Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1927. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [24 pages of advertisements], pages 635-768, [and 34 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Twenty-Four Illustrations in full color. Cover has some wear and soiling. Top and bottom of spine torn. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. More

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. First Carroll & Graf edition 2003 [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 381, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix. Index. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title. Ruth Gruber (September 30, 1911 – November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and a United States government official. She was a recipient of the Norman Mailer Prize. During World War II, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes appointed Gruber as his Special Assistant. In this role, she carried out a study on the prospects of Alaska for homesteading G.I.s after the war. In 1944, she was assigned a secret mission to Europe to bring one thousand Jewish refugees and wounded American soldiers from Italy to the US. In 2011, at the age of 100, Ruth Gruber's work as a photojournalist - spanning six decades on four continents - was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the International Center of Photography in New York. The exhibition, Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist, curated by Maya Benton, is traveling internationally through 2020. More

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1956. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 415, index, gift inscription (not from author) on front endpaper, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, and chipped. More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. 373, index. More

New York: Ecco [an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers], 2008. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [3], 306 pages. Index. Signed by author. Inscribed on fep. "Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is an American politician who is the 24th United States Secretary of Defense. He served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009. A recipient of two Purple Hearts while an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He co-founded Vanguard Cellular and served as president of the McCarthy Group, an investment banking firm, and CEO of American Information Systems Inc. Hagel was first elected to the United States Senate in 1996. He was reelected in 2002, and retired in 2008. He took office on February 27, 2013 as his predecessor Leon Panetta stepped down. Hagel previously served as a professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, chairman of the Atlantic Council, and co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. More

New York: Arcade Publishing [Little, Brown and Company], 1989. 1st English Language Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. viii, 273, [7] pages. Index. Marek Halter is a French-Jewish writer and activist, known best for his historical novels, which have been translated into English, Polish, Hebrew, and many other languages. In 1968, he founded together with his wife, Clara Halter, the magazine Élements, which published equally works by Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab writers. His first book, a political autobiography, Le Fou et les Rois (The Jester and the Kings) was awarded the Prix Aujourd'hui in 1976. Other works include The Messiah, The Mysteries of Jerusalem, The Book of Abraham (1986) and its sequel, The Children of Abraham (1990), The Wind of the Khazars (2003) —a piece of historical fiction about the Khazars, a nomadic kingdom of Turkic people in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism—, Sarah (2004), Zipporah (2005), Lilah (2006), and Mary of Nazareth (2008). More

Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1977. Approx. 500, many color maps, index, boards somewhat worn and soiled, especially at edges, large book slightly shaken. More

[Fort Meade, Maryland? ]: United States National Security Agengy, Center for Cryptologic History, 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Glued binding. v, [1], 167, [3] p. Illustrations, black & white. Bibliography. Index. More

London: Vallentine, Mitchell, 1972. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 527, DJ worn and badly torn. More

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1924. 206, illus., foxing to text & to fore-edge, front board weak, stamps inside front flyleaf, boards scuffed & worn, small tear at spine. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 271, [1] p. Note on Names. Further Reading and Bibliographical Notes. Index. More

New York: Marcus Wiener Publishing, 1987. 295, illus., DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. More

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1946]. Third Printing. 21 cm, 214, maps. Inscribed by the author. More