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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains numerous illustrations, some black and white and some color. Etchings have tissue guards in place. Also contains a section defining technical terms used in the book. All edges are red with overall light age-tanning. Bevelled binding has bright gilt and black to front and spine with very light wear at spine, corners and along bottom. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Khaki cloth hardback with usual library markings. Contains the Report of the Chief of Ordnance including Plates for construction of a 3-inch breech-loading rifle, 3.16-inch muzzle-loading rifle, chambered and much information/fold-outs of the Hotchkiss' Patent Revolving Cannon. No marks to text. Light age-tanning. Binding weak but holding. Covers blind-stamped with light fraying to both ends of spine. Rounded corners. Gilt to spine worn and barely readable. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 400 pages .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth binding. Contains the annual report of the Chief of Ordnance for 1875. Fold outs of various arsenals and vicinities as well as information about a torsional testing machine with specifications. Paper of fold outs very fragile. Usual library markings with tear in paper to front fly. Text lightly age-tanned. Binding weak but holding well. Gilt to spine worn and barely readable. Upper edge lightly dust-dulled with pieces of both spine ends missing. Boards visible at corners but little wear to edges. ; Ex-Library; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 389 pages .

Washington, D. C.: United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Softcover. Black and white illustrated wraps with stapled binding. Published in cooperation with the Council on National Priorities and Resources, it deals with overall defense spending, share of GNP, spending trends, military manpower, weapons production and strategic weapons. Appears unused with very slight age tanning to back cover. ; Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1933. Hardcover. Black cloth hardback is tightly bound with gilt to front cover and spine. FO name to FFEP but no other marks. Fore edge deckled with lower edge rough. Binding is clean with very minor wear to bottom edge. Unclipped DJ, now in Brodart, has a few rough spots at upper edge. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages .

Boston: W. A. Wilde Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardback is tightly bound and illustrated in black and white. Light overall age-tanning with several illustrations showing light foxing. FO names to ffep but no other marks. Binding has wear to spine ends and corners. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages .

Chicago: Rehabilitation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardbacks are tightly bound with no marks. Contains a photographic history of WW 1 with additional commentary. Vol. 2 has Pronouncing Vocabulary of War Names, and Bibliography. End papers are illustrated in color and have decorative borders. Very light overall age-tanning, especially to end papers. Moire-like binding has silver to front cover and spine with very light wear at spine but no other apparent wear. Heavy, extra postage required. Digital photos available. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 496 pages .

Chicago: McDonnell Bros.. Good with no dust jacket. 1866. Hardcover. Black covers of both volumes have gilt to cover and spine with blindstamping and bevelled edges. Yellow end papers with no marks. Bindings are fragile but holding. Numerous marks and scuffs to covers Two pieces missing from spine of V.1 and entire outer spine cover of V. 2 gone. Worn at edges and corners with boards showing at corners. Each contain a few pages with damp-stains at front edge and each has minor soil from use as well as foxing to a few pages. Age-tanning throughout. Digital photos available. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 836 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Good+ in Poor dust jacket; This hardback book is tightly bound with FO . name to FFEP. The unclipped DJ has been completely covered with a clear . but figured tape on the outside and partially to pastedowns. End papers . show foxing from DJ and there is overall age tanning. Occasional . underlining to back pages. Digital photos available.. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 311 pages .

New York: A. L. Burt, Publisher. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Maroon cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains four pages ads to rear. Very light age-tanning throughout with bright gilt to upper edge. Binding has gilt to spine with light rubbing to front and light wear to spine edges and corners. Digital photos available. ; The Home Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 375 pages .

New York, London: Cooperation Publishing Co. , Inc. and Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. , London. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. Blue/gray cloth hardback. Contains four black and white full page illustrations and Index. Binding is tight with black printing to front cover and spine. Spine has light soil. Corners are rounded with very light wear. Translated by Caesar Saerchinger. FFEP has small piece missing at front edge with ghost of staple beneath. Light rust spot to front pastedown and Title Page from staple. FO name to FFEP but no other marks. Very light overall tanning with page 257 pulled away from gutter but no tear showing. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 319 pages .

H. S. Stuttman, Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0874755204 . Beige hardcovers with pictorial embossing to front cover. All are tight and clean with no marks. Complete 24 volume set is profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Index in volume 24. Corners on some volumes have slight bumping. Extra postage for this set. Digital photos available. ; B/W and color ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 3360 pages; Box 3 .

Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0700609091 . Dark gray cloth hardback is tightly bound with gift inscription to FFEP. Part of KU's Modern War Studies, it contains a few illustrations, Notes, Bibliography and Index. No wear. Unclipped DJ, now in Brodart, shows no wear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 338 pages .

New York: Crescent Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1983. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0517412667 . Dark brown boards with gilt lettering to spine that is bright and readable. Binding is tight with illustrated end papers and no marks of any kind. Unclipped DJ shows only the faintest of rubbing. Red remainder mark to bottom edge. Digital photos available. ; B/W and color photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages .

Miami Beach, FL: The Museum of Historical Arms. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Softcover. Green illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Contains firearms and other militaria for sale in 1956 with a glued-in coupon good for $1.00 on first order! Two-staple binding has sunning to spine as well as a couple of small tears to front edges. Appears unused. Digital photos available. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 726 pages .

Chicago: Union Book & Publishing Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1922. Paperback. The first 18 of a 24 part set of Signal Corps and U. S. Official photograps of WW I, these copies are bound individually in dark beige wraps. Each cover has an eagle perched on a red, white and blue shield. Each has FO name in pencil to front cover otherwise no marks to set. Each part stapled and each has some minor rips/tears to spine but all remain firmly together. Each has minor soil, stain or rip with overall age-tanning. Parts 1 and 2 have khaki decorative string at spine. Digital photos available. ; Black and white; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government: War Department. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Softcover. Wraps are stapled with age tanning especially at edges of covers. Appears to be unused. Discusses effects of flying on various parts of the body. Well illustrated with interesting pictures of flight suits, etc. Digital photos available. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 79 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First American. Hardcover. Six clothbound volumes in various colors. Each contains full color illustrations of various aircraft with descriptions of each. Each contains a Preface, Introduction and Index. Bindings are strong and tight. Each cover has bright gilt aircraft with bright gilt to spine. No marks. Unclipped DJs, now in Brodart, are bright and crisp with only extremely minor wear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth binding with usual library markings. Contains the Report of the Chief of Ordnance including reports from various arsenals, Gardner machine gun, Gatling guns and all the information regarding ordnance. Upper edge lightly dust-dulled with light age-tanning to text. No marks to text. Binding is weak but no breaks to end papers. Gilt to spine worn and barely readable. Corners rounded with wear to one corner. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 533 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. Tan cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains black and white Frontis of Roosevelt in Rough Riders uniform and three Appendices: Roosevelt's report to the Secretary of War of Sept. 10th, The "Round Robin" Letter and Corrections. Overall age-tanning with areas of foxing. Binding has brown to front and spine with minor wear at spine. Digital photos available. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 287 pages .