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195593132Washington: the Board 1955. 123p. iv 8.5x11 inches wraps very good condition. Testimony mostly by SACB witnesses - including a number of former ALB members as well as Louis Budenz Herb Romerstein and Harvey Matusow with Jose Asensio and Milt Wolff among others testiying for VALB. Shockingly the SACB found VALB to be a commie front. the Board unknown books
1954181874various: American Veterans Committee 1954. Leaflets and bulletins from the left-wing veterans' group dating to both before and after its 1948 expulsion of communists. Some items lightly worn issue of In Fact evenly toned else generally very good condition. Includes a 1946 leaflet announcing a demonstration against racist speaker Gerald L.K. Smth in Oakland; the second issue of the AVC Newsletter published by the California State Council of the group; a four-page 1949 report by Gil Harrison on the acrimonious end of attempts to unite with Amvets; a one-page press release on the same topic; a fundraising appeal from Bill Maudlin a six-page brochure with black ad white photos from 1954 an 8.5x1 inch brochure from 1954 with a Bill Maudlin cover cartoon and three membership cards and a receipt for dues payment belonging to a Bay Area member. Also included is an issue of In Fact with a short piece on the AVC. American Veterans Committee unknown books
19392456Boston: The Veterans of Foreign Wars 1939. Cards. Cream illustrated cards. Good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Folding cream card menu featuring photo illustrations of Eugene I. Van Antwerp Commander-in-Chief and Anna Mae Lockner National Auxiliary President. Cover: Reception and Banquet Tendered by the 1939 National Encampment Corp. - HOTEL SOMERSET Boston Mass. Wednesday Evening Feb. 15 1939 in conduction with 40th National V.F.W. Encampment. <br /> <br />The Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW - an organization of U.S. war veterans who as military service members fought in wars campaigns and expeditions on foreign land waters or airspace - held conventions yearly VFW National Conventions used to be called encampments. This menu for the reception and banquet was held at the beginning of 1939 while tensions escalated overseas and the U.S sentiment was anti-interventionist. <br /> <br />Guests include: Bennett Champ Clark - U.S. Senator Missouri Leverett Saltonstall - Governor of Massachusetts Maurice J. Tobin - Mayor of Boston and many more. Dinner featured Filet Mingon Delmonico Potatoes dessert. Some foxing and stains with previous fold mark throughout the middle. <br/><br/> The Veterans of Foreign Wars unknown books
1993Embry 111074Curtis Media Corporation 1993. First edition first printing. Fine. B&W photos Light gray leatherette. Curtis Media Corporation, 1993. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1946181871New York: American Veterans Committee 1946. 14 issues of the tabloid-format newspaper published by the left-wing veterans' group; spans the period before and after the AVC's expulsion of communists in 1948. Issues present are vol. 1 no. 17; vol. 2 nos. 5 6 and 8; vol. 5 nos. 1 4-7 12; vol. 6 nos. 3 4 11; and vol. 7 no. 7. Coverage includes much on AVC internal news as well as calls for aid to homeless vets McCarthy impeachment opposition to segregation and more. A failed attempt to merge with Amvets another veterans' organization left a bad taste in both sides' mouths and the later issues contain polemics against Amvets including allegations that it segregated veterans into different posts by race. American Veterans Committee unknown books
1971278Collier 1971. 1st. Soft Cover. 1st paperback ed. 1971. Tall thin 4to. 174 pgs. A VG copy. <br/><br/> Collier paperback books
2192S.l. : The Organization 1894-1903. . Tall narrow 8vo pale green printed wrappers; marginal stain on fore- edge. Twelve holdings in Oclc--10 in Texas. Dedicated to Mrs. Lavinia Porter Talley President of the Texas Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Dating is based on the date of the founding of the D.O.C. and Mr. Osterhout's death in 1903. S.l. : [The Organization, 1894-1903. unknown books
1823210271Delaware County PA 1823. unbound. 2 pages front and back 9.75 x 8 inches Delaware County Pennsylvania May 13 1823 -- a militia directive sent to Major Samuel Anderson responding to his letter of resignation withdrawing himself from command to which he was elected by the unanimous votes of the officers and men comprising the Delaware County Militia. In small part: ".It would have given us much pleasure could your private arrangements have admitted you to remain with us.we trust that.the prospects you have formed for yourself may be realized in the fullest intent." Minor folds and several tiny creases; otherwise very good condition.<br/><br/> The document is signed by the following four veterans who fought gallantly in the War of 1812: Dr. Joseph Wilson Founder in 1812 of the Delaware County Troops; George Hawkins Commander of the Delaware County Blues; Henry Myers Captain Delaware County Volunteers; John Crosby Commanding Regiment Artillery. Samuel Anderson 1774-1850 was a Naval surgeon recommended by Benjamin Rush and subsequently appointed by President John Adams a surgeon's mate in the U.S. Navy in 1799.<br/><br/> unknown books
1971Embry 196971Collier Books 1971. First edition first printing. Owner's inked name minor wear near fine to fine. B&W photos Oversized paperback. Non-personally inscribed by the author "In Peace John Kerry." Collier Books, 1971. First edition, first printing. paperback books
189236274Wayland NY 1892. Small 3-5/8" x 5". 4 pp folded. An attractively illustrated and printed Invitation. Front of invitation is a full color illustration of a soldier holding a bayonet soldiers standing near tents in the background a drum and American flags to the side. The last page is a full color illustration of a Sons of Veterans medal. The wording of the invitation is printed with several elegant fonts with members of Reception Committee Floor Committee and Honorary Committee and location of the reception. Very Good. <br/><br/> Wayland is a little town about 80 miles east of Buffalo and 60 miles south of Rochester. The Sons of Veterans of the United States of America was founded by August Plummer Davis in Pittsburgh in 1881. It was formed to preserve the work of the Grand Army of the Republic a fraternal organization of Union Civil War veterans. There had been several independent Sons of Veterans groups in states such as Pennsylvania Missouri and New York but they all eventually became part of the Sons of Veterans U.S.A. The name was later changed to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in 1925. <br/> Hon. John F. Little 1839-1913 of Bath New York after whom this camp was named was a private in the 161st New York Infantry participating in the Gult and Red River Campaigns and the siege of Mobile. He received the rank of Captain after his service at Mobile and was discharged after three years as Brevet Major. Little was a prominent attorney for many years. He was also an Assemblyman from Steuben County Supervisor of the town of Bath Surrogate and Acting County Judge and a trustee of the New York State Soldiers' Home. "Captain Little Has Succumbed" ELMIRA STAR GAZETTE Tuesday May 13 1913 p.13. unknown books
196613101New York: Veterans Reservists To End The War In Vietnam 1966. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine copy of this 60's war protest poster. Measures 14 x 8.5" wide. Advertises a peace demonstration walk featuring such 60's luminaries as The Fugs Allen Ginsberg Denise Levertov Paul Krassner Jackson MacLow Gilbert Sorrentino Phil Corner The Hare Krishna Chanters and more. No date but from 1966. Scarce ephemera. <br/><br/> Veterans + Reservists To End The War In Vietnam paperback books
197341784N.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1973. First Edition. Original offset lithographed poster in colors 56cm x 43cm 22" x 17". Fine fresh apparently unused example. Poster sold as a fundraiser for the defense of the Gainesville Eight a group of Florida Vietnam veterans who were accused on dubious evidence of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. All eight defendants including the reputed ringleader Scott Camil were eventually acquitted. A rare poster and this is a lovely fresh example. Not catalogued in OCLC; we note only one institutionally-held copy Library of Congress. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown books
