Search Results: Militaria from Classic Books and Ephemera

Washington, D.C.: Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics, 1945. Good. 3 single sheet newsletters published by the Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics, called BuAer Logs, dated July 24 and 31, and Aug. 17, 1945 (log nos. 1160, 1166, 1180). They provide daily information about on-duty officers and staff, with facsimile signatures of Captain F. Jelke, III, and Commander F. W. Lincoln. Also includes information about other matters of interest such as the Navy Hour radio program; official statements on the third anniversay of the Women's Reserve of the United States Navy by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, and Captain Mildred H. McAfee; and messages on the victory against Japan by the Secretary of the Navy and the Fleet Admiral. Scarce. In Good Condition: starting to separate along folds; July 24 log separated for 4 cm. along one fold; minor chipping and corner creasing; clean.

1834. Very Good +. 4 printed enlistment slips for the Ulster Artillery, Sugerties, Ulster County, N.Y. The smaller one has an engraved eagle holding arrows and a shield in the upper left corner and is filled out by Captain C. Hoyt for the enlistment of William W. Conyes on June 4, 1834. The larger filled-in one had an engraved eagle in the center, standing on a shield and looking to the right; it was filled out by Captain Conyes for the enlistment of Peter B. Ransom on June 13, 1840. The other two have an engraved eagle in the center holding arrows and a shield and looking to the left; they have not been used. In Very Good+ Condition: lightly soiled; closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge of one of the blank slips.

West Point, N.Y.: West Point Military Academy, 1888. Paperback. Very Good. 8 p.; 17 cm. White wrappers. Wrapper title. "July" crossed out and "June" written next to it. Henry Flanders (1826-1911) was a member of the Board of Visitors for the United States Military Academy at West Point, appointed by the President of the United States. According to the New York Times: "Mr. Flanders spoke in a clear, strong voice, and was easily heard throughout the assembly." Flanders was born in New Hampshire and practiced law in Kentucky and South Carolina before settling in Philadelphia. He also wrote and published Treatise on Maritime Law (1852), Treatise on the Law of Shipping (1853), Lives of the United States Chief Justices (1855), Memoirs of the Cumberland (1856), An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States (1860), Treatise on the Principles of Insurance (1871), Adventures of a Virginian (1881), and The Life of John Marshall (1904). In Very Good Condition:… Read More

Washington, D.C., 1824. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 4 p.; 16 cm. "[No. 33.]" - above heading. Dated Washington, May 28th, 1824, and signed: Chs. J. Nourse. Lists promotions and appointments made by the President since the publication of the Register in Jan. 1824. These were in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th regiments of artillery, the 4th, 5th, and 7th regiments of infantry, and others. Charles J. Nourse (1789-1851) was Acting Adjutant General of the Army from May 8, 1822, to March 7, 1825. Among the promotions is that of Topographical Engineer Isaac Roberdeau (1763-1829). In Near Fine Condition: discoloration along fold; lightly creased; clean and crisp.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Co, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good -/good -. [10], 533 p.; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket in clear cover. William H. Standley (1872-1963) served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1933 to 1937 and as the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1943. In this book he reports on his 18 months "as the U.S. government's highest diplomoatic officer behind the Iron Curtain [and] of the conduct of American diplomacy under President Roosevelt." -- dust jacket. Scarce. Book is in Very Good- Condition: slightly cocked; head of spine slightly frayed; minor discoloration at upper edge of front cover; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good- Condition: rubbed and creased; loss along spine, folds, and edges; over spine is faded; front is clean and bright.

Boston: American Peace Society, 1863. Paperback. Very Good. [1], 230-260 p. [that is, 32 pages]; 23 cm. Plain wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Former owner'sname in pencil at upper edge of front wrapper: H. J. Williams. The contents reflect the American Peace Society's view of the Civil War "as a desperate effort of slaveholders to secure the permanent domination of slavery over our country and over this continent." Scarce. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is soiled; slightly creased; pages are clean and solid.

New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. [8], 131, [5] p.: map; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; red paper over boards with gilt author's initials on front board. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The author's account of his visit to Vietnam in 1989, 15 years after the end of the war. A "memorable portrait of a country still reeling from the effects of American intervention." -- dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith, 1897. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy," with the leaf of biographical text. Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), English caricaturist and portrait painter, signed his works 'Spy.' After serving in the British army, Major General Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot (1841-1929) represented Stafford in Parliament from 1869 to 1874. Returning to the army, he fought in the Anglo-Zulu War and took part in the unsuccessful Nile Expedition to relieve General Gordon in Khartoum. In 1899 he became General Officer Commanding the British troops in Egypt. He became Governor of Victoria, Australia, in 1904. In Near Fine- Condition: minor foxing in upper and right-hand margins; otherwise, clean and bright.

Cherry Valley, N.Y.: Cherry Valley Gazette Print, 1880. Hardcover. Good -. [2], 312 p.; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Blind-stamped border on both boards, which have bevelled edges. Grey endpapers. Former owner's name on first (blank) leaf: S. A. Seward. Howes C-103. First published in 1831, this was the first account of events during the American Revolution in western New York state. Tryon County was created from Albany County in 1772; in 1784 the name was changed to Montgomery County to honor General Richard Montgomery. In Good- Condition: cover is heavily rubbed; corners are frayed; loss at ends of spine; front hinge cracked; scattered light soiling.

Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1864. Hardcover. Good +. Wright & Potter, state printers. 1022, 8, 22, 20 p., [4] unpaginated pages of folded tables: many in-text tables; 24 cm. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards and spine. Yellow endpapers. "Public Document No. 8" at head of title page. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "H.A. Brewster, Baltimore Md. Feb. 27th 1865." Former owner's stamp on front fixed endpaper: "D.M. Wilcox, M.D. Physician and Surgeon, Lee, Mass." Contains detailed information on the Massachusetts troops involved in the Civil War. Scarce. In Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed with separation and minor loss at ends of spine and front joint; cover is lightly soiled; faint dampstain along front gutter, fore-edges of a few leaves, and upper right-hand corner of back fixed endpaper; otherwise, pages and folded tables are clean and tight.

Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Co, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good -. 387, [11] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Blue cloth with black spine and cover titles. A guide to administration in the U.S. Army during World War I. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: William M. Kaufman E.A.C.N.A. Former owner's stamp on endpapers and title page: John J. McGinley, Allentown, Pa. The author, James A. Moss (1872-1941), was the commanding officer of the 367th Infantry Regiment in France in 1918 and 1919 during the First World War. Although he is identified correctly as a colonel on the title page, the cover states "Major James A. Moss." In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed and soiled; corners bumped; slightly shaken; pages are slightly browning but clean and solid.

New York: Theo Audel & Co, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. [8], 421, [13] p.: diagrams; 17 cm. Black faux leather cloth over card with gilt spine title and embossed cover title. All page edges red. Red endpapers. Includes index. Publisher's advertisements on final 6 unpaginated pages. Former owners' names on front free endpaper: "S/Sgt. Vernon Trinkle," and "M/Sgt. Harry F. Freeland." Harry F. Freeland joined the Army Air Corps during World War II and taught officers' courses at Yale University as a master sergeant; after the war he joined the Army Corps of Engineers. In Near Fine Condition: corners lightly rubbed; clean and bright.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good +. 78 p.; 19 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. The Swarthmore Lecture for 1949. First Edition. The author draws on his experience as General Secretary and Travelling Commissioner of the Friends Relief Service during the Second World War in explaining the motivations and methods of Quaker relief work. In Very Good+ Condition: spine sunned; slightly cocked; pages are clean and tight.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1970. Paperback. Near Fine. 4 volumes: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback; green covers printed in black. Hearings began Feb. 20 and concluded June 11, 1970. With: the text of H. R. 17123 as it was referred to the House Committee on Armed Services and that committee's report to the House of Representatives on April 24, 1970. A detailed examination of the U.S. military expenditures near the end of American involvement in the Vietnam War. In Near Fine Condition: minor creasing to edges of covers; spines are faded; clean and solid.

1816. Very Good. 1 leaf folded, dated Sept. 2, 1816, from John Johnson, Sussex Brigade Judge Advocate, addressed to Jacob S. Thomson, Brigade Paymaster, Marksborough [Marskboro, N.J.]. Thomson is asked to collect the $50 fine from Captain Thomas M. Armstrong. Jacob S. Thomson was the paymaster of the Sussex Brigade in New Jersey. On July 2, Captain Thomas M. Armstrong had been found guilty of disobedience of orders and unbecoming conduct to his superior officer. The judge, John Johnson (1764-1829), represented Sussex Co. in the New Jersey Assembly in 1804 and 1805, and was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1816 to 1825. In Very Good Condition: folds; exterior lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.

Corsham, Eng, 1902. Very Good -. Autograph letter signed, dated Oct. 22, 1902 (on Corsham Court, Wiltshire, stationary) to unknown recipient praising the Burnham Rifle Club, which had been formed in 1899 (either the first or second rifle club formed in England). Methuen concluded: "I should consider it a great honour to be elected a patron." Lieutenant General Paul Sanford Methuen (1845-1932) was captured during the Boer War in March 1902 but released tne returned to England during the summer. In Very Good- Condition: one horizontal fold; exterior is lightly soiled; interior is clean and bright.

1816. Very Good -. Autograph letter signed, dated Jan. 9, 1816, to "Representatives Chamber." Creighton is seeking information regarding money paid to General James Denny in order to assist John Barr, the administrator of Denny's estate. William Creighton (1778-1851) was Ohio's first secretary of state (1803-1808) and represented Ohio in Congress from 1813 to 1816 and from 1826 to 1830. Major General James Denny (1767-1815) served in the War of 1812. Although he was born and died in Pennsylvania, he spent years in Ohio. A pencilled note below the letter indicates that Denny had received funds to pay the Ohio militia and volunteers. In Very Good- Condition: light creases; just starting to separate at several folds; clean and bright.

London: J. Jenkins, 1815. Very Good -. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 154 x 222 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published July 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright.

London: J. Jenkins, 1815. Very Good. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 152 x 226 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Aug. 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Very Good Condition: lightly soiled in margin; image is clean and bright.

London: J. Jenkins, 1815. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 261 x 328 mm (image is 153 x 223 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published May 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright.