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194233861San Antonio: Universal Press 1942. Soft cover. Very good. Stapled illustrated soft cover. 36 pages. Inside covers are illustrated. Illustrated with photographs of the training facility engineers downtown Biloxi barracks planes social life recreation etc. Photograph of the Biloxi Lighthouse on the back cover. From Keesler Air Force Base: ".In mid-1942 the Army Air Forces directed Keesler to focus upon the training of mechanics for B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. The school received its first B 24 in late September 1942. Six more arrived shortly thereafter and specialized B 24 maintenance training began on 19 October. Universal Press unknown
194233856Maxwell Field Alabama: Air Force 1942. Soft cover. Very good. Oblong stapled pictorial soft cover. Approximately 6" x 9". 30 pages. Contents full of black and white pictures of the headquarters base officers quarters barracks planes mechanics men at work athletics social activities etc. One photograph shows a group of men in black face. One of the pictures shows men buying war stamps. No date listed. Officers named on the first page include Major General Ralph Royce A.C. and Colonel Elmer J. Bowling A.C. Inside the back cover is a place for autographs. There is no writing inside. Light wear to the booklet. Maxwell Field was founded in 1918. The site of Maxwell Field was selected by Wilbur Wright in 1910. It became the headquarters for the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center. <br /> <br /> From wikipedia: .In the May 1942 organization of South West Pacific Area Major General Royce became senior air staff officer Allied Air Forces. He was promoted to major general in June 1942. Royce returned to the United States in September 1942 and assumed command of during World War II the South Eastern Training Center at Maxwell Field in Montgomery Alabama. He commanded the First Air Force from April to September 1943.1. Air Force unknown
194233857Maxwell Field Alabama: Air Force 1942. Soft cover. Good. Oblong stapled pictorial soft cover. Approximately 8.25" x 11". 32 pages. Contents full of black and white pictures of the headquarters base local church planes mechanics men at work nurses WAC's athletics social activities etc. No date listed. Officers named on the first page include Major General Thomas J. Hanley Jr. and Colonel Elmer J. Bowling A.C. Inside the back cover is a place for autographs. Light shelf wear to the covers. Maxwell Field was founded in 1918. The site for Maxwell Field was selected by Wilbur Wright in 1910. It became the headquarters during World War II for the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center. <br /> <br /> From Wikipedia: .Major General Hanley went on to be named the chief of the First Air Force and the base commander for that unit in June 1941. By the following January he had been assigned to the Army Air Force headquarters in Washington where he later became the chief of staff. In May 1943 Hanley was given command of the Southeast Air Force Training Center at Maxwell Field in Alabama. A year later he again left the United States this time as the commanding general of the China-Burma-India Air Service Command. By July 1945 he had assumed command of all Army Air Forces in India and Burma this in addition to his duties with the Air Service Command. Air Force unknown
194333858Houston Texas: E.M. Berry 1943. Soft cover. Good. Oblong stapled illustrated booklet. Approx. 8.5" x 11". 32 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs of the Commanding Officer Colonel James L. Daniel Jr. group of United Kingdom Cadets cadets ready for training planes social activities nurses buildings etc. Light shelf wear to the booklet. Napier Field was one of many fields of the Southeast Training Center with headquarters located at Maxwell Field Alabama. The field closed in 1945. E.M. Berry unknown
194533859Maxwell Field Alabama: Air Force 1945. Soft cover. Good. Stapled illustrated soft cover. Approx. 8" x 11." 48 pages. Illustrated with black photographs of Captain Paul F. Mahoney men of Maxwell training drill and parade recreation social activies cadet photograph sections etc. Light shelf wear to the covers. Contents are clean. Maxwell Field was founded in 1918. The site for Maxwell Field was selected by Wilbur Wright in 1910. It became the headquarters during World War II for the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center. Air Force unknown
194433860Maxwell Field Alabama: Published by the Aviation Cadet School Social Fund Maxwell Field 1944. Soft cover. Good. Stapled illustrated soft cover. Approx. 8" x 11". 48 pages. Illustrated with black photographs of Captain Paul F. Mahoney men of Maxwell training drill and parade recreation social actives cadet photograph sections etc. Light shelf wear to the covers. Contents are clean. Maxwell Field was founded in 1918. The site for Maxwell Field was selected by Wilbur Wright in 1910. It became the headquarters during World War II for the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center. Published by the Aviation Cadet School Social Fund Maxwell Field unknown
186432462Albany New York: Albany Evening Journal 1864. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched wraps. 144 pages. Tan paper wraps with illustrated title top of the outer wrap. Contents printed on the front cover. Full page advertisement for the Albany Evening Journal printed on the back. Toning and light edge wear to the covers. Some corner creases to the pages. Much content on the Civil War. Almanac lists organization of the War Department and Navy Department; includes news of captured blockade runners; captures and losses in the Army; New York State volunteers; Rebel Government; and next to last on the bottom of the contents are two pages of Abraham Lincoln's Amnesty Proclamation. Albany Evening Journal unknown
198562181New York: Bantam Books 1985. 8vo. 12 403 1 pp. Half-blue cloth over blue boards gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Jim Warren & Bob Larkin slight toning shelfwear still NF/NF copy signed by the author on title. First edition signed by the author of this ground-breaking alternative historical science fiction adventure with a time traveling team from the 1970’s attempting to alter the years leading to World War II so that Nazi Germany had not acquired atomic weapons and nearly conquered the World. Bantam Books, hardcover
190050888New York: Frederic A. Stokes Co. 1900. Tall 8vo. viii 2 318 pp. Dark green cloth gilt lettering on spine minor rubbing edgewear still VG- copy from the library of Donald Mackay b. 1843 owner and operator of North Pacific Lumber Co. in Portland OR. First edition of this memoir and political analysis of the political rise of Paul Kruger 1825-1904 and his direct responsibility for the Boer Wars. Frederic A. Stokes, Co., hardcover
186435361San Francisco: William Alvord & Co 1864. Paper. Good. Paper. Approx. 14" x 9". Single sheet folded with hand written quantity amount description and price on the receipt. Light toning edge wear and a few small edge tears to the paper. William Alvord & Co unknown
186535417Washington DC: War Department 1865. Paper. Good. Document. Approx. 10" x 8". 1 page. Document is dated February 18 1865. Contents relate to return of ordinance distributed in 1864. It is signed by Jno R. McGuiness. Below his order is the signature of Lt. Adam F. Cottrell Co "C" 6th E. Tenn Infty 23rd Corps. Document has a chip on the center left edge. War Department unknown
190864038Madison WI: Wisconsin History Commission August 1908. 8vo. xii 104 pp. Frontisp. portrait 1 large folding map. Quarter-cream-coloured cloth over gray-tan boards black lettering on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor toning to spine minor edgewear scuffing still VG copy. First edition of this first-hand memoir of the events up to the siege including the battle of Vicksburg by Vilas 1840-1908 who served as a captain in the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and later rose to Lieutenant Colonel and served as professor and regent of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wisconsin History Commission, hardcover
196742993York PA: George Shumway 1967. 4to. 250 pp. Frntsp. over 100 photos & illusts. Gray cloth blk lettrng vry mnr soilng spt on ffep w/ d.j. VG/NF copy. First Shumway edition of this invaluable reference work on the Civil War. George Shumway, hardcover
186135021Richmond: William F. Ritchie Public Printer 1861. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Disbound wraps. 1-lv 1 blank. Ex-institutional copy with "Georgia State Library" stamped at the top "University of Georgia Libraries Jul1 '58" stamp on page i. 'Beinecke Library 1982." and some pencil numbers written bottom of the rear blank cover. Covers worn and chipped. Front cover detached. Rear cover torn chipped and detached. Fair only. <br /> <br /> Speech was given early January 1861 before Virginia formally seceded from the Union in April 1861. Governor Fletcher favored mediation before committing to leaving the Union. William F. Ritchie, Public Printer unknown
186436375Jefferson County Georgia: n.p. 1864. Letter. Good. Letter. Single sheet folded to make 4 pages. Approximately 9" x 7.5". Multiple folds. Light toning to the paper. <br /> <br /> Contents very difficult to read but the writer is discussing a potential land purchase and purposes meeting the letter recipient at Thomson. The writer instructs the recipient to "send your letter to Reedy Creek Post Office." The writer states "it is good fresh land and close to Augusta it is only thirty three miles from Augusta and it close to no rail road so rit soon and let the man no what you are a going to do." Letter contains no direct Civil War content. n.p. unknown
1861L010249Henry Polkinhorn 1861. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in wraps lacks orig wraps; sl stains/creases/edgewear. 8vo 16 At hea d of title: State of the Union. Rare. Corwin 1794-1865 Kentucky-born and Ohio-raised lawyer and statesman; Whig congressman 1831-40 senator 184 5-50 Secretary of the Treasury in Fillmore's administration and minister to Mexico 1861-64; known for his opposition to both the Mexican War and t he Civil War. Henry Polkinhorn paperback
189463136London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1894. Thick 12mo. xxiii 1 27-400 pp. Woodcut-engraved illustrated title & frontisp. portrait text woodcut illustrations. Brown decorated publisher’s cloth over beveled boards gilt & black lettering & deocrative borders stamped front cover spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing still a VG bright copy w/ prize bookplate of the Shanghai Free Christian Church Sunday School one of the Protestant Mission schools established in Shanghai China by the early 1870’s. Early edition of this biography of General and President Grant intended as a companion volume to Thayer’s series of Presidents who had occupied the White House. Thomas Nelson and Sons, hardcover
187230034Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1872. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 2 204 pages. Folding map opposite page 92. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind on covers with gilt title "Alabama Claims - Case of the United States" lettered on the spine. Ex-institutional copy "Kennebec Historical Society. From the Library of Honorable Joseph H. Williams 1814-1896. August 1897" on the front paste down. Old ink inscription on front paste down "J H Williams L. U. M. July 27th/72." J. H. Williams signature located on the title page. Light soil to the cloth binding. Case relates to United States claims against Britain for damages resulting from the Confederate raider ship "Alabama". The previous owner of this book Joseph H. Williams was the 27th Governor of Maine 1857-1858. Government Printing Office hardcover
186135020Richmond: Virginia State Convention 1861. Paper. Very good. Single sheet. Folded. 3 pages 1 page blank. Light toning around the edges. One of dozens of ordinances etc. from the Virginia State Convention held in 1861. <br /> <br /> Parrish & Willingham reference confederate imprint 4356 page 384. Virginia State Convention unknown
189552524London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington St. Dunstan’s House 1895. 12mo. 2 vi 2 302 pp. Frontisp. 7 plates 5 large folding maps. Gray pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art of hunters on a horse-drawn sledge in the snow shooting at wolves in black & white decorated in black gilt lettering front cover & spine decorated endpapers very minor rubbing slight darkening to spine some interior toning still VG copy w/ bookseller’s label on lower front pstedown of F. Quaintance Bookseller Stationer and Printer Leamington. Early Sampson Low cheaper edition of this rousing tale of a young Royal Navy Midshipman and his experiences in the events of the Crimean War including being taken prisoner escaping the Battles of Alma Balaklava Inkerman Tschernaya and the siege of Sebastapol. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, St. Dunstan’s House, hardcover
191534437London and Manchester: The Daily News & Leader 1915. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stapled wraps with title and photograph portrait of Edith Cavell on the front cover. Tiny center edge tears to the first 8 pages. Contents very clean. Small date of 11/15 printed on the verso of the title page. <br /> <br /> From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> Edith Louisa Cavell / kæv l/ KAV- l; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915 was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium and return to active service through the spy ring known as La Dame Blanche. Cavell was arrested convicted following court-martial under German military law of violating medical neutrality and sentenced to death by firing squad. Despite international pressure for mercy General Traugott von Sauberzweig the military governor of Brussels refused to commute her sentence. The night before her execution Cavell said "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone". She was executed the next morning in the presence of Imperial German Army medic and war poet Gottfried Benn. Cavell who was 49 at the time of her death was already notable as a pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium.<br /> <br /> Unlike the subsequent execution by the French Army of two German Red Cross nurses also for smuggling escaped POWs through the lines Cavell's trial and execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. In response Kaiser Wilhelm II decreed that no more women were to be executed by the German military without his express permission.<br /> <br /> Cavell's words on the night before her death were inscribed on the Edith Cavell Memorial1 opposite the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery near Trafalgar Square. Her deeply Christian beliefs propelled Cavell to help all those who needed it including both German and Allied soldiers. She was quoted as saying "I can't stop while there are lives to be saved."2 The Church of England commemorates her in its Calendar of Saints on 12 October. The Daily News & Leader unknown
195751267Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press 1957. 8vo. ix 3 260 pp. Red cloth black lettering w/ d.j. cover art by Madia slight shelfwear very small closed tear front cover still NF/VG copy. First edition 3rd printing of this memoir of a Tennessee woman marrying a Japanese diplomat before World War II interned at Hot Springs and White Sulphur Springs with the Japanese diplomatic corps the horror and deprivation of living through the War in Japan and finally returning to Tennessee afterwards. This memoir was later made into the 1961 MGM film Bridge to the Sun starring Carroll Baker James Shigeta James Yagi Tetsuro Tamba and Sean Garrison. Their daughter Mariko Terasaki Miller would go on to become an advocate for civil rights internationalism and was appointed Honorary Consul-General of Japan. Univ. of North Carolina Press, hardcover
1955479Branding Iron Press 1955. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Wrappers a very good copy. Reprint edition. Adams One-Fifty 86. Guns 1184: "This pamphlet rare in the original edition makes many serious accusations and calls names listing some of Wyoming's most prominent cattlemen. Every effort was made to destroy all the copies and was so successful that only a few copies are known to exist.In 1955 the Branding Iron Press of Evanston Illinois reprinted it in a limited edition of one thousand copies. The text is placed in a half-pocket of a stiff pictorial wrapper on the inside of which is an introduction giving the details about the origin of the pamphlet and the history of the period." Herd 1175. <br/> <br/> Branding Iron Press paperback
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
193564240Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. 1935. Tall 8vo. 672 pp. Frontisp. numerous illusts. 4 maps. Gray-beige cloth gilt lettering front cover & on spine dyed top-stain to upper fore-edge textblock as issued NF. First trade edition of this classic work on Lawrence and his efforts to free Arabia Palestine Sinai Syria and Lebanon from the Ottoman empire during World War I. During Lawrence’s lifetime the book was withheld from general publication with only limited copies being issued to personal friends afterwards upon his death it was published for the general public. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., hardcover
