NP: np, nd [1945?]. Single heavy stock paper folded once. 14 cm. 4 pp. Image of a soldier carrying a bass drum on front cover, along with five starred places in Europe they were posted: Normandy, N. France, Rhineland, Ardennes, C. Europe. The remaining three pages print the song lyrics..... More
Base printing plant, 29th Engineers, U.S. Army, (1918). A highly visual broadsheet printed on two sides. 13 3/4 by 9 1/8. A calendar of 1919, it has three months in each corner leaving a large center filled by a red diamond. The diamond is divided into 16 smaller diamonds, in..... More
Montreal, (Canada): Campbell and Becket: and for sale at their office, Muir's Buildings, Place D'Armes, 1839. 19 cm. iv, -142, (1) pp. Illustrated frontis. Blue paper boards with black leather spine (rubbed). Previous owner's ink notes on rear endpaper. Lande Rare and Unusual 1st Supplement, S8. OCLC: Acadia, Toronto Public..... More
(Oklahoma City, OK): Eastside Ministerial Alliance, Co-sponsoring James Europe Post 157, the American Legion, (1964). First edition (?). 4to. 28 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits. Up until 1960 the American Legion posts in Oklahoma were segregated; this pamphlet, with many congratulatory letters from state and federal offices, celebrates, in part..... More
1885. Broadside, printed on silk. Measuring 11 x 14 1/2 inches. Signed in type by H.M. Nixon, L.M. Brown, and J.H. Oliver, Committee. Some soiling and wear at edges (short splits near top edge, not affecting text). The resolution adopted was to thank the citizen soldiery of Philadelphia for their..... More
Eniwetok, Marshall Islands: 28 April 1948. 23 cm. 10pp. Mimeograph. Illustrated cover of a ship and palm tree. Primarily cold war news and activities of communists in various places, assessing the threat that they represented. News on Palestine, US political news and bits and pieces from across the country, all..... More
[NY?]: nd [1887?]. Broadside lithograph portrait, 28 1/2 x 21 in., of Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912), oldest son of President Ulysses S. Grant, is shown gazing to the right, wearing a double breasted coat and sporting a small star pin just below his collar. His name appears in large, bold..... More
Paris: Librairie Militaire J. Dumaine, Libraire-Editeur de l'Empereur, 1868-69. Bound volume of various conferences organized by the Commission des Conferences Regimentaires. 14 cm. Bound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards, raised bands and gilt rules on spine, gilt stamped black morocco spine label. Some wear and rubbing to boards but..... More
Camp Dix, NJ: I.L. Cochrane, (c1919). First edition. 8vo. 30 pp. Illustrated with the color insignia of each division serving in General John J. Pershing's American Expeditionary Forces and four maps, portraying the American troop movements of 1918; division casualty list. OCLC locates two copies (Rutgers, U.S. Army Military History..... More
Baltimore, MD: Geo. A. Meekins (Press A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore), 1899. Revised edition (first published in 1889 with 162 pages). 8vo. 304, (2) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits; 42 pages of ads for local businesses. Includes roster, record of stateside service during the Spanish-American war, etc. Previous owner's..... More
Washington, (DC): U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927. 8vo. 36 pp. Illustrated, 28 plates. Original illustrated yellow wrappers (institutional stamp on outer wrappers). Very good. First edition. Eight pages of text describe courses and qualifications for training; the plates picture airfields, planes, flying formations, parachute jumping, etc. Revised editions were published..... More
Forwarding a regimental return of “deceased soldiers” 4to. One-page, approximately 25 words. Brown (1842-1889) served as an officer in the Civil War with the 11 th Ohio, serving through the western theater to Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the Carolinas, to surrender, mustering out with the unit in..... More
Winfield, Kas. B. F. Sadil, February 19, 1895. Broadside, 50.5 x 40 cm., printed in various sizes and styles of type. Red seal of the chapter affixed at the lower left side. Signed by R. E. Nickles, Grand High Priest and Jacob DeWitt, Grand Secretary. Proclamation thanking Brig. Gen'l. James..... More
[Philadelphia]: Published by order of the House of Representatives, [1800]. 23 cm. 13pp., [3] blank. Stitched. Ownership signature of John Smith on cover. EVANS 38763. Jones requested laws to protect the woods near Salt Springs northwest of the Ohio; the Gilberts' claim relates to their contract to supply army uniforms;..... More
San Diego, CA: The Society of the First Division, n.d. [ca.1950]. Red and green lettered tan paperwraps, hole punched and bound with cord. Oblong 4to.; 104 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Some wear and scuffing to outer wrappers, else a very good copy. A pictorial history of the division known as..... More
(Jettingen, Germany: Messerschmitt A.G., 31 December 1944). First edition (?). 4to. 15 pp. [rectos only, reproduced typescript]. Plate, tables, map. Report on the company's foreign activities; the plate pictures several types of planes among advertising illustrations. Not recorded on OCLC. Cloth-backed printed stiff tan wrappers (rear wrapper partly torn away..... More
Chicago [IL]: R.H.D. Corp. 1943. 9 x 14 cm. Twelve color illustrated cartoon postcards, all with caption titles. One with writing, a note from a Pfc at Paris Island, SC to his grandparents. More
Richmond, (VA): Printed by Shepherd & Pollard, 1820. First edition. 12mo. 216 pp. Contemporary ownership signature "Lieutenant / James Eddings' Book / May 1st 1823"; later inscription Property of the 58 Regiment." American Imprints 4120. Not in Sabin or Haynes. Thoroughly foxed, old tideline through upper corner, but a very..... More
nd [1900-1910?]. Nine photos, most 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in., mounted on stiff card stock. Depicted are the Forts Pickens (3), Barrancas (1), and "Readoff," (1) [sic- actually the 'Advanced Redoubt' built near Barrancas as an extra line of defense]. On the verso of one of the photos of..... More
Baton Rouge, (LA): Tom Bynum, State printer, 1862. First edition. 8vo. l4 pp. Prints 78 sections governing the duties of the state militia; Section 38: "The militia and volunteers shall be trained according to the system from time to time adopted by the Confederate States, in arms and tactics, and..... More
London: For Private Circulation Only, nd [1893]. 8vo.; 12pp. Original printed light blue wrappers (somewhat foxed). Very good copy. Offered with DR. G.H. JONES' IMPROVED TORPEDO GUARD FOR SHIPS OF WAR [caption title]. (London: np, 1894). Folio (3) pp. Self-wrappers; folded as for filing. Very good copy. Two publications endorsing..... More
Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, 1863. First edition (to replace the adapted United States Ordnance Manual published in Charleston and Richmond in 1861). Small 8vo. 546 pp. (page 131 is blank, as in all copies). 33 plates; errata. Parrish & Willingham 2491. Text block toned, staining to a number of leaves..... More
(MN): Standard Print, April 28, 1898. Printed broadside, 10 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, the title in bold large letters. Such local patriotic broadsides for the Spanish-American War are quite scarce. Not recorded on OCLC. Poor quality paper browned, but very good. More
Jackson, MS: The command, April 14,1874. Printed broadside, 8 3/4 x 12 inches, employing several sizes of type, advertising the sale of "condemned quartermaster's stores," including "1 Dump Cart, 1 Heating Stove, 1 Cooking Stove, Stove pipe and elbows, Mule Collars, Mule Bridles, Pumps, Oil-Cans, Steel Hoes, Steel Rakes, Scythe..... More
[New York (State): np, 1826]. Self wraps (?). 16 cm. 15pp., [1], 6. The first 15pp. list Cadets in order of merit within their respective classes, as determined by a general exam. The last 6pp. presents the "Roll of the cadets, arranged according to merit in conduct, for the year..... More
