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1618106380<p>Entire issue small folio 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" removed disbound 473-480 pp. slight offsetting A few small holes affecting a some letters holes look like a slight tear in right column some aging and browning; otherwise about very good. At the Battle of Camden in South Carolina the Americans suffered a major defeat at the hands of the British. The British General Cornwallis defeated the American General Gates on August 16 1780 causing the American to lose 2000 men in the process. Despite its publication in a London newspaper this is an American account of the Battle of Camden which includes a letter from General Gates. history american-revolution/battle-of-camden website.</p>
25054401China n.d. ca. 1927-1928. Brown simulated alligator cloth covers 37 x 27.5 cm. black pages spine ribbon-tied ca. 400 b.w. photos corner mounted images very good sharp and clear images NOT fadedsolidnicely done. V E R Y R A R E ! . . SUPERB PHOTO ALBUM OF THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR: . . Beginning of The Communist Party led led by Mao Tse-tung . . V.S. the Kuomintang KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party . Led by Chiang Kai Shek. . The United States Supported the KMT. In this album we see how the KMT soldiers hosted the American Army in China using their trains and military bases throughout China. This unusual album contains 400 original b. w. photographs & and is an historic photographic record of American military deployment showing Dough-boys in China probably from the U.S. Army's 2nd. Battalion 15th. infantry per the flag and insignia found on a group formation photograph. A minority are with written captions by and large taken by the person who made the album also enhanced with a small percent of professional Chinese photos some of which have in-negative captions. There are ca. 3 or so photos missing else completely filling 32 pages or 64 sides one on the inside back cover. The inside of the front cover has five attractive period color luggage type adverts from various hotels: Hotel Lankershim & Coast Line Military & Naval Hotel San Francisco Cal; The Court Hotel Tientsin North China; Grand Hotel des Wagons Litz; Astor House Hotel Ltd. Tientsin. The album begins with photos of a Chinese playing a Pi-pa snake skin banjo then there are three other photos: first two show a Chinese military camouflage train engine from which a Yank soldier in his campaign hat descends and a long train of cars with a large howitzer mounted upon one last shows French troops at parade rest with their rifles and white gloves and crested helmets with anchors naval or marines with others in the background with some officers. The next two pages show Chinese coolies swing a basket from the creek top water a field a mother suckling her baby with her family at the farm a large water tower in the wet slums and a group of Doughboys at attention in formation they wear boots leggings chrome World War I type dress helmets a rifle back pack with bayonet cartridge pouch belts with green wool hip-length jackets. The opposite page shows another view of the Chinese military train a pair of large mounted guns on an armored train car. To the right is a Chinese officer pointing to a large pierced hole in the train with a foreign engineer peering out from the small window. The train sports the Republic of China flag with a Chinese military unit flag painted on the side. Another view shows a group of abandoned Chinese coffins that went to the dogs; a group of soldiers in garrison caps at attention with fixed bayonets as the officers salute someone near the person taking the photo some Chinese officers also present. Next 2 pages show Chinese on a wheel barrow some Japanese women by a pond in Kimono and a group of British troops from their colonial Empire: blacks Indians white trumpeter Chinese and others with musical instruments all wear white cork-type pith helmets. A group of Japanese officers mugging for the camera. Photos of the railhead and large number of Chinese troops with rifles and kit at the railway station some on march carrying their flags others in open box cars with touring cars that are on the move another of camouflaged armored train cars one shows a number of foreign soldiers looking out of a train car window some are with tiny embossed stamp at right corner: "Mei Lee Tien Tsin." The album continues with a mixture of images of civilian Chinese Chinese military their trains moving air planes weapons war refugees in tents military views of barbed wire fortifications trenches machine gunners Russian soldiers Chinese officers Chinese air force funerals rickshaw pullers camel trains captured & wounded prisoners foreign soldiers at their sand-bagged posts. Photos of the great wall magnificent Chinese architectural monuments buildings and pagodas religious icons coffins more coffins mortars & Chinese junks and a plethora of others. The American Consulate General's compound in Tientsin American military band welcoming the newly arrived replacement troops. A large photo group shot of the American officers seated for a memorial photograph with their Battalion flag proudly posted on the wall where they pose source of our citation at the top of the unit name; two buglers are at each outside position the commander is ram-rod straight and taller than all others seated in the front & center; he and only two others on his sides wear full leather knee boots probably indicating the highest ranking officers; others are in boots & leggings. Photos of Doughboys aboard a ship showing the Naval officers with one stunning photo of an American high officer with his Japanese & Chinese counter parts posing for the camera. And a photo of the "Mail Boat Gazun Panama" and a few others of Panama giving credence to the fact that some of these soldiers came from the American East coast via Panama to San Francisco then on to China. Nice photo of semi-nude Panamanian family men women children. Doughboys at target practice photos of Chinese poverty coolies pulling great loads and street vendors. More showing Chinese life style street life horse & bullock carts and yet more caskets left in the open unburied and abandoned train cars full of horses Chinese troops smoke rising from a burning city another with "Tian jin" written in Chinese catholic church more parading of American soldiers within the Tientsin American Consulate parade grounds trooping of the colors. And a nice photo of the "U.S. Army Transport Thomas" Chinese junk &c. A U.S. soldier in a necktie his rifle at fixed bayonet at parade-rest before the Consulate General compound with sand bags inside a photo of a U.S. soldier with his Colt-45 on his hip with canteen looking at some communications connections another photo of two mini U.S. tanks and a very long bridge over the water. Photo of the Tientsin downtown with a Sikh Indian policeman directing traffic. Next page shows a public Chinese street execution: the guilty on his knees with the executioner ready to swing a very large sword and another headless corpse is before him the Tientsin YMCA compound opposite which is likely the inside of the American Consulate offices showing very ancient typewriters and three women staff and one other female Navy person. They all mug for the camera with a good number of U.S. Army or Marine officers behind three desks. Chinese hauling "magnum gold" brand ammunition on hand- trucks a U.S. Army band performing before the Consulate's office. At this point we find a few photos with penned captions: "One of China's Department Stores it shows a bird vendor; Peanut Gambler a mountain of P-nuts; Chinese Shimboo photo of the office and maker of the album and his Chinese officer friend ; "A Chinese Taxi" shows him in a Rickshaw "Me and the boy friend 11/3/28" shows a tiny goat cart carrying a child's coffin with a Chinese man. This penned date gives substantial proof of the date range of the entire album which was placed about the center of the whole work. The next page shows two more penned captions: "Chinese cavalry" and "Note mud house and fence" shows two Chinese officers on horse-back and a very very poor house with very starved animals. The next shows six Chinese undercover men two each holding a Chinese being readied for execution; and a very grizzly photo of a Chinese officer actually executing a Chinese man with his pistol who is seated on a rock: the photo captures the action as the shot blows away the mans brains. Behind the execution scene is a crowd of American soldiers in campaign hats and Chinese military officers who are witness to the event. More views of Chinese street life vendors pullers haulers & horse carts religious icons and a stunning Chinese roofed gate more Chinese troops on the move via train with a very horrible view of a large number of dead Chinese in the muddy filthy waters by a bridge. Homeless Chinese at a "soup kitchen" war refugees hauling their belongings house boat street barbers a group of 7 photos by the ocean. They show American soldiers at leisure looking at Chinese fishermen nets naked fishermen hauling in a net of fish to the beach a burning waterfront village the jetty where several large American transport ships are at anchor and a great assembly of Yankee soldiers on the beach with duffel bags and their gear at the railhead. The last photo shows a great number of various whisky bottles lined up for display. More photos show a coffin maker large coffin basket seller and "chow" sellers on the street. A military formation of 100's of either Scottish or Irish soldiers with fixed bayonets marching down the main street before the "RNC Electricity Dept." below which is a very long line of British soldiers on one side of the street opposite from a good number of American soldiers who are on the side of the street a British Union Jack flies over a castle-like structure this is clearly some kind of grand military parade. More photos of the Great Wall the military parade and army chaplains with an Australia flag flying over another castle tower. Chinese river scene with large numbers of native boats in a canal a beggar's camp with straw -mat tents a canal crossing ferry for people a photo of a U.S. officer stand on top a wooden coffin for a closer look. More poverty-stricken Chinese haulers fortune tellers graves tethered horses log sawyers rice haulers electric trolley with English and Chinese language sign on the roof panorama post card of Shanghai's Bund. The album now shifts to photos of the Peking area. Shows the Ming tombs and the camel-lined road; military train the Americans were transported by that train a large bivouac and tent city where the U. S. military troops camped some Chinese "house boys" proudly holding the American troop's unit flag. More photos of two U.S. soldiers posing near Chinese coffins in a wet ditch. A group of very young Chinese boys posed near the railroad; one is so poor that he has no clothes at all and is in nude. A large group of Nationalist Chinese soldiers marching along a street one classic photo of a single American soldier on guard standing at attention as stands vigil on a barbed-wire barrier his rifle at fixed bayonet. A group of five Chinese young "ladies" who pose for the camera who seemed NOT to be bewildered by the photographer they look like "Sing-song girls" hookers who entertained the U.S. troops. Chinese Buddhist priests in white robes with shaved heads a great gate to Peking Shanghai harbor views shanty huts captured Chinese criminal or traitor guarded by Chinese soldiers train car full of rifles more Chinese soldiers on trains marching in formation on the road. And a good photo of several American officers: one with a whip posing for the camera in garrison hat. Chinese bivouac and American soldiers with bullet and pouches for ammo with rifles at parade rest. More barbed-wire barricades Chinese & British soldiers armored train-mounted gun. More Chinese prisoners traitors being executed heads hoisted on power poles in baskets as a form of public warning and display for other would-be traitors. An American tent bivouac camp at the train yard two more public exec executions by beheading at the moment of loosing one's head an executed dead man lying in the street. Photos of Peking's Forbidden City a Chinese hung to death from a tree a Yank soldier in overalls carries a Chinese bamboo "yoke" with two baskets and smokes a pipe while Chinese look on and laugh. Two photos of lines of Rickshaws waiting for passengers. One comic photo with negative caption: "Find the Chinaman;" it shows two American soldiers sitting among Chinese. Nice shot of the Summer Palace Peking and a U.S. soldier riding in a Rickshaw. The very last photo inside the back cover shows the whole battalion dressed up wearing their chrome helmets standing at attention in formation for a classic and most historic memorial photograph. Their commanding officer is front and center; all have their rifles ammo belts and very polished boots with back packs. They could be standing in the Tientsin American Consulate compound grounds. Followed by a few other photos of Chinese a Chinese soldier et al. This work shows the typical things seen in China during this period of political and military chaos. The feuding war lords and political parties at war; the landing of American military to protect American diplomatic interests. Support & assistance given to the Americans and other foreign military groups by the Nationalist Chinese army. The desperate situation of the tragic Chinese people caught in the grips of upheaval and the summary punishment of traitors in a public display of the swift and ruthless law of China. A riveting and most compelling true record of a U.S. military officer's sojourn to and deployment in China. THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE SIZE OF PHOTOGRAPHS: This is not a professional group of photographs but there a very small amount which were obviously purchased by the maker of the album and inserted. The vast majority are his personal photographs these again are obvious to anyone who looks at the album. This is an excellent example of private work of an unknown American Army officer stationed in China during a very chaotic period. He was interested in recording for posterity his experiences and the sights that he saw while on duty. We thank him for giving us privy to this slice of American and Chinese military history. SIZE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: The size varies considerably sizes in cm.: the smallest are 8 x 5 most are 14 x 9 3 larger photos 24.5 x 18 and the last 30 x 10. CONDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: These are original period photos they are all very clear sharp images no fading and in excellent condition. They have been corner mounted. RARITY: Photographic albums of this period in China are NOT commonly found; one made by an American Army officer stationed in China at this time is exceptionally unusual and RARE ! This is a charming primary source with a large number of clean & sharp images taken by an actual participant in this historic period of China. The officer and photographer of these photographs shared for posterity his keen insight and view of these events. We thank him for giving us privy to this slice of American & Chinese military history. . unknown
1939214021939. Various authors and issuers group of wartime pamphlets and periodicals 1939-1945 documenting American interpretations of Japanese expansionism prewar economic policy debates and U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater. The material operates in Cultural/Representational Mode illustrating how military governmental and institutional publications framed Japanese imperial strategy and justified American military response while also presenting technical and battlefield analysis intended for both military and informed civilian audiences. These works collectively offer insight into wartime messaging strategic interpretation and the evolving American understanding of Pacific conflict from prewar trade tensions through active combat operations.<br /> Four printed works issued between 1939 and 1945 including Shall America Stop Arming Japan 1939; Japanese Imperialism Exposed: The Secret Tanaka Document 1942; United States Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 69 No. 485 May 1943; and Makin U.S. War Department 1944. Staple-bound and softcover formats illustrated with photographs maps charts and technical diagrams. Shall America Stop Arming Japan presents statistical charts detailing American exports of strategic materials noting that Japan sourced significant percentages of copper scrap iron and petroleum from the United States accompanied by arguments advocating embargo. Japanese Imperialism Exposed reproduces the controversial Tanaka Memorial describing a proposed sequence of territorial conquest beginning with China and extending across Asia and the Pacific. Makin issued by the War Department's Historical Division provides a detailed narrative of the U.S. Marine assault on Makin Atoll with photographs of tanks infantry movement and captured terrain alongside fold-out maps showing defensive positions and invasion routes. United States Naval Institute Proceedings includes articles analyzing naval aviation logistics and strategic doctrine with photographic illustrations of aircraft such as the XLRQ-1 seaplane glider and PV-1 Ventura patrol plane as well as discussions of wartime and postwar naval policy.<br /> Together these publications trace the progression of American engagement with Japan from economic and diplomatic tension to full-scale military conflict combining advocacy intelligence interpretation and operational reporting. The juxtaposition of prewar policy argument with wartime combat analysis and technical discussion demonstrates the range of printed materials used to inform persuade and document during the Pacific War. These works support research into wartime propaganda military strategy and the informational frameworks through which the United States understood and prosecuted the war against Japan. Light wear to spines and edges with minor toning to pages; overall very good condition. A cohesive grouping illustrating the intersection of policy debate ideological framing and battlefield documentation in World War II print culture. unknown
1918104188<p>Oblong 8vo cloth gilt title on top cover and spine illustrated. Top hinge a little weak but firm some extremity wear and back cover wear normal aging; otherwise very good plus. This little work includes a short history of political caricature from James Gillray to Thomas Nast. This is a charming collection of political humor that includes views on major events to those that have long been forgotten. The themes are of course relevant to the day and express sentiments at that time. Some are racist like a cartoon of Abe Lincoln sitting on a woodpile labeled the 'Republican Platform' showing a black person under the pile and with a caption "The Nigger in the Woodpile." Another cartoon features a general representing the Union hitting various Southern leaders linked to secession with a club. </p> Brentano's,
1918101435Oblong 8vo cloth illustrated. Minor edgewear some minor water staining along the bottom of first few pages not affecting images front endpaper with small chipp back cover stained or marked; contents very good overall. Illustrations provide a useful record of political humor during the Civil War years. Not surprisingly many feature Lincoln including one of him leading the Republican Party into an insane asylum. Brentano's,
5820London: James Ridgway Piccadilly. W. 1862. Octavo: 29 2 pp. Unbound stabbed and stitched. Slightly dogeared on grubby lightly-spotted paper. Loss to top right-hand corner of title-leaf not affecting text. Two pages of advertisements at rear headed 'Important pamphlets etc. Recently published by James Ridgway Piccadilly.' London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly. W. 1862. unknown
19090005650Washington DC : Byron S. Adams 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavos viii 731pp. contemporary half red leather marbled boards <br/><br/>Maj. Steele's lectures in American military history taught at Fort Leavenworth.Text & 311 maps Byron S. Adams hardcover
0266974120.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333927908.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1927222385GPO 1927 1927. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Bound in blue cloth. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 845 pages. GPO, 1927 hardcover
1961MASTER340660ICHICAGO: HENRY REGNERY COMPANY. VG/G DJ SCUFFED LIGHTLY SUNNED & EDGEWORN A FEW TINY TEARS. Pages: 592. . 1961. HARDCOVER. ALL PAGES CLEAN BINDING TIGHT. . HENRY REGNERY COMPANY hardcover
1996011436Mesa AZ: American Fighter Aces Association 1996. 543pp/illus with index. Photos of pilots planes throughout in black and white with biographies. Bios include pilot's name date of birth service history combat tours decorationsawards and recognitions aerial combat history and personal updates. Previous owner's gift inscription inside front cover. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. American Fighter Aces Association Hardcover
194700008708Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1947 Limited and signed edition to 555 copies of whcih this No. 265 720 pages gilt edged top. A bit rubbed big book a bit wobbly but sturdy. Bobbs-Merrill Co. hardcover
1996WWII-5Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1996. Highly praised compendium of recently declassified documents assembled by two German historians conveys the extent of the U.S. government's knowledge of German opposition to the Nazi regime its reaction to peace feelers from resistance circles and psychological tactics devised by the Office of Strategic Services to undermine German morale. The papers several of which confirm OSS foreknowledge of the July 20 1944 attempt to assassinate Hitler include the initial report on the attempt by future CIA chief Allen Dulles to OSS director William J. Donovan and OSS adviser William Langer's memo outlining his belief that the event was faked ".the attempt on Hitler's life was staged by himself". Other documents are OSS guidelines for recruiting German agents; studies of pro- and anti-Nazi attitudes of German workers soldiers churchmen women and students; and a report by Dulles on a consultation with psychologist C.G. Jung on the state of Hitler's mind. Organized chronologically this valuable collection of primary source material will be of interest to scholars for its revelation of internal resistance in Germany as seen through American eyes. 457 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1962P-24775New York: Lathrop C. Harper 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Preface by Lawrence C. Wroth. A monumental work which consists of a chronological catalogue critical and bibliographical study of books pamphlets broadsides and periodical artcicles relating to the medical sciences printed in the U.S. during British Dominion and the Revolutionary War. A pristine copy clean and unmarked. Blue gilt cloth 885 pages. Lathrop C. Harper hardcover
196261115New York: Lathrop C. Harper Inc 1962. First Edition. Very Good condition. Lathrop C. Harper, Inc unknown
196200-43EB-0FHIL.C. Harper 1962. Hardcover. Like New. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. L.C. Harper hardcover
20609Lathrop C. Harper Inc. New York. 1962. First Edition 4to 88pp. facsimiles orig. cloth. With facsimile title pages and collations given. Lathrop C. Harper Inc. New York. 1962 hardcover
1962BIBLIO-06834Lathrop C. Harper Inc. New York first edition 1962. Cloth 4to. 885 pp 52 plates. Approximately 2500 entries. From the preface : "Dr. Guerra's bibliography is so organized as to present its materials in three distinct groups of American-printed publications - in books and pamphlets; in almanacs; and in newspapers and periodicals. .Each of the two groups of the bibliography listed in chronological order - books and almanacs - has been provided with an alphabetical index of authors and titles ; the newspaper section understandably arranged by the alphabet is followed by a chronological conspectus. The titles in every case are studied not merely listed. Under each of them the results are thus recorded: concise collation by signatures and pages; references to the entry in other bibliographies or historical studies; locations of copies; and copious extracts from the book in hand or editorial comment upon it demonstrating the appropriateness of its inclusion in a bibliography of American medicine." Smit History of the Life Sciences noted that the range is not liite dto medicine: "It includes a valuable Bibliography of bibliographies indexes of names and subjects. It also contains much that is of interest to the historian of biology e.g. medical botany ethnobiology". Near Very Good. Lathrop C. Harper Inc., New York, first edition, 1962 hardcover
196222511962. New York Lathop Ch. Harper Inc. 1962 8° 885 pp. 187 Illustration on 52 plates orig. cloth; fine copy. A Chronological Catalogue and Critical and Biographical Study of Books Phamphlets Broadsides and Articles in Periodical Publications relating to the Medical Sciences by Francisco Guerra 1916- . He lists and describes 719 books pamphlets and broadsides 506 almanacs 25 magazines and 224 newspapers published in the area now forming the U.S.A. Garrison & Morton No.6786.4 hardcover
1962005681New York Harper 1962 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 1st ed. ; 885 p. ill. ; Series: Yale University. School of Medicine. Dept. of the History of Science and Medicine. Publication no. 40 ; LCCN: 61-17786 ; LC: Z6659; Dewey: 016.61; NLM: W1; OCLC: 710107 ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; extremely important bibliography of historical medical publications in the Americas ; Contents: Introduction : Books and pamphlets -- Broadsides -- Official publications -- Almanacs -- Periodical publications -- The scientific value of this literature and its contributions to medicine surgery public health forensic medicine psychiatry pharmacy dentistry and veterinary medicine -- Part I Books pamphlets and broadsides -- Part II Almanacs -- Part III Periodical publications magazines and newspapers -- Part IV Illustrations -- Part V Section: Table of abbreviations -- Reference symbols -- Location symbols -- Pseudonyms -- Table of authors -- Table of almanacs -- Table of periodical publications -- Colonial American official publications -- American reprints of Colonial American medical publications -- Facsimile editions of Colonial American medical publications -- COlonial American reprints of European medical publications -- European reprints of Colonial American medical publications -- Colonial American medical manuscripts printed in America after 1783 -- Medical publications by Colonial American authors printed abroad before 1784 -- Bibliography of bibliographies and references -- Part VI List of illustrations -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names. ; presentation by previous owners on front endpaper; huge thick volume ; FINE <br/> <br/> New York, Harper, 1962 hardcover
196236261New York: Lathrop C. Harper Inc 1962. First edition thick 8vo pp. 885 numerous facsimile illustrations accesion numbers on lower spine else a near fine copy in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered upper cover and spine. Lathrop C. Harper Inc unknown
