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hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Life and Adventures of Mr. Wil This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. The stories of pioneer emigrants that traveled West in Wagon Trains. Facing battles with Indians as they headed west and the challenges of building their homes. DK5. dark brown cloth spine, tan cloth boards, sharp corners, DJ not priced clipped, small tear bottom of DJ spine, 237 pages, indexed not numbered 9 pages, illustrated.

Zustand: Near Fine. 11¾'' x 8¼'' landscape monochrome print on cream laid paper, typed details to the reverse. In very near Fine condition. We currently hold in stock 5 other motoring prints by Tony Gardiner. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Inscribed to Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., first edition of Strategy for Tomorrow by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hanson W. Baldwin. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 377pp. Gray cloth, title in red on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to top edge, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $12.50 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed opposite the half title: "October - 1970. For Jack McCain, "Mr. Sea Power," whose vision first foresaw the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean to U.S. security, and for Roberta, who "protects and defends" the Nation as much as any commissioned officer / Affectionately, Hanson W. Baldwin." Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981) served in the United States Navy for 45 years. He was the son of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., a four-star admiral who commanded South Pacific aircraft operations in World War II, and the father of Senator John McCain. During the Vietnam War, Admiral McCain was Commander-in-Chief of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater and an ardent supporter of the Vietnamization policy of President Nixon. McCain retired in 1972 and died of a heart attack in 1981. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition of The Barbarous Coast by Ross Macdonald, inscribed to the Edgar Award winning author of In the Heat of the Night, John Ball. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 247pp, [1]. Patterned red paper boards, title in black on spine. Top edge dyed light blue. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, occasional thumb marks, light wear at tips of the spine, left lean to text block. Faint dampstain at lower left corner of text block. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.95 retail price on front flap, toning to spine, previously folded along spine, small chip at head of the spine, a very good example. (Bruccoli A12.1) (Hubin II:I, 527) Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Santa Barbara, Calif. / Sept. 22, 1977 / To John and Pat Ball, who does write! Ken." Author Ken Millar wrote crime fiction under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald from the mid-1950s forward. A great association copy between two writers. The recipient of this copy, John Ball (1911-1988), was an American novelist best known for In the Heat of the Night (1965). The book won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was adapted into the 1967 Oscar-Winning film starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. Ball was married to Patricia "Pat" Hamilton Ball, who was mentioned in the inscription from Ken Millar. Signed.