John H Craige (21 results)
Published by Nat Geographic Mag, 1934
- Softcover
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Larry W Price Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Oct, 1934, pp. 435-485, Profusely Illus with Color & BW Photos, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.
Published by collier books, 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stan Clark Military Books, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Stan Clark Military Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 212 pages, illustrations, index, Near fine hardcover First edition in very good dust jacket.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stan Clark Military Books, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Stan Clark Military Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 212 pages, illustrations, index, Near fine hardcover First edition in very good dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by W.W. Norton, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Maxwell Books, Port Hadlock, WA, U.S.A.Maxwell Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Full-bound blue cloth w gilt lettering, 211pp, illustrated w line drawings. Light edge-wear, small tape stains on ffep (first blank page), small bookseller label on ffep (first blank page), corner missing on pp125. Dustjacket has 1 x 1 3/4 in. chip on l…ower edge of front panel and several closed tears and small edge chips, price-clipped. RARE. Pont, Charles E. (illustrator).
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Stan Clark Military Books, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Stan Clark Military Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 212 pages, illustrations, index, Very good hardcover First edition in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Charlie Burrows "wishing him luck in his second World War". 22 May 1942 - Has bookplate of Lt. Col. Charles R. Burrows, 68th Armored Re…giment, 6th Armored Division, Desert Maneuvers, California. GREAT ASSOCIATION piece for a WWI & WWII collector. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc., New York, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.Emily's Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. The covers and spine have moderate wear. The former owner wrote his name and university on the ffe and stamped his last name in bold letters on the front pastedown. The pages are clean and there are some short creases. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by E-006
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Last Exit Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by W. W. Norton, New York, 1941. 211 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership…marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. THE justly famous âsoldier and sailor, too, â is the hero of the latest volume in the series which offers the American citizen information about the various factors in his countryâs defense. The United States Marine Corps is the land- fighting arm of the Navy. Some of the Marinesâ most spectacular feats of arms have been performed, however, while they have been detached for duty with the Army. And it is impossible to understand the tasks of this âtop-notch fighting organizationâ without going into the history of the Marines and outlining something of their effectiveness. So Captain Craigeâs little book becomes not only a presentation of facts âthe citizen should knowâ but also the repository for some interesting historical anecdotes.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by W.W. Norton, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Alhambra Books, Edmonton, AB, CanadaAlhambra Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 211 pp including index, illustrations. Dj has large chips and tears along edges. Boards have shelfwear with bumped corners. Hinges weakening - no loose pages. Previous owner's name penned to ffep (Major K.G. Montgomery 1944). Interior is o/w unmarked.
Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Dogs of War Booksellers, Utica, NY, U.S.A.Dogs of War Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Practical handbooks of important information written authorities about our war services. Formerly published under the title, What the Citizen Should Know About the Marines. Illustrated. Dust jacket shows wear, is in a mylar cover. volume solid and clean. Owners name on first… page.
Language: English
Published by Minton, Balch & Company, New York
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.The Literary Lion
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (1934). Stated first edition. Octavo black cloth lettered in gilt. Bookplate on the front pastedown, else a fine copy in a very good Walter Cole dust jacket which has a short tear at the upper spine and light fraying at the upper spine tip.
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Published by A. L. BURT, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1933 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, APRIL 1933, NF BOOK/GOOD- DJ ,SLIGHT WEAR EDGES AND CHIPS EXTREMITIES DJ ,VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, BLACK CLOTH HARDBACK book TITLED IN GREEN is in VG condition. Pages are VERY gently tanned, but the b…inding is tight and the pages are unmarked. , 276 PGS, DJ SPINE HAS CHIP OUT BTM. and chips 2 the DJ EXTREMITIES . Account of the author's period in the Haitian gendarmerie in the 1920s, under the American occupation. Chatty account full of local lore. author was a U.S. Marine officer sent to Haiti to leadHaitian soliders, also was in charge of the police department in Port Au Prince. an educated view of the customs and lives of Haitians in the 1930's. dust jacket is illustrated by Walter Cole. (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by A. L. BURT, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1933 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, APRIL 1933, NF BOOK/GOOD- DJ ,SLIGHT WEAR EDGES AND CHIPS EXTREMITIES DJ ,VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, BLACK CLOTH HARDBACK book TITLED IN GREEN is in VG condition. Pages are VERY gently tanned, but the b…inding is tight and the pages are unmarked. , 276 PGS, DJ SPINE HAS CHIP OUT BTM. and chips 2 the DJ EXTREMITIES ,Chatty account full of local lore. author was a U.S. Marine officer sent to Haiti to leadHaitian soliders, also was in charge of the police department in Port Au Prince. an educated view of the customs and lives of Haitians in the 1930's. Walter Cole. (illustrator).
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Published by A.L. Burt & Co., New York, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.Medium Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A.L. Burt & Co., New York. 1933. 276 pages. First printing of the A.L. Burt edition, preceded by the Minton, Balch edition. Rare DJ is chipped and tattered. Book is tight and clean. Black cloth stamped with cream titles. Light shelf-rubbing to cloth along… top edges. Endpapers tanned in gutters. Laid-in is an original book advertisement for this title, from 1933. A memoir of a U.S. Marine Captain on loan to Haiti to help train their soldiers, before ultimately being tapped to run their police department in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city. From learning the language, the people, the land, the culture and of course, voodoo, Captain Craige fills the pages with anecdotes and exotic observations while shedding light on a U.S. serviceman's take on Caribbean "Banana Wars," during the 1920's.
Published by Minton, Balch & Company, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. A bit of foxing or light staining on titlepage, very good lacking the dust jacket. Account of Haiti by a white American Marine captain who later headed the police there.
Published by Minton, Balch & Company, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Lightly worn near fine copy lacking the dust jacket. Account of Haiti by a white American Marine captain who later headed the police there.
Published by Minton, Balch & Company, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc.
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. DJ in two pieces because most of the DJ spine is missing. Scuff mark on front free page as a previous owner name was likely there in the past. Lightly readl. No markings in book. Binding is fine. 299pp.
Published by A.L. Burt, New York & Chicago, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Harropian Books, IOBA, Nelson, BC, CanadaHarropian Books, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: At Least Very Good. At Least Very Good. Reprint. DJ title "Black Bagdad : The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti", from A.L. Burt's "Crescent Library" featuring the evocative DJ artwork of Walter Cole and a copyright date of 1933. Black cloth w. title and decorations stamped in gilt onto… upper board and spine, 8vo size (8 inches tall), colored endpapers, top edges stained yellow, pp. 276. Volume w. minor bumps and bottom edge of lower board shelf rubbed w. some minor loss to cloth, vintage bookseller's tag pasted onto rear pastedown, price intact DJ w. a touch of foxing to rear panel, some minor chips, light wear and stains. A clean copy. From the front flap ''No one has seen Haiti more intimately than Captain Craige of the United States Marine Corps. For a number of years, he was loaned to the Haitian Government and served as a white officer of the black troops of that republic. His first duty was in a wild and mountainous interior district nearly half as large as the state of New Jersey. Here the inhabitants shuffled on the sides of their feet. Some of them had peanut-heads and could not straighten their knee-joints. Captain Craige, learned their language on which he is an authority. He went to their dances, attended their funerals, studied their weird, primitive, religion, the voodoo. The natives called him Papa Blanc, White Father. Voodoo rites, cannibalism, black magic, wangas were all part of his daily routine.".
Published by Minton, Balch & Company, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A splendid copy handsomely bound in finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in gilt on the front boards and on the spine. A near-fine copy, virtually unread, and printed on creamy white paper. In a complete and striking dust jacket by Walter Cole.…With the original price of $2.75 at the top of the inside front flap. With the merest touch of wear to the extremities. A collector's copy Signed in ink "John H. Caige" on the half-title page. U.S. Marine Corps captain John Houston Craige is best known for two books about his service in the Gendarmerie d'Haiti during the Marine occupation (1915-1934): Black Baghdad (1933) and Cannibal Cousins (1934). Writing for a popular audience, he stressed what he considered to be the exotic aspects of Haitian society and culture. His books offer a first-hand account of the occupation, and insight into the experience of U.S. soldiers engaged in Caribbean "banana wars." By his own account, Craige first visited Haiti in 1912. After joining the Marines during World War I and serving in France, Craige returned to Haiti in 1925 to join the gendarmerie, the Haitian police force staffed with U.S. officers. He served in the mountain village of Hinche and ran a broadcasting station in Port-au-Prince. Craige learned about Haiti by reading works by the French historian Moreau de Saint-MÃ ry (1750-1890), the Hatian historian Thomas Madiou (1814-1884), and the Haitian writer Louis-Joseph Janvier (1855-1911), among others. First Edition with "First Edition" Stated on the copyright page.
More imagesPublished by Minton, Balch & Co, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 304 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed "For Commander A.A. Marstetter with my appreciation of his kindness and courtesy / John H. Craige / 14 November, 1934" directly on the half title-page. Fo…llow-up book to author's Black Bagdad published in 1933. Housed in orignal first issue DJ that has been clipped. A rather sensational account of author's experiences in Haiti during the American occupation. The recipient of the book, Commander A.A. Marstetter, was a noted Medical officer and psychiatrist in the U.S. Navy. Light toning. DJ a bit worn at edges and has a few tape repairs to back. A very attractive copy overall. Signed in the year of publication. Signed.
More imagesPublished by Philadelphia, Nassau, Bahamas, Kennebunkport, Maine: April 10, 1944March 17, 1947, 1947
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.James Arsenault & Company, ABAA
Contact seller4-star seller5 letters 140mm x 215 to 215mm x 280, 11 pp. of typescript. 1 85 x 120mm b&w photo. 1 article from New Yorker, 1 p. CONDITION: Very good. An engaging group of letters between the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Maine historical novelist and a former marine Captain stationed in Haiti turned author, concerning research for the former's no…vel, Lydia Bailey. Kenneth Lewis Roberts (18851957) of Kennebunk, Maine, was a renowned journalist and author of American historical fiction. His Lydia Bailey (1947), which these letters concern, is a novel set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries during the Haitian Revolution with action taking place in Haiti, France, and amongst the Barbary pirates. The book remained at the top of the list of The New York Times fiction best sellers of 1947 for twelve weeks, and in 1952 the novel was adapted into a Technicolor film by 20th Century Fox. John H. Craige was a former marine Captain who served in Haiti and would go on to write popular books on Haiti, including Black Bagdad (c. 1930s), which argued that the Hatians were inhumane and was apparently one of the first books to bring voodoo to the attention of the Western world. In this lively letter exchange Roberts writes to Craige in pursuit of information that pertains to his forthcoming novel. Roberts' initial letter, dated April 10, 1944, begins: "I come to you for the information because your books on Haiti are miles ahead of anything else that has been written on that island, and because I think you're in a peculiarly excellent position to clear up for me a segment of Hatian history that I seem wholly unable to clear up by myself." In particular he wishes Craige would tell him, among other things, "why [the fort] Crete-a-Pierrot should have been so valuable to Toussaint." More questions follow. Referring to the published literature on Haiti, he notes, "I don't think the military details in any of them are worth a damn, but there's nothing else to go on." In a letter dated April 14, 1944, Craige responds positively to Roberts and even commends his earlier works: "I have read your Northwest Passage [1937], and it was a grand job." Craige also remarks that he would be "peculiarly interested in reading your Oliver Wiswell [1940]." He tells Roberts he is "interested in your efforts to fathom the fable of Crete-a-Pierrot, for fable I believe it to be." Before launching into a detailed exposition of Haitian history and the subject of Crete-a-Pierrot, Craige explains that he "spent nearly four years in Haiti, starting with a pretty good knowledge of French and a solid groundwork of history. I cultivated a sound drinking acquaintance with the history of the French peres, and with some of them, did a good deal of digging into the history of the land." On April 26, 1944, Roberts writes Craige again: "I'm reluctant to bother you further, but you know more about Haiti than anybody in this or any other country, and I don't want to go wrong if I can help it." He attaches a copy of his reference books on Haitian history for Craige to scrutinize. Writing on April 27, 1944, Craige affirms the contents of Roberts' last letter: "I think you've got something in the theory that LeClerc's people were after Dessalines when they attacked Crete a Pierrot." After briefly remarking on Haitian "old castles," which "had a fascination for Haitian guerrilla chiefs," Craige launches again into an excursus on Haiti and its revolution. In the final letter dated March 17, 1947, and penned from Nassau, Bahamas, Roberts writes to Craige just after Lydia Bailey has been publishedconfiding in him, "A lot of the critics don't get it, and it pleases me more than I can tell you to have you and Francis Rennell Rodd [18951978] get it." [with] 1 photo with affixed typescript reading, "Captain John H. Craige, with his officers of the Police Department of Port au Prince, Haiti." [with] A New Yorker article on Craige entitled, "A Gentlemen with Two Cauliflower Ears." A lively exchange concerning.
