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19503117New York: Published for the Honorary consultants to the Army Medical Library by Henry Schuman. Printed by the Anthoensen Press Portland ME 1950. Large 8vo. xiv 361 1 pp. With 12 plates. Original buckram. Edges of textblock a little dusty insignificant shelf wear. In very good clean condition. NOT ex-library! Detailed and very useful catalogue of incunabula and early manuscripts well written. Unlike many such catalogues the present volume contains valuable information about bindings and provenance. The work is divided into two parts: Incunabula of which there are 490 and Early Western Manuscripts nos. 491-525. Part Two describes Oriental Manuscripts Arabic Persian Turkish Singhalese and Hebrew. There is a Concordance index of titles and an index of names. <br/><br/>¶ B.H. Breslauer copy with his circled acquisition number on first blank; purchased from sale of the famed Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana Christie's New York 2005 lot 1300.<br/><br/>Garrison/Morton 6783. Published for the Honorary consultants to the Army Medical Library by Henry Schuman. [Printed by the Anthoensen Press, Portland, unknown 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
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
1882WRCAM23378Philadelphia: Thomas Hunter Lith. 1882. Title-leaf 4pp. plus ten chromolithographed plates and nine other plates. Oblong folio. Original blindstamped cloth gilt title on front cover expertly rebacked with tasteful spine to match. Old stamp on verso of title-leaf and on last plate. Else just about very good. This work issued under the auspices of the Quartermaster General contains ten fine chromolithographed plates showing the different uniforms of the Army as dictated by regulations in 1882. It would seem to be the first official such work and may have been prepared by H.A. Ogden whose named appeared on a similar publication noted by Bennett which was published in 1888 with twelve plates. Ogden later produced a much larger work UNIFORM OF THE ARMY OF THE U.S. ILLUSTRATED FROM 1774 TO 1889 which was issued from 1900 to 1907. HOWES R155 "aa." BENNETT p.85 ref. Thomas Hunter Lith. hardcover books
233fdInformation & Education Section Hq. Mtousa n.d. ca. 1940s. Small octavo paperbound illus. light blue stapled wrappers 96 pp. Very Good with some foxing age darkening. Contents: How to See Rome; History; A Tour of the Vatican; Ancient Rome: The Heart of the ancient City The Capitoline Hill Outside the Forum and the Palatine The Forum and the Palatine; A Walk on the Corso Vittorio Emmanuele; A Walk on the Corso Umberto; a Tour of the Churches; West of the Tiber; A Drive in Southeast Rome; Art Museums; Time for Relaxation; A List of Clubs Theaters Restaurants and Churches. 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
73561UNITED STATES ARMY. ARMY LINEAGE SERIES. Infantry Part I: Regular Army. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History. Large 8vo. blue cloth. Light shelfwear to boards. Near fine. unknown books
73560UNITED STATES ARMY. ARMY LINEAGE SERIES Armor-Cavalry Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve 1969; Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History. Large 8vo. blue cloth. Light shelfwear to boards. Near fine. unknown books
73189UNITED STATES ARMY. ARMY LINEAGE SERIES ten volumes: Armor-Cavalry Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve 1969; Infantry Part I: Regular Army 1972; Armor-Cavalry Part II: Army National Guard 1972; Field Artillery Regular Army and Army Reserve 1985 ; Air Defense Artillery 1985; Aviation 1986; Military Police 1992; Maneuver and Firepower the Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades 1998. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History. Large 8vo. blue cloth. Light shelfwear to boards. Near fine. unknown books
002254Fort Belvoir Virginia The Engineer School 1940. Gray wrappers. Moderate soiling and spotting of covers. Reprint of the 1922 edition. This is Part V the instructor's guide. Fort Belvoir, Virginia The Engineer School 1940. unknown 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
19023223baMWashington D.C: Government Printing Office 1902. Book. Hardcover. Americana; vii 97p. incl index; 12.8cm; full brown leather rubbed; rebacked by Corey; War department Adjutant General's office document #167. Government Printing Office Hardcover 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
1812WRCAM38950Washington 1812. Broadside 12 1/2 x 7 inches. Dbd. Soft vertical fold. Light offsetting from a different document near title else very good. An interesting unofficial handbill relating to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department on the eve of the War of 1812 with references to the impending war with Britain Indian business and the Barbary powers. In 1811 Congress introduced "A Bill for the Establishment of a Quarter-Master's Department" which the anonymous author of the present document notes "merges the duties of the superintendent of military stores in the quarter master without naming the former." The author urges Congress to keep separate the military office of the Quartermaster from the civil positions of the Army Purveyor. unknown books
1894WRCAM29047Washington: Government Printing Office 1894. 484pp. Small quarto. Contemporary three quarter brown calf and cloth gilt-stamped spine. Rubbed. Cloth crudely torn on rear cover starting on front cover. Internally clean. Good. An exhaustive collection of tables and figures assembled to ensure the proper payment for officers and troops on the move particularly interesting for posts in the American West. Nearly every Army locale in the United States is included. Extremely rare OCLC locates only one copy. OCLC 41471531. Government Printing Office hardcover 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
1885WRCAM16632Washington 1885. 51pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled. A sound copy. General orders pertaining to the transportation of U.S. troops munitions etc. involving the use of land grant and bonded Pacific railroads. Contains tables of railroad lines and their respective terms for military transportion. unknown books
1820WRCAM51035Washington 1820. 64pp. plus ten folding charts. Dbd. Minor foxing. Very good. A scarce report on U.S. Army expenditures and appropriations after the War of 1812. Includes correspondence from John C. Calhoun who was Secretary of War from 1817 to 1825. Also includes proceedings of the court martial held at Fort Scott in Georgia at which Col. David Brearly was tried and acquitted for mustering into the services of the United States "a large body of Indian warriors" thereby consuming a large quantity of the supplies intended for the relief of U.S. troops and Georgia militia stationed at Fort Scott. An important document for the Creek War. Only seven copies in institutions. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 4034. unknown books
154455paperback. Thin 12mo 102pp. original green printed wrappers. Washington: Government Printing Office 1914. Very good.<br/><br/> War Department Document No. 465.<br/><br/> unknown books
1879287107Washington D.C.: Bureau of Topographical Engineers 1879. A War Department map showing with blue and red lines the general course of Federal and Confederate Troops during the Civil War. Paper mounted on linen with some loss at the folds. An uncommon map; we locate a single copy on OCLC. 21" x 32". Bureau of Topographical Engineers unknown books
1868006747New York: Seventh Regiment Board of Officers 1868. First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. VG/No Dj. Gilt emblem stamped on pub brown pebbeled cloth front cover blind-stamped rulings beveled edges. Some wear at top of spine. Some spotting to cloth rear cover. Signed in pencil by previous owner a descendant of one of the members of the Second "B" Company. A few pages have guardsmen's names checked off or the word "dead" lightly penciled next to them. A very interesting and historical book. Seventh Regiment Board of Officers unknown books
1945820821945. Very Good. Lettering on small black wooden plaque approx. 20 x 22cm. which is backed by a somewhat larger red shield-shaped wooden plaque. Old wire hanger on back. The 625th appears to have been a segregated African American unit. <br/><br/> unknown books
1908269457Washington Barracks D.C.: Press of the Engineer School 1908. Second Edition. Very Good binding. Includes E. N. Johnson's "Report on the Construction of Lock and Dam No. 4 Ohio River" with folding charts and black and white photographs; First Lieutenant Julian Schley's "Reconnaisance Map of Cuba"; and several articles on the Loire. Altogether 10 articles bound together. Bound in buckram with new spine label; mylar custom cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding. Press of the Engineer School 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
