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[War of 1812].
Report In Part Of The Committee Appointed On So Much Of The President’s Message As Respects Our Foreign Relations. November 22 1808…
<p>Pamphlet 8vo paperbound 16 pp. Partially disbound but still in tact. Normal aging and browning with some chips and folds at the extremities. Also slight fold at the center and early owner’s signature on title page. About very good. Very interesting pamphlet prepared during the Madison administration that takes a look at the challenges facing a new country. For the most part the report addresses the belligerent acts of England and France prior to the War of 1812. The report also challenges the legality of the British blockade and the taking of our ships on the high seas. Importantly it points out that France is no better than the English in this respect and that it would be hard to justify war against one without the same treatment of the other. However the authors were also very realistic about going to war with both England and France who were "two of the most powerful nations in the world". The report recommends that we not submit to French and English legal rationalizations for their actions and that we not allow their ships into our ports. Wisely it also suggests we improve our defenses. The OCLC seems to locate only a couple of copies. OCLC. </p> A. & G., Printers,
书商的参考编号 : 100573
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[War of 1812] Committee of Ways and Means
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means on so much of the President's Message as relates to the Finances of the United States. October 10 1814. Read and referred to a committee of the whole house on Thursday next
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman 1814. First edition. Removed. About very good leaves detached with inked notation and War Department Library stamp on title dampstain to one corner throughout not affecting text. 8 pp. 8vo. U.S. 13th Cong. 3d sess. 1814-1815. House. Doc. 7. Discussed problems with financing and banking during the War of 1812 recommendation of tax increases with table of amounts raised. Sabin 69816. American Imprints 33437. Printed by Roger C. Weightman unknown
书商的参考编号 : 37506
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[WAR OF 1812]
The American Weekly Messenger; or Register of State Papers History and Politics. For 1813-1814. Vol. I.
Philadelphia: John Conrad 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 9.75" x 6" viii 473 pp indexed. Bound in original quarter-leather and paper covered boards. Boards well worn with much of the outer paper and 3/4 inch of leather at head of spine lost hinges a bit wobbly bookplates of Watts de Peyster Library and Franklin & Marshall College on front endpapers inventory number on verso of title page. Otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Begins with Volume I Number 1 September 25 1913 and runs through Volume I Number 26 March 19 1814 followed by Addenda. Sabin 1260. Published for just two years this scarce periodical offers a weekly compilation of "domestic news from every part of the continent" as well as reports on financial and legal matters foreign policy and government documents and reports containing a wealth of information and relating to the War of 1812. John Conrad hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 23493
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[WAR OF THE THIRD COALITION]
A form of prayer.For obtaining Pardon of our Sins and for averting those heavy Judgements which our manifold Provocations have most justly deserved; and imploring HIs Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of His Majesty by Sea and Land and for restoring and perpetuating Peace Safety and prosperity to Himself and to His Kingdom
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1806. 16pp. Uncut. Stitched as issued. Old central horizontal fold. An Anglican liturgy of services to be held on 26th February 1806 a day of national fasting and humiliation ordered for divine assistance to strengthen the resolve of the British Army and Royal Navy during the continuing hostilities of the War of the Third Coalition. . 8vo. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
书商的参考编号 : AQ30171
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[WAR OFFICE, GREAT BRITIAN] [RAF MAP]
44 A/B. A: INDIA Part Of BURMA North West. B: BURMA North East SIAM Thail
London 1944 Geographical Section General Staff. Silk cloth 62 x 97 cm.very clean bright copy 2 tiny holes else solid folds to 9 x 13.5 cm. color printed 2 side2 maps in all. Issued by MI 9 FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . . . . . . ORIGINAL WORLD WAR 2 ROYAL AIR FORCE RAF 1944 . . . "E & E" "ESCAPE & EVASION" SILK SURVIVAL MAP . . . BURMA SIAM & FRENCH-INDO CHINA VIETNAM . . . YUNNAN SOUTH CHINA & THE TIP OF INDIA. . . . WITH INSET OF ADJACENT AREA MAPS: 44 ABCDJ & K: . . . OF BURMA SIAM CAMBODIA LAOS S.VIETNAM & INDIA . . MAP 44 A: Shows Arrang & Sibsagar at the north down to Minbu Magwe & Tayetmyo in the south. From west to east: Chittagong Hill Tracts to Maymyo Mandalay et al. . MAP 44 B: Showing from the north southward: Hkamti Long Nung & Lihsaw and Weishi. Utmost south: Mong Rai Kaarenni Aiam & French Indo China. From west to east: Kodaung Hill Tracts Tawngpeng to Meikia Mengli Muong Sing & Rabang. . An important World War 2 British Intelligence MI-9 "E & E" Escape & Evasion" map. Created and designed for RAF Royal Air Force & shared with U.S.A.A.F. U.S. Army Air Force pilots & flight crews fighting against the common Japanese enemy. . This map and others of the adjacent areas were carried by allied flyers in the "C.B.I." "CHINA-INDIA-BURMA theaters of war. Used also by "A.V.G." "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP" later known as the famous "FLYING TIGERS" of the United States FOURTEENTH & TWENTY-THIRD ARMY AIR FORCES AAF in Burma and throughout China. . British RAF and American AAF pilots cooperated in 1941-1942 fighting the onslaught of Japanese invading South China: Hong Kong Kwangtung Guangzhou Kuangsi Guangxi French Indo-China Hanoi & S. Vietnam Thailand Siam Singapore and Burma. . The allies shared resources and targets in the early years of this beginning campaign against Japanese ground air force and targets of opportunity. . Allied pilots and air crew carried this silk area map as well as other related A.A.F. cloth maps to provide 'hope' for down airmen. The map assisted airman finding friendly lines and make their way back to safe havens. . This kind of map printed on thick silk was commonly worn as a flyer's neck scarf during combat flight missions. Some also wore a "Survival Vest" loaded with other valuable emergency use rations pistol & equipment designed to help airmen's "E & E" Escape & Evasion using these kinds of silk maps to return to friendly lines. . CONDITION: This map is fairly clean with a very small 'tone' area in upper right corner of sheet B it may just be some of the usual 'transfer' of pale color from the upper folded part on this as it is a similar tone. The two old mended small splits appear to be firm and solid. The edges are a bit frayed as usual by and large an excellent example of a vintage and exceptionally RARE World War 2 silk map. . Color photos are posted to our website. . REFERENCES: . BALDWIN R.E. et al.: LAST HOPE THE BLOOD CHIT STORY. DOLL John G.: CLOTH MAPS CHARTS AND BLOOD CHITS OF WORLD WAR 2. search: escape-maps.history_of_wwii.___Asiatic_Series . . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 38011701
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[WAR OFFICE, GREAT BRITIAN] [RAF MAP]
44 J/K. J: FRENCH INDO CHINA. Central. 1944. 44 J: SIAM THAILAND EAST; 44 K.
London 1944 Geographical Section General Staff. Silk cloth opens to ca. 97.5 x 63.7 cm.folds down ca. 9 x 8 cm. color-printed on two sides "NEW" unused an exceptionally very pristine example. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . . . . IN COLLECTOR'S SUPERB CONDITION . . . ORIGINAL WW2 1944 R.A.F. "ESCAPE & EVASION" SILK MAP . . . COVERING CENTRAL FRENCH-INDO CHINA: . . . SIAM EAST & PART OF LAOS CAMBODIA & VIETNAM . . . WITH INSET OF ADJACENT AREA MAPS: 44C & D: . . . BURMA SIAM/THAILAND CAMBODIA LAOS SOUTH VIETNAM . . . SOUTH END OF HAINAN ISLAND CHINA . An important WW2 British Intelligence MI-9 "E & E" Escape & Evasion" map. Created and designed for RAF Royal Air Force & shared with U.S.A.A.F. U.S. Army Air Force pilots & flight crews fighting against the common Japanese enemy. . This map and others of the adjacent areas were carried by allied flyers in the "C.B.I." "CHINA-INDIA-BURMA theaters of war. Used also by "A.V.G." "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP" later known as the famous "FLYING TIGERS" and the FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE in Burma and China. . British RAF and American pilots cooperated in 1941-1942 fighting the onslaught of Japanese invading South China: Hong Kong Kwangtung Guangzhou Kuangsi Guangxi French Indo-China Hanoi & S. Vietnam Thailand Siam Singapore and Burma. . The allies shared resources and targets in the early years of this beginning campaign against Japanese ground air force and targets of opportunity. . Allied pilots and air crew carried this silk area map as well as other related A.A.F. cloth maps to provide 'hope' for down airmen. The map assisted airman finding friendly lines and make their way back to safe havens. . This kind of map printed on thick silk was commonly worn as a flyer's neck scarf during combat flight missions. Some also wore a "Survival Vest" loaded with other valuable emergency use rations pistol & equipment designed to help airmen's "E & E" Escape & Evasion using the maps to return to friendly lines. . Color photos are posted to our website. . REFERENCES: . BALDWIN R.E. et al.: LAST HOPE THE BLOOD CHIT STORY. DOLL John G.: CLOTH MAPS CHARTS AND BLOOD CHITS OF WORLD WAR 2. see escape maps:.Asiatic_Series See pearl plymouth uk . . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 38005002
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[WAR OFFICE, GREAT BRITIAN] [RAF MAP]
44 R/S. R: HOPEH SHANTUNG N. HONAN N. KIANGSU E. SHANSI.S: CHOSEN KOREA. W.
London 1944 Geographical Section General Staff.A silk map color printed 2 sides 2 maps in all 84 x 104 cm. a "NEW" unused copy exceptionally clean & bright no flaws rarely found in pristine condition. RARE FIRST EDITION . . . . . . ORIGINAL WORLD WAR 2 1944 ROYAL AIR FORCE . . . "E. & E" "ESCAPE & EVASION" SILK SURVIVAL MAPS . . . COVERING: HOPEH SHANTUNG N. HONAN N. KIANGSU . . . E. SHANSI & CHOSEN JAPANESE OCCUPIED KOREA . . This map was produced under supervision of British Intelligence MI9 for downed R.A.F. ROYAL AIR FORCE and American A.A.F. ARMY AIR FORCE pilots and air crew during World War 2. . The maps are exceptionally and colorfully executed in much detail issued in a Deluxe grand size. This is perhaps the largest of all British issued survival maps during World War 2. . THE MAPS: . SHEET 44 R: Grand coverage of of North East coastal China encompassing HOPEH SHANTUNG N. HONAN N. KIANGSU E. SHANSI & CHOSEN JAPANESE OCCUPIED KOREA. Continuing from the left middle west to east & southwards: Wu Tai mountain Ch'ing Yuan Hsu Shui Tien-Ching Tientsin. Po Hai Wan mouth of the Huang Ho Yangtze River Shan Tung Chiao & Yung Ch'eng Wan bay. . From the lower section from west to south & easterly An-Yang Tung-Ping Hu lake Li-ch'eng Tsinan the Yellow river I-tu Singchow Chi-mo Tsimo & Chiao Chou Wan bay . From extreme west bottom portion easterly: Huaiching Tsinyang K'ai-Feng Shang-Ch'iu Kweiteh Tung-P'ing lake Hsauchang & T'ung-Shan Suchow. . SHEET 44 S: Grand coverage of CHOSEN KOREA AN-TUNG SHENG AN-TUNG NORTHERN CHOSEN TO THE SEA OF JAPAN THE EIGHT PROVINCES OF CHOSEN P'YONGAN -NAMDO HEIAN-NANDO HWANGHAE-DO KOKAI DO KANGWON-DO KOGEN DO KYONGGI-DO KEIKI DO KANGWON-DO KOGEN DO CH'UNGCHONG-PUKTO CHUSEI HOKUDO CH'UNGCH'ONG NAM-DO CHUSEI NAN-DO KYONGSAN-PUK TO KEISHO-HOKUDO CHOLLA-PUK-TO EZENRA HO KU-DO YONGSANG NAM DO KEISHONAN-DO CHOLLANAM-DO ZENRA-NAN-DO. ISLANDS: TSUSHIMA SAISHU TO SOUTH-WESTERN JAPAN: HONSHU ISLANDS SASEBO KAGOSHIA GOTO RETTO FUKUE-SHIA ISLANDS &c. . This grand view covers An-Tung east through most of N. Korea to the Sea of Japan; Sojoson Man West Korean Bay major cities Pyongyang Seoul most all of the coast lines islands in much detail. . A map with great detail from the top west Siuyan-Shansi borders going east Pei-Ping Beijingto the Gulfs of Chili and Liao-tung Pechili Strait to the Kwangtung Leased Territory Japanese helf Liaoning and the Ch'ang Shan Lieh Tao islands Dairen Ryojun Port Arthur and the Yellow Sea. . Prepared under the direction of R.A.A.F. H/Q. Compiled by the R.A.A.F. D.S.D. Cartographic Section September 1944. . KEY: The key shows 'references' to the symbols usd on th map provinces cities towns roads railroads telegrpahs rivers internatinoal boundaries steamer routes lighthouses wireless stations telegraph offices sand reef and river depths. . There is a tint guide to altitude of mountains in meters. The map scale is 1L1000000 with kilometers nautical miles and English miles. The map is folded as issued five times. . An important WW2 British Intelligence MI-9 "E & E" "Escape & Evasion" map. Created and designed for RAF Royal Air Force & shared with U.S.A.A.F. U.S. Army Air Force pilots & flight crews fighting against the common Japanese enemy. . This map and others of the adjacent areas were carried by allied flyers in the "C.B.I." "CHINA-INDIA-BURMA theaters of war. Used also by "A.V.G." "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP" later known as the famous "FLYING TIGERS" and the FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE in Burma and China. . British RAF and American pilots cooperated in 1941-1942 fighting the onslaught of Japanese invading South China: Hong Kong Kwangtung Guangzhou Kuangsi Guangxi French Indo-China Hanoi & S. Vietnam Thailand Siam Singapore and Burma. . The allies shared resources and targets in the early years of this beginning campaign against Japanese ground air force and targets of opportunity. . Allied pilots and air crew carried this silk area map as well as other related A.A.F. cloth maps to provide 'hope' for down airmen. The map assisted airman finding friendly lines and make their way back to safe havens. . This kind of map printed on thick silk was commonly worn as a flyer's neck scarf during combat flight missions. Some also wore a "Survival Vest" loaded with other valuable emergency use rations pistol & equiptment designed to help airmen's "E & E" Escape & Evasion using the maps to return to friendly lines. . CONDITION: This map is excellent in "NEW" superb condition un-used as issued clean pristine with vivid colors no fading. The edges are clean with a few stray threads otherwise equisite example. Seldom found in such stunning"collector's" RARE condition. . Color photos are posted to our website. . REFERENCES: . BALDWIN R.E. et al.:LAST HOPE THE BLOOD CHIT STORY. DOLL John G.: CLOTH MAPS CHARTS AND BLOOD CHITS OF WORLD WAR 2. see also : escape-maps.Asiatic_Series Barbara Bond article: MI0'S ESCAPE AND EVASION MAPPING PROGRAMME 1939-1945: pearl dot plymouth.ac.uk Both the above have copious bibliogrphies on the subject. RAF WW2 E & E MAPS: see escape-maps. . . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 38008901
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[War Office]
Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army Including the Militia 1900
London: H. M. S. O. 1900. 1st edition. Very Good. lge. octavo. orig. cloth vii 118 79pp. b/w pls. text ills. Some chips to b/w plates with one clipped. Small stain on front board o/w a nice tight bright copy H. M. S. O. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 72778
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[War Office; General Staff]
Handbook of the Russian Army 1940
London: Imperial War Museum / Battery Press 1998. 1st edition. As New. octavo. orig. dec. cloth 327 38 35pp. b/w plates text ills. index Fine facsimile edition of the 1940/44 originals. A very nice item Imperial War Museum / Battery Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 75188
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[WAR OFFICE, GREAT BRITIAN] [RAF MAP]
HONG KONG AND CANTON. Edition I-GSGS. COLD WAR MAPS Two R.A.F. Cloth Maps Colo
London 1957 Geographical Section General Staff. Cloth folding map opens to 76.5 x 69.5 cm. folds down to be ca. 10 x 12 cm. color printed on two sides brillantly clean sharp no marks in collector's condition. R A R E . . . . . CLOTH MAPS OF HONG KONG & CANTON . . This is a lovely pair of very clean bright undamaged color folding cloth maps. . HONG KONG: Shows from 114 degrees west to 122 degrees east 22 degrees south to 24 degrees north with a large inset of Taiwan Formosa at the lower right. The eastern coast of china is at the left with a black dotted line outlining the area of Hong Kong including Lamma Island up to Yen T'ien-tung. The upper portion of the map shows Fukien down to Hong Kong the far left shows the Hui-yang and all of the Eastern coast from Hong Kong up to Li-shih Lieh-Tao Islands aka. Rees Islands near Fou T'ou Wan bay and a good part of Guangdong province. . CANTON: Shows a large inset at the lower right of Hainan Tao island. Shows from 108 degrees west to 114 degrees east and 18 degrees south to 24 degrees North. Essentially a large part of Guangdong province. Canton is at the upper right area with Macao and the Shih-tzu Yang estuary river up to Canton and at the far left is Pei-hai and Jen yin Ling touching the eastern part of Kwangsi province up to Canton and Chiu-Chiang and down the coast to Hong Kong all the islands as well. . KEY: The key shows the scale as 1:1000000 miles kilometers with a reference key legend shows all landmarks symbols roads railway lines canals rivers wells water pipe lines contours and other prominent features. all of the small cities villages mountains rivers roads and times ahead of G.M.T. . RARITY OF THE MAP This map is a relic of the Cold War issued to British Royal Air Force pilots and crew. Seldom brought home due to the "Restricted" nature of the map which is imprinted in red both at the top and bottom. All such maps were checked out from the flight line then returned after return to the airbase. "Restricted" is printed in red on both sides. QUITE RARE ! . PRINTED ON TWO SIDES The map is printed on both sides. . CONDITION: This map is flawless no defects marks or blemishes whatsoever. Exceptionally brilliant and clean collector's condition. . SHARED BY THE AMERICANS AND BRITISH FLIERS AND AIR CREW: This map and others like it were also used by the "FLYING TIGERS" during the fight against the Japanese prior to World War II in 1937 through the end in 1945. . This map and many similar to it were part of the items issued to "FLYING TIGER" pilots and "A.V.G." "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP' pilots. They were often tied around the neck to keep them warm while flying. . PART OF THE ESCAPE AND EVASION KIT: The map also had an Annual Magnetic Change compass miles scale kilometers nautical miles 1:1000000 altitudes of land mass legend or key to symbols roads towns cities rivers mountains and an index to boundaries. This map was part of the U.S. Army Air Force & Naval flyers "E & E" survival kit Escape and Evasion printed on thick nylon parachute cloth. These maps were often worn by fighter and other air crew members as scarves to insure they would be with the downed airman if/when his plane or he had to parachute out into the sea or over land. . SURVIVAL KIT: Each air crew member carried among other survival supplies a .38 or .45 caliber pistol survival knife a signal mirror stainless steel or glass compass and some basic food rations fishing kit water purification tablets along with minor medical supplies; the whole kit was tucked into the pant pocket of the flight suit. . The majority of these perishable maps have been lost during the Korean War and few if any others survived the attrition rate of war time and climate prevented many from ever being brought back home. This map was issued to fliers to insure downed fliers had some chance to navigate their way back to friendly forces. . . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 32055801
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[WAR OFFICE, GREAT BRITIAN]
MANDALAY AND RANGOON. Two R.A.F. Cloth Maps Printed Both Sides.
London 1957 Geographical Section General Staff. Cloth folding map opens to 86.5 x 60 cm. folds down to be ca. 10 x 13 cm. color printed on two sides brilliantly clean sharp no marks in collector's condition. R A R E . . . . This is a lovely pair of very clean bright undamaged color folding cloth maps. 1. MANDALAY: This shows from 20 degrees south to 24 degrees north and 96 degrees west to 102 degrees east. Shows from Yamethin at lower left across Meng-lieh Chiang-Cheng Mandalay at the center left and all the rest of the country north and east of there. Shows the Irrawaddy Mekong and other rivers. Shows Mo-chiang T'a-Lang at upper right corner. . 2. RANGOON: Showing from lower left corner 96 degrees west to 102 degrees east 16 degrees south to 20 degrees north. The Gulf of Martaban Laos at the extreme right edge. Toungoo at upper right Home of the A.V.G. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP aka. "FLYING TIGERS." Moulmien and lower right Mekong river from top to bottom center and the Mekong river at the right near Laos Mae Haun Saun Mau T'au Wang Mak Khaun Rahaeng Thani Sukhothai Phitsanulok Uttradit Phrae Lampang Lamphun Chiang Mai Mae Haun Saun Muang Nan Pak La Phitsanulok. Essentially the map drifts from Burma at the left through Thailand and Laos showing the main cities and all of the smaller villages. . KEY: The key shows the scale as 1:1000000 miles kilometers with a reference key legend shows all landmarks symbols roads railway lines canals rivers wells water pipe lines contours and other prominent features. all of the small cities villages mountains rivers roads and times ahead of G.M.T. . RARITY OF THE MAP This map is a relic of the Cold War issued to British Royal Air Force pilots and crew. Seldom brought home due to the "Restricted" nature of the map which is imprinted in red both at the top and bottom. All such maps were checked out from the flight line then returned after return to the airbase. "Restricted is printed in red on both sides. QUITE RARE ! . PRINTED ON TWO SIDES The map is printed on both sides . CONDITION: This map is flawless no defects marks or blemishes whatsoever. Exceptionally brilliant and clean collector's condition. . RED BY THE AMERICANS AND BRITISH FLIERS AND AIR CREW: This map and others like it were also used by the "FLYING TIGERS" during the fight against the Japanese prior to World War II in 1937 through the end in 1945. . This map and many similar to it were part of the items issued to "FLYING TIGER" pilots and A.V.G. "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP' pilots. They were often tied around the neck to keep them warm while flying. . PART OF THE ESCAPE AND EVASION KIT: The map also had an Annual Magnetic Change compass miles scale kilometers nautical miles 1:1000000 altitudes of land mass legend or key to symbols roads towns cities rivers mountains and an index to boundaries. This map was part of the U.S. Army Air Force & Naval flyers "E & E" survival kit Escape and Evasion printed on thick nylon parachute cloth. These maps were often worn by fighter and other air crew members as scarves to insure they would be with the downed airman if/when his plane or he had to parachute out into the sea or over land. . SURVIVAL KIT: Each air crew member carried among other survival supplies a .38 or .45 caliber pistol survival knife a signal mirror stainless steel or glass compass and some basic food rations fishing kit water purification tablets along with minor medical supplies; the whole kit was tucked into the pant pocket of the flight suit. . The majority of these perishable maps have been lost during the Korean War and few if any others survived the attrition rate of war time and climate prevented many from ever being brought back home. This map was issued to fliers to insure downed fliers had some chance to navigate their way back to friendly forces. . Color photos are posted to our website. . . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 32055701
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[WAR OFFICE]
Sketch Map of Arabia.
London: Intelligence Division War Office Geographical Section 1906. 490 by 475mm 19.25 by 18.75 inches. British map charting the progress of the Hejaz Railway Colour printed lithographed map. Produced by the War Office Intelligence Division in 1906 the present map depicts the Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of the twentieth century with an inset map of 'Koweit and Surrounding Country'. During this period the Ottoman Empire maintained control over most of the peninsula which was a mosaic of tribal rulers subject to Ottoman suzerainty. Throughout the nineteenth century the Al Saud strove to regain the control that they had briefly held at the beginning of the century. By 1891 however they had been defeated by their Al Rashid rivals who cooperated closely with the Ottomans and were driven into exile in Kuwait. Of the tributary Arab states the Sharif of Mecca was the most important who ruled the western Hejaz region where the important cities of Mecca and Medina are located. In 1900 the Ottomans had initiated the project of building a railway line between Damascus and Medina passing through the Hejaz. From the beginning however the railway line was subject to attacks from local Arab tribes and although no one of these was ever particularly successful they caused considerable difficulties for Turks posted to the project. Nonetheless by the time the present map was produced a significant length of tracks had been laid through Hejaz indicated by the solid black line and the rest of the track planned down to Medina. The following year the line reached Al-'Ula and amid the celebration of this achievement a group of Harb tribesmen began a small rebellion with the hope of halting the project. Their attempt ultimately failed and by 1908 the line between Damascus and Medina had been completed. At the outset of the twentieth century the British presence in the Arabian Peninsula was concerned primarily with maintaining access to British India protecting the Suez Canal supporting the declining Ottoman power against the threat posed by Russia guaranteeing an oil supply from the Middle East administering protectorates in present-day Yemen Oman and the United Arab Emirates and enforcing its naval role in the Mediterranean. At this time railways were widely considered an indispensable tool in administering gaining and buttressing power not only in this region but across the world. This is probably why the present map which was made some time earlier was revised and updated in 1906 with the changes recently made to the Hejaz Railway: "Corrections July 1905; Railways revised Sept 1906". It also shows other transport routes as well as regional boundaries numerous significant cities and settlements and relief indicated by hachures. Furthermore in the lower left-hand corner there is an inset map showing Kuwait and parts of the surrounding areas. Kuwait had become a British protectorate in 1899 and remained so until 1961. Along the lower edge of the map beneath the list of agents licensed to sell it is a manuscript signature in black ink which is likely by the same hand as the annotations found on the map across parts of Hejaz. Provenance: Annotations adding place-names in black ink. [Intelligence Division, War Office] Geographical Section, unknown
书商的参考编号 : 17633
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[War Office]
The Army List for May 1814
London: Printed by C. Rowarth 1814. 1st edition. Very Good. small octavo. 1/4 leather 108pp. Interesting Army list from the Napoleonic era. Includes officers of the Foreign Corps serving with the Army in France & Spain. With a list of officers killed wounded and missing serving under WellingtonÕs command at Toulouse March & April 1814 and during a sortie by the Bayonne Garrison 14th April 1814. Worn 1/4 leather spine over marbled boards internally very good retaining original salmon wrappers. Front hinge weak & some ownership signatures o/w a nice item. Scarce Printed by C. Rowarth hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 67999
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[War Office]
User Handbook for Bridgelayer Centurion Mk 5 1962
London: War Office 1962. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. card covers 189pp. b/w plates text ills. diags. appendix WO Code No. 13382. Fine technical manual with many text illusts. & folding diagrams. Original manuals are scarce War Office unknown
书商的参考编号 : 88454
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[War Ration Books].
United States of America War Ration Books.
Eight partially used ration coupon books from World War II. Includes stamps and instructions books 1-4 for two people. Includes original envelope some remaining stamps. Envelope with a couple of tears and some staining normal aging and some staining ink identification information on books. Two sets of ration coupon books books I-IV in the original envelope for Basil and Lena Brooks of Binghamton New York. Some of the stamps have been used but many still remain. Government instructions on how to use the stamps is included and warns the recipients "if you don't need it Don't Buy it." Government Printing Office,
书商的参考编号 : 101550
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[War Resisters League]
The Conscientious Objector
New York: War Resisters League 1945. Very good. Fifty-two issues plus editor's circular letter. Each regular issue 8pp. on newsprint folded as issued. Minor even toning overall occasional minor edge wear or chipping. Significant collection of The Conscientious Objector a monthly newspaper issued throughout the period of the Second World War by the War Resisters League the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States. A legion of issues are covered in the pages of these newspapers including the military draft reports on the treatment of conscientious objectors around the country legal cases involving pacifists reports on Japanese conscientious objectors articles on women draft resisters and much much more. Many of the articles concern conscientious objectors living at a variety of Civilian Public Service CPS camps established during World War II camps that interned citizens who claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought conscience or religion. During these years the League was heavily involved in attempts to achieve the release of all conscientious objectors from works camps and imprisonment and to obtain amnesty for those found guilty of violating the Selective Service Act. One of the more interesting articles in the present collection published in the September 1942 issue is headlined "Indian Movement an Inspiration for Negro Aims in America." The editor's circular which accompanies the issues here details some of the work of the WRL and asks for subscriptions. The following issues are offered here:<br /> <br /> Vol. II Nos. 4 and 5.<br /> Vol. III Nos. 1 2 3 4 and 7.<br /> Vol. IV Nos. 1 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12.<br /> Vol. V Nos. 1 2 5 6 8 9 10 11 and 12 plus a single broadside extra dated August 6 1943.<br /> Vol. VI Nos. 1-12 complete year.<br /> Vol. VII Nos. 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 and 11. <br /> Vol. VIII Nos. 1-5. War Resisters League unknown
书商的参考编号 : 4497
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[WAR RESISTERS' INTERNATIONAL]
The War Resisters' International: Letters Coming Through the Barriers
New York: War Resisters League ca 1940s. Oblong octavo 14cm x 21cm. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 24pp. Early date stamp Mar 9 -1946 to front cover; else clean and unmarked; Very Good. Frontispiece group portrait captioned "The Last Conference of the War Resisters' International." <br /> <br /> Reprints letters from international correspondents to the London headquarters of War Resisters' International all dated 1942-43. This is an American reprint with imprint of the War Resisters' League at base of rear wrapper. Undated but given context likely a wartime publication. Not separately catalogued under either publisher in OCLC. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 62045
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[WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL] MUKAI, Kou
What Is Non-Violent Direct Action Wrapper Title
Osaka: War Resisters International Japan Group 1975. Oblong 12mo. Staple-bound mimeographed wrappers; 42pp. Fine. ".digest of the first part of an article entitled 'A Note on Contemporary Violence' which first appeared in Japanese in the collection Anakizumu to Gendai Anarchism and Our Times. Translation by Wat Tyler of the Libero International Editorial Collective . an English-Language magazine focussing on issues concerning anarchism in Asia also published in Osaka" from inside front cover. OCLC 2 copies Swarthmore IISH. War Resisters International Japan Group unknown
书商的参考编号 : 44088
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[War; Crimea] J H
Original art work: Officer of the 10th Prince of Wales's Own Hussars outside Sevastopol
1850. Very good condition. A wonderful watercolor of a British cavalry officer at the siege of Sevastopol signed "J.H." at the lower right. Perhaps the original study for the finished painting by Richard Simkin stance and details are identical to Simkin's image britishcavalryregiments.com/30-10h/10h5.jpg depicting the officer from the back turning in the saddle to his right his uniform and the horse's tack are painted in lavish and painstaking detail down to the studs on the bridle. This artwork predates Simkin's work.<br /> <br /> On the outbreak of war in the Crimea 1854-56 the 10th Hussars left India and traveled to the Black Sea but luckily were not part of Cardigan's charge of the Light Brigade avoiding the battle of Balaclava which took place in October of 1854. The regiment was heavily involved in the siege of Sevastopol and the triumphant battles of Eupatoria and Kerch.<br /> <br /> The Regiment returned to England in 1856 and in 1863 the 10th The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars again had a Prince of Wales as their colonel this was Prince Edward later King Edward VII. The 10th Hussars are credited with introducing polo to England having learned it in India when a captain in the 10th Hussars observed a match and immediately formed a team with his fellow officers.<br /> <br /> 9 3/4 x 11 3/4". Overall tanned slight water mark in area above the soldier's head. Painted on card stock. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23691
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[WARTIME PROPAGANDA - GLORIES OF WAR].
プロパガンダ紙風船. Puropaganda kamifūsen. Propaganda Paper Balloons.
Japan. Circa 1942. Colour illustrations 3 origami "balloons" 15 x 7cm very good. The first balloon features bold illustrations of warships soldiers in combat and artillery pieces transforming a simple toy into a celebration of military might. The second displays award-winning slogans from a 1942 national propaganda competition including the infamous "欲しがりません勝つまでは" "We shall not ask for anything until victory is won"—a mantra of homefront sacrifice. Most chilling is the third balloon's juxtaposition: cheerful scenes of children playing with pigeons are undercut by ominous warnings like "spies are on the train and everywhere" revealing how paranoia infiltrated even innocent imagery. . unknown
书商的参考编号 : 218445
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[Washington] [World War I]
Washington State Scrap-Book 1908-World War I era
State of Washington: n.a. 1923. Scrapbook. Good. Oblong folio sized string tied scrapbook. 24 pages used for pasted down news clippings photographs etc. from the Tacoma and Seattle Washington areas. Light shelf and edge wear to the covers. <br /> <br /> Articles dates range from 1908 to 1923. Contents include a group photograph of World War I soldiers; a group in an open car; man sitting on a horse; political articles; economy; labor unions; laundry industry; and more. n.a. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 34690
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[Weapons Systems] [Cold War] Space Technology Laboratories, Inc
Public Relations Folder with Original Photographs Detailing U.S. Ballistic Missile Development
Los Angeles: Space Technology Laboratories Inc 1960. 11x8.5" printed folder containing thirteen 8x10 photos with captions sheets. Some adhesive offsetting to versos light edge wear to images folder with a few light stains. <br /> <br /> An evocative corporate press kit issued at the height of the early Space Age documenting the research programs of the Thor Atlas and Titan missile systems and their overlap with emerging space research. Photos include launch scenes missile installations experimental apparatuses animal test subjects etc. Space Technology Laboratories was the advanced research arm of what would be Thompson Ramo Woolridge Inc. TRW after the merger in 1958. An uncommon Cold War PR piece offering a revealing view of military technology early space exploration and mid-century scientific messaging. Space Technology Laboratories, Inc unknown
书商的参考编号 : 9760
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[WELTGESCHICHTE ] - HADAMOVSKY (EUGEN) -
WELTGESCHICHTE IM STURMSCHRITT.
Munchen, Zentralverlag der nsdap franz eher nachf, 1939 ; in-8, 346 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. 2 auflage- tampon.
书商的参考编号 : 200803012
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[West Point; Revolutionary War]
Centennial Home Insurance Company. Calendar
New York: Kronheim & Co 1876. Very good condition. Finely printed chromolithographed 12 page calendar with Revolutionary War depictions which includes a cover illustration of George Washington at Valley Forge 1778 and a view from Garrison's North Redoubt on the Hudson River looking towards West Point. The view is captioned "West Point -- with its Fortifications & c. 1780". A full page of text printed on the verso describes West Point in 1780. <br /> <br /> The calendar was created as a trade souvenir to be distributed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Each month in this lavishly illustrated and gilt decorated calendar with titled illustration has a b&w verso of text or woodcut illustration of buildings at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. <br /> <br /> Kronheim & Co. was founded by the German born lithographer and wood engraver Joseph Martin Kronheim who is noted for working with George Baxter the English printed credited with the invention of commercially viable color printing.<br /> <br /> 5 1/4 x 7 3/4". 13pp string bound. Lavishly printed with gilt highlights the colors fresh and intense. OCLC: 341180480 records one copy at University of Massachusetts Boston. Kronheim & Co unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23626
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[WEYGAND] - HIRTZ (Georges).-
Weygand. Années 1940-1965. Témoignage.
2003 Sans lieu, L'Auteur, 2003, in 8° broché, 263 pages ; couverture rempliée illustrée.
书商的参考编号 : 78214
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[WHEATLEY Major J. M.)]
History of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914-1919 [Part I: The Regular Battalions Part II: The Territorial Battalions Part III: The Service Battalions.]
First edition, small 4to, 3 parts in one, 306; 152; 64pp., 3 large folding maps to rear (one with a closed tear), plans within the text, orig. green publishers cloth, a little worn and stained.
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[Wiese, Illus, World War II] Stong Phil
MISSOURI CANARY
New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1943. First edition. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white by Kurt Weise. Tall 8vo in the original pictorially decorated paper-covered boards backed in black cloth illustrated endpapers in the original dustjacket. 78pp. A fine copy with just a little rubbing along the bottom board edge unobtrusive former owner's stamp on the front free-fly the jacket is bright and clean and fully intact with only trivial mellowing at the edges and folds. SCARCE IN DUSTJACKET AN ENTERTAINING WORLD WAR TWO CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CALDECOTT HONOR WINNER KURT WIESE.<br> In this fast-moving and funny adventure two boys and their mule the titular Missouri Canary get involved with a troop of Army soldiers in town for combat training. This is one of several books by the combined talents of Phil Stong and Kurt Weise published during and about the Second World War. Children's books such as these played an important role in maintaining good morale on the home front. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33741
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[Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), war poet; Rev Norman Print, Vicar of Dunsden; Catherine Winkworth; John Stallworthy; D J Enright; Rob
Wilfred Owen war poet. Printed ‘Order of Service for the dedication of a memorial to Wilfred Owen 1893-1918’. with readers including Ted Hughes Geoffrey Hill D. J. Enright Jon Stallworthy Jill Balcon
‘All Saints Church Dunsden at 2.30 p.m. on 12 November 1978 Remembrance Sunday’. A nice association with a man widely regarded as the greatest English poet of the First World War and a scarce item of which not many copies can have been printed and no other copy has been traced. 4pp 8vo. Bifolium on laid paper. In fair condition lightly aged with slight creasing at head. Explanatory note on final page begins: ‘The memorial to Wilfred Owen is cut on Portland stone by Michael Harvey from lettering drawn by Reynolds Stone CBE RDI. / The graves of Tom and Susan Owen the poet’s father and mother and of his sister Mary are in the south-east corner of the churchyard. / Tea will be served by the ladies of the parish after the service at the old vicarage now called The Glebe House where Wilfred Owen lived from 20 October 1911 to 7 February 1913 while acting as lay assistant to the Rev. Herbert Wigan. A small display of books by and about Owen may be seen there.’ The two central pages give the order of service beginning with the text of Catherine Winkworth’s translation of Rinkart’s ‘Now thank we all our God’. A list of the readings follows with Owen’s biographer Jon Stallworthy speaking about ‘Wilfred Owen at Dunsden’ and Ian Parsons about ‘Wilfred Owen as Poet’. Letters by Owen to his mother ‘The Sentry’ and ‘The Send-Off’ are read by Stallworthy the actress Jill Balcon D. J. Enright and Peter Owen. The poets Ted Hughes Geoffrey Hill and Robert Gittings read poems by Owen and extracts from letters. The memorial is dedicated by the Bishop of Oxford and there is a ‘Bidding Prayer’ by Rev. Norman Print Vicar of Dunsden. ‘All Saints Church Dunsden at 2.30 p.m. on 12 November 1978 Remembrance Sunday’. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 24693
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[William Mann] [Mexican War] [Pennsylvania]
1851 Letter from William Mann Mexican War Veteran requesting pension attorney Col. William S. Amweg for his help in obtaining funds for his military service
Georgetown: n/a 1851. Letter. Good. Letter. Approx. 8" x 10". 1 page of writing. Paper previously removed from a glass frame. Tissue repairs on the edges. Paper has multiple folds. According to a note found on the back of the glass frame William Mann addressed this letter to Col. William S. Amweg a pension attorney near Lancaster Pennsylvania area in the years 1849-1851. The number 200 is written top of the paper. Unfortunately the note affixed to the back of the frame is now missing. Col. Amweg's name is not found in this document.<br /> <br /> The letter transcribed as best as possible reads: "Georgetown June 8 1851 Sir Having heard not reading that there was an appropriation being made for the last legislative body appropriating a sum of $30000 dollars for defraying the expenses of the First & Second Pennsylvania volunteers in Mexico and not being to the whole circumstance belonging to the Co. of First Pennsylvania Ridgement under Colonel Wincape and Lt. Col. Samuel Black therefore I wish you to intercede for me and lose nothing. I have great acquaintances in your place Rea Frarer Jones B. Canfuier Dr. Casally &c. which will certify that I was there. Reece was there also. The reference would be to Brigadier General John Bennet of Philadelphia who was my captain in Mexico and who would be a friend in need. Just ask for I cannot say much at present but request an answer respecting these things and oblige yours most respectively William Mann. P.S. I would inform you that when I landed in Philadelphia I was sickly and destitute of friends that I sold my discharge papers for the sake of getting home decently and therefore have no certificate to show but making reference to General Bennet Jr. can be had nothing more at present but remain yours &c William Mann. Excuse my bad spelling for I am no scholar. Please direct to post office. n/a unknown
书商的参考编号 : 35415
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[Williamson, Henry]
The Gold Falcon or The Haggard Of Love
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1933. First American Edition. HB. Blue cloth blindstamped falcon on front cover and gilt lettering with falcon on spine 8vo 425 pp. No marks in book binding tight. Page 415 has an 1 1/2" tear at bottom not affecting any text. Covers faded around edges and spine. In an unclipped $2.50 tan dust jacket with red lettering and a gilt falcon on front panel publisher's ads on rear panel. Dust jacket shows some sunning to spine minor chipping to top and bottom of spine. Book condition VG in VG DJ. Post World War I novel by this prolific English author. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover
书商的参考编号 : EZ6152
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[WISSEMBOURG, GUERRE 1870]
Le monument français de Wissembourg.
Strasbourg, Imprimerie alsacienne-Lorraine , 1910 ; in-8, 165 pp., br. Aux soldats français morts pour la patrie. Préface du général Bonnal. Broché en bon état - 1er plat COIN DU HAUT UN PEU SALIS , sinon bel état.
书商的参考编号 : 202001614
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[WOBBLIES -- WORLD WAR I, WASHINGTON STATE].
In the service: the Great World War honor roll Southwest Washington.
Centralia WA: Published by F.H. Cole Printing Co. 1920. Tall 8vo. 216 pp. plus 18 pp. illustrated sponsor’s advertisements. Illustrated title with American eagle holding red white & blue flag in one claw with numerous photographic collage plates plates 1 large folding plate of Lewis County Company M. Illustrated dark khaki-coloured softcovers yapp edges gilt lettering on front cover illust. of American eagle holding flag minor edgewear rubbing still a NF copy w/ 5 photos of Sergeant Roy Strom 1897-1981 longtime salesman for Tidwater Oil Company in Tumwater WA and his buddies in France laid-in 1 of them a Real Photo Postcard w/ annotations on back identifying all of the soldiers. First edition of this exceedingly scarce history of the Southwest Washington doughboys in World War I with emphasis on Company M from the 161st Infantry. Of particular interest is the dramatic account of the fierce episode which amounted to a war of extermination of the IWW--the Centralia case. By slaying some members of Centralia Washington Legionnaires on parade on Armistice Day 1919 the Wobbly loggers managed to ignite a firestorm which destroyed the IWW as a Union. The community backlash resulted in the lynching of Wesley Everest a Wobbly organizer as well as a drive by the American Legion to raise funds by for the killed soldiers and for the Legion by publishing this Unit History and furthermore hiring Lampman -- a Portland Oregonian reporter -- to write the famed anti-IWW polemic Centralia tragedy and trial. In addition this World War I local Unit history includes an extensive section on the American Red Cross and the nurses from Centralia & Chehalis who served in France with the American Expeditionary Force. See: Copeland The Centralia Tragedy of 1919: Elmer Smith and the Wobblies pp. 88-99. Published by F.H. Cole Printing Co., paperback
书商的参考编号 : 52138
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[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II]. ELLIS, Jean M & DINGMAN, Isabel
Face powder and gunpowder. Illustrated by Jack Hambleton.
Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co. Ltd. 1947. 8vo. 229 1 pp. Illust. title page numerous illustrations. Red cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Hambleton minor rubbing edgewear still NF/VG copy inscribed by the author to her husband Kenneth Osborne Wright 1911-2002 noted Canadian astrophysicist. First Canadian edition stated & inscribed of this memoir of serving with the Canadian Red Cross Corps during World War II. The writes about “dodging bombs in London or shells in Normandy; writing letters for wounded men or learning to bathe in a basin†all while caring for wounded soldiers in hospital wards and maintaining morale. S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co., Ltd., hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 57876
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[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR I]. McKENNA, Marthe [Mathilde Cnockaert].
I was a spy!
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1933. 8vo. 288 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates illustrations. Quarter-black cloth over photo-pictorial boards cover art images of WWI rubbing & wear to lower fore-edge very minor bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. photo cover art of images from World War I minor edgewear creasing VG-/VG copy. Second printing of this remarkable memoir recounting the World War I espionage adventures of this Belgian nurse working at a German military hospital in Roulers and passing on information to British Intelligence during the war. She was eventually captured after a sabotage bombing of an ammunition depot and served two years as a prisoner-of-war rather than being executed due to having received prior the Iron Cross from the German Army. Robert M. McBride & Co., hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 53800
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[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II]. PHILLIPS, Claire & GOLDSMITH, Myron B
Manila espionage. . . by. . . High-Pockets.
Portland OR: Binfords & Mort 1947. 8vo. 8 226 pp. Pictorial light blue publisher’s cloth w/ artwork reproducing the cover art of the dustjacket blue & white minor rubbing shelfwear slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. minor chipping head & foot of spine couple minor closed tears some age toning still VG/G- copy inscribed by Claire Phillips on the ffep. First edition signed of this rare and exciting story of Claire Phillips --an Oregon Native -- who married an American officer before the fall of Bataan opened a nightclub became a spy fought for the Philippine Underground and was eventually captured and tortured at the notorious Bilibid Prison near the Cabanatuan Prison Camp. In January 1945 she was liberated by American Forces and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1951. This was made into the movie I was an American spy starring Ann Dvorak Gene Evans Richard Loo and directed by Lesley Selander. Binfords & Mort, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 55077
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[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR I]. McKENNA, Marthe [Mathilde Cnockaert].
Spies I knew.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1934. 8vo. xx 21-266 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates illustrations. Orange cloth silver lettering w/ d.j. photo cover art of images from World War I minor chipping head & foot of spine dustsoiling still NF/VG- copy. Second edition of this rousing sequel to “I was a spy†recounting the World War I espionage adventures of the six spies the author mostly closely interacted with while working as a nurse for the Germans and passing on information to British Intelligence during the war. Robert M. McBride & Co., hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 53799
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[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II AVIATION]. RICKMAN, Sarah Byrn; SCOTT, Dorothy
WASP of the Ferry Command: women pilots uncommon deeds. Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas; Finding Dorothy Scott: letters of a WASP pilot.
Denton & Lubbock TX: Univ. of North Texas; Texas Tech University Press 2016. Two vols. 8vo. xvii 5 440; xxiii 1 245 1 pp. Frontisp. in 2nd vol. with photo illustrations throughout. 1st vol. w/ blue boards black lettering & 2nd w/ half-beige cloth over Army green metallic green lettering both with d.j.’s NF/NF set. First edition 1st printing of both volumes detailing the careers personal lives and extensive training of the over 1100 women aviators flying as WASP ferry pilots during World War II. They delivered over 72 different aircraft logged 115000 flight hours and were crucial in the delivery of P-51 P-47 and P-39 fighter aircraft to the European theatre. Dorothy Scott was one of the pioneering women aviators initially known as WAFS Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron and died in a mid-air crash at the age of 23 in Dec. 1943 over California delivering a P-39 fighter aircraft. Univ. of North Texas; Texas Tech University Press, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 61378
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[WOMEN -- WORLD WAR I]. THERESE, Josephine (pseud).
With Old Glory in Berlin: the story of a young American girl who went to Germany as a music student in the fall of nineteen sixteen lived in Berlin for thirteen months and made her escape eight months after America had entered the conflict.
Boston: The Page Co. 1918. Tall 8vo. xii 4 319 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 16 photo plates. Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art of young girl peeking out through window at passing German soldiers lettering in red & gilt very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art of woman in red white & blue holding shield & sword w/ running German soldier chipping & tears to upper fore-edge some lettering perished minor chipping to spine dustsoiling still NF/G- copy. First edition of this pseudonymous memoir recounting a young woman’s experiences studying with the Berlin Opera from 1916 to early 1918 when she manages to return back home to Boston MA. She recounts recurring and arbitrary restrictions curfews expired documents Americans summarily executed in police stations struggles while studying music fending off suitors until finally securing an admirer’s assistance to obtain a precious Norwegian passport and visas to return to the U.S. Very scarce with original dustjacket. The Page Co., hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 60116
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[Women's History – Medicine – Crimean War – Early Photography] Kilburn, William Edward [Nightingale, Florence]
Carte-de-Visite Portrait of Florence Nightingale
N.p. 1870. Carte After the original photograph by William Edward Kilburn 1818–1891 taken circa 1854 with later CDV issue probably circa 1870s. Albumen print mounted on card; sitter identified in print beneath image. Standard carte-de-visite format approximately 2½ x 4 inches. Excellent contrast with light surface wear. Seated three-quarter portrait of Nightingale in dark silk dress with white collar hands folded over a paper posed beside an upholstered Victorian chair. The image derives from a sitting arranged in London with William Edward Kilburn one of Britain’s early professional photographers and a former daguerreotypist who gained fame by exhibiting at the Great Exhibition of 1851. By the early 1850s Kilburn had established a reputation for photographing members of the aristocracy and prominent public figures.<br /> <br /> The Nightingale sitting happened shortly before her departure for the Crimea in October 1854 at a moment when her name was just entering the public press. The portrait predates her full transformation into the national icon later known as the “Lady with the Lamp.†Unlike later more romanticized images Kilburn’s photograph presents a composed unsentimental likeness more consistent with standard portraiture practices than her later photographs. Following Nightingale’s wartime service at Scutari 1854–1856 and the subsequent surge of public acclaim Kilburn’s image became the primary photographic source from which engravings lithographs and later carte-de-visite reproductions were made.1<br /> <br /> 1 Denis Pellerin “Florence Nightingale: The Mystery Behind Her Iconic Photographs†The Classic November 15 2020 https://theclassicphotomag.com/florence-nightingale-the-mysteries-behind-her-iconic-photographs/ accessed February 27 2026. unknown
书商的参考编号 : List36105
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[Women's History - World War II – Women's Army Corps – VE Day – Pacific Theater] Bremer, Mary J; Miller, June; Melotte, John
Collection of a Women’s Army Corps Technician Concerning VE Day Reassignment to the Pacific Theater and Processions for Roosevelt and Eisenhower with Lyrical Descriptions of Paris on V-E Day
Paris France; and Washington D.C. 1945. Six 8 x 10 inch and smaller typed pages; one 4 x 5 inch card with two tickets; one twenty-six page 4 x 5.5 inch pamphlet; one six page 6 x 8.5 inch pamphlet; six 2.5 x 3.5 photographs and two 3 x 4.5 inch photographs. Of the printed matter most is affixed to paper some small tears and folds; overall excellent; photographs near fine. Mary J. Bremer 1917–2019 was a Technician fourth grade from Grant Township Nebraska. Her correspondents here include June Miller 1920–deceased an aviation cadet from Michigan and John Melotte 1919–deceased an artilleryman from Philadelphia. Bremer and Miller were members of the Women’s Army Corps WAC. Established in May of 1942 as the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps the WAC converted to active duty in July of 1943. The women of WAC known as Wacs served in noncombatant roles across the various theaters of World War II.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a small archive of Bremer’s documents and photographs relating to WAC: a few letters including a description of Paris the day after the Nazi surrender; two pamphlets including the War Department pamphlet Two down and One to go –; and a collection of photographs of Eisenhower’s victory parade and Roosevelt’s funeral procession.<br /> <br /> On April 12 1945 President Roosevelt died of a stroke in Warm Springs Georgia. His body was returned to Washington two days later and a military procession escorted it from the train station to the White House. Two photographs of the funeral procession are included in the archive. One showing a woman at the start of a section of the parade is identified verso as “WACs led by Capt. Machenâ€.<br /> <br /> The following month the Nazis surrendered. Bremer’s friend June Miller was stationed in Paris at the time. She wrote to Bremer the next day describing the celebration:<br /> “It began the night before when we stood on the roof and watched the flares go off all over the city--just like the 4th of July; the Sacred Couer was blazing with lights and it looked like a miniature fairy-land. Last night all the famous old buildings including the Arc d’Triumph was all lit up the fountains in the parks at Concord in front of the Trocadero--they were all going and the kids were wading and splashing around having the time of their life. It was really something to see--something the French had been waiting a long time for. “Fini le guerre†they kept saying--the end of the war!â€<br /> <br /> Miller also claims to have witnessed a bomber flying a celebratory loop through the Eiffel Tower:<br /> <br /> “When we came out of the Trocadéro the fountains were on and what a sight that is. Looking down over the water that looks like a miniature waterfall to the Eiffel Tower at the bottom of a small hill. And if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed that I saw a small bomber come through the bottom but that’s just what it did--and just did clear it too. The planes seemed to be going as wild as the people on the ground--they were so thick up there that pretty soon we thought surely something would happen.â€<br /> In June Dwight Eisenhower returned from Europe and a homecoming parade was held for him in Washington D.C. Six photographs of this parade are included in the archive including a shot of his plane arriving at the airport and one where he is visible standing in the back of a Jeep.<br /> <br /> Miller notes in her letter from Paris that “you wondered what was coming next; where we would go from here ‘cause in a sense there is still a war very definitely going onâ€. In fact John Melotte who seems to be Miller’s partner writes to Bremer that he “May be slated for that place they call the CBI but don’t tell June please. She does not want me to even mention the place in my letters so I let well enough alone†July 15 1945. Hostilities would continue in the CBI—the China-Burma-India theater—until September of that year.<br /> The process by which soldiers were selected to be sent to the Asia-Pacific theater is laid out in the War Department pamphlet Two down and One to go –. The pamphlet reminds them that there are still “a couple of big jobs ahead†the primary one being to “crush†or “smash†the “Japs†and the second one being to occupy and police “conquered lands . until the peril of future aggression is gone.†It is a visually striking piece with illustrations in a bold black and red color palette; its cover is a reproduction of a caricature of Hitler Mussolini and Hirohito by Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk.<br /> <br /> Also included in the archive are a card from a friend with tickets to an American League baseball game; a humorous poem congratulating Wacs Ruth O.B. and Lenore I. Nier on new work assignments; and a Christmas 1945 WAC pamphlet with a dinner menu and list of WAC officers. The pamphlet assures the Wacs with a note from Colonel Kenton Cooley “Before another Christmas you all will have returned to civilian life and each of you will take with you my appreciation and my sincere admiration for a great job well done.â€<br /> Of interest to scholars of women’s history especially in the military; and of the events leading up to the end of the Second World War. unknown
书商的参考编号 : List2747
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[WOMEN'S HISTORY & LITERATURE] [WORLD WAR II]
To The Anti-Fascist Women of The DobriÄko Region
Prokuplje: Prekomurac Printing House October 1945. 40cm x 30cm. Single sheet of newsprint style paper printed recto only with a printer's error to the bottom right corner where the paper has been folded over as it entered the press so a fragment of the text is printed in error to the verso. Some trifling toning to the edges otherwise a very good example indeed and an almost miraculous survival.<br /> <br /> Simultaneously a call to action a plea for political support and a memorial to the great deeds of the women of the DobriÄ Province during WW2 distributed by the People's Front Party and the Anti-Fascist Women's Front of what would become the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;<br /> <br /> "Mothers Wives Sisters and the Many Great Sons and Daughters of the Good Men who are Missed!" would be an approximate translation of the sub-heading. <br /> <br /> The main body of text printed in cyrillic goes on to list the wartime exploits of these women and less specifically their men; "We will never forget the sacrifice of the women from Dobrich who went day and night summer and winter throught the mountains and valleys of our region and brought our famous partisans clothes food ammuniotion and information. The ferocious occupier and his informants our home-grown traitors knew of these deeds and that is why they persecuted you women in particular. But neither prisons nor beatings nor camps nor shootings nor the burning of your houses truly swayed you from the right path for the good of The People." <br /> <br /> The text goes on to detail the immmediate post war collective efforts of these women; caring for the wounded adopting orphaned children and helping with the provincial administration both for the living and the dead. These actions it is maintained strengthened the People's Front to the point where it has become the only clear choice for the future of the region; the women of "Fighting DobriÄ" therefore must ensure their vote in the upcoming elections is cast for the People's Front so as to "elect worthy sons of the people as our representatives in the Constituent Assembly."<br /> The dense and rather understandably enthused broadsheet concludes with the patriotic cheer:<br /> <br /> "Long Live The People's Front!<br /> Long Live the First Free Elections in Our Country!<br /> Long Live Women's Rights and Freedoms!<br /> Long Live the Frontline Soldiers of the DobriÄki Section!<br /> Long Live Our Candidates!<br /> Long Live The Anti-Fascist Women's Front of Yugoslavia!"<br /> <br /> A courageous and uncompromising piece of antifascist ephemera from a region that was subject to a brutal Wehrmacht campaign assisted by local Chetnik collaborators and the UstaÅ¡e forces that was rightfully regarded as genocidal ethnic cleansing in post-war analyses. The Yugoslav Partisans however refused to capitulate and supported by an increasingly decimated local population fought relentlessly until the collapse of the Reich before victoriously proclaiming the foundation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. No examples of this piece appear in OCLC and no trace can be found of its distribution in the public record. Prekomurac Printing House unknown
书商的参考编号 : 84546
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[WOMEN] [WORLD WAR II]
Women's Work in the War. Women Stand Ready to Fill War Jobs; Control of Industrial Home Work in War Time; Standards for Lighting War-Production Plants; War Emergency Acts Affecting Women in Manufacturing
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1942. First Edition. Slim octavo 23cm; original printed wrappers stapled; 10pp. Mild wear and handling else Near Fine. Pamphlet issued as "Bulletin No.193" of the Women's Bureau U.S. Department of Labor highlighting the contributions of nearly 1.5 million newly-registered women in unemployment offices around the country. United States Government Printing Office unknown
书商的参考编号 : 50712
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[Women]: [Civil War]: Barton, Clara
Y.M.L.A. Miss Clara Barton. This Celebrated Woman Will Deliver Her Famous Lecture Work and Incidents of Army Life Before the Young Mens' Literary Association at Morrison. caption title
Morrison WI 1867. Broadside 26.75 x 20.25 inches printed on thin paper. Old folds some creasing edges occasionally a bit frayed with a few small nicks or tears a couple of minor losses along folds. Overall very good condition. A striking and seemingly unique surviving broadside advertising a January 26 1867 lecture by Clara Barton entitled "War & Incidents of Army Life" part of a popular post-Civil War lecture series she delivered across the United States. Barton spent two years touring and recounting her battlefield experiences which helped popularize her and fund her subsequent efforts to locate missing soldiers. The present lecture was delivered to the Young Men's Literary Association of Morrison Wisconsin at the local Concert Hall. In addition to the bold title containing the relevant information on the lecture and the information on obtaining tickets at the bottom much of the lower portion of the broadside prints several laudatory "Recommendations" from various entities in Indiana and other locations in Wisconsin including a January 7 1867 review from The Milwaukee Sentinel. Noted temperance lecturer John B. Gough also praises Barton's lecture stating that "I never heard anything more touching more thrilling in my life."<br /> <br /> Typographically the broadside is interesting for employing several sizes of fonts likely wooden type especially near the bottom of the Recommendations section where the printers needed to reduce the size of the font to fit in the entirety of a quote from The Daily Wisconsin as well as a line in the smallest font from the Concert Hall promoter noting that the foregoing group of recommendations is "enough" and praising Barton for her "noble character which she has won by her efforts to ameliorate the sufferings of our sick and disabled soldiers."<br /> <br /> Clara Barton 1821-1912 was a noted educator and humanitarian who helped distribute needed supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross. Barton garnered nationwide recognition for her efforts during the war and quickly became known as the "Angel of the Battlefield." After the war Barton's lecture tour brought her in contact with other notables of the day including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and also Frederick Douglass who involved her in the suffrage and civil rights movements respectively. In the Fall of 1866 Barton began to lecture on her Civil War experiences in lyceum halls churches town halls and schools. Though she never felt comfortable in front of an audience wherever she spoke Barton was well received. Her contemporary biographer Percy Epler wrote that "a tear-stained multitude thronged everywhere to hear her" as she had made it her mission to show not "the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they strew in their tracks; and how while they march on.some one must follow closely in their steps crouching to the earth faces bathed in tears and hands in blood. This is the side which history never shows."<br /> <br /> From 1866 through 1868 Barton delivered over 200 lectures throughout the northeast and midwest regarding her Civil War experiences. She shared platforms with other prominent figures including the aforementioned Douglass as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson William Lloyd Garrison and Mark Twain. She often earned $75 to $100 per lecture. Original broadsides advertising her lectures especially of this size are exceedingly rare to say the least. We could locate just a single result in auction records of a much smaller example and OCLC reports just one institutional holding of any Barton lecture broadside again much smaller for an 1867 event in New Haven located at the Library of Congress. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 13090
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[World Jewish Congress]
JEWISH COMMENT. VOL. II. NO. 23. OCTOBER 21, 1944. RESTORATION OF JEWISH RIGHTS: A STATEMENT OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS
Paper Wraps. 8vo. 4 pages. A statement from the World Jewish Congress, in light of the Nazis rise to power in Germany and the ensuing assault on Jewish rights, urged governments to undertake a four part rehabilitation of Jewish rights. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Two small tears to edge and loose crease down middle, but all text is clear. Very good condition. (HOLO2-47-3) .
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[WORLD MAP - WORLD WAR II]
World News of the Week. Monday Apr. 13 1942. Covering period Apr. 3 to Apr. 9. Military Edition.
Army Orientation Course. / News Map of the Week Inc. Volume 4 No. 32. 13 April1942. Folding colour pictorial map on sheet 88 x 119 cms blank on verso inset maps two photographic diagrams and black and white photographic illustrations descriptive text top edge chipped a few short edge tears and lower corner torn no loss pinholes at the corners inoffensive tidemark at a lower corner in good condition. Colour world map showing political boundaries and military events of World War II from April 3 to 9 1942. with descriptive text beneath including: the loss of two British Cruisers off Ceylon; the occupation of Bataan by the Japanese and their landing on Manus; Japanese war tactics revealed by Malay prisoners and the increasing importance of Central Africa to the Allied war effort. The. Map is indexed according to these notes. Two inset maps of Europe chart Hitler's gains in 1941 and activity on the Russian Front. Additional diagrams on the main world map show war spending and the civilian and war output of US industries. . Army Orientation Course. / News Map of the Week, Inc. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 202620
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[World War I] [England] [London Times]
1914 World War I English Newspaper Scrapbook filled with articles clipped from the London Times
London 1914. Scrapbook. Fair. Folio. Scrapbook. Approx. 15" x 10.5". 22 alphabetized thumb index pages with written contents 119 pages with 63 pages used for pasted down news clippings. Pages 64-119 are blank. Green cloth covered boards with leather corners and edges. No spine. Gilt stamp title "News Cuttings" stamped on the front cover. Outer hinges are cracked. Boards are edge worn. Brittle newspaper clippings have toning edge wear tears splits and are flaking. Scattered glue stains to several pages. <br /> <br /> The news articles are chronologically pasted down or tipped in. All appear to be from the London Times newspaper. The first articles are dated August 1 1914 and the last article is dated October 1 1914. Some pencil dates and page numbers written in the upper corners. Provenance unknown. A partial cut piece of cardboard with an inscription written on one side not legible and the name of "A Martin-Leake" written on the other side was found inside the Scrapbook. Many of the articles are folded over and several have map illustrations. World War I officially started July 28 1914. These articles provide a first hand daily report of the early stages of World War I in Europe. A potential association with the scrapbook to "A Martin-Leake" whose name was found inside. From wikipedia: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake VC & Bar VD 4 April 1874 – 22 June 1953 was a British physician officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a double recipient of the Victoria Cross VC the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Martin-Leake was the first of only three men to be awarded the VC twice the others being Noel Godfrey Chavasse and Charles Upham. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 33747
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[World War I] [Richard Harding Davis]
1915 World War I era two page hand written letter to "Johnstone" with reference to the Red Cross and being at the "Front" WITH Photograph portrait of Richard Harding Davis
Mount Kisco New York: n.p. 1915. n/a. Letter. Very good. Letter. Two pages. Paper measures approx. 7" x 5". Written on the writers letterhead. Removed staple upper left corner. Included with the two page letter is a silver gelatin photograph portrait approx. 5" x 3.5" of a well groomed Davis. Paper and photograph in very good condition. <br /> <br /> Richard Harding Davis was a writer journalist and World War I correspondent. He was friends with Theodore Roosevelt. This letter was written less than 1 year before his death from heart attack at his home in Mount Kisco New York at the age of 51. Transcribed letter reads:<br /> <br /> Dear Johnstone<br /> <br /> As the man says in the play to the girl who wants to marry her "Don't ask me for one thing I can't give you." I would do anything for you but write about something I don't know anything about. Besides even if I studied the subject and "read up" the material you threaten to send me what I would write in that way would do none of us any good. Please wait until we are all once more at "the front" and I can see the Red Cross people at work and then I shall only be too glad to give them the thanks and praise we owe them.<br /> <br /> I hope you are feeling fine and daisy and I send you my best wishes always.<br /> <br /> Sincerely yours <br /> <br /> Richard Harding Davis. From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> Richard Harding Davis April 18 1864 – April 11 1916 was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War the Second Boer War and the First World War.1 His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.2. n.p. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 35587
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[WORLD WAR II -- HOLOCAUST & DACHAU]. [DALY, Lt Hugh C, et al]; MacKECHNIE, Theodore (Artist); DOUGLASS [WHITE], [Ruby] Jane & B
42nd “Rainbow†Infantry Division: a combat history of World War II; This cartograph shows the “Trail of the Rainbow†from the time of its landing in France through its battles and victories over the Germans to its final occupation in Austria; Rainbow fighting song; Rainbow Valley dedicated to mothers wives and sweethearts of “Rainbow†men.
Baton Rouge LA; Germany: 42nd “Rainbow†Infantry Division Army & Navy Publishing Co. 666th Engr. Topographic Company 7th Army 1946. Four pieces. 1st -- 4to. 9.25 x 12.25 in. 188 pp. Colour maps and photo illustrations throughout some full page. Embossed blue publisher’s calf Divisional insignia and lettering in red & gold & green minor bumping to corners slightly shaken still VG copy; 2nd -- Oblong atlas folio. 1 colour pictorial map sized 25 x 19.5 in. printed in 4 colours depicting the route of the 42nd across Europe minor creasing thumbing edgewear couple minor holes still a G copy now shrink--wrapped on archival foam core; 3rd - Oblong folio. 19 x 12.75 in. Double-page broadside sheet music score shrink-wrapped on foam core minor creasing edgewear; 4th - 9 x 11 in. 1 broadside sheet music score shrink-wrapped on foam core minor creasing still a VG set. First editions of four uncommon souvenir pieces for the famed 42nd Infantry Division during World War II who is best remembered as one of the three liberating divisions for the Dachau Concentration Camp on April 29 1945. Reactivated in July 1943 the original nickname “Rainbow Division†was coined by Douglas MacArthur as it was drawn from National Guards of 26 States and the District of Columbia in 1917 and in December 1944 they landed in the French port of Marseille. By mid-December the 42nd had advanced North into Alsace and fought the German Army ear Strasbourg. In march 1945 they crossed the Siegfried Line in the Hardt Mountains where there was hard fighting at Hatten. During the fighting against the last major German offensive a 242nd Infantry Congressional Medal of Honor winner repulsed several attacks. This Divisional History includes a number of graphic photos of their entry into Dachau and together with the 45th Infantry and the 20th Armored Division they helped liberate over 30000 prisoners from the Camp as well as those trapped on trains after being sent from Buchenwald and other concentration camps. The map created by MacKechnie 1923-2012 was produced only for his fellow soldiers not for publication and fought with the 42nd Infantry during the Rainbow Division campaigns including a number of humorous figures for his “Cartograph†although SS Skull & Crossbones for Dachau. Jane Douglass was a WAC officer during World War II music educator and songwriter who wrote many songs during World War II to promote the WAC’s and other Army Divisions. Captain Douglass commanded the first all-woman Special Service company. Worldcat locates 3 copies of the pictorial map NYPL TX A&M WI Vet. Mus. Res. Ctr; No copies located of either of the Jane Douglass songs. 42nd “Rainbow†Infantry Division, [Army & Navy Publishing Co.], 666th Engr. Topographic Company, 7th Army, unknown
书商的参考编号 : 63630
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[WORLD WAR II -- ATOMIC ENERGY]. SMYTH, H[enry] D[eWolf].
A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. . . .
Washington DC: Adjutant General’s Office in the Pentagon August 12 1945. 4to. 194 pp sections all separately paginated I-XIII A1-A5. w/ first 4 leaves litho-printed on recto only. Cream-coloured litho-printed softcovers w/ “Released for Publication _________†on lower front cover dittoed notice at lower right corner of “Distributed by Technical Information Section of the Bureau of Aeronautics†stapled at gutter margin as issued minor soiling & spotting to front cover minor rust to staples minor bumping to corners light scuff to fore-edge of textblock printed in multiple grades of paper as issued w/ some sections more toned than others still a VG- copy numbered in ink at lower right corner. First lithoprint edition 3rd printing of 6000 total copies prepared by secretly lithoprinting in the Pentagon NOT 1000 copies as previously posited by Coleman & others in sections from modified dittoed versions which had been distributed under General Groves’s orders to correct the master copies with eventually whole paragraphs deleted or added in some chapters. This copy is entirely complete with none of the often missing pages especially p. VI-12 duplicates or misbound signatures which often appear due to the speed and paper requirements and also bears the colophon 25-56388-2M on page A5-1 at the rear indicating this was one of those printed on the high-sulphide paper often bearing signatures of varying toning. As per Arnold Kramish 1923-2010 nuclear physicist who worked Oak Ridge TN on the Manhattan Project and at the behest of Harry Smyth researched the printing history before 1985 of the original report and determined that there were 2000 copies released initially past the dittoed and mimeograph versions to the press and senior lab people. Due to early complaints of lack of access another 2000 were released followed by the much demanded 3rd release all before Princeton University Press released their published print run less than 1 month later in 1945. The famed Smyth report released to the public just after the United States had obliterated the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using the first two atomic bombs at the end of World War II -- is “a remarkably full and candid account of the development work carried out. . . by the American-directed by internationally recruited team of physicists under the code name of Manhattan District. . . .†The introduction opens with statement that “The purpose of this report is to describe the scientific and technical developments in this country since 1940 directed toward the military use of energy from Atomic nuclei.†As an aside it should be noted that Michael Zinman has the original Arnold Kramish TLS identifying the printing history and an article is being prepared by Brett Tomlinson noted historian of science. See: Printing and Mind of Man 422e; Coleman The Smyth Report: A Descriptive Checklist Princeton University Library Chronicle Vol. 37 No. 3 Spring 1976 No. 3 pp. 206-207; For fuller explication of Linus Pauling’s dittoed version at OSU 1 of 2 known survivor copies see blog by Ann Bahde Serifs and Secrecy: The Smyth Report in SCARC Nov. 2 2021. [Adjutant General’s Office in the Pentagon], paperback
书商的参考编号 : 60559
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[World War I]; [Navy]; [Prayer Books]; [Hymnals]; [Military]
A Prayer Book for the Public and Private Use of our Soldiers and Sailors; With Bible Readings and Hymns
Philadelphia: Bishop White Prayer Book Society 1917. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 16mo. 29 cm x 21 cm. 2 3-192 pp. Blue publisher's cloth with a red border on each board red lettering on the front board flexible boards. There is a pocket on the rear board but nothing is in the pocket. Immediately after the title page the book states the motives and objects of the First World war: "We are glad to fight for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples the German peoples included; for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and obedience . ". It is an excerpt from President Wilson's statement on the United States entering the First World War. An inscription on the free front endpaper reads: "Willis Winfried/Winfreed 506 S. Neil The next line is illegible Illinois 1917 - U.S.A. Great Lakes Illinois". The owner of this prayer book was either trembling while writing his inscription or his ink was exposed to moisture though the paper itself has no dampstain. This book clearly traveled with the naval recruit to Great Lakes the naval training station just north of Chicago. Although we cannot identify exactly who the owner was the item is significant as it is a record of what kind of item was important enough to a Navyman to transport to a war zone based on the book's significant wear and use we believe it traveled to the European theatre after the recruit completed his training at Great Lakes. Significant rubbing to the cloth rear gutter is cracked but the binding is holding. Bishop White Prayer Book Society hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 000012500
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