Major Ted (20 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in VietnamYou know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a Fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, Ted Arthurs was in the thick of it, humping an eighty-pound rucksack through triple canopy jungle, chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. As sergeant major for a battalion of 800 men, it was his job to see them through this jungle hell and get them back home again.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in VietnamYou know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a Fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, Ted Arthurs was in the thick of it, humping an eighty-pound rucksack through triple canopy jungle, chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. As sergeant major for a battalion of 800 men, it was his job to see them through this jungle hell and get them back home again.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. A couple tiny edge stains. ; Illus. , presentation bookplate inside front cover, partially reads "This book donated by Chapter 1 Vietnam Veterans of America, Rutland, Vermont, The First Chapter in the Nation." ; 352 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Near Fine. 1st ed. 198p. Wraps. SIGNED & inscribed. Near Fine Copy. Signed by Author. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Winner of a National Science Foundation book award, this was the author's first book, a children's book set in the land of the Eskimos (or Inuits)that began a long career writing about nature, indigenous lands & peoples, & social & environmental justice issues Orig. published in 1984, this is the Fifth printing of that First Edition, in 129 pages, illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink drawings by Jennifer Dewey that beautifully express the spirit of the Far North." Hardcover 8vo has decorative cloth-covered boards with a design of a fox in snow; original DJ had same design, but it is NOT included. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white. Former owner's name in pen to ffep. Very mild rubbing to extremities & slight bumping to corners & both ends of spine. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Dewey, Jennifer (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 198p. Wraps. SIGNED & inscribed to one who advised on the production/writing. Near Fine Copy. Signed by Author.

2nd printing stiff wrappers As New 8vo. xvi + 352pp., b/w plates, index, Ted Arthur was Sergeant Major for a battalion of 800 men.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing ; ] ; 96 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 30 cm ; ISBN 9789197567183, 9197567183 ; OCLC 1004424184 ; color pictorial boards, no dustjacket ; Coryne Hall is a historian, broadcaster and consultant specialising in royal history. The author of nine books, she is a regular contributor to Majesty magazine and was consultant on the Danish documentaries A Royal Family and The Royal Jewels. ; Senta Driver was a dancer, choreographer, and writer; she began studying dance in graduate school, and received her masters in dance from the Ohio State University in 1966. Following graduation, Driver joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company of New York City in 1967, which she danced with until 1973. In 1974, she founded her own dance company, HARRY, also based in New York City. Driver choreographed and danced with the company until 1991. At this time, she closed the company due to lack of funds, and trained as a neonatal ICU nurse. As of 2019, Driver is working on a book about her family's genealogical history. ; "In 1906 Queen Alexandra and her sister the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia purchased Hvidore, a villa on the Danish coast, a private home. Until 1914 the sisters visited the property every autumn, entertaining friends and many royal relatives in an informal atmosphere. It was indeed a royal retreat. The first world war put an end to those happy times but in 1919, no exiled from Russia, the Dowager Empress made the vila her home and Hvidore became a court in exile. In 1920 she was joined by her younger daughter Olga and her family, who all lived at Hvidore, not always happily, until the Empress's death in 1928. A Royal Retreat tells the story of the purchase, renovation, the many royal visitors and finally the sale of this forgotten royal home. Magnificent original illustrations [are] from a private collection." ; FINE. Book. …

Condition: Very Good-. New York: Hill and Wang, [1970]. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Slim octavo (20.5cm); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in red and green; x,181pp. Moderate wear and dust-soil to wrapper margins, else About Very Good. Signed by contributors Nikki Giovanni and Clarence Major on p. 21 and 84 respectively. Black Arts poetry anthology also featuring contributions by Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, and Al Young among many others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. The first book by Terry Tempest Williams - writer, conservationist and activist whose work centers on environmental justice. This is a first printing of the first edition. In this book Williams explores the different names the Inuit people have for snow. Wonderfully illustrated by Jennifer Dewey. Dust jacket is clean and bright and has its original price. Minor wear to bottom edge of DJ. Jacket now protected in Mylar. Book is bumped at both ends of spine. No previous owner marks, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 129 pages. Illustrated by Jennifer Dewey (illustrator).…

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Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good condition first edition signed by author on title page. Contains full numberline. Lightly read or unread. Free of owner's marks. Remainder mark on base text block, white transfer to base edge coverboards from a painted shelf. Base and top spine knocked. Light soiling to outside text block from dust accumulation. Dust jacket surfaces scuffed, and top spine rubbed/knocked. Sun faded with some age-toning appearing on reverse side. Front flap creased. In protective archival sleeve. Dewey, Jennifer (illustrator). signed by author or artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Terry Tempest Williams's first book. First printing of the trade edition (not the more commonly found library binding). SIGNED by the author on the title page. Previous owner's name and address on front free endpaper, else near fine in a very good (large chip in lower corner of front panel) dust jacket. ; 129 pages; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Jennifer Dewey (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. PRICE REDUCED! Terry Tempest Williams first book published the same year as her classic Pieces of White Shell presents 10 chapters exploring the different types of snow as experienced and described by the Inuit people living above the Arctic Circle. This copy is in excellent condition,a first printing simply signed by Williams on the title page with only a hint of bumping to the base spine and several small chips at the dustjacket top and the ghost of tape repair at the dj top. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.PRICE REDUCED. Jennifer Dewey (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Terry Tempest Williams's first book. First printing of the trade edition (not the more commonly found library binding). SIGNED by the author on the title page. Impression from a paper clip at the top of pages 14-15, else near fine in a near fine (short closed edge tear and tiny chip at the crown of the spine) dust jacket. ; 129 pages; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Jennifer Dewey (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Beautiful Forest Green Embossed Leather cover. Very rare. Cannot find another copy. This one is embossed with the name of "Lt Col RR Montgomery". 128 pages loaded with stories and photographs. (BR) Box 203.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Complete run of the journal in four issues with an anthology published as the Winter 1967-1968 issue of The Human Voice, Vol. III No. 4. [vi], 100; "83" [but irregularly paginated]; [ii], 112; 72; [vi], 44 pp. Stapled wraps in various sizes. Near Fine overall with light wear. Closed tear to bottom of front wrap of Vol. 2. Reading crease to front wrap of Vol. 3. Vol. 4 spine a bit sunned. Anthology issue spine a bit chipped, wraps lightly soiled. The entirety of the little poetry magazine Entrails, edited by Gene Bloom until his imprisonment before the release of the fourth issue. The vibe of the publication was scatological, much in the vein of Ed Sanders' Fuck You. The first issue stated on its first page: "We are a NON-CENSORSHIP MAGAZINE." Issue #2 includes a tiny envelope stamped "Beat Nickel Bag" with something in it that shakes when rattled; it has not been opened, though. The following issue has a similar bag stapled to the back wrap, empty. Contributors included many of the most prominent Meat Poets: Charles Bukowski (in three issues), Douglas Blazek, D.r. Wagner, William Wantling, Harold Norse, The Willie, and Steve Richmond as well as d.a. levy, Tuli Kupferberg, Ted Berrigan, Clarence Major, and Lyn Lifshin. Uncommon as a complete run.…