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1918ref. 381800Washington: Government Printing Office 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. House Document No. 1946 64th Congress 2d Session 1916-1917. Parts 1-6 bound in 4 volumes. Thick octavos. Numerous folding maps including many in color charts and photographs. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Moderate soiling to the boards and top edges light stain to the top edge of some text pages and plates in two volumes with a few leaves partially torn or stuck together at the top edge only else overall a very good set. A very scarce complete set of the Commission reports with the many large folding maps in very good condition. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1972ref. 427138New York: Macmillan Company 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Small quarto. 271pp. Illustrated. Some pages with light foxing spine sunned cloth modestly soiled corners bumped still very good lacking the dust jacket. Macmillan Company hardcover books
1940ref. SKU1027909Washington D.C: United States Government Printing Office 1940. Hardcover. Good. 3 volume set bound in uniform red cloth boards. All have moderate wear all have good bindings no marks or notations. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
1961ref. 299468Newport News Virginia: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co 1961. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; stapled pamphlet in stapled cardstock wrappers printed in color; 40 pages; with an invitation to the event laid in "Refreshments will be served on the Hangar Deck".~~The pamphlet was distributed as a program at the Commissioning Ceremony of the world's first nuclear-powered Naval for the Enterprise in November of 1961. The centerpiece is the actual program with photographs of Captain De Poix the Commanding Officer and others. Complete listing of the dignitaries at the occasion as well as the crew list and Marine Detachment list. ~~"The Naval Commissioning Ceremony marks the initiation of a ship into the operating forces of the United States Navy. At the moment of breaking her commission pennant U.S.S. Enterprise CVAN65 then becomes the sole responsibility of her commanding officer Captain Vincent P. de Poix USN who together with the ship's company has the duty of making and keeping her constantly ready for any service demanded by our country"--Page 2 of cover.~~An uncommon memento of an important military occasion. We locate but a single copy in institutional holding Very Good binding. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co unknown books
1976ref. 299630N/A: N/A 1976. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Oblong stapled pamphlet in white card stock printed in blue and gold; 44 pages with illustrations and portrait photographs.~~There are a scant handful of copies in institutional holdings and none in commerce.~. Near Fine binding. N/A unknown books
1860ref. 269706Washington 1860. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Listing of Officers in the United States Navy on the eve of the Civil War. The wrappers have wear and chipping and an old paper reinforcement to the spine and the verso of the front panel. Good binding. unknown books
1944ref. 190039GPO 1944 1944-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Minor wear. 138 pages. S.U. GPO, 1944 paperback books
1928ref. 299993US Government Printing Office 1928. Seventh Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in the publisher’s blue buckeram binding with titling in gold to the upper board and the spine; viii followed by plates 2 3-958 pages with many illustrations throughout in color and in black and white a number of which are folding; there is a previous owner name on the pastedown. Very Good binding. US Government Printing Office unknown books
2005ref. 58668London: Penguin/Viking 2005. First UK Edition first printing. Signed by Lewycka on the half-title page. blue boards in dust jacket; 326 pages. Fine in a fine d/j. A nice copy! Penguin/,Viking unknown books
1952ref. 350795Washington DC: Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America CIO 1952. Paperback. 315p. wraps slightly edge worn with a minor chip in the rear wrap otherwise very good condition. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO paperback books
1940ref. 350457Washington DC: Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America CIO 1940. Paperback. 102p. wraps head and tail of spine chipped spine toned top corner of rear wrap and last few pages dog-eared else in good condition. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO paperback books
1961ref. 007884Princeton NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Square 8vo. 179pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint at the heel but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $5.95 has a minute bit rubbing to edges but is fresh and bright with no creases tears or chipping. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. D. Van Nostrand Company hardcover books
1879ref. TB21310Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1879. First Edition. First printing Good in purple pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is heavily worn and chewed by rodents. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. An octavo measuring just shy of 9" tall by 5 3/4" deep. 23 pages of text and tables followed by 45 fold-out isometric drawings. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1940ref. List3520United States and Japan 1940. Photo album measuring 10 ½ x 13 inches containing approximately 350 photos. With four copies of Jane Whitaker's discharge and immunization papers and the Navy's "Marching to Victory" songbook 13th printing Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School 1943. Album with covers detached and wear to pages; fair. Contents excellent. Overall very good. A photo album belonging to siblings Jane 1924-d. and James 1921-1997 Whitaker of Florida. Both siblings were in the US Navy; the copy of Jane's discharge paper indicates that she enlisted in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1946. The siblings are descendants of founding Florida figures William Wyatt and Mary Wyatt Whitaker. The album mainly covers their time in Hawai'i and Japan. Alongside eighteen photographs of a large military parade one labeled "V-J Day Honolulu" with floats including the Filipino Federation of America's celebration of General MacArthur and a bilingual float reading "AGGRESSORS GONE FOREVER" and fifteen likely souvenir photos of the Pearl Harbor attack there are approximately 120 candid photographs of the sailors' lives. These include spending time with family and children sitting on a tank on the beach barbecuing at a park fishing and doing laundry outside. Some of these were taken in Hawai'i and others in Japan; a number show a sign for Nimitz Recreation Field which is likely at the US Fleet Activities in Sasebo Nagasaki. Thirty show men not in uniform but also likely sailors mainly during similar recreational activities. Others include photos of military installations and from inside barracks-bunk beds the kitchenette and dining area. Individuals in the photos are occasionally identified verso by first name. The album is uncommon for the candid nature of the personnel photos. Of interest to historians of life in the US Navy in Hawai'i and Japan during WWII. unknown books
1865ref. 31478Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1865. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. A very good copy with wear to extremities owner's name on endpaper Treasury Department stamp on title small hole on first two blanks. 335 pp.; 20 pp. 8vo. Copy of William Mertz a clerk in the Treasury Department. With the military build-up now complete this would be the largest mid-century edition. Government Printing Office hardcover books
2021ref. 34833London: Tor. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket with "Signed Copy" sticker on the front wrap. Signed by the author on a special page: "A Desolation Called Peace signed by the author" with her signature.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 496 pages . 2021. Tor hardcover books
1865ref. 11782Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1865. Very Good -. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1865. First Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.; contemporary bespoke half black morocco over marbled boards gilt spine in six compartments marbled endpapers; 335pp.; tables throughout. Leather a bit dried and scuffed at extremities front free endpaper separated but present rear free endpaper starting to separate contemporary ownership rubber-stamp of a William W. Harrington to title page with his initials embossed in gilt at spine foot. Overall Good to Very Good internally clean and sound. Quite an uncommon roster of Civil War Union officers OCLC locating just three copies as of December 2021 at Ohio U. U. Tennessee and Norwich U. Government Printing Office unknown books
1977ref. 129555San Francisco: Casa Editorial 1977. Paperback. 32p. one of 500 copies wraps spine and edges of rear wrap toned gift inscription on title page else very good condition. Arizona-born Chicana poet. Chapbook #6. Casa Editorial paperback books
1945ref. 6241Little Creek Va 1945. Good plus. 126 issues with varying paginations but totaling almost 2000pp. plus printed ephemera. Numerous issues two-hole punched at gutter for insertion into binder. Earliest mimeographed issues rather brittle with some light chipping at edges. Later issues printed on sturdier stock. Toned throughout. Some contemporary manuscript inscriptions and signatures scattered throughout. A wonderful run of the Gator News the newsletter of the Amphibious Force Base in Virginia published during the Second World War. The 126 issues present here comprise an almost-complete run of the first twelve volumes of the publication that cover the period from late 1942 to the end of the war in August 1945. The Amphibious Force Base in Little Creek Virginia was established in June 1942 by the United States Navy. There they trained Navy Army and Marine personnel in amphibious landing techniques. It remains in use today as Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. The newsletter boasted of being "Of the Men By the Men and For the Men." Many issues feature original cartoon art in addition to base gossip worldwide military news pinups sports scores and more. This grouping includes the complete run of the first hundred issues beginning with Volume 1 Number 1 on 14 October 1942. The issues have been collected in contemporary cardstock report covers. They continue with a nearly-complete run of thirty-nine unbound issues dating from 14 October 1944 to 21 July 1945. We have traced no other early runs of The Gator News approaching this magnitude. We find holdings of this periodical at four libraries none of them with any pre-1944 issues and with very few of the issues from 1944 or 1945. Also included here are the extensive working papers of the Gator's editor Irving Charlip 1921-2014 of Trenton New Jersey a Navy Specialist Second Class. They cover editorial personnel and technical matters and fill a banker's box. Perhaps most interesting among them is a folder of twenty-four photographs of various sizes up to 8 x 10 inches. Some are stamped as Gator staff photos while others show Charlip and other members of the production team in action. Two show comic actor Red Skelton's visit to the Gator offices and our favorite shows editor Charlip at his desk prepared for an all-nighter with six cups of coffee a pile of sandwiches and his note: "The Gator must be out on time or else." A wonderful run of this newspaper made even more relevant by the addition of the editor's papers. unknown books
2005ref. 1404883London UK: Viking 2005. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 325 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is light blue pink and teal with teal and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£12.99" on front flap has severe sun-fading along spine and front joint. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine tail. Textblock edges have moderate age-toning; mild toning throughout interior. Signed flat on title page by Marina Lewycka. Shelved in Room Z. 1404883. Special Collections - Upstairs. Viking hardcover books
1819ref. 72849Washington DC: E. De Krafft 1819. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 7pp 1pp blank. Light toning to the contents else a good complete example. E. De Krafft paperback books
1861ref. 72848Washington DC: House of Representatives 1861. Paperback. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 18pp. Light soiling to the title page. Interior contents very clean else a good complete example. House of Representatives paperback books
1986ref. 1417503Cambridge: MIT Press 1986. Hardcover. Quarto 262 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print illustration. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Price unclipped: "$50.00". Boards in black cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w and color photographs drawings. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. 1417503. FP New Rockville Stock. MIT Press hardcover books
ref. 72760Philippines: np np. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Oblong plastic bound photograph album. 10.5 x 7.5". 52 photographs measuring approximately 3.75" x 2.5". Inside the front cover is written "31st Div USMC New Britain Philippines." Album is clean and in very good condition. Photographs depict soldiers in camp and jungle settings riding oxen and posing with jeeps equipment and tents as well as downed aircraft and local inhabitants. No dates or names are recorded and the location is unidentified. The 31st Division served in the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II. np hardcover books
ref. 37497New York early 19th century. Broadside oblong 8-3/4" x 12." An elegant unused certificate from this Society which as its website states was "chartered by King George III in 1770 to 'improve maritime knowledge and relieve indigent and distressed shipmasters their widows and orphans'." Its members included Alexander Hamilton John Jay George Clinton Cadwallader Colden St. John de Crevecoeur Hugh Gaine Benjamin Judah Rufus King Nicholas Roosevelt and other luminaries. The Certificate is adorned with numerous vignettes of the early history of New York City. unknown books
