‎War‎

‎Richardson, JD Lieut-Colonel DSO J D D S O‎

‎The History of the 7th Light Horse Regiment A.I.F.‎

‎Brisbane: A. Green. 2009. Small Quarto Size. MINT - a NEW copy. Cream matt boards unit colour patch to face cloth spine. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies. This is copy #9. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 122 pages maps at rear. Includes Decorations and Awards and an appendix on Casualties. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. A. Green hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : BIB247046

‎[Mexican-American War - Correspondence - Food] Clutter, George‎

‎Lengthy Letter Describing the Food and Scenery of Vera Cruz Written by Captain George Clutter of Wheeling West Virginia Captain of the the ‘Mountain Boys of Monongolia.’‎

‎Vera Cruz 1847. Folded letter to Wheeling Virginia with learly struck two-line datestamp with "Paid 10" manuscript rate and blue "Steam" handstamp of New Orleans on 1847 with an unusual “Steam†marking applied in New Orleans. Fine condition. Fine. A descriptive and interesting letter from Captain George W. Clutter of Wheeling Virginia describing the scenes and food in Vera Cruz in detail. Clutter had enlisted a detachment of thirty-two men in early 1847 in Monongalia County for service in the war who would eventually become known as the “Mountain Boys of Monongalia.†Clutter was promoted to the captaincy upon the resignation of John Tyler. The company sailed in June of 1847 on the Brig “Tuckahoe†from Old Point Comfort to Point Isabel where they marched to join General Taylor’s forces. <br /> <br /> This interesting letter written by Clutter from Vera Cruz describes the city and cuisine of Vera Cruz in detail. He writes “I am now boarding at the best Hotel in the city - it is called "Bells Stage House'. It is kept by a German lady in great grandeur. The quantity of fruit here is astonishing. Oranges are for sale at about the rate apples would sell in the Wheeling market. I only wish I could send you and the children some of them - such ones as you never eat in the United States as it would be impossible to carry them so far without rotting. <br /> <br /> As we get dinner here at 3 o'clock and no such thing as supper is known I stepped out this evening and obtained a 'cup of chocolate' and 'toast'. If an American or rather United States cook could taste such chocolate as the Mexicans make they never would attempt making the article again - and it is not so much in the simple making of the chocolate but it's in preparing it at the start - for every family even the provost understands making the article from the Cocoa.†Clutter offers additional details on troop movements and logistics of the campaign. Other letters by Clutter during the period are held at the West Virginia Regional History Center at WVU. <br /> <br /> Full contents follow:<br /> <br /> Vera Cruz Mexico<br /> Thursday Sept. 30th 1847<br /> <br /> When I wrote to you from the Brazos I felt in rather a bad humor and as I have arrived at this splendid city the first splendid place I have found in Mexico I will endeavor to write to you more at length than I did from the above named place. We left the Brazos at 5 o'clock P.M. on Monday on board the Steamship Ohio and without ever seeing the sun once during the voyage arrived here today Thursday about 11 o'clock A.M. - truly a quick trip. None of our Regiment except those who were favored with a passage on the Ohio in Company with Brig. Genl. Cushing are here yet. Those of our Regiment here are as follows: Lieut. Col. Withers Capt. Clay & his Company and Capt. Campbell & your humble servant who came upon the sick list. I am much improved since the commencement of the voyage and will with a day or two's rest be able to take up the line of march by the time the Regiment gets ready to move forward to join Genl. Scott. I must explain here the balance of the Regiment is coming in ships which may detain them two or three days in which event I will have become rested. I am now boarding at the best Hotel in the city - it is called "Bells Stage House'. It is kept by a German lady in great grandeur. The quantity of fruit here is astonishing. Oranges are for sale at about the rate apples would sell in the Wheeling market. I only wish I could send you and the children some of them - such ones as you never eat in the United States as it would be impossible to carry them so far without rotting. <br /> <br /> As we get dinner here at 3 o'clock and no such thing as supper is known I stepped out this evening and obtained a 'cup of chocolate' and 'toast'. If an American or rather United States cook could taste such chocolate as the Mexicans make they never would attempt making the article again - and it is not so much in the simple making of the chocolate but it's in preparing it at the start - for every family even the provost understands making the article from the Cocoa.<br /> <br /> In this City may be seen all the fashionable fine buildings and streets to be found in any city of the United States. Also all the various fancy and other goods now in the cities of the North & East can be found here. <br /> <br /> I have not yet found another horse since my arrival but must try and get one tomorrow. I hope my friend Pollock will receive the Mexican roan 'J.B.' which I sent him from Brazos. From hard usage he is not in very good order at present but with little care will be a very useful horse. Don't you ever ask the privilege of riding him however. Mind I know him well. <br /> <br /> As you have heard before this Genl. Scott is in the City of Mexico having sustained a very heavy loss in getting there. We expect to have considerable fighting between here and the City of Mexico ourselves. Time however will reveal all things. <br /> <br /> The soreness in my legs which I complained of is better but I fear exercise will cause it to return. What it will terminate in I am unable to say at present. <br /> <br /> I received a letter from you at this place today which was read with the usual interest notwithstanding it was written on the 13th August 17 days previous to the last one received at Sabinito which was dated 30th August.<br /> <br /> I have just bought five Vera Cruz papers which I will send you. They are half Mexican which half you can dispose of as you see proper. By the bye Mr. Fleeson promised to send you the Matamoros Flag regular. Tell me if you get it. <br /> <br /> Oct. 1st 1847<br /> <br /> This morning I have been all over the city. It would take me a month to describe all the curiosities I have beheld. I will save that for a private chat some long evening after my return. <br /> <br /> I would like to have you Dear little Ada to examine and see the curiosities to be seen. When papa comes home he will bring you some of them. <br /> <br /> My love to Sarah Ann. I would write longer to her had I time. My love to all my friends & acquaintances. <br /> <br /> I am Dearest Sarah<br /> your loving husband<br /> Geo. W. Clutter<br /> <br /> to<br /> Sarah M. Clutter. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List2439

‎[Cuban History - World War I – Red Cross Society] Unknown Photographer‎

‎Photograph of Cuban Red Cross Volunteers at a Benefit Performance for Cuba’s War Effort‎

‎Havana Cuba 1917. Excellent. The Cuban Red Cross Society was formed in 1909 by Dr. Diego Tamayo y Figueredo. In 1917 when this photograph was taken it was headed by Madame Mariana Seva de Menocal wife of then-President Mario García Menocal who was in office 1913–1921. Cuba had joined the Allies when President Menocal and the Cuban congress declared war on Germany in April of 1917; under Madame de Menocal the Cuban Red Cross raised $1000000 in cash to open and staff a hospital in France. This photograph shows ten women in Red Cross dresses holding what appear to be donation jars. Description verso reads in part<br /> <br /> “This group of Havana society girls acted as ushers at a recent special Red Cross benefit performance at the National Theatre in Havana of the Cuban Opera for the benefit of the Cuban Red Cross. Their success was so great that they volunteered for similar additional service at various other benefits held for this organization in the Cuban capital.â€. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List2727

‎[Mormons] [The Utah War Volume]‎

‎The Deseret News. Truth and Liberty. Volume VII Number 1 through Number 52. Salt Lake City. March 11 1857 through March 3 1858‎

‎Very Good. 417-423; 416pp. 52 numbers averaging 8pp. each. Folio 39 cm Contemporary 1/4 leather binding with limp boards which maintain some of the original marbled paper. Professionally recased. Restoration work to spine ends. Formerly exposed boards skillfully restored with handmade paper at the extremities. Hinges reinforced with Japanese tissue. Missing front front free endpaper. Periodic minor markings to the pages else internally very good. Flake 2822. A complete run of this volume of particular significance due to the historical events embraced by the year 1857-58: the Mormon "War" the Mountain Meadows massacre the incursion of federal troops against Utah the Reformation etc. Included is a major portion of the serialized "History of Joseph Smith" and the beginning of the serialization of Brigham Young's autobiography numerous documents by Young dispatches from the outside press relevant to the situation discourses by Elders etc. Also noteworthy is the printing of Young's December 15 1857 Governor's Message in the Dec. 23 issue; the Memorials to the President of the United States printed in the October 7 issue; and other major items relating to the conflict possibly in their earliest printings as well as much material related to overland travel freighting commerce and more. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 58075

‎[Civil War - Photography] Photographer Unknown‎

‎Pair of Ninth-Plate Tintype Portraits of Men Including a Union Soldier in a Union Case‎

‎American 1860. Images measuring 1 ¾ x 1 ½ inches in union case. A fine example. Fine. A particularly striking portrait of a young Union soldier in a union case with another young man possibly a relative. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List1420

‎[French and Indian War] [Broadsides]‎

‎An act passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England :begun and held at Boston in New-England upon Wednesday the twenty-fifth day of May anno domini 1757 and continued by sundry prorogations to Wednesday the twenty-third day of November following and then met. Broadside‎

‎Boston: S. Kneeland 1757. Broadside double sided 13 x 8 inches. Slight creasing small holes from being previously bound near fine overall. Near Fine. A broadside printed by S. Kneeland in 1758 concerning the billeting of soldiers and officers during the French and Indian War. Title continues: Billeting Officers and Soldiers. An Act. Passed by the Great General Court or Assembly of His Majesty’s Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New England: Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day May 1757. An Act making Provision for Quartering and Billeting Recruiting Officers and Recruits in his Majesty’s Regular Forces employed for the Protection and Defence of his Majesty’s Dominions in North-America.†The law required town officials to quarter and billet recruiting officers and recruits. Disputes over the funding of the war would help lay the groundwork for the American Revolution. We find no physical copies in OCLC. Cushing Mass. Laws 628. S. Kneeland unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List1527

‎[Civil War - Zouave Regiments]][Vernacular Photography]‎

‎An Unusual Outdoor Sixth Plate Tintype of a Zouave Soldier Possibly from New York‎

‎New York 1860. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting holding a horse. During the Civil War roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed adopting the names uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought for the Union cause. We were unable to determine anything else about this soldier though the image was found in a New York estate. New York was home to two of the most famous Zouave brigades the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry and the 11th New York Volunteer In-fantry. A nearly fine image with a slight crease housed in a full case. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : CAT0150

‎[Mexico] [Pastry War] Hersant, M‎

‎Signed manuscript report and chart from Hersant Consul de France a San Luis Potosí and Tampico to Comte de Rigny Minister of the Navy‎

‎Mexico 1833. First Edition. Mexico: May 23 1833. Letter and chart on watermarked single folio sheets approx. 13 x 16-½ inches letter: 3 pp.; chart: 2 pp.;. Near Fine. Rare first-hand documentation of the growing trade tensions that eventually led to the French-Mexican “Pastry War†of 1838. Consul Hersant’s gossipy report surveys the “commercial movement of the port of Tampico since it’s opening in 1824 until the end of 1832.†Hersant complains to his superiors that Mexican trade with the US and England far outpaces France; even the Hanseatic League has become a problem. The Consul includes a hand-drawn table tallying foreign ships and the weight of goods by country a visual aid supporting his claim that French trade lags considerably behind other partners. <br /> <br /> Ultimately it is civil disorder that most disturbs the Consul; that is smuggling assisted by the Mexican customs officers themselves: "se fait impunément et avec l'aide des douaniers eux-mêmes et peut porter au double la quantité de marchandises qui entrent du dehors." Indeed the early years of the Mexican Republic were marked by a notable lack of governmental accountability toward foreign governments or private property owners as various internal parties struggled for power. This disregard eventually led King Louis-Philippe’s government to sue for damages against Mexico on behalf of French citizens doing business there. The most famous claimant was a pastry chef who claimed his shop had been looted. In 1838 when the amount went unpaid the French invaded Veracruz and blockaded Mexico’s Atlantic ports beginning the so-called Pastry War.<br /> <br /> References to Hersant can be found in other histories of the French attempt to gain ground in Mexico e.g. establishing alternative shipping passages inland to compete with North American traders. Overall a scarce pair of documents in excellent condition with minimal normal wear. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List508

‎[Spanish-American War] [Massachusetts] Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry‎

‎Forty-Nine Photographs of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Most Identified‎

‎Massachusetts 1898. The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers mustered into service in May 1898 and within a month saw significant action in Cuba at the Battle of El Caney. They were one of three volunteer units from Massachusetts to see action on the Santiago Campaign. The regiment was inexperienced - 55% were untrained recruits. The lack of experience combined with their rifles giving off a very visible black smoke led to a heavy casualties in the Battle of El Caney. After an encampment near Santiago de Cuba in which a large number of the soldiers became ill with disease - estimates are as high as 65% - the regiment returned home in August. Historians have noted that soldier demographics changed considerably from the Civil War to the Spanish American war as the smaller number of troops and the lack of a draft led to a more enthusiastic army with higher morale. <br /> <br /> The photographs in this group are interesting as a typological grouping of images of untrained soldiers and also for their historical value as most contain identifications to versos. The highlight of the group is forty-four uniformly mounted portraits of soldiers nearly all identified measuring 3 ¾ x 2 ½ inches each. Other photographs include a large portrait of Captain Frederick E. Pierce with the blindstamp of Goldsmith Studio Springfield Massachusetts and a 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ inch square card of Capt. Pierce in Camp Turner. Also included are two slightly larger photographs on similar mounts. <br /> <br /> Overall an interesting group. Good condition overall with assorted chips and wear. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List319

‎Orlowski, Joseph L [Compiler]; Joseph L Madison [Nom de guerre]‎

‎Large archive of materials related to CIA front companies Air America Air Asia and Civil Air Transport‎

‎Southeast Asia: Various 1975. A substantial fascinating archive relating to Civil Air Transport and its subsidiaries and spin-offs such as Air America and Air Asia. The airlines were front companies for the American Central Intelligence Agency infamously involved in covert ops all over Southeast Asia especially Laos during the Vietnam War including drug smuggling. <p>Archive includes rare internal company memos reports budgets manuals some remarkable vernacular photographs ephemera and other items such as meticulous designs for uniforms of CAT employees to make it seem like a "real" airline. Spans over 30" of shelf space. Very Good condition overall. <p>The archive's compiler Joseph Louis Orlowski was an engineer by trade who worked in China before the country's 1949 revolution leaving for Taiwan and then rising through the ranks of CAT as it became Air America to become Vice President in the 1960s. He began using his wife's maiden name Madison as an alias eventually legally changing his name to it. His journey through the ranks of these airlines-- with their ever-present need to pretend to be regular airlines while paradoxically carrying out espionage drug dealing and acts of outright war-- is chronicled in these stacks of documents mostly minutiae. His black and white photos many of which are labeled or housed in envelopes with locations and context are particularly fascinating offering a vivid glimpse of wild dangerous lives belied by all the technical specs and dull documents: landing strips on plateaus in remote jungles parachuters in mid jump sacks of what may very well be heroin being loaded into a plane soldiers in jeeps Asian peasants and acrid plumes of black smoke rising above French colonial mansions and palm trees. <p>CONTENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: <p> BOUND MATERIALS <br> 1. Civil Air Transport Company Circular Manual No. 68 Traffic Office Kaitak HKG. Thick gray binder with gilt lettering to front board. Soiling to binder some light foxing and marking to contents. Roughly. 400 pages mostly printed on rectos only. Spans the years 1952-1957 with most docs being from 1954 and 1955.<br /> <br> 2. Civil Air Transport Company Circular Manual No. 75 Office of A/VPAGM. Thick gray binder with gilt lettering to front board. Light soiling to binder. Roughly 250 pages mostly printed on rectos only. <br /> <br> 3. Air America Circular 3. Black leatherette binder with silver lettering. Roughly 150 pages spanning from the 1960s to the early 1970s.<br /> <br> 4. Personnel Manual Civil Air Transport. Black leatherette brad-bound file lettered in gilt Asian patterned endpapers. Roughly 100 pages. Spans the early 1950s covering procedures for CAT hiring and firing sick leave etc.<br /> <br> 5. Air America Organization – 1951. Bradbound leatherette with silver lettering. Contains two copies of the company’s organizational chart with some pencil markings. 2 4 22 10 pp. printed on rectos only.<br /> <br> 6. Operations Manual No. 115 Operations Division CAT Incorporated. Red leatherette with gilt lettering title label taped onto front board. Approx. 200 pages. Contents consist of the “Operations Manual†“Operations Circular†“Operations Bulletin†and “Flight Manual.â€<br /> <br> 7. General Maintenance Manual Civil Air Transport General Maintenance Division. Dark green leatherette with gilt lettering. Roughly 150-200 pages. Contents span from the mid ‘50s to the late ‘60s including a section of Air Asia Maintenance Division info ca. 1968.<br /> <br> 8. Tokyo Organization—Personnel Survey and Recommendations to Regional Director J.L. Orlowski December 1953. Civil Air Transport Japan-Korea Region. Submitted by Henry T. Samson Personnel Consultant. 2 215 pp. printed on rectos only. Bound in black leatherette with spine label. Additional photocopied memos laid in.<br /> <br> 9. Sales Manual Sales Division Civil Air Transport. Bound in black leatherette with title label. Contents dated from the late ‘50s to 1968. Includes instructions for measuring unspecified “tied packages†weighed in kilos for freight shipment.<br /> <br> 10. Aircraft Accident and Incident Rates Graphs and Tables from 1960. Black leatherette with gilt lettering to front board. Roughly 100 pp. Contents consist of accident and incident rate tables for Air Asia from 1960 to 1969. <br /> <br> 11. Air America Base Manual Thailand 2. Bound in black leatherette with silver lettering. Mid ‘60s to ‘70s. Primarily a base manual for Udorn Thailand including emergency procedures for the base accounting personnel etc. with info about Club Rendezvous a vacation spot for Air America employees and Bangkok and Chiang Mai bases as well.<br /> <br> 12. Air America Base Manual Laos 42. Bound in black leatherette with silver lettering. Contents generally date from early ‘70s. Roughly 100 pages.<br /> <br> 13. Supply Manual Civil Air Transport. Stringbound with handmade wrappers. Roughly 300 pp.<br /> <br> 14. Uniform Manual Personnel Division Civil Air Transport July1 1956. Bound with sliding metal brads. Roughly 50 pages. Covers the proper uniforms for CAT personnel.<br /> <br> 15. Proposal: Technical Services Building – VTE. Company leatherette wraps with silver lettering. Roughly 25 pp. Includes laid in memo from Frank L. Dunn signed and dated April 8 1968.<br /> <br> 16. Compensation and Rules of Employment for Vietnamese National Pilots of Air America Inc. January 29 1973. Brad bound in wraps. vi 76 pp. <br /> <br> 17. Compensation and Rules of Employment for Philippine National Pilots of Air Asia Company Limited. January 29 1973. Brad bound in wraps. vi 73 pp. <br /> <br> 18. Compensation and Rules of Employment for Chinese National Pilots of Air Asia Company Limited. January 29 1973. Brad bound in wraps. vi 75 pp. Stamp to front wrap.<br /> <br> 19. Fiscal Reports to Base Managers March 1970. Stapled wraps. <br /> <br> 20. Statistical Reports Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. October 1970. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 21. Cost and Revenue Statement Intercompany Contracts September 1970. Prepared by Air Asia Company Limited. Staple bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 22. Financial Statements Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. March 1971. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 23. Financial Statements Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. March 1970. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 24. Financial Statements Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. March 1968. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 25. Appropriations Proposed for Six Months Ended March 31 1967. Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 26. Statistical Reports Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. March 1971. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 27. Financial Statements Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. October 1970. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 28. Cost and Revenue Statement Intercompany Contracts March 1970. Prepared by Air Asia Company Limited. Staple bound. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 29. Fiscal Reports to Base Managers September 1970. Stapled wraps. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 30. Cash Forecast for Twelve Months Ending March 31 1967. Intercompany Contracts: Air Asia Company Limited Civil Air Transport Company Limited Air America Inc. Book III. Prepared by Air Asia Company Ltd. 2 pp. Brad bound. Front wrap stamped “Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 31. Fiscal Reports to Base Managers October 1970. Stapled wraps. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 32. Fiscal Reports to Base Managers March 1971. Prepared by Treasurer-Controller’s Office. Stapled wraps. Front wrap stamped “Company Confidential.â€<br /> <br> 33. Pay Standards and Allowances. Brad bound in manila folder with stamped title tabbed pages. Revised April 1 1958 according to Table of Contents. <br /> <br> 34. Personnel Manual. Brad bound in manila folder with stamped title tabbed pages. Revised August 12 1958 according to Table of Contents.<br /> <br> 35. Employment. Brad bound collection of documents relating to Orlowski’s career and travels around the world with Civil Air Transport.<br /> <br> 36. Proposal for the Administration’s Participation in a Board of Trustees of the Rehabilitation …. Committee of the Council for the Far East. November 14 1947. 30 pp. printed on rectos only. Corner stapled sheets. Orlowski’s name written on front wrap.<br /> <br> 37. Action of Central Committee at 62nd Meeting re Board of Trustees. Committee of the Council for the Far East. November 19 1947. 2 pp. printed on rectos only. Corner stapled sheets. Orlowski’s name written on front wrap.<br /> <br> 38. Yokota Daily Performance 15 Dec. 1970. Corner stapled sheets.<p>LOOSE DOCUMENTS:<br> 1. Approximately 150-200 vernacular photos presumably by Orlowski mostly black and white housed in envelopes that loosely describe settings and contents: “Destroyed Planes†“1969 Laos†“Air America Danang Vietnam†“Saigon 1965†“Air America†“Air America Laos†etc. There are some remarkable images in here of combat Air America’s airplanes air fields explosions parachuting soldiers and interesting large sacks of some sort of materials being loaded into planes. Generally in Very Good to Near Fine although a four or five pictures show wear and have paper stuck to them.<br /> <br> 2.Collection of General Maintenance Manuals for Civil Air Transport from the 1950s. Roughly 200-250 pp. Unbound temporarily housed in a vintage Ziploc bag. Contents date to the ‘50s. Includes info on maintaining automobiles as well as a schematics of a barge suggestively named “Buddha†and a seagoing vessel dubbed Narcissus.<br /> <br> 3. Small collection of documents relating to the Taiwanese unveiling of a statue for Flying Tigers head and co-founder of Civil Air Transport Claire Chennault including two TLS from his widow Anna. <br /> <br> 4. S.A.M.E. folder. Folder of documents relating to the Society of American Military Engineers minutes of meeting with handwritten notes diagrams of airports two pieces of Asian artwork by an unknown artist.<br /> <br> 5. Collection of patterns mockups and prototypes for Civil Air Transport uniforms. Approximately 49 items. Includes designs for captain’s wings stewardesses’ handbags aircraft maintenance workers’ overalls and more.<br /> <br> 6. Two bags of loose document relating to Orlowski’s life and CAT including signed documents TLS from various people within organization materials relating to S.A.M.E.<br /> <br> 7. Around six documents relating to the American Association of Shanghai slightly oversized. [Various] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 140946501

‎[Utah Indian War Relic]‎

‎Utah Indian War Veterans Association Ribbon‎

‎Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag and Company 1896. Near fine. Commemorative ribbon in shadow box frame 11 3/4" x 9 3/4". Lacking the original display box. Blue ribbon with the statement "Utah Indians War Association" stamped in silver and a top bar of white enamel bordered in gilt with a Territory of Utah seal at the center. Also attached is an American flag ribbon with a hanging white enamel medallion depicting an American Indian in captivating full headdress. Tassels at the foot. The ribbons and attached medallions are exceptionally well-preserved and bright.<br /> <br /> Given to Indian War Veterans who suppressed hostilities in Utah during the years 1850 through 1872. Remarkably unfaded. A fine very bright example of a ribbon which represents a historically important juncture in Utah and American history. Whitehead and Hoag and Company unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 58334

‎War Department United States‎

‎The war of the rebellion: A compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Series 1 Vol. 1‎

‎Paperback / softback. New. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : B9783337118754 ISBN : 3337118755 9783337118754

‎Moreno de Guerra y Alonso, Juan‎

‎Bandos en Jerez: los del puesto de abajo‎

‎Madrid. 1929. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. . intoso en algunas páginas . Good. 22 cm. 143 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial. Estudio social y genealógico de la Edad Media en las fronteras del reino moro de Granada . Cubierta deslucida. . intoso en algunas páginas . Historia.93 93 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2674037

‎Depot General de la Guerre‎

‎De la Nature des differents Pays situés sur la Rive droite du Rhin de Bâle à Coblentz. Ponts Camp. etc.‎

‎France late 18th century. Manuscript on paper. Text in French written in a neat hand. Sewn. Occasional spotting. Overall in fine condition. Manuscript on paper. Text in French written in a neat hand. Sewn. ff. 46 last blank. <p><br /> An important 18th-century manuscript from the Dépôt de la Guerre providing a strategic analysis of the right bank of the Upper and Middle Rhine used for military reconnaissance and planning.<br /> <p><p><br /> This manuscript produced by the Dépôt Général de la Guerre presents a detailed strategic analysis of the right bank of the Rhine from Basel to Koblenz. The Dépôt de la Guerre established in 1688 was the principal institution responsible for French military intelligence cartography and strategic planning. It played a crucial role in gathering and disseminating geographic and strategic data to support military operations. This manuscript is a testament to that work offering valuable insights into potential military routes positions and logistical considerations along the Upper and Middle Rhine—a region of significant strategic importance.<br /> <p><p><br /> The manuscript is divided into four sections each providing specific strategic information.<br /> <p><p><br /> De la Nature des differents Pays situés sur la Rive droite du Rhin de Bâle à Coblentz: The main section offers a comprehensive overview of the nature and strategic value of regions on the right bank of the Rhine from Basel to Koblenz. It discusses the terrain routes suitable for army movements locations favorable for establishing camps and available agricultural resources. Regions such as Baden the Palatinate Worms Mainz Württemberg and others are examined from a military perspective.<br /> <p><p><br /> Positions militaires sur la Rive droit du Rhin de Bale à Coblentz: This section focuses on analyzing potential military positions along the right bank of the Rhine identifying defensible locations natural barriers and strategic points for effectively deploying troops and artillery.<br /> <p><p><br /> Indication des principaux lieux où il seroit possible à l’ennemi de Jetter des Ponts sur la Rive droite du Rhin de Bâle à Coblentz: Identifies key locations along the right bank where an enemy might construct bridges to cross the Rhine highlighting strategic points that could be critical for defense or control to prevent such crossings.<br /> <p><p><br /> Indications des différens lieux entre Bale et Philisbourg où l'on pourrait Jetter des Ponts sur la Rive Gauche du Rhin pour se porter dans les Pays situés sur sa Rive Droite: Discusses potential sites between Basel and Philippsburg on the left bank of the Rhine where bridges could be established to launch operations onto the right bank. This section is essential for planning offensive maneuvers or controlling river crossings.<br /> <p><p><br /> To the best of our knowledge this manuscript was never published in print and was presumably circulated only in a few copies this one bears the inscription “1er†on the first leaf making it a rare and significant example of 18th-century military reconnaissance and planning. Comparable manuscripts are found in the archives of the Service Historique de la Défense such as the Exposé sommaire de la nature des différents pays situés sur la rive droite du Rhin de Bâle à Coblenz entre les montagnes Noires et le Rhin which includes additional reconnaissance reports from 1730 and 1743 1 M 1504. Similarly another version of the Exposé sommaire appears in Louis Tuetey's Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France: Archives de la guerre no. 1941 underscoring the careful documentation and strategic importance of the Rhine region by the Dépôt de la Guerre.<br /> <p><p><br /> Koblenz located at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers was a critical strategic point during this period. It was occupied by French forces from 1794 to 1814 serving as a key administrative and logistical hub during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The kind of intelligence contained in this manuscript would have been invaluable for controlling the Middle Rhine region and planning military operations.<br /> <p><p><br /> Although this manuscript predates the Napoleonic Wars its detailed geographic and strategic insights regarding potential military positions river crossings and logistical planning would have been highly useful to French commanders. The systematic efforts of the Dépôt de la Guerre in compiling such data were essential for shaping military strategies and ensuring effective operations along the Rhine and beyond. This manuscript remains a significant historical resource for understanding the military geography and strategy of the late 18th century.<br /> <p>. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 3342

‎[JAPAN - TOKYO - WORLD WAR II MAP] GFROERER, CURT (ARTIST).‎

‎Tokyo Bay Area - Heart of Japan's Empire.‎

‎Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. 28 July1945. Colour bird's eye view map 22.4 x 39.3 cms on a newspaper leaf trimmed to a half sheet 29.8 x 41.6 cms including caption slight toning at an old central fold the map in very good condition. <br>Unrelated black and white photographic illustrations on the verso "Pre-flight Trainers used in Chicago to give ground instruction to would-be pilots" and "New rekindled Montauk Light Long Island N.Y." Map published in the Chicago Daily Tribune days before the bombing of Hiroshima on August 61945. <br>"Perspective map of Tokyo bay and contiguous land and sea areas showing Tokyo Yokohama the Yokosuka naval base industrial sections and other features .In this map north is at the right instead of at the top - an expedient adopted to show all of the bay as large as possible in half page space." caption . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 209335

‎[WORLD WAR II MAPS]‎

‎China Burma India War Sector etc. Chronology of Important War Events since December 7 1941.‎

‎Chicago.: Geographical Publishing Company. 1943. 10 printed colour maps on a large single sheet 91 x 71 cms small inset map of the European theatre chronology of events original folds a few short fold splits archivally sealed; in very good condition. A suite of numbered U.S. war maps with Allied action overstamped in red by the publisher that for Germany and France with pictorial stamps for strategic targets including "Chemical Factories" and "Airplane Factories". The maps numbered 1 to 10: English Channel; Italy; Southern Greece; Western Mediterranean Sea; Germany and France; Baltic Sea and Scandinavia; China Burma India; Japan; Tokyo; and Greater Pacific Battle Zone: a large half sheet map noting the placement of US and Japanese bases. The "Chronology of Important War Events" lists action from the bombing of Pearl Harbour: "Japan's day of Infamy: Japanese air attack cripples American Fleet at Pearl Harbour" to March 21 1944 "Germans take over key political posts in Bulgaria and Romania". <br> <br>Issued by the Geographical Publishing Company of Chicago this educational sheet includes an advertisement for WLS Chicago "The prairie farmer station" with a list of their war broadcasts and a world clock. . Geographical Publishing Company. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 206908

‎[ASIA - WORLD WAR II MAP].‎

‎The Daily Telegraph War Map of the Far East. Daily Telegraph War Map No. 11.‎

‎London.: Hutchinson & Co. Circa1940. Full colour folding map 70.7 x 93 cms; 76 x 101.2 cms sheet original folds short fold splits previous owner's neat title markings on the verso but the map in very good condition. A "Geographia" map of the war theatre in Asia and the Pacific including the northernmost coast of Australia. Showing railways and canals roads and steamer routes oilfields and pipe lines and a key to the unfederated states of Malaya. The Spratley Islands are marked as French and Thai territorial claims within French Indo China are marked. . Hutchinson & Co. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 205763

‎[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

Bookseller reference : 202620

‎[WORLD WAR II MAP - EUROPEAN COLONIALISM] BARRASS, CLIVE (MAPMAKER).‎

‎AMP World Map.‎

‎Sydney Australia.: Australian Motorists Petrol Company Ltd. A.M.P. pre1942. Large brightly coloured folding world map 51 x 97.4 cms map; 61 x 101 cms sheet archivally mounted on linen breaks at several folds and a minute bit of paper loss in the Celebes now Sulawesi and northern Afghanistan professionally repaired; in very good clean condition. World War II era advertising wall map printed in Australia for Australian Motorists Petrol Company Ltd. AMP now Ampol: "With the Compliments of Australian Motorists Petrol Co. Ltd. Authorized Capital £1000000" map text and pleads "In Wartime buy Australian" and "Australia Merits Preference". AMP was the first publicly listed Australian oil company. <br> <br>A colour-coded key identifies European colonial powers the continent of Africa being the recipient of multiple colonial claimants. British Imperial might was still dominant however claiming Australia New Zealand Canada Southern and Eastern Africa India and British Guyana. Notably Micronesia is identified as "Japanese Mandate" but the map was published before the Japanese occupation of New Guinea. Tannu Tuva now the Tuva Republic within the Russian Federation is noted separately as is Sinkiang now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region XUAR. <br> <br>A scarce map and when available usually in poor condition this copy in very good attractive condition archivally mounted and ready for framing. . Australian Motorists Petrol Company Ltd. (A.M.P.) unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 210773

‎Guerra Garrido, Raul‎

‎Cacereño‎

‎Barcelona.: Círculo de Lectores. 1973. Hardcover. Good. 20 cm. 278 p. grab. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. Guerra Garrido Raúl 1935-2022 . ISBN: 8422605074 Literatura española 860-311.2"19" Círculo de Lectores. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3384231 ISBN : 8422605074 9788422605072

‎[Civil War]‎

‎THE FIRST OF MAY 1865 OR GENL MOVING DAY IN RICHMOND VA‎

‎New York: Published by H. & W. Voight. Lith. by Kimmel & Forster 254 & 256 Canal St. 1865. Broadside illustration lithograph 8-3/4" x 10." Very Good. <br /> <br /> "From building inscribed 'To let Apply Lincoln & Co.' Southerners at whom Negro thumbs his nose are moving 'C.S.A. Treasury' etc." Weitenkampf. <br /> Anticipating the end of the Civil War in Richmond the cartoon depicts Robert E. Lee collecting swords for placement in a cart drawn by two skeletal dogs Treasury Secretary Trenholm hauling away worthless Confederate bonds and a "Sheriff Sale" sign on the building. Bystanders look on. A dog urinates on a box entitled "C.S.A. Treasury. Waster Paper." <br /> Despite the title's date the cartoon issued before May 1 that date being the artist's prediction of the time of the Confederacy's collapse. The reference to Lincoln & Co. suggests the President was still alive. <br /> Weitenkampf 148 recording a 1905 reproduction only. Not in Reilly. OCLC 191119865 4- Clements U VA Williams Notre Dame as of March 2025. Also located at the Library of Congress Boston Public Library Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. Published by H. & W. Voight. Lith. by Kimmel & Forster, 254 & 256 Canal St. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 37670

‎United States War Dept‎

‎Annual Reports of the War Department Volume 4‎

‎Hardback. New. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A9781344094849 ISBN : 1344094848 9781344094849

‎United States War Dept‎

‎Annual Report of the Secretary of War Volume 2 Part 4‎

‎Hardback. New. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A9781343646698 ISBN : 1343646693 9781343646698

‎Casstevens, Frances H‎

‎The Civil War and Yadkin County North Carolina: A History with Contemporary Photographs and Letters; New Evidence Regarding Home Guard Activity and the Shootout at the Bond School House; a Roster of Militia Officers SIGNED‎

‎<p>Jefferson NC and London: McFarland & Company 1997. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 298 pages indexed. Grey and white hardcover. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy. There is some sticker residue and a spot of abrasion in the top margin of page 98 near the gutter. Otherwise clean within. Contains photo illustrations. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page "Best Wishes. Hope you enjoy this book- / Frances H. Casstevens / 2/23/2001". <br /><br /></p> McFarland & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 054654 ISBN : 0786402881 9780786402885

‎[JAPANESE WORLD WAR II BOARD GAME].‎

‎飛行機対軍艦ゲーム. Hikōki tai gunkan gēmu. Airplanes vs War Ships Board Game.‎

‎Japan. Circa 1940. Colour folding game sheet 36.5 x 26cm 10 wooden playing pieces each with embossed images in beige and blue complete original box 15.5 x 7.6 x 2.3cm considerably worn and soiled and corners reinforced the game itself is in very good bright condition. This is a two-player board game where air planes and war ships fight against each other. Fascinatingly the game sheet illustration shows the battle ground is in the Pacific where islands with palm tree are dotted. Consequently the game might be produced at the early stage of the Pacific War. The players attack each other after starting from a naval base and an air base. There are two islands each where they are safely protected from their enemies. The playing pieces are made out of paper with embossed images of war ships and air planes in beige air power and blue sea power colours. . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 216804