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187431493Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1874. First edition. Full dark green morocco with gilt titles and rules all edges marbled marbled endpapers. Scuff to lower fore corner of front board else a very good copy. 176 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office unknown books
186931485Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1869. First edition. Cloth. Free front end paper detached else a very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip leaves clean. 76 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office hardcover books
188031498Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1880. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards. About good boards detached and rubbed spine chipped bookplate of Naval Library and Historical Section on front pastedown light scattered foxing. 178 pp.; 174 pp.; 180 pp. 8vo. Gift to the Naval Library and Historical Section from Mrs. J. E. Pillsbury. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187231491Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1872. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards all edges marbled. A very good copy. 73 pp.; 43 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187531495Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1875. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards all edges marbled. Front joint very tender edgewear owner's name on title else leaves clean and bright about very good. 75 pp.; 26 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office hardcover books
188131500Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1881. First edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards morocco labels. A very good copy some edgewear leaves clean. 78 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office hardcover books
188131499Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1881. First edition. Full calf morocco spine labels titles names and rules on boards in black all edges marbled marbled endpapers. Spine chipped at head else a very good copy some edgewear leaves clean. 180 pp. 8vo. Copy of Francis H. Stickney Disbursing Clerk Navy Dept. stamped on front board. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187031486Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1870. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. A very good copy minor edgewear owner's stamp on first blank and title else clean. 161 pp. 8vo. With the stamp of W. H. Smith chief clerk of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187131489Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1871. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards all edges marbled. A very good copy minor edgewear owner's stamp on first blank and title. 67 pp. 8vo. With the stamp of W. H. Smith chief clerk of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. Government Printing Office hardcover books
186331476Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1863. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards all edges marbled. A good copy front board detached boards rubbed head and foot of spine chipped owner's name on first blank corners browned throughout otherwise clean. 248 pp. 8vo. Copy of the Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Navigation. Much enlarged from earlier editions with the war now well under way. Government Printing Office hardcover books
188331516Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1883. First edition. Three quarter blue morocco over blue pebbled boards floral endpapers. Free front endpaper separated else a very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip. 186 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office hardcover books
186231475Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1862. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards spine titled and ruled in gilt. Front board nearly detached and edgeworn chipped at head of spine owner's stamp on title annotations on two leaves else clean. A good copy. 110 pp. 8vo. Government Printing Office hardcover books
186531478Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1865. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. A very good copy with wear to extremities owner's name on endpaper Treasury Department stamp on title small hole on first two blanks. 335 pp.; 20 pp. 8vo. Copy of William Mertz a clerk in the Treasury Department. With the military build-up now complete this would be the largest mid-century edition. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1945342Papua New Guinea 1945. Very good. 24pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial card covers stapled. Printed in multiple colors throughout. Some light wear corners bumped. Rare commemorative brochure for the first year anniversary of Base Hospital Fifteen an American naval hospital in Papua New Guinea in the Admiralty Islands during World War II. The hospital served as a staging point for Allied casualties during the Philippines Campaign of 1944-1945. "Our first year has been an eventful one. The wounded of battles fought all the way from New Guinea to Okinawa have passed through here in large numbers. Hospital ships have been frequent visitors and planes have brought us many human cargoes. Australians English and others of our allies have been treated here as well as some of the natives." The souvenir contains numerous images of life at the base including the wards the laboratory storehouses kitchens library and recreation areas and the soldiers' quarters. It also includes a list of officers who have been stationed there as well as the enlisted men. It is a wonderful snapshot of this base hospital and its operations. OCLC locates one institutional copy at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. unknown books
190841306New York: C.S. Hammond 1908. First edition. Limp cloth. Boards soiled hinges split due to addition of over 200 mounted illustrations owner's stamp on top margin of several leaves; some illustrations dismounted a few fragile and torn still an extremely full record of the period. A-F 32 pp. loose illustrations. Illus. with b/w reproductions photos drawings and map. Folio. 204 additional photos documents and clippings most up through the first World War and mounted to tipped-in pages neatly labeled and none hindering views of original illustrations. Provenance: Compiled by F.L Homan his stamp who was President of the American Oyster Company and an inventor of a number of nautical items. A unique copy. C.S. Hammond hardcover books
1941268085Quantico.: Marine Corps Schools. 1941. Softcover stapled wraps. . Rust stain at staples otherwise very good. . 8vo. Marine Corps Schools. paperback books
1804WRCAM50425Washington D.C. 1804. 61pp. Dbd. Light foxing. Very good. An early report on the expenditures from the Department of the Navy regarding the United States Marine Corps which had been reinstituted in the new nation just six years earlier in order to assist the Navy in fighting the Quasi-War with France. A rare work with only a dozen entries in OCLC. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 7519. unknown books
2012RUNISMA00EFFirearms Classics Library 2012. Fine. United States Marine Corps. Small Wars Manual: 2 Volumes. Birmingham Alabama: Firearms Classics Library 2012. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. Firearms Classics Library unknown books
1919WRCAM49656New York 1919. 2310pp. plus advertisements. Quarto. Original black cloth gilt stamped. Very light wear to spine. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Foxing on titlepage light toning to edges. Internally very clean. In a black cloth slipcase. Very good plus. First edition. A compilation of records detailing the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. Gathered by John W. Leonard and Fred F. Chitty the collection includes a narrative of the Marine's involvement in conflicts photographs illustrations and rosters. hardcover books
1922147251Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1922. Octavo pp. 1335 illustrations original blue cloth stamped in gold and blind. First edition. Comprises the proclamations appointments etc. of Confederate President Davis and Confederate State Department correspondence with diplomatic agents. Contains detailed contents pages with a summary for each document. An essential primary source for historians. Cloth of spine ends a bit pulled a sound good copy with clean interior. #147251 [United States Government Printing Office] unknown books
1921147250Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1921. Octavo pp. 864 illustrations original blue cloth stamped in gold and blind. First edition. Comprises Union Navy Department correspondence with agents abroad for the entire course of the conflict. The detailed 29-page contents pages contain a very brief summary for each letter. An essential primary source for historians. Previous owners' names on front endpapers. Covers a bit marked binding skewed a sound good copy with clean interior. #147250 [United States Government Printing Office] unknown books
1873M12093Washington DC:: Government Printing Office 1873. 1873. 8vo. x 345 pp. Light scattered foxing not affecting legibility. Contemporary quarter gilt-stamped polished calf over green marbled paper-backed boards; corners worn spine edges and top end darkened head torn. Quite scarce. Very good. Government Printing Office, 1873. hardcover books
1879TB21310Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1879. First Edition. First printing Good in purple pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is heavily worn and rubbed. Without a dust jacket probably as issued. An octavo measuring just shy of 9" tall by 5 3/4" deep. 23 pages of text and tables followed by 45 fold-out isometric drawings. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187148202Washington D.C.: U.S. Navy Dept 1871. A collection of general orders for the US Navy nos. 1-163 along with 9 circulars; the majority bound together in half calf over marbled boards gilt spine in 5 compartments raised bands marbled edges; boards rubbed hinges cracked but sound. Orders 160-163 along with all circulars are laid in. Orders 1-70 are summarized with those following as issued. Includes an order concerning the death of President Lincoln Order 51 court martials honors the renaming of ships from Native American words to Greek and then back to Native American and so on. From the library of "Rear Admiral M. Smith U.S.N." likely Melancton Smith III who commanded the Massachusetts and Wabash for the Union during the Civil War with his label on upper free endpaper and signature on flyleaf. <br/><br/> U.S. Navy Dept hardcover books
186552504Washington: Government Printing Office 1865. First edition small 8vo pp. 2 iv 1 344 2; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; small cracks at extremities light tidemark pervades most of the text in the top outer corners; generally good and sound. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
