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194417880<p>Washington DC: Recruitment Publicity Bureau of the US Army 1944 First edition. Uncommon. . Original wrappers depicting blonde woman in WAC uniform working on a map. . Quarto. 7.75 in. x 8.25 in. . With photographic reproductions on every page. There is some toning to back cover. Staples are rusted. A very good copy. This printed booklet promotes the Women's Army Corps to potential recruits. The first leaf introduces the WAC woman: "She has enlisted for the duration. Her hands and her ability contribute to a swifter victory." They describe a why a woman becomes a WAC member: "Because she shares a peaceful world she knows she must share the fight to help restore the peace we have lost." The booklet includes full-page photos of different roles for which WAC members can be trained such as Code Clerk Topographical Draftsman Bookbinder Artist Mimeograph Operator and more. Short biographies and photos for real WAC women are featured. For example the biography for a bookbinder is: "Preservation of vital Army records by binding notes memoranda and other papers into book form is the assignment of Private First Class Martha L.H. Healan at the Field Artillery School. Private Healan whose home is in Gainesville Georgia was an inspector in a wearing apparel factory in civilian life. She learned bookbinding in the WAC."</p> Recruitment Publicity Bureau of the US Army,
194612885Various locations 1946. 58 leaves illustrated with 114 photographs generally two per page tipped in on rectos. Octavo. Contemporary plain paper photograph album bound in brown textured cloth with decorative stamping on spine and front board. Minor wear. Internally quite clean. Very good plus. A tidy and informative collection of photographs memorializing the wartime stateside training of numerous women serving in Company 7 of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The photographs are largely individual and group portraits of the women training at various locations throughout the country including Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia as well as Alpine Texas; Fort Devens in Massachusetts; Des Moines Iowa; and Mapleton Maine. The album is partially annotated with manuscript captions on many of the margins or on the verso many dated and identifying the women in the images or the location. The women identified in the captions include Corporal Kaiser Elaine Flaherty Lt. Tapajina Lt. Haggard Private Rosalyn Caley T-4 Ethel O'Brian Capt. Lawson Sgt. Boomer Florence McClure and Capt. Chapman providing a valuable record of the women serving in the WAAC at this time. One group shot of WAACs at Fort Devens is captioned on the verso with the last names of all ten women and a few other portraits are captioned the same way White Melin Phillips etc. A handful of the images picture the women in the midst of training including images of a retreat parade raising the American flag working in the barracks and climbing a rope ladder. The album was apparently compiled by a WAAC named Almena L. Belyea according to a laid-in note from a former owner of the album. Almena L. Belyea 1902-1963 served in the WAAC as a Technician Fifth Grade during the war. Afterwards she apparently never married and lived a quiet life in Maine where she is buried in Presque Isle. unknown
1945List2747Paris France; and Washington D.C. 1945. Six 8 x 10 inch and smaller typed pages; one 4 x 5 inch card with two tickets; one twenty-six page 4 x 5.5 inch pamphlet; one six page 6 x 8.5 inch pamphlet; six 2.5 x 3.5 photographs and two 3 x 4.5 inch photographs. Of the printed matter most is affixed to paper some small tears and folds; overall excellent; photographs near fine. Mary J. Bremer 1917–2019 was a Technician fourth grade from Grant Township Nebraska. Her correspondents here include June Miller 1920–deceased an aviation cadet from Michigan and John Melotte 1919–deceased an artilleryman from Philadelphia. Bremer and Miller were members of the Women’s Army Corps WAC. Established in May of 1942 as the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps the WAC converted to active duty in July of 1943. The women of WAC known as Wacs served in noncombatant roles across the various theaters of World War II.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a small archive of Bremer’s documents and photographs relating to WAC: a few letters including a description of Paris the day after the Nazi surrender; two pamphlets including the War Department pamphlet Two down and One to go –; and a collection of photographs of Eisenhower’s victory parade and Roosevelt’s funeral procession.<br /> <br /> On April 12 1945 President Roosevelt died of a stroke in Warm Springs Georgia. His body was returned to Washington two days later and a military procession escorted it from the train station to the White House. Two photographs of the funeral procession are included in the archive. One showing a woman at the start of a section of the parade is identified verso as “WACs led by Capt. Machenâ€.<br /> <br /> The following month the Nazis surrendered. Bremer’s friend June Miller was stationed in Paris at the time. She wrote to Bremer the next day describing the celebration:<br /> “It began the night before when we stood on the roof and watched the flares go off all over the city--just like the 4th of July; the Sacred Couer was blazing with lights and it looked like a miniature fairy-land. Last night all the famous old buildings including the Arc d’Triumph was all lit up the fountains in the parks at Concord in front of the Trocadero--they were all going and the kids were wading and splashing around having the time of their life. It was really something to see--something the French had been waiting a long time for. “Fini le guerre†they kept saying--the end of the war!â€<br /> <br /> Miller also claims to have witnessed a bomber flying a celebratory loop through the Eiffel Tower:<br /> <br /> “When we came out of the Trocadéro the fountains were on and what a sight that is. Looking down over the water that looks like a miniature waterfall to the Eiffel Tower at the bottom of a small hill. And if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed that I saw a small bomber come through the bottom but that’s just what it did--and just did clear it too. The planes seemed to be going as wild as the people on the ground--they were so thick up there that pretty soon we thought surely something would happen.â€<br /> In June Dwight Eisenhower returned from Europe and a homecoming parade was held for him in Washington D.C. Six photographs of this parade are included in the archive including a shot of his plane arriving at the airport and one where he is visible standing in the back of a Jeep.<br /> <br /> Miller notes in her letter from Paris that “you wondered what was coming next; where we would go from here ‘cause in a sense there is still a war very definitely going onâ€. In fact John Melotte who seems to be Miller’s partner writes to Bremer that he “May be slated for that place they call the CBI but don’t tell June please. She does not want me to even mention the place in my letters so I let well enough alone†July 15 1945. Hostilities would continue in the CBI—the China-Burma-India theater—until September of that year.<br /> The process by which soldiers were selected to be sent to the Asia-Pacific theater is laid out in the War Department pamphlet Two down and One to go –. The pamphlet reminds them that there are still “a couple of big jobs ahead†the primary one being to “crush†or “smash†the “Japs†and the second one being to occupy and police “conquered lands . until the peril of future aggression is gone.†It is a visually striking piece with illustrations in a bold black and red color palette; its cover is a reproduction of a caricature of Hitler Mussolini and Hirohito by Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk.<br /> <br /> Also included in the archive are a card from a friend with tickets to an American League baseball game; a humorous poem congratulating Wacs Ruth O.B. and Lenore I. Nier on new work assignments; and a Christmas 1945 WAC pamphlet with a dinner menu and list of WAC officers. The pamphlet assures the Wacs with a note from Colonel Kenton Cooley “Before another Christmas you all will have returned to civilian life and each of you will take with you my appreciation and my sincere admiration for a great job well done.â€<br /> Of interest to scholars of women’s history especially in the military; and of the events leading up to the end of the Second World War. unknown
194512886Various locations mainly Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas 1945. Two albums. Album I: 24 leaves illustrated with twenty-four original photographs over two dozen postcards mostly photographic original letters and military documents and a large quantity of ephemeral items. Folio. Contemporary cream cloth decoratively stamped on front board in gilt and silver string tied. Album II: 11 leaves illustrated with ninety-eight photographs in mounting corners six loose photos and a couple of ephemeral items. Oblong folio. Contemporary brown cloth decoratively stamped on front board in gilt yellow and red string tied. Overall minor wear. Very good condition. A pair of annotated vernacular photograph album / scrapbooks compiled by Lt. Erma J. Frazier and her mother during her wartime service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Frazier served in the Nurse Corps at various hospitals in the Trans-Mississippi West at Camp Swift in Bastrop Texas; Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas; Okmulgee Oklahoma; and Camp Robinson Arkansas. Frazier hailed from East Brady Pennsylvania and worked as a Registered Nurse at the nearby Kittanning Hospital before she entered military service. She enlisted in early 1945 and served throughout the conclusion of the Second World War. The present albums record her service time in unusual detail with a mixture of original photographs picture postcards original military documents a few manuscript letters and various ephemeral items.<br /> <br /> The first album was compiled by Frazier's mother who inscribes the first page: "I dedicate this book to my daughter Erma Jean Eberhart Frazier who entered the Armed Services on March 17 1945 as a 2nd Lt. in the Nurse Army Corps a Camp Swift Texas." This album focuses mainly on Frazier's time at Camp Swift and Okmulgee Oklahoma. This album contains the lion's share of the ephemera including a patch the floral corsage she wore on the day she left for service military paperwork and forms and various newspaper clippings. The military paperwork includes enlistment documents including her "Application for Appointment" a manuscript postcard from the director of the Red Cross describing Frazier as a "professional qualified for military service" Army documents on qualifications for nurses and more. Other ephemera includes letters and cards received by her at Camp Swift a page of five pressed "Flowers from Texas" each preserved in a small plastic bag shipping tags from packages of clothing sent home by Frazier a couple of church programs a page of ten small postcards from her visit to Austin a menu from Brooke General & Convalescent Hospital at Fort Sam Houston some greeting cards and so forth. The photographs include portraits of Frazier from 1943 and 1944 while a nursing student; eight pictures of Frazier and other soldiers at Camp Swift; and eight shots of Frazier fellow soldiers and their barracks and administration buildings at Okmulgee Oklahoma.<br /> <br /> The second album was compiled by Frazier herself who provides a manuscript title on the inside front cover: "Memories of the Army Nurse Corps." There are also two photographs inscribed in the first person "Me on arrival at G.G.H." and "side entrance to my barracks G.G.H.". This album is almost entirely comprised of captioned photographs particularly valuable for identifying numerous fellow soldiers serving with Frazier. The images emanate from the last three locations at which Frazier served which she lists on the inside front cover: Brooke General Hospital at Fort Sam Houston Glennon General Hospital in Okmulgee and Regional Hospital at Camp Robinson Arkansas. Perhaps Frazier felt her mother's album largely focused on Camp Swift sufficiently memorialized here time there. The photographs are presented in chronological order and include portraits of dozens of men and women with whom Frazier served or patients served by Frazier often accompanied by informative and sometimes humorous manuscript captions on the album leaves or directly on the images. The photos also picture the hospitals themselves and include a handful of images taken during leisure time on base.<br /> <br /> A unusually informative pair of World War II-era albums and scrapbooks preserving the service of a highly-qualified Army nurse from Pennsylvania serving in the American West during the last year of the war. unknown
191934661Washington DC: Published for the the Surgeon General by the American red Cross 1919. Periodical. Very good. Periodicals. Volume 1 Numbers 1-10 all published. These are 5 misc. issues. <br /> <br /> 1. Volume 1 Number 1 June 1918: 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs and a cartoon by Briggs. Includes articles by General Gorgas The High Road to Support Not Charity but a Chance and more. Very good condition. <br /> <br /> 2. Volume 1 Number 2 August 1918: 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Contributors include Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson and others. Very good condition. <br /> <br /> 3. Volume 1 Number 4 October-November 1918: 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Contributors include Edna Ferber Gertrude Atherton and others. Very good condition. <br /> <br /> 4. Volume 1 Number 8 May 1919: 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Several contributors. Very good condition. <br /> <br /> 5. Volume 1 Number 9 June 1919: 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs and a very small racist cartoon towards the back. Very good condition. All issues are in very good condition with little wear and some light toning. Illustrated with a color acorn illustrations on the covers. Published for the the Surgeon General by the American red Cross unknown
19443801<p><i>Newsmap</i> was a poster/newspaper issued weekly during World War II by the U.S. War Department to military installations and government and civic groups working on War Department projects. Issues generally contained one or more maps as well as reports of recent military actions. A good overview of the history and content of the <i>Newsmaps</i> is provided by the University of North Texas Digital Library. https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/NMAP/</p><p>This issue features a large and dramatic map of the Philippine Islands. The reverse has two additional maps: Southern France and an untitled map of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.</p><p><b>Reference: </b> Not in <i>David Rumsey Historical Map Collection</i>.</p><p><b>Condition:</b> Sheet size: about 47 x 35" folding to 8 ¾ x 11 ¾." Folded as issued. Some soiling; a few minor breaks at fold intersections;. </p><p>Note: Several other <i>Newsmaps</i> from World War II are currently in stock. Please inquire if interested. </p>ICN7729.3. U.S. Army.
195162701Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press 1951. Tall thick 8vo. xxix 1 947 1 pp. With many maps numerous photo plates. Dark blue publisher’s cloth gilt badge lozenge on front cover gilt lettering on spine map-illustrated endpapers minor shelfwear dustsoiling slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. wraparound map cover art edgewear small closed tears minor chipping & tear head of spine fore-edge front cover still VG/G copy w/ former ownership stamp on half-title. First edition of this expansive and surprisingly scarce 3rd Volume in the series devoted to the the carrying out of air operations and bombing campaigns in Europe and the Mediterranean in 1944 to the end of the War including supports of the D-Day invasion Italy landings and attacks upon German V-weapon rocket installations. Very scarce in original dustjacket. Univ. of Chicago Press, hardcover
195862699Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press 1958. Tall thick 8vo. lii 2 666 2 pp. With maps numerous photo plates. Dark blue publisher’s cloth gilt badge lozenge on front cover gilt lettering on spine map-illustrated endpapers minor soiling edgewear rubbing w/ d.j. wraparound map cover art minor chipping edgewear some soiling slight foxing front cover still VG-/VG- copy. First edition of this informative final 7th Volume in the series devoted to the development of the Air Transport Command Army Airways Communications Systems and the Aviation Engineers. Of particular interest is the excellent chapter focused on “Women in the AAF†by Kathleen Boom. Univ. of Chicago Press, hardcover
195562700Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press 1955. Tall thick 8vo. lii 807 1 pp. Photo frontisp. with maps numerous photo plates. Dark blue publisher’s cloth gilt badge lozenge on front cover gilt lettering on spine map-illustrated endpapers minor shelfwear dustsoiling w/ d.j. wraparound map cover art edgewear small closed tears still VG/VG copy. First edition of this informative 6th Volume in the series devoted to the development of an effective air organization building and distributing aircraft as well as recruitment and crucial training of air personnel. Of particular interest are the sections and challenges on recruiting and training African-American pilots during World War II with Army Air Force records revealing that African-Americans only filled less than 6.5% of personnel during the War and does include a specific chapter on the famed Tuskegee Flying School along with their programs. In addition there are also included sections on flying schools and recruitment of Women for ferrying services and air depot slots. Univ. of Chicago Press, hardcover
193635563Lepanto Arkansas: Old Hickory Publishing Company 1936. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. 344 pages. Illustrated with numerous photographs and a folding map. Tan cloth hardcover with title and regimental decorations on the front cover. Light shelf wear to the covers. A very small crack to the front hinge at the bottom. Interior contents in very good condition. The Thirtieth Division was nicknamed "Old Hickory. Old Hickory Publishing Company hardcover
C000015750Germany: U. S. Army. Paperback. Very Good. Undated. ca.1945. Softcover. 123pp. With fold-out in rear. Very Good. Light general shelfwear former owner's signature on cover moderate tanning to edges of wraps and to contents. U. S. Army paperback
19192110502150412282Nagoya Branch of the Imperial Japanese Military Association 1919. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of copies: 1 copy Nagoya Branch of the Imperial Japanese Military Association paperback
185181247Washington:: Gideon and Co. 1851. First edition. publisher's gilt-lettered ribbed cloth. A beautiful copy. 12mo. Illustrated from engravings. . Ownership inscription of Company A 10th Regt. N.Y.V Jan. 1862 on the front pastedown. Gideon and Co., hardcover
1898981H41Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles; Librairie de Médecine Folklore et Anthropologie 1898 . Cloth. Good Only. 10" by 7". None. A two-volume set combining a limited-edition collection of medico-historical essays exploring scandal and society with a contentious example of late nineteenth-century anthropological writing shaped by colonial attitudes. Bound in the publisher's original dark cloth binding. A two-volume collection of works reflecting late nineteenth-century interests in medical history and anthropology consisting of: Curious Bypaths of History: Being Medico-Historical Studies and Observations By Dr. Cabanès 1898. A fascinating collection of medico-historical essays by French physician and historian Auguste Cabanès 18621928 exploring the intersection of medicine history and scandal across European society.Illustrated with a frontispiece by Daniel Vierge engraved on copper by F. Massé this is a limited edition number 103 of 500 copies printed on fine Van Gelder vellum paper.Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customs of Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being a Record of Thirty Years" Experience in Asia Africa America and Oceania Volume II.Second edition.Volume II of two volumes only.An ethnographic study written under pseudonym by a French military doctor this work reflects the colonial and ethnocentric attitudes of its period. It offers a vivid yet controversial example of late nineteenth-century anthropological writing presenting sensational speculative and frequently problematic observations on sexuality ritual and social behaviour in non-European societies. Bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Boards and spine of "Curious Bypaths" fully disbound in need of sympathetic repair. Slight fading to extremities. slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Front hinge of "Untrodden Fields" cracked with binding materials partially exposed but holding firm. Slight rubbing to boards with one or two minor handling marks. Internally somewhat loosely bound. Hinges strained in places with binding materials slightly exposed but holding. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Good Only Librairie des Bibliophiles; Librairie de Médecine, Folklore et Anthropologie hardcover
196452404268New York: Book Awards 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 448 pages including bibliography. Subtitled as follows: Descriptions of the Intra-Sexual Manners and Customs of the semi-civilized Peoples of Africa Asia America and Oceania the whole Paraphernalia of their love as taken from Untrodden Fields of Anthropology. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dark blue boards. Gilt lettering upon spine. Handsome copy. Book Awards Hardcover
ria9789354021671_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
189688343Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1896. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps two volumes 240 266 pp first edition # 144/500 wraps are lightly worn <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Librairie des Bibliophiles paperback
1898005273Paris: Librairie de Medecine Folklore et Anthropologie 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. #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. Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie Hardcover
18362129glsNew York: Wiley and Long 1836. Octavo string-bound wrappers 30 pp. Top leaf loose neat former-owner signature soiling to wrappers. “Sir:-- / When one charged with the responsible duties of a legislator forgets the nature of the trust which he holds for the Commonwealth and instead of consulting the common interests alone endeavors to procure the enactment of laws of a purely local tendency which whilst they momentarily affect one portion of the country favorable bear at the same time prejudicially upon others and in the end become of permanent disadvantage to the whole -- when one vested with the authority of a statesman narrows down his views to the attainment of some object of petty ambition instead of following out an enlarged and liberal system of policy by “giving up to party what was meant for mankind†-- when one clothed in the invulnerable armor of a representative of the people’s sovereignty becomes so lost to a proper sense of the dignified attitude in which he has been placed by his constituents as under cover of the aegis of their majesty to let fly with an irresponsible and unsparing hand the shafts of personal invective against individuals or classes of his fellow citizens there is a point where neither the exercise of charity which supposes honest motives in all nor the forbearance to which even the prejudices of well meaning ignorance are entitled nor the respect of silence due to those whose power is thus abused and misdirected can longer be classed as virtues; and that point is when wrong-headedness the result at first of ignorance is perservered in through sheer obstinancy in spite of the weight of testimony of the most respectable and impartial witnesses against the errors and folly of such a course. With your career sir as a legislator and a statesman I have nothing to do. That is a subject which must rest of examination in the hands of your legitimate judges your own constituents. Wiley and Long, 1836. hardcover
0483912158.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1899010307London: Sampson Low Marston & Company. First edition. Hard cover in original publisher's "Khaki" cloth. Published London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1899. small 4to. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" vii256pp. illus with 27 full-page plates 13 in color and 30 illustrations and diagrams within the text. "Khaki" cloth with black titles and cover illustration. Publisher's tipped-in statement that the cloth used for the binding is the same used for the uniforms of soldiers in South Africa. Light foxing on pastedowns. Very good clean bright. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1899. Sampson Low, Marston & Company unknown
1333802501.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1946080841Springfield Illinois: Published by the Viking Press for the Railsplitters Society 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated . This is an alphabetical or unit-organized listing of personnel who served in the division during its combat operations in Europe. It contains Officers and enlisted men from division headquarters infantry regiments 333rd 334th 335th artillery battalions including the 325th 326th and 909th and supporting units. Basic details such as rank service number or identifiers awards/decorations e.g. Bronze Star Purple Heart and hometowns.Markings for casualties KIA MIA etc. in many entries. It served as a commemorative record for veterans and families shortly after the war helping document the ~15000–20000 men who passed through the “Railsplitters” division in the ETO.<br><br>Softcover is illustrated with a color picture of infantry personnel on the streets of a town. Red and white lettering. Black lettering on the spine. Illustrated at the front with eight pages of group photographs of infantrymen in black and white. Dual columned throughout in small print. 140 pp. <br><br>CONDITION: VG with minor external wear and rubbing. Mild continuous crease along the top corner of textblock. Unmarked. A very nice copy and wonderful addition to any genealogist military historian or 84th Division veterans' descendants library. Full refund if not satisfied. Published by the Viking Press for the Railsplitters Society paperback
1104063883.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0763746649.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
