(British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs; Cotterell, Captain Anthony; Lowndes, Jnr. Cdr. J. SelbyMareMagnum
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12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada May, 1943. Contents: He Leads, The Others Follow - The Life and Times of O.C.T.U. Training; Ma'am's The Word - The A.T.S. Equivalent; They Fly for the Army - Reconnaissance from the Air; Helping Hand Quiz. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
60 pages. Undated. Circa 1944. Loaded with amazing black and white photos and supporting text. Above-average wear. Folded in half. Fragile to handle but still a worthy reference copy. Book
63 pages. A portfolio of cartoons drawn on the Italian battle front especially for The Maple Leaf, Canadian Army newspaper. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's tiny ink stamp on first blank page. Name atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
300 pages. Footnotes. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A history of the Australian Army as an institution, with its shortcomings and failures paid due attention, its triumphs and successes duly noted." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
170 pages. Index. Footnotes. Nominal Roll, Irnzir, 8 May 1964. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This valuable monograph is above all a tribute to the traditional qualities of the Kiwi soldier at all levels - responsible, resourceful, compassionate and professionally competent. New Zealanders can be proud of what is recorded here, as well as grateful for the way it is presented." - Foreword. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
269 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Reveals much about Canada's military and political development up to 1939, as well as exposing the shaky foundation on which was built the Canadian army's waging of the Second World War." - dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
40 pages. Songs include: The Blood of the Lamb; If We Don't Believe; Jehovah Is Our Deliverer; Holy is the Lord; Army of the Lord; Holy Lamb; I Will Worship the Lord; Search Me, O God; Forever in Paradise; I Am The Lord. Above-average wear. Opening at bottom of coverfold. Prior owner names inside front cover. Pencil markings to contents. A worthy copy of this treasured compilation. Book
20 pages. Features sheet music for piano and voice for these songs: You Came Along; Please Don't Say "No"; Louise; More Than You Know; I Wish; Good, Good, Good; I Walked In; There Must Be A Way; Bell Bottom Trousers. "Issued monthly by special services division, Army Service Forces, United States Army. Distributed for the navy by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, United States Navy. For use by the U.S. Armed Forces only. Not for Sale." - from front cover. 2" x 1" chip from lower corner of front cover and openings along coverfold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A vintage copy of this nice WWII collectible. Book
192 pages. Bibliography. Title Index. First line index. "Herein you will find the words and music that sustained Canadian soldiers, sailors, and airmen through the six years of loneliness and fears... Contains jovial drinking songs, outrageous songs, fighting songs, wistful songs, cynical songs, and just plain bawdy songs!" - from back cover. Gift greetings inside front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this precious keepsake. Book
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. [5], 6-192 pages. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. First published in 1989. "Geilenkirchen was the first battle on German soil to be fought by the British since Minden in 1759, but for the American 84th Division, it was a first faltering step into war and a bitter lesson in the attrition and savagery of combat. The story is told with eye-witness accounts by the men who were there: the British, the Americans and the Germans, fighting desperately for their homeland. Neither side was victorious." - dust jacket. Book as new. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent signed copy. Book
Signed by Editor upon title page. xii, 194 pages. Black and white reproductions photos. Moulton volunteered for the all-Oregon Ordinance Maintenance Battalion after Pearl Harbor, did basic training at Camp Perry in Ohio, and went on to many European experiences through to VE day. Binding intact. Above-average external wear wiith incidental markings to edges. A sound copy of these very readable WWII recollections. Book
60 pages. Features include: Pathfinder - PFF; Mosquito Pilot - Bob Boyden; Whiskey Whiskey Papa (Welland W. Phipps - innovations in Arctic transportation; The Shadow Army - Safe House in Belgium; Dewy is Here - ATG (Air Transport Group); Cherry Blossoms in the Cockpit - North Star strikes trees in Japan; The Unknown Ally - A Mexican in the RCAF; Keeping the Rolls-Royce Merlins Flying; Lester Pearson meets the RFC; Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
Features: Transforming the Food Axis - Houses, Tools, Modes of Analysis; Machines in Suburban Gardens - the 1936 T. Eaton Company Architectural Competition for House Designs; Tompkinsville, Cape Breton Island - Co-operativism and Vernacular Architecture; Slag Houses in a Steel City; British Army Officer Housing in Upper Canada, 1784-1841; Managing Household Pests the Old-Fashioned Way - Defenses against pest damages in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Also includes the following exhbit reviews: Love, Leisure and Laundry - Why Housework Just Won't Go Away; Finding a Space for Children and Their History; Power and Planning - Industrial Towns in Quebec, 1890-1950. Seven book reviews. and more. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Most Awful Abduction of Elegant Elaine; He Fought the Blizzard of 1880 and won!; Incident at Las Cruces; The Diamond E and Diamond X Ranches; First Movie House West of the Mississippi; Ruthless Relative; Wild Game Country; Adventures of an Army Post Photographer; Cow-boy life in Texas or 27 years a mavrick; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: A History of Military Pyrotechnics - Part I of III; Army Marksmanship Beginnings; Smith and Wesson Extension Stocks; French Oval Bore Pin Fire Revolver; Davis Museum. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: Handguns of the Transition Era; Ed McGivern's Colt Single Action Army; Guns in the Black Hills Gold Rush; The Rare Wire Extractor Cargridge Sharps Pistol/Rifle. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: Kosciuszko's Pistol?; Waters Gunmaking Family - IV (the second Asa); The Kentucky Rifle; Data on Sharps; Testing the "Centennial Army"; Arms of the Volunteer Regiments of the Civil War; The Mexican Mystery Colt Solved. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: Ordnance Inspection of the Colt U.S. Martial Single Action Revolver; Smith & Wesson's No. 2 Old Army Revolver; The Paradox Springfields - A Tale of The Needlegun - Part II. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: Who Fired the First Shot - article by Lovat Fraser on the beginning of the war; Happy Heirs to the Future of Fair France; With Poilu and Chasseur on the Flanders Front; By Flooded Road and Ditch and Ruined Farm; H.M. Landships (tanks) in commission east and west; Concrete Barricades carried by the Canadians; Spy-Mania in Amiens - encounter with a suspicious town councillor, by Hamilton Fyfe; Woman Defenders of the Honour of the Slav; Scenes in the Third Battle of Ypres; How Italy Guards herself against prisoner spies; A day in a prisoner's cage at the front - article by Basil Clarke; Captured Huns in the British and French lines; Entertainment near the trenches; Getting physically fit for war; Teutonising of Turkish Boys in Berlin; New Zealand chaplain at work in the field; Who's who in the Great War; Empire Soldiers in Mimic Warfare at Aldershot; Insignia of rank in the U.S. Army. Staples disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
The truth about Tannenberg, article by Lovat Fraser; 'Billets' in Belgium - Barely better than none; Fighting the mud on the Flanders front; Heroes of Hill 70 who are closing in on Lens; Victors and Victims of the war in the air; Italy's road to victory through the mountains; Sea Men and Sea Dogs of the Swift and Broke; Wanted - a Naval Offensive! - by H.W. Wilson; Fact and fiction from Flanders and France; German super-works won by Allied Super-Men; British Strategy at Sea - a defense of present naval strategy by Percival A. Hislam; Indian Prince's Red Cross Gift for the Tigris - a floating hospital; Glimpses of life behind the French front line; Proud Moments in the progress of the French Army; The Buring of Albert - last terrible hours in a Bombarded Town; Woman War Workers in France and England; Who's Who in the Great War; Centres of Social Life in Salonika and London. Sailors and Soldiers Decorated for Heroism; The Dorset Yeomanry - one page article with photo. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
How America in Making War - article be Hamilton Fyfe; America's Advance Army Nearying the Trenches; Canadians in contrast with their Hun Captures; More Prized Positions wrested from the Foe; Hun murders of the helpless in hospital; Ruin wrought and suffered by the Hun; Royal visits to the Scottish centres of war work; The Badge of the Bonnet; English Soldier's Deeds of Dash and Daring; Winning the Coveted Cross for Valour's Wear; Heroes decorated for valour and devotion; What Happened at Loos - article by Lovat Fraser; Home Scenes of Sentiment and Support; How East is Helping West Against the Hun; Our Navy's Huge Post-Bag - how letters reach our sailors at sea - article; On Board a Ship of Letters - H.M.S. 'G.P.O.'; Locating the Line of March of the Human Mole; The 1st (first) (Royal) Dragoons (one page article with photo). Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
103 pages. Includes organ sheet music for twenty-six famous works including: Ave Maria; Barcarolle; Carnelius March; Hallelujah Chorus; Moonlight; Polonaise Militaire; Song of India; Swing Song; and many more. Few markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
188 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Footnotes. Selected papers presented in a seminar held at McGill University 1969-1971. Titles include: Finland's Military Significance for 19th Century Russia; The Russian Miliary Under Alexander; The Baltic During the Crimean War; The Russian Army in the Balkans 1877-1878; and eleven more. Light wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
#350 of 700 facsimile copies of the 1759 first edition specially reprinted in 1969. xxxviii, [2], 60, [4], 49 [plates] pages. This work "formed the basis on which the drill of the Continental Army was prepared." - dust jacket. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
Two Volumes. John Watts de Peyster's bookplate. Very XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, very worn. Hardbound set. A scarce account of late 19th century Italy. Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1810-1895) [Pseudonym - Luigi Mariotti] was an Italian politician a forceful author on a variety of subjects. ohn Watts de Peyster, Sr. (1821-1907), was an author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard. He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was one of the first American military critics and noted for his histories of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and also published works of drama, poetry, military history, and military biography. TRAVEL/4.
