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The soldier s manual, for cavalry, artillery, light infantry, and infantry. Embellished with twelve plates, representing different volunteer corps, in the First Division Pennsylvania Militia.
Philadelphia James H. Nesmith 1963 Hard Cover Very Good
1963 reprint of 1824 edition. Iv,73 pages, 11 color plates, 1 other plate, vellum, leather label, fine in fine slipcase. A 1963 facsimile edition by the Society of Military Collectors and Historians. Introduction by Anne S.K. Brown.
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Compilation of works of art and other objects in the United States Capitol. Prepared by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1965 Hard Cover
427 pages, circa 500 illustrations & plans, cloth, very good, measures 8" x 11". Joint Committee on the Library, Omar Burleson, B. Everett Jordan, Claiborne Pell, Joseph S. Clark, Paul C. Jones, Frank Thompson, Jr., John Sherman Cook, Hugh Scott, Glenard P. Lipscomb, Robert J. Corbett.
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History of the 316th Infantry. Vol. II.
Philadelphia Tracy Press, 1938 Hard Cover
243 pages, 1 folding plate, well illustrated, cloth, very good. Vol. 2, covers the period 1919-1936. There is some additional matter relative to the regiment's service in France where it served as part of the 79th Division.
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35.00 USD
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The Soviet Navy.
Moscow, Novosti Press Agency, 1989 Soft Cover
32 pages, well illustrated (many in color), map, pictorial wraps, oblong, measures 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". Includes one page of uniforms and one page of medals, both in color.
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20.00 USD
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Our flying Navy.
New York Macmillan Co. 1944 Hard Cover
97 pages followed by 73 unnumbered pages, 108 illustrations (many in color, some double-page), cloth. 1st edition, 9-1/2 x 13 inches, former owner's bookplate inside front cover otherwise very good. Text prepared with assistance of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air). Introduction by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy. Preface by Arthur W. Radford, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Acting Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air). Foreword about the pictures by Thomas Craven. With eighty full- color reproductions from paintings by Howard Baer, Adolf Dehn, Robert Benney, Don Freeman, Joseph Hirsch, Lawrence Beall Smith and Georges Schreiber.
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30.00 USD
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History of the Richardson Light Guard of Wakefield, Mass. Covering the third-quarter-century period. 1901-1026...
Wakefield, MA Item Press, 1926 Hard Cover
317 pages, circa 100 illustrations and maps, tables, cloth, very good. 1st edition. Includes WWI service with 101 MP, 104th Infantry and 102nd Infantry, 26th Division, AEF.
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ANGLO-AMERICAN YEARBOOK. 1931
London American Chamber of Commerce in London, 1931 Hard Cover
570 pages, illustrations, tables, cloth. Vols. for 1913-22 published by the International Development Company; 1923-61 by the American Chamber of Commerce in London.
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AVIATION
(New York) Jan.-Dec. 1941.
Vol. 40, bound in 1 volume. Bound without wrappers, includes directory issue.
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150.00 USD
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Cruise Cape Breton. the Yachter's Guide to the Bras D'Or Lakes, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 8th Printing.
1992 Eighth Printing Softcover Very Good
254 pages, well illustrated, many text charts, pictorial wrappers, spiral bound, very good. 8th printing. Includes Chedabucto Bay, St. Peters, West Bay, Malagawatch & Basins, East Bay, St. Patricks Channel, St. Andrews Channel, The Great Bras d'Or Channel, Sydney & North Sydney Harbours, Ingonish Harbour. Includes essay on The Pioneer Years in Cape Breton 1780-1830. Large folding map laid in, "The Canadian Aids to Navigation System". FW54B ; 254 pages
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World War II Pictorial German 88mm Guns June 1979
Japan 1979 Softcover Fine
104 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, wrappers, 8 by 11 inches, fine. Text in Japanese (mostly) and English. Scarce. Includes KwK 43 L/71, KwK 36 / 56, PAK 43/2 L/71, PAK 43/3 K/71, PAK 43/1 L/71, FLAK 37, FLAK 41, PAK 43. EDO_60 ; 104 pages
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75.00 USD
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Background information relating to Southeast Asia and Vietnam (2d revised edition). Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. March 1966.
Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1966 Soft Cover
89th Congress, 2nd Session. 297 pages, small stain to white paper covers otherwise very good. Includes summary chronology on events in southeast Asia, 1954-66; 101 official documents on United States - Vietnam relations; U.S. foreign assistance to Vietnam, 1953-65, number of casualties incurred by U.S. forces in Vietnam and Documents pertaining to proposals of North Vietnam, the National Liberation Front and South Vietnam.
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Old South leaflets. Volume VII. 151-175.
Boston, Directors of the Old South Work, Old South Meeting House.
Various pagination, cloth, ex-library, v.g. A group of 25 pamphlets, 20 to 24 pages each, bound in one volume with title-page and contents page, each dealing with an event in U.S. history: Captain Thomas Wheeler s narrative, 1675, Lexington town meetings from 1765 to 1775, The first graduates of Harvard College, Class of 1642, etc.
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The Captain Kid Book and Judge Annual.
New York, Leslie-Judge Co., [1921].
ca. 300p., 6 color pls., well illus., pictorial cloth, 9' x 11'. Has seen considerable use but complete. Not sure who Captain Kid is but this is a compilation of material from the American humor magazine Judge, August to December, 1920. Three of the color plates are by James Montgomery Flagg.
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The Spectator. Vol. III only.
London J. Bumpus, Holborn-Bars, 1819 Hard Cover
478 pages, cont. boards, covers scuffed & soiled, text v.g. Title page says New edition, carefully corrected from the originals, with historical, biographical, and explanatory notes, contents, and a general index. To which are prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. In eight volumes. This is Vol. III only.
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The wonder book of the Navy.
London, Ward, Lock & Co., [ca. 1950].
[4],5-224p., 8 color pls., ca. 300 illus., pictorial board. 12th edition, ex-lib. but v.g. A look at the Royal Navy in the post WWII period. One of a series of books for young adults that began in the 1930's. Excellent illustrations.
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The American Heritage history of the thirteen colonies.
New York American Heritage Publishing Co., 1967 Hard Cover Very Good
384 pages, circa 400 illustrations (many in color), maps, cloth, very good. "The American Heritage History Of The Thirteen Colonies puts the three crowded centuries of colonial rule into an organized and galloping parade. Here illustrated with the finest collection of colonial-period pictures ever assembled in one volume, is the adventure of America from wilderness to the eve of nationhood."
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Great Western Progress. 1835-1935.
[London], Reprinted by permission from the Great Western Railway Centenary Number of The Times, [ca. Hard Cover
180 pages, 1 plate, 58 illustrations, 1 fold. map, cloth. ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. This famous British railway line connected all of Wales to Paddington Station, London. Nice company history illustrates rolling stock, stations, bridges and management.
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35.00 USD
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The Stephen H. Wakeman collection of books of nineteenth century American writers, the property of Mrs. Alice L. Wakeman. First editions, inscribed presentation and personal copies, original manuscripts and letters of nine American authors. Bryant, Emerso
New York, American Art Association, [1924].
129 lvs., many facsims., cloth, paper label, ex-lib., v.g. An important auction catalog of 1280 items with prices realized noted in margins. Each item is fully described and annotated with many facsimiles.
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100.00 USD
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The great historical documents of America. Reproduced by official authority from the originals in the Department of State and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Lenox Library, New York.
New York, P.F. Collier & Son, Publishers, [1910].
9 lvs. of descriptive text & 21 pls. (facsims.) laid in, cloth. 9 x 13. The facsimiles are photographic reproductions in color. Included are the Declaration of Independence, The Monroe Doctrine, The Constitution of the Confederate States (part.), Treaty ending War with Spain, Surrender of Confederate Army at Appomattox, Treaty ending War of 1812, etc.
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The three bears. A book of stories for boys and girls.
Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Company, [1922].
20 lvs., 48 illus., pictorial boards in color, 7 1/2 x 9 3/4, somewhat frayed, some tape repairs to some pages and inner hinges. This was printed on poor quality stock and therefore quite scarce. The cover illustration in color shows mama bear looking at a broken chair with papa bear peering over her shoulder and baby bear crying on the floor beside them.
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Wilderness U.S.A.
Washington, DC, National Geographic Society, 1973. Hard Cover
344 pages, approximately 400 illustrations (mostly in color), maps, cloth, dj. 9' x 12'.
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Selected photographs from China.
Peking, Foreign Languages Press, [1977].
[8],102p., ca. 100 folding or double-page photographs (many in color), pictorial stiff wrappers, 9" x 10". Series of propaganda photographs of Chinese at work and play, all smiling off course, as well as scenic views.
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Illustrated Catalogue: The masterpieces of the International Exhibition. 1876.
Philadelphia Gilbert & Barrie, 1876 Hard Cover
3 volumes, many plates and illustrations, leather, marbled endpapers, gilt decorated boards and back-strip, clean and bright, some light damp staining on bottom of a few pages on Volumes I and II, else very good. 8 1/2" x 11 3/4". Vol. I, The masterpieces of the Centennial Exhibition. Illustrated Fine Art. By Edward Strahan. xii,360p., 44 engraved plates, 140 other illus. (Many full or double-page). A feature of this volume are the large number of steel engravings by the finest craftsmen of the day, the reproduction is of excellent quality throughout. Included among the engravers are Hinshelwood, Moran, Ferris, Lightfoot, Maillefer, Cousen, McGoffen, Joubert and others. Vol. II, Industrial Art. By Prof. Walter Smith. x,521p., 1 engraved frontis., ca. 400 illus. This volume covers very ornate decorative Victorian style furniture of all types, statues, tapestries & rugs, clocks, candelabra, jewelry, vases, fountains and all types of decorative odds & ends for the home. Vol. III, History, mechanics, science. By Joseph M. Wilson. Clxxxiii,375p., engraved frontis., ca.300 illus. The first 188 pages are a history of the Exhibition and includes illustrations of the buildings, structures and grounds. The main part of this volume illustrates and describes the vast array of inventions made possible by the industrial revolution. These products, illustrated in great detail, include railroad trains, drilling & mining equipment, all manner of steam-powered engines including steam rollers and farm tractors and a wide variety of machinery, large and small as well as bridges and other structures. Exceptional illustrations. These volumes are quite heavy and will be sent by media or surface mail.
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A memorial of Charles Sumner.
Boston, [Massachusetts Legislature], 1874.
[11],12-316,[1]p., frontis. (port.), cloth. ex-lib. Compilation of statements, speeches and remarks regarding the great anti-slavery senator from Massachusetts.
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