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1916381792Washington: Government Printing Office 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Four volumes. Multiple House Documents 64tn Congress 1st Session 1915-1916 bound in a four volume set. Thick octavos. Each volume contains numerous folding maps and charts. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Moderate soiling to the boards very good. Contains extensive surveys of rivers and harbors throughout the country including the Connecticut River between Hartford and Holyoke Mass. with 9 folding maps and charts Brunswick Harbor GA. with 5 folding maps the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors California multiple House documents with folding maps and charts the Missouri River from Kansas City to the mouth with 17 folding maps and charts and many black and white halftone photographs San Diego Harbor 1 folding map and many other rivers harbors and waterways. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War by the US Army Corps of Engineers. A scarce complete set with the many folding maps in fine condition. Government Printing Office hardcover
1913381602Washington: Government Printing Office 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. House Document No. 226 63d Congress 1st Session 1913. Thick octavo. 1528pp. folding maps black and white photographs halftone plates and folding landscape panoramic plates plans charts and tables. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Light soiling to the boards very good or better. Contains extensive surveys of the important water terminal and transfer facilities contiguous to harbors rivers and bays throughout the United States. Included is a photographic survey of the New Orleans Harbor with two large folding panoramic views and of the many harbors along the coast of North Carolina. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War by the US Army Corps of Engineers. A nice copy of this very large work nearly five inches thick scarce in the trade with the folding maps and photographs in fine condition. Government Printing Office hardcover
191947912Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. Very Good -. Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. First Edition. Oversized tabloid 59.5cm; 6pp. Folds chips and a few splits along edges; paper toned and a bit brittle; Good to Very Good. <br /> <br /> Quite scarce publication from the 31st Infantry Regiment published "Every Once In A While" "Wherever We Happen To Be." This issue was published during the Russian Civil War and the United States' failed Siberian Intervention. The paper itself is full of local and international news and leads with an article "What Siberians Are Taught: One Paper Says America Treats the Russians in the Same Way as Negroes."<br /> <br /> We find three holdings in OCLC at the Hoover Institution Montana State and U.S. Army War College. . 31st Infantry Regiment unknown
190932487Richmond: Everett Waddey Co 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 2 297 pages 1. Red cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the front cover and spine. Faint cup rings on the front cover. Previous owners name author A. W. Bohannan located on the front paste down. Binding is tight and contents clean with light toning. Unusual to find a copy in good or better condition. <br /> <br /> Howes J 192; Nevins I page 114 "Jone's letters while a member of a Confederate artillery unit offer many insights into the life of wartime Richmond.:. Everett Waddey Co hardcover
18751359789Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1875. Hardcover. Quarto 2 v-lix 2 3-567 pages. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary three-quarter calf in brown cloth and gilt titling to spine. Boards show large scratches to covers and areas of discoloration to cloth covers. Text block has light age toning to pages. Text block edges marbled. <br /> Plates intact and present as indicated. Previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown: "Mr. G. N. Whittington". Marbled end papers. MF Consignment. 1359789. Special Collections. Government Printing Office hardcover
182410330London: Longman & Taylor 1824. 1st edition. Longman & Taylor unknown
3117012Fine with no dust jacket. Envelope. Patriotic1st. Class envelope. SIGNED by Mark W. Clark Commanding officer of the American Fifth Army. Fine. The Envelope has a printed tribute to Clark with his image and the badges of American and British armies with declaration - "Via Sicily to Italy and - Italy's Surrender." . unknown
3117008Self. Fine with no dust jacket. Envelope. Patriotic 1st. Class mailing envelope. SIGNED by James H. Doolittle leader of the famous bombing raid on the Japanese mainland in 1942. Doolittle has placed his signature over the illustration of American bombers raining havoc on the enemy. The printed caption reads - "100000 Other Yanks Are Ready To Do What Jimmy Doolittle Did" . Self unknown
1938016554Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1938. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Subject. 1st Edition. A wonderful association copy. This is a history of the formation of the American First Army under the direction of General Pershing. It consists of 58 pages of text 9 appendixes and a bibliography. This copy belonged to Lieutenant-General Hugh A. Drum with his pencil signature on the front end paper. Lieutenant Colonel at the time Hugh Drum was named the First Army chief of staff in 1918 as noted on page 43. After the war Drum served as the director of training and assistant commandant for the School of the Line at Fort Leavenworth Kansas and commandant of the Command and General Staff College where he taught the doctrine of open warfare that the American Expeditionary Forces had practiced in France. He later served as commander of the 1st Infantry Division from 1927 and as Inspector General of the US Army from 1930 to 1931. In 1931 Drum was promoted to Major General as commander of the V Corps Area based at Fort Hayes Ohio. Drum returned to Washington in 1933 to serve as Deputy to the Army's Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur. In 1938 Drum took command of the newly reactivated First Army and II Corps Area headquartered at Fort Jay Governors Island New York. With the onset of preparations for World War II Drum assumed command of the Eastern Defense Command responsible for domestic defense along the Atlantic seaboard. He stayed there until he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-General. Fort Drum in New York is named after Hugh A. Drum. Government Printing Office Hardcover
188248502New York: Metropolitan Publishing Co 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 72p 2p of ads octvo illustrated. A rather humorous effort from a serious military author whose name was Lieut. Edward S Farrow. Old ampstains to the base of the front anel and spine. Signed by Farrow as "The Author" Very scarce. <br/><br/> Metropolitan Publishing Co hardcover
18711359788Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1871. Hardcover. Quarto 2 5-296 pages. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary three-quarter leather and marbled boards with gilt titling to spine. Boards show moderate wear to marbled paper with several tears and wear to spine edges and corners. Text block has light age-toning to marbled edges. Plates intact and present as indicated. Ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. Marbled end papers. MF consignment. 1359788. Special Collections. Government Printing Office hardcover
184735018February 6th 1847. 1847. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling almost 3 sides of a sheet of light gray paper folded once to form 4 sides approximately 7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. The letter has been mounted on a lightly larger sheet of cream-colored stiff paper. Signed "Anglesey" There are a few small ink smudges to the 2nd & 3rd sides. Very good. <p>The letter is addressed to Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Murchison and concerns a publication which Murchison is proposing and how it would be funded. "Some Estimate of the probable cost of money and of time is called for from General Colby and when it is received you shall again hear from me." The reference is probably to General Thomas Frederic Colby a leading geographer who had been director of the Ordnance Survey.<p>Henry Paget 1st Marquess of Anglesey 1768-1854 was a British army officer and politician. After serving as Member of Parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port he took part in the Flanders Campaign. During the Peninsula War he commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain and at the Battle of Sahagun virtually destroyed a regiment of French cavalry. He led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo losing part of one of his legs to a cannonball at the end of the battle. In later life he served as Master-General of Ordnance from 1846 to 1852.<p>The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick sometimes as here spelled "Rhoderick" Impey Murchison 1st Baronet 1792-1871 was the first to describe and investigate the Silurian system. During the last decade of his life he chiefly investigated the Highlands of Scotland. Murchison was one of the founders and a president of the Royal Geographical Society and served on the Royal Commission on the British Museum. In 1855 he was appointed director-general of the British Geological Survey and director of the Royal School of Mines and the Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street London. February 6th, 1847. unknown
63-9475London UK: Harrison And Sons 1855. Folio. Blue Wraps 196 pp. Letterpress Charts Good with tears along edges portions of spine missing else VG. First Edition.PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US Chile and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War Tempus 2007. Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. London, UK: Harrison And Sons, 1855. paperback
63-9474London UK: British House of Commons 1855. Folio. Oblong. String Binding no boards 65 pp. Letterpress Some Pages Uncut Good with minor tears along edges stamps on some pages else VG. First Edition.PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US Chile and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War Tempus 2007. Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. London, UK: British House of Commons, 1855. hardcover
63-9490London UK: British House of Commons 1855. Folio. Blue Wraps 360 pp. Letterpress Charts Good with tears portions of spine missing minor damp stain inside cover else VG. Some pages uncut. First Edition.Receipt to Hugh Small from Crispin's Day Antiquarian and Out of Print Military Books Specialist Bookseller loosely laid in.PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US Chile and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War Tempus 2007. Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. London, UK: British House of Commons, 1855. paperback
63-9476London UK: Harrison And Sons 1855. Folio. Blue Wraps 245 pp. Letterpress Charts Good with tears portions of spine missing else VG. First Edition.PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US Chile and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War Tempus 2007. Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. London, UK: Harrison And Sons, 1855. paperback
63-9478London UK: Harrison And Sons 1855. Folio. Blue Wraps 729 pp. Letterpress Charts Good with tears portions of spine missing else VG. First Edition.Receipt to Hugh Small from Crispin's Day Antiquarian and Out of Print Military Books Specialist Bookseller loosely laid in.PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US Chile and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War Tempus 2007. Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. London, UK: Harrison And Sons, 1855. paperback
63-9477London UK: Harrison And Sons 1855. Folio. Blue Wraps 516 pp. Letterpress Charts Good with tears portions of spine missing else VG. First Edition.PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US Chile and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War Tempus 2007. Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. London, UK: Harrison And Sons, 1855. paperback
181763937Concord NH: Isaac Hill 1817. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Full leather. Fair. No dust jacket. Cover worn and corners bumped. Substantial page foxing and some discoloration. 330 p. Includes index. No plates present. Published by Order of the War Department. Isaac Hill hardcover
195431165Oberammergau Germany: Intelligence and Military Police School 1954. Very Good. Oberammergau Germany: Intelligence and Military Police School 1954. Quarto; stiff illustrated covers with hundreds of pages of reports bound in. Includes charts and graphs of Soviet governmental and military organization. Additional monographs laid in include Armed Forces Talk's four-part Communism Series and three issues of the U.S. Constabulary School's Department of Geopolitics series covering German History up to the rise of the Nazi Party the United Nations and International Relations. Staining to rear cover; pages toned but largely unmarked; a Very Good copy.<br /> <br /> Binder prepared by the United States Army for training Cold War-era officers and staff on USSR history ideology and military capabilities. The trove of documents here covers nearly everything an early Cold War American military or intelligence officer would need to know at the time: a history of Marxist ideology and its development in the 19th-century; details on the physical geography of the USSR; an ethnography of Central Asia detailing the Turkomen Kazakhs and Tatars; as well as extended analyses on who the power players in the Communist Party were and what the capabilities of their rifle and artillery division might be. <br /> <br /> Logistics psychological warfare and the role of Communism in the Middle East are also covered with detailed but succinct chapters on each. An impressive array of information highlighting the early Cold War Western perspective. No copies in retail and three holdings found in OCLC at the US Army War College Georgetown University and the University of Iowa. Intelligence and Military Police School unknown
053667c.1945. nice set; Formerly classified. Released in 1945. Insignia of First Army removed from front cover of each volume at that time. . Very Good. Hardcover. First. c.1945 hardcover
1998043682Langley AFB VA: Headquarters Air Combat Command 1998. 1st . Paper Back. Near Fine/No Jackets. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3 vol.set w/chapt.pag.; SCslg.blk.plastic comb-binding w/no title on spine; blue w/blk.; stains on foredge; sml.staincover vol.3; cleantight pgs. Vol.I: Final Environmental Impact Statement. Vol.II: Public Hearing Transcripts and Responses to Comments. Vol.III: Comment Letters and Responses to Comments. <br/> <br/> Headquarters, Air Combat Command unknown
17930010165France. Fair with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is a fine example of a military certificate of good conduct issued by one of the French Revolutionary armies. The certificate is dated 25 Prairial Year 2 French revolutionary calendar corresponding to June 15th 1793. The recipient is a soldier who is serving in the 1st Battalion. The certificate commends his service and valour. The certificate is signed by several officers. One signature reads simply Commandant en Chef or Commander in Chief. At that time the Commander in Chief of the Army of the Alps was the famed French General François Christophe Kellermann. Kellerman was a life-long soldier entering the Royal Army at age 15 and later rising to command revolutionary troops and then serving under Napoleon as one of his Marshals. In 1797 the Army of the Alps was merged into The Army of Italy and was one of Napoleons first commands. The Army of the Alps was reconstituted in the French Army during WWII. The folded certificate was then sealed with a red wax seal which is still present. For a historian this is an outstanding document that connects the owner to one of the great Generals of the Napoleonic Wars and to an Army that fought extensively in the Napoleonic Wars. Dating from mid-1793 this certificate measures 8.5 inches by 12.0 inches. The document was originally folded into four panels 8 inches by 3 inches and then folded in half. It has been unfolded and affixed to sheet of heavy paper likely dating from the same time period. There are wear marks along the fold lines and on the edges. The handwriting is fairly legible being written in a copperplate script. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Author . unknown
19422508200063Special Services Division; Services of Supply; United State Army 1942. Paperback. Very Good. WWII Era Army Guides to Pacific Theater Nations: Notably including China 12 volumes. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Includes: A Pocket Guide to: 1. Hawaii 1944; 2. Burma 1943; 3. New Guinea 1943; 4. Japan 1960; 5. Japan 1950 ; 6. China 1942; 7. Meet the Marianas 1944; 8. New Zealand 1942; 9. Australia 2 copies 1942; 10. Korea 20-180 1962; 11 Viet-Nam Vietnam 1962. "Imagine being a young American soldier who has never left home before and finding yourself in a faraway country. Millions of US servicemen and women experienced this culture shock when they were stationed overseas during World War II. To assist in making the transition easier the United States military issued pocket guides which taught soldiers about the customs geography language and other cultural details of each country. Additionally these details were instrumental for the war effort. By learning about the terrain language and customs soldiers were better equipped to recognize and win against an enemy combatant. Knowing basic phrases could be the difference between life and death. Each guide was designed to fit in a soldier's back pocket and could be read during down time." - National World War II Museum. The China Pocket Guide includes 'How to Spot a Jap.' A series of cartoon panels illustrated by Milton Caniff. Special Services Division; Services of Supply; United State Army paperback
1934189891934. Photograph album 1934-1940 documenting the service of a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Benning Georgia; Fort Williams Maine; and additional locations across the northeastern United States Many photos captioned with names of fellow soldiers friends and placenames. This Album has relevance to the study of interwar military life mechanization and training practices prior to American entry into the Second World War. The images include multiple views of tanks such as the Mark VIII Renault Ford 3-ton and Christie models reflecting the transitional development of armored warfare during the interwar period. Scenes at Doughboy Stadium at Fort Benning evoke the continued presence of World War I memory within military culture while the broader sequence of photographs captures routine service camaraderie and movement across training posts. Captioned images identify fellow soldiers and locations and autograph pages at the beginning of the album preserve personal inscriptions humor and social connections within the unit. Additional photographs include landscapes from New York Vermont and Maine as well as personal images of acquaintances situating the soldier's experience within both military and civilian contexts.<br /> <br /> Photograph album containing 149 black and white silver gelatin photographs most measuring approx 2.5 x 3.5 inches with a few larger prints including examples measuring approximately 7 x 5 inches. The photographs are mounted in a suede-bound "Service Album" measuring approximately 11 x 7 inches with many images captioned in manuscript identifying individuals and locations. The content includes military equipment soldiers group portraits training environments and personal snapshots reflecting both formal and informal aspects of Army life during the late 1930s. The 149 photographs are mounted in the album with minimal losses; pages generally well preserved. Light wear consistent with handling; overall very good condition. A cohesive visual record of U.S. Army service and evolving military technology in the years immediately preceding World War II. unknown
