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THE UNITED STATES MARINES
A Pictorial History
…in an edge-chipped dust jacket, with fractional losses. The contents are fine, with a hint of erasure on the front free endpaper and a tiny sticker on the front pastedown….
THE WAR SPEECHES OF THE RT. HON. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: “DEFINITIVE EDITION”
-First English Edition-
…The books are virtually mint, clean, bright and tight, with discreet ink gift inscriptions dated “1952” on the front free endpapers of Volumes Two and Three. Else fine. Churchill favored…
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1878
With Accompanying Papers
…inscription in black ink on the front free endpaper; the pastedowns are bubbled; contents fine. The cover is scratched; a few small pieces have chipped off a top edge; else…
MANSIONS ON RAILS: The Folklore of the Private Railway Car
-Signed Limited Edition-
…chipped, but without the original slipcase. It has been signed twice by the author, once on the colophon page and once with a personal inscription on the free endpaper opposite….
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
-Silver Library Edition ("New Impression") VARIANT BINDING-
…to the third free endpaper, with a revised “Bibliographical Note” on the verso containing the full reprint date (February, 1901) and a boxed advertisement for Churchill’s four subsequent books. The…
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First Hardcover Colonial Edition-
…the base of the spine, which identifies this as a Colonial edition. There is some rubbing to the front spine joint and front face, with a hint of spotting in…
INDIA
-Rare Second Printing of the First Hardcover Edition-
…cloth at the rear joint. The contents are fine and unfoxed with a previous owner’s name (and village in India: “Gorumahisani”) inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper. A…
THE RIVER WAR: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
-Later Abridged One-Volume "Cheap" Edition-
…fade-prone spine. The book is virtually mint, save for a discreet former-owner name in ink on the front free endpaper and a charming, vintage Foyle’s bookshop sticker on the pastedown….
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
A virtually mint copy of this difficult to find volume, as issued, without dust jacket. There is a former owner’s bookplate with an inked date on the front free endpaper,…
THE RIVER WAR: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
-First American Abridged One-Volume "Cheap" Edition in the Rare Dust Jacket-
…on the the lower edge of the rear face, else fine. The book is virtually mint, with a tiny initial ownership ink stamp on the front free endpaper. Rare thus….
LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
…binding is square and tight. There is a previous owner name inked on the front free endpaper and the prelims only are partially toned across the upper page edges, with…
MEMORABLE MEMOIRS
Self-published memoir by one of the Tuskegee Airmen. This copy has been SIGNED by the author and inscribed with a lengthy presentation in ink on the front free endpaper.