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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
CA06A-00680Mittler. Collectible - Acceptable. Berlin: Mittler 1886. 1st Edition. x4804pp. 6 lithographed plates 1 photogravure. 33 text charts. 4to. Contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. Library bookplate withdrawn and stamp to title-page joints & edges rubbed front hinge quite cracked and separating still about VG. Inquire if you need further information. Gach. Mittler hardcover books
47130n. p. n. d. 1st printing thus ca 1797. Cf. ESTC T136496. Later mid-to-late 19th C blue paper card-stock covers. Ex-lib with spine label & bookplate stamped as deaccessioned. General wear & soiling to covers. Withal Very Good. 31 1 blank pp. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>ESTC records only one institutional holding of this edition at the British Library. unknown books
1895393331895. Ribbon mounted in dark wood shadow box frame. Ribbon show aging with gilt lettering a bit faded. A VG item in a Nr Fine box. Red white & blue vertically striped with flag motif cross-member accented by gold cloth medallion & gold fringe tassels. Gold fringe at bottom. Title imprinted in gilt. Ribbon: 11-1/4" x 2-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
182764694Boston MA: Published by Cottons & Barnard 184 Washington Street. John Cotton printer 1827. Second edition revised and corrected. 8vo. 8 11-487 1 pp. Original linen backed boards printed paper label. Spine showing wear split in label but intact. Perforated library stamp on title page and bookplate on front pastedown. Based upon Thacher's own careful diary highly praised by John Adams many writers paying homage to his portraits of the major American military figures. CLARK I 318. GEPHART 14552. HOWES T149. <br/><br/> Published by Cottons & Barnard, 184 Washington Street. John Cotton, printer hardcover books
184555586Washington: C. Alexander printer 1845. Second edition with additions following the first edition printed earlier the same year in Pittsburgh; 8vo pp. 24; removed from binding; corner torn from the title page not affecting any letterpress. Published by authority of the War Department. American Imprints 45-5716; Howes S-86; Sabin 76388. <br/><br/> C. Alexander, printer unknown books
1898005273Paris: Librairie de Medecine Folklore et Anthropologie 1898. #374 of 1000 copies published for England and America. Bound in publisher's original black cloth marbled end pages. Very Good both volumes gilt lettering mostly rubbed away hinges starting cloth a bit soiled contents are clean tight and unmarked. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie Hardcover books
73228MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES ARMY. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE U.S. ARMY IN WWII four of the volumes of this multi-volume set: Surgery in World War II: The Physiologic Effects of Wounds by the Board for the Study of the Severely Wounded North African-Mediterranean Theater of Operations 1952; Organization and Administration in World War II 1963; Medical Supply in World War II 1968; Medical Training in World War II 1974. Washington: Office of the Surgeon General Department of the Army. Large 8vo. red cloth. All volumes internally fine with light soil occasional light staining and shelfwear to boards. Very good plus. unknown books
1828WRCAM31209Washington 1828. 8pp. plus folding table. Dbd. Minor dampstaining. Very good. A synopsis of a plan to establish a pension fund to aid the families of officers with a table of current funds and interest. A nice early occupational insurance item. Scarce. OCLC locates only two copies. OCLC 7982977. unknown 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
16439George Railton. Women's Social Work. Talks with Rescuers: Being a Review of the Work During 1898 under the Direction of Mrs. Bramwell Booth. With Statements of Accounts. London: The Salvation Army 1898. In self wrappers 47 pages. Black/white photo-illustration of Mrs. Bramwell Booth and her Chief Secretary. This pamphlet recounts the charitable work under the leadership of Bramwell Booth as well as the founder of The Salvation Army William Booth. Stamp and pen markings in half title pencil markings in title page. Very good. unknown 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
MA01B-00913Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Collectible - Very Good. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1964 and 1968. 2 volumes bound as. 4to. 2 loose leaf manuals bound together with brass brads. Front printed heavy manila paper ends. Nuclear Play Calcluator Aids Indices B and C with transparencies. Near fine. Some browning and edge creasing to the ends with an owner's name to each front. Inside of back cover offset from appendix envelope. Inquire if you need further information. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office 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
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
186831333Cincinnati: Robert Clarke 1868. 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. 162 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy from the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Illus. with frontis engraving of George H. Thomas from a photograph by Matthew Brady and a color reproduction of the Society badge. Includes minutes addresses banquet letters constitution by-laws and list of members. Robert Clarke hardcover books
38684SONG SHEET THE ARMY AND NAVY FOR EVER. New York: Charles Magnus circa 1860s. Colored illustrated letter-sheet 8 5 inches. Wolf American Song Sheets 64a. Three ten-line stanzas of patriotic verse. The top half of the page is a colored illustration showing victorious Union army and navy men raising the stars and stripes over a Confederate fort with cheering soldiers and sailors all round and Union ships firing cannon. Evidence of removal at the corners the blank leaf. Fine. 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
1863006939United States Army 1863. One sheet of paper backed with an attached second sheet two horizontal folds one vertical fold fragile yet Very Good sheets separating at folds. light age toning. Discharge papers for Thomas Fulford a private in Company B 64th Regiment Infantry Indiana Volunteers dated Sept. 30 1863 at St. Louis Mo by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. In left margin handwritten in red ink "Phthisis-hereditary-developed by exposure. He is unfit for the Invalid Corps". Signed at bottom "By Order of Maj. Gen. Schofield" and then signed "J.K. Hudson" with more writing below illegible. Stamped in red ink "paid by Robert Smith St. Louis Oct. 2 1863 Paymaster U.S.A." Also another stamp faint with just the word Ohio at right side above top fold. Verso bears handwritten "Discharge Certificate of Thomas F. Fulford Late of Co. B 64th Regt. Indiana Vols. Infantry". Private Fulford went on to live to the age of 68 fathering 8 children. At his death in 1899 his obituary referred to him as "well known old soldier of Washington Township". Major General John McAllister Schofield 1831 -1906 held major commands during the Civil War and later served as U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant and Commanding General of the United States Army. . One PageFolded. Very Good. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". United States Army Paperback books
1826WRCAM23360Georgetown 1826. 40pp. Dbd. Slightly tanned. Very good. A seminal report recommending a better organized army during peace time. With a table showing the number of men and officers each state and territory would furnish under the proposal. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25307. 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
1864906Washington: Scriver & Swing ca. 1864. 8vo. 40 pp. <br><br>List of names ages home states and wounds suffered by enlisted men who entered the Veteran Reserve Corps. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 24298. Fair in printed paper wrappers front cover torn; creased. Untrimmed with edges slightly ragged. Scriver & Swing unknown 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
