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19091819600 leaves typed on recto only bound in original half leather with gilt titling. Six large fold-out maps of the period. Plates composed of postal views with a few photographs laid down. Marbled endpapers hinges reinforced. 'Confidential' stamped in violet as well as 'Office Chief of Staff 2nd section' and 'Withdrawn from Library'. American contractors had just completed the Oruro/Viacha railway in 1908 with 125 miles laid to mineral rich regions to and from La Paz. This study seems to have never been published beyond the present edition.; Folio 20.5 x 41 cm; pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. U.S. Army hardcover books
191555931NP: n.p. 1915. First separate edition "taken from the Southern Bivouac" published in the September 1885 issue. 16mo. 38 pp. In an effort to impede the Union army's advance into Arkansas General T.C. Hindman met its troops in battle. Jones attached to the Army of Tennessee at the time of the battle consulted the reports available for the battle and here reconstructs the action from the confusing and contradictory writings of the leading participants; the fight lasted all day but the Confederates withdrew when night fell. Not in Nevins Nicholson or Dornbusch the latter noting the "Southern Bivouac" printing. OCLC locates one copy Arkansas-Fayetteville; we sold a third copy about ten years ago. Original printed gray wrappers stapled. Very good. 2492. <br/><br/> n.p. unknown books
191134464Cincinnati / Chattanooga: Robert Clarke / MacGowan-Cooke Printing 1911. First editions. Cloth. Very good or better copies with all but four volumes with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedowns shelf stickers on foot of backstrips their stamp on title pages otherwise crisp and clean. Illus. 8vo. Most are presentations copies illustrated with frontis engravings color reproductions of the Society badge and include photographs engravings minutes addresses banquet letters constitution by-laws and list of members. The Burial of General Rosecrans Arlington National Cemetary May 17 1902 is the very scarce first edition nearly the complete stock of this original edition was destroyed by a fire at Robert Clarke the publisher just as distribution started. It was subsequently reprinted with a note explaining the reasons for the reissue. The 37th volume includes the scarce accompanying pamphlet: "The Battles of Chattanooga" address of Major W. J. Colburn at the dedication of the New York Monument in Point Park Lookout Mountain Tennessee on Nov. 15 1910. Lacking only the 2nd 19th 23rd 26th and 29th reunions. Robert Clarke / MacGowan-Cooke Printing hardcover books
19449019469n.p. ca. 1944. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original black cloth with spines and covers stamped in gilt. Cloth is worn at the extremities and gilt has faded from the spine on some volumes but is still legible. Volume 1 covers primary operations for the period and contains introduction reorganization of the first army plans operations conclusions and 10 fold-out situation maps. Volumes 2 - 7 contain annexes 1 - 20. All volumes have map illustrated endpapers and additional fold-out maps charts and illustrations throughout the set. Ex-library with the usual markings. Stamped withdrawn from Fort Monmouth New Jersey. <br/><br/> n.p. hardcover books
19458784Headquarters-U.S. Army Air Forces. Revised May 1945. Punch and clipbound in stylized titled coloured pictorial wrappers. Small 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. Introduction by General Hap Arnold Commanding General of the Army Air Forces Profusely illustrated with photographs drawings schematics diagrams some fold-out cutaways etc. Arguably the most famous aircraft of the Second World War the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the spearhead of the American daylight bombing offensive in Europe from beginning to end as well as serving in every other theatre of war. No single aircraft type contributed more to the defeat of the Luftwaffe which enabled tangible expression to be given to the controversial U. S. policy for the strategic assault of Germany by day in the face of formidable political argument as well as desperate enemy opposition. Few other aircraft of the war gained the universal affection of their aircrew over so long an operational periods did the B-17 Green . This manual served the dual purpose of training checklist and working handbook for B-17 pilot airplane commanders. Graphically intensive the manual covers all aspects of the Flying Fortress from operational duties and command to construction flight navigation weaponry emergencies etc. A very rare highly prized memento of aviation and military. history Owners ink signature to front cover. Ink stamp of Salem Army Airdrome HQ dated 1945 to title Page and inside rear cover. Usual rust offset from metal binding pins to front and rear inside covers.Binding pin protruding slightly onto front cover. Mild sporadic soiling to rear cover.Light wear to edges. A crisp bright Very Good copy of this original rare relic of Aviation History. Headquarters-U.S. Army Air Forces. unknown books
1943277008Kamnik district Slovenia: Tehnika RK VI 1943. 30pp. 8vo mimeographed text with images original tan wrappers with mimeographed cover.<br/><br/> This rare surviving pamphlet from World War II was produced by the Yugoslav Partisans the most accomplished armed resistance movement against the Axis occupation of Europe. Starting out as a guerilla group the Partisans soon created a complete underground society based on Communist principles including schools government and medical institutions financial systems and publishing presses. This pamphlet produced by one such press likely hidden in the mountains or forests of Slovenia addresses an emergent need in such a new clandestine society: that for maps. It proceeds in logical order: geographical vocabulary instructions for making field maps and later more sophisticated and symbolic drafting techniques. Within this technical know-how it also communicates tactical military advice that the Partisan guerillas employed in their battles with Axis armies. This tactical quality of the publication is most in evidence in the pamphlets many striking diagrams which demonstrate the importance of visual knowledge in situations of survival.<BR><BR>This pamphlet was one of many Partisan publications designed to educate protect and encourage members of the movement. It is particularly fascinating for its simple means of production since the secrecy of Partisan operations limited them to mechanical methods such as mimeographs--in witness here--as well as heliotypes linocuts and typewriting. Given its fragility the pamphlet is in excellent condition with clean text. Slight stains and some very small tears in margins. As one of the few Partisan publications on cartography this pamphlet is a rare and fascinating record of the World War II resistance.<br/><br/> Tehnika RK VI unknown books
194543502Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army 1945. 1st Edition. Cream paper printed in blue grey and white. Backed in linen with white paper coating to poster side. Fine condition. Broadside. Linen-backed. Large illustration of a woman in a blue WAC uniform carrying a surgical tray. Poster: 37-3/4" x 25-1/4". Backing: 39-1/2" x 27-1/4" <br/><br/>Although the U.S. Army Medical Department was one of the slowest to integrate women when over 5000 of its combat-ready men -- including many trained technicians and orderlies -- were forced to transfer to the Infantry in early 1944 the department began a major push to recruit women to fill the positions. The Female Medical Technician campaign as pictured here was hugely successful despite the high qualifications demanded of applicants many of whom were required to have advanced degrees and at least two years of experience in their fields. WACs also served as laboratory technicians psychiatric social workers medical stenographers and in a variety of other technical and/or skilled medical positions; by the end of the war the Medical Department employed approximately 20000 WACs nearly a fifth of the Corps. Treadwell United States Armies in WWII. Special Studies: The Women's Army Corps The poster reads in full: "Women . . . our wounded need your care! You can help to give it . . . The U.S. Army Medical Department is calling for help -- the help of WOMEN -- needed in Army hospitals to serve as medical technicians surgical technicians and in other important assignments. Assignments also available at Army Air Forces Ground Forces and Service Force Installations. Join a hospital company. For information apply at any U.S. Army Recruiting Station or ask your local Postmaster." Uncommon particularly in this fine of condition. Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army unknown books
193243672V.p. 1932. Five original press photographs all approx. 17.5x23cm. or the inverse and ten photographic postcards 9 real photo one collotype.; typescript snipe or newsclippings versos of four press photos with some attendant cockling from adhesive; snipes slightly toned; uniformly Very Good. One image has been touched up for publication with Johnstown Mayor McCloskey mid-speech circled in black an arrow pointing to a nurse clad in white behind him. Photographs stamped on verso by Acme Photo Cleveland; Acme Newspictures New York; and the Associated Press. Photo postcards depict Bonus Army encampments and activities in Washington; most bear the "Official B.E.F. Photo" slug in image. In 1924 a grateful Congress voted to give a bonus to WWI veterans ranging from $1.00 for each day served in the U.S. to $1.25 for each day served overseas. The catch was that payment would not be made until 1945. By 1932 the nation was in the throes of the Depression and the unemployed veterans wanted their compensation immediately. In May of that year nearly 15000 veterans many unemployed destitute and hungry descended on Washington DC to demand immediate payment of their bonuses. Led by a man named Walter Waters the veterans called themselves the "Bonus Expeditionary Force" B.E.F.; the media largely sympathetic to their plight dubbed them "The Bonus Army." <br/><br/>At its height approximately 17000 veterans and their families lived in shanty towns around Washington. They built camps and roads dug latrines and nearly 43000 people lived in a well-ordered mini-society. The largest of these camps was at Anacostia Flats across the river from the Capitol where a significant portion of the veterans women and children lived in shelters built from whatever scrap materials could be scavenged. As the B.E.F. settled in they began lobbying Congress and organizing marches by day and by night; in the interim the government became paranoid about radical elements and armed revolt--indeed the newsprint snipe on verso of one photographs erroneously describes the B.E.F. as "communist" despite the fact that only three of the twenty-six leaders were card-carrying members of the CPUSA. According to journalist and eyewitness Joseph C. Harsch "This was not a revolutionary situation. This was a bunch of people in great distress wanting help.These were simply veterans from World War I who were out of luck out of money and wanted to get their bonus--and they needed the money at that moment."<br/><br/>The BEF's hopes rose in June when the House passed a bill allowing for early payment of the bonuses; their hopes were crushed when the Senate defeated the bill and the marchers refused to leave. For the most part they were peaceful and orderly but many government officials saw them as a threat especially when their leader Waters was close to openly supporting fascism. One July 28 1932 Attorney General Mitchell ordered police to remove the marchers and things quickly deteriorated. Two veterans were shot both later succombing to their wounds. President Hoover ordered the army to evict the marchers so General Douglas MacArthur with an infantry and cavalry regiment supported by six battle tanks commanded by Major George S. Patton massed on Pennsylvania Avenue. The infantry evicted the veterans and their families advancing upon them with fixed bayonets and tear gas. The marchers fled to their largest camp Camp Anacostia and while Hoover ordered the assault stopped MacArthur ignored his directive and attacked anyway. Though it remains unclear which side was the perpetrator the camp was set afire during the assault; the end result left 55 veterans seriously injured one man's spouse suffered a miscarriage and a 12-week old child died from exposure to tear-gas. Dwight Eisenhower later wrote "the whole scene was pitiful. The veterans were ragged ill-fed and felt themselves badly abused. To suddenly see the whole encampment going up in flames just added to the pity." <br/><br/>The five present photographs were taken after the events described above at the depleted Bonus Army's "Camp McCloskey" named after the mayor in Johnstown Pennsylvania August 2-5 1932 during a heat wave one of the images showing men cooling off and bathing in a creek near their camp. Of the photographs in this collection at least one made it into print the shot showing the camp in its entirety on the day members learned that Bonus Army member Eric Carlson had died of his wounds inflicted when the B.E.F. was ejected from Washington a few days earlier. Additional photographs show member Mike Matich being taken away on a stretcher after collapsing from heat stroke; another shows Johnstown mayor McCloskey looking on as another member is escorted from his tent when a typhoid outbreak threatened the camp. McCloskey eventually succeeded in ordering the men out of town offering free gas or train fare and money for food. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1908288258Washington Barracks D. C.: The Battalion Press Press of the Engineer School Government Printing Office 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Six pamphlets from the late 19th early 20th century primarily on military engineering bound together in one volume. Brown buckram with a black leather label. Spots of discoloration to the spine. Very Good binding. The Battalion Press | Press of the Engineer School | Government Printing Office unknown books
191934793Washington DC: Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities 1919. First Edition. Oblong 12mo 10x13.5cm.; publisher's dark blue staple-bound card wrappers; 298pp.; chiefly musical scores two full-page photographic illus. linocuts by John Held throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper extremities else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of patriotic songs with illustrations by a young John Held signed in image either "JH" or "J. Held" but otherwise unattributed to him. The noted Jazz Age cartoonist had already had work published in Vanity Fair though after the United States entered World War I he worked for Naval Intelligence in Central America as an illustrator and cartographer. Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities unknown 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
19425521Baton Rouge. Army and Navy Publishing Co. 1942. Pictorial embossed blue cloth with embossed 8th Army Air Corps shield to front cover in vibrant colour. Pictorial endsheets. 4to. Profusely illustrated with photographs. A stunning and rare annual depicting life and cadet training for young pilots headed for Air Combat.Facinating. Fine. A lovely copy. Army and Navy Publishing Co. hardcover books
1919JC8726n.p.: Frank L. Armstrong 1919. Paperback. Very Good. Staple-bound illustrated wraps; 12mo; pp. 27 handwritten text and illustrations in facsimile. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP: "Best Wishes to Ralph Lewando. Frank L. Armstrong July 1942." Lewando was a violinist and composer and music critic for the Pittsburgh Press. Covers a little rubbed; tiny closed tear at fore-edge of front cover; text block tanned. A scarce little self-published item from a Pittsburgh based WWI soldier. OCLC locates just 5 copies. <br/><br/> Frank L. Armstrong paperback books
19445862Washington D. C. Headquarters Army Air forces. 1944. Punch tabbed pictorial boards. Small 4to. Illustrated with photographs drawings diagrams cutaways etc. Complete manual of all aspects of aircraft and combat flying for Second World War pilots. Exacting thorough Mild wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. Headquarters, Army Air forces. hardcover books
1917288429Camp Lee Petersburg Va. 1917. Very Good binding. Twelve issues of the pictorial section of The Bayonet the US military weekly newspaper. The issues released in 1917 October 12 19 26; November 2 9 16 23; December 7 14 21 28; and January 4 1918. The issues 10/26 11/23 and 12/21 are fully separated along the fold. Issue 11/16 has a tear to the front top corner and loss to the rear top corner. The pictorial sections are single fold folio with four horizontal creases to each. Very Good binding. unknown books
1904269456Washington Barracks D.C.: Press of the Engineer School 1904. Second Edition. Very Good binding. Includes Piarron de Mondesir's "Notes on Intrenching Tools"; Colonel William Miller's interesting "Water Supply of Washington D.C." with black and white photographs; C. F. Porter's "A Brief History of Works Erected for the Defense of Portland Maine" with large folding maps; Lieutenants Elliot Dent and George Spalding's "Russian Provisional Fortifications" with many folding maps; and 9 other reports; Bound in buckram with new spine label; mylar custom cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding. Press of the Engineer School unknown books
194874508Washington D. C.: Historical Division Department of the Army. Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. The books in this set the first 7 volumes ONLY of a 17 volume set are all hard-bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to the upper covers and spines. There is some light soiling and light edge-wear to the covers. The bindings are solid. The contents are bright and clean with some illustrations. . Historical Division Department of the Army hardcover 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
