient and capable administrator who did much to modernize the American Army and prepare it for combat in the First World War. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1932. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. viii, [2], 407, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Index. DJ worn & repaired with tape, review pasted inside fr flylf, some foxing to text, bookplate inside front board. Some wear noted. Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864 – April 13, 1955) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1918 until 1921. He is largely responsible for designing the powerful role of the Chief of Staff in the 20th century. March was assigned as the aide to Major General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. during the Philippine–American War. He participated as part of General Wheaton's expedition in battles at San Fabian, Buntayan Bridge and San Jacinto. He commanded the U.S. forces in the Battle of Tirad Pass, 2 December 1899, where General Gregorio del Pilar was killed, and received the surrender of General Venacio Concepción, Chief of Staff to Philippine President Aguinaldo, 5 December 1899. In March 1918, he became acting Army Chief of Staff and was made Army Chief of Staff on May 20, 1918. As Chief of Staff he reorganized the Army structure, and abolished the distinctions between the Regular Army, the Army Reserves, and the Army National Guard during wartime. He created new technical branches in the service including the United States Army Air Corps, Chemical Warfare Service, Transportation Corps, and Tank Corps. He centralized control over supply. He supervised the demobilization of the Army. March was a highly efficient, capable administrator who did much to modernize the American Army and prepare it for combat in the First World War. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus [There was a signed, limited edition of 350 copies]. Hardcover. viii, [2], 407, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Index. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Soiling to boards and spine. Small tears to top and bottom spine edges. Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864 – April 13, 1955) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1918 until 1921. He is largely responsible for designing the powerful role of the Chief of Staff in the 20th century. March was assigned as the aide to Major General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. during the Philippine–American War. He participated as part of General Wheaton's expedition in battles at San Fabian, Buntayan Bridge and San Jacinto. He commanded the U.S. forces in the Battle of Tirad Pass, 2 December 1899, where General Gregorio del Pilar was killed, and received the surrender of General Venacio Concepción, Chief of Staff to Philippine President Aguinaldo, 5 December 1899. In March 1918, he became acting Army Chief of Staff and was made Army Chief of Staff on May 20, 1918. As Chief of Staff he reorganized the Army structure, and abolished the distinctions between the Regular Army, the Army Reserves, and the Army National Guard during wartime. He created new technical branches in the service including the United States Army Air Corps, Chemical Warfare Service, Transportation Corps, and Tank Corps. He also centralized control over supply. He supervised the demobilization of the Army. March was a highly efficient and capable administrator who did much to modernize the American Army and prepare it for combat in the First World War. More
Torino: Unione Tip.-Editrice Torines, 1918. 1st Eng Lang? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 91, wraps, illus. (some color), maps, diagrams, some pages discolored and brittle, some fading to covers. More
Washington DC: United States, Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxvi, 548, [2] pages. Illustrations. Tables. Charts. Bibliographical Notes. Index. Color frontis. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Distribution list laid in. This is one of the volumes in the Medical Department, United States Army series. During World War II, the U.S. Army Medical Department reached a personnel strength which it had never before attained. Its peak strength of 700,000 was three times that of the entire Regular Army in 1939. In contrast to personnel procurement in most other arms and services, the entire officer corps of the Medical Department, exclusive of the Medical Administrative Corps, had to be procured directly from qualified civilian professional groups. Furthermore, the personnel required were in a critical category, and the need for them was immediate and urgent. This volume of the history of the U.S. Army Medical Department in World War II is the story of how the enormous personnel expansion was achieved; of how qualified medical personnel were secured; of how the wartime military medical establishment was utilized and the highest standards of professional medical care were maintained; and, finally, of how the wartime Medical Department was contracted to a peacetime level. The magnitude of the medical achievement in World War II should not be permitted to obscure the difficulties that attended it. They were numerous and fundamental. More
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. Seventh Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. x, 405, [1] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Minor cover wear and edge soiling. William Hardy McNeill (October 31, 1917 – July 8, 2016) was a historian and author, noted for his argument that contact and exchange among civilizations is what drives human history forward, first postulated in The Rise of the West (1963). He was the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1947 until his retirement in 1987. In 1947, McNeill began teaching at the University of Chicago, where he remained throughout his teaching career. He chaired the University's Department of History from 1961 to 1967, establishing its international reputation. During his tenure as chair, he recruited Henry Moore to cast a bronze statue called Nuclear Energy commemorating the University of Chicago as the place where the world's first manmade nuclear chain reaction took place in 1942. In 1988 he was a visiting professor at Williams College, where he taught a seminar on The Rise of the West. According to John W. Boyer, the University of Chicago's Dean and a former student of McNeill's, McNeill was "one of the most important historians to teach at the University of Chicago in the twentieth century". From 1971 to 1980, he served as the editor of The Journal of Modern History. His Plagues and Peoples (1976), was an important early contribution to the impact of disease on human history. In 1982, he published The Pursuit of Power, which examined the role of military forces, military technology, and war in human history. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1985. 186, wraps, map, tables, charts, endnotes, references, index, some edge wear and creasing to covers, stamp on bottom edge. More
London: Virago Press, 1999. Special Edition for Past Times, presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. (10), 206 p. Illustrations. Select Bibliography Index. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: National Petroleum Council, 1991. Approx. 100, wraps, index. More
Fairfax, VA: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1978. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiv,[2], 780, [2] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Tables. Graphs. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has soiling, wear, tears, and chips especially at the top edge. Ink notation inside front board. Some edge soiling. This volume has sections on 1649-1800; 1800-1840, 1840-1870, 1870-1925, and 1925-1976. This monumental volume was issued to coincide with the Bicentennial of the United States. More
Fairfax, VA: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1992. 250th Anniversary Commemorative Edition [stated]. First Anniversary Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiv,[2], 780, [2] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Tables. Graphs. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. Removed from shrinkwrap for cataloguing. DJ has soiling, wear, tears, and chips especially at the top edge. Ink notation inside front board. Some edge soiling. This volume has sections on 1649-1800; 1800-1840, 1840-1870, 1870-1925, and 1925-1976. This monumental volume was issued to coincide with the Bicentennial of the United States. More
Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1976. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 269, illus., usual library markings. More
Washington DC: United States, Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xviii, 292, [2] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Charts. Illustrations. Index. Distribution list laid in. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. This study is one of a series dealing with the administrative history of the U.S. Army Medical Department in World War II. As an account of the programs developed in the Zone of Interior to train Medical Department personnel to operate fixed medical installations and field units, it focuses on the organization and administration of training, changes in scope and emphasis, the development of doctrine and technique, and responses to personnel and supply problems. In this book, training is considered in the context of the Army and the Medical Department over the period from 1938 to 1945, providing a unified picture of Medical Department training efforts. More
London: Collins, 1943. First? Edition. First? Printing. 59, color illus., boards somewhat worn and soiled, some fading/discoloration to boards. More
Kiev: Leon Idzikovsky, 1914. Oversized, 6, wraps, sheet music, lithographed cover (in color), small edge tears/chips, foxing, large spine tear. Text is in Russian. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1980. 5-1/4" x 7-3/4", 40, wraps, figures, table, endnotes, appendix, covers somewhat soiled and scuffed, small rough spots on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, c1975. First Printing. 23 cm, 51, wraps, graph, footnotes, references, slight wear and soiling to covers. Foreword by Kermit Gordon. More