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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
123900Yorkton Saskatchewan: Yorkton Veterans Centennial Project 978-0-9784420-0-2 978-0-9784420-0-2 2007. Mass market paperback 272. Very good. 4to. The stories of veterans of World War II who were born in or live in Yorkton Saskatchewan and the surrounding area. Clean tight brightsolid copy with black and white photographs. Yorkton Veterans Centennial Project 978-0-9784420-0-2 Paperback
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
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
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
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1972507405beacon Press. Good/Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hard Cover. 080700250X RB-2 . beacon Press hardcover
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