Thomason Captain John (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thomason, Captain John W. - United States Marine Corps (illustrator). First Thus. TEXT UNMARKED, WEAR TO BOARDS, Black cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, gilt lettering.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine in original wrappers. This later reprint measures 4.75" x 6.75".

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 9 pages, oversize, New in soft covers.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. Captain John W. Thomason (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Second Printing. New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition, Second Printing. Large 8vo. [250]pp. Green cloth back & pale orange boards, lightly soiled and worn, very good condition, owner's name on front endpaper, no dj. Color frontispiece and numerous full-page and text illustrations in b&w after drawings by Thomason, an accomplished artist who served in World War I as a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps, in five major battles, including Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Mont Blanc, San Michiel, and Soissons.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 250 pages.

Condition: New. 2009 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1927). SB. 240pp. Illustrated.Published Price £11.50 The Doughboys were the American soldiers who entered the Great War in the last year of the conflict; and of their number the Marine Corps were the absolute elite. The author of this episodic but vivid series of sketches, John W. Thomason, was a Captain in the Corps, descended from a distinguished Southern military family. A natural writer, his colloquial account follows the Marines through France, giving an account of their most famous- and bloodiest - actions, including the Argonne Forest, Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry, Mont Blanc and St Mihiel. As well as the fighting itself, Thomason is good on off-duty anecdotes. First-hand American accounts of the Great War are rare. This is one of the best. It is profusely illustrated by the authorâs own excellent drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. GOOD CONDITION.LIBRARY STAMPS IN SEVERAL PLACES, POCKET REMOVAL SCAR INNER EPS.FOREDGES STAMPED.VERY NICE CLOTH COVERS HAVE NOT BEEN DEFACED, NO SPINE #.TP has name stamps.High School Library. ; blue spine & cover titles on faded blue Cloth hard covers.; ILUST & MAPS; 512ps pages; Gettysburg-Maryland .biography.Civil War.Southern Gentleman living & dying for his beliefs. Cavalry officer-leader.Index Ex LIBRARY HARDCOVER; K-6.62(H) Printing (1962).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 190 pages, illustrated, Very good hardcover in pictorial cover. Some spotting to covers and bumped edges. Tightly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 190 pages, illustrated, Fine Hardcover in near fine dust jacket. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Thomason, Captain John W., Jr. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ex-lib with usual markings. Red cloth covers with the front cover dust flap on the dj attached to the front cover. Cover exhibit light wear, soiling and bumping on corners and spine ends. Light soiling and wear to edges. Inside front cover hinge is cracked and shaken. Page ends are yellowed and slightly soiled. Text and the many full page b&w illustrations are yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated dj has multiple chips, tears, soiling and creasing on corners, edges, hinges and spine ends. Heavy shelf wear and soiling on covers and spine. Dedicated to the memory of Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore's sons who was killed in the war. Includes a b&w photo of the service over his grave. "The deeds selected are not necessarily the most heroic in our army. They are however, the peers of any acts performed by our troops." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.

Condition: New. 2009 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1927). SB. 240pp. Illustrated.Published Price £11.50 The Doughboys were the American soldiers who entered the Great War in the last year of the conflict; and of their number the Marine Corps were the absolute elite. The author of this episodic but vivid series of sketches, John W. Thomason, was a Captain in the Corps, descended from a distinguished Southern military family. A natural writer, his colloquial account follows the Marines through France, giving an account of their most famous- and bloodiest - actions, including the Argonne Forest, Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry, Mont Blanc and St Mihiel. As well as the fighting itself, Thomason is good on off-duty anecdotes. Firsthand American accounts of the Great War are rare. This is one of the best. It is profusely illustrated by the authorâs own excellent drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 274 pages, illustrations by John Thomason. Hardcover LIMITED edition of only 100 copies printed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. 523 pgs. Many black & white illustrations. Includes dust jacket - with plastic cover as well. No highlighting or underlining. This is a collection of twenty-five picturesque and observant stories about eh U.S. Marines by a writer who has been called 'the Kipling of the Marine Corps'.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Captain John W. Thomason, Jr. (illustrator). Vintage Paper Ad or Article, very good condition, may have some page discoloration due to age; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 9 pages; Colonel Roosevelt in his journeyings has run across many strange characters. This story of a Character even stranger than Lawrence of Arabia is based on fact.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 523 pages, illustrations, Like New Hardcover in Like New Dust Jacket.

1st edition. Cloth, 209 pp., 11 full-page plates. Fine.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. Thomason, Jr. Captain John W. (illustrator). Illustrated by Captain John Thomason, Jr. Octavo, red cloth covers stamped in black, xviii [4] 279 pages. Covers are stained, with some soiling. Former owner name on front paste-down endpaper, else internally clean and tight. No dust jacket. 092508B.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 246 pages, illustrated, Very Good hardcover in Vey good dust jacket with some chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 190 pages, illustrated, Fine hardcover in Pictorial covers and pictorial slip case box marked $ 2.50.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Captain John Thomason (illustrator). First Edition. This first edition is in good condition with a solid green hardcover binding. It shows typical library markings, indicating its previous life in the San Mateo Public Library. There is no dust jacket, and the cover exhibits minor wear consistent with library use. The binding is firm, and the pages are clean and intact, making it a well-preserved copy for its age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 290 pages, Very Good hardcover in Very Good Dust but discolored Jacket. SCARCE EDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4th Edition. 250 pages, illustrations, Near Fine hardcover in Very Good dust. September 1926 printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 250 pages, illustrations, Very Good hardcover. April 1926 printing. This copy is ID's to the previous owner whose name is written on front fly leaf as follows: " F. Landis McCord - 82nd Company, 6th Regiment - U.S.M.C. " Owned by a member of one of the units that this book was written about.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. First Printing. No Dust Jacket. The Book Has Wear To The Edges And Corners. There Is A Book Plate And 2 Owner Names On The Front Paste Down. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Captain John W. Thomason (illustrator). 1st Edition. The last of the Cavaliers. Cover is very good shape, little shelf wear. Front binding is slightly separated, edges of pages are tanned. Library stamp and rules inside front cover, back pocket removed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 246 pages, illustrated, Very Good hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THOMASON AS FOLLOWS: " Inscribed to Mrs. Miles Hart with best wishes - John W. Thomason Jr., includes some newspaper clipping and obituary for Thomason. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 246 pages, illustrated, Very Good hardcover with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. INSCRIBED BY THOMASON AS FOLLOWS: " Inscribed to Lieutenant Richard W. Cutz, U. S. Marine Corps with best regards John W. Thomason Jr., Washington, 1934. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. A Very Good copy. 8vo., xi, 290 pp., illustrated with text drawings and plates. Green cloth with title on the front board and spine. Spine sunned, with lettering faded. Light wear to the tips. INSCRIBED and dated 1929 by Thomason on the front end paper. A Very Good copy. *** Bears Scribner's crest on the copyright page.*** A collection of short stories: The letter home- Love story of a Marine Before the rain- War Dog- Hate- Distinguished-Service Cross- Tell it to the Marines- Air Patrol- The marines see the revolution- Cross the line with Pershing; many include negroe charcters and illustrations by the author**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 2nd Edition. 260 pages, illustrated by Captain John Thomason, USMC, Very good to fine hardcover in poor laminated SCARCE dust jacket. SCARCE TITLE IN ANY CONDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 250 pages, illustrations, Very Good hardcover with spine faded. April 1926 printing. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AS FOLLOWS: " INSCRIBED TO MRS. ELIZABETH BATES WITH MY BEST REGARDS - J. W. THOMASON - NEW YORK 1935 ". also has a letter laid in describing how the owner got Thomason's inscription. As follows: " Nov 20, 1959. Dear Frances and Herbert - Here are two books Harry gave me. The one 'Fix Bayonets' has John Thomason's signature as I took it to the launching party of the destroyer Mahan and he inscribed his name at my request - Aunt Bess ". The provenance does not get any better than this. Inscribed by Author(s).