Davisville, R.I. 129th Naval Construction Battalion, 1943-1944. Three issues of this Seabees newsletter published from Camp Thomas in Davisville, RI. Included are Vol. 1, Nos. 6, 8-9. Issue 9 is solely devoted to the farewell of Commander David Y. Taylor and includes the printed signatures of each battalion member. Corner..... More
n.p. Recruiting Publicity Agency, 1940. An informational brochure on Citizens’ Military Training Camps, which were originally known as Plattsburg Camps in 1913, 1914, and 1916 and initiated by General Leonard Wood. The purpose of the camps was to “develop the manhood of the Nation by bringing together young men of..... More
Austin Texas: The GI Organizer, 1969. An issue of this mimeographed newsletter published from Fort Hood "for GI's by GI's." This issue features news on legal cases against GIs for their political activism, GI dissent; poetry; letters from GIs; etc. Corner-stapled 11” x 8 ½” sheets, mimeographed, 12 p. Light..... More
n.p. United States Navy, [195-?]. An accordian style brochure for recruiting women into the U.S. Navy. Panels include information on the types of jobs, qualifications, living conditions, a pay table, and many photographs. Small format (4 ½” x 4 ½”), 16 panels. A near fine copy. More
London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1915. A White Paper dealing with the treatment of prisoners in England and Germany during the first eight months of the war. Stapled blue wrappers, 36 pp. Printed letter from Sir Gilbert Parker laid in presenting this White Paper. More
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Melrose Park, Illinois: Lithuanian National Guardsmen, 1959. The first (and only?) issue of an apparently unrecorded Lithuanian-American periodical issued by a group of émigré members of the Lithuanian Riflemen (šauliai) movement in the Chicago area. Although the publishers presented Trimit Aidai as a supplement rather than a rival to the..... More
Frankfurt: Venceremos, [ca. 1971]. The first (and only?) issue of this mimeographed GI newsletter published by American soldiers stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. Corner-stapled, mimeographed pulp sheets (11 ¾” x 8 ¼”), 6 p. A couple of nicks along the top edge, cheap paper browning. More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1969. First edition. Octavo; marbled wrappers printed in red; vii, 123 pp. A collection of letters from middle and upper middle class denizens of Athens to their loved ones fighting for the Confederacy. Very slight wear to wrapper edges, but Near Fine. More
Deerfield Beach, FL: Betty Bugbee Cusack. Limited ed. 4to.; glossy, photo-illustrated wrappers, 112 pp., facsimile documents. One of 500 copies. A collection of documents and correspondence related to the debt owed by the federal government to Massachusetts for services rendered during the Civil War. Assembled by Massachusetts businessman, William C...... More
Washington, D. C. [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1915. Gardner's speech on the capabilities of the U.S. Navy compared with that of Britain and Germany. Wrappers, 15 pp. Faint foxing to the bottom edge, some minor soiling. More
Forest Grove, Oregon: Normount Armament Co., 1966. This pamphlet collects two classics in guerrilla warfare. With an introduction by William R. Nelson, U.S. Military Intelligence. Stapled wrappers, [ii], 24; 25 pp. Stain along the top edge of the front wrapper, else clean and unmarked. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920. A government document on the stable management, feeding, watering, grooming, shoeing, exercise, marching and care of horses to optimize their military service. Includes two plates (one in color) showing the part of a horse and its hoof. Original printed wrappers, 36 pp., two plates. Some..... More
n.p.: [The Office], 1960. First edition. Six corner-stapled, mimeographed sheets (8 ½” x 11”), 10 pp. A couple of faint droplets to the top of cover sheet, light wear, but about Near Fine. One copy in OCLC at Univ. of Utah. “This Fact Sheet reviews the background and events of the..... More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1966. An English language account of the heroic life of Chinese Communist soldier Huang Chi-kuang (1930-1952) who sacrificed himself during the Korean War by blocking a machine gun with his body. Heavily illustrated and targeted at children. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8" x 7"), [28] pp., illustrations..... More
[Varde]: Varde Folkeblads Bogtrykkeri, [1919?]. A pamphlet by a Danish-born soldier named Oscar Lorentsen-Tagmose (b. 1891) on his military experiences during the war between Italy and Turkey from 1911-1913 and in the American Navy during WWI. Tagmose was on board the USS Westover when it was sunk by a German..... More
San Francisco: 112th Naval Construction Battalion, 1944-1945. A substantial run of this Seabees newsletter published weekly by the 112th Naval Construction Battalion stationed in San Francisco. Each issue reported on all aspects of battalion life and included battalion news, letters from home, a column written by the chaplain, photographs from..... More
Dallas, Texas: American Eagle Publishing Company, 1965. An autobiographical and strongly partisan account by Major General Edwin A. Walker (1909–1993), the decorated Army officer who became a nationally prominent figure of the American radical right. Walker recounts his military career—including service during World War II and Korea—and defends the “Pro..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. First edition. Octavo. Rust-colored cloth lettered in white to spine; map endpapers; 434 pp.; dust jacket. A political analysis of America's role as a superpower and the need to permanently maintain bases throughout the world. By the novelist, playwright and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist..... More