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194249724Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1942. Color poster 40 x 27 3/4 inches originally folded now mounted on linen. 3 inch split to upper left fold with staining from old adhesive now removed not very noticeable in image proper; otherwise very good condition. Dramatic image by Frederick Siebel to remind the public of the dangers to the military of careless talk - don't accidently give away information to the enemy - along the lines of "Loose Lips Sink Ships." A man drowning accuses with his pointing finger. A security poster issued by the Office of War Information: "OWI Poster No. 18. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries Office of War Information Washington D. C." . U.S. Government Printing Office. unknown books
2005255933New York: Time Books 2005. First. hardcover. good/fine. By the Editors of Time. Many Illus. 4to black boards d.w. back cover bumped on bottom edge near spine. New York: Time Books 2005. Very good<br/><br/> Time Books unknown books
4686WORLD WAR II PATRIOTIC FAN. Fan. No date early 1940s. Madison Wisconsin. A World War II patriotic fan showing the Statue of Library overlooking a ferocious eagle. There is a solo fighter plane and a squadron of planes near the statue. The left panel states “Give us peace and liberty†and the other “Let the land we love be freeâ€. There is light waterstaining to the side of the right panel and it opens easily. It was printed by the Joyce Funeral Home of Madison Wisconsin and this is published on the back. unknown books
194310909New York: MacMillan 1943. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG newspaper offset to rear eps/VG some edgewear. 155 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> MacMillan hardcover books
1939289674Rome: Tumminellil & C. 1939. hardcover. fine. Profusely illustrated with photos maps plans & ads. 2 volumes. Folios recently bound in full kelly green crushed morocco. Rome: Tumminellil & C. 21 October 1939 - 30 January 1943. Fine.<br/><br/> An almost complete file of this ephemeral weekly journal documenting the war in Europe.<br/><br/> Tumminellil & C. unknown books
1947733921947. WORLD WAR II. ENGINEERS IN THEATER OPERATIONS and ORGANIZATIONS TROOPS AND TRAINING. By the Office of the Chief Engineer General Headquarters Army Forces Pacific. Major General Hugh J. Casey Chief Engineer. Washington: Government Printing Office Reports of Operations United States Army Forces in the Far East Southwest Pacific Area Army Forces Pacific 1947 1953. Two volumes; 4to. red cloth gilt; illustrated. Mildly skewed with sun soil to cloth wear to edges; just occasional soil internally. Very good working copies. unknown books
1945264850Krems Austria 1945. 4to and smaller. Some toning overall very good. 4to and smaller. STALAG 17B. Identity documents and ephemera of American Air Force tail gunner Sgt. Gerald McDowell 1923-2002. McDowell and the flight crew of the B17 nicknamed Hell's Belle survived being shot down over Germany in 1943 and were interned at Stalag 17B in Austria. At the war's end the camp guards marched American prisoners west to meet the U.S. Armored Division at Braunau and avoid the Soviet troops occupying eastern Austria. McDowell wrote a memoir of his war experiences A Tail Gunner's Tale 1991. Stalag 17 gained notoriety from the 1953 Hollywood film of the same name staring William Holden.<br/><br/>Comprising:<br/><br/>1. Camp identification document for Gerald McDowell no. 100478 with two photographs side and profile with chalk board identity number. Old fold splt repaired on verso. With corresponding stamped metal badge. Illustrated at p. 114 of his book<br/><br/>2. Broadside: Kgf.-M.-Stammlager XVII B. Teillager der Luftwaffe. Lagerführung. Gneixendorf June 11th 1944. Warning ! 1. Any P.o.W. touching or crossing warning wire during day-time will be fired upon immediately. . Stencil printed signed in ink by "E-" above stencil legend: Hauptmann and 1st Lageroffizier. Old folds. Tipped onto card. Illustrated at p. 90 of his book. Of extreme rarity.<br/><br/>3. BATCH D.B. Pencil portrait of Gerald McDowell Signed and dated lower right D.B. Batch P.O.W. 13/1/45 Krems Austria. 9 x 6 inches. Tipped onto card. Framed.<br/><br/>4. Recipes for "D-Bar Spread" "Chocolate Cream Pudding" "Gallop" and other P.O.W. dishes using D-Bars C-Rations "Jerry" sugar etc. 5 small cards closely written on versos of typed prisoner ID fiches 4 x 2 inches. Tipped onto card. Toned.<br/><br/>with:<br/>5. PHELPER Ben H. Kriegie Memories title from cover. Photographs and handwritten text. 64 pp. Aurora Illinois: Printed by Barker printing Co. 1946. Blue leather grained cloth upper cover titled in gilt. OCLC: 85169189 4 copies. Inscribed by the author on the first blank "Jerry: May you always be free and happy. Good luck Ben". Rare privately printed account of experiences inside Stalag 17B by "Luftgangster No. 113204" with photographs of camp life and of the march towards liberation in May 1945. With a dozen annotations by McDowell usually in red ink indicating himself or other fellow inmates in the photographs including a picture in the "Cardboard Playhouse" of McDowell in a dress captioned in the text "a glamour shot of one of our boy actors . Some of the lads sure did look good when they made up as a girl." Presentation copy of an astonishing illustrated narrative<br/><br/>6. MCDOWELL Gerald. E. A Tail Gunner's Tale. Vantage Press 1991. Review copy as new. unknown books
194215847Fort Belvoir VA: The Engineer Board 1942. Red cloth spine with printed buff wrappers stapled. VG minor wear. 53 leaves. Text printed on versos only. Profusely illustrated with diagrams schematics & from photographs. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> The Engineer Board hardcover books
15764Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card unobtrusive; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books
15687Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card unobtrusive; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books
15765Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card unobtrusive; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books
1942WRCLIT70193Washington DC: Office for Emergency Management / GPO 1942. Oblong folio photolithographed broadside 28 x 40"; 72 x 102 cm. Folded as issued Very slight tanning at the folds on the blank verso a couple of minuscule breaks at junctions of folds but a very near fine bright unused example. A famous WWII home front poster from the Office of Emergency Management promoting the production effort featuring an American worker front and center flanked by a GI and a sailor. An original example of a poster which has been reproduced countless times in various media. Office for Emergency Management / GPO unknown books
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 books
1942WRCLIT24034London: Oxford University Press 1942. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. The fourth number in the series. Introduction by Colin Coote. Ardizzone Bawden Freedman et al. Slight tanning to spine else near fine. Oxford University Press unknown books
19452479South Pacific Theater: Armed Forces 1945. First Edition. Paper Documents. Near fine. A collection of military newspapers magazines clippings and maps from a member of the Australian Military Forces Abroad. Includes the following items: Table Tops Magazine Final Edition - 10 September 1945; Moro'tiser Magazine by Captain James Paterson September 1945; XIV Corps Liberators of Manila broadside; Moro'tiser: Magazine Of 13 Aust Advanced Workshop 1945; Japan's Shipwreck Alley - United States Air Force 1944; Liberty Magazine Jan. 27 1945; Various newspaper clippings. A unique collection of World War II ephemera. [Armed Forces] unknown 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
1917WRCLIT77513Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917. xiv311pp. plus seven smaller folding maps and a large folded map inserted in sleeve in back. Navy blue cloth lettered in gilt. Fore and bottom edge of lower cover damp dulled but a good sound copy. First edition US issue bound up from UK sheets. Published in the series "Campaigns and Their Lessons" edited by Major-General C.E. Callwell. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1919WRCLIT84511Paris: Lang Blangchong et Cie. 1919. 211pp. Decorated wrappers. Portraits. Some light use lower forecorner creased but a good copy of this fragile pamphlet. A tribute and capsule history of some of the major battles gotten up for presentation to the doughboys mustering out from European service. Lang, Blangchong et Cie. unknown books
1922WRCLIT73738New York: Macmillan 1922. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and black. Frontis and plates. Small surface snag/puncture in spine otherwise very good and bright with the panels of the dust jacket laid in. First edition. An excellent association copy with the author's 1943 presentation inscription to Boswell bibliographer/editor Frederick Pottle who served with Evacuation Hospital 8 and wrote a history of the unit STRETCHERS. Macmillan hardcover books
1917WRCLIT56950New York: Scribner 1917. Gilt blue cloth. First edition. A few small bumps and rubs to edges otherwise very good and bright. Essays on his diplomatic service prior to and during the war. Scribner hardcover books
1916WRCAM54699El Paso Tx.: Medley & Shulman 1916. Panoramic photograph 10 x 51 1/2 inches. Minor edge wear a few tiny closed edge tears. Overall very good. Tightly rolled. A well-composed panoramic image of Camp Stewart taken during the Texas-Mexico border war. Camp Stewart was established near El Paso Texas in 1916 specifically to defend the Texas border against ensuing attacks from the Mexican Revolutionary general Pancho Villa. This activity was part of the Mexican Border Campaign or Pershing's Punitive Expedition an effort by President Woodrow Wilson to pursue and capture or kill Pancho Villa and to halt Villa's paramilitary actions on American soil. Major General John Pershing was tasked by Wilson to find Villa and disrupt his forces. Over the course of nine months Pershing's men pursued Villa skirmishing with the Mexican revolutionaries but they never succeeded in capturing Villa himself. The image shows a vast array of tents and temporary buildings along with men on both horseback and foot arrayed in the desert not far from a mountainous backdrop. The photographers Medley & Shulman were locals and produced the photograph in El Paso. Medley & Shulman unknown books
1930WRCLIT84739London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons 1930. xi1425pp. Small thick octavo. Red cloth. Modest foxing at edges spine a but sunned but good and sound. First edition of this collection of reminiscences by non-professional writers. Siegfried Sassoon's copy with the monogram label from the posthumous library sale on the front pastedown and an Everyman's Library bookmark still in place at p. 77. "This is a very striking book throwing light on almost every phase of the War ." - Falls. FALLS p.225. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover books
1933WRCLIT57387New York: Macmillan 1933. Large octavo. Gilt decorated cloth. Portrait. First edition of these memoirs of the author's experiences at the Front first as a correspondent then as a combatant. Ink name and bookplate on free endsheet with triangular cut from fore-edge otherwise a very good bright copy in highly pictorial dust jacket with two internally mended tears. Macmillan hardcover books
1916WRCLIT79120Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1916. xix33444pp. Large thick octavo. Gilt decorated boards gilt leather spine label fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Photographs plates and illustrations. A few stray marks to boards four patches of surface wear to lower joint ink name on endsheet trace of foxing to edges; a very good copy. First edition limited issue. One of 550 copies printed on large untrimmed handmade paper. Introduction by A. Piatt Andrew. Includes a roster of the earliest waves of members to serve photos of and commentary on members who have distinguished themselves and chapters contributed by some of their number including Hemingway's friend painter Waldo Pierce. The precursor to the much enlarged three volume work of 1920. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1980WRCLIT34448New York: Dutton 1980. Cloth and boards. First edition. About fine in dust jacket. Dutton hardcover books
