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United States War & Navy Departments with the Assistance of Time Inc
Recognition Journal. Numbers 10 & 14 1944
Washington: War & Navy Departments/Time Inc. 1944. Whole Numbers 10 & 14 published 1944; these 2 issues only; first editions Restricted but at the same time to be given full distribution all folio in pictorial paper wrappers reminiscent of Life magazine's format each issue 30-50 pages and all illustrated throughout; general light age toning to interiors still a good pair; mostly ships and airplanes with many profiles and views from different ranges also occasional articles on tanks and other armored vehicles. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: War & Navy Departments/Time, Inc. unknown
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[First World War Honour Roll]
Prince Alfred College Speech Day. December 18 1918 . cover title
Adelaide: Hussey & Gillingham Limited Printers for The College 1918. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey & Gillingham Limited Printers for The College 1918. Octavo 16 pages. Title-wrappers a little creased marked and rubbed; a very good copy. 'First Speech Day. HRA' is written in pencil at the head of the front cover; we presume this is a later inscription by the H.R. Adamson who was awarded third prize in Junior A at the Preparatory School that year. These traditional Speech Day lists of successes gained and prizes awarded are overshadowed by the lengthy Honour Roll of Old Collegians 'who were sent overseas or who expected to be sent at the time of the armistice' 7 pages. This is followed by a list a page and a half of those awarded military distinctions including Captain Hugo Throssell VC and a full page of those who did not return. Hussey & Gillingham Limited, Printers (for The College) paperback
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Czech-Jochberg, Erich
Vom 30 Januar Zum 21 Marz Die Tage Der Nationalen Erhebung
Leipzig: Das Neue Deutchland 1933. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gray boards with gilt and red on front cover.67-152pplfacs German text. Interior very good. Long split on rear board at spine. <br/> <br/> Das Neue Deutchland hardcover
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(English Civil War)
Sarcastic Notices of the Long Parliament: A list of the members that held places both civil and military contrary to the self-denying ordinance of April 3 1645; with the sums of money and lands etc.
London: John Camden Hotten 1863. first edition; v 49 4 ads pp. original red boards & black leather backstrip corners & spine worn covers moderately soiled small nick to the fore edge of the rear cover else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: John Camden Hotten hardcover
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GUERRA, Tonino (Santarcangelo di Romagna 1920-2012)
Odisèa. Viàz de poeta sa Ulisse
Arezzo: Bracciali 2007. Brossura wrappers. Ottimo Fine. Testo romagnolo - italiano. Testo e numerose illustrazioni a colori di cui alcune a piena pagina di Tonino Guerra. 8vo. pp. 244. Ottimo Fine. Prima edizione First Edition. <em>Il Maestro di Santarcangelo ha riscritto e disegnato il libro dei libri: L'Odissea.<br /><br />"Era quasi inevitabile che nel suo lungo percorrere e ricercare il campo della poesia Tonino Guerra si disponesse accanto al fuoco a parlare con Ulisse";" non con l'epico sterminatore di troiani ma con il pellegrino stravolto e affaticato del mare" Roberto Roversi<br /></em> Bracciali, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 221473 ISBN : 8862360037 9788862360036
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(World War II)
War Comes to the U.S.-Dec. 7 1941. The First 30 Hours as reported to the Time-Life-Fortune News Bureau from the U.S. and abroad
New York. Marked "News Bureau Files. 222 pp. Originals printed in mimeograph this facsimile recto only. With some deletions for Secrecy Reasons. 1 vols. 4to. Tan wrappers. Some minor chipping. Marked "News Bureau Files" 222 pp. Originals printed in mimeograph this facsimile recto only. With some deletions for Secrecy Reasons. 1 vols. 4to. With a TLS to Mrs Lila Tyng/The New York Trust Co./ Income Collection Dept. signed Roy E. Larsen President of Time about the place Time was in the war. and how it affect stockholder. zHere it is the ex-Mrs. Henry Luce<br /> <br /> Chronological compilation of news reports as they were received at the News Bureau from reporting staff --- raw source material submitted to Bureau Chief David Hulburd as events happened. unknown
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(Seven Years' War) Johnson, William
Relacao de huma batalha succedida no campo de Lake Giorge na America Septemtrional entre as Tropas Inglazas commandadas pelo Coronel Guilhelmo e as Francezas das quae era Commandante o General Barao Dieskau aos 30 aos 30. de Junho do prezente anno de 1757 / traduzida no idioma Portuguez; extrahida de huma carta escrita pelo mesmo coronel logo despois do successo ao general Wensvort governador da nova Hamsphire sic e mandada inclusa em outra escrita em postmaute capital da mesma provincia
Lisboa: Domingos Rodrigues 1757. First edition. Woodcut vignette to title-page. 7 blank pp. Small 4to. A very good copy some very faint dampstaining. First edition. Woodcut vignette to title-page. 7 blank pp. Small 4to. A Portuguese translation of General William Johnson's "Letter to the Governours of the Several Colonies who raised Troops on the Present Expedition" signed in the text "Wilhelmo Gonson." <br /> <br /> Not long after the commencement of the Seven Years' War Johnson was appointed British agent to the Iroquois. On 28 August 1755 he renamed Lac Saint Sacrement Lake George in honor of the British monarch and proceeded north as part of a four-pronged attack on the French specifically to capture the French-held Fort St. Frédéric at Crown Point. <br /> <br /> "It was not the greatest battle of the French and Indian War but it came when a victory was needed and the results were momentous. It retrieved both the glory and morale so badly depleted when Braddock fell at the forks of the Ohio the previous July. It blunted a French drive which menaced Albany and the northern frontier set up a new English outpost in that area and the capture of a distinguished French general Dieskau was triumph for the victors and humiliation for the enemy" Hamilton.<br /> <br /> The publication of this letter was of course a remarkable source of propaganda for the English and boosted Johnson's career signficantly. The letter was reprinted in London an engraved plan of the battle was produced as well as portrait. This Lisbon printing is however very rare and little known. It's not in COPAC there wasn't a copy in the Streeter Sale. In fact the last copy on the market we can find was in 1928. Not in Church; Sabin 38661; Maggs "Biblioteca Americana" IV 2998; Milton W. Hamilton "Battle Report: Genreal William Johnson's Letter to the Governors Lake George September 9-10 1755" in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society April 1964 pp 19-36 [Domingos Rodrigues] unknown
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(English Civil War)
The Second Part of the Westminster Monster whereunto is added Pembroke's Passe from Oxford to his grave
np 1648. Sole edition. 4 ll. Collation: A4. 4to. Green half morocco by Riviere spine gilt some spotting. Sole edition. 4 ll. Collation: A4. 4to. "And would you know what here is meant / By Monster 'Tis our Parliament."<br /> ESTC lists seven other copies of this scathing anti-Cromwellian work though no other parts are traced. Wing S 2321; ESTC R204781. Provenance: Samuel Christie-Miller 1873 purchase note on flyleaf with cost of binding; Britwell Court Sotheby's 4 April 1924 lot 814; Fairfax of Cameron bookplate; Robert S. Pirie bookplate unknown
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Stanley, Peter (Introduction).
What Did You Do in the War Daddy A visual history of propoganda posters.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1983. 4to xvii pp introduction by Peter Stanley followed by 107 pp of poster reproductions in colour and black and white many full page. Original black cloth front board chipped at corner in edge-worn dustwrapper. Posters from Australia including regional Australia Great Britain England Scotland Ireland USA Canada Ceylon Egypt France Germany Malaya New Zealand Philippines South Africa and the Soviet Union. Seven posters by Norman Lindsay are featured: the series of six produced for the Commonwealth's 'last recruiting campaign' and one painting and verse reprinted from The Bulletin. Other artists represented include Norman Rockwell Harry J Weston B E Pike H M Burton Souter Mabel G Dawkins H M Raven Herbert Pizer William J Franks E V Kealy Michael P Whelan H R Hopps Paul Neumann Poulbot and Leonard. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oxford University Press
Riferimento per il libraio : 8171 ISBN : 0195544048 9780195544046
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[DAVIS, Jefferson] SECRETARY OF WAR
Report of the Secretary of War Communicating in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of February 2 1857 Information Respecting the Purchase of Camels for the Purposes of Military Transportation.
Washington D.C.:: A.O.P. Nicholson Printer 1857. First edition. publisher's black cloth. Front free endpaper partially adhered to pastedown; gold lettering on spine a little dull; otherwise a fresh unworn copy. 8vo. Illustrated from engravings; folding plate. A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, hardcover
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(Mexican American War) Farnum, John Egbert
Autograph Document Signed "J. Egbert Farnum late of the U.S.A." Being a hand-written poem relating an incident of the Mexican American War
New York City 1854. 3 pp. pen and ink on bifolium. 8vo. Old folds very minor stain to edge of bottom right corner on first page not affecting text else fine. 3 pp. pen and ink on bifolium. 8vo. Romantic in a style befitting the era Farnum offers a graphic account of a a heart-wrenching scene from battle which he describes as "carelessly written but respectfully dedicated to Maria L. Green." Reading in part:<br /> <br /> ."Where hot and fiercest raged the fight<br /> Where lead came down like rain ~<br /> Where bursting bombshells feeble light<br /> Discovered heaps of slain ~<br /> I saw a little laughing sprite<br /> A joyous little dear<br /> Leading a pet lamb through the fight<br /> Without one though of fear. ~"<br /> <br /> Soldier express rider mercenary adventurer and notoriously hard drinking brawler John Egbert Farnum's 1824-1870 military career began in the Mexican American War where he served as a sgt. major in the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He would go on to see action in the Crimean War and the jungles of Cuba and Nicaragua before enlisting as a major in the Union Army in 1861. Farnum fought gallantly in some of the bloodiest engagements of the American Civil War including Fredericksburg Chancellorsville and Gettysburg before his wounds forced him to retire from active service Farnum was shot 19 times and suffered two saber wounds. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general for his meritorious service. <br /> Despite his incredible war record Farnum is more often remembered for his involvement in the infamous voyage of the schooner Wanderer. Built as a luxury racing yacht the Wanderer was purchased by William Corrie in 1858 with the assistance of southern "fire eater" Charles A.L. Lamar. Corrie had the schooner refitted as a slave ship and along with Farnum who later claimed ignorance of the scheme and the ship's crew sailed to Africa and loaded 407 slaves aboard. They arrived off Jeckyll Island Georgia in November and were arrested for violating the 1807 Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves. Farnum was charged with piracy. He escaped jail but was recaptured and after a lengthy and sensational trial in which the President of the United States James Buchanan came to his defense he was acquitted of all charges. unknown
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[SHERMAN AND STEVENS COUNTY-SEAT WAR]
Sixth Biennial Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas. 1887-8.
Topeka:: Kansas Publishing Couse 1888. First edition. original printed wrappers. Slight use to wrappers; very nice. 8vo. Adjutant General's Compliments slip tipped in. Kansas Publishing Couse, unknown
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[Korean War]. MUNROE, Lieutenant Clark C (and others)
Second to None cover title. The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea 1950-1951. Together with . Korea 1951-52 and . Korea 1953
Nashville: The Battery Press 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Nashville The Battery Press 1992 all three volumes facsimile edition/ 1952 1953 and 1954. Quarto three volumes xxii 229; xii 215; and xii 235 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs and line drawings in each volume. Pictorial cloth; neat ownership signature on each front free endpaper; a fine set. 3 items. The Battery Press hardcover
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[First World War]. CLAPHAM, L
Souvenir Photos of Egypt Malta and Durban. Taken by L. Clapham late of the 8th Battalion AIF Souvenir Photos by an Original Anzac cover title
Ballarat: The Author 1920. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Ballarat The Author circa 1920s printed by S.L. Vale. Oblong octavo 127 × 213 mm 14 leaves rectos only comprising the title leaf 12 full-page illustrations from photographs and an index leaf at the rear. Overlapping wrappers lightly chipped and marked; an excellent copy. The photographer 319 Private William Edwin Leslie Clapham was at Gallipoli at the time of the landings in which he almost certainly took part. Evacuated to Malta with a gunshot wound to his hand on 14 May 1915 he served there briefly as a policeman before being declared unfit and sent back to Australia. [The Author paperback
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GUERRA, Tonino (Santarcangelo di Romagna 1920-2012)
La prima luce
Valverde: Il Girasole Edizioni Le gru d'oro 2005. Brossura wrappers. Perfetto Mint. . 8vo. pp. 32. Perfetto Mint. Edizione originale di 300 es. numerati. Letteratura italiana del 900 italiano Gambetti 2007 Gambetti Lucio Vezzosi Franco Rarità bibliografiche del Novecento italiano. Repertorio delle edizioni originali. Milano Edizioni Sylvestre Bonnard 2007. Il Girasole Edizioni, Le gru d'oro unknown
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GUERRA, Tonino (Santarcangelo di Romagna 1920-2012)
L'impiccagione dei pesci grossi
Valverde: Il Girasole Edizioni Albatros 1991. Brossura wrappers. Perfetto Mint. Volume interamente composto da disegni a piena pagina dell'Autore. Postfazione di <strong>Roberto Roversi</strong> Il miele e il veleno. Cm 29x215. pp. 112 n.n. Perfetto Mint. Prima edizione First Edition. Letteratura italiana del 900 italiano Gambetti 2007 Gambetti Lucio Vezzosi Franco Rarità bibliografiche del Novecento italiano. Repertorio delle edizioni originali. Milano Edizioni Sylvestre Bonnard 2007. Il Girasole Edizioni, Albatros unknown
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(World War II)
Identity documents and ephemera of Sgt. Gerald McDowell U.S.A.F. as prisoner of war in Stammlager XVII B Stalag 17B Krems Austria 1943-1945
Krems Austria 1945. 4to and smaller. Some toning overall very good. 4to and smaller. Identity documents and ephemera of American Air Force tail gunner Sgt. Gerald McDowell 1923-2002. McDowell and the flight crew of the B17 nicknamed Hell's Belle survived being shot down over Germany in 1943 and were interned at Stalag 17B in Austria. At the war's end the camp guards marched American prisoners west to meet the U.S. Armored Division at Braunau and avoid the Soviet troops occupying eastern Austria. McDowell wrote a memoir of his war experiences A Tail Gunner's Tale 1991. Stalag 17 gained notoriety from the 1953 Hollywood film of the same name staring William Holden.<br /> <br /> Comprising:<br /> <br /> 1. Camp identification document for Gerald McDowell no. 100478 with two photographs side and profile with chalk board identity number. Old fold splt repaired on verso. With corresponding stamped metal badge. Illustrated at p. 114 of his book<br /> <br /> 2. Broadside: Kgf.-M.-Stammlager XVII B. Teillager der Luftwaffe. Lagerführung. Gneixendorf June 11th 1944. Warning ! 1. Any P.o.W. touching or crossing warning wire during day-time will be fired upon immediately. . Stencil printed signed in ink by "E-" above stencil legend: Hauptmann and 1st Lageroffizier. Old folds. Tipped onto card. Illustrated at p. 90 of his book. Of extreme rarity.<br /> <br /> 3. BATCH D.B. Pencil portrait of Gerald McDowell Signed and dated lower right D.B. Batch P.O.W. 13/1/45 Krems Austria. 9 x 6 inches. Tipped onto card. Framed.<br /> <br /> 4. Recipes for "D-Bar Spread" "Chocolate Cream Pudding" "Gallop" and other P.O.W. dishes using D-Bars C-Rations "Jerry" sugar etc. 5 small cards closely written on versos of typed prisoner ID fiches 4 x 2 inches. Tipped onto card. Toned.<br /> <br /> with:<br /> 5. PHELPER Ben H. Kriegie Memories title from cover. Photographs and handwritten text. 64 pp. Aurora Illinois: Printed by Barker printing Co. 1946. Blue leather grained cloth upper cover titled in gilt. OCLC: 85169189 4 copies. Inscribed by the author on the first blank "Jerry: May you always be free and happy. Good luck Ben". Rare privately printed account of experiences inside Stalag 17B by "Luftgangster No. 113204" with photographs of camp life and of the march towards liberation in May 1945. With a dozen annotations by McDowell usually in red ink indicating himself or other fellow inmates in the photographs including a picture in the "Cardboard Playhouse" of McDowell in a dress captioned in the text "a glamour shot of one of our boy actors . Some of the lads sure did look good when they made up as a girl." Presentation copy of an astonishing illustrated narrative<br /> <br /> 6. MCDOWELL Gerald. E. A Tail Gunner's Tale. Vantage Press 1991. Review copy as new. unknown
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[Boer War]
Everlasting Silver Leaves from Table Mountain Cape Town South Africa cover title
Cape Town: possibly J.H. Robinson & Co. 1900. Very Good. Cape Town possibly J.H. Robinson & Co. circa 1900. Small octavo a souvenir printed on card 4 pages all with printed decorative borders comprising a decorative title-cover an original gelatin silver photograph 105 × 145 mm three mounted 'everlasting silver leaves' with printed decorations or messages 'Hearty Greetings' and 'To my Dear Mother' with the last page designed for personal messages. Trifling signs of handling; in excellent condition. The photograph featuring mainly artillery shells of various sizes some of them identified small arms ammunition and shrapnel one piece marked '66 Battery' is signed in the negative 'B.W. Canby'. To say the image is incongruous in a souvenir greeting card specifically designed to be sent to one's mother is putting it mildly! Offered with a similar item: the cover title is the same albeit gilt-pictorial and printed in gilt with the imprint of J.H. Robinson & Co.; both pages of the centrespread contain mounted leaves those on the right-hand page have printed decorations or messages this time 'To A Dear Friend' and 'Remember Me'; the last page is blank. 2 items. possibly J.H. Robinson & Co.] unknown
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War Staff Admiralty
GERMAN RIGID AIRSHIPS
The Naval & Military Press pp. 336 . Papeback. New. The Naval & Military Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 696964546 ISBN : 1847349978 9781847349972
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[CIVIL WAR] FORT MARION [FLORIDA]
Official Report Fort Marion Feb. 17 1865.
Fort Marion Feb. 17 1865. one page. Fine. 12mo. A ms. account of about 70 words unsigned relating an attack on the garrison as they were engaged in improving the ditch; their retreat; and their rally. unknown
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Office Novembe War Office November 1921
Manual of Field Works All Arms 1921
The Naval & Military Press pp. 444 . Hardback. New. The Naval & Military Press hardcover
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[Boer War]
A vintage photograph of a group of eleven Australian soldiers posed in front of a tent possibly members of the Third 'Bushmen's Contingent at Camp Langwarrin' Victoria in late 1899
Melbourne: R. McGeehan 96 Albert St. Windsor 1899. Very Good. Melbourne R. McGeehan 96 Albert St. Windsor circa 1899. A high-gloss gelatin silver photograph 100 × 145 mm on the original blind-decorated mount with the ink stamp of the photographer on the verso. Photograph slightly marked with some uneven discolouration; mount a little marked; in very good condition. The second figure from the right in the front row is wearing a slouch hat with a distinctive hatband and the brim turned up on the right side. We have discovered the same man in one of Rose's Stereoscopic Views #2242 'The Bushmen's Contingent at Camp Langwarrin' illustrated in 'George Rose Australia's Master Stereographer' by Ron Blum 2014 third edition page 32. R. McGeehan, 96 Albert St., Windsor unknown
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Office Printed War Office Printed 1792
Rules and Regulations for the Formations Field-Exercise and Movements of His Majestyos Forces 1792
The Naval & Military Press pp. 456 . Papeback. New. The Naval & Military Press unknown
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US OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION U S
Report on Performance of U. S. Combat Aircraft. Advance Release.
Washington D.C.:: Office of War Information October 17 1943 release date. Advance Release. stapled as issued. The paper is age-toned but not brittle. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. OWI-2591-C. Office of War Information, unknown
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[Boer War Broadside]
Lord Methuen's Operations. A Most Successful March! Wolmaransstad & Hartebeestfontein Taken. 5000 Cattle and 15000 Sheep Captured! Battle of Hartebeestfontein Poort! A Stubborn Fight! drop-title
Klerksdorp Transvaal: Printed by H.M. Guest Printer Bookseller and Stationer 'Mining Record' Office 1901. Very Good. Klerksdorp Transvaal Printed by H.M. Guest Printer Bookseller and Stationer 'Mining Record' Office 3 March 1901. A broadside printed on acidic newsprint recto only approximately 440 × 285 mm. Lightly creased where once folded with trifling chips to some edges but overall in excellent condition recently mounted on archival tissue for lasting stability and housed in a Mylar sleeve with a loose acid-free backing board for support. The 'Hobart Mercury' 18 April 1901 reprints the text of this broadside in its entirety with the following informative introductory paragraph: 'The "Mining Record" published at Klerksdorp Transvaal issued the following "Extra" on the 3rd of March last:- The First Tasmanian Bushmen took part in the fight at Hartebeestfontein Poort and got through without any casualties'. The headline action took place on 18 February 'after a march of a fortnight and fighting almost every day'. The second paragraph gives details of a sharp skirmish in thick bush at Uitval's Kop on 3 February. 'The Boers laid in wait in the bush and the troops had to clear the position which they did in a most gallant manner. The Boers were in front and on the flanks in force. After some sharp fighting the Boers retired our loss being one South Australian killed and five Bushmen and two South Australians wounded among the latter being Lieut. Dempsey'. These casualties were members of the 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent; the soldier killed was 34 Corporal C.W.B. Currie. Printed by H.M. Guest, Printer, Bookseller and Stationer, 'Mining Record' Office unknown
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(Revolutionary War)
Two pay lists of the the officers belonging to the Garrison of Fort St Phillips who are to receive
Minorca 1783. Two single sheets. Folio. Very good copies a little toned old folds. Two single sheets. Folio. The first is titled: "No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782." The second has written on the verso: " No. 136 Pay List to make up Subs. to Brevet Officer etc equal to the Rank where in they respectively serve in The Garrison of Fort St. Philips during the Siege Decemb. 24 1781 - Dollars 4350-50." These two officer pay lists are signed by each of the 36 and 44 listed officers. They're a wonderful souvenir of the siege and with a sample of every officer's signature a valuable source for further research. <br /> <br /> The five month Siege of Minorca August 19 1781 - February 5 1782 was a vital victory over England in the European theatre of the Revolutionary War. Throughout most of the eighteenth century English possession of the island was of real strategic importance from its deep-water harbor the Royal Navy could launch attacks against the Mediterranean fleets of Spain France and Italy. unknown
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(Boer War)
Hymn for Our Soldiers By the Sister of an Officer To the Tune of "Onward! Christian Soldiers"
London: Of A. H. Blackburn Stationer Also of H. Roberts Harrison & Sons Typ. 1899. 1 vols. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Single page printed on both sides. Creased. 1 vols. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. To be sold for the Boer War Fund at a cost of 1d. <br/><br/> Of A. H. Blackburn, Stationer, Also of H. Roberts (Harrison & Sons Typ.)] unknown
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(World War I) Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce
The Bystander's" Fragments from France. Numbers 1-7
London: The Bystander' Tallis House Whitefriars Street & 190 Strand 1917. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey-blue cloth. Bound with 7 Numbers with their original variously colored illustrated wrappers bound-in. Fine. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bystander' Tallis House, Whitefriars Street, & 190, Strand hardcover
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(War of 1812) Everett, Alexander
An Address delivered at Salem on the Eighth of January 1836 at the request of the Democratic Young Men of that place in Commemoration of the Victory of New Orleans
Boston: Beals & Greene Printers 1836. First edition. 61 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stab sewn as issued. Some spotting minor edgewear else very good. First edition. 61 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 23223. Sabin 23223 <br/><br/> Beals & Greene, Printers unknown
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(World War II) Aron, Robert
Histoire de la Liberation de la France Juin 1944-Mai 1945
Paris: Fayard 1959. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half red morocco and marbled boards Fine. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Fayard hardcover
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(Military history) Calhoun, J C, Secretary of War
Documents accompanying the Bill Making Further Appropriations for the Military Service of the U. S. for the year 1822 and for other purposes. April 8 1822. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. 107
Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1822. pp. 44 four folding tables browned portion of lower margin of one cut away. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound browning and foxing first and last leaves very soiled else very good. pp. 44 four folding tables browned portion of lower margin of one cut away. 1 vols. 8vo. Reports of the Quartermaster's Department and the Ordnance Department including a statement of the progress made in the establishment of military depots in the United States also the expenses of the Court martial "convened for the trial of militia delinquents during the late war in the state of New York" <br/><br/> Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown
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(Mexican War)
Seaman's Certificate: engraved form finished in ink attesting to the U.S. citizenship of one George Vaill seaman by Cornelius W. Lawrence Collector of the District of New York August 25 1846
New York NY 1846. 1 vols. 6 x 6-1/2 inches framed to 7-3/4 x 9-3/4. Old folds and some soiling but overall attractive with pink embossed seal and engraved eagle vignette at top. 1 vols. 6 x 6-1/2 inches framed to 7-3/4 x 9-3/4. An interesting document done under "An Act for the Relief and Protection of American Seaman" and executed three months after the start of the Mexican War. <br/><br/> unknown
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(Spanish-American War) [McKinley, William]
Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Report of the Naval Court on Inquiry upon the Destruction of the United States Battle Ship Maine in Havana Harbor February 15 1898 together with the Testimony Taken Before the Court
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1898. First edition. Numerous photographs of the wreck two folding plans. 305 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray printed wrappers. Edges a bit toned; Near Fine. First edition. Numerous photographs of the wreck two folding plans. 305 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office unknown
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(Civil War) Rowland, Kate Mason, and Mrs Morris L Croxall, eds
The Journal of Julia LeGrand. New Orleans 1862-1863
Richmond VA: Everett Waddey Co 1911. First edition. Frontispiece total of 13 plates. 319 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. Spine darkened else Fine. First edition. Frontispiece total of 13 plates. 319 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Everett Waddey Co hardcover
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(Civil War) Abbot, Willis J
Blue Jackets of '61. A History of the Navy in the War of Secession
New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1886. First edition. With illustrations principally by W. C. Jackson. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Gilt pictorial blue and cream-colored cloth with the cream color representing a sail. Some light rubbing lower hinge tender. Very Good. Mcvickar. First edition. With illustrations principally by W. C. Jackson. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. An unusual item with a very handsome cover. Not in Howes or Sabin. Not in Howes or Sabin <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead, and Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 57816
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(Civil War)
Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army: Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry Ordnance Cavalry Courier and Hospital Services; with an Exhibition of the Power Purposes Earnestness Military Despotism and Demoralization of the South. By an Impressed New Yorker
New York: A.S. Barnes & Burr 1862. First edition. Frontispiece. 232 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Upper hinge cracked 1/2-in. tear to rear pages else very good. First edition. Frontispiece. 232 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> A.S. Barnes & Burr hardcover
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(World War I) Maurras, Charles
Les Nuits d'Epreuve et La Memoire de l'Etat. Chronique du Bombardement de Paris
Paris: Nouvelle Librairie Nationale 1924. Second Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 calf and marbled boards original wrappers bound in. Fine. Second Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Nouvelle Librairie Nationale hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 26417
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(World War I) Duhamel, Georges
Vie des Martyrs 1914-1916
Paris: Librairie Hachette 1929. Editions Definitive. Avec 19 illustrations de P.L. Guilbert gravées par Paul Baudier. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter brown morocco. About fine. Editions Definitive. Avec 19 illustrations de P.L. Guilbert gravées par Paul Baudier. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Librairie Hachette unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 25502
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(Civil War) Michie, Peter S
The Life and Letters of Emory Upton Colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery and Brevet Major-General U.S. Army
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1885. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 511 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon morocco a.e.g. Extremities rubbed upper board half detached else Very Good. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 511 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Company unknown
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(Mexican War) Jay, William
A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.; Uriah Hunt & Co. Philadelphia; M.W. Dodd New York 1849. Fourth edition. 333 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Beige printed wrappers front wrapper detached. Signed three times by Levi Guptill Esq. Fourth edition. 333 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sabin 35864; not in Howes or Graff. Sabin 35864; not in Howes or Graff <br/><br/> Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.; Uriah Hunt & Co., Philadelphia; M.W. Dodd, New York unknown
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(Boer War) Carter, Sergeant DA D A
20 Letters reporting events at Ladysmith the Transvaal Bloemfontein and elsewhere
VP including Ladysmith Geluk Farm Vluchfontein et al. 1901. Nine ALS three TLS eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. Very good some tiny chips to carbons and one two spots of minor dampstaining not affecting legibility. In manilla folder. Nine ALS three TLS eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. A fine group of letters by an English intelligence officer steadily rising through the ranks. In 1899 he is "sleeping in the open air only one blanket & one waterproof sheet." Within a year he was Lord Roberts' private clerk and in December 1900 he is stationed at the Commander-in-Chief's Office Kitchener's doing "confidential military work for the Military Secretary to Lord Kitchener." <br /> <br /> Although part of the intelligence service Carter saw more than his share of fighting. He describes the march to Ladysmith and the action at Elands Laagte Station noting "a bullet going through the top of my helmet and cutting off some of my hair but without even scratching the skin."<br /> <br /> The next four letters were written from Ladysmith and provide a full account of the siege. "The Boers had big siege guns mounted on the hills around Ladysmith which quite outclassed our light field guns . They'd completely invested Ladysmith & cut the telegraph lines & pulled up the Railway . Then began the long dreary siege." Carter reports using "a lot of pigeons" and the cost of Kaffir and Zulu runners to get letters out of Ladysmith and at least one of his letters not here was published in the Hamilton Spectator.<br /> <br /> The siege is depicted much like a holiday camp citing football matches swimming races water polo cricket. "We got so indifferent to the Boer 'snipers' that you would see most of our chaps having an afternoon siesta behind their trenches while bullets would be chipping the stones around them. We also used to organise pools when we could see some of the Boers and have a long range shooting match the man who bowled the first Boer over taking the pool." Yet there is also much on troops movements information on the Boers the conditions of Ladysmith accounts of engaging the enemy and reflections on the experience of combat: "the actual fighting is all right as the excitement deadens your faculties but after a battle when . you see your poor companions who a few hours before were joking with you lying dead or else writhing in the agonies of pain caused by frightful wounds then you feel your courage leaving you and your nerves getting like wax." <br /> <br /> The remaining correspondence includes three letters as Carter's regiment treks across the Transvaal through August and September 1900. These too are full of detail of life in the field bivouacking scouting enemy positions and action: "There was a grand opportunity for our Field Artillery. They simply pumped shrapnel into them the Artillery Officers going mad at the sight and shrieking to the gunners 'fire! fire! hurry up you b----- fools you never had such a chance fire!' . You could see at every discharge of the guns the Boers falling and at the same time our splendid Infantry running for all they were worth trying to get at them with the bayonet . It is very seldom the Boers leave any wounded or dead behind them and it proves how hard we pressed them . It was like a shambles . one two or more bodies horribly mutilated by the effects of the Lyddite."<br /> <br /> The final group commences with Carter being stationed at the Commander-in-Chief's office and he wastes no opportunity to use the special mail service for his own correspondence. He describes Kitchener at work and provides insight to life in the office. Yet beneath this is a yearning for the war to end and a frustration that it can't be done in one swift battle: "We cannot get a good fight out of the beggars they simply have a few shots at us and as soon as we get near enough to do some damage off they go helter-skelter." <br /> <br /> This group were all addressed to Carter's long time friend we know only by the name of Jose. Given the warmth and detail included here it's possible that he was using these letters as a substitute for a diary. Carter served with some distinction in 1st Manchester Regiment and was mentioned in the despatches. unknown
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Guerra, Concettina
Mathematical Methods for Protein Structure Analysis and Design: Advanced Lectures Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2666
Springer 2003-06-25. 2003. paperback. Used: Good. 6.10x0.42x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : SONG3540401040 ISBN : 3540401040 9783540401049
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[STANTON, Edwin M, Secretary of War]
Instructions for Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers on Outpost and Patrol Duty and Troops in Campaign.
Washington:: Governmetn Printing Office 1863. First edition. original printed wrappers. Old pencil calculations to two pages and the wrappers eraseable; wrappers dust-soiled and spotted with light edgewear; but attractive nonetheless. . 8vo. Engraved illustrations. Governmetn Printing Office, unknown
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Office 1929 War Office 1929
Textbook for Small Arms 1929
The Naval & Military Press pp. 544 . Papeback. New. The Naval & Military Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 64526256 ISBN : 1843428083 9781843428084
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[Boer War]
Letters from an Uitlander 1899-1902. With introduction by Major Sir Bartle Frere
London: John Murray 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1903 Murray's Imperial Library edition. Octavo iv 167 8 publisher's catalogue pages. Murray's Imperial Library colour pictorial cloth a little flecked and rubbed; top edge foxed; acidic endpapers discoloured with trifling surface abrasions to the front endpaper; inner hinge slightly cracked and with slight chiefly surface tears; a very good copy. The letters were written to Sir Bartle Frere 'in regular succession from a date shortly before the war broke out. The writer is a man who has long been resident in South Africa and has held more the position of onlooker than of participator in its political and commercial affairs. He is not connected with gold mining he has carefully watched events and he is an honest English gentleman'. John Murray hardcover
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[CIVIL WAR; LINCOLN, Abraham] PENFIELD, Ira, Private, 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
Autograph letter signed; describing Lincoln's review of the troops of the Army of the Potomac. Approx. 1000 words.
Camp near Brooks Station Saturday April 11 1863. Fine original condition. 15-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. ".Yesterday I witnessed one of the grandest sights that I ever beheld. Our whole corps was reviewed by the President Generals Hooker McLain Howard Steinway Secretary Seward and an innumerable host of Brigadier Generals and it was a sight that has paid me for coming to war." The spectacle is described in great detail. Private Penfield was soon to be captured at Chancellorsville spending 12 days as a prisoner of war before being exchanged. He survived the war to carry on his father's carriage making business in Monroe Connecticut and later founded a small private academy. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 58199
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[CIVIL WAR] DAVIS, George B US ARMY ARCHIVES U S
The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War.
Norwalk Connecticut:: The Easton Press 1982. Collector's Edition . publisher's gilt full leather a.e.g.; in the publisher's shrinkwrap. A fine copy. Folio. Illustrated. The Easton Press, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 58191
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[CIVIL WAR] SEAVER, Charles M , 5th U S Cavalry; and FLINT, Merrill S
Four Civil War original letters from two different soldiers.
Virginia; various places including City Point 1863-1865. Fine original condition. 8vo. With a brief signed note describing the finding of these letters on a farm near Albany New York. Two letters from Charles Seaver to his sister describe a night-time call to arms arrival on the Rapidan coming under battery fire and forcing the enemy infantry across the river; hoping to relocate to Washington rather than South Carolina; effecting the surrender of "five Rebble sentenals" and the destruction of a railroad bridge by axe and fire. To his mother from City Point he writes of religion; of money due him and how to collect it in case he is killed; and a temporarily successful Rebel capture of 2500 cattle. Merrill Flint writes to his sister on April 6th 1865 from Virginia about walking the streets of Petersburg "it looks very rough"; and not expecting to see Richmond for some time "for we are following Old Lee as fast as the Army can march.the Confederate Army is on its last pins." With one original addressed envelope. unknown
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[CIVIL WAR] Twenty-Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Company Clothing Manuscript Account Book.
Various places including Methuen Lawrence Andover Boston and Lowell Massachusetts 1864-1865. modern calf antique with original gilt-lettered label "Company Clothing" laid down on front panel. Folio. Two pages list "Price of Clothing Camp & Garrison Equipage Year 1864." Following are 204 pages one to a soldier listing name company place and date of enlistment articles of clothing issued value itemized date of clothing issue and signature of soldier and witness. In some cases date of discharge desertion or demise is also noted. A "colored" under cook is also listed along with the soldiers. hardcover
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(World War II) [Wakayama, T, editor]
Dai Toya Senso Kaigun bijutsu Naval Art of the Great East Asia War
Tokyo: Dai Nihon Kaiyo Bijutsu Kyokai Greater Japan Pacific Art Association 1943. 35 mounted color plates with captioned tissue-guards. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Publisher's blue cloth boards printed paper label on cover. Fine. 35 mounted color plates with captioned tissue-guards. 1 vols. Oblong folio. "The purpose to publish this book is nothing but to let the people in Japan understand well the bravery and activity of the Japanese Navy. Every picture contained in this book signifies how vigorous and brave our Navy is fighting a desperate battle in the Pacific ." translated from the Preface. An imposing and colorful work of WWII propaganda by Imperial Japan illustrating events both true and wished-for. In the former category are the bombing of Pearl Harbor the sinking of the British Prince of Wales and Repulse at the Battle off Molaya the Japanese occupation of Singapore the Japanese assault on Wake Island showing captured Allied soldiers stripped to their briefs and waving a white flag and the Japanese landing on the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. In the latter category a Japanese plan to attack New York City showing Japanese bombers assaulting lower Manhattan. Dai Nihon Kaiyo Bijutsu Kyokai [Greater Japan Pacific Art Association] unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 260152
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