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195212821Various locations in and around Seoul South Korea 1952. 22 leaves illustrated with seventy-three black-and-white photographs in mounting corners. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black lacquered gutta percha covers illustrated in Korean style string tied. Minor wear. Very good. A unique peek into Army life in 1952 memorializing the experiences of African-American soldiers during the Korean War. The photographs are uncaptioned but provide a vivid picture of camp life during the conflict. Here the soldiers pose alone and in groups both inside and outside military tents and other structures in both sunny and snowy conditions engaged in lifting weights driving a tank working around the base general carousing and other activities. One image captures an African-American soldier standing outside the Seoul City Hospital likely indicating the soldiers were based near the city. In addition to the American servicemen the album includes several images featuring Korean women with a couple of images capturing a pair of women singing and dancing onstage for the troops. A few other images picture simple portraits of Korean women including one image showing a young Korean woman posed with one of the soldiers. The album also features a handful of shots of the Korean countryside with one image picturing a nearby village. Original albums featuring Black soldiers in the Korean War are rarely encountered in the present market. unknown
19182322Various locations in Texas 1918. Very good. Fifteen leaves illustrated with fifty-five mounted photographs and a few ephemeral clippings identifying locations. Oblong octavo. Contemporary black cloth string-tied. Light soiling to covers. Minor wear to some photographs but overall a handsome selection. A unique collection of vernacular photographs collected by a soldier in the 8th U.S. Cavalry identified simply as D. Watson serving in southwest Texas during the Mexican Border War. The first two pictures emanate from Quartermaster Training Camp in Jacksonville Florida. This is followed by one photo from Barron Field in Everman Texas. The remaining photographs document Watson's time in Ruidosa Texas an unincorporated Texas-Mexico border town in Presidio County about a hundred miles from Terlingua. Here Watson includes photographs of himself and other soldiers and their horses posed in front of old stone structures in orange groves amongst canyons in front of an automobile and more with images of Mexican adobes a wagon advertising an "electric light company" the cavalry preparing their horses scenes of the wilds of southwest Texas and the E.H. Carlton company store. E.H. Carlton was also a principal in the Carlton Van Loan Company an oil speculation firm active in the 1920s. An eclectic and intriguing selection of Texas-Mexico border images from an important period in history. unknown
19223735Mainly Vladivostok 1922. Very good. 261 images about half real photo postcards and half vernacular photographs between 2.5 x 1.5 inches and 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary brown leather photograph album string-tied. Lacking fore-edge flap spine chipped moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards. Minor occasional wear to photographs. A unique collection of photographs documenting the joint military expedition by Allied Forces into Vladivostok in southeastern Russia after the conclusion of World War I the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War most likely assembled by an American soldier serving there at the time. The American contingent of the incursion was called the American Expeditionary Force Siberia which partnered with nine other countries to attempt to bring stability to the region rescue 40000 members of the Czechoslovakian Legion being held up by Bolsheviks outside Vladivostok protect and retrieve American supplies in eastern Russia and stem the early spread of Communism. A similar expedition to northern Russia now known as the Polar Bear Expedition was attempted in Archangel. By practically every standard the joint missions failed and in fact damaged relations between the Allied Forces and Russia especially for the United States for decades to come. <br /> <br /> The present collection of photographs and real-photo postcards opens with several photo postcards with printed captions showing parades of the military forces of the various Allied countries who participated in the expedition to Vladivostok as they arrived in the city. These include the British Army landing in Vladivostok the Imperial Japanese Expedition marching in front of the Czech Headquarters the Japanese Vanguard relieving the Imperial Japanese Naval Party the French Army landing in the city the Allied Naval Fleet in the Vladivostok harbor and two views of the landing of the American Army. Two additional captioned postcards show the Czech forces joining the French Army and a rather shocking image of about ten dead Czech soldiers with the image captioned "Czech victims in vicinity of Nicholoske former Bolshevik Head-quarters at Vladivostok." <br /> <br /> The remainder of the photo postcards and photographs capture additional parades numerous street scenes but also scores of images showing the outskirts and countryside around Vladivostok ships from various countries anchored in the harbor or trying to navigate the icy conditions military patrols often carrying weapons American and other soldiers interacting with the locals scenes along the railway views of refugees fleeing the region and much more. Upon arriving in Vladivostok American soldiers were tasked with guarding segments of the rail lines of the Trans-Siberian Railroad running into and out of Vladivostok. American forces are seen here performing those duties but also overseeing a temporary dormitory of beds in an evacuation hospital patrolling the area around the city as well as the refugees along the railway hanging out in their makeshift barracks and more with one image even showing a group of American soldiers posing in baseball uniforms.<br /> <br /> Particularly striking are the images of the indigenous refugees posed near the railroad and in other locations. Some of the subjects appear to be Siberian nomads but others traveling along the rail line are almost certainly Czech refugees fleeing Russia after their role in fighting for their own freedom against the new Russian regime. Several photos here capture groups of people obviously en route to somewhere else along the railroad at train depots and resting in makeshift encampments or tent cities overseen by military personnel.<br /> <br /> Historical material from the Vladivostok expedition is exceedingly rare especially images of soldiers with boots on the ground. The present collection provides a fascinating glimpse of life in Vladivostok during this volatile moment in Russian history as well as a notable instance when American and Allied gunboat diplomacy utterly failed. unknown
1886BOOKS057834IBurlington VT: The Free Press Association 1886. HC. very good original green cloth hardcover EX-LIB NO MARKINGS. B&W illustrations. .A HISTORY OF THE PART TAKEN BY THE VERMONT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION 1861-5" An extremely nice clean and tight set EX-LIB but only with circulation pocket in rear no other markings. Two Volume Set Complete; Volume I 620pp; and Volume II 808pp. The Free Press Association unknown
1959012167Bonn Germany: Athenaum Verlag 1959. 664pp/illus/maps fold-out map. Autoniography of Field Marshal Manstein. First German Edition. Clean. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Athenaum Verlag Hardcover
168910254Cologne 1689. Wrappers. Very Good binding. Small quarto. 24 pp. In later plain wrappers. Title in manuscript on the front wrapper; light to moderate foxing/age-toning throughout but generally a nice copy. <br /> <br /> Political pamphlet on French policies translated from German for Spanish-speakers. Excellent reportage of what was happening where and who was involved in these early days of Louis XVI's expansionist policies leading to the Nine Years' War. Institutionally rare. Between the two editions that were issued in 1689 there are only 7 institutions reporting ownership according to OCLC--Harvard is the only institution in the U.S. Palau VII p. 152 for another edition printed in Barcelona 1688 sic by Hernando Ferrer. The first edition of Palau appears to be in error as to the date; OCLC identifies that edition as having been printed in 1689. unknown
2012BN72110Theater der Zeit 2012. 2012. Verborgene Reformdiskurse: Städtebaudebatten in der DDR Edition Gegenstand und Raum Städtebaudebatten in der DDR <br/><br/> Theater der Zeit unknown
184635407Mansfield Mass: n.p. 1846. Letter. Good. Letter. Approx. 10" x 7.5". 4 pages. 2 pages of content. Some brown stains and light edge wear to the paper. Good condition.<br /> <br /> Letter is dated August 22 1846 and addressed to Hon. D. Webster Marshfield Mass. Signed by Bancroft on page 2. Good content. Letter written during the Mexican War. After Bancroft grants a sailor's detachment he writes to Webster about "News from Mexico" and discusses political and military topics: "Bram is unwilling to act as President"; "Provence of Jalisco defeated and is general slain"; "Vera Cruz is in revolt."; "Federalists refuse to receive Santa Ana"; and "Most sensible people in Mexico discussing peace." etc. From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> George Bancroft October 3 1800 – January 17 1891 was an American historian statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national and international levels. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent. n.p. unknown
2840243679.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
55-1862Mexico 1969. Mexican movie poster. 94 cm. x 69 cm. Folded with signs of use mainly on the edges. Se trata de un cartel de mostrar real de la película. Se doble con signos de uso principalmente en los bordes. Mexico, 1969. unknown
BN97743Vegetacion y Flora de la Palma. <br/><br/>Vegetacion y Flora de la Palma. unknown
04798Santa Cruz de Tenerife Editorial Interinsular Canaria 1983. 348 p. Hardcover with dustjacket Fine copy. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Editorial Interinsular Canaria 1983 hardcover
6207381912.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
6207381904.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
6207381920.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
198763420Portland OR: Oregon Historical Society Press 1987. 4to. xiv 151 1 pp. Numerous photos architectural renderings and diagrams. Cream-coloured softcovers w/ colour-illustrated softcovers slight bowing to front cover still VG/VG copy from the Clark County Historical Society Collections recently deaccessioned. First edition 2nd printing of this informative work examining the history of the largest public housing project in the United States built for workers in Kaiser shipyards during World War II and due to racist Oregon state housing restrictions a significant majority of the shipyard’s African-American workforce was confined to the segregated housing destroyed by the flood in 1948. Oregon and Portland were well known for their extreme restrictions of allowing African-Americans to settle in the State and Area and in fact barred African-Americans from voting until the law was revoked in 1927 and continued redlining after the War ended which forced over 20000 people to still remain living in what was originally intended to be temporary housing in Oregon’s second largest city. Oregon Historical Society Press, paperback
1998001089<p>Oldenzaal: Twents-Gelderse Uitgeverij De Bruyn 1998 Kleine gebruiksspoortjes / schaafplekjes. 457 pagina's. Foto's documenten uitgebreide bijlagen pagina 400-457. 1ste / 1st. cardboard / karton - hardcover. good / goed. A5 formaat.</p> Twents-Gelderse Uitgeverij De Bruyn hardcover
1949000616Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's UitgeversMaatschappij N.V. 1949 327 pagina's. Foto's kaartjes documenten. De Nederlandse capitulatie en demobilisatie van het KNIL militaire gezagshebbers tijdens de bezetting De Duitse militaire bezetting militaire operatieen in Noord-West Europa Het militair verzet in Nederland Sionnage en contra-spionannage Duitse capitulatie. Compleet inclusief de losse bijgevoegde 37 schetsen in de mapjes voor en achter. 1ste / 1st. cloth / linnen hardcover. good / goed/no dust jacket/geen stofomslag. A4 formaat. A.W. Sijthoff's UitgeversMaatschappij N.V. hardcover
2018BIB299056Mile End SA: Wakefield Press. 2018. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and Plates. Only 200 copies printed. 400 pages. Close to 35000 South Australians enlisted for service overseas during the Great War. Around 5500 never came back. Countless more returned with physical and psychological injuries that would affect them for the rest of their lives. This book brings together for the first time the stories of the campaigns and battles in which South Australians served set against the backdrop of the South Australian home front. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. Limited Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
1998011862Darnestown MD U.S.A.: Hearthside Publishing Company 1998. 496 pages with a number of photos. Provides background on the history of the Confederate Medal of Honor and the almost 50 Confederates soldiers who have received it and their citations. Includes an appendix with the Confederate Roll of Honor. Small tape repair to top of dj rear cover. Text clean. No marks. `. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gallon Dale illustrator. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hearthside Publishing Company Hardcover
2000006747Kimberly WI U.S.A.: Cross Roads 2000. Book has 142 heavily illustrated pages. Signed by author on ffep. Story of the B-17 bomber known as Ten Horsepower in World War II and the highly decorated - two Medals of Honor - crew. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cross Roads hardcover
55-2332Mexico: Conacite Dos 1979. 94 cm. x 69 cm. Actual display poster for the movie. Folded with signs of use mainly on the edges. Se trata de un cartel de mostrar real de la película. Se doble con signos de uso principalmente en los bordes. Mexico: Conacite Dos, 1979. unknown
0243970153.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1390707997.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
189658334Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag and Company 1896. Near fine. Commemorative ribbon in shadow box frame 11 3/4" x 9 3/4". Lacking the original display box. Blue ribbon with the statement "Utah Indians War Association" stamped in silver and a top bar of white enamel bordered in gilt with a Territory of Utah seal at the center. Also attached is an American flag ribbon with a hanging white enamel medallion depicting an American Indian in captivating full headdress. Tassels at the foot. The ribbons and attached medallions are exceptionally well-preserved and bright.<br /> <br /> Given to Indian War Veterans who suppressed hostilities in Utah during the years 1850 through 1872. Remarkably unfaded. A fine very bright example of a ribbon which represents a historically important juncture in Utah and American history. Whitehead and Hoag and Company unknown
