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196940033Washington D.C.: Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee 1969. 1st printing presumed. White printed paper. Modest wear age-toning to paper edges. A VG example. Single sheet folded once. Two b/w photographic images of a destroyed building and white graves printed to front. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>"The New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam is mounting a FALL OFFENSIVE TO STOP THE WAR STOP THE WAR MACHINE STOP THE DEATH MACHINE. It will culminate on November 15 in Washington and San Francisco in what we can make the most significant anti-war demonstrations in American history. Our efforts to end the war in Vietnam have reached a crossroads -- it must be ended or it will rise to new heights of horror and murder." OCLC only shows 1 institutional holding University of Kansas. Rare in the trade. Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee unknown books
196940032Washington D.C.: Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee 1969. 1st printing presumed. White printed paper. Light wear slight age-toning to back of paper. A VG example. Single sheet folded once. B/w photographic image of diapered Vietnamese children marching printed to front. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>"The New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam is mounting a FALL OFFENSIVE TO STOP THE WAR STOP THE WAR MACHINE STOP THE DEATH MACHINE. It will culminate on November 15 in Washington and San Francisco in what we can make the most significant anti-war demonstrations in American history. Our efforts to end the war in Vietnam have reached a crossroads -- it must be ended or it will rise to new heights of horror and murder." OCLC only shows 1 institutional holding University of Kansas. Rare in the trade. Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee unknown books
19422194363Air Service Command 1942. Stapled Binding. Good. Light rubbing to wrappers. 1942 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Photographs silhouettes and technical information on military aircraft. Air Service Command unknown books
1928281044Washington: Government Printing Office 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean and bright First Edition copy with three folding maps at the rear of the book as well as photographic illustrations of various related sites taken in April of 1928. Very Good binding. Government Printing Office unknown books
19172299147Government Printing Office 1917. Stapled Binding. Good. Wrappers stained small chip along bottom edge pencil note on front wrapper. 1917 Stapled Binding. 21 pp. Notes on Railroads and Mechanical and Wagon Transport in Connection with the Service of Supply on the Western Front in France. Government Printing Office unknown books
1929SKU1017935U.S. Govt. Print. Off 1929-01-01. PAPERBACK. Good. 1929 covers have minor wear- title is neatly written on the spine in black pen 6 small spots coffee towards the top edge of the rear cover but is otherwise clean has a good binding no marks or notations. U.S. Govt. Print. Off paperback books
1838WRCAM38189Washington 1838. 438pp. Modern cloth gilt leather label. Fine. A scarce government report regarding one of the events that became a cause celebre during the undeclared bloodless "Aroostook War" along the Maine boundary with Canada. Specifically this collection was prompted by the arrest by British authorities in New Brunswick of Ebenezer Greely of Maine who was involved in taking a census of residents along the disputed region of the Upper St. John River between the United States and Canada. The exact border in this region had been in dispute since the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution and the issue was not put to rest until the Webster- Ashburton Treat of 1842. British authorities were also on edge as a result of several instances in which Americans aided rebellious Canadians seeking independence. This extensive report brings together dozens of documents relating to the Maine Boundary Dispute. OCLC locates only two copies - at Mount Allison University and the Toronto Public Library. OCLC 63011178 71767491. hardcover books
1839224440Readfield 1839. unbound. 1 page 11 x 7.75 inches Readfield February 22 1839. Outstanding and historically important autographed document regarding a dispute between Maine and New Brunswick signed "Samuel K. Currier" Adjutant Regiment Artillery 1st Brigade - 2nd Division. In part: "In obedience to General Orders of the 19th instituted and herewith transmitted.of the 21st.a draft of the Regiment Artillery is ordered to be made with all possible dispatch as follows.vis.Capt. A. P. Arnolds and two sergeants; George W. Armstrong from the D Company; Lieutenant Augustan Lords - one fifer and one drummer; Ira Portman of the A Company is detached. Capt. John Ford will draft from the A Company twenty privates.Lieutenant Fairbanks will draft from the Company B twenty privates. After the several commandants of the said companies shall have perfected their drafts they will forthwith report to Col. John Courier of the Regt. & Artily. in obedience to said Brigade Orders. The foregoing Orders are transmitted by command." Military documents pertaining to General Orders No. 7 are extremely rare and this example is in fine condition.<br/><br/> The Aroostock War was a boundary dispute between the state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick in 1838-1839. High tensions and heated rhetoric led both sides to raise troops arm them and march them along the disputed border. At one point reports of British bringing up their Regular Army troops from the West Indies reports of the Mohawk Nation offering their services to Quebec and reports of New Brunswick forces gathering on the Saint John River resulted in the Issuance of General Order No. 7 on February 19 1839 calling for a general draft of Maine Militia. In essence Maine had become the only state to have ever declared war on another country. The grievance was ultimately settled through the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 establishing a definitive boundary between the countries giving most of the disputed area to Maine.<br/><br/> unknown books
2005121836NY: Doubleday 2005. First edition first prnt. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Arvin's first novl following a story collection.l. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1947247462Rome: Associazone Nazionale Per Il Restauro Dei Monumenti Danneggiati Dalla Guerra 1947. paperback. very good. Text by Emilio Lavagnino. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. 132 pages with text In Italian. Tall thin 4to printed wrappers. Wrappers are lightly yellowed with age. Rome: Associazone Nazionale Per Il Restauro Dei Monumenti Danneggiati Dalla Guerra 1947. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Associazone Nazionale Per Il Restauro Dei Monumenti Danneggiati Dalla Guerra unknown books
182873669Wash D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1828. Softcover. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th inst. in relation to the number of Creek Indians which have removed west of the Mississippi And the expense attending the same. 4 pages; This is the original government document from 1828 and was removed from a larger bound volume; some foxing. . GPO paperback books
1915009796Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co/ The Geographical Institute 1915. Hardcover. NF. Rare World War I map undated but circa 1915 showing Italy and Switzerland plus all nations and nation-states in the Balkans before post war treaties: Austria hungary Roumania Russia just the part around Odessa on rthe Black Sea Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro Albania Greece Turkey just the west side of the Bosphorus and Asia Minor what is now Turkey to the west of the Bosphorus. Insets around perimeter of map are the Dardenelles Constantinople Odessa Trieste and the Bosphorus. The cloth /canvasssed-backed map printed in color is in 32 folds unfolded measures 29.5" x 39.5" folds to 5"x 9" tipped onto paper covers. Map is in fine condition. Paper covers are shallowly split at edges with the paper over spine being repaired with archival tape for a short space. Cover verso has pastedown of pictorial description of Bartholomew's half-inch mile map of England and Wales the t verso of the front panel of the folded map a pastedown for Bartholomew's Road Map of England and Wales. Verso of paper cover advertises Bartholomew's Citizen's Atlas of the World described as "an indispensable work of reference during the present crisis John Bartholomew & Co/ The Geographical Institute hardcover books
197059774Boston: Beacon Press 1970. First edition. 8vo pp. 123. A very good copy in price clipped little worn dj bookplate. A very good copy. Scarce early book of war resistance. Berrigan served eighteen months in Danbury prison for his activities in resisting the Vietman War. He and his brother Philip were for a time on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for involvement in antiwar protests during the Vietnam war and committing acts of vandalism including destroying government property in recruiting offices. Berrigan won the Lamont Prize for his book of poems Time Without Number. He manufactured homemade napalm and with eight other Catholic protesters used it to destroy 378 draft files in the parking lot of the Catonsville Maryland draft board on May 17 1968. This group came to be known as the Catonsville Nine. Berrigan was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison but went into hiding with the help of fellow radicals prior to imprisonment. While on the run Berrigan was interviewed for Lee Lockwood's documentary The Holy Outlaw. The FBI apprehended him at the home of William Stringfellow and sent him to prison. He was released in 1972. Beacon Press unknown books
196920314Apapa: Federal Ministry of Information 1969. First Edition. Octavo 22cm. Stapled card wrappers; 13pp. Mild external soil; internally fresh and unmarked; Very Good. Federalist anti-Igbo propaganda relating to the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970 clearly intended to counter Igbo claims of genocide and starvation. Federal Ministry of Information unknown books
1867300277New York: Julius Bien & Co.; US War Department 1867. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 16 1/2" x 27 5/8"<br/><br/> This fascinating map shows the Great Plains region in 1867 and is one of the earliest Army surveys of the area. Originally published in two sheets this plate features the northern portion of the map as published in "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865". Shows numerous Native American tribes including Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Cherokee Delaware Pottawatomie Sac and Fox Otoe Pawnee Cheyenne Arapahoes Koiwas and Comanches and Jicarillo Apaches. The maps show rivers canals towns roads and railways as well as positions and routes of both armies with blue lines for the Union and red for the Confederate forces. Relief is shown by both hachures and contour lines. Minor tears at margins not affecting the image. This map is a wonderful piece that boldly documents American history. Julius Bien 1826-1909 was an American lithographic printer and cartographer based in New York City. During the course of the second half of the 19th century he produced thousands of maps for both public and private publishers. Some of his most notable commissions were for the U.S. government including many geological maps that redefined the cartographic visualization of geology. Bien's prolific output and contributions to the development of chromolithography make him one of the most significant map printers of his time.<br/><br/> Julius Bien & Co.; US War Department unknown books
1860CAT0140Massachusetts 1860. 9 x 6 inches. Polished calf decorative covers. Nineteen pages with 55 Carte-de-Visite portraits. Good. A carte-de-visite portrait album kept by Billings during the Civil War. Notation before index reads: "This album was sent me at my order from Philadelphia and was received while our army lay at Brandy Station in the winter of 1863-1864. I think! Many of the pictures I carried with me throughout nearly my whole term of service. This is true of these on the first 17 pages. The others have been inserted since the war." <br /> <br /> A particularly noteworthy artifact. Hardtack and Coffee is one of few books on soldiers' everyday life and this album would have been quite significant for Billings. He discusses photographs twice in the book as being among the dearest objects soldiers kept with them. Per Billings' own note on the endpapers there are seventeen portraits present that he personally kept with him during the first part of the war before adding them to this album in 1863. These include: his parents several cousins and various acquaintances. The remainder of the portraits were added later. Notable subjects include two portraits of Billings himself and two portraits of his future wife Mary Phillips Cotton Whitney. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately portraits of Billings' compatriots are missing. Several portraits of members of the Massachusetts 10th were removed in the 1980s by an unknown person and framed with the subjects' identities and the photos removals noted on the mounts. Several other pages lack portraits though it is unclear whether or not each space in the album was originally filled. The photographs that remain are in very good condition. The album itself is worn with tears and chips to spine and general wear. First leaf repaired with crude tape. Still a significant piece despite the flaws. unknown books
19444829bdNew York: The Viking Press 1944. Octavo blue cloth hardcover gilt letters gilt illustration to upper cover xiv vi 175 pp. Very Good with sunning to edges and former-owner bookplate; in a Good dust jacket with edgewear with includes light chipping. From dust jacket: The great story of aviation and the direction in which it is going is the story of our future -- a future which will be written in terms of either winged peace or winged death. It’s a story which few men could tell with the authority and conviction of ‘Billy’ Bishop. Bishop learned aviation the hard way. In the cockpit of a World War I flying crate he became the greatest Allied ace by destroying 72 German aircraft. In the years between the wars he remained actively interested in aviation -- both military and commercial -- and kept a wary eye on the growing air might of Germany which he was sure we would have to fight again. When World War II broke Canada became the heart of Britain’s air-training and air-transport system and ‘Billy’ Bishop has played a vital role in this great program. Now at the climax of his career he has undertaken a new job and rendered what may well be his greatest service to aviation. He has poured into an utterly fascinating book the past the present and -- most of all -- the future of flight. He has told the story of aviation from Kitty Hawk to the B-29 Superfortresses much of it in terms of his personal experiences. He shows us how our world has already been changed geographically socially economically politically; how these changes will be either for great good or for desperate evil. He makes us aware of the new world map with its limitless directions and its textbook-shattering implications. He shows us the new routes over which we will either trade or fight find peace or destruction. Through all of Bishop’s stirring account written with burning urgency runs a zeal to make us understand the realities of world aviation today. The proved possibilities of stratospheric flight rocket and jet-propulsion have already rendered every plane now in the air obsolete. New York to London in three hours is assured. Tomorrow’s air age is here! The Viking Press, 1944. hardcover books
189945455Amsterdam: Algemeen Handelsblad 1899. Offprint. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers; 40pp. Slight aging to text else Near Fine; but possibly lacking cover wraps. Attacks British policy in South Africa shortly after the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer Conflict. The author was publisher and editor of the Amsterdam political newspaper "Algemeen Handelsblad" where this essay originally appeared. Algemeen Handelsblad unknown books
1901303348VP including Ladysmith Geluk Farm Vluchfontein et al. 1901. Nine ALS three TLS eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. Very good some tiny chips to carbons and one two spots of minor dampstaining not affecting legibility. In manilla folder. Nine ALS three TLS eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH. A fine group of letters by an English intelligence officer steadily rising through the ranks. In 1899 he is "sleeping in the open air only one blanket & one waterproof sheet." Within a year he was Lord Roberts' private clerk and in December 1900 he is stationed at the Commander-in-Chief's Office Kitchener's doing "confidential military work for the Military Secretary to Lord Kitchener." <br/><br/>Although part of the intelligence service Carter saw more than his share of fighting. He describes the march to Ladysmith and the action at Elands Laagte Station noting "a bullet going through the top of my helmet and cutting off some of my hair but without even scratching the skin."<br/><br/>The next four letters were written from Ladysmith and provide a full account of the siege. "The Boers had big siege guns mounted on the hills around Ladysmith which quite outclassed our light field guns . They'd completely invested Ladysmith & cut the telegraph lines & pulled up the Railway . Then began the long dreary siege." Carter reports using "a lot of pigeons" and the cost of Kaffir and Zulu runners to get letters out of Ladysmith and at least one of his letters not here was published in the Hamilton Spectator.<br/><br/>The siege is depicted much like a holiday camp citing football matches swimming races water polo cricket. "We got so indifferent to the Boer 'snipers' that you would see most of our chaps having an afternoon siesta behind their trenches while bullets would be chipping the stones around them. We also used to organise pools when we could see some of the Boers and have a long range shooting match the man who bowled the first Boer over taking the pool." Yet there is also much on troops movements information on the Boers the conditions of Ladysmith accounts of engaging the enemy and reflections on the experience of combat: "the actual fighting is all right as the excitement deadens your faculties but after a battle when . you see your poor companions who a few hours before were joking with you lying dead or else writhing in the agonies of pain caused by frightful wounds then you feel your courage leaving you and your nerves getting like wax." <br/><br/>The remaining correspondence includes three letters as Carter's regiment treks across the Transvaal through August and September 1900. These too are full of detail of life in the field bivouacking scouting enemy positions and action: "There was a grand opportunity for our Field Artillery. They simply pumped shrapnel into them the Artillery Officers going mad at the sight and shrieking to the gunners 'fire! fire! hurry up you b----- fools you never had such a chance fire!' . You could see at every discharge of the guns the Boers falling and at the same time our splendid Infantry running for all they were worth trying to get at them with the bayonet . It is very seldom the Boers leave any wounded or dead behind them and it proves how hard we pressed them . It was like a shambles . one two or more bodies horribly mutilated by the effects of the Lyddite."<br/><br/>The final group commences with Carter being stationed at the Commander-in-Chief's office and he wastes no opportunity to use the special mail service for his own correspondence. He describes Kitchener at work and provides insight to life in the office. Yet beneath this is a yearning for the war to end and a frustration that it can't be done in one swift battle: "We cannot get a good fight out of the beggars they simply have a few shots at us and as soon as we get near enough to do some damage off they go helter-skelter." <br/><br/>This group were all addressed to Carter's long time friend we know only by the name of Jose. Given the warmth and detail included here it's possible that he was using these letters as a substitute for a diary. Carter served with some distinction in 1st Manchester Regiment and was mentioned in the despatches. unknown books
186544103St. Louis MO 1865. Very good few minor glue remnants along extension. 2 sheets attached. 38 x 10 inches. Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville 1796-1878 signed this document just before his promotion to General. Immortalized in Washington Irving's 1837 work "The Adventures of Captain Bonneville" Benjamin Bonneville began his military career at West Point in 1813 serving at a variety of posts until he requested a leave of absence to make a westward expedition in 1832. The journey which took him through the California Trail won him notoriety as an Oregon Trail-blazer but cost him his military commission for a time. After his 1836 reinstatement he served through the end of the Civil War ultimately ranking as Brevet Brigadier General Bonneville. Christian Frank joined the 15th Missouri Infantry Company F on August 8 1861 was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga September 20 1863 and had been imprisoned at Andersonville Prison in Georgia until his parole February 26 1865. He was officially discharged on June 12 1865 the date of this document. unknown books
19161392San Antonio 1916. Near Fine. Ten original photographs plus two real photo postcards. Most 3 x 5 inches one smaller. Occasional very minor wear. Images generally crisp and clean. A collection of ten photographs that depict activities of F Troop of the 13th U.S. Cavalry Regiment on the border with Mexico in the vicinity of Columbus New Mexico during the mid-1910s. The regiment was assigned to the Army's El Paso border patrol in 1912 and eventually became headquartered in Columbus. In New Mexico the unit's patrol area consisted of approximately sixty-five miles between Noria and Hermanas; F Troop was stationed in the field near the tiny town of Hachita. The regiment played a key role in defending against Pancho Villa's 1916 raid on Columbus and took part in Pershing's Punitive Expedition which served as retaliation for the attack. The images here show members of the troop in training heading out on patrol in their field camp at attention during inspection and horsing around. The versos of most photographs are stamped "Fox Tone Print Fox Co. San Antonio." Also present are two photo postcards showing I Troop of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry which was also briefly stationed at El Paso. A nice group. unknown books
20166165Boston: Little Brown 2016. First edition first prnt. Signed by Borneman on the half-title page. Prologue. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white photographs. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.Uncommon signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover books
48848Boston: Boston War Camp Community Service. 12mo pp. 32. Paper wraps. VG. Patriotic songs. Boston War Camp Community Service unknown books
1907208934Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co 1907. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Bookplate of Free Public Library of Watertown 1907 on front paste down. Library marking on lower spine. "WITHDRAWN" stamped on title page. Very Good binding. Wright & Potter Printing Co unknown books
11903Civil War Photograph from Brady's Album Gallery dated 1862 Titled on verso: "Brady's Album Gallery No. 375 - Battery No. 4 - Near Yorktown Mounting 10 13-inch Mortars each weighing 20000 pounds. East South End." The soldiers are dwarfed standing next to the huge 20000 pound mortars. An impressive image of union soldiers in uniform with kepi arms against 3 giant mortar cannons. copyright on bottom of mount reads "1862 Barnard & Gibson" one light vertical crease at middle. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown books
