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188031673Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1880. First edition. Cloth. A very good 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 spine ends lightly worn finger soiling to boards binding solid. xx 533 pp. Illus. with 134 b/w plates many folding. 8vo. Includes 27 appendices containing reports on: field siege and sea-coast artillery; foreign life-saving apparatus; trial of the Gardner machine gun; the most powerful rifled guns howitzers mortars existing in 1880 and more. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187831672Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1878. First edition. Cloth. A very good 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 a few small tears to the spine ends finger soiling to boards binding solid. xv 527 pp. Illus. with 146 b/w plates many folding. 8vo. Signed twice by Col. F.F. Flint who was commanding officer at Fort Sanders. Includes 32 appendices containing reports on: life-saving apparatus guns projectiles; construction of a 10-inch muzzle-loading rifle and an 8-inch breech-loading rifle; trial of the Taylor battery gun and of many other weapons and fuses; Board to select a magazine gun and more. Government Printing Office hardcover books
47524Washington D.C. 22 December 1891 referring an enquier after biographical information to sketches about him in Appleton' Cyclopedia and The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 1 pp. 4to. Mounted at the Left margin to a larger sheet. <br/><br/> unknown books
1894WRCAM29047Washington: Government Printing Office 1894. 484pp. Small quarto. Contemporary three quarter brown calf and cloth gilt-stamped spine. Rubbed. Cloth crudely torn on rear cover starting on front cover. Internally clean. Good. An exhaustive collection of tables and figures assembled to ensure the proper payment for officers and troops on the move particularly interesting for posts in the American West. Nearly every Army locale in the United States is included. Extremely rare OCLC locates only one copy. OCLC 41471531. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1950JC8431Presidio of San Francisco California: Headquarters Sixth Army 1950. Paperback. Near Fine. Staple-bound text block; 4to; pagination varies approx. pp. 100 typed mimeographed text and illustrations and "RESTRICTED" printed on every page. Two courses offering a summary of the discoveries leading to development of atomic energy and the administrative organization for its control in the United states a comparison of atomic bomb and TNT bomb explosions types of atomic bomb explosions effects of known atomic bomb explosions and probable targets for atomic bombs. Also addresses the establishment of the Manhattan engineering district public law 585 atomic energy act of 1946 Atomic Energy Commission AEC and military liason committee. Disturbing stuff with pictures of bomb victims. The whole a little age-toned but near fine. OCLC locates only 3 copies. <br/><br/> Headquarters Sixth Army paperback books
344844to. 1 pp. Folded for mailing. Very good. In addition to his service in the War of 1812 the Creek War 1836 and the Sminole War Jesup served 42 years as the quartermaster general; "under his able direction the quartermaster department was organized upon a sound military and business basis. officer's in the department have always venerated him" DAB. <br/><br/> unknown books
1879287107Washington D.C.: Bureau of Topographical Engineers 1879. A War Department map showing with blue and red lines the general course of Federal and Confederate Troops during the Civil War. Paper mounted on linen with some loss at the folds. An uncommon map; we locate a single copy on OCLC. 21" x 32". Bureau of Topographical Engineers unknown books
194449063Washington D.C. 1944. 16mo approx. 13.5 x 10.5 cm; pp. 2 190; 7 illustrations illustrating friendliness between Chinese and Americans and encouraging illiterate countrymen to protect and hide Americans from the Japanese; one corner creased else very good in original tan paper wrappers. Phrasebook for downed American airmen with phrases in Chinese Burmese French Thai Ammanese Shan Lolo Yei and Lao with an admonitory statement from Chiang Kai-Shek Director of the National Military Council advising natives to assist the American flyer or be subjected to punishment. General message stating: "I am an American soldier needing your help in our struggle against the Japanese but I cannot speak your language." along with other helpful phrases. <br/><br/> unknown books
73189UNITED STATES ARMY. ARMY LINEAGE SERIES ten volumes: Armor-Cavalry Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve 1969; Infantry Part I: Regular Army 1972; Armor-Cavalry Part II: Army National Guard 1972; Field Artillery Regular Army and Army Reserve 1985 ; Air Defense Artillery 1985; Aviation 1986; Military Police 1992; Maneuver and Firepower the Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades 1998. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History. Large 8vo. blue cloth. Light shelfwear to boards. Near fine. unknown books
18636957London: Trubner and Co 1863. Hard Cover. First English edition; with folding map; 12mo 251 pages 24 pages of ads dated May 1882; edited with notes by Richard F. Burton F.R.G.S. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and with gilt lettering on spine; yellow coated end papers. Internally fine map is fine; small loss at head of spine rear hinge with some loss of cloth but holding. <br/><br/> Trubner and Co hardcover books
194452821Washington D.C. 1944. 16mo approx. 13.5 x 10.5 cm; pp. 2 190; 7 illustrations illustrating friendliness between Chinese and Americans and encouraging illiterate countrymen to protect and hide Americans from the Japanese; one corner creased fine in original tan paper wrappers. Phrasebook for downed American airmen with phrases in Chinese Burmese French Thai Ammanese Shan Lolo Yei and Lao with an admonitory statement from Chiang Kai-Shek Director of the National Military Council advising natives to assist the American flyer or be subjected to punishment. General message stating: "I am an American soldier needing your help in our struggle against the Japanese but I cannot speak your language." along with other helpful phrases. <br/><br/> unknown books
1892321261London: R.H. Porter 18 Princes St 1892. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait 22 illustations from his original sketches in-text illustrations. xlviii 284 pp. 4to. Publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Some minor rubbing Very Good. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait 22 illustations from his original sketches in-text illustrations. xlviii 284 pp. 4to. 'An excellent work on sport in southern India this provides a mixture of hunting in the jungles and mountains of the region. Hamilton includes chapters on his experiences shooting ibex in the hill country tiger bison and antelope" Czech. Czech Asia p. 96 R.H. Porter, 18 Princes St unknown books
1761045558Madrid: D. Gabriel Ramirez 1761. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full vellum mild discoloration small tear to rear cover a few scratches and surface marks. Lacking endpapers otherwise very clean and bright internally.180pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 045558. <br/><br/> D. Gabriel Ramirez hardcover books
1945188278Muzzleburst 1945-01-01. Paperback. Good. Covers worn. Has a good binding. Will illustrated with plates for each chapter. History following the unit from California to the end of the war in Germany. Scarce unit history pamphlet. Muzzleburst paperback books
1820WRCAM51035Washington 1820. 64pp. plus ten folding charts. Dbd. Minor foxing. Very good. A scarce report on U.S. Army expenditures and appropriations after the War of 1812. Includes correspondence from John C. Calhoun who was Secretary of War from 1817 to 1825. Also includes proceedings of the court martial held at Fort Scott in Georgia at which Col. David Brearly was tried and acquitted for mustering into the services of the United States "a large body of Indian warriors" thereby consuming a large quantity of the supplies intended for the relief of U.S. troops and Georgia militia stationed at Fort Scott. An important document for the Creek War. Only seven copies in institutions. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 4034. unknown books
1919008941Washington D.C.: War Department Government Printing Office 1919. 437 pages with over 100 maps many fold-out photographs charts tables and plans. Near Fine cloth a bit dulled bottom edge of rear cover with paint smudges. With RARE errata slip laid in. Uncommon in such lovely collectible condition. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. War Department, Government Printing Office Hardcover books
196228582Washington D.C.: G.P.O. 1962. 10 volumes 4to original beige printed wrappers; a few filing rubberstamps but in all a near fine and complete set of the Army's bibliographic survey made art the request of the Office of the Chief of Research and Development on the space programs of the USSR the U.S. the U.K. and France covering the period 1957 to 1962 from pre-Sputnik to John Glenn. Several illustrations mostly folding. In a new blue cloth clamshell box red morocco label on spine. <br/><br/> G.P.O. hardcover books
1892WRCAM31753Cincinnati Oh.: Cohen & Co. 1892. 4xiv269pp. plus addendum of forty chromolithographic plates. Portrait. Oblong octavo. Original pebbled cloth gilt. Worn at spine ends and corners. Front hinge cracked. Internally clean save for a few pencil emendations. A very good copy. An incredibly extensive compilation of rules and regulations for the Patriarchs Militant of the fraternal organization known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows I.O.O.F. Included are military rosters ceremonial procedures and organizational by-laws. The forty handsome chromolithographic plates depict all manner of military insignia dress and uniform. Cohen & Co. hardcover books
193946634Shanghai: Nishimura Company 1939. Edition not stated. Quarto 26.5cm; black simulated leather stamped in red and gilt in brown paper slipcover; unpaginated photo-illustrated plates w/ rice paper overlays. Wear minor scuffs and soiling to boards; toning and foxing intermittent throughout text especially on overlays; some overlays creased or torn. Slipcover worn and chapped with abrasions and two large one repaired tears across front panel. Photo-illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very Good in Good slipcover. All text in Japanese with some obsolete/antiquated kana/kanji oriented right to left. This is a privately-issued commemorative yearbook-type photo album shashin-cho published on behalf of the Imperial Japanese Army medical forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945. Specifically it was produced for those who served under military physician captains/commanding officers Nobuo Isa and Tetsuo Fukaya who were stationed in or near Shanghai at the time.<br/><br/>By July 1939 the Imperial Japanese Army was beginning to feel the impact of its own mounting casualties and costs; the Chinese Red Army would launch a major offensive later that November. While the Japanese occupation of Shanghai was notably brutal there is little evidence of violence in this album. However some photographs do depict the aftermath of battle with ruined buildings and soldiers being treated for injuries. Other subjects are mundane in nature: Staff and group portraits hospitals and other facilities physicians at work company events and ceremonies. Also includes photographs of Shanghai and a fold-out map of the Hangzhou Bay area. Apparently not cataloged in OCLC or available commercially as of November 2019. Nishimura Company unknown books
184233152Philadelphia: Published at the Temperance Office No. 3 North Eighth Street 1842. Certificate oblong 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Ornately printed in gilt on black glazed stock with elaborate bank-note border. Subscriber's name is blank. Faded in a few spots but always visible Very Good.<br/><br/> The 'Cold Water Army' was a juvenile temperance organization founded in the belief that its message was best directed at children who were more likely to follow it when they became adults. The 'Pledge' begins: "Here Lord! I pledge perpetual hate/ To all that can intoxicate;/ I'll never use the filthy weed/ Then from its evils I'll be freed."<br/> Asa Fitz Secretary of this Philadelphia branch was a writer on temperance subjects and editor of the 'Cold Water Boy' a periodical published in Providence. This certificate was probably published at the same address as Fitz's Temperance Pictorial Songster Philadelphia: Nathan Moore. 3 Carpenter's Buildings North Eighth Street. 1843.<br/>We do not locate this on OCLC as of August 2016. Published at the Temperance Office, No. 3 North Eighth Street unknown books
182410330London: Longman & Taylor 1824. 1st edition. Longman & Taylor unknown books
186132019Richmond Va.: West & Johnston Publishers 1861. 198 2- Index pp. Title page with rubberstamp and light soil verso with ink accession number. Text lightly to moderately spotted. Bound in later buckram gilt-lettered morocco spine labels gum label at spine base. Good.<br/><br/> This foundation Confederate imprint also issued from several other southern cities during 1861. The Articles of War generally copied from U.S. Army Articles reflect the deadly serious nature of the rebellion: "All officers and soldiers who have received pay or have been duly enlisted in the services of the Confederate States and shall be convicted of having deserted the same shall suffer death or such other punishment as by sentence of a court-martial shall be inflicted."<br/>Parrish & Willingham 2215. Sabin 2054. West & Johnston, Publishers unknown books
1844WRCAM26998AMexico: Imprenta de J.M. Lara 1844. 11pp. Original printed wrappers. A fresh near fine copy. Rules relating to the organization of the Mexican army in Texas. "This Reglamento is dated July 20 1844 and is signed at the end by Alcorta and Valentin Canalizo then general en gefe del ejercito del Norte. It was presented by Canalizo to the president Santa Anna and approved by him at Tacubaya on July 31 1844" - Streeter. Four copies are located by Streeter CS CU-B TxWB TWS. STREETER TEXAS 1002. STREETER SALE 380. Imprenta de J.M. Lara unknown books
1903003671Colombo Ceylon now Sri Lanka 1903. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 18.5 by 14.5 cm. iv 44 pp. the leaves made of heavy card stock. The author a colonial officer for the British army would later publish "The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps" which contained his color illustrations of uniforms arms and equipment and other works. From this work it is clear he had artistic aptitude and as an officer in Ceylon undoubtedly a lot of free time to indulge in the creation of this work. It would seem that this work was written with an eye on possible publication but that did not come to be. Few will not be charmed by the many vignettes of badges and coats-of-arms mostly rendered in bright watercolors with some done as ink drawings. Also illustrated are flags and banners. Some of the tissue guards are heavily foxed while the cards proper sometimes have offsetting from this soiling. A large chipped loss to the leather spine with a partial loss of one letter of title. Still a very handsome album. <br /><br /> books
1812WRCAM38950Washington 1812. Broadside 12 1/2 x 7 inches. Dbd. Soft vertical fold. Light offsetting from a different document near title else very good. An interesting unofficial handbill relating to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department on the eve of the War of 1812 with references to the impending war with Britain Indian business and the Barbary powers. In 1811 Congress introduced "A Bill for the Establishment of a Quarter-Master's Department" which the anonymous author of the present document notes "merges the duties of the superintendent of military stores in the quarter master without naming the former." The author urges Congress to keep separate the military office of the Quartermaster from the civil positions of the Army Purveyor. unknown books
