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1944140940630Washington D.C.: Issued by Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority in collaboration with the War Department 1944. Very Good. 24pp. Publisher's original stapled wraps photo-illustrated throughout. Very Good with general wear small area of worming to front cover light creasing and a 2" split at base of spine<br /> <br /> Nisei is a Japanese term used in North and South American meaning "second generation" specifically referring to ethnically Japanese children born in the Americas to Japanese-born parents who immigrated there. This pamphlet details the heroic acts of the two Japanese-American combat units in World War II the 442nd Combat Team and the 100th Battalion. A scarce pamphlet issued by the War Relocation Authority the American governmental agency overseeing the mass internment of Japanese-Americans often mentioning relocation camps making note of soldiers who volunteered directly from them to join the US Army. Issued by Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, in collaboration with the War Department unknown books
3256Harper's Ferry. Pocket New Testament bound in red sheep over card measuring 3 x 4.25". Extremities somewhat rubbed but in overall solid condition. Offsetting to pastedowns. Various selections dog-eared but no markings to internal text. Multiple ownership signatures from the prominent Koonce family most notably the inscription to the front endpaper: "Presented to Mollie E. Koonce by a patriot soldier at the line of surrender in Harper's Ferry to the Rebels under Gen. Hill." Other signatures include Howard Koonce Alice R. Koonce and Peachie Koonce. A unique artifact that speaks to women's presence influence and the risks they faced in wartime.<br/><br/>The Mollie E. Koonce of the ownership is possibly Mary E. Koonce daughter of George Koonce an entrepreneur and statesman; several other family members' names also appear in the Bible Howard who went on to become a physician and Estelle May "Peach" Koonce. History has remembered and recorded George Koonce. The proprietor of a Harper's Ferry general store Koonce & Son he was a prominent Unionist and delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention protesting the secession and arguing for the creation of a separate state West Virginia a Northern and Unionist region carved out of Virginia to which he ultimately served as senator. What remains lesser known are the experiences of the women in this family who were clearly present for the traumatic events of the Harper's Ferry battle and surrender and who were identifiable as part of an activist family. They faced tremendous risk yet it is likely as with women on both sides that they continued maintaining homes and businesses and may have even been volunteers. The fall of Harper's Ferry was an especially harsh loss for the Union 44 killed 47 wounded 12419 captured. In her 1862 account The Battle of Harper's Ferry as a Woman Saw It nurse Mary Clemmer Ames reported that "traitors gathered around us even while we watched. Besotted blear-eyed Virginia cravens squatted on stones and stood with hands in their pockets estimating the probabilities of a fight.Beside these cowards stood women watching trembling for the safety of their homes.young girls whom the fortunes of war had given a temporary home here wondered if with the enemy in they would ever get out." What was Mollie's role in the midst of this and what brought her to the line of surrender where she could receive this gift To what extent was the "patriot soldier" passing along his Bible in request for her prayers versus giving it to her a sign he prayed for her safety<br/><br/>A unique piece of women's Civil War social history raising questions deserving of further research.<br/><br/>U.S. Census Records 1860-1900. George W. Koonce Family Papers at West Virginia University AM.0407. unknown books
1926WRCLIT61920Garden City: Doubleday 1926. Large quarto. Parchment and boards t.e.g. Color plates. A few patches of very faint foxing to spine otherwise a fine copy without slipcase. First American edition limited issue. One of 150 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. REILLY WWI p.190. RICHARDS A366n. STEWART 525n. Doubleday hardcover books
1943100607<p>Wartime poster 27 ¾ x19 ¾ large eagle engraving at the top of the poster printed in red and black. Creases where folded. This rare U.S. Government wartime poster attempts to promote equality by reminding Americans that race and ancestry shouldn’t matter in our country. It reminds us that every American "should be given the opportunity to serve the country" and help the war effort. While this was certainly a noble goal this poster was printed at a time when our armed forces were still largely segregated.</p> U.S. Government Printing Office: books
1862WRCAM46948Fredericksburg 1862. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Tanned light wear and soiling several very small holes. Good plus. An anti-secession newspaper published in Confederate Virginia by Unionist James W. Hunnicutt. Hunnicutt published his paper until August 1862 when he fled Fredericksburg because of his Union sympathies. How he got away with it as long as he did is remarkable when one reads the contents. This issue includes a report on Rebel cruelty news of the continued fighting in Charleston updates on the activities of the Army of the Potomac and an interesting column outlining twelve ways in which those advocating secession lie just like the devil: <br> <br> "We have always known and ever maintained that the only security the South and Southern institutions had was contained in the provisions of the Federal Constitution. We indignantly spurn the base imputation and pronounce it an unmitigated secession falsehood. The traitors and enemies of the South are the Secession leaders of the South. Where are the men who fired up the Southern heart and precipitated this once glorious independent prosperous and happy country into the present terrible revolution.Abolitionism and secession combined to effect the overthrow of our government - the downfall of our country - Great God! What a fearful retribution awaits them in the awful future!" unknown books
186424202<p>Two tickets to the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia. One admitted a pupil of the public schools of Philadelphia and was used on Saturday June 11 according to the stamp on the verso. The other is an apparently unused "Season Ticket" that admitted the bearer "<i>To All Parts of the Fair</i>" except the Children's Exhibitions but was "<i>Forfeited if Transferred and Not Good unless Endorsed</i>." The verso includes the oath "<i>I hereby promise that this Ticket shall be used to obtain admission to the Fair by myself only</i>" and a blank line for a signature.</p> <b>CIVIL WAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Great Central Fair Tickets June 1864. Pair of passes for the Great Central Fair held in Philadelphia June 7-28 1864. One ticket is for one day's admission for a public school student. The other is a season ticket. 1 p. each 3½ x 2¼ and 3½ x 2 in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>During the Civil War several northern cities hosted sanitary fairs between 1863 and 1865 to raise money for the care of wounded soldiers. The Great Central Fair held at Logan Square in Philadelphia in June 1864 was a fundraiser for the United States Sanitary Commission and was one of the largest fairs. The main exhibit building constructed in forty working days by local volunteer skilled labor enclosed 200000 square feet. It featured nearly one hundred departments offering a broad range of displays from Arms and Trophies to Fine Arts to Umbrellas and Canes. Curiosities included a $1000 doll house a recreated parlor of William Penn with Penn artifacts the boat used by Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and George Washington's carriage.</p><p>Over three weeks the fair welcomed more than 400000 visitors. The season ticket offered here cost $5 a week's pay for a day laborer or a domestic and several days' wages for skilled workers. The fair served more than 9000 meals per day in its restaurant and had a daily newspaper with descriptions of the various departments. During its existence the fair raised approximately $1 million for the Sanitary Commission second only to New York City in money raised.</p><p>President Abraham Lincoln attended the fair with his family on June 16. He also donated forty-eight signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation printed under the auspices of George Boker of the Union League which were sold for $10 each.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Both have glue discolored on the reverse sides. The smaller card has a 1" edge tear on the right side neatly repaired with archival tape.</p><br /> books
176136901London: Chez D. Wilson T. Beckett & P. A. DeHondt 1761. First English edition. Pp. 2 60. Wanting half-title. 1 vols. 4to. Calf-backed marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing stitchmarks some light discoloration. Ink notation concerning first edition on title else very good. Provenance: John Carter Brown armorial bookplate with deaccessioned stamp on the bookplate and ink stamp on verso of title. First English edition. Pp. 2 60. Wanting half-title. 1 vols. 4to. Choiseul's narrative and commentary with the state diplomatic correspondence and papers relating to the treaty of 1762 dealing primarily with the areas of the cession of Canada the fisheries of Newfoundland Cape Breton and the West Indies and the limitation of Louisiana. Sometimes attributed to Jean François de Bastide. The London edition is considerably more scarce than the French first edition published the same year. Goldsmith's Kress 9718; Sabin 47516; Howes M-507 Chez D. Wilson, T. Beckett & P. A. DeHondt unknown books
1757WRCAM51214Kittery Me 1757. Broadside 12 x 7 1/2 inches. Old folds mild toning. Very good. In frame. Appears to be docketed on verso but not examined outside frame. A manuscript roll-call for a company of Maine military personnel organized to participate in the French and Indian War. The document lists over seventy names of regulars in two columns plus an additional dozen names under "The Alarm List" essentially a reserve list of soldiers appointed to defend the homefront. Below the Alarm List is the following text: "The above is a True & Perfect list of all the soldiers in the Train'd band & Alarm List from sixteen years old to sixty as far as has come to my knowledge. Attest Daniel Emery jun. Clerk und. Oath." The Emery family supplied seven members of this list of officers and soldiers with others such as the Furbush Ferguson and Wamouth families also providing more than one man for the army. Several names are crossed out about half of which belong to a family supplying more than one member to the list. Most of the men on the Alarm List are also identified by profession such as deacon miller or sailor among others. Such lists of colonial American military personnel for the French and Indian War are exceedingly rare in the market. An important colonial Maine and military document. unknown books
184734353Providence 1847. Broadside 9-1/2" x 16" printed in two columns separated by a rule. Toned and lightly worn. Very Good.<br/><br/> This rare Rhode Island broadside denounces Congressman Lemuel Arnold for supporting the hated War with Mexico. "We all know that it was provoked for the purpose of extending the horrors of slavery and we all abhor slavery. Every acre of territory that we shall conquer from Mexico will be so much added to the area of slavery to convert a free into a slave state. If accomplished by this administration and their abettors the labors of the philanthropist and christian are at an end. Slavery will be too strongly established to be disturbed."<br/> Arnold has voted with the Administration "on all the important acts and measures to carry on this iniquitous war for the conquest of Mexico and the extension of slavery. We are against him. He has voted for slavery and against his constituents."<br/>OCLC 702602214 1- Yale 58787891 2- NYHS AAS as of October 2017. unknown books
1962148877N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Monica Vitti sitting on a sofa and staring into the existential void from the 1962 film. "ROMA's Press Photo" stamp on verso with address in Rome for same. <br/><br/>The third and final chapter of Michelangelo Antonioni's trilogy preceeded by "L'Avventura" 1960 starring Gabriele Ferzetti and Monica Vitti and "La Notte" 1961 starring Marcello Mastrioianni Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti.<br/><br/>Vittoria Vitti leaves her fiance Riccardo Francisco Rabal for Piero Alain Delon a young stock broker obsessed with material possessions and wealth.<br/><br/>Awarded the Jury Special Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. N.p. unknown books
1783303187Minorca 1783. Two single sheets. Folio. Very good copies a little toned old folds. Two single sheets. Folio. Signed in full by every officer. The first is titled: "No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782." The second has written on the verso: " No. 136 Pay List to make up Subs. to Brevet Officer etc equal to the Rank where in they respectively serve in The Garrison of Fort St. Philips during the Siege Decemb. 24 1781 - Dollars 4350-50." These two officer pay lists are signed by each of the 36 and 44 listed officers. They're a wonderful souvenir of the siege and with a sample of every officer's signature a valuable source for further research. <br/><br/>The five month Siege of Minorca August 19 1781 - February 5 1782 was a vital victory over England in the European theatre of the Revolutionary War. Throughout most of the eighteenth century English possession of the island was of real strategic importance from its deep-water harbor the Royal Navy could launch attacks against the Mediterranean fleets of Spain France and Italy. unknown books
1898List319Massachusetts 1898. The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers mustered into service in May 1898 and within a month saw significant action in Cuba at the Battle of El Caney. They were one of three volunteer units from Massachusetts to see action on the Santiago Campaign. The regiment was inexperienced - 55% were untrained recruits. The lack of experience combined with their rifles giving off a very visible black smoke led to a heavy casualties in the Battle of El Caney. After an encampment near Santiago de Cuba in which a large number of the soldiers became ill with disease - estimates are as high as 65% - the regiment returned home in August. Historians have noted that soldier demographics changed considerably from the Civil War to the Spanish American war as the smaller number of troops and the lack of a draft led to a more enthusiastic army with higher morale. <br /> <br /> The photographs in this group are interesting as a typological grouping of images of untrained soldiers and also for their historical value as most contain identifications to versos. The highlight of the group is forty-four uniformly mounted portraits of soldiers nearly all identified measuring 3 ¾ x 2 ½ inches each. Other photographs include a large portrait of Captain Frederick E. Pierce with the blindstamp of Goldsmith Studio Springfield Massachusetts and a 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ inch square card of Capt. Pierce in Camp Turner. Also included are two slightly larger photographs on similar mounts. <br /> <br /> Overall an interesting group. Good condition overall with assorted chips and wear. unknown books
1898WRCAM46791Chickamauga Park Ga 1898. 5pp. Quarto written on "Black Hills Squadron" stationery. Old fold lines. Minor wear. Very good plus. A pair of letters written by Leighton H. Baxter to a friend back home. In his first letter he states that he is "not an enlisted soldier but has a regulation suit.a horse to ride and am fixed up very nicely. He works for the commander of the squadron Major Leigh H. French presumably as a teenage civilian clerk. His duties include "a good deal of writing to do telegrams to send take notes of cases tried in the regiment and a great many other minor duties." He sleeps in the same tent as the Major and takes his meals with the officers. He is well fed but is very glad not to be a private as they "fare badly." It is however "a regular circus to see the boys ride and shoot they beat Buffalo Bill all to pieces." Baxter reports that there are some 40000 to 50000 troops at Camp Thomas with more due to arrive. Some have already departed for "Porto Rico" and he expects his squadron to be going there at any time. In his second letter he notes that the men in his regiment are all "crack shots and fine riders" and all from around Deadwood and the Black Hills. He has been drilling with the men and has learned to handle a sword fairly well. He also mentions practicing "rough riding.such as leaping from a horse while he is running then back again picking up a hat while at full speed etc." <br> <br> The Third U.S. Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service in May 1898 and commanded by Melvin Grigsby attorney general for the state of South Dakota. The unit was known both as the "Black Hills Squadron" and as "Grigsby's Cowboy Cavalry." Its commander Maj. Leigh H. French was trained as a medical doctor and surgeon and had a practice in Washington D.C. when the war broke out. One of his captains Seth Bullock was the first sheriff of Deadwood. The squadron never saw active duty outside the continental United States spending most of its brief career at Camp Thomas in Georgia. In the crowded camp in the heat of a southern summer typhus measles and other illnesses were rampant and Grigsby's Cavalry lost twenty-seven men to disease. unknown books
1860D130301860s. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth morocco backstrip; folio 400x260mm; approx. pp. 100 full of manuscript entries by a single hand with permanent instructions and headings in ink and crew member names and station designations in pencil; numerous additional blanks at rear. Nonetheless a trove of information. Lined paper listing the 614 men aboard assigning each a number gun and location Fore Castle Port Main Top Mizzen Top etc.; listing division and stations; and recording details of every situation that might occur on the ship see examples below. The ship is unnamed but it appears to be a ship of the Line or a Frigate which had 3 masts as well as some minimal amount of steam power. There were 6 African-American members of the crew all of whom were Union Sailors during the Civil War Edward Turner Joseph Davis and Thomas Mills from Maryland; Henry Andres from the West Indies; Joseph Gordan from New York; Samuel R. Whittaker from Buenos Aires. Three of these men served on the USS Minnesota which may help identify the ship. Also includes the ship's Fire Bill crew member stations of Making Sail from Single Anchor Mooring and Unmooring and much more. A rich volume worthy of further study. Cloth torn; front hinge cracked; first few signatures loose. Alittle faint waterstaining and soiling but generally nice and clean. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1977WRCAM55443Various places in Thailand perhaps centering on Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base 1977. Seventy-seven Kodak color photographs almost all approximately 3 1/2 x 5 inches a handful slightly smaller and one postcard. Slim quarto. Contemporary glossy purple floral-patterned cloth photograph album gilt- stamped label on front cover. Some images slightly faded. Overall very good. A highly entertaining collection of vernacular photographs capturing the lives of young African-American G.I.s and their romantic interests in a village in Thailand during the latter years of the Vietnam War. The photographs show African-American men in both uniforms and street clothes often posed alone or with Thai locals almost exclusively women. The men are seen at work and play including an image of the gun shop with a sign labeled "Phase Section" on the front and a large military van with a similar sign reading "2 Orange." There is also a great deal of coverage of the locals living in the village including women and children. One photograph of particular interest shows part of a commercial building emblazoned with both a Coca-Cola and a Pepsi sign. The date range of 1972 to 1977 stems from the fact that some of the photographs are date-stamped in the margin "Oct 72" and one later image is stamped July 1977; most images seem to emanate from the earlier date. The single postcard is an image of Wang Not Ten Waterfall in Phitsanulok in north-central Thailand. The album could possibly have been retained by a local Thai person documenting their interactions with the visiting Americans. <br> <br> There were a half dozen active American Air Force bases in Thailand during the 1970s from which over 80% of the air strikes of North Vietnam originated. The American servicemen seen in the present photographs were either airmen performing these strikes or ground crew in support of the pilots. Also given that Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base and Phitsanulok are both in north-central Thailand it is likely the images depict this area. <br> <br> A rare look at African-American servicemen in a strategically important region of Thailand during the Vietnam War. hardcover books
1813260669Burlington: Samuel Mills 1813. First. hardcover. very good. 151 2 pages. Slim 8vo full contemporary mottled calf ex-library with only a few markings; pages just a bit toned. Burlington VT: Samuel Mills 1813. First Burlington edition. Exceedingly scarce military book in very good condition.<br/><br/> The rules and regulations for the War of 1812 including important issues and some more mundane. 60 pages at end are a listing of all the officers in the Army and Navy. Final 2 pages are the three acts of Congress: To raise the pay for enlisted men to fill the ranks of regular army; To raise enlistment period to 5 years for infantry; To raise three additional Regiments of Riflemen. Not in Howes. -- S&S 30373; Gilman p. 236.<br/><br/> Samuel Mills unknown books
1865WRCAM54000Hilton Head S.C. 1865. 113pp. Each disbound from a larger volume with two stab holes along the left margin. Overall very good. A fascinating trio of printed general orders and circulars issued from Hilton Head by the Union Army's Department of the South in the two months after Lee's surrender. The three publications include a total of six general orders and a circular. Each touches upon a subject related to the end of war and the various issues that must be dealt with to ensure peace and settle military enrollment and business matters. The three works here include: <br> <br> 1 "Headquarters Department of the South Hilton Head S. C. May 31 1865." General Orders No. 80 May 11 1865 and General Orders No. 90 May 11 1865. The latter reads in part: "Punishment of Guerrillas. All the forces of the enemy east of the Mississippi river having been duly surrendered.under agreements of parole and disbandment.it is Ordered that from and after the first day of June 1865 any and all persons found in arms against the United States or who may commit acts of hostility against it.will be regarded as guerrillas and punished with death." <br> <br> 2 "Headquarters Department of the South Hilton Head S. C. June 6 1865." General Orders No. 83 signed in type by Secretary of State William H. Seward May 29 1865. Also signed in ink by acting Assistant Adjutant General T.D. Hodges. The order reads in part: <br> <br> "A copy of the President's Amnesty Proclamation.is herewith appended.so as to insure its benefits to the people and guard the Government against fraud.The oath prescribed in the proclamation may be taken and subscribed before any commissioned officer civil military or naval in the service of the United States.All who receive such oaths are hereby authorized to give certified copies.to this department where they will be deposited and remain in the archives of the Government." <br> <br> 3 "Headquarters Department of the South Hilton Head S. C. June 16 1865." General Orders No. 94 May 29 1865; Circular No. 23 June 5 1865; General Orders No. 100 May 28 1865; General Orders No. 101 May 30 1865 and June 10 1865. General Orders No. 94 includes a telegram concerning returned prisoners of war. It reads in part: "The Secretary of War directs that returned Prisoners of War enlisted men who have endured the hardships of Andersonville Florence Salisbury and other rebel prisons be mustered out as soon as possible and allowed three months extra pay." <br> <br> General Orders No. 100 reads in part: "Commanding officers of regiments will at once muster for commutation of rations all men of their respective commands who have been prisoners of war and have not been mustered for or paid commutation of rations for the time they were in the rebel hands." The final order allows for soldiers to buy their "arms and accoutrements" from the Ordnance Department. <br> <br> An interesting assortment of documents dealing with immediate post-Civil-War issues. unknown books
1847WRCAM52463Mexico: Vicente Garcia Torres 1847. 36pp. Original printed wrappers. Light corner and edge wear to wrappers spine extremities slightly chipped. Initial leaves slightly wrinkled. Very good plus. In a red cloth folding case leather label stamped in gilt. An anonymous account dated Aug. 24 1847 documenting the causes of the Mexican defeat at the Battle of Contreras on Aug. 19-20 1847. It was there that the Mexican defensive position commanded by Valencia was overwhelmed by Gen. Scott paving the way to the fall of Churubusco the defeat of Santa- Anna's principal army and eventually the fall of Mexico City. This documented version of the events places the blame squarely on Valencia who is accused of disobeying orders to retreat and vindicates Santa-Anna: "La falta de obediencia del general Santa-Anna completamente y su imprudente arrojo dió al enemigo un triunfo" p.8. Reprints numerous official documents. HOWES R187 "aa." STREETER SALE 268. PALAU 4434. SABIN 48633. Vicente Garcia Torres hardcover books
1812WRCAM53959London 1812. 219pp. Dbd. Title-leaf detached else a clean very good copy. A rare War of 1812 pamphlet written by British Secretary to the Admiralty and Member of Parliament John Wilson Croker. Here Croker argues the British side of the story in the impending conflict and urges the United States to see France as the real enemy. Anderson Galleries called this work "extremely rare" in their 1918 catalog for the H.R. Lawrence Collection. SABIN 37671. GOLDSMITH-KRESS 20412. unknown books
1919262230Paris 1919. Near fine. Postcard signed by some of the attendants to the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. unknown books
197226455Paris: Editions Robert Laffont 1972. First Edition #40 of 40 copies printed on velin chiffon. Illustrated. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Bound in full green and black morocco "Reliure mosaique dans la forme & la couleur du Ruban de la croix de la liberation" with a bronze medallion inset in the front cover "une medaule des compagnons de la liberation" a.e.g. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A beautiful binding. First Edition #40 of 40 copies printed on velin chiffon. Illustrated. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Inscribed at the front and with an A.L.S. from the author tipped in at the back. Editions Robert Laffont unknown books
19441769Amchitka & Anchorage Ak 1944. Overall very good. 111 original photographs measuring from 2.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 5 inches. Oblong folio album string-tied; leatherette boards front embossed and color stamped. Manuscript captions on album leaves; photos in corner mounts. A bit of soiling and wear to album leaves fading to some captions and a few images. An album of over 100 striking vernacular photographs taken and compiled by Corporal Herbert Farris of Lexington Kentucky that document his World War II service with the 39th Air Depot in Alaska. The men were involved in the maintenance and repair of Army Air Force aircraft and it appears that Farris operated a refueling truck. The unit was stationed in both Anchorage and in the Aleutian Islands and the album appears to include images from both of these areas. One image depicts the "wind indicator at Amchitka" an island in the far western Aleutians home to an Army Air Force Base constructed during the war. The album also includes many other images showing a remote base with bare bones conditions likely Amchitka or a nearby island. There are photos of the "first mess hall" a tent the "second mess hall" a series of huts a "barber shop" contained in a tent a shower tent a theater quonset hut barracks control tower and wooden walkways. The album also includes many images of aircraft including P-40s B-25 bombers and C-67 transports as well as photos of the refueling truck its operation and its crew. Finally there are images of "training planes" used for practice likely in Anchorage as well as some other images that appear to have been taken in Anchorage such as river gold dredgers and more permanent-looking buildings. A fascinating visual record of this far-flung American military outpost during World War II. unknown books
181954848Washington D.C.: Army Air Forces. 10-18- 1943. Color poster / map 47 x 35 1/2 inches 120 x 90 cm folding as issued now professionally mounted on linen backing. Wear and a little paper loss along the fold lines has been infilled light toning to lower centrefold; the poster presents very well with bright color. Stunning image of a hemispherical view with Japan at the centre encompassing the area from Iran in the west Australia in the south and as far as the west coast of the U.S. at the east of the map. The map maker is F.E. Manning one of the distinguished news illustrators of the war in a style very similar to that of Richard Edes Harrison. There is a scale along the lower edge which was intended to be clipped and used to measure distances of places on the map from Tokyo. Text reads: "This map is a photographic view of the world with the center at Tokyo. Thus with the detachable scale distances can be measured along any line running thru Tokyo. It should be noted that an inch at the center represents less mileage than an inch closer to the edges. The detachable scale has been designed to compensate for this and should be used only with the center at Tokyo. The photographic process used in making this map makes all distances measured with the tape approximate only. Distances are shown in statute miles. Lines between key cities do not represent regular air routes in all cases. They show distances between points that do not fall on a line going thru the center of the projection." The Newsmap posters were displayed in offices and factories to keep the American public updated with news of the war and to encourage their participation in the winning of it. . Army Air Forces. unknown books
201522573EBurbank CA: Marvel Studios 2015. Original tech scout location study material for the Marvel Studios Avengers film Captain America: Civil War. With the film’s secret working title ‘Sputnik’ printed on the cover. Spiralbound unpaginated 8 1/2†x 11†printed double-sided - roughly 3/4†thick. Illustrated throughout with technical drawings computer generated images in black & white and color and color photographs. With occasional notations in pencil and with organizational subject tabs at the outer edge. The material belonged to an original crew member of the film’s production unit. Fine condition. Captain America: Civil War written by Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely is the sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the thirteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU. It was directed by Anthony and Joe Russ and stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America alongside an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon Don Cheadle as Lt. James Rhodes / War Machine Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa / Black Panther Paul Bettany as Vision Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man Emily VanCamp Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow / Crossbones William Hurt and Daniel Bruhl as Zemo. The film tells the developing story of international conflict and how the Avengers fractures into opposing factions—one led by Steve Rogers Captain America and the other by Tony Stark Iron Man with Helmut Zemo a Slovakia colonel-turned-terrorist who is obsessed with defeating the Avengers. Marvel Studios unknown books
179133Pasted or mounted in a modern scrapbook. Most images are 2 inches x 3 inches not including wide margins; many have light browning to margins 3 are torn in margins.<br/><br/> Most of the images are patriotic allegories some with pro-Union sayings. Other images are political cartoons that are anti-Confederate and/or pro-Union. In addition there are several larger images of state seals from some Northern states. Most of the images do not state a printer. Some of printers stated include: Charles Magnus of New York Magee of Philadelphia S.C. Rickards of New York William Ridenburgh of New York and Reagles of New York.<br/><br/> unknown books
