[East Lansing]: Michigan State University Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo; x, 313pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $12.50 price intact; book in black buckram with white lettering to spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a few very shallow nicks, but clean and crisp overall. Boards a bit bumped at corners..... More
![Il Traditore (The Traitor): Benito Mussolini and His "Conquest" of Power [3 Volumes]. Angelica...](/pictures/thumb/5137.jpg?v=1562858998)
New York: Il Traditore, 1943. Three of eight installments, comprising pages 1-32, 66-95, and 162-190 of the total run. Side-stapled paper wraps. In English and Italian. Balabanoff met a young Mussolini at one of her lectures in 1904 and became an early mentor, lending him books and introducing him..... More
![The Cardinal’s Mistress [Claudia Particella l’amante del Cardinale]. Benito Mussolini, Hiram...](/pictures/thumb/9536.jpg?v=1620730426)
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1928. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5x13x3cm); xiv + 232pp. Red and green stamping in an Italianizing Art Deco font on spine and front panel over black cloth. Binding sound, robust, and clean. Volume has clearly been read with a few bent-corner pages, marking progress..... More
![A Soldier Erect; or, Further Adventures of the Hand-Reared Boy [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Brian...](/images/noimage.png)
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, [1971]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; 272pp. Very minor spine lean, a hint of shelf wear, else a fresh, Very Good to Near Fine copy. Bookplate signed by the author for a private collector laid in. The continued sexual escapes..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1954. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 540 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt. Yellow topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Slightly ex-library with minimal markings. Boards edgeworn and scuffed with remnants of call number to spine. Binding is sound. Two portions of dust jacket affixed..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; xix + 620pp. Graphic dustjacket. over brown cloth with two-color stamping on spine. Price-clipped dustjacket has two 1" chips missing, one at bottom of spine, the other on front face, along with a couple larger tears at top back and couple smaller..... More
Great Neck, NY: G. Alan Chidsey, November 9, 1940. Octavo (9.5” x 6.25”); [60pp]. Dark gray leather with stamped lettering. Covers a bit toned with any gilt or foil to lettering rubbed away. Spine a bit cocked. A handful of the pasted-in columns have let go from the pages, but..... More
![The Last Battle [Signed]. Cornelius Ryan](/pictures/thumb/8352.jpeg?v=1612381810)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. Stated First Printing. Signed by Ryan with inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 571 pages. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is toned with chipping along edges, most significantly with a 3/4"..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1939. First Edition, First Printing with no additional printings listed at copyright page. Octavo. 309 pp. Yellow cloth stamped in black. Red topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure. Slight lean to spine and faint staining to spine ends. Binding..... More
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo. 305 pp. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Dark gray boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges. Boards a trifle rubbed at extremities. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First Edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in black. Red topstain. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped along edges with some creasing and rubbing. Pencil scribbling to rear panel. Boards lightly edgeworn. Binding is sound. Previous..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 89 pages. Beige printed wraps. Toning to edges with some chipping to extremities. Chipped at staples but binding is holding. Pages unmarked. A brief if detailed report on Nazi War Crimes. More
London: Allan Wingate, 1955. First Edition. 12mo; 143pp. Photo frontis, with one photo plate. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Boards a bit edgeworn with soiling / darkening to spine, but sturdy and square overall. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. RAF Wing-Commander..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor..... More
![The OSS In World War II [Signed]. Edward Hymoff](/pictures/thumb/9400.jpg?v=1619454451)
New York: Richardson & Steirman, 1986. Revised and Updated Edition. Signed and dated by Hymoff without inscription on full title. Octavo. 433 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black and mustard boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed and toned along edges. Boards show just a touch of..... More
London: Frederick Muller, 1942. First Edition. Octavo; 279 pp. Photo inserts throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with 12/6 net price intact; book in beige boards with red lettering to spine. Materials obviously in keeping with wartime rationing, as the boards are a bit limp and the paper thin. Jacket shows a...... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1979. Second Impression, 1986. Octavo; xiii + 601pp, including 15 appendices (on Polish, French and British co-breaking of the Enigma Code; matériel; documents about methods; Axis planning; chain of command; etc.) and index. Coated black dust jacket; hunter green cloth with gilt spine lettering against..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; xvi + 693pp, including 27 appendices (on Intelligence structure; U-boats; bombing; air offensive; the Nuremberg raid; etc.) and index. Ten tipped-in fold-out maps or site plans, several in six colors. Coated black dust jacket; hunter green cloth with gilt spine lettering..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1969. Early Printing. Signed by both authors without inscription on half title. Octavo; xi, 272pp. Map endpapers. Printed dust jacket over red and black boards with silver lettering. Price-clipped jacket shows a good-sized dampstain to back panel with some loss to blurb text..... More
Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General / Department of the Army, 1955. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's maroon decorative cloth, upper cover embossed in gilt, green and gilt stamped spine; ix,[1],362pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Corners gently bumped, spine slightly sunned, else Near Fine. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1952. First Edition. Octavo; xii + 490pp, including index. Four maps printed within text. Ocean blue linen with gold lettering on spine and front panel. Spine darkened; some nibbling (?) at spine foot; minimal wear at spine crown. Panel corners and edges politely worn. Textblock unmarred..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; xii, 728pp. Map endpapers. Illustrated red dust jacket over bright red cloth-covered boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with some bumping and creasing to top back panel and head of spine. Boards square..... More
Boston? Greater Boston Youth for Brotherhood Council, 1945. First Edition. Small quarto (22cm.); publisher's pink pictorial staple bound wrappers; [4]pp.; printed mimeograph. Shallow chipping along wrapper and text block fore-edge, else Very Good. Rare World War II-era program for this gathering to promote brotherhood and understanding, sponsored by..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1945. First Edition. Small slim octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jacket printed in blue and black; 78pp. Light foxing to jacket extremities and rear panel, else Near Fine. The English novelist's second attempt at drama, this set in the RAF during..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket designed by Warren Chappell; [4],187pp. Some chipping to jacket extremities, including short tear at top margin of upper panel just touching text, spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, else Very Good, internally clean..... More