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197599708Moscow: Progress Publishers 1975. 413p. foldout map scattered illus. wraps wraps worn toned and creased else very good condition. Inscribed boldly in Russian and English to Abraham Lincoln Brigade vet Leonard Levenson presumably by one of the editors on the title page. Progress Publishers unknown 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
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
1965181875San Francisco: American Veterans Committee 1965. Two items both a single 8.5x14 inch sheet with horizontal fold crease. Single issue of the newsletter published by the left-wing veterans' group faint coffee cup ring penciled notes on back with double-sided leaflet advertising a fundraising BBQ in San Carlos with speakers on Equal Employment Opportunity. American Veterans Committee unknown books
197325971Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1973. Wraps. Good. 664 IV pages. 8vo. Beige printed wrappers. Creasing stamps and several pages with underlining. Wraps. Government Printing Office unknown books
197568447San Francisco: the Post 1975. 7.5x10 inch program glossy stiff red cover with a Ding cauldron pictured in color. Thirtieth anniversary of the inauguration of the post here VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Chinatown post no. 4618. Text lists VF W officers for 1975-76 names of planning committee members announces presentation of colors guest speakers list of sponsoring individuals. the Post unknown books
194640620New York: Communist Party USA 1946. 112p. staplebound pamphlet 5.25 x 7.75 inches; minor uneven toning. "Booklet for returning communist servicemen to acquaint them with the struggle inside the Communist Party against Browderism. Besides the article by Jacques Duclos the French communist leader which announced the Comintern's condemnation of Browderism the booklet includes articles and letters by William Z. foster Eugene Dennis and John Williamson the preamble to the Party's constitution and the resolution adopted by the Party's national convention on July 28 1945." Seidman C525. Communist Party, USA unknown books
194738130New York: New Century Publishers 1947. Pamphlet. 15p. wraps illus. very good condition Seidman C534. New Century Publishers unknown books
1971278Collier 1971. 1st. Soft Cover. 1st paperback ed. 1971. Tall thin 4to. 174 pgs. A VG copy. <br/><br/> Collier paperback 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
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
1883290960Boston Mass 1883. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor binding. SOLD AS IS. First Edition of the first number of Sheridan's Veterans; the second number was published three years later. With frontispiece and numerous portrait plates throughout. Frontispiece and front endpaper detached with loss to the corners of the frontispiece. Lacking the front cover. Contemporary quarter cloth with red paper covers. Not found in Nevins or Eicher. Poor binding. unknown books
1993288004Richmond Virginia 1993. Very Good binding. Folded pamphlet for the rededication of Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia. Horizontal crease near the middle. Letting and illustration printed in blue. Very Good binding. unknown 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
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
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
20122265677Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Inc 2012. First Edition. Large Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Three small spots on front wrapper. 2012 Large Softcover. 206 pp. Stories from the Members of the Genesee Valley Chapter of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. Illustrated with World War II era black-and-white photographs as well as modern color photos. Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Inc paperback books
187515954New York 1875. 4pp. Tanned chipped at blank edges. Good only. Anti-Tammany. unknown books
19077540New Orleans 1907. 16mo. 20 pp. <br><br>Detailed account of the organization's activities during the year 1907. Camp Beauregard No. 130 U. S. C. V. was organized 24 October 1898 at Memorial Hall New Orleans Louisiana. With a portrait of P. G. T. Beauregard on the front cover. Stapled in original printed wrappers. Pamphlet creased from lengthwise folding. Wrappers lightly soiled back wrapper with short tear to top edge front wrapper pressure-stamped by the New-Jersey Historical Society. unknown books
1980187713Washington DC: Veterans Administration Office of Planning and Program Evaluation Studies and Analysis Service 1980. iii 181p. wraps doodle on back cover otherwise very good. Discusses the experiences and special needs of former POWs from WW II Korea and Vietnam. Veterans Administration, Office of Planning and Program Evaluation, Studies and Analysis Service unknown books
1979235787Washington DC: Veterans Administration 1979. 21p. 8.5x11 inches tables of job opportunities with the VA around the country some with hourly wage listed $8.80 for an air conditioning mechanic in Chicago very good booklet in stapled gray wraps. Veterans Administration unknown books
2002227010Oakland: n.p. 2002. Pamphlet. 15p. illustrated with photos ads very good program in wraps. n.p. unknown books
1991238958Portland ME: V eterans for Peace 1991. Six issues of the staplebound journal 8.5x11 inches mailing labels on rear covers one with pen notes on the front cover. Issues present are 12 14-18. Also included are Spring and Summer 2011 newsletters and an Earth Day booklet from 1990 with some laudatory inscriptions to the recipient. V eterans for Peace 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
20129075Mechanicsburg: Stackpole 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto 327 pp. Hardcover. In publisher's dust jacket. Stackpole hardcover books
