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Sess DL_ATC_ID: 0 Books For Sale   Category "History" returned 36 results        Pages:   1  2  3   Browse Another Category Africa Alaska & Canada Archery & Bowhunting Asia & India Autobiography & Biography Bibliography Big Game Hunting Big Game Trophy Records Birds Boone & Crockett Elephants & Elephant Hunting Exploration & Travel Fiction Fishing General Guns & Shooting History Hunting & Fishing Mountaineering Natural History & Conservation Polar Roosevelt Sheep & Sheep Hunting Tigers & Tiger Hunting Upland Game & Waterfowl Wildlife Art & Photography Anabasis ANABASIS, BOOKS I-IV "T30535" American Book Company 1910, 12mo, 516 pages, map in color of the route of the ten thousand Greeks, illustrated with many B & W drawings in the Greek text. Edited with an introduction, notes and vocabulary by Maurice W. Mather and Joseph William Hewitt.The Introduction gives briefly the story of the expedition, its causes and results. It sketches Xenophon's career both as a man of action and as a writer, and describes the military antiquities connected with the expedition. No dust jacket. There is a small signature on the front pastedown but no other marks or inscriptions.. A Very Good Plus copy.  ID#: 3120 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Buchan, John THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE [100251] G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. 1st Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. 1st Edition. An account of the infamous murder of members of the MacDonald clan. In February 1692, the small Clan MacDonald of Glencoe was massacred by Campbell of Glenlyon's troops under orders from the English Government. Some cover soiling. Very Good  ID#: 602 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence THE PASSING OF THE ARMIES "T30522" Morningside Press, Dayton, Ohio 1992 reprint of the autobiographical account originally published in 1913, 392 pages plus index, with portraits and maps.""An account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon the Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps."". Chamberlain, the hero who saved the day at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg was wounded six times during the Civil War. He was a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College after the war. One of the highlights of this book was the surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox which is fascinatingly described by Chamberlain, a brevet Major-General, who was given the honor of receiving the Confederate surrender. Dust jacket and book are Very Fine.  ID#: 3101 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Churchill, Winston S. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES T28157" Dodd, Mead & Co., N.Y. 1956--1958, four volumes, issued by the BOMC. Voilume I is THE BIRTH OF BRITAIN, 521 pages. Volume II is THE NEW WORLD, 433 pages. Volume III is THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, 402 pages. Volume IV is THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES, 403 pages. No dust jackets. There is slight sunfading to the spines but the covers are intact and the contents tight and clean with no marks or inscriptions. A Near Fine set.  ID#: 3074 $40.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Churchill, Winston S. IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH "BL27080" Longman's Green, New York 1900, 1st U.S. edition 409 pages, 12mo, TEG, with portrait, map and plans. About the Boer War, this is one of Sir Winston's earliest works. Red cloth cover is unfaded with a small scratch on ther front. One interior page has been roughly opened. Gilt letttering on cover and spine is intact and bright. No dust jacket. Endpapers have been renewed. Contents are clean and tight. A Very Good Plus.copy.  ID#: 3083 $300.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Davis, Kenneth C. DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR "T30515" William Morrow, N.Y. 1996, first editon stated, 518 pages. ""Everything you need to know about America's greatest conflict bu never learned."" Dust jacket, As New.  ID#: 3093 $10.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Douglas, Henry Kyd I RODE WITH STONEWALL "T30284" University of North Carolina Press, apparent first edition, 401 pages, illustrated with historic B & W photographs. ""Being chiefly the war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson's staff from the John Brown Raid to the hanging of Mrs. Surratt."" No dust jacket Other than a couple of small smudges on the spine, a tight, clean and Very Good Pllus copy.  ID#: 2547 $150.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Furgurson, Ernest B. CHANCELLORSVILLE 1863; THE SOULS OF THE BRAVE "T30526" Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y. 1992, first edition stated, 405 pages, illustrated with 18 maps. The famous battle that preceded Geetysburg. Although nominally a Confederate victory, it saw the loss of Stonewall Jackson, and the fasilure of the follow-up that might have turned the tide in the Civil War. Fascinating reading. Dust jacket and book are Very Fine.  ID#: 3106 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Golay, Michael TO GETTYSBURG AND BEYOND "T30521" Crown Publishers, N.Y. 1994, first edition stated, 436 pages. The author has written a full-scale joint biography of two remarkable men of Gettysburg, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the scholarly amateur who saved the day at Little Round Top, and Edward Porter Alexander, the outstanding Confederate artillery expert whose enigmatic message launched Pickett's Charge. Dust Jacket and book are Very Fine.  ID#: 3099 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Gore, James Howard AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES OF FRANCE A DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES ON WHOM FRANCE HAS CONFERRED HER NATIONAL ORDER THE LEGION OF HONOR [100333] W.F. Roberts Co., 1920. Fine Previous owner signature.  ID#: 604 $225.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Graham,Colonel W.A. THE CUSTER MYTH "T30516" Stackpole, Harrisburg 1953, first editon, 4to, 413 pages, illustrated with B & W photographs and maps, endpapers in full color. ""A source book of Custeriana,"" Moderate cover wear with spotting on the back Contents tight and clean. Small previous owner signature on front endpaper. Overall Very Good.  ID#: 3092 $10.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Guffey, Joseph F. ROOSEVELT AGAIN! [102213] Philadelphia: Franklin, 1940. Soft Cover. Good Plus / No Jacket. Concerning Franklin D. Roosevelt. The author is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania and important FDR supporter. Pro-FDR election campaign booklet, Guffey's plea for FDR to get a 3rd presidential term. Cover chipped.  ID#: 2407 $10.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Nesbitt, Mark 35 DAYS TO GETTYSBURG "T30523" Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA 1992, first editon stated, 208 pages. "" The Campaign Diaries of Two American Enemies."" This book features the diaries of Thomas Lewis Ware, a Conderate soldier from rural Georgia, and Franklin Horner, a Union soldier from the coal country of Pennsylvania, who are on their way, with their respective armies, to Gettysburg. Day by day, as they march toward the fateful battle, they record their thoughts until the day they eventually come face to face - one is on a hill called Big Round Top and the other a musket shot away near a pile of boulders called the Devil's Den. One will go home to tell of his experiences,: the other did not survive the battle. Dust jacket and book are Very Fine.  ID#: 3102 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Powell, Lyman P. HISTORIC TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE STATES [100459] New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. A series dealing with the older towns along, or near, the Eastern coast. The towns covered are Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Newburgh, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York City, Brooklyn, Princeton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Each chapter is written by a resident of the town presented. In addition to the information presented, each chapter is filled with illustrations to complement the text. Gold lettering on cover and spine. Front hinge starting, otherwise Near Fine. $60.00  ID#: 605 $60.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Roosevelt, Theodore THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812 "T30258" Review of Reviews 1904, Statesman edition reprint, 299 pages, B & W frontis. & diagrams. The histroy of the U.S. Navy during the last war with Great Britain to which is appended an account of the Battle of New Orleans. No dust jacket. Clean, tight and Very Good Plus.  ID#: 2485 $25.00 . Currently  "1"  available in stock . Pages:   1  2  3