The Windsor Story
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. 639, illus., reference notes, bibliography, index, old red crayon price partially erased ins fr bd, edges of DJ worn. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. 639, illus., reference notes, bibliography, index, old red crayon price partially erased ins fr bd, edges of DJ worn. More
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1896. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 629 pages. Includes double frontis of Bryan and his wife. Preface; Index to Speeches, Addresses, and Documents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; and Biography. Front and rear boards weak. Some page discoloration. Cover very worn and soiled. Some page staining. Barely in fair condition. The Publisher's Preface states: The object of "The First Battle" is to present an account of the leading events and issues of the most critical campaign in American history. This work contains an interesting description of the author's famous tour, including his most important speeches, together with the principal addresses and documents identified with the campaign of 1896; the whole embodying a faithful presentation of the rise and development of the silver movement. It also contains a review of the political situation and an analysis of the election returns. More
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1986. Reprint. Second printing [stated]. Original copyright was 1936. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 423 p. Index. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. Second Printing. 310, illus., endpaper maps, index, sticky spot ins fr bd, boards scuffed, stain on front board, some wear to edges of bds & spine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. 310, illus., endpaper maps, index, price sticker inside rear board, boards scuffed, edges of boards & spine worn. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. First Edition. 310, illus., endpaper maps, index, board & spine scuffed, some wear to edges of boards and spine. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, 2007. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. xxvii, [1], 957, [1] pages. Illustrations. Index. James R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University. A former historian for NASA, Hansen is the author of ten books on the history of aerospace. His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA) - (six-volume series), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, 2007. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. xxvii, [1], 957, [1] pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Index. Ex-Reference Collection (stamp on title page and no other marking noted). DJ has minor sticker residue. Inscribed by Dr. Lee on page facing the title page. J. Lawrence Lee an engineer-historian at the Historic American Engineering Records and was a chairman of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers History and Heritage Committee. James R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University. A former historian for NASA, Hansen is the author of ten books on the history of aerospace. His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1957. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Decorative front cover. [4], 60, [4] pages. Illustrations. Index. No dust jacket present. Cover soiled and corners bumped. Some pages discoloration/soiling and some page tears. Ex-library with usual markings and pocket. This is one of the First Book series. The author acknowledged the help with the manuscript provided by Captain Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. and Heinrich Heep. Captain (later Admiral Joseph B. Icenhower was the author. Joseph Bryan Icenhower (1913–1994) commanded a submarine during WWII. On 25 Oct 1944 USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese light cruiser Tama east of Luzon Strait. On 11 Aug 1945 USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Teihoku Maru in the Sea of Japan. Mildred Waltrip (1911–2004) was an American artist and illustrator. Waltrip suffered from polio during her lifetime, and wore leg braces. She received her art education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Waltrip took part in the Works Progress Administration's art program, completing the murals World Map and People and American Characters in 1938 at the Hatch Elementary School in Oak Park, Chicago. In 1995 the murals were removed, as they portrayed Africans stereotypically, "carrying spears, wearing loincloths and sporting prominent red lips," according to a Chicago Tribune article by Joanne von Alroth. The removed murals were placed in storage. By the mid 1950s she was illustrating children's books, including Molecules Today and Tomorrow and Research Adventures for Young Scientists. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1998. First? Edition. First? Printing. 90, wraps, illus., footnotes, acronyms, bibliography, pencil erasure on title page, RAND press release laid in. More
Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1998. 26 cm, 90, wraps, illus., figures, tables, black dot at bottom edge, covers somewhat wrinkled. More