NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. A Dodd, Mead Career Book. First Edition, sixth printing. "Merry Christmas to Evadna Saywell from Joan, 6to whom this book is dedicated, and from the author. Felix Riesenberg Jr. San Mateo, Calif. Christmas 1947." A scarce war-time book! The author’s father, Felix Riesenberg Sr..... More
Fort Dix, NJ: Department Of The Army, [1973]. Illustrated With Photographs. First Edition. A book depicting many aspects of training at Fort Dix in New Jersey and featuring the graduating class of Company B, Second Battalion on October 25, 1973. Quarto: imitation blue leather, stamped in black & gilt; about..... More
Glendale, California: Lincoln Printers & Publsihers, [1947]. Frontispiece Photograph Of The USS Mount Vernon. First Edition. Limited to 2,000 copies (so stated on front flap of dust jacket). Signed presentation from Greuzard on the front endpaper, to a fellow World War Two shipmate: “To Craig and Jean, my good friends..... More
[Tustin: California]: North Cape Publications, Inc., [2006]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed by the author of the title page. 8vo., pictorial printed wraps; 275 pages. Very nice condition. More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University Of California Press, 1945. Text In Japanese. First Edition. A scarce textbook issued by the U.S. Department of the Navy to teach Japanese to sailors during World War II. This copy was released to a sailor whose name is on the statement page, along with..... More
NY: Harper & Row, [1972]. Forewords by John C. Meyer and Air Vice-Marshal J.E. Johnson. First American Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Sims on the front endpaper: "To Charles Cromwell with best wishes- Edward H. Sims. March 27, 1973. Sarasota." 8vo., gray cloth, stamped in silver, in dust jacket;..... More
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1970]. Illustrated. First Edition, fifth printing. Signed by Powers on the front endpaper. On February 10, 1962, Powers was exchanged, along with U.S. student Frederic Pryor, in a well-publicized spy swap at the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin. The exchange was for Soviet KGB Colonel William..... More
