New listings, March 17, 2015, including a variety of military works and autographed fiction.

Here’s what Henry has added today:

Bradley, Gen. Omar N., A Soldier’s Story (Henry Holt, 1st ed. 1951). Rare copy of General Bradley’s account of the European campaigns of World War II. Hardcover, no dust jacket. One tear at head of spine. Good condition otherwise. Octavo, 618 pp. HBB Price: $100.

Browning, Robert, The Pied Piper of Hamelin (London/New York: Frederick Warne & Co, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901). Former school library copy; good condition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, printed cover illustration. Quarto, 48 pp. HBB price: $20.

Dinesen, Isak, Winter’s Tales (Random House, “Wartime Book”, 1942). Hardcover, no dust jacket. Collection of stories by the author of Out of Africa. Very good condition. HBB price: $35.

Edgar, Walter, Partisans & Redcoats: The Southern Conflict That Turned The Tide of The American Revolution (William Morrow, 1st ed, 1st printing, 2001). ISBN 0-380-97760-5. The prominent South Carolina historian’s account of the British invasion of the Carolinas, and how it led to their defeat. Edgar is a fine writer. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, mylar cover, octavo, 198 pp. very good condition. HBB price: $30.

Eumenides, Jeffrey, The Virgin Suicides (Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st ed. 1993). ISBN 0-374-28438-5. The novel that caused a sensation. Hardcover unclipped dust jacket, as new. HBB price: $125.

Flynn, Vince, Transfer of Power (Pocket Books, 1st ed, 3rd printing, 1999). ISBN 0-671-02315-9. Killing machine Mitch Rapp tears up the rule book yet again, and tunnels come in handy. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, fine condition, autographed bookplate on half title page as “Vincent J. Flynn.” Transfer of Power is the first of Flynn’s novels featuring secret agent Rapp. Flynn died in 2013, three months after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. HBB price: $300.

Follett, Ken, Code to Zero (Dutton, 1st ed., 1st printing, 2000). ISBN 0-525-94563-6. Page turner about a rocket scientist in 1958, stricken by amnesia as America’s space program reaches a crisis. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, as new, 356 pp. HBB proce: $35.

Freeman, Douglas Southall, R.E. Lee: A Biography (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934-35; reissued, 1962). ISBN 684-10180-7. Pulitzer Prize Winner; still an outstanding work in an age when nobody writes on this scale anymore. Four volumes, hardcover, price clipped dust jackets, very good condition. Octavo, 646 pp (I); 621 pp (II); 569 pp (III); 619 pp (IV). HBB price $100.

Halberstam, David, The Next Century (William Morrow, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1991). ISBN 0-688-10391-X. One of America’s most astute writers took a look at things to come as the last century wound down. It’s remarkable how much he got right. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket fine condition. Quarto, 126 pp. HBB price: $50.

Harris, Thomas, The Silence of the Lambs, (St. Martin’s Press, 1st. ed, 1st printing, 1988). ISBN 0-312-02282-4. Exceptional copy of the novel that made Anthony Hopkins an international household world as psycho killer Hannibal Lecter. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, as new. Rare. HBB price: $300.

Irving, John, A Prayer for Owen Meany (William Morrow, 1st trade ed., 1st printing, 1989). ISBN 0-688-07708-0. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, fine condition. 543 pp. HBB price: $75.

Irwin, Inez Haynes, Maida’s Little Shop (Grosset & Dunlap, Reprint, c. 1940). First of a 15-book series for kids by the suffragette, World War I foreign correspondent and author Inez Haynes Irwin (1873-1970). Published in 1909 by a small publishing house, it was picked up by G&D, which published all but one of the next fourteen novels  through 1955. Hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition. Six pages of publisher’s ads in the back. HBB price: $20.

James, P.D., The Children of Men (Alfred A. Knopf, 1st American edition, 1993). ISBN 0-679-41873-3. Best known for her Adam Dalgliesh detective novels, James surprised and delighted readers when, at 73, she produced a dystopian sci fi novel in which all the men of England became infertile in 1995. in 2021 things were rapidly unraveling socially, and Oxford don Theodore Faron found himself drawn into the thick of the coming fray. Made into a 2006 film with Clive Owen. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, as new. 241 pp. HBB price: $100.

Lee, Harper, To Kill A Mockingbird (HarperCollins, 35th Anniversary Edition, 1995). ISBN 0-06-017322-X.  Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $35.

Lombardi, Vince, Vince Lombardi on Football ( New York Graphic Society, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1973). Two volume set, slipcased. Forest green padded leatherette covers, matching board case with full color photo of Lombardi on one side.  Heavy cardboard divider between the two volumes. Missing the rare 7” 33 rpm vinyl recording and poster that accompanied the set. Very rare, in very good condition. HBB price: $75.

Manchester, William, The Death of A President: November 20- November 25, 1963 (Harper & Row, 1st ed., 1967). LOC 67-10496. Solicited by the President’s widow to write this book, Manchester and his publisher found himself on the receiving end of the Kennedy wrath when it was ready to publish- so much so that a disclaimer was printed in it to make clear it was not The Official Death. The first edition was let to go out of print by the Kennedys, making these copies rarer over time. This one is hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, octavo, 710 pp, very good condition. HBB price: $100.

McMurtry, Larry, Buffalo Girls (Simon & Schuster, 1st ed. 1st printing, 1990). ISBN 0-671-68518-X. McMurtry’s fictional take on the life of Calamity Jane. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $50.

McMurtry, Larry, The Evening Star (Simon & Schuster, 1st ed. 1st printing, 1992). ISBN 0-671-68519-8. Aurora Greenway, copes with a new passel of family troubles in the sequel to Terms of Endearment. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $50.

Meadows, Denis, A Saint and A Half: The Remarkable Lives of Abelard and St. Bernard of Clairvaux (Devin-Adair, 1st ed. 1963) Hardcover, price clipped dust jacket, good condition. Rare historical study of these two important figures, with the imprimatur of the Bishop of Bridgeport, CT. Rare. HBB price: $125.

Michener, James A., The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Random House, 1st ed., 1952,  21st printing, 1953). LOC 52-7129. Michener’s classic war novel, in which a team of carrier-based jet bomber pilots must try to take out a key bridge in the Korean War. Hardcover, not price clipped, rubber stamped name/address of previous owner on front and back papers. Very good condition. HBB price: $25.

Michener, James A., Sayonara (Random House, 1st ed., 1954). LOC 54-5953. Tale of an American air force officer about to take a plus posting and marry the perfect girl. Of course, he falls for a Japanese dancer. A 1950s Madama Butterfly, made into a Marlon Brando film in 1957. Hardcover, not price clipped, mylar cover. Very good condition. HBB price: $100.

Michener, James A., Caribbean (Random House, 1st ed., 1989).ISBN 0-394-56561-4. One of the master’s sweeping historical novels. Hardcover, not price clipped, 672 pp. Very good condition. HBB price: $50.

Norman, Geoffrey, The Institute: Virginia Military Institute (Edgeworth Editions, 1st ed. 1997). ISBN 0-9658904-0-6. With photographer Anthony Edgeworth, Norman spent a year on The Post. This large, elegant book is the result. Hardcover, not price clipped, fine condition.  9” x 12”, 224 pp. HBB Price: $35.

Norwood, Malcolm M., Elias, Virginia McGehee, and Haynie, William S., The Art of Marie Hull (University Press of Mississippi, 1st ed, 1975). ISBN 0-87805-068-X.  Marie Hull (1890-1980), was a leading regional artist for more than 60 years. This book documents her evolution from a realist style to a highly experimental one in her last years. Of particular interest is her portraits of African-Americans in Mississippi in the 1930s. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, two small tears at the top, otherwise very good condition.  HBB price: $50.

Reynolds, George A. , The 458th Bombardment Group (Heavy) III (Privately printed, 3rd ed. 1988). Exceptional history of a B-24 Liberator bombing unit in World War II, from activation in 1943 to the war’s end in 1945. Remarkably detailed records of daily life in the unit, members of the detachment, and fascinating photos of targets in Germany, as well as life in and around the base in Norfolk, England. Includes shots of all the airplane logos painted on their noses. 9” x 11”, hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. 88 pp. HBB price: $50.

Photos are available for all listed books. Please contact us for more information about any that pique your interest!