Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1940. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 4.25 inches by 7.5 inches. iii 1 227 1 pages. Photographs. Drawings. Diagrams. Tables. Index. Name rank and organization of former owner on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. The Browning automatic rifle caliber .30 M1918 without bipod is an air-cooled gas-operated magazine-fed shoulder weapon. See fig. 1. It weighs 15 pounds 14 ounces. The ammunition is loaded in magazines of 20 rounds each. The weight of the magazine when empty is 7 ounces; when filled 1 pound 7 ounces. The design permits semiautomatic and automatic fire. This manual addresses: Mechanical Training Marksmanship Moving Ground Targets Air Targets Technique of Fire and provides Advice to Instructors. This manual represents the state of knowledge the state of practice the standard of training and the state-of-the-art as the Second World War commenced and reflects what U.S. Army soldiers were trained to just prior to the entry of the United States into that global conflict. United States Government Printing Office paperback
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1940. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 4.5 inches by 7.5 inches. iv 217 3 pages. Photographs. Drawings. Diagrams. Index. This copy belonged to Maj. Carl J. Koenig Ord. Dept. name rank and organization in front cover. worn and soiled. This manual was prepared under the direction of the Chief of Cavalry. "The machine gun caliber .30 M1919A4 is recoil operated belt fed and air cooled. In recoil operation the rearward force of the expanding powder gas kick furnishes the operating energy. The moving parts while locked together at the moment of the explosion are left free within the receiver to be forced to the rear by the recoil. This movement is controlled by means of various springs cams and levers and is utilized to perform the necessary mechanical operations of unlocking the breech extraction and ejection of the empty case and feeding in of the new round as well as cocking locking and firing the mechanism. This manual addresses: Mechanical Training Light Machine Gun Training Marksmanship Ground Targets Air Targets Technique of Fire and provides advice to instructors. This manual represented the state of knowledge state of practice standard of training and state-of-the-art at the start of the Second World War and represents what the American soldier was trained to just prior to the United States entering the conflict. United States Government Printing Office paperback
Notre Dame IN: U. S. Navy Midshipman's School 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to yearbook cloth <br/><br/>Extensively illustrated with photographs. Laid in are three official 8 x 10 glossies of a ship seamen and officers dated Charleston SC 1945. Note: the six officers in the third photo are identified on the verso. U. S. Navy Midshipman's School hardcover
London : Richard Bentley & Sons 1872. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn with panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to prelims and title. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 501 pages; Physical description: 501p. Folding map ; 25cm. Subjects: International relations - Arbitration. United States - History - Civil War 1861-1865. Alabama claims. International relations - Arbitration. Spine title: Alabama claims - case of the United States London : Richard Bentley & Sons hardcover
Washington: Blair and Rives 1841. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Ffep tattered but present. Hinges broken with gutter exposed. Binding shaken fragile but holding. Paper over boards is reinforced at spine and joints with cloth tape. Pages tanned foxed with creasing at corners not interfering with text. Arranged alphabetically by geographic location state region within state. Ex-Library; 11.0" tall; 195 pages. Blair and Rives hardcover