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195185206Manila: Bureau of Printing 1951. Paperback. Good. frontis 2 folding maps 258p. Blue wrapper. 25cm. Ends of backstrip chipped. <br/><br/> Bureau of Printing paperback books
195985194Manilla 1959. Paperback. Very Good. 141p. Softcover in original wrapper. 33cm. Former owner's name on cover. 43 pump systems were installed in 42 pump sites under Project No. 909's Pump Irrigation Program during the period covered by this report. <br/><br/> paperback books
196389861Manila: National Museum 1963. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations most are rather grainy 34 2p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Some wrinkling on front cover. Bookplate "Ella Samonte". <br/><br/> National Museum paperback books
4410WORLD WAR II IN THE PHILIPPINES. ALS. 3pg. 6†x 10 ½â€. June 6 1945. Philippine Islands. An autograph letter signed “Claude†an American GI stationed in the Philippines. He wrote on “United States Army†stationery to his friend John about fighting the Japanese: “Dear John Was sure glad to hear from you again Thanks for writing. A lot has happened since I last wrote - but I won't bore you with very much of them - Have seen quite a bit of action. Mostly fighting n razor back mountains either covered with grass or off on another part of the island covered with jungle - It seemed we moved from one land to another - such a change in terrain - I mean like thick jungles vines & dampness at one place & the other so open one could see for miles and miles - even watch the japs digging in miles away with our binoculars. We’ve had casualties but one has to expect some especially when fighting an offensive war - The japs being dug in so well it was almost a superhumanjob to clear out them - Rough going - guess I'm a lucky guy to be in the 60MM Mortar and light Machine Gun platoon - although we were hit some too. Lucky though just wounded were the boys. Well my Platoon Sgt. Went home with a bad ear - got infected someway or other and it really made life miserable for him - so now I'm acting in his compacity - I don't care much for the job but guess I'll have to string along until the end is over which I hope soon. Guess old Nick here was lucky - Had a few close one's too close for comfort. just hope my luck holds on. Guess as far as the point system goes - I'll be in the Army quite awhile yet. Only can figure out 69 points - Quite a jump to dig up 16 more And I've been in this Army 38 months already - Seems like half my life - When I get home I won't know how to act like a civilian - ha - I know one thing I'll have to learn to control my Army slang or else - I'm writing this in our rest area - although we aren't resting as yet - A lot of hard work to build it up & get it in shape first - Haven’t been her long - but it's a nice area - About like Fort Lewis. Pine trees - cold at night need three blankets still my pups get cold and now that the rainy season has set in it reminds me of Fort Lewis more so as we had so much rain there. Have one camp on a golf course - Been quite some time since I played golf - last tie in the Hawaiian Is. on the isle of Moloka! - More or less pasture. I'd send you a v-mail but as far as I know yet they go straight home with out being photographed and I don't think you'd want that kind. So am using the borderless airmail variety - No two cent overprints have showed up in this area as but if they do I'll remember you - Some of my other friends were asking about them too. Mr. Weltack has been sending me a first day cover now and then and I really appreciate it - as I have no way or time to bother with them. Hope I can continue after the war as I really get a kick out of FD. 's F.Fs F.AM's & all the other better covers. I belonged to the AAMS at one time and have been thinking about joining the MACC in the future. Its been a long time since I saw a good game of baseball- Was in 1939 I guess - In Chicago at the Cub park - The Cubs were playing the Giants at the time. My dad & cousin are great Cub fans but me I like to see a good game - The best men win - I used to play a little too. You know how young guys are - getting up a team & trying to lick the neighboring town teams a log of good clean fun. Well John write when you have time. I enjoy hearing from you. Best of Wishes Sincerely Claudeâ€. The letter is in fine condition. unknown books
192288385Washington: GPO 1922. Hardcover. Good. folding map index 255p. Later gray cloth. 22 cm. No Jacket. Ex lib. U. S. War Department. "Library of Congress "duplicate" stamp. 67th Cong. 2nd Sess. House Doc. No. 398. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
192770815Washington: GPO 1927. Hardcover. Good. index iii 307p. Olive cloth. 23cm. Clean ex lib. copy "LC" duplicate. No Jacket. 69th Cong. 2d Sess. House Doc. No. 571. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
192470812Washington: GPO 1924. Hardcover. Good. index vi 213p. Olive cloth. 23cm. Spine lettering indistinct. Minor cover discoloration. Age-toned. No Jacket. 68th Cong. 1st Sess. House Doc. No. 118. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
192070811Washington: GPO 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. index iii 216p. Olive cloth. 23cm. Spine lettering indistinct. No Jacket. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
192870816Washington: GPO 1928. Hardcover. Good. index v 276p. Olive cloth. 23cm. Cover has several discolored spots on backstrip and along fore-edges. No Jacket. 70th Cong. 1st Sess. House Doc. No. 99. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
192670814Washington: GPO 1926. Hardcover. Good. index iii 251p. Olive cloth. 23cm. Clean ex lib. copy "LC" duplicate. No Jacket. 69th Cong. 1st Sess. House Doc. No. 127. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
197485209Manila 1974. Paperback. Good. maps xxviii 491p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30cm. Backstrip wrinkled some chipping At head of title: Final Report. Vol. I. 67 Final Provincial Reports were scheduled to be published. <br/><br/> paperback books
194044229Manila 1940. Letters housed in a file folder attached at top with two prong paper fastener. Age-toning & staining. Fastener rusted. Folder front cover chipped & detached. A VG cache. 52 leaves most with typescript to recto only. ~ 10-1/2" x 8-1/8" <br/><br/>A cache of 40 typed letters and TLs exchanged between the Office of the President of the Philippines and various officers of the U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines many on official letterhead and some marked "confidential." The letters ordered chronologically chart the negotiations defense concerns and sometimes uneasy power sharing between the two administrations in regards to the rules and regulations governing aerial photography of the islands. Issues discussed include the advisability of allowing aerial photography by outside entities the feasiblity of specifying no-fly zones for aerial photography without interferring with commercial flights enforcement efforts and the powers afforded the two administrations. The majority of the letters expressing the Commonwealth's position are from and signed by Jorge B. Vargas then serving as Executive Secretary to President Manuel Quezon. Later Vargas administered Manila as an open city during the Japanese occupation in 1942 and served in the puppet government of the Second Philippine Republic; following the war he chaired the National Planning Committee served on the board of regents of the University of the Philippines and became the first Filipino on the International Olympic Committee. In 1960 he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the Republic of the Philippines. Signed letters from the U.S. High Commission include several from Major General R. L. Holbrook as well as Colonel/Acting Chief of Staff E. H. DeArmond. From the first letter dated May 25 1937: "under the present prohibitive measures regarding aerial photography embodied in Proclamation No. 485 of the Governor-General dated August 12 1932 and in the Bureau of Aeronautics rules and regulations it is believed that the granting of permission to aviation companies particularly to an aerial photographic company to take pictures will be exceedingly difficult and complicated. This office is studying the advisability of altering the present rules and regulations." Jorge B. Vargas Secretary to the President. From November 12 1938: "So long as the Philippine Islands remain United States territory the United States is responsible for their defense and that responsibility at least so far as land operations are concerned devolves upon the Commanding General . . . . To say that the Department Commander is supreme in time of war or grave emergency but that in time of peace his responsibilities are limited to administrative control over United States military personnel and United States military reservations and that in peace time he should not interest himself in control or prevention of activities which may have the gravest consequences in time of war or public emergency is manifestly contradictory." Edward H. DeArmond Colonel FS G.S.C. Acting Chief of Staff. From October 26 1939: "I have the honor to inform you that in an investigation conducted by proper authorities of this Government Mr. B. A. Glover airplane pilot in the emply of Elizalde & Co. was found guilty of violation of the provisions of Proclamation No. 364 of the President of the Philippines in view of which he was suspended as transport pilot for a period of one month from October 18 to November 17 1939 inclusive and warned that repetition of a similar offense in the future will be subject of a more drastic action." Jorge B. Vargas Secretary to the President. An interesting cache of material documenting activities of the transitional government of the Philippines just prior to the outbreak of WWII. unknown books
196223324Manila 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. now bound in 1. Each provincial report separately numbered. Blue cloth. 28cm. Modest cover wear. No Jacket. <br/><br/> hardcover books
17641400London: J. Dodsley 1764. Scare first edition of this document relating to the British occupation of Manila during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1762-3 and an interesting case of international law. In September of 1762 under the command of Draper and Cornish a British fleet of 13 ships containing over 6000 men attacked Manila and following a difficult landing quickly dispatched the Spanish garrison which they outnumbered 10 to 1.They entered the city on October 5 and part of the terms of capitulation was that Spain would pay the British an indemnity of 4 million pesos roughly a million pounds for not pillaging the city. The British evacuated in 1764 when hostilities ceased and Draper enjoyed the highly unusual privilege of presenting the standards of Spain taken in Manila to his alma mater Kings College Cambridge. But the Spanish did not honor this gentlemans agreement claiming that Draper dealt with an unauthorized agent that he himself broke the terms of the agreement etc. In order to press his claim which amounted to £25000 he published the present tract to pressure his government to collect. The tract contains a brief letter to the British Secretary of State outlining his grievance; a bilingual summary in English and French of the Spanish ambassadors grounds for not complying with the terms of the agreement; extracts from the treaty; a refutation by Draper of the claim that he dealt with an unauthorized agent; and an English language treaty signed by the original parties in Manila. But with hostilities over and their attention occupied by other foreign adventures chief among them America the British were in no position to insist and the suit was eventually abandoned.Griffin Bibliography of the Philippines p. 125; Dictionary of National Biography compact ed. I.573. 8vo. 43 pp. Bound in blue wrappers and housed in protective buckram case with title gilt on spine. Minor foxing in margins of final leaves but otherwise absolutely mint. J. Dodsley hardcover books
193674073Manila: Bureau of Printing 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Parts 1-4 in 4 vols. Red 1/2 leather with marbled boards. 19cm. Edges rubbed. No Jackets. These four very thick volumes contain Executive Orders Nos. 543-895; each Executive Order is separately paginated. <br/><br/> Bureau of Printing hardcover books
1957709891957. Paperback. Good. i 108p. 23cm. Cover unevenly browned. Text lightly browned. Compiled under the supervision of Cecilio Lopez and Aurora R. Roxas. <br/><br/> paperback books
197590050Quezon City: Task Force on Human Settlements Developments Academy of the Philippines 1975. Paperback. Good. illustrations 166p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Text printed on one side. Some cover foxing/spotting. Modest staining along fore-edge. Institutional stamp on cover and title-page. Contents sound. <br/><br/> Task Force on Human Settlements, Developments Academy of the Philippines paperback books
197485211Manila 1974. Paperback. Good. maps xxiv 589p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30cm. Light stain on fore-edge. Name "whited-out" on front cover. At head of title: Final Report. Vol. I. <br/><br/> paperback books
197485210Manila 1974. Paperback. Very Good. maps xxvii 516p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30cm. Corner wrinkled. At head of title: Final Report. Vol. I. <br/><br/> paperback books
1947475Manila 1947. Very good. 24pp. Quarto. Original printed wrappers bound with folding metal fasteners. Small original photo laid in. A fascinating mimeograph guide published by the U.S. Army in the Philippines to assist soldiers and civilian personnel that were being transported back to the United States or to other posts overseas at the end of World War II. The transports all travelled from Manila to Fort Mason in San Francisco or the Oakland Army Base. The guide is quite detailed and like military manuals everywhere sought to foresee all contingencies from detailed information about the types of vessels used as transports their safety procedures American customs allowances and other procedures at the American ports of entry to very specific advice about how to tip ship stewards and advice on dealing with seasickness "far more a disease of the mind than of the body". The final pages contain several forms required for re-entry and a small section listing the "responsibilities" of military personnel on board the transports. With a small photo of a Filipino band watching a transport departing Manila harbor dated June 13 1947 on the verso. Not in OCLC. unknown books
16743Women of the United States for the Women of the Philippines. Petition. Cambridge Massachusetts 1899. Standard legal 8.5" X14.5" inches. Light toning down the middle and very slight creasing on bottom right edge. Slight tear on the third original fold but very good condition overall with neat handsome print displaying a variety of fonts. A moving entreaty from the women of the U.S. to protest American imperialism. This petition calls upon "every American citizen woman no less than man" to "earnestly protest against the war of conquest into which our country has been plunged in the Philippines Islands." Price. The women circling this petition addressed to President William McKinley were working in support of the Anti -Imperialist League which included such well-known members as steel magnate Andrew Carnegie former president Grover Cleveland and writer Mark Twain." "We do not intend to free but to subjugate the people of the Philippines" Twain wrote " and I am opposed to have the eagle put its talons on any other land." As this petition testifies however women's monetary donations labor networks and reputations were integral to the Anti- Imperialist League's activities. down to "Miss F.L. Abbot" the circler of this document. The petition includes a slot for name city or town and state proving that the "Dear Madam" addressed at the top was one of any number of women across the nation working to "cease at once this war of "criminal aggression" against brave people fighting for their independence as our forefathers fought for theirs and ours." Very rare with no copies of this broadside in any institution or library as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
1945WRCAM54321Philippines; Okinawa; San Diego 1945. 133 silver gelatin photographs most 2 1/2 x 4 inches but ranging from 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 to several 10 x 7 inches. Oblong folio. Black leatherette album strong tied. Light wear. Photos in corner mounts with many captions. Very good. A fascinating photographic account of military service in the Philippines compiled by a member of the 142nd U.S. Naval Construction Battalion the Seabees in 1945. Most of the images approximately three- quarters of the album were taken in Guiuan on Samar Island in the central Philippines where the photographer was stationed. Guiuan city square the Seabees' camp numerous portraits of local girls who sometimes pose with American soldiers local families and their activities native architecture and other local scenes. They also show the Immaculate Conception Church with shots of the exterior and detailed views of the silver altar - built in 1595 to 1844 but completely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Several other photos evidently portray the album's compiler posing next to an American fighter plane while boiling sea shells in front of his tent etc. <br> <br> The final portion of the album contains photos taken during the operations aboard the USS "Monrovia" and "President Harris" in October-November 1945 including views of Okinawa on the way to China and snapshots of soldiers unloading cargo in the Yellow Sea China before returning to Manila. There are also eight clear views of Manila showing destroyed Japanese cranes and boats in the harbor American army headquarters and a warehouse. The album concludes with a few photos of the homeward voyage and shows soldiers discharged in San Pedro California. <br> <br> Overall a very good album depicting local life and the activities of the 142nd U.S. Naval Construction Battalion in the Philippines and Yellow Sea in the last months of the World War II. hardcover books
199070829Manila 1990. Paperback. Very Good. map xiv 203p. Oblong 28 x 22cm. These books were probably issued for each of the 73 provinces. According to OCLC this appears to have been No. 29 in the series. <br/><br/> paperback books
199070828Manila 1990. Paperback. Very Good. map xv 167p. Oblong 28 x 21cm. These books were probably issued for each of the 73 provinces. According to OCLC this appears to have been No. 60 in the series. <br/><br/> paperback books
195989812Manila: The Commission 1959. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos index iii 515p. Original red cloth. 26cm. Moderate cover staining edge-wear and warping. No jacket as published. <br/><br/> The Commission hardcover books
