1. Atkinson, Rick.

An Army at Dawn – The War in North Africa, 1942-1943.

London, Little, Brown, 2003. 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 681 pages. Several black and white maps and photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print. [Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy].

2. Beston, Henry B. / [Sims, Admiral William Sowden].

Full Speed Ahead. Tales from the Log of a Correspondent with Our Navy. [Inscribed Association copy from Henry B. Beston to Admiral William Sowden Sims – with original typescript in an envelope that is tipped into the pastedown / It is a typescript of a letter that was written during Beston’s time as editor at the magazine “The Living Age” (an offshoot of ‘Atlantic Monthly’) and stunningly also reflects on Beston’s classmate, Theodore Roosevelt, whom he obviously gave a copy of this book and according to Beston’s letter to Sims, Theodore Roosevelt and his children confirming that they enjoyed it. The letter reveals that Beston sends this book as a “thank you” to Admiral Sims for his time as war correspondent under Sims’ command during World War I. The typescript of the letter must be seen as an extension to Beston’s Preface in the book in which he writes: “And no acknowledgment, no matter how studied or courtly, its phrasing, can express what I owe to Admiral Sims for the friendliness of my reception, for his care that i be shown all the Navy’s activities, and for his constant and kindly effort to advance my work in every possible way”].

First Edition. New York, Doubleday, 1919. Octavo. XIII, 254 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very Scarce [OCLC locates only 1 copy]. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. The definitive, signed and inscribed association copy by Henry B. Beston to Admiral William Sowden Sims and also with a letter typescript to Admiral William Sowden Sims. The inscription reads: “To Admiral Sims with every grateful good wish of the author – Henry Beston Sheahan – 1919”.

3. Bowden, Mark.

Black Hawk Down – A story of Modern War.

First Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 386 pages. Some black and white photographs and maps throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. [Dalton, Colonel Elvin] / [Powe, Major M.B. / Wilson, Major E.E.] / “SSO” / [U.S.Army Intelligence Center and School Fort Huachuca].

The Evolution of American Military Intelligence [Prepared for Use by the US Army Intelligence Center, Ft.Huachuca, Arizona, 85613] – Original “Advanced Course” Intelligence Instructional Publication “provided for resdient and nonresident instruction at the United States Army Intelligence Center and School only”. Includes: 1. Introductory page from Colonel Elvin Dalton, bearing the printed seal of the Department of Defense, in which Dalton offers this publication to the Military Intelligence Officers of the Advanced Course on American Military Intelligence / 2. Introductory Page citing a warning from Thomas E.Shelling from his Foreword to Roberta Wohlstetter’s “Pearl Harbour Warning and Decision” / Preface (with Portrait of Colonel Ralph H. Van Deman, 1923) by Marc B.Powe and Edward E. Wilson.

Fort Huachuca (Arizona), US Army and Intelligence Center an School, 1973. Quarto (20.3 cm wide x 26.5 cm high). VI, 148 pages, illustrated throughout (for example with a Full-page-Portrait of Colonel Ralph H. Van Deman), and loosely inserted a stapled “Selective, Annotated Bibliography on The History of Military Intelligence”, which was published by the School in February 1976, possibly added by the preowner of this publication during his tenure at the School. Stapled Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Scarce publication, published for use in the School only. Marked “SSO” by preowner. No copy offered on the international market at the time of cataloging this item.

5. [Fletcher, Calvin / William Baldwin Fletcher (Indiana)] Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de.

The Spirit of Laws. [Personal copy of Senator and physician, William Baldwin Fletcher and his father Calvin Fletcher]. Translated from the French of M. De Secondat Baron de Montesquieu. By Thomas Nugent, L.L.D. The Sixth Edition, carefully revised and improved with considerable Additions by the Author.

Two Volumes in One (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W. McKenzie, 1792. Octavo (14 cm x 20 cm). Volume I: [8], 325 pages / Volume II: [7], 371, [21] pages. Hardcover / Professionally restored and decoratively rebound in full leather with new endpapers and spinelabels. This important publication comes from the eminent libraries of Indiana State Senator Calvin Fletcher and subsequently his son, educationalist, senator and Civil War Surgeon, William Baldwin Fletcher. With some annotations in the Index, highlighting for example the chapter referring to Montesquieu’s view on “Corruption” [″Of the corruption of the principles of the three governments”]. William Baldwin Fletcher, who inherited the book from his father, subsequently gifted it to a close friend of his: “Presented to Chas M O’Brien by his friend W.B.Fletcher”. Some professional paper-restoration and otherwise a very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6. Greene, Jack. Massignani, Alessandro.

Ironclads at War – The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship 1854-1891.

Pennsylvania, Combined Publishing, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. 423 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. [Holton, Gerald] Smyth, H.D.

A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 – 1945.

Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as “Smyth Report” on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127.

8. [Jefferson, John Garland / Thomas Jefferson Circle] Botta, Charles.

History of the Independence of the United States of America. [Association copy with provenance – riddle: From the library of one John Garland Jefferson, being either the brother of American Civil War Hero Thomas Garland Jefferson and received as a gift from his namesake father, John Garland Jefferson (as stated on the endpaper in contemporary ink), with his name signed in ink to the fontispiece of Volume One or alternatively, being John Garland Jefferson (born 1815 – date of death unknown), the son of Captain Samuel Allen Jefferson (1776-1843)]. Translated from the Italian by George Alexander Otis. With ten illustrations and six maps.

Ninth Edition, In Two Volumes, Revised and Corrected. New-Haven, T.Brainard, 1839. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece, 473 pages with four maps and four illustrations (including frontispice) / Volume II: Frontispice, IV, 468 pages with six illustrations (including frontispice) and two maps. Hardcover / Original full eather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Bindings a little rubbed. Lower spines stronger rubbed and only very slightly damaged but the Volumes and bookblocks overall very firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some plates and pages with foxing (as usual with this edition). Both tissue-guards for the frontispieces in place. A stunning set regarding the American War of Independence with an interesting provenance.

9. Keenan, George F. / Lukacs, John.

George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946 – The Keenan-Lukacs Correspondence. Introduction by John Lukacs.

Columbia, University of Missouri Press, 1997. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 85 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Lord, Walter.

Day of Infamy: Pearl Harbour December 7th 1941.

First British Edition. London, Longmans, 1957. Octavo. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with vintage dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.