Washington DC: GPO 1917. as is. 36 wraps figures tables some foxing and staining large piece missing fr cover small pieces missing in margins of a few pgs. Ink name and stamp on front cover covers soiled foxed and stained. War Department Document No. 604. Classified "Confidential. For Official Use Only. " Topics covered include notes on training of horse and field artillery; procedure when relieving a battery in action; notes for commanders of siege batteries on coming into action; terms used in gunnery with explanatory notes; preparations for opening fire from a new position; calibration and map shooting; parallelism of aiming posts; preparation of the fighting map; technical notes on 18-pounder barrage; notes on the behavior effect and employment of projectiles and fuses; and duties of observing officers forward observing officers liaison officers and forward liaison officers. Also included in a list of abbreviations and equivalent terms used by the British and the United States armies. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1917. fair to poor. 40 wraps figure table covers soiled & stained stains in margins insect damage to margins minor loss of text pp. 39-40 Ink name and name stamp on front cover front cover creased. Topics covered include employment of gas by the ancients the first use of gas in modern warfare instruction in the methods of gas warfare the school at Aldershot methods of making a gas attack the various kinds of gases theeffect of gases methods of protection practical instruction exposure to gas during training methods of defense and tactical employment of gas in offense. GPO paperback
London: U.K. War Office 1942. fair to good. 44 wraps appendices rear page creased. "Not to be published. The information given in this document is not to be communicated either directly or indirectly to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Service. " This document was compiled from preliminary reports on the then-recent desert warfare fighting in the Middle East and on winter warfare on a small portion of the Russian Front. Topics covered include tactical notes the employment of artillery against tanks anti-tank defense camouflage and deception partisans propaganda and weapons equipment and transport in snow conditions. U.K. War Office paperback
Newport RI: Naval War College 1989. good. 23 cm 160 wraps illus. notes covers somewhat worn and soiled large scuffs to covers. Naval War College paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1931. fair to good. 55 wraps figures text has darkened covers somewhat soiled and small stains. Topics covered include property accountability and responsibility emergency procurement and company and detachment funds. GPO paperback
Washington DC: U.S. Navy Department 1943. Revised Edition. fair to good. Approx. 250 wraps profusely illus. covers creased & soiled ink name on front cover pages somewhat darkened. Includes Aircraft Supplement No. 1. U.S. Navy Department paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1917. fair to good. 207 wraps figures fold-out charts appendices covers foxed and stained some foxing and staining to text front cover creased. Ink name and stamp on front cover. War Department Document No. 603. Topics covered include notes on the employment of Lewis guns in desert warfare; infantry machine-gun company training; notes on the employment of machine guns 37-mm. guns and light automatic weapons by cavalry; method of instruction in the Lewis gun; methods of laying machine guns in the direction of invisible targets by means of maps compass and traversing dial; some notes on Lewis guns and machine guns; French notes on machine guns; and Order of the Sixth Bavarian division regarding machine guns. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1947. Revised Edition. fair to good. 292 wraps illus. figures tables appendices index covers somewhat soiled & creased sticker residue on front cover. Weakness to rear cover. Topics covered include defense against chemical attack chemical agents and their identification physiological effects and first aid use and behavior of chemical agents individual protection collective protection and tactical protection; and training in defense against chemical attack the individual soldier duties and training of all officers and non-commissioned officers duties and training of unit gas personnel and duties and training of the chemical officer. Appendices include approximate duration of hazard from mustard gas contamination military animals in chemical warfare flow of supplies ready reference chart to chemical agents service troop organizations gas mask inspection and drills and protective cover--use and drills. This manual captures the World War II experience and is nearly twice as long as the earlier version. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1945. fair. 67 wraps illus. fold-out diagram tables sm holes pp. i-viii no loss of text covers soiled & worn pencil notes ins r flyl. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1942-1945. Revised Edition. good with fair to good Changes. 121 8 wraps illus. figures tables appendices some cover soiling stamp on front cover & front of changes crossed out in marker. Small tears chips and creases to margin of Change 2. This manual was used to train radio operators in troop and special service schools. The manual includes a general description of major components of the equipment detailed instructions for its installation and use and information on functioning servicing and repairing. GPO paperback
Newport RI: U.S. Naval War College 1968. good. 120 wraps illus. map footnotes some wear to covers small tear to spine. Contains a long article pp. 29-79 by Commander Philip R. Holt on "Prisoners of War: Prescriptive Conduct and Compliance in Captive Situations. " U.S. Naval War College paperback
London: HMSO 1914. fair. Pocket-size 265 illus. appendices index ink name ins fr bd bds scuffed & soiled bd & sp edges worn pencil & colored pencil underlining. This Infantry Training Manual from 1914 represents the baseline understanding and assumptions that the British Army took into the trenches on the Western Front at the start of the First World War. HMSO unknown
Washington DC: GPO 1941. fair to good. 709 wraps appendices covers somewhat worn and soiled small rough spot on front cover small tears and chips at spine. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1955. good. 82 wraps charts appendices bibliography small stain on rear cover some wear to lower edge of document. Also contains a 4-page press release dated August 17 1955 on the President's Executive Order promulgating a code of conduct for members of the U.S. armed forces edges creased and discolored and small tears and a 1-page copy of a letter transmitting the report. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1947. Revised Edition. good. 264 wraps illus. glossary index covers slightly soiled stamp on front cover crossed out in marker. Topics covered include operations employment of the arms and services conditioning and acclimatization military rock-climbing weather winter characteristics administration and communication. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1917. First Edition. as is covers missing. 37 wraps figures text has darkened some foxing to text minor insect damage in margin no loss of text covers missing. Lower corner of most pages creased. A knowledge of how to conduct small groups of skirmishers in battle is indispensable to noncommissioned officers and corporals and is indeed the basis of their efficiency. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1945. Wraps. good. 137 pages. Wraps illus. diagrams list of component parts maintenance parts references index. Name of previous owner present. Covers somewhat worn and soiled pencil erasure on title page. Complete title: Carrier terminal OA-13/FC carrier repeater OA-10/FC and carrier filter F-36/FC Type H carrier telephone packaged equipment. This manual supersedes TM 11-2025 Type H Carrier Telephone Packaged Equipment 30 June 1944 and TM 11-2034 Installation Instructionsfor Type H Carrier Telephone Packaged Equipment 30 June 1944. GPO paperback
London: HMSO 1940. fair. 166 maps apps tables index pencil sketch ins r flylf pencil notes ins fr flylf bds & spine quite worn and scuffed. Early work on photo interpretation. HMSO unknown
Newport RI: U.S. Naval War College 1974. fair to good. 105 wraps illus. figures tables notes neat red ink underlining on several pages small tear at spine. Contains an article pp. 74-85 on "Non-Caucasian Recruiting and the Occupational Structure of the Navy" by Roger D. Little and Raymond F. Turner on selective recruitment to solve the problems of racial balance and technical ability. Also contains an article by Vice Admiral Stansfield Turner on the missions of the U.S. Navy and articles on the meaning and significance of the Gorshkov Articles the stability of a balance of power international system the Soviet Navy and ocean law an inter-American approach to the law of the sea and the submarine and the Washington Conference of 1921 among other topics. U.S. Naval War College paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1902. good. 190 tables index weakness to front board small stains to boards. This volume contains among other reports reports of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission the Gettysburg National Military Park Commission the Shiloh National Military Park Commission and the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission. The volume also contains the report of the board of visitors to the U.S. Military Academy and the report of the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy. GPO hardcover
Washington DC: U.S. War Department 1941. Second Rev. Edition. fair. 96 wraps illus. covers quite worn bottom corner front cover bent tear in title page. Contents unpaginated follow the words and music section. Compiled in collaboration with the Library of Congress. U.S. War Department paperback
Washington DC: U.S. War Department 1918. fair. 6 wraps front cover quite soiled and stained small holes minor insect damage in margins text soiled and foxed. Ink name on front cover. "For Official Use Only. " Full title of the pamphlet: "Questions a platoon commander should ask himself on taking over a trench and at frequent intervals afterwards. " U.S. War Department paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1917. First Thus Edition. First Printing. fair. 22 wraps diagrams part of rear cover missing no loss of text Translated and edited at the Army War College 1917. War Department Document No. 703. GPO paperback
Berryville VA: Cool Spring Associates Inc 1991. very good. 80 wraps illus. some in color maps covers somewhat worn and soiled sticker residue and minor abrasion on front cover Cool Spring Associates, Inc paperback
Washington DC: James B. Steedman 1858. fair to good rebound in good binding. 670 tables text creased some pages soiled tear and small piece missing on title page. From Wikipedia: "The United States Department of War also called the War Department and occasionally War Office in the early years was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army. The War Department also bore responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798 and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force in 1947. The Secretary of War headed the war department throughout its existence. The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18 1947 when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment NME renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949. The Secretary of War a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs headed the War Department. James B. Steedman unknown
Washington DC: William A. Harris 1858. fair to good rebound in good binding. 572 tables pages slightly darkened text issued by Senate. From WIkipedia: "The United States Department of War also called the War Department and occasionally War Office in the early years was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army. The War Department also bore responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798 and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force in 1947. The Secretary of War headed the war department throughout its existence. The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18 1947 when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment NME renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949. The Secretary of War a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs headed the War Department." William A. Harris unknown
Washington DC: U.S. War Department 1942. good. 674 wraps illus. diagrams fold-out charts glossary of meteorological terms index covers somewhat worn and soiled. Sticker scuff on first page. U.S. War Department paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1939. fair. 293 wraps illus. figures tables appendix index covers soiled and creased ink name front cover text partly sep from covers. Pencil notes on several pages title page partly glued to front cover fore-edge soiled and foxed. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1941. fair to good. 273 wraps illus. fold-out map figures tables appendix index ink name on fr cover covers soiled small tears at spine. Contains information on recruitment and mobilization organization uniforms armament ammunition training and tactics among other topics. GPO paperback
London: HMSO 1914. Revised Edition. fair to good. 102 illus. fold-out maps appendices index edges of boards worn. This edition does not include plates 5 6 7 8 and 12 from the original edition. Four new plates however have been added. HMSO hardcover
London: HMSO 1940. Hardcover. fair to good. 612 pages. Illustrations.some fold-out. Gllossary. Appendices. Index. Weakness to front board ink name present on front board. Boards scuffed. Edges of boards & spine worn. HMSO hardcover
Washington DC: GPO 1944. good. 24 wraps illus. tables small ding in side margin stamp & blue pencil "R" on front cover some soiling & sm stains to covers. GPO paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1916. good. 101 wraps illus. with 22 plates tables index small tear at bottom of spine & small chip missing some wear to covers/spine. Numbered copy no. 1795. Total ordnance equipment for the headquarters company of a regiment of heavy horse or light artillery. Equipment includes reel cart telescope range finder aiming circle sextant telemeter and more; for each piece of equipment there is a diagram nomenclature of parts information on use and care of the equipment and more. Among the specific equipment covered are: Battery Commander Telescope models of 1904 1905 and 1915; Observation Telescope model of 1908; Field Artillery Plotter model of 1907 and both Goerz and Bausch & Lomb Field Artillery range finders. GPO paperback
Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 1917. good. 6 wraps text has darkened and some foxing lower corner creased red pencil name in top corner first page. Changes to Regulations for the Army of the United States 1913 issued by the U.S. War Department. These changes deal mainly with the Panama Canal Zone the Army Inspector General Department and disposition of condemned property. GPO paperback
Newport RI: Naval War College 1973. fair. 23 cm 112 wraps illus. figures tables ink notations on cover and table of contents red ink underlining pp. 16-34. Naval War College paperback
London: U.K. War Office 1942. good. 32 wraps. "Not to be published. The information given in this document is not to be communicated either directly or indirectly to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Service. " Topics covered include Imperial forces tactical notes all arms air support armored formations infantry notes engineers and intercommunication and enemy methods minefields and booby traps and field defenses. U.K. War Office paperback
London: HMSO 1941. First Printing. fair. 63 wraps covers worn and soiled pencil erasure on frontis some page crinkling at rear minor page chipping. HMSO paperback
Carlisle Barracks PA: U.S. Army 1989. very good. 124 wraps illus. maps notes. Contains articles on: Signals Intelligence and Nuclear Preemption On-SiteInspections Conventional Arms Control NATO's Northern Flank Military Management the Army and Public Affairs and Sheehan's portrait of Vann andVietnam. U.S. Army paperback
Washington DC: GPO 1945. First Edition. First Printing. fair. 138 wraps illus. diagrams. fold-out charts at the rear footnotes covers chipped worn & soiled some pg discoloration. Classified "Confidential. " Military Government Guides on Germany are designed to aid officers responsible for military government in that country. This Guide has been approved by the Committee on Civil Affairs Studies. The document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31and 32 as amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. There are no declassification markings but this item is believed to have been declassified by the implementation of past Executive Orders. GPO paperback