First Edition. Irishman's experience fighting in the First World War. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, some jagged chipping at lower front panel, few edge chips and wear, splatter stain at front panel. Item #25554
First Edition. A dramatic one-act play set in the Balkans on Christmas Eve predicting the onset of the First World War and the brutality which will ensue. Noyes "drives home the tragic horror of battle's aftermath and shows the sophistry of those who would justify war". Scarce in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket. Item #7044
First Edition. A narrative poem set in the Balkans of the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #21588
First American Edition. Rare collection of two novellas by this Irish author and revolutionary killed by British soldiers in 1918. Includes "The Weaver's Grave" described at front dustjacket panel as "a remarkable achievement in the grotesque". Not found in Bleiler. 'The Weaver's Grave' is generally regarded as his masterpiece" [Cleeve's Dictionary of Irish Writers, p. 107]. Near Fine in Very Good plus printed dustjacket. Item #20149
First Edition. Novel of a black soldier in the First World War. Great wrap-around art-deco dustjacket art. Very Good, fading at spine and edges, ownership stamp at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #27023
First Edition. Novel of the Russian Revolution "Some of the chapters, like those in which the giant Vavila, the symbol of Russian peasantry, meets the young Leva, or that in which the White officer, Koronin, is forced to pass a death sentence on the man who twice saved his life, undoubtedly belong to the best in Russian literature". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at lower rear panel. Item #20495
First Edition. R Book dustjacket art. World War One novel by a Russian veteran of the war and of the Revolution who died shortly after publication of this book. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some light stains to lower area of panels. Item #22808
First Edition. R. Book dustjacket art. World War One novel by a Russian veteran of the war and of the Revolution who died shortly after publication of this book. Very Good-Near Fine, with tiny closed tears at top spine end, in dustjacket, cm deep chipping at top spine end rounding to rear panel, narrow chipping along top half of front flap edge. Item #8348
First Edition. Ervin Decon dustjacket art. Bleiler listed fantasy novel with elements of farming, travel to China, World War One and race relations. Includes dialectic speech. "Rare Earth is an entirely original novel, gripping, awe-inspiring, glowing with beauty. In it are three distinct romances, one between Scobee and Dallis who are white, one between Linda and Benda Joel who are colored, one between Hung Long Tom and Lotus Blossom who are Chinese". Very Good, rear inner hinge a bit cracked, bookplate removed from front endpaper, in jacket split down middle of spine, mended at verso with scotch tape, shallow edge chips and wear. Item #21700
Reprint Edition. World War One novel with interesting wrap-around dustjacket art depicting soldiers as well as a Zeppelin and airplanes. Near Fine, some soiling and few light stains to page fore-edge, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #23509
First Edition. The major's exploits on in France during the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #8570
First Edition. African set novel of intrigue, romance and action against the background of the Boer War. Basis for the 1917 black and white silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Violet Heming and Wilfred Lucas. Near Fine in dustjacket with inch sized chip at lower spine end, top spine end with several centimeter sized chip, rear spine edge split, red lettering at spine faded. Item #16996
First Edition. Dibner dustjacket art. Translated from the Russian by Stephen Garry. Scarce Russian adventure novel set during the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930's and focusing on the experiences of the border guards on the Russian-Chinese border. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with few short closed tears to edges and light wear to jacket corners and spine ends. Item #18603
First Edition. World War Two novel of some misfit soldiers and their escapades in army life. Pereda helped produce the Spanish Civil War documentary The Spanish Earth which was one of Ernest Hemingway's contributions to the anti-fascist cause. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #7085
First Edition. Decoration by Beatrice Stevens. Very scarce World War One narrative. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #28930
First Edition. Romance and adventure which begins on a London rooftop with raiding Zeppelins overhead, continues to battle in France, and ends in the African jungle. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears and shallow loss to spine ends and flap corners. Item #19739
First Edition. Translated from the French by R.H. Torres. Novel of the Austrian Revolt of October 1934. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to top spine end, small abrasion to lower spine end, darkening to rear panel, and general edge wear. Item #14771
First American Edition. Translated from the German by Margaret Green. Nautical fiction based on author's experiences in the Imperial High Sea Fleet. Plivier's critical view forced him to leave Germany. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, strips of white paper have been glued to edges of verso for the purpose of coloring in chips at spine ends, small chip at mid front flap. Item #37865
First Edition. Eugene M. Frandzen dustjacket art. Adventure novel of a young American involved in European war. Near Fine but for soiling to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, with spine edges with mild dampstaining, few tiny edge chips and moderate wear. Item #9548
First Edition. Salter dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and front top edge, darkening to spine and to edges of rear panel. Item #16294
First Edition. G. S. Brien dustjacket art. Collection of short stories by Prosperi, "one of the most penetrating writers of modern Italy. The interest of her stories is international, yet they present most vividly to English readers the emotional fibre of the race which has produced Fascism". Near Fine, shadow at front endpaper, in Very Good fragile dustjacket, old sticker price partly removed at front panel, few shallow edge chips and short closed tears. Item #24307
Second Printing. J. Henry dustjacket art. "A quaint longshoreman and his struggles to get rich and to get into the European War as well". Near Fine, small abrasion at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27392
First Edition. Joseph Caroff dustjacket art. World War Two novel of the air campaign in the Mediterranean and the grim life of a tail gunner on a B-26 Marauder. Author's first novel and based on his own tour of duty overseas as a sergeant in the 12th Air Force. This copy with a nice six line inscription by Quigley, signed by him and dated Aug. 12, 1949. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chips and rubbing at spine ends. Item #7054
First Edition. Translated from the Romanian by A. V. Wise. World War One set romance novel of a young man who becomes an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. Uncommon title. Very Good in Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipping and some deeper loss at edges, some old tape shadows to verso. Item #40805
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original illustrated wrappers. Wenck dustjacket art. Scarce advance copy of this World War One novel which follows up Remarque's more notable, All Quiet on the Western Front. Includes publisher's promotional jacket which states, "This is an advance copy of The Road Back. Publication date May 11th." Nearly Fine copy with only mild signs of wear, in Very Good promo jacket, some tiny edge chips, top spine end chipped few centimeters deep. Item #15189
