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MINISTÈRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES (Publ.)Livre Rare Book

Revue Maritime et Coloniale. Couronnée par l'Académie des Sciences. 128 vols. (Vols. 1-28, 30-79, 86-135.)

AN AMERICAN MARINEBiblio.com

ENGAGING ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM RECORDING A MARINE CORPS RESERVIST'S TIME ON OCCUPIED OKINAWA AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL U. S. INVASION TOWARDS THE END OF WORLD WAR II

194444499Okinawa Japan; Camp Pendleton CA.; Kinston NC: Photographed and compiled by an American Marine 1944-1946. 1944 - 1946. WORLD WAR II JAPAN. First edition. Oblong octavo black leatherette string-tied photograph album 101 silver gelatin photographs with most being 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" some smaller. An interesting collection of vernacular images from World War II Okinawa documenting an American Marine Corps reservist's time on the Japanese island after the successful U.S. invasion in the spring and summer of 1945. He is identified simply as "Ronnie" in several photographs. The album was likely assembled by Ronnie's wife or girlfriend as the first item is annotated "A Christmas card from my honey" and includes a greeting in manuscript from the soldier on the verso. Eighty-nine photos emanate from Okinawa four from Camp Pendleton and eight from Camp Lejeune in Kinston N.C. and on the soldier's furlough at home likely Florida. The photographs of Okinawa feature a wide variety of interesting subjects including island views abandoned Japanese bunkers tombs Shinto shrines damaged Japanese armaments "Korean teahouse girls . the type used by the Japanese armies for entertainment purposes" Japanese natives washing clothes in the river views of villages "A native barber and his victim in the village of Ishikawa in northern Okinawa" "Native family of three enroute to a detention camp" "Jap dugout in the ‘Suicide Cliff' area" "Japanese school children and teachers" "Native women bathing" "Remains of Japanese 'Betty' pilot Yontan Airstrip" marine and army cemeteries "Ernie Pyle's grave" "Spot where Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner was killed . June 18 1945" and many more. The U.S. invasion of Okinawa began in April 1945 and lasted eighty-two days ending on June 22. Immediately the island became an important staging area for the planning of the U.S. invasion of mainland Japan. Ultimately the invasion was not necessary after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August. Also taped-in are two Japanese yen bills and eight magazine excerpts featuring Okinawa scenes. Laid-in are three Florida newspapers detailing the U.S. Navy's invasion of Japan. A rare view of occupied Okinawa from an American Marine . itself a rare thing as most albums of this type come from Army boys. Minor wear to the covers else a very good copy. Photographed and compiled by an American Marine, 1944-1946. hardcover

BUCKINGHAM BOOKS · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 172,88 €

[US NAVY - GREAT WHITE FLEET] McKEEVER, "Mellie" [JG?] U S J GBiblio.com

Pair of Patriotic Memorial Textiles Commemorating the Voyage of the Great White Fleet 1907-1908

190731197N.p. Japan ca 1907. Pair of large trapunto banners both removed from original frames. First 82cm x 60cm ca 32" x 24"; embroidered in silk with trapunto elements on a black silk ground; photographic portrait on cabinet card inserted in embroidered pocket at center inscribed "Mellie McKeever" on verso. Silk ground fragile with a few thin tears but no significant losses; light soil; embroidered portions generally well-preserved and colors bright. Very Good. Second banner 65cm x 50cm ca 25" x 20"; photo-transfer on silk with embroidered ornaments. Slight fading to embroidered portions but generally well-preserved and sound; Very Good. Both banners with firm provenance purchased from the descendants of Mellie McKeever of Richwood West Virginia. Two exceptional and well-preserved examples of the ornamental trapunto banners that were popular souvenirs among U.S. sailors and marines during the late 19th and early 20th century. Yokohama was the principal point of production for these naval souvenirs but we have also seen examples from the Philippines and mainland China; Japanese examples such as these are generally distinguished by a higher quality of embroidery and more sophisticated composition. The banners became popular among British and American sailors beginning as early as the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War but seem to have reached their peak of popularity with the arrival in the Far East of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet in 1908. Some 14000 sailors and marines made land at various Japanese ports-of-call in that year and given the regularity with which these textiles still appear one imagines that every sailor must have brought at least one of these souvenirs home with him. The first example though of an unusually impressive size is of a type frequently seen displaying typical naval iconography right down to the hand-painted battleship portrait of a two-stack battleship of the Kearsarge class its hull painted white reflecting its peace-time mission at bottom center. The embroidered frame to hold a cabinet portrait of the sailor or perhaps a loved one is a typical feature found on more elaborate examples. The American Eagle in full battle stance is a nearly universal element of these banners. The second banner is of a style we have not previously seen and for which we can find no analogues in the extensive literature of naval souvenirs. It is clearly a family portrait probably a composite made from cartes-des-visites carried by McKeever; the portraits are printed by silkscreen using a photo-transfer process with applied trapunto decorations. The likenesses are clearly enlarged -- it is highly unlikely that a common sailor would have had room aboard a battleship to carry full-size portraits -- and it strikes us that this must have seemed an almost magical process at the time of creation especially to a young man from a tiny lumber-and-coal town in central West Virginia. Aside from their obvious virtues as objects of art and handicraft we regard these banners as compelling pieces of material culture from a period of tremendous social transformation in the United States. According to the Naval Historical Center U.S. naval rolls expanded by nearly 400% between the beginning of the Spanish-American War and the launching of the Great White Fleet. To meet this demand for the first time in its history the Navy began recruiting from the American heartland rather than solely from the Eastern Seaboard states. The generation of inland farmers and mechanics to follow was thus the first in American history to experience first-hand cultures as diverse and divergent from their own as those of Europe Asia and the Pacific Islands; they represented not only the beginning of the American imperialist enterprise but also the first stirrings of America's global consciousness. That so many of these banners have survived in good condition is evidence of the degree to which they were treasured by their owners for whom they represented an experience that must have been transformative and definitive. unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis3 500,00 $US≈ 2 961,35 €

US. NAVY GREAT WHITE FLEET McKEEVER "Mellie" JG.? U. S. J. G.ABAA

Pair of Patriotic Memorial Textiles Commemorating the Voyage of the Great White Fleet 1907-1908

190731197N.p. Japan ca 1907. Pair of large trapunto banners both removed from original frames. First 82cm x 60cm ca 32" x 24"; embroidered in silk with trapunto elements on a black silk ground; photographic portrait on cabinet card inserted in embroidered pocket at center inscribed "Mellie McKeever" on verso. Silk ground fragile with a few thin tears but no significant losses; light soil; embroidered portions generally well-preserved and colors bright. Very Good. Second banner 65cm x 50cm ca 25" x 20"; photo-transfer on silk with embroidered ornaments. Slight fading to embroidered portions but generally well-preserved and sound; Very Good. Both banners with firm provenance purchased from the descendants of Mellie McKeever of Richwood West Virginia. Two exceptional and well-preserved examples of the ornamental trapunto banners that were popular souvenirs among U.S. sailors and marines during the late 19th and early 20th century. Yokohama was the principal point of production for these naval souvenirs but we have also seen examples from the Philippines and mainland China; Japanese examples such as these are generally distinguished by a higher quality of embroidery and more sophisticated composition. The banners became popular among British and American sailors beginning as early as the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War but seem to have reached their peak of popularity with the arrival in the Far East of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet in 1908. Some 14000 sailors and marines made land at various Japanese ports-of-call in that year and given the regularity with which these textiles still appear one imagines that every sailor must have brought at least one of these souvenirs home with him. The first example though of an unusually impressive size is of a type frequently seen displaying typical naval iconography right down to the hand-painted battleship portrait of a two-stack battleship of the Kearsarge class its hull painted white reflecting its peace-time mission at bottom center. The embroidered frame to hold a cabinet portrait of the sailor or perhaps a loved one is a typical feature found on more elaborate examples. The American Eagle in full battle stance is a nearly universal element of these banners. The second banner is of a style we have not previously seen and for which we can find no analogues in the extensive literature of naval souvenirs. It is clearly a family portrait probably a composite made from cartes-des-visites carried by McKeever; the portraits are printed by silkscreen using a photo-transfer process with applied trapunto decorations. The likenesses are clearly enlarged -- it is highly unlikely that a common sailor would have had room aboard a battleship to carry full-size portraits -- and it strikes us that this must have seemed an almost magical process at the time of creation especially to a young man from a tiny lumber-and-coal town in central West Virginia. Aside from their obvious virtues as objects of art and handicraft we regard these banners as compelling pieces of material culture from a period of tremendous social transformation in the United States. According to the Naval Historical Center U.S. naval rolls expanded by nearly 400% between the beginning of the Spanish-American War and the launching of the Great White Fleet. To meet this demand for the first time in its history the Navy began recruiting from the American heartland rather than solely from the Eastern Seaboard states. The generation of inland farmers and mechanics to follow was thus the first in American history to experience first-hand cultures as diverse and divergent from their own as those of Europe Asia and the Pacific Islands; they represented not only the beginning of the American imperialist enterprise but also the first stirrings of America's global consciousness. That so many of these banners have survived in good condition is evidence of the degree to which they were treasured by their owners for whom they represented an experience that must have been transformative and definitive. unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis3 500,00 $US≈ 2 961,35 €

M HARWELL, ROYAL MARINE [?]Biblio.com

1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND LOG BOOK OF A NINE MONTH VOYAGE TO INDIA ABOARD THE ROYAL YACHT SERAPIS WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE EDWARD

18750001913ASEA ABOARD THE HMS ROYAL YACHT SERAPIS TO INDIA. Good. 1875. On offer is a superb manuscript relic of Victorian Era travel detailing a well documented trip by H R H Prince Edward and various dignitaries to India traveling by way of HMS Royal Yacht Serapis. The journal of the trip begins with the author we believe to be M. Harwell Royal Marine as was marked the chest from which this manuscript was rescued though we note a later childish hand circa 1900s wrote the name of Kenneth Ellicott among other scribbles and drawings a later relative we suspect being based on a hulk in Portsmouth awaiting the ship being prepared for the 9 month voyage. Researchers and historians of Victorian travel or the global politics and commerce behind this trip will relish the large folio sized 12½ x 8½ inch 86 well filled pages with super detail by this crew man giving good account of movements of crew HRH visitors deaths accidents in harbor receiving gifts such as ostriches. Binding still complete spine cover gone some blank pages removed but the journal is complete and overall G. ; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ROYAL YACHT SERAPIS NAVAL M HARWELL ROYAL MARINE ROYAL NAVY VICTORIAN ERA 19TH CENTURY MARINE NAUTICAL OCEAN TRAVEL ASIAN SUBCONTINENT INDIA STEAM SHIPS SAILING SHIPS BRITANNIA BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada3 485,99 $US≈ 2 949,50 €

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