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18635151Philadelphia: George W. Childs 1863. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 594 pages original embossed blue cloth ink spot at top margin some early pages rebacked with original spine laid down; ex libris Major Alfred Reed 12th Indiana Cavalry./ 127th Regiment <br/><br/> Sabin 70293 . " A wealth of revealing information on life in the Union Army during the Civil War. A must for serious Civil War historians buffs and battle scene reenactors the guide includes many official forms used in the 1860s as well as an appendix containing articles of war extracts from Acts of Congress and an Army pay table. Contents include regulations related to military discipline and rank and command care of fortifications treatment of deceased soldiers and deserters leaves of absence and furloughs arrests and confinements inspections of the troops musters and forms of parade. Additional subjects include troops in campaign courts-martial recruiting medical and ordnance departments flags and standards uniform and horse equipment and many other practical considerations." George W. Childs hardcover
1941013344Berkeley: Printed by Tam Gibbs Co. 1941. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth lettered in gilt bordered in light brown with marbled endpapers. 1031 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. Light shelf wear nearly as issued. Study of the Richmond California ship yards prior to America's entry into World War II. Printed by Tam Gibbs Co. Hardcover
2001010543United Kingdom: Leo Cooper 2001. 350 pages. B/w. and colour illustrations. Maps to endpapers. H.M. the Queen at frontispiece. History of the Colstream Guards. Like new. 1st Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Leo Cooper Hardcover
1972000010881Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office 1972 671 pages the original historical document book not print on demand. Backstrip a bit sunned previous owner's signature on cover and title page. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1918GH6691Paris: Imp. Paul Dupont Mai 1918. Wraps. Brown illustrated string-tied wraps illustration of planes over the front on front cover oblong 8vo 62 pp. Detailed drawings and specs to identify German French British American Italian and Belgian Airplanes of World War I. "2nd Btn." written on front cover in pencil no other marks in book binding tight. Front cover shows light moisture stains and some chipping on fore edge with no loss of illustration. Book condition VG-. Imp. Paul Dupont paperback
024315Albert Love Enterprises: No date of publication ca. 1955 profusely illustrated with WWII photographs. "Worcester conducted four more 6th Fleet "Med" deployments into the mid-1950s and twice visited northern European ports. During that time she participated in fleet maneuvers and exercises and paid good-will calls on many ports-ranging from Bergen Norway; to Copenhagen Denmark; to Dublin Ireland; and Portsmouth England. Between her foreign deployments were operations closer to home: local operations out of eastern seaboard ports like Boston and Norfolk. In addition the ship also plied the warmer waters of the Caribbean and West Indies ranging from Guantanamo Bay to Kingston Jamaica. Transferred from the Atlantic to the Pacific Fleet in January 1956 Worcester made two more deployments to operate with the 7th Fleet visiting such highly frequented ports as Sasebo and Yokosuka Japan; Hong Kong; Manila; as well as the Japanese ports of Hakodate Nagasaki Shimoda Yokohama and Kobe. Returning each time to her home port at Long Beach California the ship conducted local operations between her cruises in Oriental waters." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER black covers lettering is bright on the cover. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Albert Love Enterprises: Hardcover
1918DB51561918. HB. Special Session containing an abstract of the speeches and action taken on the Loyalty Resolution relating to the loyalty and war work of the State of Wisconsin. Jt. Resolution No. 3A. Introduced in the Assembly February 21 1918 by Mr. Rosa. Black cloth gilt lettering on front cover 8vo 96pp. Bound with Supplement to the Assembly Journal Special Session containing speeches and remarks delivered on the floor of the Assembly March 6 1918 pp. 141-164. Uncommon primary record of the attacks on Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette 1855-1925 Senator from Wisconsin during World War I. La Follette was a severe critic of U.S. entry in the war and of Woodrow Wilsons' efforts to restrict freedom of speech and this book shows something of the political climate in 1918 as La Follette is attacked in the Wisconsin legislature for sedition relating to a speech he gave in Saint Paul. X-library with minor library markings number top front cover remnants of label rear endpaper. No marks in book binding tight. Book condition VG. hardcover
1919FK6331Grand Rapids Mich: The Dean-Hicks Company 1919. HB. Blue illustrated cloth black lettering on front cover and spine 4to 136 pp. patterned endpapers. Account of the 2nd Corp Aeronautical School formed in 1918 at Chatillon-sur-Seine south of Paris to train aerial observers to coordinate with artillery and line troops. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. Includes a roster of graduates. No marks in book. Covers show light edge wear corners worn through to boards minor fraying top and bottom of spine. Book condition VG-. The Dean-Hicks Company hardcover
886016 Radio Telegrams including detailed Action Reports Tactical Operation Commands Battle Assessments Damage Reports etc. spanning the full duration of The Battle of Leyte Gulf 24 October - 28 October 1944. Imprinted upon wartime U.S. Communication Service USS Hector - 20M Sets yellow onionskin paper. 8" x 6.5". 7 designated "Secret- Urgent" 4 designated "Operational Priority-Secret" 2 designated "Priority-Secret" 1 designated "Top Secret-Operational Priority" 1 designated "Secret-Op-Op-Op"1 designated "Routine-Confidential". TRANSCRIBED DESPATCHES #240315 10/24/44 06;14 From: CTF 77-Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II Attack Force Action: CTG 77.2 - Rear-Admiral Olendorf - Bombardment & Fire Support Group CTF 78 - Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 - Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force CTG 77.3 - Rear Admiral Berkey - Close Covering Group CTG 70.1 - Commander S.S. Bowling - MTB Group PREPARE FOR NIGHT ENGAGEMENT X ENEMY FORCE ESTIMATED 2 BB 4 CA 4 CL 10 DD REPORTED UNDER ATTACK BY OUR CARRIER PLANES IN EASTERN SULU SEA AT 09101 24 OCT X ENEMY CAN ARRIVE LEYTE GULF TONIGHT X MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR NIGHT ENGAGEMENT X TG 77.3 ASSIGNED TO CTG. 77.2 AS REINFORCEMENT X CTG 70.1 STATION MAXIMUM NUMBER PT'S LOWER SURIGAO STRAIT TO REMAIN SOUTH OF 10-10N DURING DARKNESS. #240504 10/24/44 06:34 From: CTG 70.1 - Commander S.S. Bowling - MTB Group Action: All TFC 7th Fleet All TGC 7th Fleet AGP 8 Wachapreague EXPECT TOKYO EXPRESS TONIGHT X BEFORE DARK STATION BOATS IN SECTIONS OF 2 OR 3 BOATS EACH AT FOLLOWING POSITIONS X SOUTHWEST TIP PANOAN X SOUTH OF MADILAO POINT X SOUTH OF LIMASAWA ISLAND X 2 SECTIONS PATROL BETWEEN AGIO POINT BOHOL PAST CAMIGUIN ISLAND TO SEPACG POINT MINDANAO X VITAL EASC OSTOKOWSW FILE REPORT CONTACTS AND THAT OTHER SECTION LEADERS AND WACHAPREAGUE RELAY THESE REPORTS TO CODLIVER X 21 BOATS FROM OYSTER BAY STATIONED BY SECTIONS AS FOLLOWS x SOURGDB T TIP PANOAN ISLAND X BILAA POINT MINDANAO X IN SURIGAO STRAIT 5 SECTIONS X 1 OFF SUMILON ISLAND X 1 MEDCHANTRN OFF KANHATID POINT DINAGAT ISLAND X 2 OFF KANIHALN ISLAND X 1 SOUTHEAST AMAGUSAN POINT X WACHAPREAGUE INFORM LCIS LAST STATION X SECTIONS ATTACK INDEPENDENTLY AFTER MAKING CONTACT REPORT X CTG 70.1 SENDS. #240938 10/24/44 From: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTG 77.4 THE SUPERB AIRMANSHIP AND FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED TODAY WILL LIVE IN HISTORY X IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF A RUNNING FIGHT WHICH WILL MARK THE ECLIPSE OF JAPANESE SEA POWER x TO BE EQUAL TO THE TASK IS ONLY TO REPEAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TODAY X UNIT COMMANDERS PASS TO THOSE UNDER YOUR COMMAND. #242232 10/25/44 From: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CTF 78 Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force All CTG's TF 77 King II Attack Force COMPLETE REPORT OF ESCORT CARRIERS OPERATIONS TWENTY FOUR OCTOBER X ENEMY AIR RAIDS IN FORCE CAUSED CANCELLATION OF VISAYAS STRIKES AND SOME REDUCTION OF SUPPORT AIRCRAFT X OUR REINFORCED COMBAT PATROL SHOT DOWN FORTY EIGHT TWIN ENGINE AND EIGHTEEN SINGLE ENGINE JAP PLANES PLUS EIGHT MORE TWIN ENGINE PLANES PROBABLY DESTROYED IN A WILD MELEE OVER LEYTE ISLAND THE BEACHES AND SHIPPING IN LEYTE GULF X PLANES SHOT DOWN INCLUDED TWENTY LILYS EIGHTEEN SALLYS SEVEN FRANCES AND WIDE ASSORTMENT OF OTHER ARMY AND NAVY TYPES X HIGH SCORE FOR THE DAY WAS MADE BY LT CDR FUNK OF SANTEE WITH FIVE KILLS ON A SINGLE FLIGHT WHILE SAWANNEE PILOTS REPORTED KNOCKING DOWN EIGHT OUT OF EIGHT IN ONE GROUP X OUR LOSSES IN COMBAT WERE TWO PILOTS AND EIGHT PLANES WHICH INCLUDED ONE FOX SIX FOX FOUR FOX MIKE TWO TARE BAKER MIKE PLUS ONE FOX MIKE MISSING X OPERATIONAL LOSSES WERE ONE FOX MIKE WHICH SPUN IN JUST AFTER TAKEOFF DURING DARKNESS WITH THE LOSS OF THE PILOT X SPECIAL STRIKE ON BACOLOD FIELD DESTROYED TWO IRVINGS ONE KATE ONE BETTY AND ONE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE ON THE FIELD DAMAGED ONE IRVING AND ONE TOJO AND SANK ONE LUGGER AND FOUR BARGES X ONE JUDY CAME OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING OUTSIDE WAS CHASED FROM FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO FIFTY FEET AND SHOT DOWN BY THE LLERT LOCAL CAP X ALL IN ALL A GRAND DAY X FROM COMTASKFBBUP SEVENSEVEN DOT FOUR. #242348 10/25/44 01:07 From: COM 3RD FLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet Action: CTG 38.1 - Vice-Admiral John McCain PROCEED AT BEST POSSIBLE SPEED TO SOUTHWEST STRIKE EARLIEST POSSIBLE ENEMY FORCE REPORTED TO BE 4 BB'S8 CA'S PLUS DD'S IN VICINITY11-20N 127-00E AT 0800 X FROM COM 3RD FLT ACTION CTG 38.1 INFO ALL TGC'S 3RD AND 7TH FLTS CTF 77 ALL TFCS 3RD AND 7TH FLTS. #250615 10/25/44 07:08 From: CTU 77.4.3 - Rear Admiral G.A.F."Ziggy" Sprague -Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv 25 Action: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 SECOND BATTLE DAMAGE REPORT X KALININ BAY RECEIVED 15 SHELL HOLES IN HULL IN ADDITION TO A FEW SMALL FRAGMENTATION HOLES X MOST HOLES PLUGGED UP AND ONLY LEAKING SLIGHTLY NOW X NUMEROUS HOLES IN FLIGHT DECK BY SUICIDE PLANE BEING REPAIRED X AT01L FLOODED BUT UNDER CONTROL X SMALL FIRE IN FUEL OIL TANK UNDER MACHINE SHOP X GYRO OK BUT HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY STEERING X ELEVATOR LOWERED AND DECOMMISSIONED X ALL COMMUNICATIONS ON BRIDGE OUT X CAN RECEIVE VHF ONE CANNOT TRANSMIT ON ANYTHING NO RADAR X CANNOT STAND ANY INCREASE IN DRAFT XX 1020 HOEL REPORTED STOPPED TO PLUG HOLE 6 FEET IN DIAMETER 2 FEET BELOW WATERLINE X ONE GUN OUT X SOUND GEAR OUT X 200 ROUNDS OF AMMO LEFT NO TORPEDOES X NOT HEARD FROM SINCE X KITKUN BAY DAMAGE TO SHIP NEGLIGIBLE FROM NEAR BOMB HIT AND CRASH OF ENEMY PLANE X ONE KILLED 16 WOUNDED. #260139 10/26/44 06:05 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: None Information: CTF 38 - Vice Admiral Mitscher - Fast Carrier Forces COMAF 5 - Lt. General Ennis C Whitehead COMFEAF - General George Kenney ENEMY CRUISER AND FIVE DD PROCEEDING COURSE 300 FROM BULALAOUI POINT NORTH CEBU X SHIPS 1000 POSITIONS FROM 5 TO 45 MILES NORTH CEBU X CRUISER IN VAN X CVE STRIKE NOW IN PROGRESS BUT ADDITIONAL STRIKES NEEDED. #260427 10/26/44 04:55 From: CTF 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force UNDER AIR ATTACK X SUWANNEE HIT BY SUICIDE DIVE FORWARD OF BRIDGE X FIRE UNDER CONTROL. #260551 10/26/44 06:07 From: CTF 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II attack Force RECOMMEND ESCORT CARRIERS BE RETURNED TO MANUS IMMEDIATELY DUE SHORTAGE FUEL BOMBS TORPEDOES AND LOSS YESTERDAY OF ABOUT TOTAL OF 130 PLANES X DETAILS IN MESSAGE FOLLOWING. #260631 10/26/44 16:24 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet Information: CINCSWPA General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East CINCPOA Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLEET Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COMA/RPAC Vice-Admiral John Hoover - Task Force 57 - Forward Area Central Pacific COM7THFLEET Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force WITH THE DEEPEST REGRET ITEM REPORT THE LOSS OF 2 CVE'S 2 DD'S AND 1 DE PLUS DAMAGE TO OTHER SHIPS IN A BATTLE FOUGHT TO THE EASTWARD OF SAMAR ON 25 OCT BETWEEN ENEMY AIR AND SURFACE FORCES AND A GROUP OF 16 CVE'S PLUS DD AND DE ESCORTS X THIS GROUP WITH SUPERB DETERMINATION AND SKILL FOUGHT AND DEFEATED A STRONG ENEMY SURFACE FORCE SUPPORTED BY REPEATED ATTACKS BY SHORE BASED ENEMY AIRCRAFT X THEY STRUCK REPEATEDLY WITH ALL MEANS AT THEIR DISPOSAL UNTIL THE ENEMY RETIRED DEFEATED AND CONTINUED TO STRIKE HIS RETREATING FORCES UNTIL DARKNESS X THE REPORT OF THE VALLIANT COMMANDER OF THIS GALLANT GROUP REAR ADMIRAL T.L. SPRAGUE IS TRANSMITTED HEREWITH X QUOTE X CTG 77.4 DESPATCH 25_00 X AS A RESULT OF TODAY SURFACE AND AIR ACTIONS CTU 77.4.3 REPORTS SAINT LO FORMER MIDWAY HIT BY DIVE BOMBER FOLLOWED BY HEAVY EXPLOSION WHICH DESTROYED SHIP X GAMBIER BAY JOHNSON AND ROBERTS MISSING SINCE BOMBARDMENT BY STRONG ENEMY FORCE BELIEVED TO CONTAIN 4 BB 8 CA AND CL 7 OR MORE DD ALL VERY FAST X ALL CARRIER GROUPS WERE UNDER ATTACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY X SANTEE RECEIVED TORPEDO HIT AND SUICIDE CRASH ON DECK WHICH STARTED FIRE AND PENETRATED BOTH FLIGHT AND HANGAR DECK X SANGAMON HAD SUICIDE CRASH ALONGSIDE WHICH PUNCTURED SIDE IN MANY PLACES X FIRES AND DAMAGE WERE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND ALL VESSELS CONTINUED TO LAUNCH STRIKES AGAINST ENEMY FORCE TILL SUNDOWN X VESSELS OF TU 77.4.2 WERE UNHIT UP TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS GROUP LAUNCHED A TOTAL OF 6 HEAVY STRIKES ARMED WITH TORPEDOES AND HEAVY BOMBS X NORTHERN GROUP TU 77.4.3 WAS UNDER MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS FIRE OF ENEMY BATTLESHIPS CRUISERS AND AIRCRAFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY X ALL SURVIVING CARRIERS WERE DAMAGED X WHITE PLAINS FANSHAW BAY AND KITKUN BAY GOT FIRES AND OTHER DAMAGE UNDER CONTROL AND CONTINUED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY X LAST STRIKES FROM ALL SHIPS WERE OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS AND MANY LANDED ON LEYTE X DAMAGE TO ENEMY CANNOT BE ASSESSED AT PRESENT BUT UNKNOWN DAMAGE INCLUDES 4 TORPEDOES IN BB AND NATORI CLASS CRUISER STOPPED AND SET AFIRE IN MINDANDO SEA X OFF SAMAR 2 BB WERE HIT BY TORPEDOES AND ONE CA STOPPED DEAD X DD AND DE OF SCREEN TU 77.4.3 MADE A GALLANT HEAD ON ATTACK WITH GUNS AND TORPEDOES WHEN THE CARRIERS WERE BROUGHT UNDER FIRE BY THE ENEMY BB X CASUALTIES OF SUNK AND MISSING SHIPS CANNOT BE ESTIMATED X THERE WERE 40 DEAD AND 40 CRITICALLY WOUNDED ON SANTEE X ONE DEAD ON SANGAMON X ONE DEAD ON ROWELL X REPORTS FROM OTHER TASK UNITS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE X RICHARD S BULL AND EVERSOLE WERE ORDERED TO SCENE OF SINKING TO RECOVER SURVIVORS REPORTED IN WATER X REPORT ON SINKING RECEIVED TOO LATE TODAY BUT SEARCH WILL BE CONTINUED ASSISTED BY AIRCRAFT TOMORROW X DURING RETIREMENT COOLBAUGH GOT WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A SUB 11 GROUPS MISSED X SHE WAS ORDERED TO SIT ON HER CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT X THE SPROSTON ALSO HAD GOOD CONTACT AND HAS SIMILAR ORDERS X SPROSTON SHOT DOWN ONE NIGHT RAIDER WHICH WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK TU 77.4.3 X NO ESTIMATE OF TOTAL AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME BUT THE NUMBER IS CONSIDERABLE X FIRST STRIKES OF THE DAY WERE WITH THE ENEMY ON A WESTERLY COURSE TO SAN BERNARDINO STRAIT UNQUOTE X THIS ACTION AND THAT OF THE PRECEDING NIGHT IN WHICH STRONG ENEMY SURFACE FORCES WERE OVERWHELMINGLY DEFEATED IN SURIGAO STRAIT BY OTHER SURFACE UNITS OF THE 7TH FLEET UNDER REAR ADMIRAL RALP B OLENDORF ARE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ROAD TO TOKYO X TOGETHER THEY CONSTITUTE THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. #261131 10/26/44 16:53 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: CTF 77.4 Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Information: All TGC & TFC 3rd and 7th Fleets ESSENTIAL THAT SIX OF YOUR CARRIERS REMAIN THIS AREA IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FIGHTER COVERAGE REFERRING YOUR 260614 x DESIGNATE SIX THAT ARE IN BEST OPERATING CONDITION TO REMAIN X FILL THEM WITH FIGHTERS RETAINING ONLY SUFFICIENT VT FOR YOUR OWN ASP X SEND REMAINING CVE's TO MANUS WHEN TRANSFER OF PLANES EFFECTED X GROUP REMAINING WILL BE FUELED ACCIPITER 28 OCTOBER X CTF 77 SENDS. REF ATTACHED. #262355 10/27/44 09:43 From: CTU 77.4.3 - Rear Admiral G.A.F."Ziggy" Sprague -Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv 25 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Information: COMINCH - COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COMAIRPAC -Vice Admiral George Murray - Commander Air Force Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CINCSOWESPAC - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East NPM PASS TO COMINCH CINCPAC COMAIRPAC FOR INFO X MAIN ENEMY BODY SIGHTED BY ASP AS PER MY CONTACT REPORT AT 0603 ITEM OCT 25 X FOR OVER 2 1/2 HOURS THIS FORCE WAS SUBJECTED TO ENEMY BB CA AND DD GUN AND TORPEDO ATTACK X WE WERE HIT NUMEROUS TIMES X GAMBIER BAY HAD ONE ENGINE PUT OUT OF COMMISSION DROPPED BACK AND MUST HAVE BEEN SUNK BY ENEMY GUNFIRE PLUS HOEL JOHNSTON AND ROBERTS X REMAINING 5 CVE EMERGED FROM THIS DAMAGED BUT ABLE TO MAINTAIN 16 KNOTS X ABOUT 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES LATER 6 SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACKED X ATTACK HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED X 3 PLANES HIT BY AA NARROWLY MISSED SHIPS X 1 HIT PORT CATWALK OF KITKUN BAY X 1 SKIDDED LENGTH OF KALININ BAY FLIGHT DECK OVER BOW X 1 WENT THROUGH DECK OF SAINT LO WHICH SHORTLY BLEW UP X PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM SUCH OF OUR PILOTS AS ARE IN COMPANY SHOW FOLLOWING DEFINITE DAMAGE BY OUR PLANES X 1 CA SEEN TO BLOW UP AND SINK X 1 CA HIT BY 2 TORPEDOES AND 20 MINUTES LATER OBSERVED ON ITS SIDE X 3 MORE CA TORPEDOED X 1 BB DAMAGED X THE REST GOT AWAY X THIS UNIT TOGETHER WITH PLANES OF TU 77.4.1 AND 77.4.2 TURNED BACK ENEMY FLEET BEFORE ANY OTHER OFRENBURCPNAO COUOD ATTACK X 3 REMAINING SHIPS OF MY DIVISION REQUIRE EXTENSIVE NAVY YARD REPAIRS BEFORE COMBAT DUTY X PRELIMINARY REPORT OF CASUALTIES OF SHIPS NOW WITH ME X 10 KILLED 59 WOUNDED X I UNDERSTAND 800 SANIT LO SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP X DETAILED REPORT LATER. #270122 10/27/44 03:45 From: CTG 77.4. - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force FOR ADMIRAL KINKAID x I DEEPLY REGRET THE EMBARRASSMENT WHICH MY 260614 MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU X YOUR 261328 HAS RELIEVED MY ANXIETY FOR MY SHIPS WHICH HAVE DEMONSTRATED A HOPELESS DEFENSE AGAINST THE CURRENT TECHNIQUE OF SUICIDE DIVES X MY RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON ERRONEOUS INFORMATION THAT THE AIR CORPS HAD ARRIVED X SPRAGUE #271147 10/28/44 00:40 From: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: COMINCH - Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet Information: CINCSWPA - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force All TFC & TGC 3rd and 7th Fleets ON THE 26TH CVE COVERING GROUP TG 77.4 DESPITE BATTLE LOSSES SUFFERED FROM THE PRECEDING DAY CONTINUED TO COVER OUR FORCES IN THE LEYTE GULF AREA AND LAUNCHED STRIKES IN THE CAMOTES SEA X 1 ENEMY CL WAS HIT WITH 4-500 POUND BOMBS AND 1 TORPEDO AND 1 DD CONFIRMED SUNK AFTER STRAFING ATTACK BELIEVE IT OR NOT X OTHER ATTACKS AS YET UNREPORTED X ABOUT 1100 OUR CVES WERE ATTACKED BY ENEMY PLANES X AFTER COMBAT PATROL HAD SHOT DOWN 4 OF GROUP 8-12 PLANES NIPS BEGAN A SERIES OF SUICIDE DIVES X 3 SHOT DOWN BY SHIPS GUNFIRE X 1 LANDED ON FLIGHT DECK SUWANNEE AMONG PARKED PLANES X SEVERE DAMAGE TO SHIP AND PLANES X MANY PERSONNEL CASUALTIES NUMBER UNDETERMINED X DE ROWELL OF CVE GROUP ABOUT 0900 SIGHTED PERISCOPE AND ATTACKED X MUCH OIL AND DEBRIS KEPT RISING DURING THE DAY X CLAIMS SUNK X CTF 77 SENDS ACTION COMINCH INFO CINCSWPA CINCPAC COM3RDFLT COM7THFLT ALL TFC AND TGC 3RD AND 7TH FLEETS X CRUISER AND DESTROYER GROUP HAVING REPLENISHED FUEL AND AMMUNITION AFTER THE SURIGAO STRAIT ACTION IS NOW WITH CVE COVERING GROUP X FAST CARRIERS OF 3RD FLEET ARE NOW PROVIDING CLOSE SUPPORT OF LEYTE AREA X ENEMY AIR RAIDS CONTINUED TODAY BUT WITH REDUCED EFFECTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFECTIVENESS 3RD FLEET FAST CARRIERS AGAINST THE ENEMY AIR FIELDS X MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE RESULTS OF THE NIGHT BATTLE OF SURIGAO STRAIT STARTING EARLY MORNING OF 25 OCTOBER X 05 THE ENEMY FORCE WHICH ATTEMPTED TO FORCE INTO LEYTE GULF VIA THE SURIGAO STRAIT 2 BB 2CA 2 CL AND 10 DD ONLY 1 CA 1 CL AND 4 DD GOT OUT THE WAY THEY CAME IN X 2 BB IDENTIFIED AS YAMASHIRO AND BUSO 1 CA 1 CL AND 6 DD WERE DEFINITELY SUNK BY THE COMBINED TORPEDO ATTACKS OF OUR PT'S SNF DD'S AND THE NOTE: REMAINDER OF MESSAGE ABOUT 25 GROUPS MISSED ON BOTH MANUS AND BELLS TRANSMISSIONS. #272207 10/28/44 01:08 From: CTF 77.4 Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Information: TO WELCOME THE AIR CORPS CTF 78 Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force ALL TGC OF TF 77 OPERATIONS 27 OCTOBER X COMTASKGROUP 77.4 SENDS X BOTH OPERATING GROUPS WERE REINFORCED BY CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS TODAY AND ALL HANDS BREATHED EASIER TO SEE THE BRISTLING GUNS WHICH SPELL THE ONLY KNOWN REMEDY FOR THE REPEATED SUICIDE DIVES WHICH THE ESCORT CARRIERS HAVE EXPERIENCED X ONE FORMATION OF JAPS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE THE RENDEZVOUS WITH THE CRUISERS BUT WERE BEATEN OFF BY SHIPS GUNFIRE X LATER ANOTHER GROUP OF BOGIES APPROACHED BUT WERE DRIVEN OFF WITH ONE SHOT DOWN BY CAP X SUWANNEE WAS SENT TO KOSSOL TO EVACUATE WOUNDED AND PROCEED MANUS X SANTEE WAS ORDERED TO PROCEED TO MANUS DIRECT X A REDUCED CAP OVER THE LANDING AREA SHOT DOWN 6 ENEMY PLANES AND PROBABLY GOT 3 MORE X 3 WERE SHOT DOWN BY THE CAP OVER THE FORCE WHILE 1 BETTY WAS DESTROYED AND 6 WERE DAMAGED ON LAHUG FIELD X THE LAST FLYABLE PLANES FROM THE LANDINGS OF THE NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF WERE RECEIVED ABOARD X PLANES OF TU 77.4.3 HELPED TO REPLACE LOSSES OF THE OTHER GROUPS X ALL HANDS WERE DELIGHTED. #272351 10/28/44 02:00 From: COMPHIBGROUP 8 Rear Adm. W. M. Fechteler Action: COMINCH - COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet CINCSWPA - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force COMCARDIVS 23 25& 26 - Commander Carrier Divisions 23 25 - Rear Admiral G.A.F. Sprague 26 - Rear Admiral Ofstie CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet SENIOR SURVIVOR CAPT VIEWIG NOW IN FREMONT REPORTS GAMBIER BAY SANK ABOUT 0900/I 25 OCTOBER IN LAT 12-30N LONG 126-30E AS RESULT ABOUT 20 8-INCH HITS FROM NIP HEAVY CRUISERS FINAL RANGE 2000 YARDS X COMPHIB GROUP 8 THROWS ACTION TO COMINCH CINCSWPA COM7THFLT CTF 77 COMCARDIVS 23 25 AND 26 CINCPAC X NO COMPROMISE CLASSIFIED MATTER X 18 FIGHTERS AND 8 AVENGERS AIRBORNE AND PRESENT STATUS UNKNOWN X ABOUT 650 OFFICERS AND MEN RESCUED. Cataloguers Note - No designation for CARDIV 23 appears in "Command Communication Manual for King II" ADDITIONALLY - 1. Communication Manual for King II. 86pps.4.5" x 5.5".Designated TOP SECRET with admonition - " THIS BOOKLET WILL NOT BE TAKEN ASHORE NOR CARRIED IN AIRCRAFT". Copy # 0157 and marked Flag Bridge this is presumably Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague's copy whilst Commanding Taffy 1 Task Group aboard USS Sangamon during the Battle of Leyte gulf. 2. Propaganda Leaflet 2-J-1 - Japanese Soldier In A Rowboat.1944. 8.25" x 5.25". One of the earliest Army leaflets dropped on Japanese troops is 2-J-1 entitled Japanese soldier sitting in a rowboat. The U.S. did not want to antagonize the Japanese so they used a technique they call soft-soaping to point out their predicament without appearing to gloat. The leaflet depicts an unhappy Japanese soldier alone in a rowboat near a barren island. It appears that the 6th Army liked the leaflet so much that they reprinted it and used it in their section of the Philippines. The text on the front translates to: "Left Behind With Only Small Boats an Army Chokes With Grief!" The back is all text and says in part: "Soldiers and Officers of Japan. We wish neither to insult nor make fun of you. Because at Bataan and Corregidor we faced the same miserable conditions you are now facing we cannot but sympathize with you Where are the ships that brought you and your supplies here Where is the Navy which escorted your transportsWhen ships can no longer reach an island garrison do you not realize for the first time that the island has been abandoned" 3. Propaganda Leaflet - 2-F-1 MacArthur Has Returned.1944. 10.5" x 8" Notice that it is MacArthur that has returned and not thousands of American soldiers and sailors. Still the General apparently believed that the Filipinos reacted to his own charisma and personality and perhaps he was correct. The two page bi-fold above shows MacArthur saluting on the front and debarking from an aircraft on the back. There are three black and white pictures of him inside the booklet. It appears that all the F leaflets were to the Filipinos after the American landing. The front of the leaflet depicts General MacArthur saluting. The back of the leaflet depicts the general stepping off an aircraft with the text: "General MacArthur steps out of a plane at an advance airbase somewhere in New Guinea." When the bi-fold is opened there are three black and white photographs inside the leaflet with MacArthur on a warship walking down a Philippine road and in a landing craft. The text is: "General MacArthur keeps his pledge. When General MacArthur left Corregidor under orders from President Roosevelt to proceed to Australia and organize the offensive against Japan his last words were I shall return. From that moment his one driving ambition has been to get back to the Philippines to drive out the Japanese and to restore the legitimate government of the Philippines. Today General MacArthur is back in the Philippines. He has returned as he promised. His great task is now entering its final phase. The forces under his command are assaulting the Japanese invaders throughout the Philippines. With these forces General MacArthur will accomplish the liberation of the Filipino people. But that liberation can be accomplished more quickly and at smaller cost to American and Filipino lives with your help and co-operation. General MacArthur will tell you over the radio in proclamation and by leaflet exactly how and when you can help. Watch closely for these instructions." 4. Propaganda Leaflet 3-F-1 - A Message to Every Filipino.1944. 8" x 5.5" This leaflet bears a Philippine seal on the front and a picture of the president on the back. This leaflet bears no code but my files show that it was 3F1. Some of the text is: President Osmena elected to high office by the Filipino people at the last popular elections held in this country has returned to the Philippines with General MacArthur. He and the members of his government with the complete support and backing of the American government come to assist in the restoration of your freedom. There is a photograph of President Osmena on the back in front of a CBS microphone addressing the Philippine people. The title is: "The Need for Unity". 5. Propaganda Leaflet 4-F-6 - The Yanks Have Landed On your Island.1944. "8.5" x 5.25". Leaflet depicts American soldiers walking ashore. It was prepared on 23 September 1944 to be used on islands where the Americans land from D-Day to D plus 5. The back text is in English and warns the Filipinos to stay away from Japanese military objectives and ends with: "Remember: Planes bombs and shells cannot tell a friend from a foe." 6. Propaganda Leaflet 3-J-1 - Island Hopping.1944. 8.25" x 5.25". Army Psychological Warfare Branch leaflet 3-J-1 seems to be the first in a series of leaflets that depicts Japanese soldiers left behind as General MacArthur advanced using his "Island-Hopping" campaign. Other similar leaflets depicted a lone Japanese soldier standing on an island 6-J-1 or a lone Japanese soldier watching a battle take place on a nearby island 22-J-1. These leaflets all had the basic same message. You are cut off and there will be no resupply. There will be no food no water no ammunition and no reinforcements. Some of the text on this leaflet is: "Before you reach this miserable state which is more than men ought to endure so far from home we want you to keep something in mind. Those who choose to come to an honorable understanding with us will find that we treat them as human beings not as enemies. We shall hold it a duty to see that they gave clothing food shelter and medical care." This leaflet does not ask the Japanese soldier to surrender. To save face it simply asks that he reach an "honorable understanding" with the Americans. 7. Propaganda Leaflet 1bJ1 - I Surrender.1944. 9.5" x 13" Leaflet with English text on front and Japanese text on reverse. Some of the message is: "Officers and Soldiers of Japan The battle you have put up has our sincere respect. We are quite confident however that victory will be ours as in past operations. We have this confidence because of our officers and men our superior scientific equipment our artillery and our bombing. When you left home many thousands of miles away you thought the Japanese would win. You have since learned that your planes and equipment are no match for those of the Allied forces. Through the operations of our Air Force and navy air and sea supremacy on the Pacific south of Taiwan belongs to us. Because of this it is impossible to move raw materials of military importance from the South Seas to Japan. Therefore what is needed on the front line is lacking. For the same reason the very moving of supplies to the front line is difficult. We take it for granted therefore that you know you have no hope of winning. It is clear that your plight is not your fault but the fault of the army and navy staffs. With the battle hopeless what can you do You can come to an understanding with our forces and preserve yourself for the rebuilding of Japan. That was what Japanese officers and men on Guadalcanal and New Guinea did. They realized the futility of bloodshed and came to an understanding with us for the sake of their country after the war ." Propaganda leaflet research and cataloging by- SGM Herbert A. Friedman Ret. The United States PSYOP Organization in the Pacific during World War II. 8. Plan of the Day-U.S.S. Sangamon- for Tuesday 31 October 1944.Marked "Restricted".1 page Ship's Schedule listing activities 0435 - 1800 hours to front page. Reprinting of 3 congratulatory Radio despatches from Battle Commanders CINCPAC Nimitz Kinkaid Sprague to men participating in the Leyte Gulf Battle. 9. Radio Manus NTF Frequency Employment. Official Photograph. Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.15 August 1944.Chart depicting tree of radio frequencies disseminated throughout Radio Manus Control. Stamped "Confidential" to front and rear. Marked "CVE. 26" USS Sangamon in ink to rear. 8" x 10.5". 10. Aircraft Radio Frequency Tables and Air Ground Liaison. Official Photograph. Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.15 August 1944.Stamped "Confidential" to rear.Stamped USS Sangamon to rear.8" x 10.5". 11. Frequency Chart Task Force 78. Associated Ships and Commands. Appendix I Annex C. n.d. 1944.Stamped "Confidential" to rear. Chart detailing frequency distributions to ships and commands of Task Force 78 Northern Attack Force commanded by RearAdmiral Daniel Barbey at the Leyte Gulf Battle. 8" x 10.5". 12. Army Air Force Cloth Chart - Philippine Series.No. C-40 Luzon Island.Army Air Force Cloth Map - Asiatic Series. No. 34 Southeast China. Folding 2 sided limp cloth.1944. 20.5" x 27". 2 copies. 13. Army Air Force Cloth Map. No. 20 Ambonia. No.21 Halmahera. Folding 2 sided limp cloth. 1944. 28" x 34" . Sporadic Light Foxing. 14. Royal Australian Air Force Silk Map.Halmahera. n.d. c.1944. 31" x 23" Radiograms are beyond Very Good with crisp texture and highly legible text. King II Communication Manual presents wear and soiling to covers as expected. Staples rusted. Some sporadic usual soiling to internals. A Very Good nicely preserved copy. Very Good "I Surrender" propaganda leaflet presents a 1 inch nonintrusive split along mid-line fold crease. All other leaflets Near Fine. Radio Frequency Tables all Near Fine. Cloth and Silk maps present standard creasing from folding. All Fine and bright. Ship's schedule presents repairs to chipped and folded edges with polyethylene adhesive tape. Delicate but Very Good. Radiograms are beyond Very Good with crisp texture and highly legible text. King II Communication Manual presents wear and soiling to covers as expected. Staples rusted.Some sporadic usual soiling to internals. A Very Good nicely preserved copy. Very Good "I Surrender" propaganda leaflet presents a 1 inch nonintrusive split along mid-line fold crease. All other leaflets Near Fine. Radio Frequency Tables all Near Fine. Cloth and Silk maps present standard creasing from folding. All Fine and bright. Ship's schedule presents repairs to chipped and folded edges with polyethylene adhesive tape. Delicate but Very Good. Full Photos of this collection may be found at: http://www.heldfond.com/pages/books/8860/the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-a-gathering-of-original-combat-despatches-and-various-original-ephemera hardcover
1995011709New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1995. 1359pp/illus. Churchill's papers from the time of the Battle of Britain. This volume contains documents from May 1940 the month that Churchill became Prime Minister and Germany invaded France and the low countries through December 1940 with Britain having fought off the immediate threat of Nazi invasion in the Battle of Britain but nonetheless weak isolated and starved for supplies by the U-boat menace. Clean as new. . 1st Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover
1993011841U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1993. 665pp/illus/maps with end-paper maps. A hefty one-volume encyclopedia covering the D-Day invasion of Normandy by the Allies in 1944 and issue on its 50th anniversary this work presents the facts around that monumental event with alphabetized entries accompanied by maps charts and black-and-white photos. It is strictly a reference work the writing by a host of experts well known in the academic and military fields and edited by Chandler of the Royal Military Academy in England provides the facts in a thorough but undramatic fashion. Clean No marks. 1st Printing. Cloth. As New/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
22195Atlanta: Georgia School of Technology four issues bound into one volume; immaculate and tight textblocks; each issue about 30pp.; subjects from the tables of content include: Engineering A.C. Network Calculator Fluid Drive Bankhead Tunnel 1940 Test Pilot Frequency Modulation Research Textiles in Defense Aircraft Engine Lubrication Fluorescent Lighting Auto of Tomorrow Electron Microscope European Warplanes Santee-Cooper Project Tacoma Bridge Failure Octane Number Paper Industry American Fighting Planes WWII Plastics Progress Housing the Draftee Aerial Surveying German Universities Making of Steel WWII Strategic Metals WWII Sabotage Atomic Energy Bacteria Design For Eye Appeal Anti-Friction Bearings New System of Measurement Engineer in War Control Instruments History of Glass Painless Metric System; these four issues were bound for Dr. Ray L. Sweigert with his name gilt-embossed at the lower right corner of the front cover. Black Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photos Diagrams Drawings Ads. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hard Cover. Georgia School of Technology Hardcover
186533225New York: Kimmel & Forster 1865. Lithograph. Approximately 21" X 26. Very good. Lightly evenly age toned; blank margins either trimmed or edgeworn for the cream mat goes to the image edge at the top and sides while the bottom includes the full title line mat opening 23" X 18¼". First edition. Magnificent allegorical lithograph issued by the famed New York print publisher who also produced a companion piece entitled "The End of the Rebellion in the United States 1865." A large figure of Columbia stands at center atop a huge splitting rock looking to the viewer's right and clutching a waving flag in her right hand; meanwhile her other hand wags a pointing finger toward the viewer's left side. At her feet lie a whip and open shackles representing the abolition of slavery. To the viewer's right stands Abraham Lincoln and indeed the entire right side represents the Republican cause. A stern General Winfield Scott stand behind Lincoln and a crowd of young men strain forward some offering up bags of gold some bearing arms all willing to join the cause; a woman in the foreground covers her eyes and is comforted by two children. The background on this side is horizon of mountains and a glorious sunrise. On Columbia's other side stands the figure of Justice without her usual blindfold raising up her scales in one hand and sword in the other glaring angrily toward all those at the left side of this hectic scene. James Buchanan's sleeps blissfully at the edge of the split rock while next to him crouches his secretary of war John B. Floyd -- who was charged with corruption -- eagerly scooping up gold coins into a large sack. Further back Jefferson Davis clutching a ripped U.S. flag and Alexander H. Stephens stand beside a palm tree with a huge snake coiling up its length and spitting at the scales of justice. An angry cluster of soldiers swirls around them. The background on this side is grim and muted with battle scenes. A superb handsome example of this famous Civil War allegorical print. Kimmel & Forster unknown
1939003991London: Hodder & Stoughton 1939. 255pp. Frontis 13 colour & b/w plates. A collection of contributions of fifty British authors and artists gathered together in aid of the Red Cross. They include Hugh Walpole and Daphne du Maurier Edith Evans and Rex Whistler. Red decorations on cover and spine. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
188320875Boston: N.p. 1883. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 45pp. Very good. Light soiling to outer wrappers. Stapled as issued. A rousing and far-ranging attack against the unpopular former Union general who finally after several attempts won the Massachusetts governorship in 1882 -- only to fail reelection in 1883 in the face of incompetency and ethical charges such as these. N.p. paperback
194616791Heidelberg: Aloys Graf 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Large three volume set includes numerous photos and fold-out maps. Blue cloth boards with gold titles and red & gold insignia. Some wrinkling of endpapers and on edges of some pages. Cloth a little worn through on bottom corners. Small rub on front of vol II and on spine of vol III. Three folded maps in pocket at end of vol. 3: the pocket has a 4" tear. Otherwise very nice clean straight and unmarked. Heavy set of books. Not available for shipping outside the U.S. <br/><br/> Aloys Graf hardcover
198273221982. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub. 1982/Gd. condition/455 pages- Volume 89 1981. KR77322 hardcover
NS8266Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Book Society Brannor Publishing Company No Date Noted For This Edition. Wraps. Stapled wraps black lettering on front cover and black drawing of war eagle on rear cover 16mo 64 pp. Stated First Reprint Brannon Publishing Company inside front cover. Considerable staining top of front cover and first few pages of text creasing to bottom corner of pages. Book condition Fair. Protestant Episcopal Book Society {Brannor Publishing Company} paperback
1864W2241New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. 1864. Original stereoview: photographs albumen prints mounted on card stock with a printed label on the verso. This Civil War view shows the pontoon bridge that the XVIII Corps of the Army of the James crossed on June 15 1864 prior to the battle of Petersburg. The stereoview is in good condition: clean and bright with some fading and light foxing. Provenance: from the collection of Robert N. Dennis who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the United States. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70000 stereoviews from his collection many of which can be viewed on the library's website. . First Edition. Paper. Very Good. 3 15/16" X 7". Photo. E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. paperback
1985007184Harrisburg PA: National Historical Society 1985. Hardcovers serial 1-25 plus 130 Uniformily bound in black buckram with silver lettering. The first 17 volumes of this set plus the General Index and Additions and Corrections volume totalling 26 books in all. Vol. 10: 2 parts; Vol. 11: 3 parts; Vol. 12: 3 parts plus supplement to part 2; Vol. 16: 2 parts; Vol. 17: 2 parts. All books save for volime 1 are new still in publisher's original shrink wrap. Volume one is in fine condition with covers modestly dusty from age. This set is a facsimile reprint of the original 1880 edition published by the Government Printing Office. Postage will be calculated as close to actual cost as possible based on carrier and type of service selected. Reprint. Buckram. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. National Historical Society Hardcover
008746Fairchild Corp. approx 40 un-unmbered pages. Fairchild Corp publication showing F-105 in Vietnam. Includes overlay map of Vietnam patches of units flying F-105 and overlay with"Red River Valley" song. Unusual rare publication. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fairchild Corp hardcover
194500008602Washington D. C.: War Department 1945 Radar Set AN/ MPG-1 and radar set an/fpg-1 Service Manual: Theory Trouble Shooting and Repair. Stamped Confidential on the mildly soiled covers. Very scarce and interesting look at radar in it's infancy. War Department paperback
194600008788Government Printing Office: Office of the Surgeon General 1946 A scarce item albeit quite water stained details neurosurgery and other medical issues arrising from War. Photos of atomic explosions in Bikini. Office of the Surgeon General paperback
186315972Washington DC: War Department Government Printing Office 1863. Hardcover. Poor. Well-worn and used hard bound book of 370 numbered pages plus numerous fold-out sheets of music diagrams illustrations at the end. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and 3rd page. Blind stamped decoration on front and back of brown cloth boards. Partial title and 1863 in black on spine. Board edges bumped and worn through at corners & spine. Board chipped at rear corner and cloth rubbed on rear board. Stains on foredges and on first and last few pages. Foxing on margins of pages. General soil but complete and tight. A rare original copy. Not available for international shipping. <br/><br/> War Department, Government Printing Office hardcover
1966024314Walsworth: 1966. 280 pages profusely illustrated and includes the photos of its crewmen. This book covers the U.S.S. Intrepid and crews beginning in 1943 to 1966. FINE- HARDCOVER scarce. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Walsworth: Hardcover
