George H Straley (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover corners are square. Mild wear to spine ends. A little sun fading on spine. Binding is tight and square. No jacket. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. This work tells how a young civil engineer from Pennsylvania, Henry Pleasants, Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteers, blew the center out of the Confederate fortifications at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864, opening a path for an army corps to move in. A bibliography and an index are included. This copy is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. DJ in archival cover. Owner name and stamp. Stated first edition. Clean, no writing, no marks.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 181 pp, bib., index, crayon scribbling to a couple leaves, owner's name, dj spine sunned.

With two a signed letter by the author and two cut signatures of the author in an enclosed envelope. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 181 pp. Fine in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: In front of Petersburg, Virginia, in the summer of 1864, Grant was forced to call a halt. His army, the superb, battered Army of the Potomac, could face no more assaults on the Confederate lines. Robert E. Lee and his ragged heroes, entrenched in a long line with fortified Petersburg at its center, were prepared to kill all the Yankees in the world -- given sufficient ammunition and trenches from which to shoot. Temporarily, at least, stalemate had been reached. Into this puzzle, like a flash of summer lightning, came anew element. A young civil engineer from Pennsylvania, Henry Pleasants, Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteers, stated flatly that he could blow the center out of the Confederate fortifications, opening a path for an army corps to move in between the two halves of Lee's army. Give him the opportunity and the tools, he begged, and the war would be over in a month! Many in the Army of the Potomac, particularly in the high command, were aghast at his suggestions. No such mine tunnel had ever been known in the history of warfare. Young Pleasants was a fool, a self-seeking poseur who would risk an army to get himself noticed. Anyway, they said, he was not a Regular -- and his ideas were most irregular. But Pleasants succeeded! He and his regiment of hard-coal miners from Pennsylvania did blow the center out of the Confederate Army position. And the war was not over for nine months, during which thousands more died that the nation might live. What happened to the mine and why, after unbelievable heroism and great sacrifice, the situation at Petersburg remained static, is the story of Inferno at PEtersburg. Civil War, War between the States, Military History, American History, U. S. History, U.S.-iana, Americana. zslic.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Stiff color illus. wraps, perfect-bound. Very slight wear, essentially as issued. Catalogue to 1979 exhibition printed in the form of a magazine. 84,[8] pp., illus. Essays on Life magazine, covers, the pulps, Lorimer's Saturday Evening Post, artists, Vanity Fair, Curtis Publishing, advertising, etc. Scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 182 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ faint sunning to bottom edge of front cover and spine. Spine ends slightly bumped. DJ moderately soiled w/ mild edge wear. Spine a bit darkened. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 182 pp. Original black cloth covers, very bright and clean. Light foxing throughout. DJ moderately soiled. Spine and edges a bit sunned. Illust. w/ b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 181 pp. ; illustrated ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 61-6473 ; OCLC: 1461554 ; LC: E476.93; Dewey: 973.737 ; dark blue cloth with yellow lettering ; foxing ; wear to covers ; G. Book.

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 181pp illus EXCELLENT copy d/w VG+(v sl sunned spine/rear cover, v sl rubbed).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp VII, 181. 1st printing. DJ spine sun faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. NOT price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Chilton, 1961. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in yellow. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing. Corners sharp and spine straight. Dust jacket is like new. 181 pages. LCCC # 61-6473. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback; foxing to edge of pages and paste-downs, otherwise good in yellowed, foxed and faded dustjacket. First edition.; Illustrated.; 181 pages.

PLEASANTS, Henry JR. and STRALEY, George H. Inferno at Petersburg. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Company Book Division Publishers, [1961]. 1st ed. vii, [1], 181pp. Portaits, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. The successful mining of the Conferderate lines at Petersburg, resulting in The Crater, and the botched assault, resulting in a bloodbath. An episode usually mention only in passing in broader accounts. A very good copy, in dust jacket with a large chip at spine head. (181p., biblio., index.).