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[United States Secretary of War]
Message From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of The Thirty-Sixth Congress. Volume II
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Thick octavo. Volume 2 only. 996 pages. 4 folding tables. Brown cloth with blind embossed illustrated covers. Gilt title on the spine. Old pieces of paper adhered to the front cover. Small tear to the spine. Old ink spot on the foredge. This copy is inscribed by the previous owner "J. D. Graham Lt. Colonel U.S. Topl Engineers Detroit Oct. 24th 1861." Contents include Secretary of War reports from various officers and several tables. Government Printing Office hardcover
Référence libraire : 30682
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[United States Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War]
Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War on the Attack on Petersburg on the 30th Day of July 1864
Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Fair. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket as issued heavily worn including exposure of boards at all corners but binding is intact; foxing/discoloration to endpapers and early pages; ex-private library with label of W.H. Edwards Downers Grove Illinois on front pastedown. The official Congressional report on one of the major debacles of the Civil War known historically as the Battle of the Crater. An early engagement in the Union Army's siege of Petersburg Virginia this event involved the detonation of 8000 pounds of gunpowder packed into a mine shaft that had been dug by Union troops underneath a Confederate fortification. The idea was to blow a big hole in the enemy's defensive line through which the troops were to then charge overwhelming the enemy; however things went badly almost from the get-go when the 500-foot fuse fizzled out and some poor schmuck was ordered to crawl into the tunnel and re-light it. The explosion was eventually achieved and a gigantic crater was created and nearly 300 Confederate soldiers instantly killed but almost everything thereafter went wrong and in the end both sides suffered massive casualties about 850 men killed and a couple of thousand wounded and the unsuccessful assault instead of bringing a quick end to the siege as its planners had hoped was merely the precursor to another eight months of brutal trench warfare. General Ulyssses S. Grant called the battle "the saddest affair I have witnessed in this war" and part of the aftermath was the Congressional investigation which resulted in this very report which includes personal testimony and statements from many of those involved as well as numerous supporting documents. The two generals most directly responsible -- Gen. Ambrose Burnside and Gen. George Meade -- both testified at length and others interrogated by the Commitee included Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants the engineer who came up with the exploding-mine scheme in the first place Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero commander of a division of African-American troops which suffered heavy casualties in the battle and U.S. Grant himself. This copy bears a five-line inscription on the second front endpaper see scanned image accompanying this listing but all I can make anything out of is the third line: "with the compliments of." I doubt that the signature is authorial -- since there was no author per se for this Congressional report -- but it's possible there may be some historical or associational significance to the inscription and/or signature a puzzlement which I will leave to the eventual purchaser to work out. The book's one-time owner W.H. Edwards was a businessman and bank president in Downers Grove Ill. the latter position assumed in 1898 but the inscribee's name does not resemble "Edwards" at all so I assume he was not the book's first owner. . Government Printing Office hardcover
Référence libraire : 25960
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[United States Army] [Camp Hancock Georgia] [Ordinance Training Camp] [World War I]
Sand and Grit Camp Hancock Georgia
Camp Hancock Georgia: United States Army. Phoenix Printing Company Augusta Georgia 1918. Wraps. Very good. Stapled brown wraps. 48 pages. Illustrated with photographs of officers and a group photo of "about 190 men.with the name "The Special Training Company". Inscription written inside the front cover "Yours of the Camp Hancock Exp. Forces Edw. R. Frezzell 2nd Lt. Ord R.C." Scarce soft cover in very good condition. No copies found in institutions or previously sold or currently for sale online during a recent internet search.<br /> <br /> Camp Hancock was a major World War I U.S. Army training center near Augusta Georgia not in Hancock County which operated in 1918 as a Machine Gun Training Center. It accommodated around 50000 troops with infrastructure often featuring sandy clay roads. AI overview. United States Army. Phoenix Printing Company Augusta, Georgia unknown
Référence libraire : 36768
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[United States War Department]
U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction Exercise and Maneuvers of the United States Infantry
J. B. Lippincott & Co 1861-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. Very Good with shelf/age wear but all foldouts and illustrations in tact. Tight spine. Free of any markings and no writings inside. For any additional information or pictures please inquire. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 210920007
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[United States War Department]; Silas Casey
U.S. infantry tactics for the instruction exercise and manoeuvres of the United States infantry : including infantry of the line light infantry and riflemen : containing the school of the soldier the school of the company instruction for skirmishers the general calls the calls for skirmishers and the school of the battalion : including the articles of war and a dictionary of military terms 2 volumes
J. B. Lippincott & Co 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Civil War Union Tactics and Drill Manuals 2 volume set. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott 1863 1865. Bound in publisher's blind-tooled green cloth. Numerous illustrated plates some folding. Musical scores. Light foxing to end sheets title. V. 1: 450 14 pages 70 unnumbered leaves of plates ads for other military books by the publisher. V. 2: 270 p. ads. School of the soldier and company. Instructions for skirmishers and music. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 1902070087
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[United States War Dept]
West Point: Letter from the Acting Secretary of War transmitting a statement of the probable of annual expense of the Military Academy from the year 1801 to 1816; the number of students educated at said academy and of those now retained in the Army; as also of the appropriation for buildings and for books plans &c. &c. February 15 1817…
<p>Washington: Printed by William A. Davis 1817. 21 1pp. Octavo government report. A very good and handsome copy with light foxing. bjcb 352252</p> <p>This review of the affairs at West Point the United States Military Academy contains Brigadier General J.G. Swift’s report on the academy and a letter from William Lee. A “Letter of transmittal†is signed in type on p. 3 by George Graham Acting Secretary of War. Pages 11–20 contains “A roll of officers of the Army of the United States who were educated in the Military Academy at West Point.â€</p> <p>This copy with its original stitching untrimmed and as-issued and scarce as such.</p> <p>See Imprints 42607 and 42747.</p> unknown
Référence libraire : 3733082
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[US Army] [Civil War] [Court Martial] U S
The War of The Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Supplement to Vol. XII Part II. The Fitz John Porter Court Martial
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 3 pages 821-1143. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Cloth is shelf worn with light edge wear to the extremities. This supplement includes the folding battle map approx. 22" x 14" titled "Government Exhibit A" showing the towns of Manassas New Market Gainesville Haymarket and other locations. The map is located between pages 1052-1053. Government Printing Office hardcover
Référence libraire : 31749
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[US House of Representatives] [Military] [War Department] U S
Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. 1875-'76. In Seventeen Volumes. Volume 4 Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer. 1875
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1876. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 1 xvi 1 475 pages. Brown sheepsking binding with title labels on the spine. Leather is lightly rubbed. News clipping laid inside one of the pages. Illustrated with numbered folding weather and related maps; one map showing Post Office Districts; 2 2 page Tornado damage illustrations in Sparta Georgia; several drawn figures of Tornado directions and path; Tornado cloud illustrations in Milledgeville Georgia; and one sketched map showing the direction of a Tornado in Detroit June 1875. Plates 1-36 are numbered and in good condition. No numbered plates for 37 and 38 possible the 2 two page illustrations were 37 38. Plates 39-74 located after page 475. Plates 39-50 are generally in good condition. Plates 51-68 have varying amounts of insect damage located upper edges left upper margins with slight loss. Plates 58 61 are detached but present. Plate 62 repaired on the folds. Plates 69-74 generally in good condition. Poor to fair condition only with the possibility of missing plates 37 38. Government Printing Office unknown
Référence libraire : 30777
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[US Marines] [World War II] [Okinawa] Long, Kenneth U S
Okinawa 1945 Volume 4. Written by: former U.S. Marines. The Last Battle - World War II. An Account of a Marine Rifle Company during the Battle of Okinawa
Delton MI: Self published 1995. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Three ring metal bound soft cover. 404 pages. Illustrated with copied photographs and maps. Missing a metal ring. The two other rings are not original and do not entirely cover the thick soft cover. Interior contents are clean and unmarked. Obscure and scarce. Self published unknown
Référence libraire : 36723
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[US Navy; maritime; African-Americana; Civil War era] U S
Civil War Era Navy Ship Ledger documenting all activity and details about the 614 men aboard including six African-American sailors enlisted with the Union
1860s. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth morocco backstrip; folio 400x260mm; approx. pp. 100 full of manuscript entries by a single hand with permanent instructions and headings in ink and crew member names and station designations in pencil; numerous additional blanks at rear. Nonetheless a trove of information. Lined paper listing the 614 men aboard assigning each a number gun and location Fore Castle Port Main Top Mizzen Top etc.; listing division and stations; and recording details of every situation that might occur on the ship see examples below. The ship is unnamed but it appears to be a ship of the Line or a Frigate which had 3 masts as well as some minimal amount of steam power. There were 6 African-American members of the crew all of whom were Union Sailors during the Civil War Edward Turner Joseph Davis and Thomas Mills from Maryland; Henry Andres from the West Indies; Joseph Gordan from New York; Samuel R. Whittaker from Buenos Aires. Three of these men served on the USS Minnesota which may help identify the ship. Also includes the ship's Fire Bill crew member stations of Making Sail from Single Anchor Mooring and Unmooring and much more. A rich volume worthy of further study. Cloth torn; front hinge cracked; first few signatures loose. Alittle faint waterstaining and soiling but generally nice and clean. <br/><br/> hardcover
Référence libraire : D13030
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[US Navy] [War of 1812] Anonymous
The American Naval and Patriotic Songster: As Sung at Various Places of Amusement in Honor of Hull Jones Decatur Perry Bainbridge Lawrence &c. &c. &c
Baltimore 1836. Second edition. 12cm. 256pp. Brown fabric-covered boards well used waterstains previous owner's name written on front and rear endpapers four black and white wood engravings showing battle scenes and ships from the War of 1812 good/very good. <br /> <br /> Compilation by "Jolly Tom" of songs memorializing the War of 1812 to "cheer the hearts.and to commemorate the gallant exploits of our brave countrymen" at the "Marine Hospital near Norfolk Virginia an asylum for disabled seamen."<br /> <br /> Second of three editions of this popular title. 10 holdings of this edition in OCLC. unknown
Référence libraire : 8954
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[US War Department] [Stephen Ambrose (intro)]
Handbook on German Military Forces
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1990. 1st edition. As New. lge. octavo. dust jacket xi 635pp. col. & b/w pls. index Facsimile of original US War Dept. Guide issued in a limited & classified edition in 1945. Inc. nice colour uniform plates Louisiana State University Press unknown
Référence libraire : 75281
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[US War Department] [Stephen Ambrose (intro)]
Handbook on German Military Forces
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1995. 1st ed. thus. As New. lge. octavo. stiff wrappers xi 635pp. col. & b/w pls. Facsimile of original US War Dept. Guide issued in a limited & classified edition in 1945. Inc. nice colour uniform plates Louisiana State University Press unknown
Référence libraire : 68735
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[US War Department]
Handbook on German Military Forces
no place: no publisher c.1970. Nice Copy. quarto. stiff wrappers iv c.650pp. colour & b/w plates text ills. diags. Facsimile of original US War Dept. Guide TM-E 30-451 issued in a limited & classified edition in 1945. Inc. nice colour uniform plates no publisher unknown
Référence libraire : 63839
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[USA War Office]
20-mm Automatic gun T160 and Cal.60 Automatic Gun T130 Department of the Army Technical Manual TM9-231A Department of the Air Force Technical Order TO39A-5-2
Washington: Department of War 1952. Large octavo paperbound 166 pp. illustrated. Occasional light staining otherwise a very good copy. This book is a technical manual for the Department of the Army and technical order for the Department of the Air Force. It outlines the technical specification and maintenance details for automatic guns used in aircraft. Department of War unknown
Référence libraire : 1700
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[Utah Expedition]; John B Floyd (Secretary of War) and Geo Gibson (Commissary General of Subsistence)
Estimate- Utah Expedition. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting An estimate for subsistence of troops for the Utah expedition 35th Congress 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 33
1858. Original printing. 2pp. Disbound sheet of paper printed on both sides. Near fine. Clean and bright. Estimate of funds required for expenses such as aggregate force servants and employees. unknown
Référence libraire : 45284
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[Utah Indian War Relic]
Utah Indian War Veterans Association Ribbon
Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag and Company 1896. Near fine. Commemorative ribbon in shadow box frame 11 3/4" x 9 3/4". Lacking the original display box. Blue ribbon with the statement "Utah Indians War Association" stamped in silver and a top bar of white enamel bordered in gilt with a Territory of Utah seal at the center. Also attached is an American flag ribbon with a hanging white enamel medallion depicting an American Indian in captivating full headdress. Tassels at the foot. The ribbons and attached medallions are exceptionally well-preserved and bright.<br /> <br /> Given to Indian War Veterans who suppressed hostilities in Utah during the years 1850 through 1872. Remarkably unfaded. A fine very bright example of a ribbon which represents a historically important juncture in Utah and American history. Whitehead and Hoag and Company unknown
Référence libraire : 58334
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[VAILLANT (Jean-Baptiste-Philibert)].
Ministère de la Guerre. Rapport à l'Empereur par le maréchal ministre de la guerre. sur l'ensemble des dispositions administratives auxquelles a donné lieu la Guerre d'Orient
Paris, Imprimerie impériale, novembre 1856 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 58 pp., broché sous couverture bleue imprimée.
Référence libraire : 244442
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[Various] [Cuvil War]
The Loyalist's Ammunition
Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution 1863. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Original blue printed stitched wraps. 16 pages. Title and illustration on front wrap. Advertisements for similar titles printed on rear wrap. Content titles include Speech of a Brave Old Patriot; A Voice From the Army; On Foreign Interference; For the Croakers; The Words of a Patriot Soldier; Cromwell on Destructive Conservatism; and Pusillanimous Peace. Printed for Gratuitous Distribution unknown
Référence libraire : 30569
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[VELAY] - CROSLEBAILLY (Berthe).-
Dorcas. Héroine de la Résistance dans l'Yssingelais, déportée à Ravensbruck sous le matricule 27920.
1999 La Puy, Imprimerie Jeanne d'Arc, L'Auteur, 1999, in 8° broché, 137 pages ; illustrations et fac-similés in et hors-texte ; couverture illustrée.
Référence libraire : 86915
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[VELAY] - BRAUD (Barthelemy).-
Echos et souvenirs. Le Puy et la Haute-Loire en 1870-1871. Documents inédits. Préface de Charles Dupuy.
1912 Le Puy, Peyriller, Rouchon et Gamon, 1912, in 12 broché, 236 pages.
Référence libraire : 78348
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[VELO] - MONDENARD (Dr.J-P de) -
L'alimentation des cyclistes du loisir à la compétition.
Paris, Amphora, 1981 ; in-8, 222 pp., br. Broché bon état.
Référence libraire : 201503788
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[VENISE] FULGUR PHOTO PRESSE
PHOTOGRAPHIE ORIGINALE : Bélinogramme de Rome - M. Mussolini a proclamé l'état de guerre entre l'Italie et les Etats Unis d'Amérique - LA FOULE ACCLAMANT MUSSOLINI SUR LA PLACE DE VENISE APRES QU'IL EU PRONONCE SON DISCOURS DU BALCON DU PALAIS DE VENISE - AGENCE FULGUR (Scherl) 14-12- 1941
venise 1942 une photographie originale en noir, format : 12,6 x 17,8 cm , avec une étiquette d'explication de la photo tapée à la machine en noir, collée en bas de la photo, prise le 14-12- 1941 , avec cachet violet au dos "autorisé par la censure allemande le 14-12-1941 " et cachet de l'agence "FULGUR" photo presse du gouvernement de vichy,
Référence libraire : 28720
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[VELAY] - [GUERRE 39-45] - STUPP (François).-
Réfugié au pays des Justes. Araules 1942-1944.
1997 Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, Editions du Roure, 1997, in 8° broché, 183 pages ; couverture illustrée.
Référence libraire : 66651
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[VENDEE] - LE BOUVIER-DESMORTIERS.-
Vie du Général Charette commandant en chef les armées catholiques et royales. Nouvelle édition.
Bouère, Editions Dominique Martin Morin (Réimpression de l'édition de Nantes, 1823), 1996, in 8° broché, 450 pages ; couverture rempliée illustrée.
Référence libraire : 71605
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[Vermont] [Civil War] Washburn, Gen Peter T
An Oration Before the Re-Union Society of Vermont Officers in Representative Hall Montpelier Vt. October 22d 1868
Montpelier: J. & J. M. Poland Printers 1869. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 9" x 9.5". 29 pages 1 page blank. Light colored wraps with tile on the front. Stain upper right corner front cover. Damp stains to the upper corners of the entire text. Author describes the significance of Vermont's contributions to the Union during the Civil War. 6 copies located in OCLC. J. & J. M. Poland, Printers unknown
Référence libraire : 33585
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[VILLEBON-SUR-YVETTE - ESSONNE] Collectif
ALBUM PHOTO : CHATEAU DE VILLEBON(-SUR-YVETTE) : MAISON DE CONVALESCENCE MISE A LA DISPOSITION DE M. LE MINISTRE DE LA GUERRE (ALEXANDRE MILLERAND) PAR LE DOCTEUR CHARLES BONNET - [(Hôpital de Classe C) a du être ouvert en complément de l'Hopital Auxiliaire 49 (Maison de Santé du Docteur BONNET) situé au 7, rue de la Chaise à Paris VIIème] MAI 1915 (AUJOURD'HUI CENTRE DE RETRAITES DES PÈRES LAZARISTES)
Villebon-sur-Yvette 1915 -in-4 plein-veau 1 album, reliure plein veau havane marbré in-quarto à l'italienne (28,5 x 19 cm), dos 4 nerfs (spine with raised bands) muet (spine - no title), décoration "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), filet perlé "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid et un filet "or" de part et d'autre des nerfs, double filet "or" en tête et en pied, premier plat décoré "or" , titre frappé "or" dans un encadrement d'un filet "or", 4ème plat décoré "or" , d'un filet "or" en encadrement, dentelle "fleuron or" sur les chasses (lace-like gilt decoration on the turn-ins), toutes tranches découpées "à la ficelle", album de 25 photographies albuminées en noir et montées sur onglets de cuir marron du CHATEAU DE VILLEBON-SUR-YVETTE : MAISON DE CONVALESCENCE MISE A LA DISPOSITION DE M. LE MINISTRE DE LA GUERRE (ALEXANDRE MILLERAND) PAR LE DOCTEUR CHARLES BONNET - MAI 1915 (AUJOURD'HUI CENTRE DE RETRAITES DES PÈRES LAZARISTES), 1915 sans nom de photographe,
Référence libraire : 26402
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[VIVARAIS] - FEYDEL (Joël).-
Joseph, maquisard des Hautes Terres. 2e édition.
2013 Aubenas, Plumes d'Ardèche, 2013, in 8° broché, 331 pages ; couverture illustrée.
Référence libraire : 80359
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[Vichy ; Collaboration ; épuration] FIGUERAS, André
Onze amiraux dans l’ouragan / André Figueras
Paris, André Figueras, impr. Imprimerie graphique de l’Ouest, à Le Poiré-sur-Vie (Vendée) 1991 In-8 23 x 15 cm. Broché, couverture bleue, premier plat illustré, 223 pp., notes en bas de page, index, table des matières. édition originale tirée à 400 exemplaires sur Vergé édition Ivoire numérotés. Celui-ci, N 291, enrichi d’un envoi autographe de l’auteur. Plis de lecture au dos. Intérieur frais.
Référence libraire : 109006
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[VIVARAIS] - VILLARD (Sylvain).-
Parcelles d'histoire. Chroniques ardéchoises 1943-1944. Suivies de témoignages inédits.
2000 Coux, Rigaud, 2000, in 8° broché, 313 pages ; illustrations dans le texte ; couverture illustrée.
Référence libraire : 80691
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[VIET-NA.M].-
Sud-Est. Périodique mensuel paraissant à Saigon (Viet-Nam).-
Du N°8 (janvier 1950) au N°11 (avril 1950). 4 fascicules en 1 volume grand in-8 (195 x 266mm) dos à 4 nerfs et coins chagrin bleu nuit, plats mouchetés, gardes marbrées, couvertures conservées, environ 250 pages, nombreuses illustrations dans et hors texte, pages de publicités conservées. Mors fendus sinon bon exemplaire.
Référence libraire : ORD-10831
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[VIETNAM]
Sud Viet Nam. Un mois d'offensives et de soulèvements sans précédent
Éditions Giai Phong (Hanoï ?), mars 1968. Plaquette in-12 br. de 96 p. Texte en français accompagné de 8 photographies hors texte. Complet du feuillet d'errata et de la carte en couleurs en dépliant en fin de volume. E.O. documents joints.
Référence libraire : L15421
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[Vienna] American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
HAGADAH SHEL PESAH [HAGGADAH SHEL PESACH]
No Date [1947-1948] 1st Edition Thus. Original Paper Wrappers, Tall 12mo, [1], 32, [1] pages. In Hebrew. "Printed for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee." Stamped "Bethaus-Vorstand der Israel. Kultusgemeinde Wien" on cover ("Chapel of the Board of the Jewish Religious Community Vienna") Printed in Tel Aviv for the use of Holocaust survivors in the American DP camps in Europe, this copy was clearly used by survivors in the Vienna region. During the Holocaust, as European Jewry was pushed to the brink of annihilation by Nazi Germany, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee was the main financial benefactor towards Jewish emigration from Europe and rescue attempts of Jews from Nazi-controlled territories. From the outbreak of World War II through 1944, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee made it possible for more than 81,000 Jews to emigrate out of Nazi-occupied Europe to safety. JDC also smuggled aid to Jewish prisoners in labor camps and helped finance the Polish Jewish underground in preparations for the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto revolt. In addition, JDC was a major channel keeping American Jewish leaders informedoften in detailabout the holocaust. Yudlov 4109; Yaari 2370 or 2371; Berman (LOC) no. 1112. Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000187706. SUBJECT(S): Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism Haggadot. OCLC: 930762932. OCLC lists only 4 copies worldwide (Stanford, LOC, Gottfried Wihelm Leibniz Bibliothek, Staatsbibliothek Berlin). Light toning and wear Good Condition, nice copy. Scarce (HAG-25-6B) x
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[VIETNAM LAOS CAMBODIA - WAR ERA MAP]
Rand McNally Official Map of Vietnam Laos and Cambodia.
Chicago.: Rand McNally. circa1970. Very large folding colour map 136 x 89 cms folding to 30.5 x 22.8 cms legend and glossary with a gazetteer in an upper corner to North and South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos small fold split no loss in very good condition. Extremely detailed map of Indochina scale of 1 inch to approximately 20 miles with roads paths trails railroads airports marked and indexes to cities and towns and population totals in South Vietnam North Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. Includes a glossary of foreign terms and a brief gazetteer. . Rand McNally. unknown
Référence libraire : 197689
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[Vietnam War Literature] Marshall, SLA S L A
Ambush. The Battle of Dan Tieng also called The Battle of Dong Minh Chau War Zone C Operation Attleboro and Other Deadfalls in South Vietnam.
<p>New York:: Cowles 1969. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket with a chip missing from the rear fold. This is Marshall's reenactment of the battle of Dau Tieng which like his other accounts is based on after action reports and battle-site interviews with the survivors. General Marshall is the author of over 30 books related to military topics and in Ambush he focuses on US engagement with Vietcong forces poised to attack an American basecamp in an effort to influence American elections. With his unequaled eye for detail Marshall tells the story rich in drama and excitement.</p> Cowles, hardcover
Référence libraire : 29025
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[Vietnam War Literature] Marshall, SLA S L A
Battles in the Monsoon. Campaigning in the Central Highlands South Vietnam Summer 1966.
<p>New York:: Morrow 1967. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping to the spine. General Marshall presents a comprehensive account of three specific battles early during the Vietnam War: the battle of Bn Gia Map Vinh Thanh and Tuomorong with the formal military names of "Austin 6" "Crazy Horse" and "Hawthorne II" Marshall utilizes first hand observations and the accounts of participants involved in the various actions to present a punch by punch account of the battles as they unfolded.</p> Morrow, hardcover
Référence libraire : 26089
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[VIETNAM WAR] HUGGETT, William Turner
Body Count
New York: G. P. Putnam & Co 1973. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's grey cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board light edgewear and some minor sunning to the spine ends in a clean bright and strong dustjacket with a little corresponding fraying to the head and tail of the spne. A very good clean copy. 445pp. Internally clean. Ostensibly one of a legion of novels that deal with a green young officer finding out he has virtually no margin for error this is one of the distinguished few novels of the era that is approved of by veterans and is widely considered to be one of the very best and most authentic pieces of Vietnam fiction. The authenticity comes as less of surprise when it's considered that Huggett fought with the 3rd Marine Div. in 1968-1969 and later as a Pacification Advisor in the never ending struggle to win hearts and minds. Newman: 131. G. P. Putnam & Co unknown
Référence libraire : 62827
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[Vietnam War Literature] Cutler, LCDR, USN, Thomas J
Brown Water Black Berets. Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam.
<p>Annapolis:: Naval Institute Press 1988. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine unread copy with a blank Naval Institute book plater on front fly leaf in a Fine dust jacket This history of U.S. naval involvement in Vietnam features eyewitness accounts combined with official records to document the drama and accomplishments of the brown-water navy activities in Vietnam. The author himself a member of the black berets and a combat veteran has written a definitive account of the pain frustration and acts of courage and valor that a were a significant part of the naval effort in Vietnam.</p> Naval Institute Press, hardcover
Référence libraire : 26088 ISBN : 0870210114 9780870210112
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[Vietnam War Literature] Herr, Michael
Dispatches.
<p>London:: Picador 1997. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Michael Herr went to Vietnam in 1967 virtually unknown as a writer but armed with press credentials for Esquire Magazine he quickly rose above the crowd of writers covering the war with his brilliant unorthodox prose. Herr's six extended pieces in this collection capture the war and its participants like no other writer except for Tim O'Brian in his equally masterful "The Things They Carried." Herr was one of the original Gonzo New Journalists in the company of such literary trail-cutters as Hunter S Thompson Tom Wolfe Truman Capote and Gay Talese. Herr when not imbedded on numerous marine and army operations spent many off hours in the company of three other flamboyant correspondents: Tim Page Dana Stone and Sean Flynn Errol Flynn's son. Photographer Page would survive his experience in Vietnam but in 1970 while traveling by motorcycle in Cambodia Flynn and Dana Stone on assignment for Time magazine and CBS News respectively were captured by communist guerrillas at a roadblock on Highway One. They were never heard from again and their remains have never been found. Herr found himself in as much danger as the soldiers he set out to document in a war that was more disillusioning than understandable. He was with the marines during the prolonged siege of Khe Sanh and most effectively captured the hallucinatory madness of the battle. "Dispatches" is as good as war writing gets; Herr puts the reader right where he is so that his experience becomes yours which is about as close as most people would ever want to get to the real thing.</p> Picador, hardcover
Référence libraire : 27293 ISBN : 0330367412 9780330367417
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[Vietnam War Literature] Herr, Michael
Dispatches.
New York:: Knopf 1977. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with spots to the margins of three pages in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. A nice copy of this classic of reportage on the war. No names or marks to the book or text. Michael Herr went to Vietnam in 1967 virtually unknown as a writer but armed with press credentials for Esquire Magazine he quickly rose above the crowd of writers covering the war with his brilliant unorthodox prose. Herr's six extended pieces in this collection capture the war and its participants like no other writer except for Tim O'Brian in his equally masterful "The Things They Carried." Herr was one of the original Gonzo New Journalists in the company of such literary trail-cutters as Hunter S Thompson Tom Wolfe Truman Capote and Gay Talese. Herr when not hunkered down in the battle for Khe Sanh spent many off hours in the company of three other flamboyant correspondents: Tim Page Dana Stone and Sean Flynn. Page would survive his experience in Vietnam but Stone and Flynn would disappear their bodies never found. Herr found himself in as much danger as the soldiers he set out to document in a war that was more disillusioning than understandable. "Dispatches" is as good as war writing gets; Herr puts the reader right where he is so that his experience becomes yours which is about as close as most people would ever want to get to the real thing. Knopf, unknown
Référence libraire : 28390 ISBN : 0394417887 9780394417882
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[VIETNAM WAR] SINKE, JR, Ralph EG (text); WASS, WP (illustrations) E G W P
Don't Cry For Us Signed
Kingsport TN: REGS Enterprises 1984. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; red-orange boards titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x1242pp; illus. Signed by the author on the front endpaper dated 4 July 1985. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Collection of poems by a former US Marine who served in Vietnam and who was awarded five Purple Hearts. Illustrated throughout. 84568. REGS Enterprises unknown
Référence libraire : 84568
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[Vietnam War] [Vietnam Protests]
Five original photographs of anti-Vietnam War protests 1968-circa 1971
N.p.: N.p. 1971. Collection of five vintage photograph of anti-Vietnam War protests 1968-circa 1971. All five photographs with provenance stamps and annotations on the versos two also with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. <br /> <br /> The five photographs are:<br /> <br /> One photograph of anti-war demonstrators marching down Fifth Avenue in New York to a mass rally in Central Park being heckled and jeered at by passersby on April 27 1968.<br /> <br /> One photograph of students being forcibly removed from a Columbia University building on April 30 1968.<br /> <br /> Two photographs of Harvard University protests in April 1969. One of Harvard students demonstrating to abolish the ROTC program on April 9 1969 and one of Harvard students on strike on April 14 1969. <br /> <br /> And one photograph of an antiwar march in Washington DC circa 1971.<br /> <br /> 1 9 x 7 inches. 4 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 170893
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[VIETNAM WAR] AARON, Chester
Hello to Bodega
New York: Atheneum 1976. First Edition. First printing. Russet cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 183pp. Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced $6.95 on front flap faint toning visible at extremities else Fine. Lovely copy of the author's uncommon second young-adult novel set on a commune in rural Sonoma County in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Aaron 1923-2019 was a long-tenured professor of English at St. Mary's College in Moraga California; he is best-known as an author of books for young readers of which he published more than twenty titles over a five-decade career. Atheneum unknown
Référence libraire : 62785
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[Vietnam War Literature] Nolan, Keith William
Into Laos. The Story of Dewey Canyon II/Lam Son 719.
Novato:: Presidio 1986. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. This work presents a comprehensive command history clear action and a vivid but humane narrative. The first all-South Vietnamese offensive into Laos in early 1971 produced both an interruption of Northern buildups and a test of Vietnamization of the war but despite a 10-to-1 casualty ratio and tons of captured supplies was seen to be so savage and damaging to the South and to American support forces that much of the military and the press deemed it a defeat. Nolan's arguments that it had positive effects are well presented and convincing. Presidio, unknown
Référence libraire : 27848 ISBN : 0891412476 9780891412472
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[Vietnam War Literature] Nolan, Keith William
Into Laos. The Story of Dewey Canyon II/Lam Son 719.
Novato:: Presidio 1986. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in aVery Good plus dust jacket with light sunning to the spine. This work presents a comprehensive command history clear action and a vivid but humane narrative. The first all-South Vietnamese offensive into Laos in early 1971 produced both an interruption of Northern buildups and a test of Vietnamization of the war but despite a 10-to-1 casualty ratio and tons of captured supplies was seen to be so savage and damaging to the South and to American support forces that much of the military and the press deemed it a defeat. Nolan's arguments that it had positive effects are well presented and convincing. Presidio, hardcover
Référence libraire : 27907 ISBN : 0891412476 9780891412472
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[VIETNAM WAR] [MARCH 25 PEACE COMMITTEE]
Isn't it Time You Spoke Out to Stop the War in Vietnam
Chicago: March 25th Peace Committee 1967. Bifolium pamphlet 22.75cm; with text and illustrations offset printed in black on white stock; 4pp; illus. Tiny inked date in an early hand at lower edge of rear wrapper else Fine. <br /> <br /> Pamphlet promoting the Chicago Aread Peace Parade and Rally to End the War in Vietnam held Saturday at noon on March 25 1967. Speakers included Martin Luther King Jr. Benjamin Spock Emil Mazey Patricia Griffith and Michael James of SDS. Contents include a series of "Did you know" facts about the Vietnamese conflict and America's involvement in it. "We call upon you who wish to end the war - and particularly you who have not yet spoken out - to join with us in a great Peace Parade and Rally . Isn't it time you joined a peace march" The front wrapper features a brief poem by a 13-year-old American girl with the rear wrapper supplying a list of sponsors. 84029. March 25th Peace Committee unknown
Référence libraire : 84029
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[VIETNAM WAR] SOLIS, Lieutenent Colonel Gary D USMC
Marines and Military Law In Vietnam: Trial By Fire
Washington D.C.: History and Museums Division 1989. First Edition. First Printing. 4to. 27cm x 21cm. Publisher's green cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated to spine and front board with the USMC globe and anchor in gilt. Pictorial dustjacket bright and clean with some marginal wear and chipping most visibly to spine ends and the lower edge of the rear panel which has a fingernail sized triangle of loss and a small closed tear. A very good strong copy. 295pp. Internally clean. A candid record of the challenges and unprecedented cirumstances the USMC legal department in Vietnam had to deal with. Fragging of unpopular officers casual murder of Vietnamese civilians sexual assault massive amounts of theft and graft and a drug problem that obviously gives rise to a flourishing drugs trade that was so widespread and serious that it threatened to destabilise the entire system of military law were all handled by somewhere in the region of 500 men and women of the Navy and Marines legal teams between 1965 and 1973. Many of the lawyers involved in cases in Vietnam were also combat personnel fighting on the ground and practising military law in addition to their regular duties meaning that they were probably more qualified to defend and prosecute the men under their charge than just about any body of lawyers in history. History and Museums Division unknown
Référence libraire : 62849
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[VIETNAM WAR] POLLOCK, JC J C
Mission M.I.A.
New York: Crown 1982. First Edition. 8vo. 23.5cm x 16cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over olive green paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine very mnor sheflwear in a clean and bright dustjacket. A fine copy. 274pp. Internally clean. A deftly written thriller produced during the period when Hollywood and the publishing industry caught up to the profit making possibilities of POW-MIA related fiction. Crown unknown
Référence libraire : 62776
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[VIETNAM WAR] TRINIDAD, Corky
Nguyen Charlie with Sorry 'bout that Sarge
Tokyo: Stars and Stripes 1969 1970. First Edition. Two volumes 17.5cm x 13.5cm. Publisher's illustrated card covers strong and clean with light edgewear and a little soiling here and there to the predominantly white covers. Very good copies. 40pp;40pp. Internally clean a little staple related rust here and there but otherwise very presentable. Originally published in Stars and Stripes and extremely popular with the men on the ground the Nguyen Charlie strip became much needed relief from painful nature of the conflict it so satirically illustrated. Francisco Flores "Corky" Trinidad was a Filipino-American journalist and cartoonist who fled the Phillipines during the Marcos dictatorship and whose work was internationally syndicated throughout the 1970's and 80's he was in fact the first Asian editorial cartoonist to be syndicated within the US and the only Asian-American cartoonist working at a major US newspaper. The Nguyen Charlie cartoon books are rather ephemeral little volumes and presentable copies are quite rare. Stars and Stripes unknown
Référence libraire : 62758
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[VIETNAM WAR] [ANOTHER MOTHER FOR PEACE]
Original Bumper Sticker: All Our Sons In Vietnam Are POWs. Bring Them Home! War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things
Beverly Hills: Another Mother For Peace N.d. ca 1967. Original bumper sticker printed in brown and orange 10cm x 50cm approx 4" x 19-1/2". Light soil; old folds; adhesive on verso has dried with protective backing perished; Very Good. <br /> <br /> "Another Mother For Peace" was a California-based pacifist non-profit group founded in 1967 by screenwriter Barbara Avedon and actor Donna Reed. They group is best known for its famous logo designed by Lorraine Schneider depicting a child's drawing of a flower with the text "War Is Not Healthy For Children And Other Living Things." The logo is reproduced here at right border. There was a period between 1967 and 1972 when it was almost impossible to encounter a VW Beetle that did not sport this sticker or some variant of it on its rear bumper. Another Mother For Peace unknown
Référence libraire : 82059
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