col frederic wise (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. This is a 1981 hardcover reprint of the original 1929 work. Very clean, tight copy with square edges (no corner bumps). Dust jacket has a couple of small tears that are barely noticeable - no missing pieces or folds - it is completely intact with minimal wear. This is a nice copy!

Hardcover. Condizione: Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dj. 366 pp. Orange boards with a pictorial emblem along the spine. Significant wear to the boards, including a roughly 3 in. long stain along the front left side adjacent to the spine as well as moderate soiling to the back boards. Inscription on front endpaper from previous owner. Rubbing to the extremities of the spine. Deckled edges with some soiling. Slight darkening to edges of pages and mild soiling to several pages. A suitable reading copy. Colonel Frederic May Wise dictates his experiences as a United States Marine during the years 1899 to 1926 to Meigs O. Frost. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condizione: Good. Author inscribed to Admiral Harris for their involvement and success with the capture of Monte Crisiti, Dominican Republic 1916. Note transcribed in with photos. The presence of a handwritten inscription dated May 1930 significantly enhances its collectible interest as it is a presentation copy. Works of this type were often produced for morale, recruitment, or personal reflection, blending humor, advice, and experience from enlisted or officer viewpoints. Though modest in production, such volumes are valued for their personal and cultural insight into Marine Corps life between the World Wars. Further bibliographic confirmation may refine attribution. This is the story of 27 years in war and peace around the world, out of the life of Frederic May Wise, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps a 2dLt in 1899 and retired a Colonel in 1926 with the Distinguished Service Medal, USN, won in the Bois de Belleau; the Distinguished Service Medal, USA, won in the Argonne; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, won in the Bois de Belleau; the Croix de Guerre of France, with Palm, won in the Bois de Belleau; and the Medaille Militaire of the Republic of Haiti; also with the campaign badges for active service in the Philippines, in China, in Cuba, in Mexico, in Haiti, in San Domingo, and in France. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Second printing. Orange cloth lettered in black. Evidence of old repair at the edges of the spine, modest rubbing and nicking at the extremities, a good only copy without dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author using much of the half-title to a doctor, praising him for his care, and dated in 1930.