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192973017197th Coast Artillery New Hampshire National Guard 1929. Pamphlet. Used - Very Good. 108 pages. Portraits of officers staff instructors batteries encampments drills mess many local advertisements. 10.5 x 8" color wrapper coat of arms. Rosters battery histories anti-aircraft unit. Wrap bit rubbed soiled VG. 197th Coast Artillery New Hampshire National Guard unknown
1291021st Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F 1919. 8vo 247pp. Black & white folding maps. A very good hardback copy with bump to top edge. With inscription from Corporal V.C. Reid of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade to an S.L. Reid. 1st Field Artillery Brigade, A.I.F, 1919 hardcover
1985264751985. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1985/Gd. condition/636 pages - A compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies. AH926475 hardcover
192340833Minneapolis: Pioneer Printers. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine lettering a bit faded. ; Illus. previous owner of the book artist John H. Geiszel name artistically block-lettered in black ink on the front free end-paper. Just below the name is "from Bill A-----" in blue ink. Lieutenant John H. Geiszel 1892-1977 Company D 151st Machine Gun Battalion Rainbow Division. 2 folded sheets laid-in hand written notes comments on the observations in the book I would assume by the previous owner. A bit of faint red underlining and a very few instances of annotation in margins. ; 205 pages . Pioneer Printers hardcover
1930215681930. Boland Marvin D. panoramic photograph archive circa 1930s documenting U.S. Army modernization at Fort Lewis Washington with emphasis on mechanization motorized transport and the expansion of Army Air Corps operations during the interwar period. The material identifies military training exercises mechanized equipment deployment airfield operations and communications infrastructure associated with evolving doctrines of mechanized warfare and air power following World War I. Tanks aircraft transport vehicles barrage balloons and portable radio systems appear throughout coordinated training environments at Fort Lewis.<br /> <br /> Archive comprises 24 silver gelatin panoramic photographs each approximately 7 x 2.5 inches signed "Boland" and produced by Tacoma-based photographer Marvin D. Boland. The photographs depict a range of military activities and equipment at Fort Lewis including formations of biplanes in flight parked aircraft aligned on airfields and a monoplane bearing U.S. Army Air Corps insignia. Several photographs show coordinated aerial exercises and tethered barrage balloons prepared by ground crews. Ground operations include M1 Combat Cars of the 41st Tank Company arranged in formation as well as tanks navigating uneven terrain and obstacle courses under observation. Additional scenes document convoys of transport trucks military ambulances and logistical vehicles. Training activities include soldiers marching in formation constructing field fortifications from stacked logs and operating portable radio equipment. Temporary tent encampments appear throughout indicating mobile training environments and field readiness exercises.<br /> <br /> The photographs record a transitional phase in U.S. military history as the Army expanded beyond traditional infantry tactics toward integrated mechanized and aerial warfare capabilities. Fort Lewis served as a major training site following the establishment of its airfield in 1930 supporting aviation units later active during World War II. The archive concentrates on operational training military infrastructure mechanized transport and aerial coordination during the interwar period. Minor curling and light edge wear; overall very good condition. A visual record of interwar military training mechanization and Army Air Corps development at Fort Lewis. unknown
12219Without place and date 1960s. The account describes events in April and May 1945. 13pp. foolscap 8vo. Paginated 1 to 13 and signed at the end 'Ernie Wilmott'. On seven leaves stapled into grey covers with the title 'The Last Month' typed on the front cover. In good condition in worn wraps. The account commences: 'There had been gun fire from the west and the south for the last three days. Friday the 13th April 1945 the usual officials did not come to fetch the men but a little later than usual the Gaschwyz sic column was called so we assembled and left for work about 20 of us. There was a lot of activity in the station yard German military vehicles were coming and going and a contingent of unarmed Russian fatigue men were on parade.' A typically vivid passage reads: 'In the morning of the 24th April I heard chaps reporting prisoners passing through and our guards not interfering a lot of Indians were going through without any guards. Chaps with kit got up early because of being cold. I got up after seven and went outside and saw the Indians going through. A column of Russian prisoners appeared with guards and were halted just outside. The German guards were standing about in groups talking to each other and taking no notice of the prisoners some of whom were already making off. A man got up on a cart and addressed us he said he couldn't advise us to go he couldn't advise us to stay the German commandant had said that if we stayed he would do his best to obtain food for us there was a horse dying in the next village and he had the first refusal of it if it expired and we should have it.' The account ends on Wilmott's return: 'At London I bid my comrades of the last 2 years goodbye and got on a train at Paddington. It was a noisy journey ex P.O.W.'s one side of the compartment civilians the other we all talked at once. At Bristol I had to catch a bus home and suddenly realised I had to pay the fare it was more than 3 years since I had paid a fare anywhere.' The covering Autograph Letter Signed by Batt is signed 'Jack' on letterhead of 1 Churstonville Court 1 Overbury Avenue Beckenham Kent. 1p. 4to. Undated and with recipient's name not given. 'The writer Ernie Willmott sic spoke 4 Languages and was learning Russian whilst POW in Germany. As he spoke German he was chosen as Camp Leader of our working Camp at Gaschwitz-Leipzig. Our Common path of experience starts at Campo 53 Page 69 - from there we were together unitl the war ended or shared similar experiences.' In a postscript he adds that Wilmott 'was not in Campo 66 at Capua but in hospital at Caserta'. Also present is a Typed Letter Signed to Batt from 'Charles'. On letterhead of 99 South Eden Park Road Beckenham Kent. 21 June 1974. 1p. 8vo. The 'article on Sidi Nsir' brings back 'many memories' and he is enclosing 'The Story of 46 Division'. Without place and date (1960s?). The account describes events in April and May 1945. paperback
19242Pamphlet by 'Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers London Brigade Head Quarters H.M.S. Frolic off Somerset House W.C December 1891.' Printed by Woodfall & Kinder London. 'Progress Return' 1890. Printed by W. Collins Harlesden. The two items from the papers of Sir Richard Harington of Ridlington 12th Baronet who features as 'R. Harrington sic' in the 'Progress Return'. The pamphlet is 6pp. 12mo. The front page is headed with crown-and-anchor device 'Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers. London Brigade. Head Quarters H.M.S. Frolic off Somerset House W.C December 1891.' Printed by Woodfall & Kinder Printers 70 to 76 Long Acre London W.C.' Aged and grubby. Folded into a packet and addressed with postmarked Halfpenny Red stamp to 'R. Harington Esq 1 New Court Temple E.C.' The front page gives details of 'Dress' by order of E. B. Fletcher Lieut.-Instructor. Pp.2-3 give notices relating to the 'London Corps' again by Fletcher; p.4 concerns the 'Brighton Corps. Head Quarters King's Road December 1891.' Pp.5-6 give details by A. H. Fry Sub-Lieutenant in Command of the five matches in 'The Annual Prize Meeting'. The poster on one side of a 53.5 x 41.5 cm sheet is headed 'Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers. Progress Return of No. 3 Battery for 1890.' Printed by 'W. COLLINS Printer Victoria Works Wendover Road Harlesden.' Folded into the customary packet with the outer title: 'III. BATTERY. "MIRROR." 1890.' In fair condition aged and with grubby reverse. At the head is a large table giving the names of members with a myriad details relating to drill and marksmanship. 'R Harrington sic' is described as 'NE' standing for 'non-efficient'. Beneath the table and occupying the bottom third of the page is various information including 'facts' for which the year 1890 'has been chiefly remarkable': 'The number of Assaults-at-Arms attended by members of the Battery; The number of Cruises the Diligent has gone; The death of surgeon G. H. Bishop a most zealous officer who knew every member of his Battery and was beloved by all who knew him; and the number of Prizes won by the Battery'. A list of the prizes and prize-winners in three columns concludes the page. No copies of either item traced either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Pamphlet by 'Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, London Brigade, Head Quarters, H.M.S. Frolic, off Somerset House, W.C December 18 unknown
189511398London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Harrison and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Recently rebacked in gilt lettered red cloth. Moderate dark smudgy paint staining mostly to front board. Light edgewear fraying and bumping. Solid binding. Some light pencil marking to text. Pages lightly browned and foxed with periodic light chipping or small tears to some edges. Former owner name on front pastedown. No ex-lib marks stamps or stickers. In this edition naval mountings and their stores are not included. The contents have been rearranged and weights and dimensions as a rule have been removed from the text and given in the form of tables. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 468 pages . Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Harrison and Sons hardcover
67376E-374. Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by Printed for S Hooper. London UK. 1766 10 476 12 pp index. Illustrated with folding map 5 folding engraved plates. Bound in full leather boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities corners and edges of the boards lightly scuffed and rounded. Bookplate of Lord Exmouth present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Captain John Northall c1723-1759 was a captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and is first recorded in Italy in April 1752 with a Mr Moore. He appears to have entered the service as a teenager and risen rapidly through the ranks. His Travels through Italy was written 1752-1753 but published posthumously and is dedicated to David Garrick who had visited Italy in 1763-4. He warns young aristocrats against being deceived by antiquarian guides in Rome into buying fake paintings presented as originals by Raphael Titian or Michelangelo. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
59097No place no date but the text refers to a Royal ordinance of 1718. old limp full vellum. . Apart from the evidently missing illustrations very attractive original condition. Small 4to. With 18 of 22 tipped-in folding original illustrations lacking nos. 10 15 16 and 20. . The name "Enrique Gargallo Lopez" appears on the front cover in a different hand than the manuscript; possibly the name of the transcriber of this manuscript. hardcover
1919129513Adelaide: W.K. Thomas and Co. Printers 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Adelaide W.K. Thomas and Co. Printers 1919. Octavo 247 pages with 2 full-page illustrations plus a frontispiece a small folding plate with before-and-after aerial views and 4 folding maps. Tan stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; cloth a little flecked with minor loss to the head of the spine slight loss to the foot and light wear to the corners; front flyleaf laid down on the pastedown with ownership details - see below - still legible in reverse; two small pieces of clear tape on the pastedowns; textblock reinserted in the binding with minor blemishes to the inner hinges and the frontispiece and title leaf a little out of alignment; one leaf pages 15/16 listing those killed in action chipped and creased on all margins possibly detached at some stage; minor signs of age and use; overall a decent copy. The ink ownership details of a member of the brigade 32988 Gunner Charles Francis John Davidson are written on the original flyleaf see page 96 for his details in the nominal roll: 'Joined - 11/9/17 Wounded - 2/11/17 Ypres Transferred to Corps Educational School - 7/1/19'. An unusual approach has been adopted for this history: apart from a few preliminaries a chronology of movements of the Brigade 10 pages the Roll of Honour and list of Honours and Awards totally 16 pages the bulk of the book is devoted to biographical information about every member of the unit 217 pages. The book's imminent publication was advertised in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' 17 September 1919. <p>Dornbusch 308; Fielding and O'Neill page 223; Trigellis-Smith 305. W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers hardcover
1987129514Swanbourne: John Burridge 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Swanbourne John Burridge 1987 facsimile edition/ 1919. Octavo 247 pages with 2 illustrations plus a frontispiece a small folding plate with before-and-after aerial views and 3 folding maps but issued without the large folding map facing page 160. Synthetic green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; endpapers slightly cockled with a small blemish to the front inner hinge both are trifling production flaws; an excellent copy. One of only 200 copies. An unusual treatment: apart from a few preliminaries a chronology of movements of the Brigade 10 pages the Roll of Honour and list of Honours and Awards totally 16 pages the bulk of the book is devoted to biographical information about every member of the unit 217 pages. <p>See Trigellis-Smith 305 giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition. John Burridge hardcover
190764276New York: Neale Publishing Company 1907. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 21.5cm. Textured olive-tan cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; 315pp; frontispiece and 16 inserted leaves of plates halftones. Moderate rubbing and soil; rather obtrusive ink blottings to endpapers and to first page of R.E. Lee Jr's preface; early ownership signature roughly erased inside front cover; else generally tight and sound with text otherwise unmolested; Good or better. <br /> <br /> A presentable copy of this cornerstone Confederate memoir said to have been General George C. Marshall's Civil War book. IN TALL COTTON 126. NEVINS I:132. Neale Publishing Company unknown
0484606891.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1330311183.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1910367689Lu=ynchburg Va: J.P. Bell 1910. Second Edition. Illus. 331pp. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth gilt t.e.g. rest uncut in slightly worn dust jacket with small loss at head of spine. Second Edition. Illus. 331pp. 8vo. Narrative of the author's experiences during the Civil War while serving with the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia; this covers his career up to Lee's surrender. With portraits of many of the men in the company. Howes M759; In Tall Cotton 126; Nevins I p. 132 J.P. Bell unknown
191034144Lynchburg: J. P. Bell Company 1910. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 331 pages 1. Frontispiece portrait illustration of Jackson. Illustrated with several photographic portraits. Green cloth hardcover with gilt bordered title on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Dust jacket pieces laid inside the front cover. The front and rear panels are present. Spine has light insect damage. Light rubs to the cloth edges. Light toning to the end sheets. Rear end paper chipped on the edge. First published by Neale 1907. <br /> <br /> Howes M 759; Dornbusch II 1171; Tall Cotton 126; Nevins I page 132 "The favorite Civil War book of Gen. George C. Marshall; a human moving narrative by a young member of one of the Confederacy's most celebrated units. J. P. Bell Company hardcover
19205634n.p.: n.p. c. 1920. fair to good. 119 illus. some fold-out some soiling to a few pgs sm tear marg p. 117 weakness to rear bd bds soiled some wear to spine. Ink name inside front flyleaf Dornbusch #1121. n.p. unknown
1104784866.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
B9781166044411New. unknown
1166044416.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1874132225Boston: A.Williams and Co 1874. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight Wear On Edge Of Spine. Marbleized Boards With Leather Spine And Corners. Marbleized Endpapers. Half-Leather. Light Shelfwear. <br/> <br/> A.Williams and Co hardcover
1919136972London: 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' 1919. Large quarto 366 × 268 mm 4 leaves printed rectos only each with a reproduction of ornate Honor Rolls drawn and designed by Gunner Sergeant then Staff-Sergeant P.R. Wightman between 1916 and 1919 with the battalion colours printed in red and blue. The basic units of design are large-calibre shells and the end results are stunning no pun intended!. Pictorial card covers bound with red and blue cord the battalion colours; covers lightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly foxed at the rear with minimal surface loss to silverfish at the front; cord lightly faded; an excellent copy internally fine. The front cover artwork is by the British artist Harry Payne 1858-1927. <p>Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill page 223. 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' paperback
1919121589London: 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' 1919. 366 × 268 mm 4 leaves printed rectos only each with a reproduction of ornate Honor Rolls drawn and designed by Gunner Sergeant then Staff-Sergeant P.R. Wightman between 1916 and 1919 with the battalion colours printed in red and blue. The basic units of design are large-calibre shells and the end results are stunning no pun intended!. Pictorial card covers bound with red and blue cord the battalion colours; covers scuffed unevenly tanned and a little worn at the extremities with the head of the spine split; cord faded; a decent copy internally in excellent condition. The front cover artwork is by the British artist Harry Payne 1858-1927. <p>Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill page 223. 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' paperback
19181218E074Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1918. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 343 237 203. Very Good. 4.5 x 7.75 inches 11.5 x 20 cm. Complete three volume set. A series of technical books in English issued by the Saumur Artillery School in Western France during the First World War. Originally published in paperback and consequently surviving examples are usually found in poor condition. This set has been attractively bound in quarter leather with decorative cloth boards. Spines with five raised bands and gilt lettering. Browning to pages as usual first few pages in Volume I have a light vertical crease. Two previous owner names to title page in each volume. Profusely illustrated two large fold-out charts in Vol I fold-out diagram in Vol II. A scarce complete set and in excellent robust bindings. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.75 inches 11.5 x 20 cm. Imprimerie Nationale hardcover
