Simon Benjamin Introduction (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback; foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in torn and part-missing dustjacket.; Description of an imaginary place, tracing the fortifications and developments in siege warfare through the ages. The author was an architect and military engineer, active in the defence of Paris against the Prussians in 1870. Reprint of the 1874 edition, with new Introduction. Illustrated.; 390 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Book Club Edition (BCE). The true story of Betty & Barney Hill, who claim to have not only seen, but been kidnapped & taken aboard, a flying saucer while driving from Canada to their home in New Hampshire on the night of Sept 19, 1961. Under hypnosis, they revealed their stories to a Boston psychiatrist. The exact transcripts of those sessions were used to write this account, in 304 pages, with an Introduction by the doctor who treated the couple & a Foreword by the author. A Book Club Edition (BCE) from 1966, this hardcover has blue cloth over boards lettered in white with publisher's logo to spine. Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean & crisp, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with modest tanning but completely unmarked. Very modest rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is VG, with moderate toning & rubbing/small chips to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! 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 placed Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …