New York: Lutz and Sheinkman presumed Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1941 to 1945. Single sheet, 40 by 30 inches. Printed in red, white and blues. A motivational poster issued by the US Navy, quoting Admiral Ernest J King, who was at the time commander in chief of the US..... More
No Place: Whitehead and Hoag, Producer. Unbound. United Spanish War Veterans National Auxiliary Ribbon and Medal. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer. No place or date, presumed early 1900s. Measures about 3 inches long and about 1 ¼ inches wide. Yellow, white and red striped ribbon with a copper colored medal suspended..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps circa late 1950s to 1960s. 5 by 7 inches. Black and white photos. Three photos stamped "Photo Lab/USS Kearsarge CVS 33/ C/O FPO San Francisco," and "Official U.S. Navy Photography/Not for Publication/Unless Officially Released." A collection of three photos..... More
Brussels: Published by The Belgian Company of Booksellers. Hauman and Co, 1842. Cloth. Reddish-orange ribbed cloth, with some ornamentation in blind. 179 pages including appendix. With a fold out chart listing the staff of the Field Marshal Duke of Wellington. No map or plan present. An account of the battle..... More
Boston: Massachusetts National Guard (believed publisher). Soft Cover. Side stapled wraps. 76 pages. With a few battle maps/plans throughout. Originally given as part of a lecture series on historical campaigns and battles as part of the Division Staff School instruction program. A detailed analysis of the military strategy and tactics..... More
Harrisburg: The Stackpole Company, 1958. Cloth. Brown cloth in blue dust jacket. 235 pp. With a section of black and white photographs. A history of the Confederate Ordnance Works in Tyler, Texas, told through first person accounts by the commander of the works, in the day book he kept. With..... More
Washington: Navy Department, Publisher, 1947. Cloth. 84 pp. With a few black and white photos throughout. Signed by both authors, with a dedication to Admiral Deyo (presumably Admiral Morton Deyo). A general survey of the US Navy and its operation, providing a brief history while discussing some of the events..... More
Roma (Rome): Ufficio Militare Polacco di Cultura e Stampa, presumed publisher, as well as Casa Editrice, L'Arciere, 1945. Wraps. Illustrated brick red wraps. 64 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. All text in Italian. A guide to the history and culture of Poland, perhaps written and published by Polish Armed..... More
Portsmouth, NH: Blue Tree, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first edition. Black paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. Quarto. 64 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations. A study of the court martial of Portsmouth, New Hampshire native General Fitz John Porter, during the Civil War following his defeat..... More
Boston: The Richmond Press, 1958. Wraps. Second printing. Signed, with a brief inscription, by the author. Blue-green wraps. 52 pp. A short history and account of the 11-11-11 Club, a group of World War I veterans that met every year on Armistice Day to celebrate the end of World War..... More
No Place: D.H. Athmer et al, Publishers. Pamphlet. No place or date, 1946. Side stapled booklet. Front cover with an illustration of the ship and two mermaids. 8 pp. A newsletter issued aboard the USS Hugh L. Scott while on its voyage from Seattle on February 5, 1946, transporting occupation..... More
New York: Hodder and Stoughton. Cloth. no date, perhaps circa 1916. Blue cloth with a large illustration of a pilot in front of a smaller illustration of a plane in a field. 208 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout, as well as several color plates. A collection of..... More
Meadville, PA: Edward T. Bates, Publisher, 1882. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Re-bound in modern glossy boards. 261 pages including index. With new endpapers. LACKING any original endpapers and preliminaries to the title page, including the frontispiece portrait of Joseph Hooker. All other illustrations/maps present as called for. A...... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/ The Hispanic Society of America, 1900. Cloth. Rebound in red library buckram. 486 pages including index. With illustrations throughout, including three fold outs. A history of the establishment and evolution of the United States Naval Academy, including its earliest forms, the War of 1812 and..... More
Graz: Buchhandlung Styria, Publisher, 1892. Cloth. Second edition. Gray cloth with an illustration of a Native American on the front cover. 186 pp, plus a map. A few black and white illustrations throughout. All text in German. Presumably a history of the Dakota War of 1862, in which Native American..... More
Warren, MI: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1975. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Oblong quarto. 50 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A primarily visual record of the US Air Force's use of the B-24 Liberator during World War II, documenting and discussing design and technical aspects, various innovations, as well as use in..... More
London: Printed for J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place and T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1815. Vellum. Full title: The Battle of Waterloo, Containing the Series of Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, with Circumstantial Details, Previous, During and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863. Cloth. Red cloth. xviii, 408 pages. LACKING any ads in the rear. With illustrations. Two MISSING: the frontis depicting West Point and the map of West Point in 1863 (p 283). With one colored plate and a large fold out map. The large fold..... More
No Place: D. Van Nostrand. Cloth. (1863). Blue cloth with gilt titling anf ruling in blind. xviii, 408 pages, plus 12 pages of ads in the rear. LACKING title page and frontis, with text beginning with the quote from Winfield Scott. An original endpaper is present, but other preliminaries may..... More
Sanbornville, NH: Triple Tulip Press, 2006. Trade Paperback. 240 pages. An account of the author's husband's experiences in World War II in the Dutch East Indies, from being invaded by Japan to being interned in a men's camp and the treatment he and others received. In VERY GOOD condition with..... More
Philadelphia: Zeigler, McCurdy and Co, 1867. Cloth. Brownish cloth. 799 pp. Black and white portraits throughout. A collection of biographies and anecdotes on various women and their actions in the Civil War, from work in hospitals and in the field, to aiding freedmen and refugees and other capacities. Included are..... More
Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1869. Cloth. Light burgundy cloth. 380 pp. With 21 illustrations, all present as called for but most bound in different locations than indicated in the contents. A detailed account of the author's experiences working in the various Union hospitals during the Civil War, as well as..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military/Aviation History, 1997. Wraps. Glossy wraps. Quarto. 59 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A technical history of the various models of the 96 Rikko used by Japan in its Navy air service, documenting its designs and variations, as well as its use prior to and during..... More
Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2010. Cloth. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 272 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A history of trench warfare during World War I, drawing on firsthand accounts, documents and maps to recall the various types of trenches used, their construction, means of defense as well as..... More
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. Wraps. Wraps. 128 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A primarily visual history of various seacoast and harbor defenses built in the Boston, Massachusetts harbor area, spanning from the 1600s into the 1900s, identifying abandoned buildings and sites among the many harbor islands. With short..... More