[Manila]: Dept. of Defense in cooperation with the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office and the Veterans Federation of the Philippines, n.d. [1998]. Hardcover. photos, 192p. Original red boards. dj. Oblong (36 x 23cm.). Moderate cover warping. More
S-Peterburg: Tip. "Artilleriiskago Zhurnala," 1879. Hardcover. folding plate. Odd pagination: ii, [277]-436, 32, [111]-152, [77]-98p. Contemporary leather. 26cm. Backstrip sunned. Covers scuffed and somewhat worn. Contents sound. Russian text. Certification with red consular seal on leaf preceding title-page by the US Consul in St. Petersburg in 1879 that this is..... More
n.p. United States Engineer Office, 1942. Paperback. illustrated, 28p. Softcover in stapled wrapper. 27cm. Modest foxing and offsetting. Helen Montgomery listed as Editor. More
Hardcover. Size of individual items varies but most are about 28 cm. All are in a flexible hard cover binding (30 cm.) with two screw and post holes running through each item along left side. It seems clear this volume full of 1942 Camouflage items was assembled as an appendix..... More
Paperback. Four pages. Foxing. Torn where later folded in quarters. Daily newspaper in Burlington, Iowa. Includes an article which occupies almost a full column on the second page titled: Progress of Negro Enlistments. Dateline: Washington, July 25. This article appears to have first appeared in the Cincinnati Gazette. More
Paperback. 22, 28p. Stapled softcovers. 27cm. Prepared by military personnel, U.S. Army Stockade, 8044th Army Unit in Tokyo. More
Breslau: 1931. Paperback. photos and illustrations, 63, [1]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Cover moderately soiled, has a crease and is reinforced on both sides at fold with yellowed strips of cellophane tape. German text. More
n.p. [1946]. Hardcover. 53 unnumbered pages printed on one side. Tied boards. Oblong (31 x 22 cm.). Cover worn around edges and also scuffed. No Jacket. Spanish text. Signed with inscriptions by some of the participants. More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972. Paperback. Consists of a one-page synopsis following by 170 captioned black and white illustrations, printed one to a page, which tell the story of Mao's military genius and the triumph of his army. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong (18 x 13 cm.). More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Softcover. No separate wrapper present. The Free Military School enrolled a total of over 1000 applicants The school was established in December, 1863 and and gave brief training to many white civilians and soldiers..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Minor cover spotting. Upper right corner darkened on a few leaves, the darkest of which is also clipped at the tip. Moderate vertical crease. Pictorial image of the school on the front cover. The..... More
[Germany?]: Headquarters, Ninth U.S. Army, 12 December 1944. Paperback. 10p. Softcover in original wrapper. 14 cm. Former owner's name on front cover. More
Great Britain: Gale & Polden, 1944-1965. Paperback. photos, illustrations, issues seem to range from 60-150 pages (plus adverts) per issue with the earlier issues tending to be the thinnest. Softcover in original wrappers. 25 cm. Modest wear here and there but generally sound and clean. Extra postage will may be..... More
[Tokyo]: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, April 25, 1937. Revised edition. Paperback. 10 photos, 3 maps (2 folding), 51p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Large piece missing at bottom of backstrip. Other modest cover chips and browning. The first edition of this English-language, Japanese propaganda item was published on April..... More
Winchester: Warren and Son, 1947. Hardcover. frontis, photos, vi, 78p. Green cloth. 22cm. Some cover spotting. Cover lettering chipped. No jacket. Includes a chapter (pp. 49-57) on "The 11th Battalion in Greece" which states that this battalion had been in Greece longer than any other British unit. More
[Manila]: 1945. Paperback. Broadsheet (single sheet printed on both sides). 25 x 33cm. Later folds. Minor stain and soil. Headlines are: "Allies Call on Japan to Quit" and "Churchill Out; Atlee In." More
New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1865. Four pages Several folds. 49 x 67 cm. Former owner's name (Mrs. Ewing?). Several later folds. A few portions of the front page have some browning. Important abolitionist newspaper published from June 11, 1840, to April 16, 1870,by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Much of..... More
n.p. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., n.d. [1956]. Hardcover. photos, 108p. Original black cloth. Oblong (29 x 29 cm.). Minor cocer rubbing. No jacket Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. No jacket. More
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Guam, Marianas Islands: 1945. Folded four-page newspaper. 36 cm. Some wrinkling and wear, as well as minor staining. Lead article is about Navy Day to be held the following day in Guam. AP news item at bottom of 4th page about Branch Rickey's signing of Jackie Robinson and assigning him..... More
Tokyo: 1948. Paperback. 16p. Newsprint. 41cm. Later folds. Moderately browned. More
Rome, GA: Fletcher Smith, Printer, [1892]. Broadsheet. 21 x 20 cm. Printed on both sides on thin pink paper. Minor chipping and wear along page edges. One side is devoted to claims under the newly enacted Indian War Soldiers' Pension Bill under which qualified soldiers or their widows could receive..... More
Detroit: n.d. [ca. 1926]. small folded 4-page leaflet. 14cm. Issued to promote membership in this VFW Post whose membership was restricted to veterans of the Archangel area who had served in the North Russian Expeditionary Forces with the 339th Infantry, 337th Hospital or 310th Enginers during the Siberian Intervention. The..... More
New York: The Library of America, (c. 1998). 2nd printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. photos, maps, index, xiii, 858, (5), xii, 857, (5)p. Rebound in red leather -- binder's name appears to be Asprey (which is is printed in gilt on lower edge inside back covers). 20 cm. All edges gilt..... More
New York: The Library of America, (c. 1995). 1st printing. Hardcover. photos, index, 912, 970p. Neatly rebound in contemporary green leather. 20 cm. All edges gilt, perhaps when rebound. A couple of minor spots on backstrips; otherwise almost as new. More
Washington: Information Office, Embassy of the State of Kuwait, n.d. [ca. 1993 for both]. Paperback. Two separate items. First item: 31p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Second item: 10p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Identified, respectively, on covers as No.1 and No. 2. More
