Bowman John S General Editor (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 224 pages. small mended tears to top spine of DJ. priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire. ; 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 " Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A biographical dictionary of the well-known as well as obscure figures of the Civil War, with mostly brief, paragraph long biographies, many illustrated with black & white photos. A "coffee-table" style book, in 9 x 12 inch format.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. An unread copy. Dust jacket is in fair condition, a slight .25" tear at front bottom spine; creased bottom front. Pictorial front hard cover. Black and white and color illustrations. Contains: Illustrated Chronology; Indexes. 12" x 9.25" x 2.25". 800 pages. 8.63 pounds. …

Folio, hardcover, fine in near fine beige pictorial dj. 224pp. black and white, color photographs throughout. The Civil War was largely defined by the personalities who acted in it; it had a very large cast of characters. Here you will fine some 520 biographies of the Civil War's most noteworthy figures, military and civilian, men and women, illustrated. The foremost leaders contain much informatkion-- Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Grant, Sherman etc. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 224 pp. Original blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Illust. w/ b/w portraits and photos. Contents very nice.

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, 368 pp., introduction, double column, illustrated, plates, portraits, index. Introduction by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. A comprehensive reference work that begins in the late fifteenth century and ends in the late twentieth century. Important events that contributed to the development of the American West are reviewed. Ex-library copy with markings to front free fly leaf and spine of dust jacket, else a very good, clean copy in dust jacket, lightly sunned on the spine.…

Hardcover. 192 p. Includes: illustrations, maps. Some illustrations in color. Biographies of over 350 important Civil War figures. Analyses of the strategies and tactics of the great commanders. 1000 entries from extended essays to one-paragraph definitions all cross referenced. Nearly 300 illustrations in color and black and white. Extensive information on Civil War weapons, equipment, uniforms, badges, flags, and much more. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Gift inscripton from parents to son on fep. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge wear.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition thus. First printing thus. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. 512 pages. Contains over 250 illustrations (some in color). Includes Introduction by Fox Butterfield, Chronology, Biographies, Bibliography, and Index. Also includes chapters on The Price of War; Land Forces in Vietnam and Their Weapons (by Ian V. Hogg); Air Forces in Vietnam (by Anthony Robinson); The Naval War in Vietnam (by Anthony Preston); and Irregular Forces of the Vietnam War (by Kevin Generous). Fox Butterfield (born 8 July 1939) is an American journalist who spent much of his 30-year career reporting for The New York Times. Butterfield served as Times bureau chief in Saigon, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Boston and as a correspondent in Washington and New York City. During that time, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War, in 1971 and won a 1983 National Book Award for Nonfiction for China: Alive in the Bitter Sea, an account of his experience as the first Times reporter allowed in China after the revolution. He also wrote All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence (1995) about the child criminal Willie Bosket. In 1990, Butterfield wrote an article on the first African-American to be elected president of the Harvard Law Review, future president of the United States Barack Obama. This book is a remarkably comprehensive day-by-day chronology, presenting the sequence of events vividly and with thoughtful commentary. The bulk of the book is a day-by-day chronology of Vietnam from the 1940s through the early 1980s, with the emphasis on the French and American involvement in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. There are numerous photographs, plus articles on the land forces, air forces, the naval war, and irregular forces, plus biographies on the major figures.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Introduction by Fox Butterfield. 512pp. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition glossy color illustrated boards contained in a fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Introduction: George Washington on Slavery/Thomas Jefferson on Slavery; Index and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs and both black-and-white and color drawings/paintings. "The were an eclectic group of men, but they shared a common goal: an independent nation with freedom and liberty for all. They were neither a uniform nor purely cohesive group. In fact, each felt free to take independent positions, to speak out and stand his own ground - in short, they epitomized the American spirit.These men became known as the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. From the first stirrings of the American Revolution to the formation and early years of the Republic - here are the stories of the men who led America to independence. This book takes a unique approach to a subject that has been defined traditionally as an elite circle of men. It recognizes that there were far more men who played important roles in the founding of our nation, than just the select few evoked by the term Founding Fathers. Furthermore, this book focuses on those who devoted the greater part of their lives to creating a nation largely through their words and service, rather than through exploits on the field of battle. These are the stories of the men who fought a war of words. Many of these words took the form of pamphlets, letters, books, proposals, legislation, treaties, resolutions, and judicial decisions and are excerpted throughout this book. These primary texts are woven with insightful commentary that lends historical context to the fight these brave men undertook for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You will read about the colonists' fight for freedom against the British monarchy; the events leading up to the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence; and the formation of a young nation struggling to form a more perfect union. But above all, you will see that the men who were responsible for the founding of the United States were not deities or paragons of pure virtue - they were human beings. There were bitter political rivalries among them, but the opposition only helped to strengthen the nation that they worked so hard to build. The Founding Fathers created institutions that were both strong and flexible, building in room for amendment, compromise, and change. Illustrated with hundreds of reproductions of historic documents and rare paintings, this book is a true celebration of our nation's Founding Fathers and their enduring imprint on a nation." - from the inner front jacket flap.…

Hardcover. dj. First Edition. 8vo., 512 pp. Contains over 250 illustrations [some in color]. Includes Introduction by Fox Butterfield, Chronology, Biographies, Bibliography, and Index. Very Good in a Very Good lightly soiled dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bison Books Ltd, London, 1992, hb with d/w, large format hb with d/w, blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, corners and head and foot of spine a little worn else few signs of wear, pages clean and bright, a good tight secure binding, in a dust wrapper that has not been price clipped but is a little creased at the edges and has a couple of chips at the edges and one small tear, overall a good copy [B2327][Box 17].…