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194556 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
1919Best.-Nr. 1005240051Washington D.C. The Society of the Fifth division 1/1/1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Suede spine with map of the Meuse River and towns shown. Clean unmarked pages. Near fine binding and cover hint of rubbing to cover. Hardcover. 11 maps. 424 pp. See our pictures. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Washington, D.C., The Society of the Fifth division hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 181875San Francisco: American Veterans Committee 1965. Two items both a single 8.5x14 inch sheet with horizontal fold crease. Single issue of the newsletter published by the left-wing veterans' group faint coffee cup ring penciled notes on back with double-sided leaflet advertising a fundraising BBQ in San Carlos with speakers on Equal Employment Opportunity. American Veterans Committee unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. Q-0963899341UNKNO 1997. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! UNKNO paperback
Best.-Nr. 0963899341.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1955160 pages. Features: John Falter cover illustration; Nice color photo ad for the 1956 Mercury autos; Fantastic 2-page color ad for the 1956 Buick; Colour photo ad for RCA Victor televisions; Aurthur Godfrey - This is my Story - part 1 of 8 - lots of great photos; That Susceptible Age, by Robert Terrall; Bangkok - article and great color photos; Madman's Chain, by Gilbert Wright; Coach on the Spot - Bowden Wyatt is lured to Tennessee from Arkansas; We Licked the Veteran Problem - military veterans are concerned their pensions may be cut; The Mayor and Miss Casey, by Nord Riley; Those Half-Pint A-Bombers - jet pilots are proving it doesn't take a big, fat plane to delivery the Sunday Punch; One Night Together, by Jean Bell Mosley; Big Back Yard - large colour photo of goat ranchers in Texas; So You're Selling Your House! - how an exhuasted houseowner spent 78 frustrating days and sleepless nights disposing of his middleaged bungalow; Death in the Wind, by Edwin Lanham; Big Power Plant in the Sky - the possibilities of tapping solar energy; Adventures of Slippery Leo - Leo Irby - Escapologist; He was part of this land - Mitchell Stuart of W-Hollow, Kentucky, by his son, Jesse Stuart; Sensational 3-page color ad for Cadillac for 1956; The Golden Journey, by Agnes Sligh Turnbull; Nice color photo 2-page ad for 1956 Plymouth, with all new push-button driving; Two-page ad for Ford Trucks; Lovely 2-page colour photo ad for Philco televisions - with remote control!; Nice 1-page color ad for Sealtest ice cream; 2-page color '56 Pontiac ad; Crosley Custom V television ad; Color ad for Zenith televisions; Color ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Italian-style Ravioli; Nice color 1-page ad for Karo waffle syrup; Color Betty Crocker ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1949112 pages. Features: Nice 1/2 page color Fatima cigarette ad; 1-page color Hudson car ad - circus scene; 1-page color Maxwell House coffee ad features illustration of band practicing in the living room; Nice 1-page color ad for Zenith radios; 1-page color ad for Kelly Springfield tires features lady swimmer; RPM Delo ad features nice color photo of excavation scene in rugged territory; Renegade Canyon (fiction); The Man Who Hunts Old Bones - photo-illustrated article about Dr. Edwin Harris Colbert, curator of the American Museum of Natural History; Schoolgirl in Pursuit (fiction); G.I. Jim's In Love with Paris - color-photo illustrated article about the 1,300 American veterans studying and living under the G.I. Bill of Rights in Paris; Night of Trial (fiction); Senator Paul Douglas - Hard-boiled idealist - article with photo; We Bucked the Ice Pack - aboard the U.S.S. Edisto icebreaker as it ventured to previously unexplored waters - article witih photos; New help for that headache - combining medicine with psychiatry; Get That Rig Through (fiction); Tales of the Talking Taxis - photo-illustrated article explains how two-way radios are improving life for taxi drivers; Botts and the Brink of Disaster (fiction); Is Japanese Youth Going Communist? - photo-illustrated article; 1-page color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco man Dan Currin of Oxford, NC; Nightmare in Manhattan (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile cars featuring the new 'Holiday' coupe; 1-page color ad for De Soto cars features the new 'Carry-All' sedan; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features blind-folded woman smoker; 1-page color-photo ad for Ford Trucks features photos Howard Johnson of hotel chain fame; Nice color-photo Kodak ad with rugged scenery in background; 1-page Chevrolet ad features the Styeline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Nice centerfold color ad for Mobilgas; 1-page color ad for RCA Victor televisions features Photographer Margaret Bourke-White; 2-page color ad for General Motors (GM) shows their range of products; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page ad for Northwestern Mutual features photo portrait of Walter Geist, President, Allis-Chalmers; Nice 1-page color ad for TWA shows happy children in flight; 1/2 page color ad for Meadow gold ice cream; 1-page color Gulfpride motor oil ad shows new car by lighthouse; Nostalgic half-page 2-color ad for Elmer's of New Orleans features their Mint Bublets and Chee-Wees; Nice 1/2 page color ad for Beech-Nut gum; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. One-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
2005Best.-Nr. 233j0551Canada: Veterans Affairs Canada. Very Good. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 0662685911 . "The Battle of the Scheldt was a military operation in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands that took place during the Second World War. On September 12 1944 the First Canadian Army was given the task of clearing the Scheldt of German occupiers. On October 2 the battle began in earnest and was fought until November 8. The First Canadian Army played a leading role in opening the Scheldt estuary gateway to the sea for the port of Antwerp." - Introduction. Trilingual English/French/Dutch. 32 glossy pages. Three panel two-colour fold-out map indicates troop movements and flooded areas October-November 1944. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important history. ; Remembrance Series; 8vo . Veterans Affairs Canada paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 50898Washington DC: GPO 2000. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 100 wraps tables. Serial No. 106-36. This hearing gave the Committee an opportunity to explore issues relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs personnel needs. GPO paperback
1995184 pages including index. Records the early exploration years and accomplishments of the hundreds of men and women who worked the mine for 25 years, and touches on contributions to the community of the miners and their families. Primarily a chronological history of an open pit copper mine and mill which utilized the ingenuity and skills of its people to ensure the mine's survival in the face of the challenges of a rugged environment, a low grade orebody and economic recession. But it also tells a more personal story through photographs and anecdotes from the mines's veterans, many of whom have taken the lessons learned at Island Copper to other mining operations around the world where they are known affectionately as the "Island Copper Mafia." Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 133480608X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1962Best.-Nr. 123965Maplewood NJ: Hammond 1962. Near Fine. Near fine. Hammond unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. ZB622103Chicopee: Civil War Veterans Historical Association 1987-2006. title varies slightly volumes 1-20 lacks vol. 12#3-4 else all complete volumes quartos illustrated in original stapled self wrappers very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - 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. Photos available upon request. Chicopee: Civil War Veterans Historical Association unknown
2008Best.-Nr. 308088Chicago: Vietnam Veterans Against the War VVAW 2008. Newspaper. 24p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold; address label on front otherwise very good. Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 259346Chicago: VVAW 1976. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold evenly toned otherwise very good. From the period of Revolutionary Communist Party dominance over the group. VVAW unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 247310Chicago: VVAW 1978. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold evenly toned otherwise very good. Cover story on a vet dying of complications from Agent Orange exposure; top headline is on Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. VVAW supported the Khmer Rouge in this conflict accusing Vietnam of becoming an aggressor and tool of Soviet social imperialism; small photo of Cambodian troops is captioned "Cambodian freedom fighters must now fight again. VVAW unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 248504Chicago: VVAW 1986. Newspaper. Double issue of the newspaper 24p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold evenly toned otherwise very good. Includes a 16p. supplement on the VVAW delegation to Nicaragua and US intervention in Central America. VVAW unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 248505Chicago: VVAW 1986. Newspaper. 24p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold evenly toned otherwise very good. Articles on the Iran-Contra scandal Central American immigrants Vietnam vets and prison and more. VVAW unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 2708Washington DC 1961. Very good. 88pp. Quarto. Original textured padded cloth printed in gilt and black with calendar designs on front cover. Minor edge wear rubbing and abrading to covers. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper toning to endpapers but otherwise internally clean. A rare yearbook from Veterans High School Center - an segregated academic and vocational training high school for American servicemen and other non-traditional male African-American students in the District of Columbia. Veterans High School was started in the old Armstrong Manual Training High School building in 1946 and operated until 1964 at which time it became an adult education center. During its run Veterans High School Center graduated around a hundred students a year trained in various academic and vocational specialties. The range of study is reflected in the senior class section here noting that each student is graduating on an "Academic" track or gaining a diploma in such vocational avenues as Printing Radio-TV Shoe Repair Auto Mechanics Brickmasonry Barber Science Electricity Drafting and Tailoring. Other sections of the yearbook feature students in typical settings such as the classroom in clubs playing sports and so forth. There is also a list of school patrons followed by an eight-page section of advertisements for local businesses. We could locate no other yearbooks from the segregated all-male Veterans High School in Washington D.C. unknown
1961Best.-Nr. 2708Washington DC 1961. Very good. 88pp. Quarto. Original textured padded cloth printed in gilt and black with calendar designs on front cover. Minor edge wear rubbing and abrading to covers. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper toning to endpapers but otherwise internally clean. A rare yearbook from Veterans High School Center - an segregated academic and vocational training high school for American servicemen and other non-traditional male African-American students in the District of Columbia. Veterans High School was started in the old Armstrong Manual Training High School building in 1946 and operated until 1964 at which time it became an adult education center. During its run Veterans High School Center graduated around a hundred students a year trained in various academic and vocational specialties. The range of study is reflected in the senior class section here noting that each student is graduating on an "Academic" track or gaining a diploma in such vocational avenues as Printing Radio-TV Shoe Repair Auto Mechanics Brickmasonry Barber Science Electricity Drafting and Tailoring. Other sections of the yearbook feature students in typical settings such as the classroom in clubs playing sports and so forth. There is also a list of school patrons followed by an eight-page section of advertisements for local businesses. We could locate no other yearbooks from the segregated all-male Veterans High School in Washington D.C. unknown books
1990215 pages. "At last, after years of fictionalized RCMP stories, we now have the real thing, told by the real men who were there." - Betty Kennedy. Reveals the disparity in living conditions then and now - the hardships, tragedy, discipline and humour, all in sharp contrast to the contemporary environment of their successors. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
1972Best.-Nr. 592342Boston: Beacon Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the tiny price on the front flap inked over. The Winter Soldier Investigation was a controversial meeting of Vietnam veterans who met to testify about American war crimes in Vietnam. Former presidential candidate John Kerry is listed as a participant in the investigation but doesn't seem to be mentioned specifically in the text. Beacon Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0807002518.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 080700250X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 507405beacon Press. Good/Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hard Cover. 080700250X RB-2 . beacon Press hardcover
