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184233152Philadelphia: Published at the Temperance Office No. 3 North Eighth Street 1842. Certificate oblong 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Ornately printed in gilt on black glazed stock with elaborate bank-note border. Subscriber's name is blank. Faded in a few spots but always visible Very Good.<br/><br/> The 'Cold Water Army' was a juvenile temperance organization founded in the belief that its message was best directed at children who were more likely to follow it when they became adults. The 'Pledge' begins: "Here Lord! I pledge perpetual hate/ To all that can intoxicate;/ I'll never use the filthy weed/ Then from its evils I'll be freed."<br/> Asa Fitz Secretary of this Philadelphia branch was a writer on temperance subjects and editor of the 'Cold Water Boy' a periodical published in Providence. This certificate was probably published at the same address as Fitz's Temperance Pictorial Songster Philadelphia: Nathan Moore. 3 Carpenter's Buildings North Eighth Street. 1843.<br/>We do not locate this on OCLC as of August 2016. Published at the Temperance Office, No. 3 North Eighth Street unknown books
191934793Washington DC: Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities 1919. First Edition. Oblong 12mo 10x13.5cm.; publisher's dark blue staple-bound card wrappers; 298pp.; chiefly musical scores two full-page photographic illus. linocuts by John Held throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper extremities else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of patriotic songs with illustrations by a young John Held signed in image either "JH" or "J. Held" but otherwise unattributed to him. The noted Jazz Age cartoonist had already had work published in Vanity Fair though after the United States entered World War I he worked for Naval Intelligence in Central America as an illustrator and cartographer. Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities unknown books
1959M11318Washington D.C.:: Office of the Surgeon General. 1959. hardcover. Series: Surgery in World War II. Large 8vo. xxvi 705 pp. Color. frontis. and plates illustrations tables index. Burgundy cloth. gilt-stamped cover emblem and black spine label. Fine. Vol. II only. . 1 Office of the Surgeon General hardcover books
189646069New York: F. Tennyson Neely. The Union News Edition Company 1896. 1st Edition. Blue cloth pictorial boards red black and white lettering/illustration TEG. A VG copy boards bright some rubbing corners bumped edges and corners rubbed with light fraying light soiling to boards age toning to leaves pencil markings to verso of ffep otherwise internally clean and bright. 2 blank ii 4 1 8-211 3 ads pp. 6-1/2" x 4" <br/><br/>Pencil marking reads "Pennsylvania R Road Feb 10th 1897 S N Soulesp" F. Tennyson Neely. The Union News Edition Company hardcover books
19598561bdWashington DC: The American Ordnance Association 1959. Tall octavo paperbound stiff navy blue stapled wrappers uncut 32 pp. From Foreword: The American Ordnance Association takes pride in presenting this precis the second in a series of monographs on the armament used in the American Civil War. The strategy and tactics of that conflict can be understood in their true light only when the capabilities and limitations of thefighting equipment are known. As far as ammunition is concerned the great complexity of the subject can only be appreciated by students of the many battels who try to identify some specimen offered for inspection. Practically all of the thousands of books that have been written about the American Civil War treat it from the Adjutant General’s point of view -- a concern with personnel -- or from the eminence of the strategist and tactician. Students and historians of the conflict have found no convenient source for official descriptions of the weapons their ammunition or performance. The American Ordnance Association, 1959. unknown books
19618559bdWashington DC: The American Ordnance Association 1961. Tall octavo paperbound stiff stapled tan wrappers uncut 31 pp. Fine. From Foreword: Several years before the hundredth anniversary of the American Civil War the American Ordnance Association planned a series of monographs on the weapons of that conflict. The project has a twofold purpose. First to commemorate the event in some unique but appropriate way; secondly to make available to students of the Civil War authentic data on the characteriestics of the weapons with which the battles of that war were fought. The present work is devoted to cavalry weapons -- and with good purpose. As all students of strategy and tactics know the Civil War was an historic example of mobility reconnaissance and fast maneuver. Many of its battles rank in history as classical examples which have been used as guides by military leaders of all nations. In no area is this more cogent than that of cavalry tactics. Those tactics were dependent not only upon the skill of the cavalry commander the bravery of the individual cavalryman and the condition of his mount but also upon the capabilities of the wapons with which the units were equipped. Thus a knowledge of the military characterisitcs of the cavalry weapons of the time is essential to a proper appraisal of the decisions of cavalry commanders and the outcome of those decisions. In this respect the military characteristics of all wapons of all battles of all wars are basic elements in appraising the final outcome. It has been so in all history; it was especially so in the cavalry engagements of the American Civil War. The American Ordnance Association, 1961. unknown books
19172299147Government Printing Office 1917. Stapled Binding. Good. Wrappers stained small chip along bottom edge pencil note on front wrapper. 1917 Stapled Binding. 21 pp. Notes on Railroads and Mechanical and Wagon Transport in Connection with the Service of Supply on the Western Front in France. Government Printing Office 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
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
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
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
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
1919303761919. Judge Advocate General. Opinions of the Judge Advocate General of the Army. April 1 1917 to December 31 1917 Volume I. Washington: Government Printing Office 1919. xi 320 pp. Hardcover. Cloth rubbed some shelf wear. Ex-U.S. Army library stamp on front cover top edge endpapers. Hinges cracked but holding. Good. $20. unknown books
1962Embry 103411The National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic 1962. First edition first printing. Faint wear still fine. Blue cloth no dust jacket. The National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1962. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
526<p>Mimeograph with stipple and ink illustrations 5 leaves of text presenting a timeline ; 5 leaves of names and addresses for company personnel. 8vo. Very good. Front wrapper embellished with stamps in red indicating "Top Secret" "Secret" "Confidential" "Restricted" all crossed out in blue pen under which "Aw What the Hell!" is written in black ink. 526</p><p><i>A curious memento of a Forward Echelon Command Party company's involvement in the liberation of Paris with a timeline showing the group's movements from July 11 to September 28 1944 and current addresses for members.</i></p> Self-published paperback books
19458784Headquarters-U.S. Army Air Forces. Revised May 1945. Punch and clipbound in stylized titled coloured pictorial wrappers. Small 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. Introduction by General Hap Arnold Commanding General of the Army Air Forces Profusely illustrated with photographs drawings schematics diagrams some fold-out cutaways etc. Arguably the most famous aircraft of the Second World War the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the spearhead of the American daylight bombing offensive in Europe from beginning to end as well as serving in every other theatre of war. No single aircraft type contributed more to the defeat of the Luftwaffe which enabled tangible expression to be given to the controversial U. S. policy for the strategic assault of Germany by day in the face of formidable political argument as well as desperate enemy opposition. Few other aircraft of the war gained the universal affection of their aircrew over so long an operational periods did the B-17 Green . This manual served the dual purpose of training checklist and working handbook for B-17 pilot airplane commanders. Graphically intensive the manual covers all aspects of the Flying Fortress from operational duties and command to construction flight navigation weaponry emergencies etc. A very rare highly prized memento of aviation and military. history Owners ink signature to front cover. Ink stamp of Salem Army Airdrome HQ dated 1945 to title Page and inside rear cover. Usual rust offset from metal binding pins to front and rear inside covers.Binding pin protruding slightly onto front cover. Mild sporadic soiling to rear cover.Light wear to edges. A crisp bright Very Good copy of this original rare relic of Aviation History. Headquarters-U.S. Army Air Forces. 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
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
194446177Sydney: George H. Harrap & Co. 1944. First Australian edition. 46 pp. Very good plus in full cloth lacking dust jacket. Foreword by Gen. Sir. Bernard Montgomery. Sydney: George H. Harrap & Co. hardcover books
1955011014Washington: Government Printing Office 1955. This is TM 8-282. Illustrated with x-rays charts and diagrams. Owner's name in ink on front cover. Tan Wrappers. Minor Wear and Soiling. Octavo. Government Printing Office Paperback 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
1943277008Kamnik district Slovenia: Tehnika RK VI 1943. 30pp. 8vo mimeographed text with images original tan wrappers with mimeographed cover.<br/><br/> This rare surviving pamphlet from World War II was produced by the Yugoslav Partisans the most accomplished armed resistance movement against the Axis occupation of Europe. Starting out as a guerilla group the Partisans soon created a complete underground society based on Communist principles including schools government and medical institutions financial systems and publishing presses. This pamphlet produced by one such press likely hidden in the mountains or forests of Slovenia addresses an emergent need in such a new clandestine society: that for maps. It proceeds in logical order: geographical vocabulary instructions for making field maps and later more sophisticated and symbolic drafting techniques. Within this technical know-how it also communicates tactical military advice that the Partisan guerillas employed in their battles with Axis armies. This tactical quality of the publication is most in evidence in the pamphlets many striking diagrams which demonstrate the importance of visual knowledge in situations of survival.<BR><BR>This pamphlet was one of many Partisan publications designed to educate protect and encourage members of the movement. It is particularly fascinating for its simple means of production since the secrecy of Partisan operations limited them to mechanical methods such as mimeographs--in witness here--as well as heliotypes linocuts and typewriting. Given its fragility the pamphlet is in excellent condition with clean text. Slight stains and some very small tears in margins. As one of the few Partisan publications on cartography this pamphlet is a rare and fascinating record of the World War II resistance.<br/><br/> Tehnika RK VI unknown books
196961451Washington D. C.: Department of the Army. Very Good. 1969. Paperback. ROTCM 145-101. 196 pages complete in printed wrappers. Light soil but close to Very Good. . Department of the Army paperback books
1892321261London: R.H. Porter 18 Princes St 1892. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait 22 illustations from his original sketches in-text illustrations. xlviii 284 pp. 4to. Publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Some minor rubbing Very Good. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait 22 illustations from his original sketches in-text illustrations. xlviii 284 pp. 4to. 'An excellent work on sport in southern India this provides a mixture of hunting in the jungles and mountains of the region. Hamilton includes chapters on his experiences shooting ibex in the hill country tiger bison and antelope" Czech. Czech Asia p. 96 R.H. Porter, 18 Princes St unknown books
