With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
New York: Harper & Row, c1977. Book Club Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 492, illus., reference notes, index, DJ scuffed & worn: small edge tears/chips. More
New York: Harper & Row, c1977. Book Club Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 492, illus., reference notes, index, DJ scuffed & worn: small edge tears/chips. More
New York: International Publishers, 1947. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 160 pages. Biographical Sketches. Reference Notes. Index. DJ has some wear, tears, chips and soiling. Karl Obermann (22 September 1905 - 10 July 1987) was a German historian. He became the first director of the Historical Institute of the (East) German Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In Paris during the 1930s Obermann was able to work as a free-lance journalist for various German language newspapers and magazines, reflecting the number of German political exiles living in the city. Karl Obermann belonged to the German Democratic Republic's first generation of Marxist-Leninist historians. The focus of his work was on the history of Germany during the nineteenth century, and within that century he imputed particular importance to the defining events of 1848. He belonged to numerous national and international academic committees, notably of the East German Historical Association. More
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, 271, [1] pages.DJ has some wear and sticker residue. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Inscription reads: To Jean Brounas, with fondest regards, Bill, Odom. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Includes chapters on The Two-Camp Struggle: Competing Approaches; The Political and Economic Context for Internal War; The Indigenous Sources of Internal Wars; Where U.S. Involvement in Internal Wars is Probable; The Record of East-West Competition in the Third World; Case Assessments: Test of Concepts; The El Salvadoran Case; The Guatemalan Case; The Philippines Case; The Middle East-Southwest Asian Challenge; Case Assessments Conclusion; What Is to Be Done? William Eldridge Odom (June 23, 1932 – May 30, 2008) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the National Security Agency under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31-year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military, he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, 271, [1] pages. Publisher's ephemera on the book laid in. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Some ink underlining and comments, primarily but not exclusively in the Introduction. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Jay Peterzeh, Best wishes as you struggle with the soporific prose! William E. Odom 1 Sep 92. Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. The Two-Camp Struggle: Competing Approaches; The Political and Economic Context for Internal War; The Indigenous Sources of Internal Wars; Where U.S. Involvement in Internal wars is Probable; The Record of East-West Competition in the Third World; Case Assessments: Test of Concepts; The El Salvadoran Case; The Guatemalan Case; The Philippines Case; The Middle East-Southwest Asian Challenge; and Case Assessments, Conclusion. William Eldridge Odom (June 23, 1932 – May 30, 2008) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the National Security Agency under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31-year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military, he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. Odom was a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he specialized in military issues, intelligence, and international relations. He earned a national reputation as an expert on the Soviet military. More
Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, c1975. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 x 16 cm, 264, illus., paperclip marks on a few pages, DJ worn, soiled, and torn, author's business card laid in. More
New York: Vintage International [Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc.], 2001. First Vintage International Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. [8], 311, [1] pages. Author's Note. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. Signed by the author on the title page. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Minor page warping at the back but no damp signs/staining. With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Booker Prize winning author Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing. Anil's Ghost is a fictional work set during this political time and historical moment. And while there existed organizations similar to those in this story, and similar events took place, the characters and incidents in the novel are invented. Today the war in Sri Lanka continues in a different form. Anil's Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the modern world by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past--a story propelled by a riveting mystery. Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, Anil's Ghost is a literary spellbinder--Michael Ondaatje's most powerful novel yet. More
New York: L. W. Paine, Printer, 1863. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 4.5 inches by 7.75 inches. [2], 84 pages. Addenda List of Killed and Wounded. Rare surviving copy. Fragile Cover worn, torn (partially separated), soiled and chipped. Some page discoloration and marks. Preface states: "When this journal was commenced, and until within a few days since, no idea of the publication was entertained, and it has been forced into type only by the earnest solicitation of the officers and crew of the noble ship which has been our home for nearly two years. The anxiety of our friends has led us to push the completion of tis little book to as speedy a close as possible; therefore our readers must not look for any display of literary attainments, bur receive ti as a correct epitome of our cruise on the Mississippi. W.C.H." USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war, steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. She survived until 1956, when she sank awaiting restoration at Norfolk, Virginia. Bradley Sillick Osbon was an American sailor, US Navy captain, journalist, artist, and author. He was author of Hand Book of the United States Navy: Being a Compilation of All the Principal Events in the History of Every Vessel of the United States Navy; A Sailor of Fortune: Personal Memoirs of Captain B. S. Osbon, and Visitors' Hand Book, Or How to See the Great Eastern. More
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014. First Edition. Wraps. 174 pages. Wraps, illus., maps, notes, bibliography, index. Signed by the author. More
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Trade paperback. 176 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. About the Author. Signed by author on half-title page. Cover has slight wear and soiling. On July 11, 1864, some residents cheered and others watched in horror as Confederate troops spread across the fields and orchards of Silver Spring, Maryland. Many fled to the capital while General Jubal Early's troops ransacked their property. The estate of Lincoln's postmaster general, Montgomery Blair, was burned, and his father's home was used by Early as headquarters from which to launch an attack on Washington's defenses. Yet the first Civil War casualty in Silver Spring came well before Early's raid, when Union soldiers killed a prominent local farmer in 1862. This was life in the shadow of the Federal City. Drawing on contemporary accounts and memoirs, Dr. Robert E. Oshel tells the story of Silver Spring over the tumultuous course of the Civil War. The author is a noted local Maryland historian. His Home Sites of Distinction: The History of Woodside Park is a definitive work on an important area of Silver Spring, Maryland and an area significantly involved in Jubal Early's 1964 Raid on Washington, DC. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1949. 24 cm, 275, illus., index, underlining on a few pages, pencil notation on flyleaf, front DJ flap price clipped. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1941. 1st Autograph Edition. Hardcover. 342 pages. Illus., endpaper maps, index, pencil underlining to text, discoloration inside hinges, DJ worn, soiled, and torn/chipped. More
Philadelphia, PA: University of PA Press, [1965]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 208, illus., DJ price clipped, DJ in plastic sleeve, minor soiling & fraying to DJ, rough spot ins fr bd, erasure residue front flylf. More
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010. First Published [stated]. Presumed first printing. Trade paperback. 126, [2] pages. Illustrations. Works consulted. Index. Signed by the author on title page. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Mark N. Ozer has lectured throughout the world as a former professor of neurology at the Georgetown University Medical School. Currently a study group leader at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the American University, he has lectured on the history of most of the great cities of the world. Dr. Ozer has published more than 15 books, including a series of books on Washington, D.C. The first, entitled Washington, DC: Politics and Place, was followed by Massachusetts Avenue in the Gilded Age and Northwest Washington: Tales from West of the Park. Ozer is a graduate of Harvard College with honors in history. He is a leader in the national capital’s history community, with active membership in the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, the History Society of Washington, and the Cosmos Club. Ozer has been a Washington area resident since 1964. More
Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, c1961. Fourth Printing. 35 cm, 40, wraps, color maps, ink notation on front cover, some staining at bottom edge. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xv, [3], 365, [1] pages. Index. Andreas Georgios Papandreou (5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, which he led from 1974 to 1996. He served two terms as prime minister of Greece. Papandreou's party win in the 1981 election was a milestone in the political history of Greece, since it was the first time that the elected government had a predominantly socialist political program. The achievements of his first two governments include the official recognition of the leftist and communist resistance groups of the Greek Resistance (EAM/ELAS) against the Axis occupation, the establishment of the National Health System and the Supreme Council for Personnel Selection (ASEP), the constitutional amendment of 1985–1986 which strengthened parliamentarism and reduced the powers of the indirectly-elected president, the conduct of an assertive and independent Greek foreign policy, the expansion in the power of local governments, many progressive reforms in Greek law and the granting of permission to the refugees of the Greek Civil War, of Greek ethnicity, to return home in Greece. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), which he founded and led, was the first non-communist political party in Greek history with a mass-based organization, introducing an unprecedented level of political and social participation in Greek society. In a poll conducted by Kathimerini in 2007, 48% of those polled called Papandreou the "most important Greek Prime Minister" More
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 203, [3] pages. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Graphs. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. James M. Paradis is a former licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Military Park and completed masters and doctoral work at Temple University. He has authored two books on African Americans in the Civil War. This work was based on his doctoral dissertation (Temple University). During the Civil War, many African Americans were eager to strike a blow for freedom long before American public opinion was ready to support the fighting efforts of the Sable Arm. The 6th Regiment of United States Colored Infantry fought a war against prejudice as well as the Confederacy. At first, their mission brought them little recognition and glory as they struggled through rain and mud in a series of grueling marches and faced the arduous task of digging the infamous Dutch Gap Canal, moving tons of earth by hand as Confederate shells fell among the workers. At last, the regiment became involved in the crucial campaigns against Petersburg and Richmond, and took part in the assault against the Confederate Goliath, Fort Fisher, North Carolina. The African Americans' greatest ordeal and demonstration of courage came during the battle of New Market Heights, where their charge through withering opposing fire resulted in frightful casualties and the winning of the Congressional Medal of Honor by three soldiers. More
Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Co., 1987. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 991 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Crandall & Harwell numbers Corresponding to Parrish & Willingham numbers. Index by entry numbers. DJ has wear and soiling. Book has some edge soiling and corner bumping. T. Michael Parrish , Linden G. Bower Professor of American History at Baylor University, is the author of Richard Taylor: Soldier Prince of Dixie and Confederate Imprints: A Bibliography. He teaches an undergraduate course on Texas history as well as graduate seminars on the Civil War era. A former president of the Society of Civil War Historians, he is the author of Richard Taylor: Soldier Prince of Dixie (1992) and Brothers in Gray: The Civil War Letters of the Pierson Family (1997), and most recently, a coauthor of Doris Miller, Pearl Harbor, and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement (2017). He also serves as editor or coeditor for book series on the Civil War era with the University of North Carolina Press, Louisiana State University Press, and the University of Arkansas Press. Robert M. Willingham, Jr., was born in Washington, Georgia. He is the author of several books on his native Wilkes County, as well as works on Georgia and Confederate bibliography and sports history. Error noted in dust jacket. The page count in the book is 991 and not 1,133. More
Place_Pub: New York: Mason Brothers, 1864. Fifth Edition. 649, frontis illus., appendix, index, fr bd weak, fr flylf discolor, bds scuffed & stained, signature loose at p. 413, shaken. More
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1941. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 323, [5] pages. Illustrations. Signed by the author on the fep. Fep has a small portion of the top edge cut off. Cover has some wear and spine lettering faded. No DJ present. Story of the Partridge family and their eight children, set against the social background of the 1880's in the upper New York state town of Phelps. Bellamy Partridge was a 1900 graduate of Hobart College, Bellamy Partridge went on to study law, and for about a decade practiced law with his father, Civil War veteran and country lawyer Samuel Selden Partridge, in the little town of Phelps, New York--near Rochester--before striking out as a freelance writer, novelist and historian. He was the author of many works, including the national best-seller "Country Lawyer" (1939), a memoir of his father, and its sequel, "The Big Family" (1941). Partridge and his family moved out to California when "Country Lawyer" was picked up by one of the studios and he was given a six-month contract to adapt it for the screen. They lived at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and while her husband labored on the screenplay, his wife, a short story and article writer herself, composed letters back to her family in Connecticut that would later become the basis of her 1941 book "A Lady Goes to Hollywood: Being The Casual Adventures of an Author's Wife in the Much Misunderstood Capital of Filmland". By the time the screenplay was finished, Pearl Harbor was attacked and America entered World War II; the project was permanently shelved and the film was never made. More
New York: Doubleday, 1987. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 194, illus., usual library markings. More
New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1999. 106, selected sources, some sticker residue to boards. More
New York: American News Company, 1866. 447, frontis illus., app, roster, bds weak, tear in fr flylf, stains on a few pgs, bds scuffed, fr bd bent, tears at spine & pc miss. More
Breinigsville: Authorhouse, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [12], 396, [6] pages. Footnotes. Map. Illustrations. The Commanders, 1863-1865. Bibliography. Index. Signed by Wilds on first page. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Lieutenant William H. Peel was 23 years old when Mississippi seceded from the Union, prompting him to join the 11th Mississippi Infantry, along with his younger brother Eli. Captured at the culmination of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, Peel spent the remainder of his service at the officers' prison on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay. By turns elegiac, tragic and often comic Peel's record of those months, along with his detailed account of the famous battle that led to his incarceration, is one of the gems of personal literature created during that most terrible of conflicts. The diary, now in the care of the Mississippi Archives, was transcribed by a Peel descendent who brings to this work an understanding of both the history and the family that shaped him, giving the modern reader a view inside Peel's world. More
Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2009. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [12], 396, [6] pages. Footnotes. Map. Illustrations. The Commanders, 1863-1865. Bibliography. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Lieutenant William H. Peel was 23 years old when Mississippi seceded from the Union. He joined the 11th Mississippi Infantry. Captured at the culmination of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, Peel spent the remainder of his service at the prison on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay. By turns elegiac, tragic and often comic Peel's record of those months, along with his detailed account of the famous battle that led to his incarceration, is one of the gems of personal literature created during that conflict. The diary, now in the care of the Mississippi Archives, was transcribed by a Peel descendent who brings to this work an understanding of both the history and the family that shaped him, giving the modern reader a view inside Peel's world. More
Harrisburg, PA: C. E. Aughinbaugh, 1909. 93, illus., roster, bds weak, some discolor ins bds, bkplate ins fr bd, bds soiled & edges worn, sp wrinkled & worn, sm tear at spin. More