New York: Ballantine Books, 1991. Sixth printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [8], 228, [4] pages. Some front cover weakness noted. Signed by the author on the title page. An unalloyed delight in the rich, bourbon-flavored Southern tradition...Splendidly Realized Portraits. Lee Smith has held the mirror up to a certain slice of life and if the image seems a a little manic or crazy, well, it's because the life's that way, not the glass...for those of us tired of the witless caricatures of Southern folks in The Dukes of Hazard or Dallas, here is the real thing, potato salad and all. Contents cover Between the Lines; Georgia Rose; All the Days of Our Lives; The Seven Deadly Sins; Gulfport; Artists; Heat Lightning; Dear Phil Donahue; Mrs. Darcy Meets the Blue-Eyed Stranger at the Beach; Not Pictures; Saint Paul; Horses; The French Revolution: A Love Story; and Cakewalk. In these dazzling stories, acclaimed author Lee Smith wants you to meet: Mrs. Joline B. Newhouse, who writes a "fortnightly" newspaper column called "Between the Lines;" Georgia Rose, the girl whose life is more like a soap opera than the TV serial she's addicted to; Martha Rasnick, the young housewife in "Dear Phil Donahue" who writes all her troubles to the TV personality; Florrie, the cake lady in "Cakewalk" who causes her prissy sister no end of embarrassment by "wearing running shoes, at her age, and wooly white athletic socks that fall in crinkles down around her ankles." More

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1899. Limited Edition, illustrated by hand, of 850 copies. This is copy 59 signed by Elbert Hubbard!!! Hardcover. [4], 120, [4] pages. Private library accession number stamped and written inside front cover. Cover worn, chipped and soiled but pages crisp and clean. Spine worn, chipped, soiled, and missing bottom portion. Bookplate of Beatrice Borland, believed to be the author of Passports for Asia, etc., inside the front cover! All initials in this book were drawn by hand (per bound in slip). Mr. Browne died in 1899. The newspapers that chronicled at length the death of Irving Browne, who, born in 1835, devoted much space to his merits as a lawyer and writer on legal subjects, but said little about his love for books and his passion for book collecting. Irving Browne had been for many years the editor of the "Albany Law Journal." Mr. Browne was a poet as well as a writer of prose. He was the author of “The House of the Heart”. He also translated Racine’s comedy “Les Plaideurs,” a broad satire on lawyers, and two volumes of essays, entitled “Iconoclasm and Whitewash” and “In the Track of the Bookworm. Mr. Browne died in February 1899 and Elbert Hubbard published this numbered, limited edition with hand drawings on April 21st of 1899. Note that there is a typographical error in the title, Rythmic was rendered as Rhythmic in the general edition of this fascinating and scarce work by a legendary legal figure of the nineteenth century especially in Buffalo and Albany. More

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1955. Third Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xv, [1], 206 pages. Slightly cocked. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. DJ has been price clipped and has wear, soiling and is taped to the boards. Contains 19 black and white illustrations. Index. Includes a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. C. R. Attlee, as well as an introduction. Chapters cover Schooldays at St. Paul's; A Police trooper in Southern Rhodesia; Life at Livingstone; Five Hundred miles across country with a museum piece; Acting District Political Officer; I return to England and make an unsuccessful application; I become Chief Constable of Chef Constable of Chesterfield; then Chief Constable of the East Riding of Yorkshire; I become Chief Constable of Sheffield; My first meeting with Dr. Webster; The Policeman's lot; A famous test case--The end of newspaper football pools; The Murder of P.C. Gutteridge; I become Chief Constable of Glasgow; Our Campaign against corruption in official quarters; The notorious Glasgow gangs; The control of Communist gatherings; I become Chief Constable of Kent; I am appointed Director-General of M.I.5; The case of Dr.. Klaus Fuchs; Mr. Attlee's statement to the House; My Retirement from M.I.5. More

Washington DC: Department of the Army, March, 1955. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, 187, [1] pages. Contains as well as 17 Maps and 5 Charts, some folding. Includes Foreword, as well as chapters on Planning; Operations in 1941; Part 3, 1942--The Year of Indecision. Also contains Appendixes, Chronology of Events, and Bibliographical Note. The purpose of this study is to describe German planning and operations in the first part of the campaign again Russia. The narrative starts with Hitler's initial plans for an invasion of Russia and ends at the time of Germany's maximum territorial gains during the battle for Stalingrad. The material for this study was obtained from German military records ow in the custody of The Adjutant General, Department of the Army. Monographs by former German general officers who had an active part in the planning and operations provided additional information. The authors of those monographs included: Franz Halder, and Gotthard Heinrici. The study was written by George E. Blau of the Special Studies Division, Office of the Chief of Military History. In his presentation, the author made every effort to give an objective account of Germany's initial efforts to conquer Soviet Russia in World War II.The pamphlet number has an 'a' because a second volume, depicting the course of events from the Russian counteroffensive in November 1942 until the capture of Berlin in April 1945 was be prepared and would be issued with a 'b'. More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. American Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. ix, [5], 265, [9] pages. Footnotes. DJ has some wear and soiling. Includes Preface to the American Edition, as well as chapters on Fifteen Years of Technological Revolution, 1945-60; The Strategic Theory Takes Shape; Europe and the McNamara Doctrine; The Independent French Deterent; The Future of the Atlantic Alliance; Logic and Paradoxes of the Strategic Theory; and Final Considerations. This book grew out of a course on the influence of nuclear weapons on international relations that Raymond Aron taught at the Institut d"etudes politiques in 1962-63. The book ends with a chapter on Final Considerations. In that final chapter the author tries to look ahead to four variables governing the future of the game of deterrence: The number of countries possessing atomic or thermonuclear weapons; The qualitative arms race, the possible political developments, involving either a realignment of nations, and the consistency or inconsistency of strategic doctrines. This book focuses mainly on the fourth variable. Originally written to explain the U.S. position to the French, the book is equally valuable for explaining it to Americans. American theorist have generally emphasized the individuality of their own positions instead of the ideas and ways of thinking common to all of them. Finally, and perhaps most vital ,Aron points out where Americans and Europeans have misinterpreted each other's views, and separates the unnecessary confusion from the real issues at stake for the Western allies. More

Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books Inc., 1987. Reprint edition of the 1902 original. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. Unpaginated, approximately 60 pages. Previous owner's (Stephen Carl Craig) embossed stamp on title page. This is believed to have belonged to the renown Professor Craig who received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1979. His major areas of interest include attitude measurement, campaigns and elections, survey research and other aspects of public opinion and political behavior in the United States. The author, Major Albert Gaillard Hart (1821-1907) was a physician of Cleveland, Ohio. The author, was a surgeon with the 41st Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Chapters cover Basis of the Papers; The Medical Officers; The Surgeon's ordinary functions; Question of Over-Drilling; General Field Hospitals; Surgical Appliances; Medical and Surgical Notes; The Surgeon in the Field; and The Soldier's End. Includes Basis of the Paper, Introduction; Experience and Authorities; Primary Difficulties; The Medical Officers; Surgeon's Status; Supplies and Helpers; The Surgeon's Ordinary Functions; Camp Sanitation; On the March; The Loyal Man; Halting the Command; Question of Over-Drilling; Report on Regimental Drill; Conclusions as to Drill; General Field Hospitals; Care of Confederate Soldiers; Surgical Appliances; An Improvised Splint; General Field Hospitals; On the Georgia Campaign; Cooking at Field Hospitals; Care of Confederate Soldiers; Surgical Appliances; An Improvised Splint; Medical and Surgical Notes; Blood-Poisoning; Typhoid Fever; The Surgeon in the Field; Military Execution; and the Common Soldier. More

Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2006. Second, Corrected Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xxv, [1], 288, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To James John R. Poole. This is the preferred edition, as it contains the corrections. Includes Preface, Cracker Cavaliers; A Regiment is Born; Henry Sees the Elephant; The Kentucky Campaign; Return to Murfreesboro; From Dover to Tullahoma; Barren Victory, Sullen Despair; The Knoxville Campaign; The Atlanta Campaign; Brown's Mill and Sunshine Church; Working on the Railroad; On Sherman's Flanks; The Carolinas and Surrender; Warriors No More. Illustrations in black and white. Also contains Appendix (Roster of the 2nd Georgia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment), Bibliography, and Index. The author was a renown graduate of the University of Georgia. More

South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1968. First American Edition [stated], Presumed First printing. Hardcover. 224 pages. Foreword by Field Marshal C. J. Auchinleck. List of books consulted. Index. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips and is price clipped and taped to the boards. Some pencil marks noted. Bookplate of Walter Darnell Jacobs inside the front cover!!! There are twelve chapters: Warfare: An Analysis of Functions; The Cycle of Processes; The Evolution of Strategy; Strategic Background to the Second World War; The History of Tactics; The Principles of War; Guerilla Warfare; Nuclear Strategy: The Earlier Years; The Strategy of Deterrence; Nuclear Strategy: The Chinese Involvement; Nuclear Tactics; and War in the Deterrent Age. Walter Darnell Jacobs was an American Political scientist and educator. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Law, Columbia University in 1961. He served in WWII and retired with the rank of Colonel. He then was an exchange specialist, Library. Congress, Washington, 1957-1959; research specialist, Special Operations Research Office, Washington, 1959-1961; assistant professor then professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1961-1965; associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1965-1968; professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1968-1981. He was a member of the American Military Institute and the American Political Science Association Defense Orientation Conference Association (director) 1971-1974). Major General D K Palit, who died in Delhi on April 3, at the old age of 89, was an exception to the adage that old soldiers never die, they just fade away. More

London: Peter Owen Limited, 1957. Presumed First printing thus. [Originally published in the 1920s, this is one of the Peter Owen Classics]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5 inches by 7.75 inches. 132 pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has substantial wear, tears, soiling and chips. Some page discoloration. Jean Cocteau has for long been known as one of the most outstanding figures of contemporary literature. His films, his plays, his books, have won him international renown, but it is only recently that his stature as a modern novelist has been appreciated. In 1966, Children of the Game was first published in England, winning instant and wide acclaim. The Impostor is another one of his more important works. At the beginning of the war there was complete confusion: confusion which persisted until the end. For, like a fruit, the short war might have grown and dropped from the tree, whilst a war prolonged for exceptional reasons, firmly attached to the branch, went on growing, ever presenting new problems and new lessons to be learnt. The Impostor is set in France at the outset of the 1914-1918 war, evoking the atmosphere and environment of that period through the reactions and interactions of the characters. Thomas, at the age of 16, lives in a self-created world of fantasy. Adopting an impressive pose, he encounters the widowed Princesse de Bormes and her daughter Henriette. The girl falls in love with Thomas, nor is her mother indifferent to this imaginative young "impostor." The fate, love and grief of these and other vital characters, is played out alongside the vicissitudes of the war. More

New York, New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 1980. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [6], 166, [2] pages. DJ has some wear and soiling and is in a plastic sleeve. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Inscribed by the author, Al Klement, on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: With best regards, in all humility, to the congregation of Temple Emanuel. Al Klement. This inscription is covered over with clear plastic tape. This is a work of fiction. The names of the people are entirely fictitious, although some come close to being real, and people like them did exist. The place names are real with one or two exceptions, and the names are modern, as some have changed over the years and some are called by more than one name. The author has taken an author's license in order to make a story, but generally, have used true historical facts with regard to ethnic origins and migrations of people. All of the ethnic groups settling in Texas in the 1860s and 1870s and those before had their problems with prejudices, but people working to stay alive and wanting a better life put a bunch of prejudices aside and became neighborly if not always friendly. Of course, there were and always are exceptions. Steeped in historical realism and the vernacular of the West, this is a novel of post-Civil War Texas that tells a gripping story of frontier justice. The men of the Flying Y ranch and of the neighboring township are faced with the menace of a shadowy band of rustlers, masterminded by an insidious boss. How they close ranks and rise to meet the threat is, in miniscule, the story of how the law became a viable force on the frontier. More

Cleveland, OH: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1997. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed on the front end paper. Inscription reads" To Larry with Brendan-- Who were there at the outset; whose generosity, hospitality, illumined the table, the lamp in the window, the sense of creative community, and may even have illumined some poems on the page. All Affection. Ever Sunny November 1997. Also signed Sandra Stone on the title page. Includes The Mouth and Other Forms of Gravity; Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum Cafe; My Artifacts, My Children, My Parents, and My Books; The Woman with a List; and Ruminations on Concave Water. Sandra Stone (April 4, 1934 – February 27, 2018) was an Oregon-based visual and conceptual artist as well as a poet, playwright and author of literary fiction and nonfiction. Sandra Stone has received more than 35 commissions from major architectural firms to create art for both public interiors and the landscape. She describes her work as "creating metaphor for space through architectural concepts, context, and literary text." She was awarded fellowships from Bread Loaf, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Literary Arts Inc. In 2007 her writing won the Dana Award in Poetry. Her 1997 collection of poetry, Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum Café, was selected as the winner of a national manuscript competition. In 1998 Stone's book won the Oregon Literary Arts Book Award. Her work has appeared in The Hudson Review, The New Republic, International Poetry Review, JAMA, The Midwest Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, The Southwest Review, and elsewhere. This is CSU Poetry Series LI. More

New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 7.75 inches. xi, [5], 199, [1] pages. Illustrated endpages. Illustrations (color). Signed by both authors on the second title page. Includes Introduction: An Unusual Life; No Experience Necessary; The Big 4; Trust It or Adjust It; If You Want It, Make It; Living (in a Material World); and Remember; Afterword: Live What You Love, and Acknowledgments. Bob and Melinda Blanchard's first book, A Trip to the Beach, became inspiration for countless people who were ready to start living their dreams. After the Blanchards' published A Trip to the Beach, they found that readers responded personally and passionately, often buying multiple copies to give friends and family. They received countless invitations to lecture and requests for national television appearances, and have been asked to develop a series for PBS. Through delightful and moving stories, reflections, notes--and a soupcon of advice--the Blanchards have written a stunning, inspirational manifesto where truly living what you love becomes a revolutionary act, a rebellion against the common life. They show how, through self-trust, personal adjustment, and daily acts of commitment, each of us can live the life we love and make every day a personal treasure. Full of warmth, humor, wisdom, and charm, LWYL is the Blanchard's love letter to life, a celebration of unusual choices, and a thank you gift to all of their fans. More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. Presumed First U.K. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, 323, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Some cover wear noted. Front of DJ cut off and pasted to verso of a free end page. No other part of DJ present. No Table of Contents page but no sign of a page having been removed. Major Chetwynd John Drake "Jock" Haswell (18 July 1919 – 21 January 2018), who also wrote as George Foster, was a British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer. He was "Author for Service Intelligence" 1966–1984. Haswell was trained at Sandhurst c. 1938/9 - 1941. He joined the Queen's Royal Regiment on 3 April 1941. Later in 1941 he was stationed in India, and saw local action. He was promoted Major on 3 July 1952. He retired from the army on 29 April 1960. Haswell's later work was mostly writing, continuing a thread from his military and intelligence work. His James II was reviewed in the Times of 29 July 1972 by Geoffrey Homes. James, Duke of York, brother of Charles II, commanded the French Army in Champagne and the Spanish Army in the Low Countries; he was offered the highest military command in Italy and the most senior naval post in Spain. As Lord High Admiral he led the English fleet into action in two great naval battles. 'A most glorious young Prince,' wrote one of his contemporaries. Yet to many he is only the King who threw away all the great advantages passed on to him when his brother died, and fled ignominiously into exile. More