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1931WRCLIT73526London: Heinemann 1931. Gilt cloth. Near fine in near very good lightly foxed dust jacket with old shallow internal mends at crown of spine. First edition trade issue. Includes "A Footnote to the War Books." Heinemann hardcover books
1929WRCLIT84740London: Peter Davies 1929. Gilt red cloth. Frontis. Endsheet maps. Cloth somewhat hand-dulled edges dusty but good and sound without dust jacket. Second edition in English newly translated by the publisher of MA PIECE first published in France in 1916 and in a slightly expurgated translation in 1917. This edition included in Davies' series of "Soldier's Tales" includes a foreword by Marshal Joffre. The author was killed on the Lorraine Front four days after correcting the proofs for the 1916 edition. From the library of Siegfried Sassoon with the monogram label from the posthumous library dispersal on the verso of the front free endsheet. Falls denotes this "among the finest documents of its kind ever published. He is one of the few writers whose powers of description and of self-analysis are equally great." FALLS pp.212-3. BLUNDEN et al p.7. Peter Davies hardcover books
1916WRCLIT80815New York: Putnam 1916. Pictorial gray boards Frontispiece. Boards faintly soiled with rubbing at foretips and spine extremities. Very good without dust jacket. First US edition translated from the Russian with an introductory note By Stephen Graham. Putnam hardcover books
1918WRCLIT78829Boston New York & Chicago: Silver Burdett and Co. 1918. viii 347pp. Pictorial brick red cloth. Illustrations. A bit of rubbing but an uncommonly fresh tight copy. First edition printing unspecified. A textbook for young readers with text by the primaries along with Kipling Morley Scollard Service et al. Due to its intended readership seen most often heavily worn. Silver, Burdett and Co. hardcover books
4314WORLD WAR I. ALS. 3pgs. November 13 1914. Vienna. An autograph letter signed “Libbie Tappan†by an American living in Vienna at the start of World War One. Tappan writes home to her sister in America concerning wartime conditions in Vienna. She mentions lies of the media and the fear that her letter will be censored: “My Dear Sister: I wrote you a letter sent 21 by a lady who was going home to America. She would amil it in New York. Irene sent one to her Mother she has received an answer to hers. SO I am wondering why I don’t hear from you At that time every thing was excitement. All mails from here was stopped and now we have to leave our letters open. Irene’s Mother wrote her to come home at once but we thought it was to big a risk to run. We had no idea that they were writing all lies until we got hold of an American paper. War was first declared here on account of the to be next king and his wife were killed by the Serbians. There is such a lot to tell but for fear it will never reach you I will only say the German Kaiser is not to blame. The Germans and Austrian Hungarians have never lost a battle we are not starving and there is no…here. All places of amusement were closed trotting was stopped the first of August. Things are beginning to brighten a bit now but there will be no racing until next year. Every available place is filled with wounded soldiers and we don’t see much else but soldiers although there has never been a battle here in Vienna. I am so sorry about Marvin. It seems too bad he had to be taken. I hope you let Eugene and the rest of the folks know about us. We are still in no danger as long as we stay here. I am so sorry I cannot send you some money but it is impossible now. But just as soon as it can be sent will send. Remember me to all the ladies There was a call for linen for the wounded. Irene did two pounds out of my old linen. I thought of you all how busy you would be if you was here there was a ship load of red cross nurses and doctors come over some of them are here in Vienna. There were many Americans went home when your letter went. They were nearly a month on the way. I suppose it cost them a small fortune to go I don’t think of any thing else just now. Will write soon again. Trust you are well and all the ladies also. Berdette & Irene sends love Ever your loving sister Libbie Tappanâ€. An interesting first-hand account. It is in very good condition and the original envelope is enclosed. unknown books
1939WRCLIT45568New York: Press of the Woolly Whale 1939. 12mo. Cloth paper label. A fine copy. First edition. Reproductions of a series of postcards issued by the German army for use by their troops on the occasion of their anticipated capture of Paris. One of an unspecified number of copies issued to commemorate Armistice Day. LAWSON & PANKOW 85. Press of the Woolly Whale hardcover books
191431476New York: Sun Printing & Publishing Company Henri Rogowski Publisher and Printer 1914. First book edition some of the letters having appeared in the "Evening Sun of New York. 1 vols. 8vo. Near contemporary half blue-straight grained morocco original wrappers bound in. Some rubbing light soiling or marginal browning of a few pages envelope pasted on inside front wrapper else very good. First book edition some of the letters having appeared in the "Evening Sun of New York" 1 vols. 8vo. Paris in 1914. Presented as a New Year's gift by Madame Jusserand to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge with a note on her engraved card wishing "a happy one for you & a less unhappy one for those who are going through the fiery trial." She notes that the book was quite difficult to find. Her husband Jean Jules Jusserand was the French Minister in Washington from 1902 to 1925. Sun Printing & Publishing Company [Henri Rogowski Publisher and Printer] unknown books
1981WRCLIT81026Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Ten 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills six bearing two images. Slight variations in trim affecting size otherwise fine. A selection of the stills distributed to promote the US release of Weir's multi-award winning 1981 portrayal of the parts played by members of the ANZAC infantry in the blood- drenched battle for Gallipoli. Mel Gibson and Mark Lee played the leads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1930WRCLIT75949London: William Heinemann 1930. Large octavo. Gilt cloth t.e.g. Portrait. A near fine copy in moderately dust-soiled cloth slipcase. First edition limited issue. One of 1025 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. It "is a very fine book . Certain of its scenes as that when the principal character drives from G.H.Q. to revisit his old comrades in the trenches are perfection itself" - Falls. FALLS p.299. William Heinemann hardcover books
1929WRCLIT75914London: Heinemann 1929. Cloth and batik boards t.e.g. About fine in very lightly dust-soiled dust jacket a short internally mended tear at the top edge. First U.K. edition limited issue. One of 525 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Heinemann hardcover books
1929WRCLIT70367London: Heinemann 1929. Cloth and batik boards t.e.g. About fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket with some offsetting to the lower fore-corner of the rear panel. First U.K. edition limited issue. One of 525 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Heinemann hardcover books
1929WRCLIT70368London: Heinemann 1929. Cloth and batik boards t.e.g. About fine in darkened and soiled dust jacket. First U.K. edition limited issue. One of 525 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Heinemann hardcover books
1928WRCLIT70366New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. Parchment and boards paper labels. A fine copy in glassine wrapper and original publisher's presentation box a bit tanned two corners have surface chips. First edition in book form specially gotten up as the publisher's Christmas Greeting and preceding the UK edition. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1915WRCLIT74561Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons 1915. Red cloth lettered in black. Faint dusting at edges some offset to endsheets from jacket flaps collector's bookplate on pastedown otherwise a very good copy in the uncommon dust jacket which exhibits some small tears and chips around the spine ends with old internal tape mends to two of the same two smaller instances at the lower edge and the publisher's 7/6 price sticker on the spine. First edition. According to a contemporary blurb in BRENTANO'S BOOK-CHAT this is "a whimsical tale in Q's happiest vein of a quaint longshoreman and his struggles to get rich and get into the European war as well." William Blackwood & Sons hardcover books
1929WRCLIT83576New York: The Viking Press 1929. Cloth. Some faint smudges on preliminary leaves else very good in rubbed and rather darkened pictorial dust jacket with a few small chips. First U.S. edition of JAHRGANG 1902 1928 translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. A widely read novel about the pre-war generation's coming of age during the war years. The Viking Press hardcover books
193043414London: Geoffrey Bles 1930. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Printed buff paper dust jacket. VG/VG spine panel sun-tanned with chip from base. 194 2 pp. Illustrated with Lino-Cuts by William Kermode. 8vo. <br/><br/> Geoffrey Bles hardcover books
D4424France early 20th century. WWI ephemera -- aircraft. Silhouettes d'Avions Illustrated manuscript on paper in French. France: c. 1915-1925. 16 leaves pocket-sized: 135 x100mm. 15 hand- colored illustrations depicting three views of planes; two in profile and one birds eye view all are labeled for early French English and German aircraft models. Original paper wrappers titled Silhouettes dAvions with later tape reinforcing hinge; somewhat brittle leaves loose but present. This skillful manuscript perhaps created by a younger person as an admirer of the craft represents sixteen popular models of biplane and monoplane patterns. This interesting piece of ephemera is inextricably linked to the three great European production centers of World War I-era aircraft: representing France England and Germany. World War I was the first walrus in which aircraft were deployed on a large scale. The sky had become another battlefield no less important than the battlefields of land and sea. Initially planes were used mostly for reconnaissance over the North Sea and strategic bombing raids. Then at the onset of war pilots and engineers learned from experience and developed many specialized models; including fighters bombers and ground-attack airplanes. These evolving flying machines were recognized to be not just toys but weapons. In addition fighter pilots were venerated as modern knights and many became popular heroes. All well represented are the French military aviation exercises of 1911 through 1913 that pioneered production of the Farman Caudron Voisin Breguet Nieuport fighter models. Listed for both French and English aircraft are the Bleriot and Morane models. England had started late and had initially relied largely on the French aircraft industry especially for engines. The English planes represented here are the Airco B.E. 2 and Vickers models. Notably the British Vickers was the first experimenting with mounting machine guns. Perhaps best represented by the whimsical drawings are the German planes of the variant Taube models including the Albatros Aviatik D.F.W. Jeannin Stahltaube and Rumpler Taube. The Rumpler Taube was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany and was the most common having two seats. Imperial Germanys first practical military aircraft the Taube dove was used for virtually all military aircraft applications as a fighter bomber surveillance aircraft and trainer from 1910 until the start of World War I in August 1914. At least five versions of the Taube models are named and illustrated in this contemporary manuscript model book. With: French World War I Colonels Ledger an autograph note c. 1899-1904 and transcribed letters of 1914 from a certain E. Henry while stationed in Lorraine. Manuscript booklet on graph paper written in pencil in French 165 x 110mm. France: Sept.-Oct. 1918. Original blue wrappers with paper label no. 10. 15 leaves. Text consists of dated entries with brief daily descriptions of regiment activities one poignant line translated beaucoup du cadavres sur le terrain many corpses on the ground. Laid-in is 1 page autograph note listing eight men their death dates and a brief biographical description stained at edges and 4 page autograph manuscript signed E. Henry to Ma cherie femme of three different letters transcribed and docketed by the wife of Henry. Letters all dated August 1914 with content updating his wife on his news while stationed in Lorraine. He writes on 27th August 1914 translated You cannot imagine the suffering I endured at my unfortunate wounds and goes on about his Lieutenants death although Henry finally says Je suis en bonne posture Im in good shape. Madame Henry seemingly transcribed the letters on to one large folding bifolia to maintain their content. Interesting pieces of World War I era ephemera consisting of personal reflections and unofficial recordings of military operations in French regiments. <br/><br/> unknown books
41025n. p. n. d. Likely ca. 1918. Image housed within a dark wooden oval frame with bubble glass covering the soldier. Modest wear to image some age-toning and discoloration. A VG example in a VG frame. Single photograph. Black and white image of a serious young soldier with his rings belt and shoes hand-colored. Oval frame: 22" x 16" photograph roughly 15-1/2" x 10" <br/><br/> unknown books
1918WRCLIT79134Chicago: George F. Cram Company 1918. 16pp. Folio 38 x 29 cm. Pictorial self-wrapper. Minute tear at fore-edge of first two leaves some neat annotations in colored pen in margins of three maps otherwise an unusually nice copy of a very fragile item. "Corrected and Revised Edition" including maps of the world with shipping routes Europe the Western Theatre Eastern Europe Russia Germany Italy Turkey and the US showing training camps all with details relevant to the war at that point. George F. Cram Company unknown books
1918WRCLIT79145New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1918. Quarto image size 20 x 20 cm. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. Dust speckling at margins of wrapper not affecting illustration otherwise very good. A color rendering of a column of still rather tidy-looking infantry in loose formation marching into the fore-ground with a bombed building in the background. Funk & Wagnalls unknown books
1918WRCLIT75663Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company 1918. Small quarto. Cloth pictorial label. 36 plates with descriptive text. First edition. Bookplate otherwise near fine without dust jacket. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1918WRCLIT79144New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1918. Quarto image size 20 x 20 cm. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. Dust speckling at margins of wrapper not affecting illustration otherwise very good. A color rendering of a trench scene under fire with US soldiers handling and releasing carrier pigeons. Funk & Wagnalls unknown books
1929WRCLIT77152New York & London: Wiley / Chapman & Hall 1929. xii4341pp. Large octavo. Cloth. Photographs drawings folding chart. Cloth a bit sunned otherwise very good. First edition. The author was a ranking officer in the Army Air Corps and Aerial Surveyor for the Byrd Expedition. Includes a chapter on Oblique Aerial Surveys by A.M. Narraway. Wiley / Chapman & Hall hardcover books
191921532Cambridge: The Riverside Press 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 222 pp 7.5 x 5.25 inches in publisher's blue cloth with mounted spine label. Spine toned label rubbed but legible one small stain on front board. Internally clean and sound. No dust jacket. Elizabeth Cabot Putnam was the daughter of Harvard neurologist James Jackson Putnam. She graduated from Radcliffe in 1910 and in 1917 went to Paris where she worked as a secretary for the American Expeditionary Force's Air Service and as a Red Cross volunteer. Her letters home to her family discuss both her work and her general experiences as a young woman in a foreign country at war. Occasionally she comes across as a breezy society girl rather than someone viewing the horrors of war but at other times she is clearly deeply affected. Finally getting to rest after working at a hospital until three AM she looks out a window at the beautiful sky and writes "It was more than one could bear with equanimity -- so heavenly outside and so horrible inside -- all the blood and the hacked-up flesh and the thought of how each one is going to suffer when he gets out of ether." She cared for French soldiers ar the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris and for wounded Marines at a hospital in Neuilly. In mid-1918 she worked as a Red Cross searcher helping to track down missing servicemen. The Riverside Press hardcover books
1919M8116Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated with photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed inner hinge cracked. Very good. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
