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1944134837U.S. Governemnt Printing Office 1944. Poster. near fine. Original Poster. Colour lithograph. 20.25 X 14.25 inches 51.4 X 36 cm. Light crease horizontally across middle else in fine condition. A simple poster strong in both graphics and message. near fine Executed in 1942 by artist Dorothy Hope Smith who specialized in illustrations of babies and children best known for the "Gerber Baby" this World War II propaganda poster warns against the dire consequences of careless talk so the enemy cannot gain sensitive information. It depicts a heartbreaking image of a innocent young girl looking sad and clutching at a picture of her father. 1944 U.S. Governemnt Printing Office unknown
0005208New York: Sidney Z. Lucas. New edition. Very Good. Image measures approx. 16.5 inches by 21.25 inches; framed; slight crease in the margin through the title. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most vivid illustrations created of 1860 Chicago were published by Jevne and Amini in France. Raoul Varin of Paris France re-created the original paintings in the mid-1920s. The differences between Mr. Varin's paintings and the original prints were subtle. He engraved a variety of signed limited edition numbered prints . in the 1920s and 1930s. They were published by A Ackermann & Son . His views took a historical perspective . often based on extant classical works - Chicagology.com". Only 100 signed prints of the finished work were published. This is an aquatint reprint for Sidney Z. Lucas who operated the Old Print Center in NYC: this reprint was likely done between 1930-1960. Sidney Z. Lucas unknown
19270005209Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son Inc 1927. First Limited edition. Very Good. Image measures approx. 15.5 inches by 21.25 inches; unframed but mounted on fiberboard dark "tidal stain" at lower left margin maskable with matting. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most vivid illustrations created of 1860 Chicago were published by Jevne and Almini in France. Raoul Varin of Paris France re-created the original paintings in the mid-1920s. "The differences between Mr. Varin's paintings and the original prints were subtle. He engraved a variety of signed limited edition numbered prints . in the 1920s and 1930s. They were published by A Ackermann & Son . His views took a historical perspective . often based on extant classical works." Only 100 signed prints of the finished work were published. This is apparently a Proof State of the print and thus unnumbered but it is signed by Varin in pencil in the lower right corner. . A. Ackermann & Son Inc unknown
1896RF 818<p><i><b>Collection of 23 original edicts February 1896-September 1898 by the Captain Generals of Cuba 19 by General Valeriano Weyler 4 by General Ramón Blanco the last Spanish Captain General of Cuba. The edicts concern the attempts by the Spanish authorities to control the insurrection. They range from Weyler's efforts to concentrate the population in fortified encampments a measure often considered the precursor of concentration camps to Blanco´s establishing of a ceasefire in 1898.</b></i></p><p>23 ORIGINAL EDICTS; some manuscript annotations and the stamp of the Army of Cuba on some communiqués. The collection includes three items of related ephemera.</p><p>Notable collection of original edicts from Spanish authorities who participated in the Cuban War of Independence and attempted unsuccessfully to end the insurrection. The Cuban War of Independence the War of 1895 is the name given to the final Cuban war against Spanish domination. It is one of the last American wars against the Kingdom of Spain. The war began on 24 February 1895 with a simultaneous insurrection in 35 Cuban localities known as Grito de Oriente formerly known as Grito de Baire and ended in 1898 with the surrender of the Spanish Colonial army to the U.S. military advance with the assistance and support of <i>mambises</i>members of the Independentist Cuban army in the conflict known as the Spanish-American War. </p><p>Details on each of the edicts available on request. G. 11653/ RF 818. X99X001160 </p>
1904216112London.: George Philip & Son. 1904-1905. Colour folding map centred on the Bohai Sea about the ongoing Russo-Japanese War. Divided into 18 panels measuring 56 x 71cm when open folds into card covers with "A Map of the Country between Pekin and Taku" printed in red inside the upper cover covers measure 20.5 x 14cm. Map little foxed though not affecting image few small holes at folds covers worn and chipped particularly at extremities spine pf cover strengthened with archival tape overall in good condition. A detailed map of China's northeast extending from Nanjing and Shanghai in the south to Changchun in the north showing the European concessions of Port Arthur Weihaiwei and Qingdao. The Korean peninsula is also shown. Placenames are marked as well as road and rail links. Curiously although the South Manchuria Railway between Harbin and Port Arthur had been fully completed by the time of the war's outbreak and publication of this map the line north of Kaiyuan appears to be marked as incomplete perhaps indicating an asymmetric spread of knowledge regarding the railway's progress among British cartographers. <br> <br>Also shown are inset maps of central Beijing the area around Guangzhou as well as the Southeast of England to the same scale for comparison. A line map of the area between Beijing and Tianjin is included on the reverse of the upper cover. . George Philip & Son. unknown
2004015222<p>Eijsden: A.J. van Hees 2004 SSmall traces of use / small scrapes and bruises on the underside. Signed by author on the titlepage. 379 pages loose inserted index / errata sheet 16 pages. Photographs documents maps tables. Laminated covers. Private Press. English text / engelstalig. The scope of "Green On!" concentrates on the involvement of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Army Service Corps "Air Despatchers" and their parachute re-supply sorties flown during Operation "Market": The RAF provided the flying expertise to bring the RASC air despatches to their ordered re-supply drop points and the air despatches were tasked to swiftly drop their panniers over the DZ in the shortes possible time. Both depended on the other; none could do his job without the other. In order to get the suppliers where they were needed most both trades did their utmost to supply the airborne troops which had jumped or landed by glider behind the enemy lines. signed by author/ gesigneerd auteur. 1ste / 1st. cardboard / karton - hardcover. good / goed. A4 formaat gebonden.</p> A.J. van Hees hardcover
2004013734<p>Eijsden: A.J. van Hees 2004. 379 pages. Photographs documents maps tables. Laminated covers. Private Press. English text / engelstalig. The scope of "Green On!" concentrates on the involvement of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Army Service Corps "Air Despatchers" and their parachute re-supply sorties flown during Operation "Market": The RAF provided the flying expertise to bring the RASC air despatches to their ordered re-supply drop points and the air despatches were tasked to swiftly drop their panniers over the DZ in the shortes possible time. Both depended on the other; none could do his job without the other. In order to get the suppliers where they were needed most both trades did their utmost to supply the airborne troops which had jumped or landed by glider behind the enemy lines. 1ste / 1st. Cardboard / Karton. Good / Goed. A4 Formaat Gebonden.</p> A.J. van Hees hardcover
194575299Germany: Second Armored Division. Very Good. 1945. Original Vintage Map. 29 x 42 inch original vintage map produced by the U.S. Military titled "Hell on Wheels War Against the Axis 1942-1943-1944-1945" detailing the route and battles of the 2nd Armored Division as they worked their way from France through Belgium and into Germany in World War II. This is the larger version of a map which was issued the previous year. The map shows general handling wear and some edge chipping. There is a small mostly closed tear in the lower left quadrant. Included with the map is the original heavy mailing tube which shows it was sent by a Private Anderson APO New York to his family in Quinnimont Fayette County West Virginia. The map appears to be scarce in the trade with only 1 original currently listed for sale online vialibri. An example is listed and shown at David Rumsey's map website. We are offering this vintage World War II map with its original mailing tube. OCLC offers this note: "Shows route of 2nd Armored Division from Littry France to Gutergluck Germany with historical notes for selected locations. Includes brief history of the 2nd Armored Division. Marginal information includes place names military insignia and names of military divisions. Passed for press duplication by A.E.F. Field Press Censor." . Second Armored Division unknown
187596430Lock and Whitfield circa 1875. 1875. Very good. - A richly hued 4-1/2 inch high oval woodburytype portrait of Leon Gambetta mounted onto 11-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide stiff cream stock. A light gray printed decorative frame highlights the image. The subject's name is printed in the same light gray centered within the lower half of the sheet. "Lock and Whitfield" and "Woodbury Process" are printed at left and right along the lower edge. There is a light vertical crease in the mat and a tiny stain to it's right edge. Very good. <p>The French statesman Leon Gambetta 1838-1882 was admitted to the bar in 1859 and the Conference Mole in 1861. In 1868 Gambetta was selected to defend the journalist Delescluze who was being prosecuted for promoting the erection of a monument to Baudin who'd been killed resisting the 1851 coup d'etat. Gambetta used the occasion to both attack the coup d'etat and the government. He was elected to the assembly by both a district in Paris and one in Marseille. Initially opposing the war with Prussia he gradually came to accept the patriotic line and called for strong measures following the disaster at Sedan. It was he who proclaimed the deposition of the emperor at the corps legislatif and the establishment of a republic at the Hotel de Ville. As one of the first members of the new Government of National defense he became Minister of the Interior. When the delegation to organize resistance in the provinces failed Gambetta set off in the "Armand-Barbes" a coal gas-filled balloon to take control as minister of the interior and of war in Tours. With his assistant secretary of war and the young officer of engineers Freycinet Gambetta organized an army which might have successfully relieved Paris if Metz had not fallen. He later faded from politics after his republican party was defeated by the conservatives and monarchists.<p>Both a printing process and the print which it produces Woodburytype was invented and patented by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864. A photomechanical process Woodbury type prints are made from exposing a dichromate-sensitized sheet of gelatin to UV light shining through a photographic negative. Each area of the gelatin hardens to a depth in proportion to the amount of exposure to the light before it is then soaked in warm water. The relief image is then pressed onto a sheet of lead to create an intaglio metal printing plate. Lock and Whitfield, circa [1875]. unknown
186221798<p><i>"The colored population of Fredericksburg are strolling about town and seem to be perfectly happy our country is ruined and slaughtered worse than beeves all on account of the negroes! Can it be possible that man will sacrifice their country for the negro…"</i></p><p>A fine war-date newspaper published in Fredericksburg Virginia. Articles on the front page describe the destruction of President Jefferson Davis's Mississippi plantation the Battle of Memphis military actions near Richmond and an account of operations near Charleston South Carolina. Several other articles deal with the subject of slavery.</p> <b>CIVIL WAR – CONFEDERACY.</b>Newspaper. June 11 1862. <i>The Christian Banner</i> Fredericksburg Va. J.W. Hunnicutt Vol. 1 Number 6. 4 pp. large folio.<p><b>Excerpts</b></p><p>"<i>We learn that the vandals have come off their boats and battered down and utterly destroyed the residence of Jeff. Davis and also that of Joe Davis. Their acts of destruction and vandalism in that neighborhood were complete leaving nothing behind but a bleak and desolate track behind them</i>."</p><p>"<i>African Slavery. The fact can be no longer disguised; let this war result as it may African Slavery in Virginia is already virtually swept from her territory. If she would lay down her arms and return to the Union her citizens might receive some remuneration for their servants from Government</i>"</p><p>"<i>Submission … This is submission with a tyrant's rod and a vengeance. And all who were opposed to secession have been forced to </i>submit<i> because a Military despotism has been hanging over them ever since. and this is freedom—Independence!"</i></p><p>"<i>The word submission has produced a greater terror over the Southern people than any word in the world. Submission! Submission to what Submission to Old Abe Lincoln Submission to Black Republican rule what power had he Lincoln none whatever! If all the States had remained quietly and peacefully in the Union. Lincoln could not have inaugurated a civil war upon the South</i>"</p>
199468594Bridgewater VA: Good Printers Inc. Very Good. 1994. Softcover. Inscribed by author on title page: "Hope its a good read Joyce Miller". Some edgewear to the covers. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 208 pages; Signed by Author . Good Printers, Inc. paperback
1947000324<p>Aalten: De Graafschap 1947 Boek met stofomslag is in goede staat kleine gebruiksspoortjes / naam op het eerste schutblad met pen geschreven. 44 pagina's.Illustraties kaart. Vertaling door J. Rothuizen. Oorspronkelijke titel: The battle of Arnhem Bridge". 1ste / 1st. half linnen hard cover. good / goed/good / goed. Illus. by Germans Jacques. A5 formaat.</p> De Graafschap hardcover
1919BIB328090Brisbane: A. Green. 20091919. Small Quarto Size. Mint - a new copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. No 13 of 400 numbered copies. Matt laminated boards cloth spine. Hand bound. Total casualties Decorations Roll of honour. 132 pages. The Battalion was raised in Victoria in 1916 and served at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. A. Green hardcover
1919BIB315285Brisbane: A. Green. 20091919. Small Quarto Size. Near Fine condition. This is a new copy but with a tiny graze to the lower rear edge - virtually invisible. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. No 14 of 400 numbered copies. Matt laminated boards cloth spine. Hand bound. Total casualties Decorations Roll of honour. 132 pages. The Battalion was raised in Victoria in 1916 and served at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . As New. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. A. Green hardcover
31018Hartford: Taylor & Huntington n.d. Photograph. Good. Stereoscope photograph. Card with image and title on the front and printed information on back. Edge wear to the card on the corners. Light edge wear to the pasted down image. Taylor & Huntington unknown
186521232New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co 1865. Very good condition. Review concerning the Union General Benjamin Butler notorious for issuing "The Woman Order" General Order No. 28 during the 6 months May - October 1862 he was the military governor of New Orleans. It essentially ordered that any woman showing contempt for a Union soldier "shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation" in other words a prostitute. Butler nicknamed "The Beast" was also charged with looting gold and other valuables from New Orleans mansions and banks the subject of this review. 8vo 27pp. Tan printed wrappers title in black at front wrapper. Wrappers a bit sunned. OCLC: 5728749. Wm. C. Bryant & Co unknown
186223685New York: G. Savage 1862. Fine. Civil War era addenda to the Municipalist a New York magazine published following the "Separation of the United States". The first sentence reads "Since the preceding Letters have been published the United States of America have been dissevered and a new federation under the name of Confederate States of America formed". The Municipalist was first published in 1858; the second edition in 1859. <br /> <br /> Contents include secession enforced union convention of the states Abolitionists Shay's Rebellion the United States a great people no nation; and more.<br /> <br /> Plain paper wrappers. 16mo 303-348pp 1pp "Some Private Opinions". Stitched. Sabin 51330. OCLC: 950932219 one copy at the American Antiquarian Society. G. Savage unknown
194142307Ministry of Information with War Office with Ministry of Home Security 1941. Single sheet roy. 8vo. 11 X 8.25 ins 280 x 210 cms printed both sides some very light spotting vertical and horizontal folds as usual a remarkably well-preserved near fine copy. Churchill's introduction written March 10 1941 urges the population to 'STAND FIRM' and 'CARRY ON'. There follow a lengthy series of instructions to be followed in the case of an enemy invasion culminating: ' Do not tell the enemy anything. Do not give him anything. Do not help him in any way.' VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cohen B76.1; Woods A69. Ministry of Information [with] War Office [with] Ministry of Home Security, unknown
1975010826San Jose Ca: R. James Bender Publishing 1975. 208pp/illus. End-paper maps. Contents include: Its History 1933-1945 Recruitment for 'GG'/'HG' Formations Musikkorps 'General Göring' / 'Herman Göring' The Commanders Knight's Cross Holders Uniforms Insignia Luftwaffe War Badges Personal Identification Standards Command Flags Staff Flags Car Pennants Vehicle Identification Markings. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. R. James Bender Publishing Hardcover
186423679Boston: Gould & Lincoln 1864. Very good - condition. Civil War era publication assessing the resources and debt paying capacity of the US "Can we pay our present and prospective National Debt . p1 written by American economist and advocate of low tariffs David Ames Wells.<br /> <br /> Wells 1828 - 1898 was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln during the war writing pamphlets reassuring investors on Lincoln's financial policies. <br /> <br /> 'Our Burden and Our Strength' established Wells' reputation as a political economist. Wells' analysis attracted the attention of Lincoln who in 1865 appointed him chairman of the National Revenue Commission. In this role Wells was the first to collect economic and financial data for government use; the Commission's recommendations became law in 1866.<br /> <br /> 8vo 39pp. Original printed paper wrappers with chips around the edges wrappers loose but present. OCLC: 12120949. Gould & Lincoln unknown
138172Very Good. An irregular piece of weathered plywood inscribed as above maximum dimensions 45 × 102 mm mounted on card behind glass in a modern wooden frame external dimensions 150 × 200 mm. As found now preserved and displayed to advantage; overall in excellent condition. Supporting documentation includes a lengthy extract from 'Flying Fury' 1918 by James Thomas Byford McCudden VC DSO and bar MC and bar MM and Croix de Guerre 1895-1918 describing his attack on an LVG C.VI a two-seater German reconnaissance and artillery-spotting aircraft on 17 October 1917 over Vlamertinghe . the very machine from which this relic was souvenired. <p>'I followed the wreckage down till the Hun crashed and then landed alongside on some good stubble in order to put a guard on the Hun. <p>I left my engine ticking over while I went to look at the Hun and I found two groups of Australian infantry. I pushed my way into the middle of the first group and found that the attraction was the observer who had fallen from the machine at about 5000 feet. He was a huge man named Ernst Hadrich and seeing that he was dead I went over to the other group of men about a hundred yards away and here found the remains of the machine and the pilot. <p>Everything of value in the way of souvenirs on the machine had already gone for although I landed a very short time after the Hun came down the Tommies had already taken what was worth taking and the way they behaved was not very edifying from the disciplined point of view in which I had always been brought up'. <p>An evocative souvenir and a sobering account. unknown
1941020038Aldershot: Gale & Polden 1941. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Gale & Polden paperback
1937SPANISHC000836The Vanguard Press New York. 1937. First edition. Octavo. pp xx 123. Introduction by Lorenzo Varela. Red boards. Among the translators are William Carlos Williams Muriel Rukeyser Edna St. Vincent Millay Stanley Kunitz Katherine Anne Porter John Peale Bishop et al.Endpapers a bit tanned. Head and tail of spine slightly pushed. Very good in very good slightly chipped rubbed and dusty dustwrapper faded at the spine. The Vanguard Press, New York. hardcover
19435814Hilversum 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 21. Original stiff wrappers old institutional stamp shelf ticket and marking to cover. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. E-5 IN <br/> <br/> Hilversum paperback
0428190987.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
