William Lamers (49 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Harcourt, Brace and World, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Retired public library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the endpapers. Book Condition: Good; wear through fabric at head, tail, and tips; checkout pocket on front pastedown; index number on the spine. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with gilt and black lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 499 pp 8vo. Rosecrans was one of the most fascinating and tragic figures of the Civil War. In September 1863 President Lincoln and Congress considered him the most able general on the Union side, but only one month later he was removed from his command and then quickly forgotten. This book returns General Rosecrans to his rightful place in history. The author examines Rosecrans's experiences at Iuka and Corinth during the Mississippi campaign, the strategic brilliance that led to the withdrawal of Bragg's men from Tullahoma and Shelbyville, and his role as commander of the Army of the Cumberland in the Tennessee battles of Stone's River and the disastrous Chickamauga. Yet the demise of Rosecrans's distinguished military career, Lamers illustrates, was not a result of his humiliating defeat at Chickamauga but of his difficult, uncompromising personality and the scorn he aroused in many of his superiors, including General Ulysses S. Grant and Edwin Stanton, Lincoln's secretary of war. Although Rosecrans fell short of greatness as a military commander, Lamers deftly shows that he did indeed reach "the edge of glory." A clean presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Red cloth cover with gold and black lettering on the spine which is clean. Covers exhibit light wear, soiling and bumping on edges and spine ends. Light wear on corners. Light shelf wear and soiling to covers. Light soiling and yellowing to page ends. Text has very light occasional marking in the margins. Hinges are shaken but still firmly attached. Illustrated with full page b&w maps. Laminated illustrated dj has multiple tears, chips, creasing and soiling on edges, corners, hinges and spine ends. Moderate soiling and shelf wear to covers. Creasing and chips on spine. "A spirited and thorough attempt to redress the injustice of history and to tell the controversial facts of General Rosecrans' life, undistorted by prejudice which has haunted the memory of one of the North's most brilliant strategist." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good hard cover. Cover shows moderate soiling, etc. Page hinges show foxing which is common with paper used.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. No dust jacket. Browning on hinge, but book in Near Fine condition.

Good plus or better, light general wear, mold-stained. Cloth Cloth moisture-wrinkled on back cover. Lightly worn jacket, spine and edges sunned, scuffed bottom edge near spine.

Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff orange wrappers. 22pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight and nice first edition of "Historical Bulletin No. 23" -- Coffman and Lamer's speeches given in 1966 and 1967 at this group's annual meetings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DJ is not price-clipped, small chip, bottom front of dj. Previous owner's name on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff orange wrappers. 22pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition, tight and handsome -- and signed large and bold by Coffman in black fineline on inside front wrapper. Historical Bulletin No. 23, being Coffman and Lamer's speeches delivered in 1966 and 1967 at this group's annual meetings.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Black and white photo illustrations. Much of jacket is missing. Corners worn. Owner info. "Profiles of primitive, folk, rural, urban funeral and burial customs of peoples and cultures the world over. Dramatically illustrated with pictures drawn from all parts of the globe.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair (now in mylar sleeve). First Edition. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 973 pages. Presents profiles of primitive, folk, rural and urban funeral and burial customs of peoples and cultures on every continent. "(Man) is a being that buries his dead with ceremony.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. 499 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2" tears, scratch, price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal rubbing, small black spot (head of spine) and slight corner bumping. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Revised edition. 638pp, small octavo, no marks to the pages, HEAVY soiling, wear and stains to the wraps, spine peeling from page block at the bottom 2.25", stained at the bottom of the last 10 pages and back cover, owner's name, an extremely rough but complete copy with an unmarked text. fourth printing of revised edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in overall good shape with general wear. Binding firm and square. clean throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Good hardcover, no dust jacket. Red cloth cover has minimal shelf wear, stain on front. No visible markings or underling inside. ; 6" x 8 1/2"; 499 pages.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fourth Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; gently shelf worn; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with white lettering on the spine. 834 informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "The authors, Habenstein and Lamers, wrote in the original Preface that the intent of the book is to present a variety of profiles of funeral customs and procedures drawn from cultures, peoples, and nationality groups the world over. Inasmuch as such groupings number well into the thousands, no attempt was made to provide a comprehensive, encyclopedic account of funerary behavior as it is found everywhere among all human groups." ------ from the Preface (Intent of Customs). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in wraps. ; 8.4 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches; 250 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . B004GTIGNE Trade paperback. Fifth Printing from September 1975 of the first revised edition. Previous owners bookplate on the inside front cover, Otherwise book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to Very Good condition with some light brown ghosting to the front endpapers. This book is , The History of American Funeral Directing 1975 edition of the revised edition. No Signature.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Bound in glossy pictorial wraps. Covers are neat and tidy. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are crisp, clean, and bright. 499 pages. Louisiana State University Press. Publication dated 1999. We ship everyday from a real neighborhood bookstore. This description is written by an actual person, who is holding the book in front of them to make sure it?s properly described. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. red cloth with gilt lettering on binding this book was presented to the west point library by owner with a tipped in letter and name plate presentation but no evidence of book ever being part of library first edition near fine unclipped dj very good plus in mylar protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, viii, 499 pgs, index, notes, biblio., maps. Stated first edition. Original red cloth with gilt titled spine, publisher yellowish-stained top edge ; with Dust Jacket as issued. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with minor shelf soiling. Interior is clean and tight. Price clipped DJ is lightly rubbed; now in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: A well done biography of this ill-fated Union general. While the victory of many important battles, his defeat at Chickamauga resulted in a loss of any command. REFERENCES: DORN II 2362: "This scholarly biography is based largely on Rosecrans' papers; yet the ayutghor tends to exaggerate the General's talents and to minimize his shortcomings." MULLINS/REED 50: "A spirited and thorough attempt to correct the bad historical reputation of General Rosecrans. Fully documented and based largely on Rosecrans' personal papers, The Edge of Glory is the complete story of the much maligned general, and is important for the studies of the early fighting in western theater, and for the relationship between politics and the military in the Federal high command.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First THUS. Publisher: Bulfin Printers, Milwaukee, 1963.VERY GOOD hardcover book in VERY GOOD mylar-protected dust-jacket. Previous owner's signature on paste-down. DJ has chipping at extremities. Not an ex-library copy. First Edition Thus (Revised).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. 834pp. Tips, spine ends, rear edge of spine and foredge of rear board are heavily rubbed. Spine has a small slant. Rear board has a light scratch. Text is unmarked.

Paperback. 834pp., illus. Fourth edition, revised. Very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound.

Condition: Very Good.