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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

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