SEVENTY EIGHTH BATTALION, UNITED STATES NAVY.
(Boston?) (1945?). Photos, 11 x 8.5", cloth, 155 pp, ink inscription, hinges loose else ok. Walt Disney color drawing at end. More
WORLD WAR I & II
"Short Timers Club" Mimeographed and hand-signed certificate
np, nd. 10.5 x 8", edge-tears, wear and ink stains; "This is to certify that the bearer of this certificate...is a member in good standing of the Short Timers Club. This entitles the bearer to shun any type of work...He is a U.S. soldier and has completed as much of..... More
SIDE BOY OCTOBER 1944.
U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School: NY 1944. Photos, 11 x 8", cloth, 239pp, covers rubbed. Graduation program included. More
SIEMIATYCZE MEMORIAL BOOK, Kehilat Semyatits
New York Public Library: NY, (2003). Hardcover. Photos, 11 x 8.5", black buckram, 449pp, minor shelf wear else a nice copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. Bound with: Tash, Eliezer. THE COMMUNITY OF SEMIATYCH. Xiii pages. SCARCE. The National Yiddish Book Center, Yizkor Book Project, David and Sylvia Steiner Book..... More
SIX YEARS OF WAR . . . 1939-1945.
G. & J. Weir, Ltd.: Glasgow. Nd, (c. 1945). Photos, 10 x 7, cloth backed boards, 94 pp, covers worn, hinges loose., extremities bumped, still a decent copy. Pump makers. More
THE SLIPSTREAM Mark IV Edition
U.S. Naval Air Training Center: Corpus Christi, TX, (1944). Hardcover. Photos, 12 x 9", two-tone cloth, 319pp + pp + ads, covers a little rubbed and discolored, extremities bumped, spine worn and wrinkled, inner hinges cracking, still a good copy of this World War II yearbook. More
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS REMINDER [Catholic prayer book].
William J. Hirten Co: NY, 1941. Photos of priests saying Mass, 4 x 3, printed stapled wraps, 72 pp, covers a bit worn with some lightening along bottom edges, contents thumbed but still a decent copy. More
"Souvenir Du Debarquement De Juin 1944" [cover title]
(France), (c. 1945). 20 black & white photo postcards unseparated from original wraps, covers a little worn, postcards toned but still nice and unused; caption on reverse gives location of photo with description in French and English; includes view of Canadian Cemetery, "run aground" ships, etc. D-Day. More
STARS AND STRIPES, Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theatre of Operations.
Sixty-four (64) miscellaneous issues (a couple of dups). London Jan8, 1944 to Jan 8, 1945 (mostly August-December 1944). Photos; illus, 18 x 12", most 4pp, folds, toning, edges chipped, scattered tears & missing chunks, still a nice cache. Mostly ETO news, but with bulletins from the Pacific; sports & entertainment..... More
"Submarine Boat Corporation requests the honor of your presence to witness the launching of the three ships "S.S. Alamosa" "S.S. Alcona" "S.S. Chetopa" . . . (original engraved invitation).
Newark, NJ, 1918. 7 x 6, 4 pp (one sheet, three panels blank), toning, horizontal fold, minor wear and soil. ". . . of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation on Thursday afternoon July 4th 1918 at five o'clock, Newark Bay Shipyard, Newark, New Jersey. Please reply." More
TARAWA TO TOKYO 1943-46.
(Privately Printed 1946), 1946. . Photos, 11 x 8", boards, unpaginated, v.g. This WW II Aircraft Carrier was just decommissioned and will be turned into a WW II memorial. More
THE TARO LEAF, Volume 62 No. 4, Fall 2008. The Official Quarterly Publication of the 24th Infantry Division.
24th Infantry Division Association: Eustis, FL, 2008. Photos, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, 47 pp, covers a bit worn and creased, one dent at top edge through first few pp, inked-out address label on reverse else an ok copy. Cover title: Operation Nomad, 24th Infantry Division, October 1951. Korean..... More
Technical School, Army Air Forces Eastern Technical Training Command, Gulfport Field, Mississippi.
Army & Navy Publishing Co: Baton Rouge, LA, 1943. Portraits, photos, 12.25 x 9, embossed decorated cloth, 127 pp, covers worn and dull, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, ink name of former owner inside front cover, ink annotations to some portraits, ink name on foredge of text block, a...... More
TEHERAN TO TRIESET, The Story of the Tenth Indian Division
(Times of India Press: Bombay), nd. Paperback. Photos; illus. by Capt. H. H. Sheldon, 6 x 4.5", color pict stapled wraps, 48pp, covers a bit rubbed, spine sunned, front cover at top of spine chipped else a nice copy of this SCARCE booklet. Iraq, Iran, Halfaya Pass, Gothic Line, Senio..... More
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, Camp Phillips, Kansas
Camp Phillips: (Salina, KS), 1943. Paperback. 10 x 7.5", clip bound pict wraps, 66 mimeographed pp, covers worn, unevenly sunned and edge-chipped, some staining to rear cover (with minor color transfer to last page), pp toned and used with minor edge chips, finger soiling, and staple rust. According to sources..... More
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, War Department May 3, 1946.
xxx. 11.5 x 9, stapled wraps (no formal covers), holed for binder, text browned, outer pp a bit chipped, minor edge tears. More
Ten Photo Postcards and One Color Postcard of WWI Soldiers.
3.5 x 5.5, one is postally used with a date stamp of 1916. Six of the cards are published by The Chicago Daily News War Postal Card Department, two are American Red Cross, one is Stienne Polycarpe and the last one is H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, TN. 3.5 x 5.5, The..... More
THE THIRD REICH.
howard Fertig: NY 1975. 9 x 6", cloth, 910 w/index, vg. More
TIME, The Weekly Newsmagazine. (pony edition)
Three issues of the Pony Edition: June 12, 1944; May 14 and August 29, 1945. Illus, 8.5 x 6", 34pp each, vertical folds, wrinkles, some soil, pencil inscription on one issue else ok. The lot. More
TM9-1826A. ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE, CARBURETORS (Carter).
War Department: Washington, DC, 1944. War Department Technical Manual, illustr, 8.5 x 6, printed wraps, 131 pp with index, covers worn and spotted, soiled overall. More
TM9-1826A. ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE, CARBURETORS (Carter).
War Department: Washington, DC, 1944. War Department Technical Manual, illustr, 8.5 x 6, printed wraps, 131 pp with index, covers worn and spotted, soiled and damped overall, cotents good. More
TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Hearing Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, February 3, 9, 10 and 11, 1916.
GPO: Washington, DC 1916. 9 x 6", wrappers, 206pp, ink gift inscription and ownership stamp to front wrapper else vg. First edition. More
"To the Glorious Memory of Those Who Fell that Day,: May 31, 1916."
White metal, 1.75" medal commemorating the battle of Jutland, Made by Spink and Son, 1916. A bit worn and discolored else ok . Mentions Jellicoe and Beatty commanding the fleet that was attacked by the German fleet, crossed flags on obverse. More
"TOKYO RADIO SAYS: JAPS QUIT." The Detroit News. Fifth Extra. Home Edition. Tuesday, August 14, 1945. No. 357.
23.5 x 16, 16 pp. Tears, chipping, creasing, missing small pieces, browned. "1941-'45 - The Step-by-Step History of the War Against Japan," three pages of photos: Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadacanal, New Guinea, Attu, Bougainville, Tarawa, Philippines, etc. Lots of local news and ads (Hudson't, Kern's, Cedar Point, Put-In Bay). Sold..... More
TRAINING CENTER, CAMP ELLIOTT [San Diego Marine Corps]
(Army-Navy Publ. Co.: Baton Rouge, LA), (1943). Paperback. Photos, oblong 6 x 9", dec textured stapled wraps, (32)pp, covers rubbed and lightly creased, contents good. Overview of life and training at this WWII Marine Corps Camp. Nice souvenir. More