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World War I List
Last updated January 1 4, 2008
1. Allen, Waldo M. 331ST
FIELD ARTILLERY UNITED STATES ARMY, 1917-1919. Dixon,
Illinois, Waldo M. Allen: 1919. Some shelf wear, else near VG. Good World War
I regimental history. $75.00
2. Bodenschatz, Karl. JAGD
IN FLANDERNS HIMMEL: AUS DEN SECHZEHN KAMPFMONATEN DES JAGDGESCHWADERS FREIHERR
VON RICHTHOFEN. . Note: This is the1935 first
edition. Reminiscences of World War I ace Karl Bodenschatz. Text in German. Some
wear to covers. Hinges professionally repaired. Includes a typescript listing of
the military aviation victories of Bodenschatz. $35.00
3. Chesterton, G.K. THE
APPETITE OF TYRANNY: INCLUDING LETTERS TO AN OLD GARIBALDIAN. New
York, Dodd, Mead: 1915. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Scarce first
edition. $30.00
4. Croop, J. Elmer. TWENTY
MONTHS WITH THE BRITISH ARMY: A Personal Narrative by an American Medical
Officer of...the Furious Fighting of Flanders. Erie,
PA, Privately printed: [n.d., ca.1920]. Signed by author and dated 1942. Some
wear and fading to spine. Some darkening to spine. A fabulous World War I
narrative by a combat medic in France. $200.00
5. Duncan-Clark, S. J. HISTORY'S
GREATEST WAR: A PICTORIAL NARRATIVE. [n.p.],
Privately printed: 1920. Some wear to spine and corners, else near VG. Corners
slightly bumped. $10.00
6. Elder, Bowman-compiler. AN
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE 71ST ARTILLERY (C.A.C.). ORGANIZED IN THE COAST
DEFENSES OF BOSTON, MASS. Indianapolis, Wm. B.
Burford: 1919. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Some soiling to the covers.
Scarce World War I unit history. $65.00
7. Hayes, Carlton J.H. A
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. New York,
Macmillan: 1922. 461 pages. Ex-library copy, with ink marks on the spine. Shelf
wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some fading to covers. Binding is tight.
$10.00
8. Irwin, Will. THE
NEXT WAR: AN APPEAL TO COMMON SENSE. New York, E.P.
Dutton: 1921. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips & tears to
edges. Dust jacket has some soiling. $5.75
9. Kennedy, J. M. THE
WAR LORD: THE CHARACTER STUDY OF KAISER WILLIAM II, BY MEANS OF HIS SPEECHES,
LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS. New York, Duffield &
Company: 1914. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with a couple of chips
missing & tears to edges. Jacket also has soiling. A scarce World War I
title. $45.00
10. Long, Lindley Grant. FARMER
HIRAM ON THE WORLD'S WAR. Dayton, Ohio, Christian
Publishing Assoc.: 1920. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Ex-library copy,
with ink mark on spine library stamps internally. $15.00
11. MacIntyre, Captain Donald. JUTLAND.
New York, W.W. Norton: 1958. Shelf wear to
binding. In d.j. with chips & tears to edges. There is a piece of dust
jacket missing at top of spine, about 1.5". $6.00
12. Murrin, James A. WITH
THE 112th IN FRANCE: A DOUGHBOY'S STORY OF THE WAR. Philadelphia,
Lippincott: 1919. . Some shelf wear to spine and corners, else near VG. Signed,
with a warm inscription by the author, dated 1922. $125.00
13. Nolan, J. Bennett. THE
READING MILITIA IN THE GREAT WAR. Reading, PA,
Hist. Soc. of Berks County: [n.d.,ca. 1920]. Some wear and rubbing to spine and
corners. Some soiling to binding. $75.00
14. O'Ryan, John F. THE
STORY OF THE 27TH DIVISION. Two volume set. New
York, Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.: 1921. 1157 pages. Two volume set. Shelf
wear to the spines and corners , with rubbing to corners. Volume I has rubbed
through and aa few spots where the cloth is torn away from the spine. There is
also some soiling to the back cover. This is one of the best World War One unit
histories that I've ever seen. There are numerous folding illustrations and
maps, as well as historical photographs. A massive unit history, with over 1,100
pages. $250.00
15. Patten, Simon Nelson. CULTURE
AND WAR. New York, B.W. Huebsch: 1916. Some wear
and fading to spine, else G+. Some soiling to binding. Very scarce title in
first edition hardback. $55.00
16. Sadler, E. J. CALIFORNIA
RAINBOW MEMORIES: A PICTORIAL REVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BATTALION
ENGINEERS DURING THE WORLD WAR. Los Angeles,
Privately Printed: 1925. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Scarce
World War I unit history. $100.00
17. Simonds, Frank H. HISTORY
OF THE WORLD WAR. Set of 5 volumes. Garden City,
NY, Doubleday, Page & Co.: 1917-1920. Blue cloth with gold-decorated front
covers. Complete set of 5 volumes. Shelf wear and rubbing to bindings on all
volumes. Several of the volumes have repaired hinges. Some waterstains to the
cover and page edges on a couple of volumes. Numerous illustrations, maps and
photographs. $50.00
18. Slattery, Margaret. THE
SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE: A PLEA FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TOMORROW. New
York, Fleming H. Revell: 1918. Shelf wear, else near VG in edge-worn dust jacket
with stains and soiling Dust jacket has soiling and spill stains. $10.00
19. Smith, Judson MacIvor. THE
STORY OF A REGIMENT. The Twenty-First United States Infantry. Honolulu,
Hawaii, Advertiser Publishing Co.: 1940. Some wear and rubbing to spine and
corners, else G+. Some paint stain spots on covers. A couple of pages have a
crease down the edge from being bent and folded over. Very scarce history of the
U.S. 121st Infantry. This book recounts their long history from the early
1800's, through the Civil War and through World War I. It ends with photographs
and a description of their base of operations on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. An
interesting publication, as the book was printed in 1940, just a year before
Pearl Harbor was attacked. One line in the book says that Pearl Harbor will be
safe for the American battle fleet "so long as Pearl Harbor is protected,
and no longer". $110.00
20. Sprague, Franklin M. MADE
IN GERMANY. New York, Pilgrim Press: 1915. 218
pages. Slight shelf wear, else VG in worn dust jacket. Jacket has soiling and
some water staining. $15.00
21. Starlight, Alexander. THE
PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE 27TH DIVISION. New York,
Harper & Brothers: 1919. Slight wear to spine edges and corners. Some fading
to the title on spine and front covers. Numerous black-and-white photographic
illustrations. $125.00
22. Stroppa-Quaglia, R.-editor. THE
EUROPEAN WAR: THE POWERS. New York, Editions d'Art:
1914. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Slight fading to the covers. $14.95
23. Summers, Florence Elizabeth. DERE
BILL: MABLE'S LOVE LETTERS TO HER ROOKIE. New
York, Frederick A. Stokes: 1919. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with
chipping to edges. D.j. also has some soiling. $10.00
24. Whitacre, Joseph A. -compiler. MARSHALL
COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR, 1917-1918: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY'S
PARTICIPATION IN ALL WARTIME ACTIVITIES. [n.p.],
Marshall Printing Company: 1919. Shelf wear, corners bumped. $18.00
25. Wright, Richardson. LETTERS
TO THE MOTHER OF A SOLDIER. New York, Frederick A.
Stokes: 1918. Slight shelf wear. Scarce dust jacket. There is a piece of the
dust jacket missing at top of spine, about 2 inches. $6.50