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191430702Boston: Chapple Publishing Company Ltd 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. xxii 633 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Illustrated with maps photographs and illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with illustration and title in white on the front cover. Faded white title on the spine. Some small scattered black stains on the covers. Front hinge is broken. Rear hinge has a thin crack. 1920 gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf. Previous owner bookplate on the front paste down Martha Peach. Book seller ticket "Chesapeake Book Co. Berryville Va." located on the bottom of the front paste down. <br /> <br /> Nevins I page 183 - "A necessary source for any study of Confederate cavalry operations in Kentucky and Tennessee. Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd hardcover
2000Q-0970167806BMC Publications 2000-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! BMC Publications paperback
1950201161950. Homelessness press photography archive 1951 to 1990s documents displaced people in American cities through images of soup kitchens public sleeping spaces roadside survival emergency shelters and encampments. The archive provides primary visual evidence for the study of urban poverty public welfare veteran reintegration housing insecurity and the changing visibility of homelessness in the second half of the twentieth century. Its strongest historical value lies in the range of settings recorded: postwar charitable food assistance men sleeping in parks and public spaces Vietnam veterans gathered beneath highway infrastructure shelter-based aid and women living in vehicles with personal belongings and pets.<br /> The archive consists of eight black-and-white silver gelatin press photographs from the United States dated from 1951 to the 1990s most measuring approximately 7.25 x 9 inches with several retaining original press captions or newspaper clippings mounted on the verso. The earliest image shows a 1951 soup kitchen scene assisting homeless residents. Later photographs show Vietnam veterans beneath an underpass using mattresses and boxes for seating; a Queens New York veterans' shelter where an African American veteran shops for clothing with a staff supervisor; and Gabrielle Mendosa resting on a mattress near the Miami River beside the encampment identified as "Tent City under the Xway." Additional images show men sleeping on park benches or lawns including a scene associated with the Boston Freedom Trail Walk for the Homeless two men attempting to sell recovered household appliances by the roadside and a woman identified as Lynn living in her car with her belongings and dog while seeking assistance.<br /> The photographs are significant because they record homelessness not as a single condition but as a set of lived circumstances shaped by food insecurity military afterlives public space shelter access informal economies and the absence of stable housing. The retained press captions and clippings connect the images to their original journalistic use showing how homelessness was presented to newspaper audiences across several decades. Minor edge wear light handling marks and typical press-photo surface wear; verso caption material and clippings present on several photographs; images remain clear and usable; overall very good. Concentrated documentary archive showing American homelessness from institutional relief to street encampment with particular strength in veteran homelessness and urban public visibility. unknown
1970X 959Bangkok: White Lotus Press 1970. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.42. Thailand and Islamic World White Lotus Press paperback
1994012445Waco TX: 376th Heavy Bombardment Group Veterans Association 1994. 613pp/illus. History 376th Heavy Bomb Group B-25s. This is the Bomb Group that led the low-level attack on Ploesti. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 376th Heavy Bombardment Group Veterans Association Hardcover
1972592342Boston: Beacon Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the tiny price on the front flap inked over. The Winter Soldier Investigation was a controversial meeting of Vietnam veterans who met to testify about American war crimes in Vietnam. Former presidential candidate John Kerry is listed as a participant in the investigation but doesn't seem to be mentioned specifically in the text. Beacon Press hardcover
1972507405beacon Press. Good/Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hard Cover. 080700250X RB-2 . beacon Press hardcover
1954260618-MB78Veterans' Historical Book Service 1954. Very Good Hardcover embossed leather cover Ridway and Clark Report 386 pages color endpapers photographs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Veterans' Historical Book Service Hardcover
1940100665New York: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade 1940. Book. Good. Original Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 30 p. Illus port ads. Faint spotting to covers. The ALB was common name for any American volunteer unit medical combat or transportation fighting against Franco during the Spanish Civil War. This periodical was later the main publication of their fraternity. Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Paperback
19459086Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1907. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Cream colored vinyl cover has some damage at top and bottom of spine. List of Potter County Texas military people from December 7 1941 with a timeline of the war. There is an alphabetical list of men with their ranks but not on which page they appear. With each picture there is list of where they served and awards they earned and when they died. ; Potter County Texas; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1907 hardcover
1994273225PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1995277895PN. New. 1995. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1990014706Portland ME: Veterans for Peace Inc. Offered is the fourth printing of "ABOLISH WAR! THE LAST CAMPAIGN - A VFP Veterans for Peace Contribution to Earth Day 1990" signed by VFP notables see below. Please note that as stated the first three printings had a combined print run of 18 copies; the fourth printing had a print run of 2500 copies. Published by Veterans for Peace Inc. out of Portland Maine a softcover with glossy covers measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs and illustrations throughout the Contents are: Preface; Premises; The End of the Process; New Impetus; Who is the Enemy; Veteran for Peace Positions; History of Veterans for Peace; and Action. The Appendix contains: Precis of Veterans for Peace; Veterans for Peace Activities; The Combined Statements of Veterans; Statement of Nuclear Warriors; General Douglas MacArthur: Abolition of War; The Statement of Seville; and Veterans for Peace Chapter Directory. Signed and inscribed by VFP notables to Alex Molnar last name not stated as follows: signed note dated August 26 1990 from President Col. John F. Barr USMC-Ret; the page opposite the Preface contains inscriptions and signatures from both Col. Barr and his wife Ruth; VFP Treasurer Ian M. Walker; Rob Robert O'Kane a World War II veteran; and Brian McEndy all of whom compliment a letter Mr. Molnar had written to the New York Times. Center staples rusted; paper clip attached to Col. Barr's note partially rusted; light corner crease to front cover. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1990. Veterans for Peace, Inc. paperback
1935233301935. Law and PolicyIndianaSpanish-American War U.S. Congress and local government document archive of five pieces concerning Indiana politics in 1935 on veterans' care social welfare legislation and the domestic aftermath of U.S. colonization in the Caribbean. The archive centers on a March 25 1935 bill proposing pensions for veterans of the Spanish-American War including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection their widows and dependents and the accompanying House report dated May 22 1935 extending that claim into committee language cost projections and Veterans' Administration statistics. The documents connect federal pension policy to state electoral geography through August G. Mueller's Indiana congressional apportionment map and to campaign messaging through tabulated votes on the AAA TVA Gold Bill Silver Bill Securities Exchange Act Norris-HOLC Amendment Navy Construction Act Housing Bill and Labor Disputes Bill.<br /> <br /> Five documents stapled at top left corner. 1935 chiefly Indiana with federal legislative and campaign material extending to Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Oregon and Pennsylvania. 16 pages in total. Documents comprised of one official House bill one official House committee report one Indiana congressional district map one Indiana newspaper clipping of candidates by district and one multi-page ballot-style voting-record leaflet.<br /> <br /> 1 Mueller August G. Gus. Indiana Congressional Apportionment Map. Indiana ca. 1935. One page. Large printed map headed "August G. Gus Mueller / Secretary of State" showing Indiana's twelve congressional districts with county boundaries and population figures. Lower text notes the "Apportionment of 1931 based on the census of 1930" applicable to elections beginning in 1932 and specifically identifies the portion of Marion County in the 11th District tying the archive's pension and campaign material to the district structure within which Indiana candidates were contesting office.<br /> <br /> 2 United States House of Representatives. H.R. 6995. In the House of Representatives March 25 1935. One sheet two pages. Official printed bill for the 74th Congress 1st Session titled "A Bill Granting pensions to veterans of the Spanish-American War including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection their widows and dependents and for other purposes." The bill states that laws in effect on March 19 1933 granting such pensions were to be reenacted making the document a direct record of New Deal era restoration and enlargement of benefits for aging veterans of the 1898 war and subsequent U.S. campaigns in China and the Philippines.<br /> <br /> 3 Newspaper clipping. Indiana candidates by congressional district ca. 1935. Narrow printed clipping listing Indiana candidates district by district including names such as Andrew J. Hickey in the Third District David Hogg in the Fourth Gerald W. Landis in the Seventh Charles F. Werner in the Eighth Chester A. Davis in the Ninth Clarence M. Brown in the Tenth Don Roberts in the Eleventh and Homer Elliott in the Twelfth. In this file the clipping functions as the electoral counterpart to the pension and voting documents showing the candidate field to which these legislative issues were being attached.<br /> <br /> 4 United States House of Representatives. Report No. 974 To Accompany H.R. 6995. Washington D.C. May 22 1935. Four pages on one sheet bifolded. House report submitted by Mr. Smith of Washington from the Committee on Pensions recommending passage of the bill and giving the most detailed policy language in the archive. Its "General Statement" specifies that the bill would extend benefits to those who served between April 21 1898 and July 4 1902 gives the average monthly payment then being received as $32.17 proposes an average monthly pension award of $42.85 states the average age of such veterans as "61 years and 8 months" and includes a May 9 1935 letter from Frank T. Hines to Allard H. Gasque discussing the estimated surviving veteran population and projected fiscal effect.<br /> <br /> 5 Voting-record leaflet ca. 1935. Eight page ballot-style political leaflet tabulating senators' and representatives' votes across several states with photographed sections for Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Oregon and Pennsylvania. The tables reduce congressional politics to a usable campaign matrix marking "Y" "N" "NR" and "PF" across measures including the Emergency Banking Act National Economy Act 1933 Independent Offices Bill Beer AAA TVA 1933 Gold Bill CWA continuance 1934 Revenue Bill Veterans' Compensation Bill Bill to Reduce Tariff Securities Exchange Act Norris HOLC Amendment Navy Construction Act Housing Bill and Labor Disputes Bill; accompanying text summarizes selected measures such as the Civil Works Administration continuance Cotton Control Bill Silver Purchase Act and Tariff Act of 1934.<br /> <br /> The two federal pension papers form the archive's documentary center because they preserve the precise legislative language by which Congress revisited the status of veterans of the Spanish-American War the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection in 1935 decades after those campaigns had extended U.S. power into the Caribbean and Pacific. The supporting Indiana documents show how that policy landscape was translated into district-based electoral work while the voting leaflet widens the view to a national New Deal contest over social provision public spending agriculture currency housing labor and veterans' compensation. Folded and stapled as assembled with pronounced creasing moderate toning and scattered staining to edges; complete and legible. Overall good condition. A snapshot of U.S. policy in the Midwest in 1935 preserving legislation on veteran's pensions New Deal vote-tracking and Indiana electoral geography. unknown
1972018946Washington D. C.: Veterans Administration 1972. Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 315pp.; SC salmon w/blk.; some rub w/tears on corners; spine sunned; cleantight pgs. Intro.; Bid solicitation format; Manufacture listing; Power&performance; and Data samples. IB 11-24 <br/> <br/> Veterans Administration unknown
195536775Washington DC: Veterans Administration 1955. good. Quarto approx. 200 illus. figures footnotes bibliography boards somewhat worn and soiled. 10 bulletins bound together. Bound documents such as this are increasingly scarce. Important look at the post-World War II and Korean War periods. Veterans Administration hardcover
1991D1V00280781991. Single Issue Magazine. Good. A nice copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has minor wear. Binding is tight. unknown
199949089Washington DC: GPO 1999. First Edition. First Printing. good. 200 wraps illus. Serial No. 106-26. GPO paperback
200050898Washington DC: GPO 2000. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 100 wraps tables. Serial No. 106-36. This hearing gave the Committee an opportunity to explore issues relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs personnel needs. GPO paperback
199764419Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1997. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iv 116 p. S. Hrg. 105-45 Part I. This was the first of a series of hearings which the Committee planned to hold in Washington and at field locations. The two major issues which the Committee intended to llok at at least initially related to what happened to the GUlf War Veterans where they being adequately treated and compensated for their exposure to a variety of problems in the Gulf War; and the second was what action was taken by the Department of Defense the other branches of Government to find out what happened whether the veterans were exposed to chemical warfare and just exactly what occurred back at Khamisiyah in March 1991 when an Iraqi chemical compound was detonated and why it was not made public until 1996. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
19191005240051Washington D.C. The Society of the Fifth division 1/1/1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Suede spine with map of the Meuse River and towns shown. Clean unmarked pages. Near fine binding and cover hint of rubbing to cover. Hardcover. 11 maps. 424 pp. See our pictures. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Washington, D.C., The Society of the Fifth division hardcover
199463952Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1994. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Distribution label on back page. Corner of several pages creased. iv 213 p. 23 cm. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Serial no. 103-19. The Committee was concerned that despite increased public awareness of women in the military and the fact that women were a fast growing segment of the veteran population it appeared that the Department of Veterans Affairs had not improved the availability of gender-specific health care services needed by women veterans. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
200062354Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2000. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iv 248 p. Includes illustrations. Serial No. 106-40. This hearing examined the Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims processing. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
197962361Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1979. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. iii 147 p. 96th Contress 1st Session Senate Report No. 96-100. Calendar No. 102. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
199962805Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1999. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 122 p. Serial No. 105-47. The purpose of this hearing was to examine the preparations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Food and Drug Administration for the Year 2000 Y2K compliance of medication devices used for the health care of veterans. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
