‎Guerre‎

‎AFFAITATI Antonio.‎

‎L'ombra del mondo. La vita di un reporter di guerra.‎

‎In-8° pp. 155, bross. edit. ill.‎

‎Afghan War. Zulu War‎

‎Hannah Dobbs. Euston Square Murder The Northampton Herald. A General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 1879‎

‎Great Britain 1879. From January 4th to December 27th 1879. 52 issues possible lacking a couple of issues. Book measures 67x52cm.Bound in half cloth cloth corners plain boards. Binding has some dust/dirt marking. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally each issue has circa 8pp. Some corners clipped repaired with loss of text a few pages torn pages very slightly brittle. Generally text in very good clean condition. A good solid clean copy. Quite a few articles on the Afghan and Zulu war and many other interesting article. . Hard Cover. Near Very Good. Folio. Hardcover‎

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‎AFGHANISTAN - SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR.‎

‎Substantial dossier of government papers from the archive of Reginald Baliol Brett private secretary to the secretary of state for India including the manuscript draft of General Gordon's suppressed letter on the withdrawal from Kandahar.‎

‎London & Simla: 1878-82. As the result of two successful campaigns the employment of enormous force and the expenditure of large sums of money all that has been accomplished has been the disintegration of the State which it was desired to see strong friendly and independent An extraordinary trove of confidential documents generated by the India Office and Foreign Department of the Government of India elucidating the complex manoeuvring accompanying the final stages of the conflict and negotiation of the settlement. Includes secret internal memoranda produced by the Foreign Department in India and Cabinet briefing papers printed on the press at the Foreign Office. In 1878 Reginald Baliol Brett 1852-1930 later 2nd Viscount Esher was taken on by Spencer Cavendish Lord Hartington 1833-1908 as one of his private secretaries. Two years later Disraeli's Tory government was heavily defeated in the general election in part because of their perceived mishandling of the developing Afghan crisis and Gladstone formed a new administration. As the incoming secretary of state for India Hartington worked with varying degrees of enthusiasm alongside Gladstone's viceroy Lord Ripon in "the difficult task of extricating Britain from the messy problem of Afghanistan by reversing the 'forward' policies of his predecessor Lord Lytton and by establishing a firm reliably independent Afghanistan as a better guarantee of Indian security against Russia than any jingoistic theory of 'scientific frontiers'" ODNB. As these documents clearly show this was an exacting task indeed requiring deftly balancing the competing claims of the regional powers further complicated by clashes of departmental culture and policy between the British administrations in London and India. This was Esher's first post and he immediately showed the abilities that made him such "a controversial éminence grise. he was intelligent able and arrogant with a gift for friendship; an effective and adaptable organizer negotiator intermediary and manipulator. He was an enigma to contemporaries and has puzzled historians" ODNB. Sir Charles Dilke considered him one of the "ablest secretaries" he had ever come across but "far from being a model secretary because. he always behaved as if he held delegated authority from Hartington to represent Hartington's conscience when it would not otherwise have moved and 'Hartington's Opinion' when the Chief had none" Lees-Milne p.45. An intriguing subplot to the overarching narrative of these papers is that of Esher honing his abilities as "negotiator-intermediary-manipulator" among more established figures attempting to draw together disparate threads of policy to offer an apparently whole-cloth solution to a problem that seemed to call for patchwork at best. The real appeal of this intriguing archive of course lays in the interplay between the documents but a sample of highlights would have to include the two extensive and genuinely comprehensive background narratives to events compiled by A. W. Moore 1841-87 a man who had risen from junior clerk in the India Office to assistant secretary and who on his untimely death was described by Charles Dilke at the time under-secretary at the Foreign Office as "a most remarkable man extremely able and clear headed with 'an infinite capacity for taking trouble' great experience and knowledge of his subject" 1 & 2. A short sequence of secret papers printed in Simla in runs of just 21 evidently for circulation to an exceedingly close circle 9-13 is followed by a run of confidential memoranda "Printed for the Use of the Cabinet" by Thomas Harrison on the private press at the Foreign Office 14-16. All of these are vanishingly scarce but of far more than purely bibliographic interest and in their current context offer wider possibilities of interpretation. In terms of content a substantial "Very Confidential" paper 17 - the classification system of documents was far from perfected at this stage - carries Gen. Von Kaufmann's crucial correspondence with the Emir of Afghanistan. Two retained copies of letters much in the form of questionnaires 27 & 28 sent to key players in events Sir Owen Burne Lord Lytton's faithful private secretary and Sir Allen Bayard Johnson military secretary to the India Office seeking answers in areas relevant to their experience and with their replies serve to illuminate Brett's personality and methods. In both cases he has emphasized that he would like "short" answers; for his part Burne has provided quite full replies commensurate with the complexity of the issues at hand and his breadth of knowledge of them and then - perhaps pressed - has bristlingly added very curt often one word marginal reponses in blue pencil. Similarly indicative of Brett's unconventionality and his ability to develop singular and influential relationships is the presence of General Gordon's original extensively corrected draft of his letter intended for the Times on the controversial issue of withdrawal from Kandahar 26. Brett was very close to Gordon whose conversation he described as "always refreshing full of humour and as simple as the Book of Genesis. he saw with wonderful clearness although sometimes not very far" Lees-Milne p.56. Brett has annotated the letter "Proposed letter to the Times by General Gordon in his own hand sent to me and suppressed. RB". Brett felt that his friend's advocacy of withdrawal "mainly on financial grounds" would damage his reputation. Brett was deeply affected by Gordon's death he had already refused to join the Government's vote of censure on Gordon's determination to hold Khartoum and "now total lack of sympathy with his party over the issue clinched his resignation" ibid. p. 67. Just a handful of these papers have been definitively traced to institutions online four to the Oriental and Indian Office Collection and one each to the Foreign Office papers in the National Archive and the Peshawar Archives. Inevitably physical search in such locations would discover more but documents of this nature are scarce on the market and particularly so in consistent and consequential compilations such as this which also carries a significant association. Contents: 1/ Afghanistan. Confidential. 71 pp. A. W. M. Adolphus Warburton Moore Assistant Secretary Political Department 1875-85 Political and Secret Department India Office 30 November 1878. Background history to the outbreak of the war; bifolium notelet monogrammed "E. B." Evelyn Baring finance member government of India later viscount Cromer consul-general Egypt bound in pp. 22-23 with pencilled note "Where has Abdul Rahman been since 1869". 2/ Narrative of Events in Afghanistan from August 1878 to December 1880 and Connected Correspondence. India Office 31st December 1880 In continuation of Memorandum dated the 30th August 1878. Secret. 4945 I. 2837. 252 pp. A. W. M. 31 December 1880. Detailed narrative of events from the arrival of the Russian Mission in Kabul to date "Mr. Brett" pencilled on title page. Pencilled notes in Brett's hand p. 11 in re. Lytton's policy "So much for combinations deduced from facts not correct and circumstances not understood"; p. 12 "a tissue of false calculations" belief that Kandahar could be held with large force to occupy; inked correction "Yakub" for "Ayub Khan". 3/ Memorandum. Confidential. 4400. I. 1756. 6 pp. Richard Couch judicial member of the privy council H. S. Maine legal member of the governor-general's council. Bound in slip with inked note in Brett's hand. "Mem. discussing he probability of Yakub Khan's complicity in the murder of Sir L. Cavagnari". 4/ Report on the Circumstances of the Attack on the British Embassy at Kabul in September 1879. Secret. Printed for the use of the Cabinet. 4063 I. 1002. 12 pp. Augustus Rivers Thompson lieutenant-governor of Bengal; Alfred Comyn Lyall foreign secretary government of India 1878-81 lieutenant-governor NWP and chief commissioner Oudh 1882-87; Dennis Fitzpatrick secretary of the legislative department government of India later lieutenant governor of the Punjab. Inked slip repeating title bound in before. 5/ Memorandum on the Retention of Kandahar and Pisheen. Confidential. 4717. I. 2358. 11 pp. Evelyn Baring 7 October 1880. Pencilled marginal markings and note in Brett's hand "Lord Lawrence" at p. 10 next to a passage quoting his advocacy of the avoidance of "entanglements" in Kabul or Kandahar. 6/ Relations of the Amir of Kabul with the Khan of Lalpura and the Badshah of Kunar. Secret Letter from India No. 79 dated 4th August 1882. Secret. 7646. I. 2714. 17 pp. Augustus Warburton Moore 8 September 1882. Single-page addenda on the subject of the Badshah of Kunar from Sir Robert Montgomery member of the council of India former lieutenant-governor of the Punjab; Sir Henry Yule former chief commissioner at Oudh and member of the governor-general's council; and Sir Henry Rawlinson assyriologist and diplomat was with McNaughton at Kandahar. 7/ The Relations of the Amir of Afghanistan with the Badshah of Kunar. 7624. I 2684. 2 pp. Henry Gordon Waterfield Oban 17 October 1882. Waterfield commanded a brigade on the Chitral Expedition. 8/ From Colonel Waterfield to Sir Owen Burne. 7629. I 2693. 2 pp. Burne private secretary to Lord Lytton member of the council of India. 9/ 1882. No. 122 dated the 23rd October 1882. Copy. Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India Lord Hartington. In reply to telegram of 11th September 1882. Simla. Foreign Department. Secret. Foreign Department Press - No. 713 - 20-10-882 - 21 copies. ii 2 pp. Signed in type by marquess of Ripon viceroy; Sir Donald Stewart commander-in-chief India; James Gibbs member of the legislative council of India; Evelyn Baring Thomas Fourness Wilson Indian Rebellion veteran and ordinary member of the council; Courtney Peregrine Ilbert law member of the viceroy's council Steuart Colvin Bayley member of council Theodore Cracroft Hope public works member of the council. Further consideration of the case of the Badshah of Kunar reiterating that the British government would not intervene between him and the khan of Lalpura. 10/ 1882. No. 121 dated the 23rd October 1882. Copy. Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India. No. 1. In continuation of Secret Despatch No. 79. regarding relations between the British Government and the Badshah of Kunar. Simla. Foreign Department. Secret. Government Central Press Simla No. 324 Foreign Department - 20-10-82 - 21.ii 2 pp. Same signatories. 11/ 1882. No. 121 dated the 23rd October 1882. Abstract of Contents. No. 2. Simla. Foreign Department. Secret. Government Central Press Simla No. 324 Foreign Department - 20-10-82 - 21.ii 2 pp. Same signatories. Henry Marion Durand under secretary to the government of India. 12/ 1882. Enclosures of a letter. No. 121. Nos. 3 to 10 of Abstract of Contents. Simla. Foreign Department. Secret. Government Central Press Simla No. 324 Foreign Department - 20-10-82 - 21. ii 4 pp. 13/ Confidential. 3 pp. Slip in Brett's hand bound in before "Letter from Sir D. M. Stewart to Viceroy of India Ripon Cabul July 11 80". Discussing British relationship with Amir Adbul Rahman. 14/ Confidential. Printed for the use of the Cabinet. October 15 1880. 1334. Printed at the Foreign Office by T. Harrison - 15/1/80. 9 pp. Responses to Ripon's apparent desire to retain Pishin and Sibi following the withdrawal from Kandahar. Signed by Hartington on the first page red pencil marginal marks at passages relating to the desirability of the creation of "enclaves" in Afghanistan. 15/ Minute by the Viceroy. Printed for the use of the Cabinet. 4403. I. 1762. 20 pp. Correspondence between Lepel Griffin Lytton's chief political officer in India General Donald Stewart and the Government of India in re the situation in northern Afghanistan Griffin's communications with Abdul Rahman. Frequent pencil marks next to sections of Lord Roberts' letter to Alfred Comyn Lyall on the necessity of maintaining good rail and road communications in the region against possible Russian interference. 16/ Note by the Secretary Political and Secret Department Owen Tudor Burne dated 27th April 1880 in submitting papers connected with the recognition of Sirdar Sher Ali as independent ruler of Kandahar. Government of India Letters No. 78 and 81 of 31st March 1880. Confidential. Printed for the Use of the Cabinet. 4042. I. 979. 9 pp. 17/ Russian Correspondence with Kabul. Very Confidential. 4023. I. 934. iv 45 pp. Text of some 53 letters the majority between General von Kaufmann 1818-82 governor-general of Russian Turkestan and Shere Ali 1825-79 amir of Afghanistan relating to Russian overtures to the Afghan court. Hole-punched in the top left-hand top corner evidently grouped with the following two items. 18/ Papers referred to in Secret Letter from India No. 241 dated 20th November 1879. 3636. I. 196. 10 pp. Mainly letters from Shere Ali to von Kaufmann includes one to "the Emperor of Russia" 10 October 1878 - "the English are determined upon war. I hope your Majesty will kindly send me friendly assistance befitting the greatness of your Imperial Majesty for the maintenance of the tranquility of Afghanistan". 19/ Enclosures to Secret Letter from India No. 233 dated 6th November 1879. 3606. I. 146. 4 pp. Includes Kaufmann's advice to Shere Ali that "The Emperor has caused the British Government to agree to the continuance of Afghan independence. Do not leave the soil of Afghanistan at this time. your arrival in Russian territory will make things worse". Though he subsequently asked him to meet him at Tashkand for an interview which "will increase our friendship greatly". 20/ Memorandum on the Retention of Kandahar and Pisheen. Confidential. 4717. I. 2358. 11 pp. Evelyn Baring memo. London 7 October 1880. "I am loth to add to the volume of documents which have been already written on this vexed question. It would indeed be too much to expect that the advocates of a 'forward' policy should confess their errors. I will only add that when we withdraw altogether from Afghanistan I trust we shall do so without making any treaty either with Abdur Rahman or the ruler of Kandahar whoever he may be. If any treaty is to be made it should be with Russia". 21/ Central Asia and Afghanistan. Chronological Table of Events from 1855 to 1880. 4243. I. 1507. 10 pp. "Mr Brett" inked to first page in hand of Owen Burne who has added "Will be continued O. T. B." at the conclusion. 22/ Aide Memoire. - Negotiations with Abdul Rahman Khan 1880. 4387. I. 1734. Confidential. 23 pp. "The following account only affects to be a brief summary of the course of events for the sake of easy reference". Griffin and Stewart negotiate with Abdul Rahman. First 12 pp. over printed initials of Owen Burne India Office 31 July 1880 with inked note "To be continued hereafter as further information is rec'd O. T. B." 11 pp. appendix contains Griffin's correspondence with Abdul Rahman and the latter's replies together with communications with tribal elders &c. 23/ Afghan Campaign 1878-80. 5042. I. 53. 43 pp. "brief sketch" compiled by major-general Thomas Fourness Wilson 1820-86 Military Secretary military member of the supreme council of India 1881-86. "R. B. Brett Esq. M. P." inked in top margin of first page. 24/ 5 pp Manuscript tabulated troop returns on 2 bifolia lined paper red and blue-black ink:"A Return of the Troops under Major General Sir F. Roberts proceeding to Kandahar"; "under the Command of Lieutenant General Sir D. Stewart remaining at Cabul"; & "serving under the Command of Major General Bright on the line of communications between Peshawur and Cabul". 25/ Minute by the Hon'ble E. Baring. Government Central Press - N. 784 - C. F. 20-2-81 - 40 copies. 8 pp. "After the very full discussions which have taken place during the last two or three years it is unnecessary that I should give my reasons for considering that the determination of Her Majesty's Government to evacuate the whole of Afghanistan is eminently wise and statesmanlike" Evelyn Baring February 19 1881. 26/ Charles George Gordon - "To the Editor 'Times' Newspapers" draft signed with initials arguing against the retention of Kandahar - 3 pp. manuscript in black ink on 3 sheets of pale blue wove paper a number of substantial corrections some spotting short marginal closed tear repaired verso with archival tissue. Pencil note in Brett's hand in the head margin "Proposed letter to the Times by General Gordon in his own hand sent to me and suppressed". Brett was close to Gordon "whom he greatly admired and whose death in January 1885 much affected him" ODNB. The letter was perhaps written at the encouragement of Lord Ripon the new viceroy whose private secretary Gordon briefly was at this time to provide military moral support for the new Liberal administration's desire to extricate themselves from the Afghanistan entanglement by reversing the previous "forward" policy. The text as given here varies widely from that printed in Demetrius Boulger's Life of Gordon. Volume 2 pp. 69-70. 27/ Reginald Brett 2 pp. autograph letter signed and dated 8 March 1881 retained copy on both sides of a single sheet of foolscap embossed India Office stationery. To Colonel Allen Bayard Johnson 1829-1907 military secretary to the India Office requesting "short answers" to a series of questions relating to the possibility of British withdrawal from Afghanistan largely from a military standpoint - "What was the scientific' frontier conceived by Lord Lytton" together with; Colonel Johnson's signed autograph reply of the same date 4 pp. on two sheets of the same stationery 28/ Reginald Brett 2 pp. autograph letter initialled and dated 8 March 1881 retained copy on both sides of a single sheet of foolscap embossed India Office stationery. To Owen Burne with similar questions to 27 above more of a political social nature "Is there a party in Kabul in favour of Ayub" together with Burne's autograph initialled reply of the same date over 4 pp. on two sheets of the same stationery. Burne has also added very "Short Answers" in most cases a single word in blue pencil in the margins. 29/ Memorandum on the Course of Events connected with Ayub Khan's Invasion of Southern Afghanistan. Confidential. additionally classified "Private and Confidential" in manuscript. R Lord Ripon 31-7-80. Simla. 8 pp. An apologia for Ripon's conduct as events unfolded around Ayub Khan's incursion leading to the debacle of Maiwand. 30/ No. 23. Lord Hartington to His Excellency The Most Honourable The Governor General of India in Council. Secret. India Office London 21st May 1880. 4123. I. 1220. 8 pp. Sadly apt memorandum setting out the current situation in Afghanistan "Thus it appears that as the result of two successful campaigns of the employment of an enormous force and of the expenditure of large sums of money all that has yet been accomplished has been the disintegration of the State which it was desired to see strong friendly and independent the assumption of fresh and unwelcome liabilities in regard of its provinces and a condition of anarchy throughout the remainder of the country". 31/ No. 133 139 147 & 150 of 1880. To the Right Hon. The Marquis of Hartington Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India Government of India. Foreign Department - Secret. Printed for the Use of the Cabinet. Y 1514. 30 copies - 8/80. I. 1832. 84 pp. Copies of the recent correspondence between the political authorities at Kabul - Griffin - and Abdul Rahman in Kunduz together with a lengthy and highly detailed "memorandum on certain points in connexion with the settlement of affairs in Afghanistan". Sent by Ripon and members of the council: Sir Frederick Haines Sir Andrew Clarke Sir John Strachey Sir Edwin Beaumont Johnson Augustus Rivers Thompson and James Gibbs. 32/ No. 104 of 1880. Government of India. Foreign Department. To the Right Hon. The Marquis of Hartington. Secret. Printed for the Use of the Cabinet. 4154. I. 1319. 14 pp. Continuation with similar material. 33/ Afghanistan Telegrams. Confidential. 4037. I. 955. 25 pp. The majority sent by the viceroy concerning events unfolding January to April 1880. A number of pencil marks in the margins reference to the "Draft Convention" noted. 34/ Southern Afghanistan. Extracts from Kandahar Diaries from 1st January to 30th April 1880. Confidential. 4218. I. 1424. 19 pp. Selection of detailed entries relating to the activities of Sir Donald Stewart's mission with reports on the local chieftains and from within the court of the sirdar explanatory notes by Charles Bean Euan-Smith Stewart's chief political officer. 35/ Northern Afghanistan. Memoranda and Reports by Mr. Lepel Griffin Chief Political Officer at Kabul from 1st to 24th April 1880 on state of Affairs in Northern Afghanistan. Confidential. 4215. I. 1421. 36 pp. Many letters to and from Abdul Rahman. 36/ Secret No. 15. To His Excellency The Right Honourable The Governor General of India in Council. India Office 1 April 1880. 4062. I. 1002. 2 pp. Memorandum on the circumstances relating to Cavagnari's death absolving Yakub Khan of having instigated the attack. From Cranbrook Hartington's immediate predecessor. 37/ No. 90 of 1880. Government of India. Foreign Department. Printed for the use of the Cabinet. To the Right Honourable Viscount Cranbrook Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India from Lytton and Edwin Johnson Fort William 7 April 1880. Secret. 5 pp. Relating of the separation of Kandahar from Kabul and solemnly guaranteeing independence to Sher Ali Khan. Includes the viceroy's minute expressing the government's anxiety "to withdraw as soon as possible the troops from Kabul and from all points beyond those occupied under the Treaty of Gandamak except Kandahar". Folio 339 x 215 mm. Contemporary light olive brown diagonal zigzag grained cloth boards rebacked and cornered in brownish orange morocco in the mid-20th century red morocco label original moderate bluish green endpapers retained matching linen hinges. 37 printed and manuscript items full listing with titles paginations and outline content given in the note. Esher amrorial bookplate to front pastedown. Cloth starting to lift a little from the edges of spine; contents variably browned margins a little fragile in places with a few consequent chips and splits one title page torn across and neatly repaired with archival tape: overall very good. James Lees-Milne The Enigmatic Edwardian: The Life of Reginald 2nd Viscount Esher 1986. hardcover‎

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‎AFIERO, Massimiliano.‎

‎12. SS PANZER DIVISION HITLERJUGEND (I). DE SU FORMACION A LA OPERACIÓN GOODWOD). IMÁGENES DE GUERRA Nº 26.‎

‎Profusamente ilustrado con fotografias en blanco y negro.‎

‎AFIERO, Massimiliano.‎

‎FESTUNG KOWEL. ASEDIO Y LIBERACION. MARZO/ABRIL DE 1944.‎

‎Profusamente ilustrado con fotografias en blanco y negro.‎

‎AFIERO, Massimiliano.‎

‎SS-KAMPFGRUPPE EN COMBATE, 1943-1945.‎

‎Profusamente ilustrado con fotografias en blanco y negro.‎

‎AFRICA - ANGLO-ZULU WAR.‎

‎Confidential Notes regarding Zulu Headmen.‎

‎Pietermaritzburg: Printed by P. Davis & Sons 1879. Detailed intelligence issued shortly before Isandlwana First and only edition unrecorded institutionally this the only copy known. "This small pamphlet contains considerable detail on its subject: 'Compiled from information obtained from the most reliable sources and published by direction of the Lieut.-General Commanding Lord Chelmsford for the information of those under his command'" Raugh. The brief but informative notes are followed by a tabulation of the headmen detailing their father age regiment tribe principal residence and finally remarks expanding on the notes as to the number of men they command their relationships to Cetewayo and status within the Zulu political and military structure. Provenance: Pencilled inscription to the front panel of the wrappers of "Major Grenfell Deputy Assistant Adjutant General 14.1.79" this was Francis Wallace Grenfell 1841-1925 60th Rifles later field-marshal lord Grenfell and commander at Suakin and Toski in the Mahdist War. Grenfell had gone out to South Africa in 1874 and was aide-de-camp to Sir Arthur Cunnynghame commander-in-chief; he saw action at Quntana in the Xhosa War of 1878 and in the Anglo-Zulu War at Ulundi having witnessed the aftermath of the debacle at Isandlwana remarking that "officers and men behaved splendidly - dying back to back - and at the last rallying round the colours not a man of the regulars attempted to escape till all was lost" Emery p. 106. Part of lot 421 Quentin Keynes Sale Christie's 8 April 2004. Octavo pp. 6; 4 double-page tables on 5 leaves. Sewn in original printed pink paper wrappers. Some "service wear" wrappers soiled and rubbed mildly damp cockled back panel with vertical crease where once folded back and consequent soiling to the last blank page contents with pale toning and lightly rippled at the edges from atmospheric damp overall very good. Raugh 575. Frank Emery The Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War 1879 1977. unknown‎

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‎African American Troops, Korean War and Philippines‎

‎Black Soldiers Photo Archive in the 1940s-50s Philippines and Korea Before and after Desegregation of the Army‎

‎1940. Archive of of black soldiers' photographs from the 1940s and 1950s deployed in Asia; Philippines and Korea regions. 38 vernacular silver gelatin black and white photographs with a sepia tone. Photos range in size though most are 5" x 3". Most of these units appear to be all black units but there is one snapshot of what appears as a mixed unit in a snowy camp likely Korea which could be after the desegregation order in 1948. These black soldiers in the US Army and have been deployed to the Southeast Asian island of the Philippines. The soldiers seem happy and smiling and two have become acquainted with the local people especially some of the women and they pose familiarly with them. In some of the photos the troops can be seen in dense jungle flora with villagers socializing with each other as well as several portrait shots. Only one photo is captioned showing three well dressed Black soldiers "Kee" of Youngstown "Haynes" of Philadelphia" and "Borom" of Gary Indiana. These three soldiers are seen with their dates 3 Asian women. Several photos of a black soldier standing guard on base with helmet and rifles. In the mid 1940s the Army had become the nation's largest minority employer with more than one million inducted black men into the armed forces. U.S. President Harry Truman on July 26 1948 signed Executive Order 9981 desegregating the armed forces and declared “.there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race color.â€. The Philippines achieved its independence from the U.S. two years earlier in 1946 but US military bases remained in the country and included many African American soldiers in segregated battalions. The Korean War started in 1950 and Executive Order 9981 was slowly being introduced during that war. An estimated 600000 African Americans served in the armed forces during the Korean War. The struggle for military integration in Korea mirrored similar civil rights struggles on the home front. However those struggles paved the way toward the integration of the army and later the American society as a whole. Photos are in overall very good condition some have slight bends and wear to edges. unknown‎

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‎African American, Civil War‎

‎The "Final Statements" of a Black Soldier Private James Jones 77th Regiment United State Colored Troops 1864‎

‎1864. Civil War African American troops Taggard F.W. Cover document regarding the "final statements" of Private James Jones Co. C 77th Regiment United States Colored Troops. War Department Adjutant General's Office. Washington D.C. 10 June 1864. Bifold single page. Approx. 5 x 8 in. Signed "F.W. Taggard" by Assistant Adjutant General Frank W. Taggard. Taggard requests of Commanding Officer Co. C 77th U.S. Colored Infantry "Formerly 85th" Fort St. Philip Louisiana that outstanding final statements related to deceased soldier Private James Jones be forwarded without delay.<br /> <br /> HDS indicates that Private James Jones enlisted as a private on Nov 31864 at New Orleans and mustered into Co. C USCT 85th Infantry. The 85th Infantry was organized in April 1864 from the 13th Corps d'Afrique Infantry and was attached to the Department of the Gulf. The regiment consolidated with the 77th USCT approximately a month later remaining in the Department of the Gulf and serving in the Defences of New Orleans at Fort St. Philip. Though the exact identity of Private Jones is uncertain he is likely one of thousands of formerly enslaved men who escaped to join the Union cause enlisting in Louisiana's Corps d'Afrique before consolidating into USCT. Some light staining and creasing. Overall very good condition. Document regarding the final statements of a deceased Union Army black soldier in the 77th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops. unknown‎

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‎African American, Civil War‎

‎United States Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldier Commanders Archive 1874-1900‎

‎1874. Civil War - United State Colored Troops 1874-1900. Archive of four documents by the United States Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldiers commanders including two ALS from General Edward W. Hincks 1830-1894 who served with distinction during the Civil War enlisting almost immediately after the onset of the war. He was WIA at Glendale VA and Antietam later promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers and commander of Pt. Lookout POW camp before joining the Army of the James commanding a division of United States Colored Troops in field operations. This archive consist of Four documents from commanders in the Union Army relating to the United States Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldiers organizations of Black soldiers during the Civil War. General Order Number 143 was issued by the US War Department on May 22 1863 creating the Bureau of Colored Troops to enlist African-American soldiers in the Union Army. 178000 free Black and freedmen served throughout the final two years of the civi war. The death rate of USCT soldiers was around 35 percent greater than that of white Union soldiers. Several USCT soldiers distinguished themselves in combat; sixteen of them were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Buffalo Soldier units were inspired on the USCT regiments. USCT regiments were all led by white Union officers The process for white officers to lead USCT was more s rigorous than for ordinary Union officers. After a short period of examinations in mid-1863 only half of the men who had taken the exam passed. This archive includes 4 documents by 3 of these officers. Six pages total each approx. 8" x 10". <br /> <br /> 1 Hinks Edward Winslow. 1 June 1874. Two pages. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. Autograph letter signed "Edw. W. Hincks" addressed to Mr. George Nichols Esq. of Cambridge Massachusetts. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Hincks writes regarding a deed to a lot and the potential of making improvements to the property. comes with another letter also 2 Hinks Edward Winslow. 5 September 1874. One page. 8 x 10 1/2 in. Autograph letter signed "Edw. W. Hincks" addressed to Mr. George Nichols Esq. of Cambridge Massachusetts. Headquarters Milwaukee Wisconsin. On "The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers" letterhead. Hincks requests that Nichols attend to the premium on a life insurance policy. Accompanied by mailing envelope bearing "National Soldiers' Home" return address. <br /> <br /> 3 Pickler John A. 20 March 1900. One page. 8 x 10 1/2 in. Autograph letter signed "J.A. Pickler" on letterhead of "House of Representatives U.S." Faulkton South Dakota. Pickler writes to a representative of a railroad company seeking passes for travel from Des Moines to Chicago. Letter bears pencils markings and stamp confirming approval for the passes on 23 March 1900. John A. Pickler 1844-1910 was a representative of South Dakota the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889-1897. During the late stages of the Civil War a 21-year-old Pickler was given command of the 138th South Carolina Regiment of Colored Troops and promoted to major. <br /> <br /> 4 Hugo William H. 21 January 1875. One page. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Pay voucher for 1st Lieut. William H. Hugo 9th U.S. Cavalry. William H. Hugo 1833-1905 was a Civil War veteran who was injured at the Battle of Gettysburg. After the war he commanded the 9th U.S. Cavalry regiment of the United States Army one of the four segregated African American regiments known as the "Buffalo Soldiers." Text on all 4 documents is clear and bright. Overall very good condition. unknown‎

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‎African American Photographica: Vietnam War‎

‎PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE COMPRISED OF 145 SNAPSHOTS OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVICEMAN DURING IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND AT HOME‎

‎Various places in Vietnam 1972. 145 photographs all but thirteen in color most approximately 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Majority of photographs mounted on black paper stock with non-archival adhesive tape some photos retain remnants of tape at corners. Some images a bit faded but generally in very good condition. A tremendous collection of photographs depicting the personal life and military service of an unidentified African-American soldier with the last name "Williams" serving in Vietnam during the war and with numerous family photographs at home. The majority of the photographs are undated but those that are dated place the collection roughly between 1968 and 1972. Other identifying characteristics in the photographs indicate that the soldier was likely part of the United States Air Force 93rd Security Police Squadron which provided security and air base defense during the Vietnam War. There is a photograph of Williams leaning against the sign for the 93rd SPS dormitory. <br> <br> Notable in the sixty or more photographs from the soldier's time in Vietnam are images from an unidentified American Air Force base depicting soldiers in the barracks a mess hall and fraternization among soldiers; additional photographs show a heavily-armed Williams manning a bunker holding an EBONY magazine posing with a South Vietnamese soldier in an urban setting and staring strikingly at the camera wearing machine gun ammunition and a hand grenade. A series of thirteen images were taken at "Le Van Loc" a popular Vietnamese night club located on the Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon indicating Williams may have been stationed at or near that base. Personal photographs show individuals of varying ages presumably family members who appear alone or in groups and at times are photographed with Williams. Several of these photographs feature children presumably Williams' at home and at an Elmhurst School function. Williams seems to have been especially proud of his motorcycle as it features in a few shots. <br> <br> A collection of both service and family photographs capturing a young African- American serviceman during the Vietnam War. unknown books‎

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‎African American Photographica: World War II‎

‎COMPANY "G" 9th QM TRAINING REGIMENT CAMP LEE VA. SEPTEMBER 1942‎

‎Washington D.C.: Washington Photo Co. 1942. Panoramic photograph 32 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Black-and-white photograph with captions printed below the image. Mild toning and fading. Three one-inch tears and two three- inch creases starting to split not affecting image; moderate insect damage to upper left and rear where rolled photo had been exposed; several small holes and two small rust stains not affecting image. Still good. A panoramic photo of one of the first African- American training units formed at Camp Lee now Fort Lee Virginia in late 1941. The recruits are divided by platoon and accompanied by their predominantly white officers with names of all printed below. More than two hundred trainees are shown and named. The 9th Quartermaster Training Regiment was the first African-American training unit to form at Camp Lee in late 1941 just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The soldiers in this photograph likely entered the army in early 1942 and were nearing the end of their training when the image was taken. They soon would be deployed overseas or around the United States working to store transport and distribute food fuel clothing and ammunition necessary to supply the army's combat divisions. Camp Lee was established during World War I as a training site and during World War II was expanded to provide training for quartermasters and related support specialists. Although some black soldiers saw combat during World War II the vast majority were assigned to all-black quartermaster and engineer units providing logistical support and distributing supplies and ammunition to troops around the world. President Truman finally desegregated the armed forces in 1948 with Executive Order 9981 and the last all-black unit was disbanded in 1954. <br> <br> African-American World War II Army panoramas are scarce in the marketplace. Washington Photo Co. hardcover books‎

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‎African Americana. Civil War‎

‎Printed Document Completed in Manuscript Recording U.S. Colored Troop Soldiers in Hospital‎

‎New York 1864. Very good. 2pp. printed form on a quarto sheet completed in manuscript. Old folds. Light wear and soiling slight chipping and separation at folds. A printed muster roll form for McDougall General Hospital in New York near Fort Schuyler recording men from the 39th Regiment of Maryland Colored Troops convalescent there. Two men are listed Jarvis Griffin and Philmon Thompson both privates. There are no remarks as to why the two men were admitted to hospital though both received clothing while there worth $20.85 and $30.46 respectively. The 39th U.S. Colored Infantry was organized in Baltimore on March 22 1864 and was under the command of Col. Ozora P. Stearns. The two men were admitted on May 31st about ten weeks after the company was formed and on its early engagements campaigning from the Rapidan River to the James River in Virginia and guarding supply trains for the Army of the Potomac. An interesting record of men who might otherwise be lost to history. unknown books‎

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‎African Scholars -‎

‎U.S. Military Involvement in Southern Africa -‎

‎1978. Soft Cover. Good. PB/pub.1978/Fair Condition/278 pages - South Africa and the Military of United States of America. TI64769z paperback‎

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‎after Askins (sketch); Pictorial War Record‎

‎Lake Coast Defences Fort Wayne Near Detroit Michigan p. 218‎

‎New York: Pictorial War Record 1882. Folio backing. 14x8" color engraving. Minimal signs of wear. Small tear in top edge. Good.From "Pictorial War Record: Battles of the Late Civil War"From the collection of the late Frederick G.Ruffner Jr. founder of Gale Research Detroit. New York: Pictorial War Record, 1882. unknown‎

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‎AFV WEAPONS‎

‎AFV Weapons [Volumes 18-65 (of 65).]. AFV WEAPONS: A SPLENDID RUN IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS‎

‎47 vols., 8vo., First Edition, each volume with monochrome photographs and double-page coloured illustration; original series wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine run. Profile's complement to its parallel series 'AFV'. The run comprises: 18: Chieftain and Leopard (Development); 19: Chieftain and Leopard (Description); 20: Churchill and Sherman Specials; 21: Armoured Cars; 22: PanzerKampfwagen 38 (t) and 35 (t); 23: Soviet Mediums T44, T54, T55 & T62; 24: The M48-M60 Series of Main Battle Tanks; 25: Cromwell and Comet; 26: Hellcat, Long Tom and Priest; 27: The Saladin Armoured Car; 28: S-Tank; 29: M4 Medium (Sherman); 30: Armoured Cars - Marmon-Herrington, Alvis-Straussler, Light Reconnaissance; 31: Australian Sentinel and Matildas; 32: The M6 Heavy and M26 Pershing; 33: German Armoured Cars; 34: Scorpion Reconnaissance Tank; 35: British Armoured Recovery Vehicles; 36: Chars Hotchkiss, H35, H39 and Somua S35; 37: Russian BT Series; 38: Conqueror Heavy Gun Tank; 39: Panhard Armoured Cars; 40: US Armoured Cars; 41: M103 Heavy Tank & M41 Light Tank (Walker Bulldog); 42: Modern Swedish Light Armoured Vehicles; 43: PanzerKampfwagen IV; 44: Ferrets and Fox; 45: Vickers Battle Tank; 46: Light Tanks M22 Locust and M24 Chaffee; 47: Russian T34; 48: PzKpfw VI Tiger I and Tiger II (King Tiger); 49: Japanese Medium Tanks; 50: Swiss Battle Tanks; 51: Abbot FV433 Self-Propelled Gun; 52: M47 Patton; 53: The FV 432 Series; 54: Japanese Combat Cars, Light Tanks and Tankettes; 55: German Self-Propelled Weapons; 56: Missile Armed Armoured Vehicles; 57: Schutzenpanzerwagen SdKfz 251 & SdKfz 250; 58: French Infanty Tanks: Part I (Chars 2C, D and B); 59: French Infantry Tanks Part II (R35 and FCM 36); 60: Russian Armoured Cars (to 1945); 61: Elefant and Maus (& E-100); 62: Commando, Twister and High Mobility Vehicles; 63: AMX-30 Battle Tank; 64: Armoured Personnel Carriers; 65: The PT-76 Light Amphibious Tank and Variants. RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE VERY SCARCE.‎

‎AG. Butler A. G.‎

‎The Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914 - 1918 : Volume 1 - Gallipoli Palestine and New Guinea‎

‎Australian War Memorial 1930. General wear to boards. Foxing to endpapers. 873 pages with 228 b/w illustrations maps and graphs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Australian War Memorial Hardcover‎

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‎AGAR Herbert‎

‎A l'échelle de l'époque.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 224 pages. Passages soulignés.‎

‎Livre. Les éditions transatlantique, 1944.‎

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‎AGA ROSSI Elena -‎

‎Una nazione allo sbando. L’armistizio italiano del settembre 1943.‎

‎Bologa, il Mulino, 1993, 8vo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 168. Stato di nuovo.‎

‎AGAR Augustus‎

‎Baltic Episode. A Classic of Secret Service in Russian Waters. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY WITH EPHEMERA‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8, 2 plans (one double-page) in the text and endpaper maps, fore-edges lightly spotted; blue cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO 'STRIPEY' EVANS WHO SERVED WITH AGAR IN HMS DORSETSHIRE. AFTER THE SINKING HE WAS RESCUED AND SERVED THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR AT HMS ANDERSON IN CEYLON. AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF EVANS IS MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO TOGETHER WITH RELEVANT CUTTINGS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND HALF-TITLE VERSOS. A comprehensive account of the Royal Navy's coastal motor boat operations against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic in 1919 which were led by the author. It describes the achievements of his CMB flotilla; in particular the raids on the Russian fleet (including the sinking of the cruiser Oleg) which won him the VC. IT ALSO DOCUMENTS THE DEEDS OF CDR CC DOBSON AND LT GC STEELE DURING THESE RAIDS FOR WHICH THEY WERE ALSO AWARDED THE VC. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Douglas Hall. A UNIQUE PRESENTATION COPY and scarce in this condition. Mulholland & Jordan, A10.‎

‎Agata Tuszynska‎

‎Wiera Gran L'accusata‎

‎Prima edizione‎

‎agatha christie, henderson, war moore, beaumont, fredric brown, etc‎

‎MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION 1955 SEPTEMBER‎

‎fantasy house. very good fantasy house unknown‎

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‎agatha christie, henderson, war moore, beaumont, fredric brown, etc‎

‎MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION 1955 SEPTEMBER‎

‎fantasy house. very good - fine fantasy house unknown‎

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‎AGENDA.‎

‎Chronorama de l'Europe et des Etats-Unis. La Grande Guerre. Agenda 2001.‎

‎Paris, Editions Louis Pariente. 2000. in-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. , 2000, grand in 4, reliure éditeur, très nombreuses illustrations, environ 200 pp. Agenda publicitaire pour le Groupe pharmaceutique Vedim Pharma.. . . . Classification Dewey : 940.3-Première Guerre mondiale 1914-1918‎

‎1G-014 - Lieu d'édition : Paris Classification Dewey : 940.3-Première Guerre mondiale 1914-1918‎

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‎AGERO JUAN‎

‎GUERRA DE ESTE A OESTE.‎

‎(guerra 1939-40)[AGERO JUAN.]Guerra de Este a Oeste. Diez meses de guerra. Buenos Aires, 1941, in 16, 140 pp, numerose tavole f.testo, br. (mrgine superiore molto rifilato) [Euro 14,00]‎