Army Map ServiceABAA
1947réf. 70125Washington DC: Army Map Service 1947. Tri-color map 25 x 38 in. 1:250k scale; showing roads settlements elevation etc.; some short closed tears at edges one old fold University of Chicago discard stamps on verso very good. While Conakry is present on the map the focus is on the greater region stretching out into Sierra Leone. University of Minnesota only in OCLC. Army Map Service unknown books
1898réf. 003081S. l. Sioux City IA: s. n. 1898. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 6 x 4 3/4; pp. 16; self-wraps as published tied with a decorative string; very light uniform age-toning; a small nick to fore-edge of first leaf; period manuscript note to top margin identifying the publication; in very good or better condition. An uncommon regional booklet featuring the lyrics of 16 patriotic songs and including "Marching Through Georgia" "The Battle-cry of Freedom" "From Mission Ridge" and others it was published in conjunction with the 24th Annual State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic which took place in Sioux City Iowa in June of 1898. The Grand Army of the Republic GAR was a fraternal organization founded in 1866 in Illinois by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson which encompassed veterans of the Union Army- Navy- and Marines who had served during the Civil War.At the height of its enrollment in the early 1890s it had more than 400 000 members including women. The organization would be formally dissolved in 1956 after the death of its last member. s. n. paperback books
1890réf. 60870New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1890. First Edition. Small octavo. Publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth; vi1-176pp. Slight external wear including some mild rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Internally tight and sound with some marginalia to Contents page and some ink graffiti to rear blanks and endpapers. Early ownership signature "Helen Madzik" to front pastedown. Easily Very Good. Huggins a Medal of Honor winner served more than 40 years in the Army retiring in 1903 as a Brigadier General. The title work is a long narrative poem heavy on Native American symbolic elements with a Great Plains setting. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1948réf. 004657London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xi 1 212 pp. A fun collection of that most ephemeral area of language. Most of the terms or their meaning at the time now obscure. Slight edge bump by upper front edge and light wear to DJ. DJ is NOT price clipped! Otherwise a near fine copy both the book itself and the DJ. Secker & Warburg unknown books
réf. 38684SONG SHEET THE ARMY AND NAVY FOR EVER. New York: Charles Magnus circa 1860s. Colored illustrated letter-sheet 8 x 5 inches. Wolf American Song Sheets 64a. Three ten-line stanzas of patriotic verse. The top half of the page is a colored illustration showing victorious Union army and navy men raising the stars and stripes over a Confederate fort with cheering soldiers and sailors all round and Union ships firing cannon. Evidence of removal at the corners of the blank leaf. Fine. 38684. unknown books
1944réf. 70121Washington DC: Army Map Service 1944. Third edition color map 44 x 32 in. 50 miles to 1 in. scale; Includes roads railroads places of possible delay and places with available lodging. Two insets for the eastern and western extremities; two closed tears at top edge not reaching border a little bit of creasing one old fold withdraw stamps from the University of Chicago Library on verso very good. "Prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers by the Army Map Service ; reproduced . from pulls of a Survey of India 1942 edition map. Army Map Service unknown books
1972réf. 69264Washington D.C.: Headquarters Department of the Army 1972. 4to pp. xi 1 257 1; 17 color maps 3 in pocket inside back cover pocket 5 folding; very good sound and clean in original pictorial wrappers. The information appearing in the abstracts is supported by 36 appendixes comprised of charts tables maps and texts of military political economic and sociological nature. The maps provide the regional geographic picture of Peninsular Southeast Asia as well as the political and economic aspects of Burma Cambodia Laos and Thailand. Headquarters, Department of the Army unknown books
réf. 526Mimeograph with stipple and ink illustrations 5 leaves of text presenting a timeline ; 5 leaves of names and addresses for company personnel. 8vo. Very good. Front wrapper embellished with stamps in red indicating "Top Secret" "Secret" "Confidential" "Restricted" all crossed out in blue pen under which "Aw What the Hell!" is written in black ink. 526 A curious memento of a Forward Echelon Command Party company's involvement in the liberation of Paris with a timeline showing the group's movements from July 11 to September 28 1944 and current addresses for members. Self-published paperback books
1954réf. List3873Washington D.C.: Department of Defense 1954. Photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches. With caption manuscript and later sticker verso. Slight damage to edges; excellent. A 1954 Department of Defense press photograph of Alaska Native soldiers of the Alaska National Guard on winter patrol wearing white camouflage and moving through snowy brush. The period caption refers to the men as an "Eskimo Patrol" training "among the frozen wastes of Alaska" language typical of midcentury military publicity but also pointing to the specific role of Alaska Native soldiers in Arctic defense. The photograph belongs to the early Cold War history of Alaska as a strategic military frontier. During World War II the Alaska Territorial Guard had drawn thousands of Alaska Native volunteers from coastal and interior communities to watch for invasion protect transportation routes and serve as the Army's local "eyes and ears." After the war that model continued in the Alaska Army National Guard's Scout units whose members operated from villages across northern and western Alaska and helped observe the Bering Sea coastline during the Cold War. The image is useful as a record of Indigenous participation in the military infrastructure of Arctic surveillance. Alaska Native guardsmen brought local knowledge winter mobility and village-based observation to a defense system that also included radar stations air bases communications sites and ground observers. . Department of Defense unknown books
1919réf. JC8726n.p.: Frank L. Armstrong 1919. Paperback. Very Good. Staple-bound illustrated wraps; 12mo; pp. 27 handwritten text and illustrations in facsimile. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP: "Best Wishes to Ralph Lewando. Frank L. Armstrong July 1942." Lewando was a violinist and composer and music critic for the Pittsburgh Press. Covers a little rubbed; tiny closed tear at fore-edge of front cover; text block tanned. A scarce little self-published item from a Pittsburgh based WWI soldier. OCLC locates just 5 copies. Frank L. Armstrong paperback books
2009réf. 1398857Washington D.C.: The Washington Ballet 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Thin quarto unpaginated. In Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering no price printed. Minor shelfwear and soiling. Edgewear to head of jacket. Text block clean. Signed flat by Septime Webre on the title page. Shelved front table. 1398857. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Washington Ballet hardcover books
réf. acs1367Dayton Ohio: Morningside House Inc. n.d. Facsimile 75. This book is printed on Glatfelter acid-free paper. Facsimile of the New Haven: Yale University Press 1910 edition. Royal octavo burgundy cloth hardcover gilt lettering 528 pp. Fold-out maps throughout; rear envelope with fold-out maps. Fine As New; complete with all maps present. Morningside House, Inc., n.d. Facsimile 75. This book is printed on Glatfelter acid-free paper. Facsimile of the New Haven hardcover books
1908réf. acs1369New York: Cupples & Leon Company 1908. First Edition 2nd Issue. Howes C532 Six Guns 456. Octavo red cloth hardcover portrait of Buffalo Bill decorating upper cover gilt lettering 259 pp ads. Cupples & Leon Company, 1908. First Edition, 2nd Issue. Howes C532, Six Guns 456. hardcover books
1993réf. 107340Nashville:: Battery Press. Near Fine. 1993. Hardcover. 0898391903 . Black and white photographs throughout. A reprint of the 1946 edition. Near fine in green cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Battery Press, hardcover books
1908réf. 269457Washington Barracks D.C.: Press of the Engineer School 1908. Second Edition. Very Good binding. Includes E. N. Johnson’s “Report on the Construction of Lock and Dam No. 4 Ohio River” with folding charts and black and white photographs; First Lieutenant Julian Schley’s “Reconnaisance Map of Cuba”; and several articles on the Loire. Altogether 10 articles bound together. Bound in buckram with new spine label; mylar custom cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding. Press of the Engineer School unknown books
1919réf. 20200131New York: McConnell Printing Company 1919. General wear. Minor stains. Rusted staples. 15pp. Illustrated wraps.Camp Merritt was an army base that was activated for use during WWI located in Dumont and Cresskill NY. The booklet features information and images from photographs of the camp buildings various administrative offices money and post exchange tailor shops hospital enlisted men's clubs officer clubs churches recreations/entertainment spaces movie theater library etc. vocational training courses and classrooms telegraph office visitor center soldier quarters and information how to get to the base from surrounding areas such as New York City. The front cover has a blue engraving of a fire place with the following quote engraved on the mantle "We make War Against War". This fire place was actually located in Merritt Hall on the base which was the enlisted men's club. The back cover has the seal of the camp with the caption "Merritt-Men" underneath. Included are several black and white printed photographs of the camp its grounds and buildings as well as a map of the camp itself at the back of the booklet. Camp Merritt would be decommissioned after the war in 1919 and sold to the Harris Brothers Company of Chicago in 1920. Unfortunately the buildings of the camp were destroyed during a series of fires shortly there after. OCLC 4 Mar 2020. Measures 7 1/2" by 4 1/2" It was one of three camps under the control of the New York Port of Embarkation US Army command that oversaw the movement of US troops and supplies from NY/NJ to overseas destinations. Camp Merritt had the capacity to hold 38000 transient troops. When the troops were ready to be deployed they would march to Old Closter Dock at Alpine Landing and take ferry boats to piers in Hoboken NJ and from there head to Europe and the Western Front. All total of the approximately four million troops sent to Europe in WWI about one million were funneled through Camp Merritt. This booklet was given to troops as they returned from overseas most likely after the war finished in November 1918 and started returning home in 1919. McConnell Printing Company unknown books
1915réf. 381756Washington: Government Printing Office 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Multiple House Documents 63d Congress 3d Session 1914-1915 bound in one volume. Thick octavo with numerous folding maps and charts. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Moderate soiling to the boards very good. Contains extensive surveys of many rivers and harbors throughout the country including Trent River N.C. with 5 large folding maps the Inland Waterway between Norfolk Va. to Beaufort Inlet N.C. one folding map and many other rivers and waterways. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War by the US Army Corps of Engineers. A nice copy scarce in the trade with the folding maps and charts in fine condition. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1865réf. 1359792Philadelphia: J. B. LIippincott 1865. Hardcover. Quarto 166 pp with plates. Good; bound in contemporary green cloth with 3/4 green leather gilt titling to spine with some areas of discoloration to covers and wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; marbled text block clean; liquid damage to top edge of several front pages pages else clean; plates intact and present as indicated; b/w illustrations throughout; MF consignment. 1359792. Special Collections. J. B. LIippincott hardcover books
1865réf. 1359794Philadelphia: J. B. LIippincott 1865. Hardcover. Quarto 166 pp with plates. Good; bound in contemporary black cloth with 3/4 leather gilt titling to spine with some areas of discoloration to covers and extensive wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; marbled text block clean; pages clean; plates intact and present as indicated; b/w illustrations throughout; ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil; MF consignment. 1359794. Special Collections. J. B. LIippincott hardcover books
1915réf. 23679Cincinnati: The Bachrach Press 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark gray cloth front cover decorated in gilt and blind. Near fine. 240 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Frontispiece a color lithograph of the Badge of the Army of Tennessee. Laid-in a one page announcement to the Members and a one page announcement of the death of General John C. Black. The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War named for the Tennessee River. Portrait of Major General James P. McPherson. Text very bright and clean. The Bachrach Press hardcover books
réf. 685038vo. One-page approximately 25 words in part: "Make up your statement & we will settle for your men." Conner began the war as a captain in the Hampton Legion then commanded the 22nd NC Infantry from Seven Pines through the Battle of the Wilderness before taking command of Kershaw's Brigade; he was seriously wounded at Cedar Creek necessitating a leg amputation. Following the war Conner resumed his law practice and served as South Carolina Attorney General 1876-1877. Published posthumously in 1933 his book Letters of General James Conner C.S.A. is rare and much sought. Verso with ink calculations else very good. unknown books
1887réf. 287950Buffalo NY: Matthews Northrup & Co 1887. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A timeline of the battles of the Civil War with statements of Union casualties for each. With a description of St. Louis and its attractions at the rear; published by the Illinois Central Railroad Co. and dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic. Folding map of the Illinois Central Railroad System with an 11 cm closed tear along a fold; color illustrated with a close-up of St. Louis within the map. Chromolithographically decorated on the folding covers stapled at the bottom edge. A wallet style binding with slight soiling to the covers previous owner's name in pencil and minor toning to the title page. Very Good binding. Matthews, Northrup & Co unknown books
1868réf. 31333Cincinnati: Robert Clarke 1868. First edition. Cloth. A very good or better copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title page otherwise crisp and clean. 162 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy from the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Illus. with frontis engraving of George H. Thomas from a photograph by Matthew Brady and a color reproduction of the Society badge. Includes minutes addresses banquet letters constitution by-laws and list of members. Robert Clarke hardcover books
1904réf. 269456Washington Barracks D.C.: Press of the Engineer School 1904. Second Edition. Very Good binding. Includes Piarron de Mondesir’s “Notes on Intrenching Tools”; Colonel William Miller’s interesting “Water Supply of Washington D.C.” with black and white photographs; C. F. Porter’s “A Brief History of Works Erected for the Defense of Portland Maine” with large folding maps; Lieutenants Elliot Dent and George Spalding’s “Russian Provisional Fortifications” with many folding maps; and 9 other reports; Bound in buckram with new spine label; mylar custom cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding. Press of the Engineer School unknown books
1944réf. 5862Washington D. C. Headquarters Army Air forces. 1944. Punch tabbed pictorial boards. Small 4to. Illustrated with photographs drawings diagrams cutaways etc. Complete manual of all aspects of aircraft and combat flying for Second World War pilots. Exacting thorough Mild wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. Headquarters, Army Air forces. hardcover books
