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194624943South Pacific 1946. Photography. Overall very good condition. 100 real photographs of the USS Bennion in the South Pacific and Japan. Some which are annotated in the image with locations and dates appear to be taken by the ship's photographer; others are candid shots by a crew member. Some are described on the verso naming crew members. A group snap shot which identifies the personnel on the verso includes: Lt. Scott Kollert Mach. Flaherty Ens Hulkill Lt. McCool Loomis Morrison Dabbs Matlack Cobb & Murray. A note on the verso explains the scorecard poster displayed behind the men: "Score card shows 16 Jap planes 8 shore bombardments & 1 Jap battleship sunk by torpedoes in Battle of Surigao Strait. 13 planes since I've been aboard" the reference to the sunk battleship refers to October 1944 when Bennion helped sink the Japanese battleship Yamashiro. Many shots of life on board the ship. Some snap shots indicate the crew was segregated by role with gunners mates and fire control men all white while the steward mates are all African American. Numerous group photographs include: CPOs cooks radar men radio men 2nd Division and the Bridge force. Additional snap shots include the ship at Club Saipan showing Admiral Whiting and a "nurse . was the last one to leave Corregidor and got a lot of publicity" Kuluk Bay Adak Aleutians in August 1945; Vanikoro Feb 1943 snap shots of Officers Club Solomon Islands. Interior and exterior views; numerous images of Ominato including Japanese service men and villagers Ominato was a major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in northern Honshu; and USO performers. The USS Bennion won a Presidential Unit Citation for her actions off Okinawa during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The citation to the ship was presented "For extraordinary heroism in action as a Fighter Direction ship on Radar Picket duty during the Okinawa Campaign April 1 to June 1 1945". USS Bennion DD-662 was a US Navy Fletcher-class destroyer launched in 1943. It served in the Pacific as a fighter director and radar picket ship and supported operations at Leyte and Luzon in the liberation of the Philippines and at Iwo Jima February - March 1945. In July and August 1945 USS Bennion took part in Third Fleet Operations Against Japan. Bennion received her citation for actions off Okinawa 1 April-1 June 1945 as well as eight battle stars. Photographs which identify personnel include the presentation of medals: the Bronze Star to the Bennion's Commander R. H. Holmes on May 17 1945; presentation of Silver Star to T. C. Beale; and James Holloway III "who assisted sinking with torpedoes of Japanese battleship Yamashiro"; Vice Admiral H. W. Hill addressing the crew; Commodore Moosbrugger; Lt. Comd. Brokenshire. A total of 100 real photographs mostly in postcard size format 4 3/4 x 3 3/4" some 5 x 4". Very good condition. unknown
1998x-0415183030Routledge 1998. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 348 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Routledge paperback
1998x-0415183022Routledge 1998. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 348 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. Routledge hardcover
19442111902158501159Oyamashoten 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 26 8 389p Size: 22cm Oyamashoten paperback
19442090502125700803Sogen-sha 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Sogen-sha paperback
19422091502135415886Jitsugyo no Nihonsha 1942. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Jitsugyo no Nihonsha paperback
19982092902139100661Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 159 pages Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
19402092902140314539Chuokoronsha 1940. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Chuokoronsha paperback
19962080502106402935Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 159p Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
19442082702114910755Fuzanbo Founding Office 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 274p Plate size: 19cm Number of books: 1 Fuzanbo Founding Office paperback
19432091502135307545Iwanamishoten 1943. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Iwanamishoten paperback
19422092902140314022Iwanamishoten 1942. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Iwanamishoten paperback
19962091502135307734Gingashuppan 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Gingashuppan paperback
19802090202120808928Not Available 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
20002080502107002956Nihonbungeisha 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 286p Size: 19cm Nihonbungeisha paperback
1939214021939. Various authors and issuers group of wartime pamphlets and periodicals 1939-1945 documenting American interpretations of Japanese expansionism prewar economic policy debates and U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater. The material operates in Cultural/Representational Mode illustrating how military governmental and institutional publications framed Japanese imperial strategy and justified American military response while also presenting technical and battlefield analysis intended for both military and informed civilian audiences. These works collectively offer insight into wartime messaging strategic interpretation and the evolving American understanding of Pacific conflict from prewar trade tensions through active combat operations.<br /> Four printed works issued between 1939 and 1945 including Shall America Stop Arming Japan 1939; Japanese Imperialism Exposed: The Secret Tanaka Document 1942; United States Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 69 No. 485 May 1943; and Makin U.S. War Department 1944. Staple-bound and softcover formats illustrated with photographs maps charts and technical diagrams. Shall America Stop Arming Japan presents statistical charts detailing American exports of strategic materials noting that Japan sourced significant percentages of copper scrap iron and petroleum from the United States accompanied by arguments advocating embargo. Japanese Imperialism Exposed reproduces the controversial Tanaka Memorial describing a proposed sequence of territorial conquest beginning with China and extending across Asia and the Pacific. Makin issued by the War Department's Historical Division provides a detailed narrative of the U.S. Marine assault on Makin Atoll with photographs of tanks infantry movement and captured terrain alongside fold-out maps showing defensive positions and invasion routes. United States Naval Institute Proceedings includes articles analyzing naval aviation logistics and strategic doctrine with photographic illustrations of aircraft such as the XLRQ-1 seaplane glider and PV-1 Ventura patrol plane as well as discussions of wartime and postwar naval policy.<br /> Together these publications trace the progression of American engagement with Japan from economic and diplomatic tension to full-scale military conflict combining advocacy intelligence interpretation and operational reporting. The juxtaposition of prewar policy argument with wartime combat analysis and technical discussion demonstrates the range of printed materials used to inform persuade and document during the Pacific War. These works support research into wartime propaganda military strategy and the informational frameworks through which the United States understood and prosecuted the war against Japan. Light wear to spines and edges with minor toning to pages; overall very good condition. A cohesive grouping illustrating the intersection of policy debate ideological framing and battlefield documentation in World War II print culture. unknown
1940182459Manila: 1940s. A graphic album showing fighting in the Philippines the Marshall Islands Papua New Guinea Guam the Solomon Islands and Palau. The compiler chose to include violent images displaying the brutality of the campaign. The album opens with portrait shots of individual Marines or groups along with photographs of American encampments and ships. The scenes then turn more distressing with images of dead locals including children lying on the beach or next to tanks. The photographs were taken across the Pacific theatre: one shows an American soldier holding a flame-thrower on Kwajalein Atoll another shows a beach landing at Luzon and a third shows a Marine posing next to a sign in Bougainville. Most were taken in the final years of the conflict including at Guadalcanal and Peleliu. There are also shots of the end of the war one showing a Japanese soldier surrendering with a white flag and another showing Japanese prisoners of war in a camp in Guam. The final photograph is the most famous "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" showing six Marines raising the US flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This photograph won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. The majority of the photographs are commercial with a few opening portrait shots of the unidentified compiler. Oblong folio 286 x 390 mm. With 55 gelatin silver photographs one lacking approximately 90 x 130 mm landscape or portrait corner-mounted with tape recto and verso on 7 leaves remainder blank. With 2 additional gelatin silver photographs loosely inserted. Contemporary brown sheep commercial album tied through punched holes with brown cord front board stamped with central armourial panel in blind gilt and black. Boards chipped at extremities especially front board bottom left corner rear board rubbed leaves nicked at fore edge photographs moderately toned and creased some slightly torn and abraded: a good example. hardcover
194472872Pearl Harbor Oahu Hawaii: CinCPac--CinCPOA Bulletin no. 126-44 August 1944. 8vo pp. 124; 10 delightful maps in the text 1 double-page and tables in the text; very good in original pictorial blue wrappers printed in red and black. At the head of the title page: "Restricted. CinCPac--CinCPOA Bulletin no. 126-44, August unknown
1945213921945. U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II photograph and newspaper archive 1941-1945 documenting the Battle of Iwo Jima and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The archive pairs soldier-taken snapshots with official U.S. Navy and press photographs showing how combat equipment and battlefield conditions. The featured original snapshots contain handwritten notations en verso identifying dates specific locations soldiers and equipment.<br /> <br /> The archive comprises 39 silver gelatin photographs ranging from roughly 3.5 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches together with original wartime front pages of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin covering the attack on Pearl Harbor the fall of Italy and the Allied invasion of Europe. Images include amphibious landings on the black sand beaches of Iwo Jima with landing craft advancing under naval bombardment; U.S. Navy battleships destroyers and landing craft firing on shore defenses; and aerial scenes of dogfights and bombing runs. Close-up battlefield images depict the wreckage left in the wake of combat including destroyed landing craft craters from naval artillery and Japanese fortifications. Several photographs focus on the role of air power with images of Japanese aircraft under attack U.S. planes engaging in dogfights and B-29 Superfortresses bombing enemy positions. A particularly striking image captures a Japanese bomber scoring a direct hit on the USS Yorktown with billowing smoke rising from the carrier. Handwritten notations on some images identify U.S. servicemen locations such as Mount Suribachi and captured Japanese positions. The series of larger military-produced photographs and newspaper clippings have inscriptions on verso identifying locations and vessels depicted as well as the name tag "K .Benden." Among these are portraits of American soldiers posing at key strategic points inspecting captured bunkers and standing beside wrecked aircraft. <br /> <br /> Reconnaissance images show terrain and fortified positions; ground-level views show cratered landscapes wrecked landing craft and captured Japanese fortifications. One image shows the USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbor attack with fire damage and crew visible; another shows a Japanese aircraft striking the USS Yorktown. Other photographs show servicemen near Mount Suribachi inspecting bunkers and beside wrecked aircraft. Many images carry printed captions within the negatives; others have handwritten verso annotations identifying locations dates vessels and personnel including one marked "K. Benden." Light wear minor edge creasing and occasional surface marks; overall in very good with strong image clarity. unknown
190531253Honolulu: Mercantile Printing Co. Ltd. 1905. 86 2 blanks pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Several blank margins have a wormhole. Good.<br /> <br /> Constitution By-Laws Officers Missions Members doings at the Annual Meeting Reports of various committees. Mercantile Printing Co., Ltd. unknown
1988110Ye Galleon Press 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 70 pages brown cloth map endpapers <br/><br/>Memoirs by the daughter of Chief Moses of Washington state with intimate details of the situation of their tribe. Ye Galleon Press hardcover
1987021110San Francisco CA U.S.A.: RE/Search S.F. 1987. First hardcover edition thus. Photo Illustrated contains two novels and a play in three-acts of High Priest of California. "Wild Wives" was first published as a Beacon Paperback 1956; " High Priest of California" was published as a Royal Giant paperback in 1953. Fine in dust jacket lightly sunned at spine as usual. 1 of 250 copies this being #161 SIGNED & NUMBERED by Willeford. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. RE/Search S.F.
1987000563San Francisco CA U.S.A.: RE/Search S.F. 1987. First hardcover edition thus. Photo Illustrated contains two novels and a play in three-acts of High Priest of California. "Wild Wives" was first published as a Beacon Paperback 1956; " High Priest of California" was published as a Royal Giant paperback in 1953. Fine in dust jacket lightly sunned at spine as usual. 1 of 250 copies this being #161 SIGNED & NUMBERED by Willeford. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. RE/Search S.F.
1920006813Reno Nevada: Nevada Historical Society 1920. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth. 286 pp. Illustrated. Index. Minor wear to binding. Contents: Reminiscences of An Active Life by George E. Peckham; The Trappers and Explorers of the Great Basin by F. N. Fletcher; poetry; and more. <br/> <br/> Nevada Historical Society hardcover
192110027Los Angeles: George Starr White 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo.283 pp. black cloth over/boards front cover and spine lettered in gilt illustrated with many drawings. Gold lettering on the spine very faded. Faint crease to the approxiametely the first 14 pages. -- Condition. "George Starr White July 13 1866 - November 28 1956 was an American physician chiropractor and inventor of many chromotherapeutic apparatus radionic devices and other types of medical nostrums. By his own accounting White diagnosed nearly a quarter of a million cases and penned over a hundred books. George Starr White hardcover