The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force
by Van Creveld, Martin
New York: Public Affairs, 1998. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First paperback printing. Edge wear. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1998 Trade Paperback. xviii, 422 pp. Combining razor-sharp analysis with dramatic narrative, vivid portraits of soldiers and commanders with illuminating discussions of battle tactics and covert actions, The Sword and the Olive... Read More
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D-Day: The Greatest Invasion - A People's History
by van der Vat, Dan
Toronto: Madison Press Books, 2003. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x0x10. First edition. Jacket barcode inked out. 2003 Large Hardcover. 176 pp. It was the greatest invasion of all time. Early on the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy-not only streaming from the sea but also sweeping... Read More
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Once Upon a Time: A True Story
by Vanderbilt, Gloria
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on front flyleaf. Jacket spine slightly faded, light edge wear. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1985 Hard Cover. 301 pp. The celebrity artist and designer recreates the glamour and terror... Read More
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Acceptance: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy Book 3)
by VanderMeer, Jeff
New York: MCD Picador / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2024. 10th Anniversary Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint of 10th anniversary edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2024 Trade Paperback. xiii, [1], 343 pp. Includes new introduction by Helen Macdonald. It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years,... Read More
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Absolution (The Southern Reach Series Book 4)
by VanderMeer, Jeff
New York: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2024 Hard Cover. 441 pp. The surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series―and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time. When the Southern... Read More
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Authority: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy Book 2)
by VanderMeer, Jeff; Jemisin, N.K
New York: MCD Picador / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2024. 10th Anniversary Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint of 10th anniversary edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2024 Trade Paperback. xiii, 341 pp. Includes new introduction by N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth Trilogy, Inheritance Trilogy). After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X - a... Read More
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The Fools' Parade
by Vandercook, John W
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Blaine, Mahlon. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and creases, jacket toned, spine slightly cocked, top page ridge lightly foxed. 1930 Hard Cover. 270 pp. Five convicts, five men of utterly different character, escape from the most famous and most terrible prison... Read More
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The Camp Fire Girls in After Years (The Camp Fire Girls, Book 6)
by Vandercook, Margaret
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John C. Winston Company, 1915. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Some chips and tears to jacket edges. Pencil name. 1915 Hard Cover. 249 pp. Seven pages of publisher ads follow text. Illustrated. The Camp Fire Girls books is a series of fiction novels written for children by various authors from 1912 into... Read More
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Hath Not the Potter
by Van Der Meesch, Maxence; Hopkins, Gerard
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First American edition. Tiny spot on top edge, minor smudge on front endpaper, 2 inch chip from rear jacket edge with a few smaller chips from corners, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1937 Hard Cover. 273 pp. English translation of L'Empreinte du dieu by Gerard... Read More
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Joan Blaeu Atlas Maior of 1665, 'The Greatest and Finest Atlas Ever Published
by Van Der Kroght, Peter; Blaeu, Joan
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x1x13. First printing of 2006 Barnes & Noble reissue. Minimal wear to corners, looks excellent under fresh mylar. Binding tight, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 415 pp. English, German, and French text. Beautiful color reproductions of numerous maps, based on the copy of the 1665 atlas... Read More
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Annihilation (The Southern Reach Trilogy Book 1)
by VanderMeer, Jeff; Fowler, Karen Joy
New York: MCD Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. 10th Anniversary Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint of 10th anniversary edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2024 Trade Paperback. xiii, 195 pp. Includes new introduction by Karen Joy Fowler. Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has... Read More
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A System of Figure-Skating. Being the Theory and Practice of the Art as Developed in England, with a Glance at Its Origin and History
by Vandervell, H.E.; Witham, T. Maxwell
London: Horace Cox, 1874. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Spine faded, faint stain on fore edge of rear board. 1874 Hard Cover. xix, 262 pp. First published in 1869, this work is among the earliest books in English on the subject of figure skating, with engravings and diagrams throughout (124 total). It was written... Read More
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Max Nauta, with Signed Christmas Card
by Van Der Pluym, Willem; Muller, M.; Van Loo, Emile
Amsterdam: Het Hollandsche Uitgevershuis, 1948. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Signed by Max Nauta with signed Christmas card and photograph laid in. Jacket stained with some small chips and small tears, one inch tear along bottom edge of rear jacket panel. 1948 Large Hardcover. 168 pp. Dutch and English text. Includes 125 plates... Read More
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Classical Mythology, in 2 Parts (The Great Courses) (2 Volumes of Audio CDs)
by Vandiver, Elizabeth
Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2000. CD-ROM. Near Fine. 8x5x1. Includes all 12 discs. Near fine. 2000 CD-ROM. Includes all 12 discs in original publisher's cases. 24 total lectures, each 30 minutes. From Athena to Zeus, the characters and stories of classical mythology have been both unforgettable and profoundly influential. They have inspired and shaped everything from great... Read More
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Mighty Stonewall (Texas A&M University Military History Series)
by Vandiver, Frank E
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1988. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. 3rd printing. Spine faintly creased. 1988 Trade Paperback. 560 pp. Frank E. Vandiver's detailed research and zestful writing style provide a vivid description of Stonewall's boyhood, West Point training, early career, years of teaching at the Virginia Military Institute, and Civil War campaigns. Here,... Read More
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Their Tattered Flags: The Epic of the Confederacy
by Vandiver, Frank E
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1970. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Reprint. Small surface tear on front endpaper, edge wear, jacket price clipped. 1970 Hard Cover. 362 pp. A look at the positive and negative aspects of the Confederacy, with an examination of the underlying psychology of Southern Aristocracy and other relevant perspectives.
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The Bishop Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
by Van Dine, S.S
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Photoplay Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Photoplay edition. No jacket. Rear board soiled, pencil underlining and marginalia, pencil names on front endpapers. 1929 Hard Cover. viii, 349 pp. After solving the Greene murders, Philo Vance has taken a well-earned holiday in Switzerland. Returning to New York City he finds his old... Read More
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The Benson Murder Case: A Philo Vance Mystery
by Van Dine, S.S. [Wright, Willard Huntington]
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1926. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reissue. Lacks jacket. Boards lightly rubbed, some loss from gilt on spine and front board titles. 1926 Hard Cover. 348 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. Author's first book. "S.S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939),... Read More
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The Dragon Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
by Van Dine, S.S. [Wright, Willard Huntington]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. First edition. No jacket. Minor loss to spine head, top page ridge lightly stained. 1933 Hard Cover. xii, 311 pp. The Dragon Murder Case is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted... Read More
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And Then You Wish
by Van Druten, John
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Includes two dust jackets. Edges foxed, endpapers and jacket lightly foxed. 1937 Hard Cover. 344 pp. A novel by the well-known playwright, whose play I am a Camera became Bob Fosse's famous musical film Cabaret. "There's a possible theatre enthusiast reading public... Read More
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The Demon Hunter's Handbook
by [Van Helsing, Abelard]; Bryant, Steve; Oldfield, Rob & Tom
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2006. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12x10x1. Teves, Miles. First printing of Barnes & Noble reissue. Minor wear to corners. 2006 Large Hardcover. 12 x 10 1/4. "This is the legacy of Demon Hunter Abelard Van Helsing. It contains the wisdom of a lifetimes' fight against the forces of Evil. With... Read More
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Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 105)
by Van Loon, Hendrik
New York: Boni and Liveright, Inc. / The Modern Library, 1922. First Thus. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Brodzky, Horace. First Modern Library edition, Toledano 105.1, binding style 2, green Horace Brodzky endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled, minor damage to edges of endpapers. 1922 Small Hard Cover. ix, [3], 208 pp. Ancient Man: The Beginning of... Read More
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The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
New York: The Century Co, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his embossed stamp on front endpaper. (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Spine and top edge faded,... Read More
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Encyclopedia of Hell
by Van Scott, Miriam
New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. First paperback printing. Minimal wear to corners, a couple pages lightly bruised on bottom edge. 1999 Trade Paperback. 308 pp. The Encyclopedia of Hell is a comprehensive survey of the underworld, drawing information from cultures around the globe and eras throughout... Read More
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Lover's Staff
by Vansittart, Sibell
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards a bit soiled. 1927 Hard Cover. 275 pp. "Kent and Derbyshire, golf links and country houses, family feuds and domineering grandparents are the background for "Lover's Staff" while the love affairs of a young girl supply the animating foreground. Pretty Nancy Bowring... Read More
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