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184434812Washington DC: n.p. 1844. Wraps. Incomplete. Disbound loose wraps. 34 pages. Illustrated with 16 numbered folding plans and sections with an additional 5 folding maps and plans not numbered. Stitching has been removed and contents and plans are loose and separated. One plan has a closed tear at the fold intersection. No loss of content. Maps and plans are in good condition. Text ends on page 34 with no back cover. Contents lightly toned and clean. <br /> <br /> Issued in 1844 this copy has 21 folding plans and maps of which 16 are numbered. It does not have all the 27 folding plates and maps compared to the 1845 copy currently held by the Cincinnati Public Library their copy states "Part 2". Does not appear maps or plans were removed at the back. Possible that this copy is incomplete but difficult to verify if the 34 page text came with 21 drawings or 27 drawings initially. n.p. unknown
1876100886Pamphlet 8vo stitched disbound 56 pp. Some wear and chips to extremities of cover and second leaf Harvard Library stamp on back of front cover modest toning and aging; otherwise very good. This pamphlet commemorates the bi-centennial of the Indian attack on Medfield in February 1675. It was believed that a group of Nipmucks and Wampanoags who were allied with King Philip terrorized the residents and burned a good portion of the town. The pamphlet records the activities of the celebration including some historical information prayers and poems. Also included is a list of names of those people that were killed by the Indians on the day the town was burned. OCLC. George H. Ellis,
1950234631950. Approximately 250 vernacular snap shots of American military life in Korea mostly infantry divisions during the Cold War period in which the Soviet trained North Korean army invaded South Korea. <br /> <br /> There are many snap shot portraits of individual soldiers including one of Korean troops a few with a caption on verso as well as daily life on the base military material tanks airplanes artillery practice and local landscapes and towns. <br /> <br /> Specific sites pictured include the Camp Walker post exchange Second Infantry Division NCO Academy and a sign post in town showing the way to the Taegu Military post. The album closes with shots of the troops on their way home from Korea stopping in Japan.<br /> With a newspaper article tipped in at rear "5th Regimental Combat Team Taegu Korea" on the departure of the 5th RCT from Pusan to the US.<br /> <br /> The 5th RCT deployed to Korea on 25 July 1950 to reinforce the Eighth Army in the shrinking area of United Nations control called the Pusan Perimeter. It reinforced the 25th Infantry Division then the 1st Cavalry Division on the Naktong River line. Later it was attached to the 24th Infantry Division replacing the 34th Infantry Regiment. It remained with the 24th Infantry Division until January 1952 when it officially became a separate RCT once more.<br /> <br /> The 5th RCT notably fought in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter one of the first major battles in the Korean War between United Nations and North Korean forces which brought the southern advance of North Korean troops to a halt. The 5th RCT had 269 killed 574 wounded and four captured during the battle<br /> <br /> Most snap shots measure 4 1/4 x 3 1/4"; some slightly smaller . Approximately 250 in total housed loose in a modern photo album with 3 or 4 plates to a page all in very good condition. Housed in a brown gilt faux leather album 13x10x1.5" hardcover
1951222708North Korea or China.: Korean People's Army or People's Volunteer Army. Circa1951-1953. Two double-sided leaflets. Darling I Will Dream: 21 x 15cm. Truth Will Out: 19 x 13cm. Both leaflets somewhat foxed and trifle soiled chipped with a little loss though still in good condition for what were most likely once-active leaflets in a warzone. Two propaganda leaflets intended to be dropped over UN Forces in Korea attempting to convince them to surrender and cooperate with the KPA and PVA. Each leaflet appeals to different modes of persuasion with one relying on an emotional appeal and the other from the perspective of logic. <br> <br>'Darling I Will Dream That You Are Coming Back to Me This Christmas' is a typical example in the long-winded history of so-called 'counterfeit Christmas cards' that purport to show wistful appeals from sweethearts abandoned back home. The addition of the details of a supposedly deceased GI are intended to add credence to the letter's authenticity though a quick search reveals the soldier in question returned home after his successful tour of duty in Korea married his sweetheart and led out the rest of his life very well. <br> <br>'Truth Will Out' is a very early example of the conflicting narratives that permeate the North Korean historiography of the Armistice Agreement - most retellings largely hinging on the portrayal of the American leadership as a gaggle of mercurial incompetents. <br> <br>This particular account details a ceasefire negotiation in which General William K. Harrison abruptly walked out before waiting to hear General Nam Il's "very reasonable proposal". The ultimate purpose of this tale is to encourage UN Forces to passively revolt in protest. While the event did indeed take place in June 1952 in reality Harrison was not empowered to hear counter-proposals and called a recess before Nam Il had the opportunity to launch into what would have undoubtedly been an over-rehearsed propagandistic diatribe. D. Bruce Lockerbie the author of Harrison's biography theorised that the ultimate goal of the American delegation's walk-out was to not only deny the North Koreans a platform but also shock them which it evidently did. . [Korean People's Army or People's Volunteer Army]. unknown
1950179481Circa1950. Black and white photographic illustration with text lightly browned one small area horizontal central fold. Good copy. 13.4 x 19.3cm. This leaflet was one of a large number of propaganda documents produced by China and North Korea during the Korean War. Part of a series of black-and-white propaganda leaflets which appear to have been produced by the Chinese People's Volunteers the People's Republic of China forces supporting North Korea in the war it aims to convey the message that American prisoners of war were well treated and were in regular communication with their families back home. The printed text assures readers that POWs held by North Korean and Chinese forces will be repatriated soon after the armistice is signed whereas warns the leaflet Allied soldiers from the US Britain and other nations "will have to stay in Korea until the US Government makes up its mind to leave Korea to the Koreans." The photograph purports to show Mrs Christine Brown wife of Lt. Col Gerald Brown reading a letter from her husband who was a prisoner of war in Korea. Gerald Brown was in the US Air Force. He was shot down over Korea and spent almost 3 years as a prisoner of war. Lt. Col. Brown was in fact a Korean War POW who was later repatriated to the US but the authenticity of the photo cannot be verified. <br> <br>The leaflets were generally distributed by plane or stuffed into artillery shells though propaganda from the Northern side was also sometimes left in no man's land to be picked up by US and other forces fighting on the UN/South Korean side. . unknown
200849831Bennington VT: Merriam Press 2008. 8vo. 233 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations. Black cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. NF/NF copy inscribed by author on ffep. First edition inscribed. Merriam Press, hardcover
1953177316Washington D.C.: Stars and Stripes. 1953. 78 x 63cm. Edges trifle worn with few small closed tears mended on reverse overall a very good copy of a scarce map printed in Japan.<P> A map of the Korean Peninsula marking 25 notable engagements dating from the outbreak of hostilities in June 1950 until June 1952. The map is encircled by two UN flags the national flags of twenty-two nations supporting UN Command either militarily or through medical support as well as the insignia of combatant American units.<P> <b>When referring to this item please quote stockid 177316</b> . Stars and Stripes. unknown
195153573San Francisco CA & Guam M.I.: 103rd Naval Construction Battalion/US Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 10 1951-1953. 4to. 60 pp unpaginated. thick paper stock w/ 19 photographs sized from 3 x 5 in. up to 8 x 10 in. many w/ photographer’s stamps on versos 1 w/ lengthy manuscript annotation; 40 tipped-in mimeograph and printed/typed sheets of orders movement orders transfer orders U.S. Navy Hospital Bulletins and more; together with 26 issues of the Beehive each 4-8 pp. separately paginated from 4to. to Folio format many folded some w/ minor tears creasing often w/ mailing information on back cover 3 tipped-in to scrapbook 23 loose separate issues 2 duplicates w/ numerous photo illustrations text illustrations comic strips and more. Simulated wood grain boards souvenir scrapbook from the Oregon Journal comb-bound as issued some minor soiling edgewear occasional offsetting to some of the tipped-in pieces from glue still a VG exemplar. This photo album/scrapbook documents the career of Chief William Bennett 1906-1986 a welding specialist with Willamette Iron & Steel who had been recalled in 1951 during the Korean War to serve with the Seabees on Guam. He had supervised the welding crews on the giant USS Artisan ABSD-1 -- later redesignated as the AFDB-1 the world’s largest auxiliary floating drydock. Bennett served on her when she was towed in sections to Guam from Pearl Harbor through 1951 and reconstituted to serve as a mobile ship repair and shipbuilding drydock facility. When Chief Bennett was assigned to the 103rd Seabees they were the longest continually operating Naval Construction Battalion building from World War II up to the Korean War Quonset huts for Naval Personnel and offices a movie theatre the old mess hall built weather stations housing for Guam locals generating plants and more. The photographs include an image of the sidewall of the USS Artisan Chief Bennett’s offices aerial photos of airfields and other projects under construction by the Seabees and more. The Beehive’s first issue is launched 6 June 1952 with a blank banner heading and contest for suggested names of the newspaper followed by several articles about Seabee construction by the 103rd NCB. The issues feature local news Mobile Construction Battalion history commentaries photos illustrations blueprints and diagrams showing construction projects progress sports news and comic strips by R.E. Hakanson Hudson and others. Bennett would return to live in Portland and work for Willamette Iron & Steel in the shipbuilding yards in 1953 and later was self-employed selling decorative agate tables and clocks with his wife Ramona Angus Bennett 1924-2017. No copies of The Seabee located in Worldcat; Battalion History MCB Ten Seabees 1943-1976; U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Archives. 103rd Naval Construction Battalion/US Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 10, hardcover
1992108997Nashville: The Battery Press 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Nashville The Battery Press 1992 all three volumes facsimile edition/ 1952 1953 and 1954. Quarto three volumes xxii 229; xii 215; and xii 235 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs and line drawings in each volume. Pictorial cloth; neat ownership signature on each front free endpaper; a fine set. 3 items. The Battery Press hardcover
194748435Portland OR: Eugene R. Ellis 1947-1953. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 11 in. 84 pp unpaginated. With 381 tipped-in original photos most snapshots but many Navy and Studio photographs as well 9 in colour ranging in size from 2 x 2 in to 10 x 12.5 in. currency Reserve cards Marine Corps certificates & official orders clippings notes business cards beer bottle labels and more all tipped-in most with descriptive captions in white lettering below the images and as headings on the pages. Beige-coloured padded cloth post-binder brass post screws occasional rubbing some creasing to occasional photos some removed minor wear & rubbing still a VG- exemplar. This photo album supplies an excellent visual and historical record for the career of a young Marine Corps Sergeant during the Korean War era. The images encompass his time at Camp Pendleton on leave at Knotts Berry Farm in 1950 training at Parris Island SC on liberty in New Orleans in 1951 with numerous shots of the camp the city of New Orleans beach antics while on liberty and then sea duty on USS Philippine Sea from 1951 through 1952. The USS Philippine Sea was an Essex Class Carrier who flew squadrons of SB2C-5 Helldivers P9F Panther jet fighters and AD-4 Skyraiders. The photos contained in the album include pictures of the Carrier the Panther jet aircraft many of the squadrons preparing for flight operations while she was providing support operations attacking Sui-ho Dam and sending aircraft against targets in Pyongyang. The snapshot images include pictures of her time while stopping over in Pearl Harbor before her second tour in Korea her stopover in Yokosuka Japan with many images of Japanese people and life in the cities and countryside along with Marines standing in Review and more. A shot of the the USS Philippine Sea fighting through heavy snow and icy weather in Jan 1952 is particularly nice. He was then promoted and assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 at Cherry Point NC which provided helicopter support of the Fleet Marine Force Units on the East Coast during the War. There are many images of the choppers personnel his family life while stationed there leave activities and more. Ellis 1929-1984 married Virginia Brittan in 1948 attended Lewis & Clark College and then WSU in Pullman before being activated for duty during Korea. Eugene R. Ellis, hardcover
199149843Tucson AZ: Westernlore Press 1991. 8vo. xv 3 170 pp. Numerous photo illustrations. Simulated red calf binding gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. minor creasing to spine still NF/VG copy signed & numbered on limitation page. First edition limited & signed No. 449. This gripping memoir relates the battle and fight at Chosin Reservoir in 1950 by Company D 10th Engineer Battalion Combat 3rd Infantry Division a mixed unit composed of castoffs and misfits rejected by other units and their heroism in the Korean War. Westernlore Press, unknown
223691Henan. Colour manuscript map of Korea made in Puyang Middle School in 1954 109 x 78cm text in traditional Chinese characters the map which was originally folded has been laid down on heavy gauge paper. Chipped in a number of areas at folds some recent colouring has modified the impact of this loss. While showing signs of use this map is an interesting example of classroom teaching material relating to Korea in 1950s China. The map depicts the principal geographical areas of Korea Japan and the People’s Republic of China. The 38th parallel is clearly marked along with a number of important Korean cities including Hanseong Seoul Kaesong Busan Jinju Incheon and Pyongyang here written as 平垠. Korea is labelled as Chaoxian 朝鮮 the term commonly used in China at the time. <br> <br>Taken together with the naïve style of calligraphy and the note that it was produced at a middle school Puyang Zhongxue 濮陽中學 in Henan Province shortly after the Korean War it is likely that the map was made by a student possibly named Guo Renwen 郭人文 whose name appears at the lower right. The faint yellow numbers 1–5 painted on the map may refer to a legend or explanatory key that is no longer present. . unknown
19424754Washington DC: El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos 1942. Very good. Pictorial lithograph 20 x 14.25 inches printed in red gray yellow and black. Minor surface wear mild creasing light dust-soiling a few pinholes. A rare poster issued by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs CIAA during World War II attempting to sway public opinion in Latin America to the Allied side. The CIAA was established by executive order in July 1941 in order to distribute news advertising film reels and more to and from Latin America to counter Italian and German propaganda campaigns in the region. The text of the present poster translates from the Spanish as "Freedom of Speech. One of the four freedoms for which the Allies are fighting." The central image features an open-mouthed face breaking open a large swastika which is itself on fire. A mildly subtle message that free speech destroys fascism. The poster was designed by noted Russian-American graphic designer and photographer Alexey Brodovitch whose printed credit appears at top right; Brodovitch is most well-known for his art direction of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958. A powerful visual display with only one copy reported in OCLC at MOMA though we also find two other institutional holdings at the United States Holocaust Museum and the Hoover Institute. El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos unknown
186454101New York: printed by Thomas R. Dawley 13 Park Row and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices 1864. 8vo. 8 pp unpaginated. bound into mostly blank volume. Half-calf over marbled boards marbled endpapers raised bands on spine red black & gilt morocco spine labels minor scuffing wear to corners still VG copy from the library of noted New York City book collector Thomas Bell with his bookplate designed by Nancy Barnhart on front pastedown who was noted for his impressive library devoted mostly to Americana with many titles on Lincoln and sold at Anderson Galleries Auction in 1917. First edition of this scarce Democratic Party Copperhead influenced presidential campaign pamphlet perpetuating the complaints of mistreatment by Democratic candidate and former Civil War general George B. McClellan. This piece appears to have been published at the height of the Cold Harbor campaigns by the Union Army under command of Lieut. General Ulysses S. Grant which were suffering heavy casualties and significant blows to northern morale during the Civil War. The opening letter from President Lincoln denotes his complete confidence in Grant for the 1864 campaigns. In contrast McClellan has presented all of the attempts by Lincoln to encourage move troops and override orders from General as commander of the Union Army. In addition the Democratic ticket under McClellan wanted to negotiate with the Confederates immediately and place the agreement before the voters. Subsequent Documents included further charges against President Lincoln’s arbitrary arrests corruption and frauds Republican opinions about Lincoln and more. Dawley was self-styled as the Publisher to the Million and established himself at 13 and 15 Park Row as the “cheapest printer in the world†whose most successful Civil War publication was the best seller Incidents of American Camp Life. See: Nicolay & Hay Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Bibliography No. 271; Philip R. Bishop Princes May Compete For But Only Huntingtons Can Buy Endpapers 2012 pp. 14-16. (printed by Thomas R. Dawley) 13 Park Row, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices, hardcover
18849587Norwich CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company 1884. First edition. 2 volumes 10.5x7.5" 626 and 724pp. Each signed on the title page by Blaine. Frontis portraits plates large fold-out map of the U.S. territories at rear of Vol 1. Presentation bindings of two different shades of brown morocco elaborately tooled in blind and lettered in gilt gilt-tooled turn ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Boards with some rubbing to edges and a few scuffs vol 1 spine a bit faded. Ownership signature of Marie E. Mulford at front of each else clean internally. <br /> <br /> Beautiful signed presentation set of James G. Blaine's historical and political memoir covering roughly the period from Lincoln's election in 1860 through the end of Reconstruction. Blaine was one of the most powerful Republican politicians of the time serving in the House of Representatives from 1863-76 and as senator from '76-81. He was Secretary of State under Garfield Arthur and Harrison. He narrowly lost the presidential election to Cleveland in 1884. This memoir serves as one of the earliest substantial insider histories of Reconstruction-era Congress. The Henry Bill Publishing Company unknown
14486Without date or place. London Fire Force circa 1943. On one side of piece of 41 x 20.5 cm paper with lines and indications in light and dark blue red and green. In fair condition on aged paper with creasing and one closed tear towards the head. The map has Trafalgar Square at its head with the note that the two 'Basins' carry '40000 Galls. each' and Parliament Square at its foot. Whitehall and Parliament Street connect the two on the right of the map and to the left of the map is the lake in St James's Park: '200000 Galls Underground Tank Pumping Station 1400 Galls Pump 15 foot Gravity Main from Serpentine'. Also marked on the map are 'Inlet connections for L.F.F. Pumps and Pits' '6 Signle Outlet Suction Hydrants Round Thread' and 'Two 6 foot Steel Pipes in Subway Also under Embankment in Subway'. Down the centre of the map are the government buildings: the Admiralty Treasury Downing Street Foreign and Colonial Offices India Office and Home Office Office of Works Board of Education Board of Trade and Ministry of Health. No other copy found listed.Image on application. Without date or place. (London Fire Force, circa 1943.) unknown
186635589Augusta: Stevens & Sayward 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Thick octavo. 1 1378 pages 1. Blueish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. Front board mostly detached and hanging by a thread. Rear cover glued back to the spine. Edge and shelf wear to the boards. Leather rubbed on the spine. Light to moderate toning and damp staining to the contents. Previous owner inscription of W.E. Towne Newport Maine written on the right front flyleaf and page iii. Fair condition only. Stevens & Sayward hardcover
183534738Carroll County Ohio: n/a 1835. Paper. Very good. Paper. Part printed and part manuscript document. Paper measures approximately 8" x 3.5". Signed at the bottom "Daniel McCook Clerk". Light toning to the paper. <br /> <br /> From wikipedia: Daniel McCook June 20 1798 – July 21 1863 was an attorney and an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. He was one of two Ohio brothers who along with 13 of their sons became widely known as the “Fighting McCooks†for their contributions to the war effort.12.With the outbreak of the Civil War McCook although 63 years old volunteered his services to the Union. He was commissioned as a major and paymaster. When Confederate Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan led his troops through southern Ohio during Morgan's Raid Major McCook joined in the advance of the Union pursuit. Early in the morning of July 19 1863 Federal troops attacked Morgan at Buffington Island where the Confederates were planning to cross the Ohio River back into Western Virginia. McCook was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later and his body was buried with full military honors in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati Ohio.5. n/a unknown
10790'Given at Our Court at Saint James's this First day of May 1787 in the Twenty Seventh Year of Our Reign.'. Folio 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium with the verso of the second leaf docketed under the heading 'King's Warrant'. Text clear and complete. Fair on aged paper. Headed 'Copy' and with 'George R' in a bold hand in the top left-hand corner. Although the signature is almost certainly not in the hand of the king the document is docketed in pencil: 'Signature of his late beloved Majesty King George III on Copy of a Warrant retained by General Saml. Townsend'. Begins in another hand: 'Whereas We are given to understand that our Trusty and Well beloved Major General Samuel Townsend Inspector General of the Recruiting Service is set insuper in the Account of Our Right Trusty and Well beloved Counseller Richard Rigby late Paymaster General of Our Forces for the Sum of Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Four Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eight Pence being Money Imprested to him for carrying on the above Service from the end of the year 1778 to the 24th. day of June 1786 .'. The document records that the original was signed by Pitt Eliot and Aubrey as 'Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts' 'the Commissioners having recommended unto Us to discharge Major General Samuel Townsend from rendering any further Account of the same'. 'Given at Our Court at Saint James's this First day of May 1787 in the Twenty Seventh Year of Our Reign.' unknown
1861Cat338Lafayette Ohio 1861. Autograph letter signed 2 pp. Addressed to D. T. Chapin of Enfield Connecticut. Good condition with normal folds and light wear. A concise but revealing early Civil War letter combining financial anxiety agricultural reporting and clear-eyed political commentary on slavery and the future course of the conflict. Writing amid the first months of the American Civil War Chapin opens with the immediate purpose of the letter—forwarding “a draft of $240 for int. on the noteâ€â€”before situating the payment within a deteriorating economic landscape: “It is very difficult to get money now even of the best men.†He describes a local economy under strain noting “no market for wool to bring in money†compounded by regional instability “on account of the bank failing and many of the merchants in Medina closing†concluding bluntly: “Terrible bursting times with them.†Even the act of sending funds carries uncertainty as he cautions that “in these times I consider there is a risk in the best of banks.†Alongside these concerns Chapin provides a snapshot of agricultural conditions: “Corn is very backward and short wheat nearly middling grass rather below middling†summing up the situation as “rather tight times as well as troubled times.â€<br /> <br /> The most significant portion of the letter however turns to the war itself and the unresolved question of slavery. He writes:<br /> <br /> “We hope the end will be well but our nation will have to be humbled. It is well to put down rebellion but it is rather queer that the cause of the trouble must be let entirely alone. The nation will get their eyes open after a while. The President possesses the war power to abolish slavery and Congress possess the power also in my humble opinion and the time will come when they will have to do it unless the south run their heads so hard against the rock as to do it themselves.â€<br /> <br /> The letter closes with a brief note on a failed business transaction—“our trade for the sale of the mill fell throughâ€â€”underscoring the economic uncertainty of the moment before returning to family matters. Overall an evocative early Civil War letter by a merchant expressing fears and anxiety for the pending conflict. unknown
1719219230東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送協会. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1: 10000000 54.7cm x 79.5cm chronology of building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on reverse. Some light browning a little darker at folds and reverse washi repairs to folds on reverse. This colour map of Asia and the Pacific published on 30 January 1942—just one month after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor—offers a striking glimpse into wartime strategy and propaganda. Remarkably despite being produced at the war's outset it accurately anticipated key battlegrounds that would define the conflict. The main map is supplemented by two inset maps: one in the upper right highlighting Japan the Hawaiian Islands and Honolulu and another in the lower left focusing on Singapore with Darwin marked along the lower edge. <br> <br>The reverse side features a revealing chronological chart titled "Building Great East Asia" documenting Japan's military expansion from the 1931 Manchurian Incident through January 1942 as troops advanced across Southeast Asia. Notably two blank rows were intentionally left at the chart's end anticipating future victories to be recorded as the war progressed—a telling detail that underscores the map's dual role as both strategic document and propaganda tool. An interesting map which combines geographical precision with ideological messaging. . 日本放送協会. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai]. unknown
1719176771東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送出版会社. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1:14500000 55cm x 80cm naval warship photographic illustrations on reverse. The wartime paper is browned and friable but small closed tears along fold lines and edges have been neatly repaired with archival washi on the verso. 79 x 53cm This colour map of Asia and the Pacific was published as a supplement to a magazine Hoso 放送 on January 1942 less than one month after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese Forces. The war had just started but amazingly the map accurately predicted where the fighting would take place throughout the war. An inset map on upper right shows Singapore Borneo Sumatra and Java where battles took place in the area in early 1942. An inset chart on lower left shows various resources and their location including coal tin and iron ore clearly showing that the war was fought over securing resources. On reverse eleven photographic illustrations of war ships from Germany Britain the US and Japan are shown including the Prince of Wales and Enterprise. . 日本放送出版会社. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha]. unknown
188063938Chicago: Fleming H. Revell 1880. Second Edition slightly expanded and with 12 pages of advertisements added. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Octavo 20cm. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; grey and white patterned endpapers; 349148pp; 12pp publisher's advertisements at rear; black and white illustrations. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Ownership stamps of A. Taylor Smith to front endleaves. A straight copy with minor edgewear rough repair to cloth over upper spine front and rear endpapers thinly crcked at gutter but holding; mild toning: Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Bunnell 1824-1903 was a member of the Mariposa Battalion famous as the first non-indigenous group to enter Yosemite Valley where they burned Native American villages and forcibly relocated the inhabitants. Bunnell's book describes the discovery of an iconic American landmark and one episode in what is sometimes called the California genocide. This copy is inscribed by Bunnell to a fellow soldier. HOWES B954. 63938. Fleming H. Revell unknown
188088877Chicago: Fleming H. Revell 1880. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 20cm. Publisher's plum cloth decoratively stamped in black with gilt spine and cover titles; 331pp; portrait map and six leaves of unnumbered plates; text illus. Spine slightly sunned with dulling to gilt; a few unobtrusive stains to covers; occasional foxing to text still a tight complete sound copy Very Good.<br /> <br /> Bunnell 1824-1903 was a member of the Mariposa Battalion famous as the first non-indigenous group to enter Yosemite Valley where they burned Native American villages and forcibly relocated the inhabitants. Bunnell's book describes the discovery of an iconic American landmark and one episode in what is sometimes called the California Genocide. HOWES B-954. COWAN California p.83. Fleming H. Revell unknown
186460342New York: J.H. Tobitt Printer 1 Franklin Square 1864. 12mo. 147 1 xx pp. with woodcut rule borders throughout. Publisher’s black diced calf overlapping flap at front fore-edge w/ tongue & strap to insert minor rubbing shelfwear closed tear to close flap still VG- copy from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm 1840-1932 noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray 1810-1889 who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm 1823-1912 pioneering Oregon steamship builder industrialist and entrepreneur. First edition thus of this Civil War-era manual for inspecting steam vessels was considered a Wartime imperative by Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase who while writing to Baltimore’s Supervising Inspector that “the security of the lives of persons in the public service whether serving in civil or military capacities on board Government transports or other vessels. . . and the protection of the Government property are objects quite as important at the safety of private citizens.†Inspectors were charged with determining seaworthiness condition of boilers materials bonds combustible fluids enforcing regulations pilot rules and much more. If the vessel failed to pass due to negligence it could be seized. Worldcat locates 3 copies US Coast Guard Academy Lib. Smithsonian Cincinnati & Hamilton County Lib. J.H. Tobitt, Printer, 1 Franklin Square, unknown
