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8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
1933384806London : Voluntary Aid Detachments 1933. 5th edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 44 pp. Subjects; Nursing. Military hospitals. Volunteers. British Empire. London : Voluntary Aid Detachments paperback
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Cover illustration of The Battle of Magersfontein. Photos of: Squad of the Essex Artillery Volunteers, Detachment of the London Scottish Volunteers, Machine-Gun Detachment of the 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, the new Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", Prominent officers on active service, Scenes on the Western Line of Communicationsl, The Camp of the Grahamstown 1st City Volunteers, at Cradock, Lord Curzon's visit to Lucknow, A Group of Irish Nurses bound for South Africa, Scenes at De Aar. Illustrations include: "With the Kimberley Relief Column, The Burial of General Wauchope and Lieutenant-Colonel Goff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the field of Magersfontein, The City of London Volunteers for South Africa, How Long Tom's Shell Disturbed the Middies' Sucking-Pig, Bursting of the Shell that Passed through the Royal Hotel, Ladysmith, and killed Dr. Stark, Rimington's Tigers, on the Mooi River, Manning the breastwork at Naauwpoort Camp, Arundel Camp, Bluejackets Saving Their Gun (Centerfold), Lovely full-page Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
197641500Arlington VA: U.S. Army 1976. Second Printing. good. 248 wraps illus. diagrams fold-outs covers somewhat worn and soiled. USAITAD Report No. 14-U-76. Number on cover 90-M112-1487. This report provides a compendium of data on the doctrine and tactics of the Soviet combined forces. It is intended for use as a general reference document by service schools and tactical unit commanders. U.S. Army paperback
026064Lederer Street and Zeus Printers; Berkeley California; 1946. Oblong Quarto. Construction battalion detachment was the one assigned to the Solomon Islands where they performed major tasks to create a major docking facility while fighting malaria and insects. This remarkable volume has hundreds of photographs that document the 1008th which was one of the larger battalions some on smaller islands had as few as sixty men. Laid in are papers of how the Association funds were spent on the printing engravings editing and other task in producing one of the most thorough Seabee volumes at the cost of $9480.50 in 1946. Only two copies are found on OCLC. Also laid in is a mimeographed list of the men and where they were located in the photographs of the entire battalion. A handsome copy near fine bound in brown and blue cloth lettered in brown and blue Owner's subscriber name stamped in gilt to upper board. [Lederer, Street and Zeus, Printers; Berkeley, California; 1946] unknown books
026064Lederer Street and Zeus Printers; Berkeley California; 1946. Oblong Quarto. Construction battalion detachment was the one assigned to the Solomon Islands where they performed major tasks to create a major docking facility while fighting malaria and insects. This remarkable volume has hundreds of photographs that document the 1008th which was one of the larger battalions some on smaller islands had as few as sixty men. Laid in are papers of how the Association funds were spent on the printing engravings editing and other task in producing one of the most thorough Seabee volumes at the cost of $9480.50 in 1946. Only two copies are found on OCLC. Also laid in is a mimeographed list of the men and where they were located in the photographs of the entire battalion. A handsome copy near fine bound in brown and blue cloth lettered in brown and blue Owner's subscriber name stamped in gilt to upper board. [Lederer, Street and Zeus, Printers; Berkeley, California; 1946] unknown
195780195Casstle Air Force Base CA: United States Air Force Castle Air Force Base B52-2 Mobile Training Detachment 1957. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Disbound three-hole punched some sheets partially double punched. Fair. Illustration of a B-52 on cover sheet. 21 sheets/printed on one side only. Illustrations. Pagination ends at 18 but there is also a sheet 3 A and 5 A and the cover sheet is not numbered. Some pencil comments/notations on some pages. It is extremely rare for this type of ephemeral training material to survive. This work sheet belonged to Alfred A. Zealy. Proudly served his country with the rank of Lt. Col. in the United States Air Force. Served in World War II Korea and Vietnam retiring after 29 years as the Air Advisor at the Milwaukee Based 128th Air Refueling Group. He attended class 57-16. The course outline included: System Introduction and Panel Familiarization; Alternator Drives General Electric and Thompson AC Power Generation and Control; AC Power Distribution DC Power Generation and Distribution AC Power Panel Operation Electrical System Protective Devices and System Review and Evaluation. Illustrations include AC Power Panel with accompanying sheet identifying panel components AC Power Panel Schematic Grease Lubricated Thompson Drive Schematic Simplified A.C. Power Distribution SchematicSimplified A.C. Power Distribution and Transfer System Schematic Left Hand Aft Alt. Left Hand Forward Alt. Right Hand Forward Alt. Right Hand Aft Alt. Forward D. C. Power Distribution System and D-C Control Panel Typical/Pilots' Overhead Circuit Breaker Panel. Mobile Training Detachments increased rapidly after the Korean War and were particularly utilized to support B-52 operations. Castle Air Force Base 1941-1995 is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California located northeast of Atwater northwest of Merced and about 115 miles 185 km south of Sacramento. The Central Valley base in unincorporated Merced County was closed 25 years ago in 1995 pursuant to a Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision following the end of the Cold War and the disestablishment of Strategic Air Command SAC. It is now known as the Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center. United States Air Force, Castle Air Force Base, B52-2 Mobile Training Detachment unknown
V-10-293948586887Paperback. Very Good. paperback
84 pages. Features: Snowmobile Exhibition; Burgeo story; Rodeo Queen; DHC-3 Otter Aircraft; Burnaby's NWMP Outpost; Biggest ever registered pistol match in Ottawa; Frightening Experience - Cpl. D.K. Price; New Toronto Headquarters; The Lyalls of the North; Sounding Lake Detachment; Prince Rupert Story; Grain Theft Solved; A Rafting Experience; Staff Sergeant Mundy; The Recruit - 50 years ago; High Priced Stove Wood; and more. Stroked out name and faint ink stamp upon title page else unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Farwell, Saskatchewan Detachment; Cottonwood Patrol; Texas Adventure - Cpl. G.R. Mashford; Police and the Computer; Toy Guns; Frontier Law Enforcement; A "Tape Recording"; A Ranger's Lot; The Caribou Eskimos; It's Your Money; Jamboree of the Air; New Corner Brook Building; When We Were Young and Gay ; and more. Prior owner's details black out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Centerfold taped in place, otherwise a sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: B.C.'s Oldest Church in Maple Ridge - Rev. W. Burton Crickmer; Gold Trafficking - Surrey B.C.; Mrs. Policeman - Crescent Valley, B.C.; Unfounded Complaint - Virden MB detachment; Law Enforcement and the Community College; Tofield Gun Club; Power Toboggan displaces sled dogs at Grise Fiord - The Last Patrol; M Division, Maclead; At Calgary 75 years ago; Augustus James Rust; and more. Pages 37-44 were loose but are taped in place. Prior owner's details blacked out upon page one. Average wear. Worthy copy. Book
88 pages. Features: The Glenbow Foundation and its Library; Check those Credit Slips; Police in a Changing Society - Essay; Canada Day at 4 ATAF; Expensive Traffic Infraction; Teaching in New Guinea; Amaranth Detachment; Junior Musical Ride; A Presidential Visit - LBJ and Pearson; Black Magic; Racer Warns of High Speed; A Costly Jaunt - Niagara Falls; Waitress Foils Gunmen - Chemainus/Crofton, B.C.; Prior owner's details blacked out upon Table of Contents else unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, a few minor marks in margins; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Immensely detailed and thoroughly researched account of FRANKTON, surely now the definitive history and unlikely ever to be surpassed. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS ALREADY VERY SCARCE.
197006110New York: Red Women's Detachment 1970. Tabloid format printed on newsprint 4 pp illus. Browning to newsprint horizontal fold else Fine. A single issue and one of only six published by the Red Women's Detachment a Maoist feminist group which emerged in 1968 on the Lower East Side of NYC. Content for this issue includes a long article titled "The History of All Hitherto Existing Class Systems Has Been the History of Women's Oppression" a reprinted Enver Hoxha speech delivered at the 2nd plenum of the Central Committee of the Party of Labor of Albania in June 1970 a profile of Mrs. Kang Ban Sok a Korean feminist and revolutionary an article on city-run daycare centers and a reprinted article by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dinh Deputy Commander of the South Viet Nam People's Liberation Armed Forces. New York: Red Women's Detachment unknown
19451118731945 Editions Lajeunesse - 1945 - In-4, broché, couverture illustrée - 73 p. - Très nombreuses reproductions photographiques et illustrations in et hors-texte en N&B + 2 planches dépliantes en couleurs en fin d'ouvrage
1972019083Washington D. C.: Naval Training Command 1972. First Edition . Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 674pp.incl.index; SC blue w/white; rubbed w/wear on edges; cleantight pgs. "The information in this manual relates to tasks required to meet shipboard needs---tasks that are assigned to personnel aboard ship serving as a Hull Maintenance Technician Third Class and Hull Maintenace Technician Second Class." illus. NAVTRA 10573 <br/> <br/> Naval Training Command unknown
1978757383PN. New. 1978. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1977754505PN. New. 1977. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1972745039PN. New. 1972. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
20121354270PN. New. 2012. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
20051343649PN. New. 2005. Soft Cover. md . PN paperback
1980760689PN. New. 1980. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1983769946PN. New. 1983. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1988788556PN. New. 1988. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1983769947PN. New. 1983. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback