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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1961. First Edition. good, fair to good. 244, illus., bkplate ins fr flyleaf, sm tear & creases in margin p. 195, DJ somewhat worn & soiled: sm tears, DJ in plastic sleeve.

Surulere: Terry Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. Good. ix, 90 pages Col. ill.; 22 cm. Meanings of military terms and abbreviations. Signed by author. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small edge tears "Selected quotes of Major General Ibrahim Babangida: Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria) 01 Jan 1984-27 August 1985"--Cover. Foreword by Lt. Gen. T. Y. Danjuma. This is a scarce work, not often found signed.

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 2019. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. As new (removed from plastic mailer for cataloguing).. [16], 155-346 pages. This issue was removed from plastic mailer for cataloguing. Kathryn Babayan is Associate Professor of Iranian History and Culture in the Departments of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Michigan. Her expertise lies in the medieval and early-modern Persianate world. She specializes in gender studies, the history of sexuality, and the history of the anthology. She is the author of Mystics, Monarchs and Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran. Babayan has co-edited two books: Islamicate Sexualities: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire with Afsaneh Najmabadi and An Armenian Mediterranean: Words and Worlds in Motion with Michael Pifer. Significant article on Literature from Iran and the Diaspora, as well as poetry, fiction, and an essays on The Woman Warrior, the Ingrid… Ler mais

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2006. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Jed Babbin.. 226 p. : Maps. Glossary. Notes. Index. Will the U.S. go to war with China over Taiwan or oil? Yes-bestselling authors Ed Timperlake and Jed Babbin say Chinese aggression is virtually inevitable and in their new book, "Showdown", they address the threat of mainland China and Bush's promise to defend Taiwan-at any cost. "Showdown" offers indispensable strategies and tactics for the U.S. to respond to the Chinese military threat in this ongoing battle for democracy and freedom.

Place_Pub: Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2007. First Printing. very good, very good. 274, appendix, notes, index, publisher's ephemera laid in. Foreword by Newt Gingrich. Inscribed by the author. The author was formerly Deputy Undersecretary of Defense. A compilation of what America's enemies, from Osama bin Laden to Hugo Chavez to the radical regimes of North Korea and Iran, are saying about their intentions toward the United States.

Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Peter Di Gesu (Cover image). [14], 200, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Ink marks, underlining, and page corners creasing noted. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To Steve--With best wishes, Bruce Babbitt. Includes Prologue, Epilogue, Suggested Readings, Acknowledgments, and Index. Also includes chapters on Everglades Forever, Cities in the Wilderness, What's the Matter with Iowa?; At Water's Edge; and Land of the Free. Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Babbitt served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987, and as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 through 2001. He won election as Arizona Attorney General after graduating from Harvard Law School. He became Governor of Arizona after the death of his predecessor, Wesley Bolin.… Ler mais

Baton Rouge: Saint John's Press, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. xxiv, 698, [6] pages. Illustrations. Photo Section. Glossary. Appendices. Contributors. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Maps. Signed by the author on the half-title. Sticker residue on half-title. Cover has small tear at top of spine, some tape, and other wear and soiling. Slightly cocked. "War Stories, Utah Beach to Pleiku," is a collection of the memories of veterans and their service in the 4th Infantry Division. The book covers the period of World War II, The Cold War, and Vietnam--more than thirty-years of rich history from 1940 through 1970. In "War Stories," there are 325 accounts from WWII veterans. In them, they describe their early training as they prepared for a war that they knew was coming, but had no name for. In great detail they portray the bloody assault on Utah Beach, on D-Day, June 6, 1944 and their subsequent fight through the hedgerows… Ler mais

Rome, NY: Advanced Materials and Processes Technology Information Analysis Center (AMPTIAC), 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Magazine. Very good. 24 pages, including covers. Illustrations (some in color). References. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Mailing information on rear cover is ink notation. The AMPTIAC Quarterly is published by the Advanced Materials and Processes Technology Information Analysis Center (AMPTIAC). AMPTIAC is a DOD sponsored Information Analysis Center, administratively managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). This issue includes articles on Titanium, Export Controls, Critical Technology, DARPA, and MEMS.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. good, fair. 101, some soiling inside boards and flyleaves, DJ worn, scratched, and stained: small edge tears/chips. Brigadier General Babcock was for many years the Judge Advocate General on the 4th Brigade Staff of the New York National Guard. This manual deals with troops called to quell civil disturbance. Topics covered include provisions of the penal law and code of criminal procedure, the law of the State relating to the employment of the Guard in this duty, preparation for the duty, tactical considerations, and pay and pensions.

Place_Pub: New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995. First Printing. very good, good. 126, illus., map, notes, ink name of previous owner, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. This diary by the famed twentieth-century Russian writer recounts Babel's experiences with the Cossack cavalry during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920. The basis for Red Cavalry, Babel's best-known work, it records the devastation of the war, the extreme cruelty of the Polish and Red armies alike toward the Jewish population in the Ukraine and eastern Poland, and Babel's own conflicted role as both Soviet revolutionary and Jew. The diary yields important insights into Babel's personal evolution showing his youthful curiosity and his anguish as, frequently concealing his own Jewish identity, he mingled with the victimized Jews of the region's shtetls and with his Cossack comrades.

London: Flegon Press. Facsimile reprint of the 1928 third printing. Trade paperback. Good. 170, [6] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1894 - 27 January 1940) was a Russian-language journalist, playwright, literary translator, historian and Bolshevik revolutionary. He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry, Story of My Dovecote, and Tales of Odessa, all of which are considered masterpieces of Russian literature. Babel has also been acclaimed as "the greatest prose writer of Russian Jewry". Loyal to, but not uncritical of, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Babel fell victim to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge as a result of his long-term affair with the wife of NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov. Babel was arrested by the NKVD at Peredelkino on the night of 15 May 1939. After confessing under interrogation to being a Trotskyist terrorist and foreign spy, he was shot on 27 January 1940. There is very little information about… Ler mais

Natick, MA: U.S. Army, Army Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command, 1959. Defense Technical Information Center reprint 2004. Wraps with two staples on the left side. Good. [4], 48, [1] pages, plus covers. Red lettering on spine. Downgraded from Official Use Only to Unclassified. Issued by the Headquarters Field Command Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM. Contents includes Preface, Introduction, Procedure, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations, five Appendices, and References. Numerous tables included. The objectives were to evaluate in the field, under live conditions, in an actual nuclear detonation, the performance of clothing and other items developed for the protection of the individual soldier and to provide assistance to the personnel of Project 8.2 in an investigation of the feasibility of using a skin stimulant as a substitute for animal skin in studying weapon effects. The items developed to provide thermal protection for the soldier included… Ler mais

Waltham, MA: SofTech, Inc, 1982. very good. 8, wraps, illus., referencesTP 132. M. Wolfe was associated with U.S. Army CECOM at Ft. Monmouth, NJ.

Rochester, NY: Lenard L. Babin, c1960. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Good. 71 plates. Black and white illustrations with German text and English caption. Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party were paramilitary titles used by the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) between approximately 1928 and the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. Such ranks were held within the political leadership corps of the Nazi Party, charged with the overseeing the regular Nazi Party members. The first purpose of the Nazi Party political ranks was to provide election district leadership positions during the years where the Nazis were attempting to come to power in Germany. After 1933, when the Third Reich had been established, Nazi Party ranks played a much more important role existing as a political chain of command operating side by side with the German government. Nazi ranks and titles were only used by a small minority within the Party, this being the political leadership corps. Regular… Ler mais

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1915. First Edition. First Printing. fair. 407, illus., 2 maps (one fold-out), statistics, index, ink notation inside front board, boards worn and stained. Babson Statistical Organization ephemera laid in. Fascinating statistical, and broader, look at the major countries of South America taken at the period close to the opening of the Panama Canal and the outbreak of the First World War. Laid in is a small advertisement (coupon for a free "Summary of Present Business Conditions in South America" together with a colored "Commercial Map of Credit Conditions and Sales Opportunities").

Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1948. good. 23 cm, 372, illus., bookplate inside front board, boards somewhat scratched and some wear at edges and corners, raised stamp on title page. Treatments of sixteen distinguished University of Michigan staff members and alumni who served during the two administrations of Grover Cleveland (1885-89 and 1893-97). Includes discussion of alumni in Congress and in the Judiciary.

New York: Earl D. Babst, 1940. Limited Edition of five hundred copies printed for private distribution. Hardcover. Good. Format is approximately 6.75 inches by 9.25 inches. [2], 252, [2] pages. Cover has some wear, soiling and tears at top of spine. Inscribed on the fep For Mr. Thomas Hildt with compliments of Earl D. Babst The author wrote "Until I reviewed my files I had cradled the thought that I had been a business man of rather few public words. the review of releases, as an executive of the American Sugar Refining Company since 1915, and as a member of the International Sugar Committee 1917-1918, rather confounds me. From them, however, I have selected those which give some of the background of the sugar industry as developed year by year, especially the effect and aftermath of the World War of 1914-1918, and have added several indicating the changes affected by it. I am venturing the thought that these excerpts may be of interest to students of the subject and possibly ton a few… Ler mais

Berkeley, California: Ariel Vamp Press, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. [8], 327, [1] pages. Illustrated front end page. Signed by the author, Jolene Babyak, on the title page. Includes Introduction, as well as Part I, Grand Illusion; Part II, The Prevailing Winds; Part III, Meet "John Pain"; Part 1V, Cage Bird; Part V, Cell House Suite; Part VI, The Birdman of Alcatraz; Part VII, Broken Promises; Part VIII, Marketing the Birdman. Also includes Epilogue, Source Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and Index. 23 black and white photographs appear following page 184. Meticulously researched, with never-before-published prison reports and Stroud's own writings, as well as quotes from prisoners, officers, psychologist and avian pathologists, Birdman explodes the myths surrounding Robert Stroud. Jolene Babyak lived on Alcatraz while her father, Arthur M. Dollison, was an administrator and an associate warden. A feature-writer and book reviewer for many… Ler mais

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press, 2000. Trade paperback. Very good.. xi, [1] 354, [2] p. Illustrations. References. Index. This is one of the NATO Science Series, 1. Disarmament Technologies, Vol. 29. This volume presents the Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament Cracow, Poland, 9-13 November 1998. This book draws together recognized experts from numerous institutions in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and North America. Nuclear facility decontamination and decommissioning, waste treatment, management and disposal, long-term monitoring and surveillance, and prevention of proliferation are the primary topics discussed, including critical assessments of the existing knowledge and identification of the needs for future collaboration. Proposals are presented for a variety of national and international agencies, and preliminary business plans developed for collaboration with private companies. A… Ler mais

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 377 pages. Illus., some wear and creasing to DJ edges. Signed by the author.