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189815716Paris: Librairie de Medecine 1898. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. xxxi 343 pages. and xxiv 502 pages tall thick 8vos black cloth original wrappers bound in; rubbing to edges and spines. Paris: Librairie de Medecine Folklore et Anthropologie 1898. Second edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition of 1000 copies 500 for England & 500 for America. Previous owner's ex libris labels on front attached endpapers.<br/><br/> Librairie de Medecine unknown books
1917187991Gibson Bros 1917. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Brown paper wraps have worn corners and edges. Has a good binding. Rear endpaper has pencil notations from a Lt. Lutrell San Diego. Pencil notations to the text are in the same hand. All fold outs are included and in good condition. Gibson Bros paperback books
196756895NY: Dodd Mead & Company 1967. First Edition. With a rare signed presentation from one of the French Resistance Fighters mentioned in the book on the front endpaper. In French but a rough translation is "To my little sister illegible name remembering the bad hours of the war spent together. Bacher another illegible name possibly her married name. `Baddah'. page 13.". Possibly to Bacher's own sister Desoline Bacher aka "Buddah" has her involvement in the French Resistance cited on page 13 which she has highlighted by an ink line down the margin. She had also marked her listing in the Index while someone presumably her has also made a spelling correction on page 125. See scans. Bacher worked as a secretary at the French Embassy from 1951 until her retirement in 1983. A native of Corsica she received citations for her efforts in the French Resistance. She died in 1996. 8vo. yellow cloth in dust jacket; 133 pages. Illustrated With Photographs. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight; some wear some rubbing tiny chips & tears d/j. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
187031335Cincinnati: Robert Clarke 1870. First edition. Cloth. A very good or better copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title page otherwise crisp and clean. 267 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy from the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Illus. with frontis engraving of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell and a color reproduction of the Society badge. Includes minutes addresses and orations including the Life and Character of General Thomas by General James A. Garfield in Memoriam banquet letters constitution by-laws and list of members. Robert Clarke hardcover books
186931334Cincinnati: Robert Clarke 1869. First edition. Cloth. A very good bright copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title page front issue guard torn otherwise crisp and tight. 189 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy from the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Illus. with frontis engraving of General William S. Rosecrans from a photograph by Bogardus and a color reproduction of the Society badge. Includes minutes addresses banquet letters constitution by-laws and list of members. Robert Clarke hardcover books
194590693Wurzburg Germany 1945. Good. Published in Wurzburg Germany. photos 4p. Printed on newsprint. 37 cm. Moderately browned. A tear and a chip in upper margin have been repaired or reinforced with tranparent adhesive paper tape. Later slanted horizontal fold. Articles include reports on arrival of 60 reinforcements from the U. S. A. and the operations of their "Scheme Section." The 4th page "Our Pin-Up Page feature 6 fully clad women mostly wives and a sister. OCLC does not list this publication. <br/><br/> unknown books
19521039Washington DC: Department of the Army 1952. First Edition First Printing. Stiff wraps. Very good. First printing in very good condition Front cover has he words "restricted" marked out in two instances.September 1952 - Formerly restricted from the Department of the Army. Previous owners name / initials pencilled on top right corner of cover. Former owner's neat red signature stamp on title page. the back cover shows soiling from much handling and some shelfwear at the foot of spine. Illustrated with b/w photos maps and drawings. 158 pp. with index. Large folio 9 x 11 1/2 inches tall. For a pamphlet The US Army certainly thinks big! This scarce huge and lavishly illustrated formerly restricted handbook comes from the estate of an Embassy attaché. From its striking red cover to its entries on tanks to maps to mine warfare this is a must have for any collector of militaria espionage or history. Department of the Army paperback books
1868006747New York: Seventh Regiment Board of Officers 1868. First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. VG/No Dj. Gilt emblem stamped on pub brown pebbeled cloth front cover blind-stamped rulings beveled edges. Some wear at top of spine. Some spotting to cloth rear cover. Signed in pencil by previous owner a descendant of one of the members of the Second "B" Company. A few pages have guardsmen's names checked off or the word "dead" lightly penciled next to them. A very interesting and historical book. Seventh Regiment Board of Officers unknown books
194158616Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1941. 8vo pp. 34; 9 folding tables and maps; fine in original printed gray wrappers; together with: Marshall G. C. Biennial report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army July 1 1941 to June 30 1943 Washington D.C.: G.P.O. 1943; pp. v 1 56; 6 folding maps printed in color 19 folding graphs charts and tables; fine in original printed gray wrappers. These reports summarize important events affecting the U.S. Army between July 1 1939 to June 30 1943. "It is a record of what was done and why it was done . This report is based on messages current reports and official records of the War Department which are sufficientlt complete to form an acccurate picture" Foreword. George Catlett Marshall Jr. 1880-1959 rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman then served as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense under Truman. As Secretary of State Marshall advocated a U.S. economic and political commitment to post-war European recovery including the Marshall Plan that bore his name. In recognition of this work he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office unknown books
19422196562Army Press 1942. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Binding a bit shaken but holding. 1942 Hard Cover. A yearbook of all the members and events of the 85th Coast Artillery during 1942. Army Press hardcover books
181920200131New York: McConnell Printing Company 1918-1919. General wear. Minor stains. Rusted staples. . 15pp. Illustrated wraps.Camp Merritt was an army base that was activated for use during WWI located in Dumont and Cresskill NY. The booklet features information and images from photographs of the camp buildings various administrative offices money and post exchange tailor shops hospital enlisted men's clubs officer clubs churches recreations/entertainment spaces movie theater library etc. vocational training courses and classrooms telegraph office visitor center soldier quarters and information how to get to the base from surrounding areas such as New York City. The front cover has a blue engraving of a fire place with the following quote engraved on the mantle "We make War Against War". This fire place was actually located in Merritt Hall on the base which was the enlisted men's club. The back cover has the seal of the camp with the caption "Merritt-Men" underneath. Included are several black and white printed photographs of the camp its grounds and buildings as well as a map of the camp itself at the back of the booklet. Camp Merritt would be decommissioned after the war in 1919 and sold to the Harris Brothers Company of Chicago in 1920. Unfortunately the buildings of the camp were destroyed during a series of fires shortly there after. OCLC 4 Mar 2020. Measures 7 1/2" by 4 1/2". <br/><br/>It was one of three camps under the control of the New York Port of Embarkation US Army command that oversaw the movement of US troops and supplies from NY/NJ to overseas destinations. Camp Merritt had the capacity to hold 38000 transient troops. When the troops were ready to be deployed they would march to Old Closter Dock at Alpine Landing and take ferry boats to piers in Hoboken NJ and from there head to Europe and the Western Front. All total of the approximately four million troops sent to Europe in WWI about one million were funneled through Camp Merritt. This booklet was given to troops as they returned from overseas most likely after the war finished in November 1918 and started returning home in 1919. McConnell Printing Company paperback books
1928281044Washington: Government Printing Office 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean and bright First Edition copy with three folding maps at the rear of the book as well as photographic illustrations of various related sites taken in April of 1928. Very Good binding. Government Printing Office unknown books
1912WRCAM53318Macon: The J.W. Burke Company 1912. 213776pp. Printed on grey paper. Contemporary grey-green cloth printed linen label on cover spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn. Faint dampstaining to top edge. About very good. With the introduction by Claude Estes tipped in before the titlepage. "The compilation embraces 1 Field Officers which are Colonels Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors arranged alphabetically; 2 Regiments and Battalions arranged by States alphabetically showing the composition and structure of each." DORNBUSCH II 1048. The J.W. Burke Company hardcover books
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Carrington Hardcover books
1948004657London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xi 1 212 pp. A fun collection of that most ephemeral area of language. Most of the terms or their meaning at the time now obscure. Slight edge bump by upper front edge and light wear to DJ. DJ is NOT price clipped! Otherwise a near fine copy both the book itself and the DJ. <br /><br /> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
1918291899Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard 1918. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. An uncommon handbook printed in France by the American Expeditionary Forces in 1918. With photographic illustrations; 16 plates folding as called for. The printed at the top of the blue-gray front wrapper is "Confidential". Very Good binding. Imprimerie de Vaugirard unknown books
194942795Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises. Very Good. 1949. Paperback. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises 1945-49. Interior is clean with the spine splitting at the rear hinge. Pictorial paper wrappers are complete with light soil and edgewear. Overall a good copy. . Albert Love Enterprises paperback books
19081195389Simla INDIA: Government Monotype Press 1908. Hardcover. Approx. 7.25" x 10" VG tan leather with raised bands along spine brick red titleblocks and gilt lettering. VOL. II only. "No. 869" gilt-stamped at top of front cover. Surface soiling and crinkling with fraying to rounded corners; edges and spine ends rubbed and titleblocks chipped with center titleblock missing altogether. Mildly soiled edges of text block. Penciled notations to front pastedown. All six maps five folding maps and one loose map kept in the folder attached to the rear pastedown are present. General soiling to early and late pages. Age-toned interior remains square and tight. Transferred from Dupont to Rockville 6/20/2016 - See all five photos of the book for details <br /> <br /> <p>Shelved in Netdesk office on shelf to the right of ephemera items. 1195389. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Government Monotype Press hardcover books
1944185751Albert Love 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Pictorial WW2 History of the Thirteenth Airborne Division. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Albert Love paperback books
1944Embry 92198February 1944. Fine with no internal markings in lightly worn boards with "Weather Copy" annotated to front board. B&W and color illustrations. Original cardboard binding. With a blank AAF Form 24-A laid in. February 1944. hardcover books
1921011828Fort Leavenworth KS: Army Relief Society 1921. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Thick textured gray paper covers titles in red stapled spine 112 pages. All recipes no preface or acknowledgments. Good ole' American food each recipe attributed to its contributor all women. Trace residue of paper clip top edge title page else near fine. Army Relief Society unknown books
526<p>Mimeograph with stipple and ink illustrations 5 leaves of text presenting a timeline ; 5 leaves of names and addresses for company personnel. 8vo. Very good. Front wrapper embellished with stamps in red indicating "Top Secret" "Secret" "Confidential" "Restricted" all crossed out in blue pen under which "Aw What the Hell!" is written in black ink. 526</p><p><i>A curious memento of a Forward Echelon Command Party company's involvement in the liberation of Paris with a timeline showing the group's movements from July 11 to September 28 1944 and current addresses for members.</i></p> Self-published paperback books
1908269457Washington Barracks D.C.: Press of the Engineer School 1908. Second Edition. Very Good binding. Includes E. N. Johnson's "Report on the Construction of Lock and Dam No. 4 Ohio River" with folding charts and black and white photographs; First Lieutenant Julian Schley's "Reconnaisance Map of Cuba"; and several articles on the Loire. Altogether 10 articles bound together. Bound in buckram with new spine label; mylar custom cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding. Press of the Engineer School unknown books
007908New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To James Armey with best wishes Frank Howley". James W. Armsey 1918-2008 was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them including Duke University Vanderbilt University Emory University Tulane University and several major private colleges to admit black students for the first time. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket spine sunned completely small chips rear panel and spine ends. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1887287950Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co 1887. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A timeline of the battles of the Civil War with statements of Union casualties for each. With a description of St. Louis and its attractions at the rear; published by the Illinois Central Railroad Co. and dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic. Folding map of the Illinois Central Railroad System with an 11 cm closed tear along a fold; color illustrated with a close-up of St. Louis within the map. Chromolithographically decorated on the folding covers stapled at the bottom edge. A wallet style binding with slight soiling to the covers previous owner's name in pencil and minor toning to the title page. Very Good binding. Matthews, Northrup & Co unknown books
