Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 232, [1] pages. Decorative endpapers. Illustrations (color). Chapters are annual and in chronological order. Appendices are of aircraft and on the Department of Defense designation system for military aircraft, 1963. Robert D. Archer was a respected aviation author, photographer and aircraft designer. Bob entered the aircraft industry in 1942 as a design engineer at Napiers. He was active in the Royal Observer Corps of the RAF. Bob left England to join Canadair in 1954, and then came to California in 1956, to work at Northrop on fighter aircraft. In 1964, he joined Douglas Aircraft (later McDonnell-Douglas). He completed his career as manager on the fly-by-wire control system of the C-17 Globemaster III. He retired in 1991. Bob was the author of numerous articles and books on aviation. More

New York: Hyperion Books, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 407 pages. Color illus. Signed by the author (Ballard). More

New York: Hyperion Books, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 407, [1] pages. Color illustrations. Inscribed by the author (Ballard) on the half-title page. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired American Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. Ballard joined the United States Army in 1965 through the Army's Reserve Officers Training program. He was designated as an intelligence officer and initially received a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve. When called to active duty in 1967, he asked to fulfill his obligation in the United States Navy and he was transferred to the Navy Reserve. After completing his active duty obligation in 1970, he was returned to reserve status, where he remained for much of his military career. He retired from the Navy as a commander in 1995 after reaching the statutory service limit. Malcolm McConnell is the author or co-author of many books, including the New York Times number 1 bestsellers American Soldier with Gen. Tommy Franks and and My Year in Iraq with L. Paul Bremer III. He was a former Foreign Service officer. More

Washington DC: National Geographic, 1999. Deluxe Edition, Second Printing [stated]. Leatherlike. 191, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Maps. Bibliography. Index. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. His work in the Navy involved assisting in the development of small, unmanned submersibles that could be tethered to and controlled from a surface ship, and were outfitted with lighting, cameras, and manipulator arms. As early as 1973, he saw this as way of searching for the Titanic. In 1977, he led his first expedition, which was unsuccessful. More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 284, illus., DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1999. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 79, wraps, sticker residue on front cover. More

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1989. Wraps. 532, wraps, illus., index. This is a research volume from the Institute for East-West Security Studies. Among the contributors are: Richard Kugler, Alexei Arbatov, Ian Cuthbertson, Jonathan Dean, Timothy Wirth, and Arnold Kanter. Robert Dean Blackwill (born August 8, 1939) is a retired American diplomat, author, and a senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. Blackwill served as the United States Ambassador to India under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003 and as United States National Security Council Deputy for Iraq from 2003 to 2004, where he was a liaison between Paul Bremer and Condoleezza Rice. President Ronald Reagan nominated him to Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor on March 29, 1985, and designated him to be the chief negotiator of the US with the Warsaw Pact for the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions talks. Blackwill served in this position with the rank of Ambassador. On March 13, 1989, President George H. W. Bush appointed Blackwill as special assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and as senior director for European and Soviet Affairs. From 1978 to 1981, F. Stephen Larrabee served on the U.S. National Security Council staff in the White House as a specialist on Soviet–East European affairs and East-West political-military relations. He then held the Distinguished Chair in European Security at the RAND Corporation. More

Lexington, VA: Virginia Military Institute/The McClure Press, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. v, iii. 89, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. The Society of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War. Now in its third century, the Society promotes the public interest in the Revolution through its library and museum collections, publications, and other activities. It is the oldest hereditary society in the United States. The Society does not allow women to join, though there is a partnership society called Daughters of the Cincinnati which permits all female descendants of Continental officers. More

Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. Later printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 258 pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Appendix A: Key Figures after the Panic. Appendix B: Definitions. References. Notes. Index. Robert F. Bruner is University Professor at the University of Virginia, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, and Dean Emeritus of the Darden School of Business. He has won numerous teaching awards. As a financial economist, Bruner is best known for his research on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and financial panics. His books include Deals from Hell, Applied Mergers and Acquisitions and The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm. The last title, co-authored with Sean D.Carr, was published in 2007 and attracted attention for its discussion of the underpinnings of financial crises. Over a dozen index entries under Theodore Roosevelt. More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1985. Quarto, 41, wraps, illus., figures, tables, reading list, index, log on pp. 31-32 partially completed in pencil, some wear to cover edges. More

Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1985. First Printing. 23 cm, 78, wraps, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, some soiling to covers. More

Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 466 pages + CD, includes compact disc, illus., notes, selected sources, guide to the companion compact disc, index, boards slightly bowed. More