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5101WORLD WAR II IN JAPAN. ALS. 2pgs. October 1 1945. Hirosaki Japan. An autograph letter signed Dale Christensen written home by an Allied serviceman stationed in Japan shortly after the official end of World War II. Well I havent had a chance to write for some time. We made it up here O.K. but the ship sure was loaded. We landed at Aomori and this place is inland about 30 miles. We have had no trouble at all. We spent the first night at an airport and then moved to another Army camp the next day then the third bn came up and took over here. I was in on the big thing at this camp I came up with the first gen jeeps and saw the Jap General sign the camp over to us then to top it all off I was picked to take the Jap General to his home. He talked to me all the way but I didnt know a thing he said. When he got out he saluted me. He seemed happy about the whole thing. The climate here is good and cool. We have a big mt right afore us and it looks just like Mt Fugiama sic. They say it sure gets cold here in the winter. The rice is just headed out and it is very pretty here but I hope I can soon come homeWe are cleaning this camp up now it sure needed it. I dont see how the Japs lived in it. Bugs and dirt all over. We sure are making a change in the looks of it. They say they might give each one of us a Jap Rifle and bayonet to take home I dont think there is any thing to it. I sure would like to have one. They sure can grow the fruit and garden stuff here but they sure are way behind in the way to live. I think even behind the PhilippinesThe papulation sic of this place in 97000 and Aomori 57000. Aomori was bombed and it sure was smashed and burned. Well we have a few Japs working in this camp and I think as a whole they will like better from now on that ever before. There clothes are all patches but they look healthy and happy. Well I will write more later. I hope we soon get a mail call. Tell Ann and the rest Hello. Everything is fine here. Write soon. Dale. The letter is in fine condition. hardcover
192426417Paris: Nouvelle Librairie Nationale 1924. Second Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 calf and marbled boards original wrappers bound in. Fine. Second Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Nouvelle Librairie Nationale hardcover
1719100887France Belgium & Luxembourg 1917-1919. 129 vintage silver prints comprising 1 panorama 5-3/4 x 21 inches 27 larger format prints 6 x 8 & 8 x 10 inches and 103 smaller format prints various sizes generally 2-1/2 x 4-1/4 & 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches many prints docketed on the verso by Fineberg a few with alphanumeric code that corresponds to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs 1919. Occasional creasing and wear small chip from corner of panorama generally in very good condition Archive of photographs from the Western Front of World War I by the American photographer Sergeant First Class Morris Fineberg 79th Division Photographic Unit of the American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps. These are Fineberg's own retained copies many with his docketing and captioning on the rear. Images include a three-panel panorama Looking towards Woevre Plain between St. Michel & Verdun aerial reconnaissance images captured German munitions battlefields with casualties Fineberg with other members of his Photographic Unit Harry Rathburn and Henry Paschen.Fineberg ca. 1892-1949 was killed while on assignment for the Boston Post. He was photographing a US Marines and Navy mock invasion drill at Carson Beach in South Boston when shrapnel from an exploded mortar hit him in the head. His final words: That ought to make a good picture. The Boston Press Photographers Association presents an annual Moe Fineberg Award for first place in the feature still photography category. unknown
50969Carney was a U.S. Navy admiral and had a distinguished career through World War Two; he helped to arrange and was present at the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Missouri; he served as commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Southern Europe 1951-53 and Chief of Naval Operations 1953-54. MacArthur was a famed New York socialite and philanthropist and devoted wife of controversial general Douglas MacArthur; she was at his side aboard a PT boat when he left the Philippines ahead of a Japanese siege; she often represented him at official functions. PS glossy black-and-white 10" X 8" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Circa 1945-issued news agency photograph taken aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on V-J Day -- September 2 1945 -- showing Douglas MacArthur standing at left in foreground in front of a microphone watching Japanese general Yoshijiro Umezu at right signing the surrender document on behalf of the armed forces as their senior officer. Rows of the highest-ranking American officers -- Nimitz Halsey etc. -- fill the background. Along the narrow blank upper margin Robert B. Carney signs boldly in black fineline and actually draws an arrow about one inch down to himself standing alongside Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey. On the same margin at left directly above General Douglas MacArthur his wife signs "Mrs Douglas MacArthur" also in black fineline. She was not aboard the ship in Tokyo Bay during the signing but waited in the closest nearby port of Yokohama. Printed text in lower right corners reads "Jap Surrender Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. V-J Day Sept. 2 1945. McArthur & Aide. Halsey in Center Rear N-2." An evocative iconic image signed later in life by the last surviving U.S. admiral present and the wife of the noted general at front. unknown
35415Washington DC: Government Printing Office n.y. Poster. Folio 17" X 24". Near fine. Slightest bit of faint wear. An exceptionally bright and handsome example of this "War Savings Stamps" all-text poster printed in black letters within a blue borders on white stock. A second smaller blue margin near the bottom bearing the small oval "Torch of Liberty" logo at upper left corner notes: "W.S.S. / War Savings Stamps / Issued by the / United States / Government." The War Savings Stamps program was a United States Treasury Department patriotic endeavor to raise funds during World War One and Two by selling interest-earning ten and twenty-five cent stamps primarily to school children. A superb copy bearing none of the folds and edge tears usually found on these -- a rare survivor in near pristine condition. Government Printing Office unknown
1946365526Munich: Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria 1946. 4to. Publisher's purple wrappers upper and lower corner of upper wrapper trimmed minor loss to bottom of spine inked stamp of Jewish Family & Children's Services of Pittsburgh on upper wrapper. Text toned and brittle. 4to. A revised and expanded compilation from previously published regional volumes that appeared between May and October 1945 the list includes approximately 85000 names of Holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps. Entries include maiden names where applicable birthplace birth year and then-current location.<br /> <br /> The Hebrew ש×רית הפליטה translates to "surviving remnant" and is a term from the Book of Ezra and 1 Chronicles. Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria unknown
5396MEYER J. FRECHIE 1907-1988. An American Army Lieutenant Colonel in World War Two Frechie was Chief of the Operational Branch of the Transportation Office and was responsible for coordinating the transportation logistics of the Normandy Invasion D-Day. Archive. More than 1600 pieces. 1942-1953. The archive of Lieutenant Colonel later Colonel Meyer J. Frechie. The archive primarily dates from 1942 to 1945. It includes letters to and from his family in Philadelphia including his wife young son parents and sister and military papers including some interesting material directly related to his work in Allied transportation.Frechie a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania worked as a traffic manager for the railroad and steamship industries before the war. After the United Statess entry into World War Two the military actively courted Frechie for his skill in transportation logistics. He joined the war effort as a civilian traffic manager for the Army in 1941 before officially joining the Army at the rank of Captain in February 1942 and being sent to London. There he was put in charge of coordinating the covert transport of Allied servicemen and supplies from England to Normandy for D-Day. According to the lengthy text accompanying his citation for the Legion of Merit Frechies war-time activities were in part as follows:The Operational Branch Movements Division Office of the Chief of Transportation was activated in August 1943. Lt. Col. Frechie being the only officer available with amphibious operational experience was designated Chief of said Branch. He developed his staff by sending his officers and men thru a series of strenuous exercises with the British and American Forces at various places in the United Kingdom in preparation for D-DayLt. Col. Frechie as Chief of the Operational Branch was responsible for the movement of all troops vehicles equipment and supplies for movement OVERLORD. From D-Day to 7 September 1944 a total of 1302954 personnel 260433 vehicles and 1272532 deadweight tons of supplies have been shipped from the United Kingdom ports to the Continent. The entire OVERLORD movement program was executed by the movement instructions issued by the Operational BranchLt. Col. Frechie arranged for the building of scale models of various landing craft and scale wood blocks of various general purpose and special purpose vehicles to be used in movement OVERLORDParticipating in actual exercises where one or more of the plans were tested by actual execution Lt. Col. Frechie analysed the results and proceeded t make final plans for movement to implement Army requirements. Lectures were made to the Air Force and Ground Services outlining movement plans; ports and depots were visited and careful studies made of their capacity to handle the vast quantity of supplies vehicles and personnel necessary to sustain the operation. Many obstacles were confronted and surmounted by Lt. Col. Frechie in perfection of operation OVERLORDThis required the greatest flexibility in operation which the Operational Branch under Lt. Col. Frechie was able to exert with dispatchAt all times Lt. Col. Frechies superior judgment keen foresight expert planning and unselfish devotion to duty maintained an exceedingly high state of morale among the officers and men associated with him and his efforts can be directly attributed to the prolonged success of this vitally important mission of the Transportation Corps.Frechie was discharged from active duty in November 1945 and served in the Army Reserves until 1953. He was promoted to Colonel in 1946.The archive contains two large boxes and three small boxes of letters and documents. All are in at least good condition with the exception of a few torn letters. Highlights are as follows:One large box of military paperwork. The highlight is a book entitled Berth Allocation Ports UK and marked Most Secret on the cover; it examines many British ports and their capacity in preparation for the D-Day Landings. It includes a booklet of secret maps and information about ports in the United Kingdom. There is also a thick file of diverse paperwork relating to Frechies military career a mix of originals and copies some of it quite mundane such as records of his travel within the UK booklets written by Frechie including Preliminary Analysis and Recommendations Cargo Documentation Procedure and Historical Critique of the United Kingdom Overlord Movements three copies certificates of appointment as Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel copies of his Honorable Discharge citations for the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit and a thick file of documents relating directly to his work on the Normandy landings. Much of the most interesting and unique material can be found in this box. The two thick files are hundreds of pages each.One large box of hand-written letters and copies of V-Mail to and from Frechies wife Rita and son Allen. There are 659 letters from Frechie to Rita and Allen including many duplicates. They are dated 1942-1945 and 1947 and there are also numerous letters dated only with the month and day. The greatest number are dated late 1942 and 1943 when he wrote multi-page letters to her every day often more than once per day. There are also 230 letters to Frechie from his wife and son the majority dating to 1942. This is the bulk of the archive both in number of unique items and in quantity of pages.One small box of hand-written letters and copies of V-Mail to 144 and from 246 Frechies parents Bessye and Jack. There are numerous copies of V-Mail from Frechies mother including some duplicates.One small box of hand-written letters and copies of V-Mail to 43 and from 206 Frechies sister Fleurette Lang brother-in-law Stanley and niece Jackie. The majority is copies of V-Mail letters from Fleurette.One small box of miscellaneous cards newspaper clippings assorted Army-related pamphlets etc.This is the substantial archive of a man who made a unique and valuable contribution to the Allied victory in World War Two. unknown
1917232376London: The Bystander' Tallis House Whitefriars Street & 190 Strand 1917. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey-blue cloth. Bound with 7 Numbers with their original variously colored illustrated wrappers bound-in. Fine. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bystander' Tallis House, Whitefriars Street, & 190, Strand hardcover
16196516516th MAY 1917 - 21st NOVEMBER 1917. 4to. Twenty-eight parts each c.40pp. bound in one volume. Each with original pictorial wrappers preserved. Profusely illustrated. A contemporary record of the First World War during 1917. unknown
1945346550The Pacific Theater 1945. Together 10 scattered issues of the above titled mimeographed typescript military newspapers. Small folio. Stapled as issued. Usual folds. Together 10 scattered issues of the above titled mimeographed typescript military newspapers. Small folio. Includes the following:<br /> The Noordam News. "Somewhere in the Pacific" i.e. aboard the transport ship Noordam II<br /> April 8 1943. Vol. 4 No. 2. 2pp.<br /> April 11 1943. Vol. 4 No. 6. 4pp.<br /> April 11 1943. Vol. 4 No. 7. 4pp. <br /> Warcast. Bougainville Island and elsewhere in the Pacific<br /> February 1 1944. 2pp.<br /> February 9 1944. 2pp.<br /> March 4 1944. 2pp.<br /> March 13 1944. 2pp.<br /> March 14 1944. 2pp.<br /> March 19 1944. 2pp<br /> Last Lap. USAT Etolin.<br /> October 23 1945. Issue No. 11. 4pp.<br /> <br /> Each of the above issues is inscribed in pencil "Co. G" possibly of the 182nd Infantry and several have the name "Milt Elberg" written on it. The news incudes general war news from the Pacific theater radio intercepts from Tokyon world news unrelated to the war humorous news from home and often "local news" or the heroics and humorous mishaps of soldiers. unknown
1919H10993Jackson Miss: Tucker Printing House 1919. Good. Oblong small quarto wraps 11 x 8 inches bound with cord 60 pp well illustrated in blue-tint photos etc. Good to very good some edge-wear and soil to covers contents VG. Extremely rare with no copies located in OCLC. The company trained at Fort Pike Arkansas drawing men from many states and went from Southhampton to Le Havre from there to Pons where they trained still further and then were deployed mainly in road building around Bordeaux and other parts of France using mainly German and American prisoners to perform the actual work. Tucker Printing House unknown
1944339447Vp 1944. 12mo or smaller. Original wrappers. 12mo or smaller. Service Men's Vest Pocket Japanese-English Conversational and Dictionary. Sand Diego: Arts & Crafts Press 1943 Restricted. Japanese Phrase Book. Washington D.C.: War Department February 28 1944 Restricted. Allied Translator and Interpretor Section Southwest Pacific Area. A.T.I.S. Publication No. 1. Japanese Military Conventional Signs & Abbreviations. Camp Ritchie MD: 15 March 1844. <br/><br/> unknown
19461011WORLD WAR II - Children <br />Today's Children Tomorrow's Hope The Story of Children in the Occupied Lands. New York: United Nations Information Office circa 1946. Illustrated. 8vo 52pp; photographic pictorial wrappers. Fine copy overall.<br />First edition thus an earlier version with only 40pp appeared about 1945. Promoting children's well-being worldwide UNICEF works in various areas including fighting poverty violence disease and discrimination at the grass-roots as well as through work on policies programmes and advocacy. This program was created in 1946 and became a permanent part of the UN System in 1953. Its headquarters are in New York. Reports on displaced children from Belgium China Czechoslovakia Denmark France Greece Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Philippines Poland USSR and Yugoslavia. United Nations Information Office paperback
1942313964New York 1942. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. Old folds lower right hand corner chipped not affecting text or signature otherwise a fine letter with a bold clear signature. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. A letter written by the renowned Russian ace and world record setting Sikorsky test pilot on behalf of Danish-born ballet and Broadway dancer Paul Haakon considered by many to be one of greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. <br /> <br /> Reading in part: "I have known Paul Haakon Longreen for over sixteen years. In the theatrical profession he is known under the name of Paul Haakon. It is very well known that he is one of the best dancers in the world. He gave up his dancing recently to become a flying instructor purely to serve his country. I sincerely believe that anything which could be done to facilitate his joining the United States Army Air Force reserve would benefit our war effort."<br /> <br /> Despite Sergievsky's recommendation in our letter it seems Haakon never became a combat pilot during WWII and instead toured as an entertainer with the United Service Organizations. He died in New York in 1992. unknown
192925502Paris: Librairie Hachette 1929. Editions Definitive. Avec 19 illustrations de P.L. Guilbert gravées par Paul Baudier. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter brown morocco. About fine. Editions Definitive. Avec 19 illustrations de P.L. Guilbert gravées par Paul Baudier. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Librairie Hachette unknown
236194New York. Marked "News Bureau Files. 222 pp. Originals printed in mimeograph this facsimile recto only. With some deletions for Secrecy Reasons. 1 vols. 4to. Tan wrappers. Some minor chipping. Marked "News Bureau Files" 222 pp. Originals printed in mimeograph this facsimile recto only. With some deletions for Secrecy Reasons. 1 vols. 4to. With a TLS to Mrs Lila Tyng/The New York Trust Co./ Income Collection Dept. signed Roy E. Larsen President of Time about the place Time was in the war. and how it affect stockholder. zHere it is the ex-Mrs. Henry Luce<br /> <br /> Chronological compilation of news reports as they were received at the News Bureau from reporting staff --- raw source material submitted to Bureau Chief David Hulburd as events happened. unknown
195732753London: Robert Hale Limited 1957. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarlet morocco-backed scarlet cloth. A very good copy. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. The story of the June 1942 brutal massacre of the Czech village of Lidice by the Nazis following the murder of Reinhard Heydrich the German Deputy Reich protector in Bohemia and Moravia. Robert Hale Limited unknown
19672110502150413070Eiga Geijutsusha Co. Ltd. 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Eiga Geijutsusha Co., Ltd. paperback
19692110502150406560Naniwashobo 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Naniwashobo paperback
186743137Baltimore: W. Winkler & J.L. Leucht Jr. 1867. 1st edition. Later leather binding 12mo 30 pages. In English and German. Singerman Nr. 1986.<br> Early-post-Civil War Jewish Baltimore imprint. Included are “Introductory Remarks by the Vice President Dr. Joshua J. Cohen†pages 5-7 followed by a prayer in English by “The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Szold Rabbi of the Oheb Shalom Congregation" pages 8-9.<br> Page 11 announces the event and lists the officers board of managers and building committee of the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Baltimore Chebroh Shangare Soshiyo 26 names as well as the Architect and Building and also the President of the US the Governor of Maryland and the Mayor of Baltimore. <br> “After the completion of the ceremony of depositing the box in the corner-stone the following brief remarks on pages 12-17 were addressed to the audience by Dr. Abram Arnold. <br> The exercises closed with a short but very impressive sermon pages 18-23 printed in both English and German by the Rev. Henry Hochheimer Rabbi of the F.P. Heb. Friendship Congregation….<br> Mr. Henry Straus the chairman of the Building Committee introduced to the Assembly the orator of the day the Rev. Dr. Solomon Deutsch Rabbi of the Har Sinai Temple….The admirable address in German of the Doctor…occupies the closing pages pages 24-30 of this pamphlet.â€<br> It is also noted that “Mr. Ignatius Lauer the Secretary of the Baltimore Hebrew Benevolent Society read the inscription on the metal plate and a list of the articles which were deposited in the corner stone….â€<br> In the History of Baltimore City and County Maryland J. Thomas Scharf notes that “The Hebrew Hospital owes its existence to the Hebrew Benevolent Society which in March 1863 appointed a committee to report a plan for the establishment of a hospital. The corner-stone was laid on the 25th of June 1866 marked by this booklet but the ‘Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association’ was not chartered until Jan. 13 1868 and in May of that year the building corner of Ann and Monument Streets was completed at a cost of sixty-three thousand dollars and opened for the reception of patients. <br> The object of the association is to ‘afford surgical and medical aid comfort and protection in sickness to the suffering and needy and to provide an asylum for the infirm and destitute and for all other purposes appertaining to hospitals asylums and dispensaries.’<br> The average number of inmates is between twenty and twenty-five; the hospital will accommodate thirty-two patients. The income is derived from subscriptions donations bequests etc. The officers are Joseph Friedenwald president from the beginning until the present time; Vice-President B.F. Ulman; Treasurer A.S. Adler; Secretary Ignatius Lauer. The Ladies’ Hebrew Hospital Association which was formed in 1868 was dissolved on the 7th of Maryland 1880. It had been largely instrumental in the construction and support of the hospital.â€<br> For more on the Hebrew Hospital see the relevant content in “Medicine in Maryland 1752-1920†online at mdhistoryonline.net/2018/06/02/h23/.<br> OCLC: 82997874. OCLC & Singerman together locate 6 copies worldwide AHJS NLI JTSA Penn HUC Maryland Historical Soc. <br> Apparently lacks the original front paper cover though title page and all text pages are present. Light toning a few spots Very Good Condition attractive copy. BK5 AMR-72-2-'. Baltimore: W. Winkler & J.L. Leucht, Jr. unknown
194734140Munich; Ha-Va'ad Le-Hotsa'ot Sefarim Etsel Va'ad Ha-Hatsalah 1947. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Original Boards. 8vo. 90 Leaves. 25 cm. In Hebrew. The first book printed for Jewish survivors by the Va'ad Hatzalah in Germany after the War.<br> The preface notes: "The lack of books of the Nation of the Book in Germany encouraged us to print works necessary for yeshiva students.this is the first book that we successfully.published this valuable Sha'agas Aryeh."<br> Sha'agat Aryeh published for survivors and refugees in Europe; with prefatory printed dedication from Rabbi Nathan Baruch of Vaad Hatzala. <br> Following the end of the Second World War the Vaad's activities centered in Germany and France consisted of distributing funds and shipments of food and religious books to Displaced Persons camps in Germany and newly established yeshivot. It provided spiritual rehabilitation to remnants of Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust. <br> Aryeh Leib ben Asher Gunzberg’s 1695-1785 responsa titled Sha’agat Aryeh The Roar of the Lion; first published 1755 “brought him lasting recognition and has been republished at least 40 times since; it is still considered to be an essential text of rabbinic learning. Sha’agat Aryeh rejected the use of pilpul he had once indulged in and insisted on a direct approach of the Talmudic text with no special attention given to the contributions of the sixteenth–eighteenth-century authors†YIVO Encyclopedia. <br> Subjects: Responsa - 1600-1800. Responsa. 1600 – 1800. Vaad Hatzala. OCLC: 19160226. <br> Spine rebacked as often found. Edgewear paper toning but solid. Good condition. B HOLO2-117-54. Munich; Ha-Va'ad Le-Hotsa'ot Sefarim Etsel Va'ad Ha-Hatsalah hardcover
19533977Walsworth Brothers Marcelline MO 1953. 4to. Sole Edition with very numerous portraits and illustrations a number in colour in the text and pictorial endpapers; regimental cloth a very good clean copy. Profusely illustrated review of staff headquarters personnel and activities. Includes a summary history of 10th Division. Uncommon; distribution was restricted to officers enlisted personnel and families [Walsworth Brothers, Marcelline MO, hardcover
1990001494Seoul Korea: Seoul Korea: Seoul International Publishing House 1990 1990. 153 pages with numerous color and b&w photos. Presents a detailed account of the evolution of Korean pottery and ceramics. Clean. 1st Printing. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seoul, Korea: Seoul International Publishing House, 1990 hardcover
20122080502106503790Kumamoto Modern History Society 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kumamoto Modern History Society paperback
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