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1985152 page paperback book. Footnotes. Roll of honour. Honours and Awards. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Author wrote this book documenting the contributions of Canada's native people in both world wars because no book had previously been written on the topic. "The long list of those who gave their lives bears testimony to war's consequences. Nevertheless, in the midst of battle, qualities such as bravery and self-sacrifice make their appearance and it is these qualities that are recognized." - from Preface. Text divided into four parts: The First World War; Between the Wars; The Second World War; A Comparison with Native Peoples in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important reference. Book
1961128 pages. Features: Civil Defense Needs the Veterans; The Fulbright Memorandum - a shocking document that attacks military leaders for their efforts to enlighten their personnel and the public about Communism; He Makes the Reds Look Ridiculous - West German publisher Heinrich Baer jabs the Commies with cartoons; Sarah Hale and Thanskgiving; U.S. Taxpayers Financing Communism - money poured into Red Poland being used to bolster Red Cuba; A Creed for Conservaties; American speech - Its Color and variety; The Care and Feeding of Intellectuals - a look at a hothouse species spawned by higher education in the semantics of dialectic materialism; The American guilt Complex - are we being pressured into spending millions on 'conscience' money?; British Guiana - New Red Beachhead after the election of Jagan's Communist oriented P.P.P. to power; The case for Saying No; The Kremlin's Cultural Exchange Fraud - a counterspy views Communist subversion; New York's Role in the Civil War; Seattle World's Fair; Higher Auto Insurance Rates; Country Living for the Younger Set - Kiddies Country Club (KCC); Prophet of the Ozarks - W.H. "Coin" Harvey predicted world disaster... in 1910; Stop the Free Delivery of Communist Propaganda inflow of Communist mail involving the Universal Postal Union; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1949200 pages. Features: Easing the farmer's oldest pain - rheumatism; The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm - nice color photos with article about the Park and Ruth Newton family farm near St. Albans, Vermont; Housing for big litters; Less feed, more chicken; Young settlers on the plains - eager veterans have begun farming at Mirage Flats in northwestern Nebraska; What is a good Angus?; Better plant a few nut trees; Mountain school that trains leaders - School of the Ozarks; Wagon ideas to save work; The war against Aftosa; Managing farm finances; Little Johnny Appleseed - Bob Anderson of Van Buren County, Michigan; Shell agricultural laboratory near Modesto, CA; You can help with the mail; Rural art center with over 400 members at Cheltenham Township, PA; and more. Ads: Texaco ad includes Mr. James West of Pomona, CA and his innovative orchard sprayer; B.F. Goodrich ad with large photo at the John and Joseph Mueller farm northeast of Belleville, IL; G.E. radios; Oldsmobile; Kaiser cars (color); Jeep; Chevrolet cars; Gibson Model "E" tractor; New Holland hay equipment (2 pages with photo of Irvin R. Yoder, Belleville, PA); Ford truck ad features Douglas Burden and Florida's Sea World; New York Stock Exchange one-page photo ad features the Louis B. Eckelkamp family of Villa Ridge, MO; Case tractors; Hudson cars (nice 2-page color ad); Hedy Lamarr in Auto-Lite ad; Nice color-photo 1-page John Deere tractor ad; Buick (2 pgs); Ford Tractor (2 pgs); Massey-Harris tractors; Life Insurance ad features the Hinton family of East Peoria, IL, with parents Don and Pauline; Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler; Minneapolis-Moline Model "Z" tractor; Small photo ad for Harley-Davidson with the Hydra-Glide fork; 1949 Studebaker cars (color photos); Color-photo Camel cigaratte ad on back cover says "More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette". Unmarked with average wear. Several middle pages loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
194650 pages. Features: Silent Cities - Photo-illustrated article on Canadian military cemeteries abroad; Our Air Heroes - excerpt from play "Target for Peace" which was broadcast on the CBC; Photo of the 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe band playing in Italy; Top Priority on Homes for Heroes is Legion Demand; How the Town of Renfrew Solved its Housing Problem - article with photo; Education for Citizenship - Lieut. - Col. the Hon. Wilfred Bovey flays those who would throw away Canadian democracy for the way of the Russians; Photo and brief write-up of 93-year-old Sgt. Daniel Byrd Hoskins Power of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, who explains the secret to his long life; Canada's Veterans in the U.S.A.; The Second V.C. of the R.C.A.F. - The Late Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski; Photo of Bailey Bridge inventor Sir Donald Bailey in Ottawa; Update Colonel Percy J. Philpott, Adviser to the Deputy Minister concerning Veterans of both wars; Review of book "Detour" which describes the life of Prisoners-of-war in Germany; Article on Legion Policies and Activities; Monthly notes on the great humanitarian work of the Dominion Service Bureau of the Canadian Legion; The World in Review - Part 12 - September 11 to October 10, 1946; The Small Holdings Plan; Photo of Victoria Legion's undefeated lacrosse team; Photo of the Jewish legionaires' basketball team of the Fredric Kisch Branch in Montreal; The Canadian Army at War - The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944, 3rd part; Nice one-page cartoon-illustrated ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery features hunter being chased by bear; Nostalgic colour ad inside back cover for Blue Top Brewing of Kitchener, Ontario features illustration and floor-plan diagram of an economical home. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Front cover partially faded with mild undulations. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
2002Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 414 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. A highly-informative history of this Northern Ontario Church and its members. Chapters include: The Rectors, Worship, Ecumenical Worship, Who is My Neighbour?, Youth Activities, Choirs, Women's Activities, Younger Women's Groups Through the Years, Confirmations, Nonagenarians, Some Snapshots, Remembering Pioneer Parishioners, Memories, WWI Veterans, and more. A helpful local history reference for the Dryden area. Attractive forest green boards adorned with gilt lettering. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
197330 pages. Features: VVAW [Vietnam Veterans Against the War] - Government Conspiracy; The Odyssey of Alton Foss; The Peace Movement - putting down roots; God Wrestling - encounter with Yiddishkeit; The New Anarchism; Fasting; Prison Notes - Vietnam; Radio Free America - shortwave's free language schools; The Greening of Norway; B-52 Pilot Michael Heck refuses mission; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
194548 pages. Features: Rheingold lager beer ad features color photos of Jean Welch, Jill Darnley, Maggie Long, Helen Riickert, Dorothy Hart and Rita Daigle, the Miss Rheingold 1946 candidates; Illustrated ad for the Fairchild "Flying Boxcar"; We Enter the Atomic Age - the momentous story of the atom whose energy science has now unleashed; Two pages of fantastic photos illustrating the dramatic story of the atom - from radium to the atomic bomb, including the Curies, Einstein, Niels Bohr, Dr. E.O. Lawrence with a cyclotron, and the great factory at Oak Ridge, TN; Ernest Bevin - a new kind of statesman; When do we abolish (wartime) business controls: Germany is Not Yet Defeated - Senator Harley M. Kilgore argues her industrial power must be destroyed; China - Unless we preserve her full integrity we shall face still another war - Nathaniel Peffer's formula for peace in the Far East; One-page ad for Drene shampoo features three color photos of beautiful Bettina Bolegard, New York fashion model; Veterans storm the academic beachhead; Our music-loving Presidents; Benjamin ('Ben') Victor Cohen is expected to be a bridge from the President to Byrnes and Vinson; Jones & Laughline Steel ad includes sketches of Donald Gortner and Ralph Ardary; Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees looks forward to moving his bulldozers into Japan; Boom in New Yorkers studying foreign languages; Interesting half-page ad for The American Mercury features heading "Can We Do Business With Stalin", with illustration of Stalin; Nice one-page Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna ad; Two pages of photos of ladies in fashionable coats; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Opening to central portion of front cover mended with archival tape. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
1989310 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
1975232 p. ; 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1996xvii, 626 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1973réf. 41784N.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1973. First Edition. Original offset lithographed poster in colors 56cm x 43cm 22" x 17". Fine fresh apparently unused example. Poster sold as a fundraiser for the defense of the Gainesville Eight a group of Florida Vietnam veterans who were accused on dubious evidence of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. All eight defendants including the reputed ringleader Scott Camil were eventually acquitted. A rare poster and this is a lovely fresh example. Not catalogued in OCLC; we note only one institutionally-held copy Library of Congress. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown books
1939réf. 2456Boston: The Veterans of Foreign Wars 1939. Cards. Cream illustrated cards. Good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Folding cream card menu featuring photo illustrations of Eugene I. Van Antwerp Commander-in-Chief and Anna Mae Lockner National Auxiliary President. Cover: Reception and Banquet Tendered by the 1939 National Encampment Corp. - HOTEL SOMERSET Boston Mass. Wednesday Evening Feb. 15 1939 in conduction with 40th National V.F.W. Encampment. The Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW - an organization of U.S. war veterans who as military service members fought in wars campaigns and expeditions on foreign land waters or airspace - held conventions yearly VFW National Conventions used to be called encampments. This menu for the reception and banquet was held at the beginning of 1939 while tensions escalated overseas and the U.S sentiment was anti-interventionist. Guests include: Bennett Champ Clark - U.S. Senator Missouri Leverett Saltonstall - Governor of Massachusetts Maurice J. Tobin - Mayor of Boston and many more. Dinner featured Filet Mingon Delmonico Potatoes dessert. Some foxing and stains with previous fold mark throughout the middle. The Veterans of Foreign Wars unknown books
1892réf. 36274Wayland NY 1892. Small 3-5/8" x 5". 4 pp folded. An attractively illustrated and printed Invitation. Front of invitation is a full color illustration of a soldier holding a bayonet soldiers standing near tents in the background a drum and American flags to the side. The last page is a full color illustration of a Sons of Veterans medal. The wording of the invitation is printed with several elegant fonts with members of Reception Committee Floor Committee and Honorary Committee and location of the reception. Very Good. Wayland is a little town about 80 miles east of Buffalo and 60 miles south of Rochester. The Sons of Veterans of the United States of America was founded by August Plummer Davis in Pittsburgh in 1881. It was formed to preserve the work of the Grand Army of the Republic a fraternal organization of Union Civil War veterans. There had been several independent Sons of Veterans groups in states such as Pennsylvania Missouri and New York but they all eventually became part of the Sons of Veterans U.S.A. The name was later changed to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in 1925. Hon. John F. Little 1839-1913 of Bath New York after whom this camp was named was a private in the 161st New York Infantry participating in the Gult and Red River Campaigns and the siege of Mobile. He received the rank of Captain after his service at Mobile and was discharged after three years as Brevet Major. Little was a prominent attorney for many years. He was also an Assemblyman from Steuben County Supervisor of the town of Bath Surrogate and Acting County Judge and a trustee of the New York State Soldiers' Home. "Captain Little Has Succumbed" ELMIRA STAR GAZETTE Tuesday May 13 1913 p.13. unknown books
1875réf. 15954New York 1875. 4pp. Tanned chipped at blank edges. Good only. Anti-Tammany. unknown books
1907réf. 7540New Orleans 1907. 16mo. 20 pp. Detailed account of the organization's activities during the year 1907. Camp Beauregard No. 130 U. S. C. V. was organized 24 October 1898 at Memorial Hall New Orleans Louisiana. With a portrait of P. G. T. Beauregard on the front cover. Stapled in original printed wrappers. Pamphlet creased from lengthwise folding. Wrappers lightly soiled back wrapper with short tear to top edge front wrapper pressure-stamped by the New-Jersey Historical Society. unknown books
1971réf. 278Collier 1971. 1st. Soft Cover. 1st paperback ed. 1971. Tall thin 4to. 174 pgs. A VG copy. Collier paperback books
1973réf. 25971Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1973. Wraps. Good. 664 IV pages. 8vo. Beige printed wrappers. Creasing stamps and several pages with underlining. Wraps. Government Printing Office unknown books
1971réf. Embry 196971Collier Books 1971. First edition first printing. Owner's inked name minor wear near fine to fine. B&W photos Oversized paperback. Non-personally inscribed by the author "In Peace John Kerry." Collier Books, 1971. First edition, first printing. paperback books
1977réf. 237169Oakland: VVAW 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good. On the case of Ali Hussin of Michigan who got into a fist fight with a regional VA officer who had cuts his disability benefits. The charges against Hussin were dropped. In addition to his leadership role in VVAW Hussin was a board member of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services and supported the Republic of New Africa. VVAW unknown books
2012réf. 9075Mechanicsburg: Stackpole 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto 327 pp. Hardcover. In publisher's dust jacket. Stackpole hardcover books
2012réf. 2265677Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Inc 2012. First Edition. Large Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Three small spots on front wrapper. 2012 Large Softcover. 206 pp. Stories from the Members of the Genesee Valley Chapter of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. Illustrated with World War II era black-and-white photographs as well as modern color photos. Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Inc paperback books
1976réf. 259346Chicago: VVAW 1976. 16p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold evenly toned otherwise very good. From the period of Revolutionary Communist Party dominance over the group. VVAW unknown books
1991réf. 238958Portland ME: V eterans for Peace 1991. Six issues of the staplebound journal 8.5x11 inches mailing labels on rear covers one with pen notes on the front cover. Issues present are 12 14-18. Also included are Spring and Summer 2011 newsletters and an Earth Day booklet from 1990 with some laudatory inscriptions to the recipient. V eterans for Peace unknown books
1967réf. 187314n.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1967. 8.5x11 inch sheet 1/4 inch closed tear else very good; a carbon copy of a typed original. Six short paragraphs. Date of July 13 1967 penned at upper right corner about three months after the first appearance of the group. Also included is a letter from the group's secretary-treasurer to supporters announcing upcoming actions. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown books
1823réf. 210271Delaware County PA 1823. unbound. 2 pages front and back 9.75 x 8 inches Delaware County Pennsylvania May 13 1823 -- a militia directive sent to Major Samuel Anderson responding to his letter of resignation withdrawing himself from command to which he was elected by the unanimous votes of the officers and men comprising the Delaware County Militia. In small part: ".It would have given us much pleasure could your private arrangements have admitted you to remain with us.we trust that.the prospects you have formed for yourself may be realized in the fullest intent." Minor folds and several tiny creases; otherwise very good condition. The document is signed by the following four veterans who fought gallantly in the War of 1812: Dr. Joseph Wilson Founder in 1812 of the Delaware County Troops; George Hawkins Commander of the Delaware County Blues; Henry Myers Captain Delaware County Volunteers; John Crosby Commanding Regiment Artillery. Samuel Anderson 1774-1850 was a Naval surgeon recommended by Benjamin Rush and subsequently appointed by President John Adams a surgeon's mate in the U.S. Navy in 1799. unknown books
