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A Collection of the Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association at the Annual Meetings...

A Collection of the Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association at the Annual Meetings Held on the Seventeenth of June from 1905 to 1914 inclusive.

Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, 1914. Hardcover. Volume contains a wealth of information on Association activities, addresses by prominent citizens, and information on both the monument and the Revolutionary War battle. Large octavo. Paginated by volume (approximately 700 pages). Half-leather over green cloth boards. Marbled paper endpapers. Edge of boards..... More

Price: $75.00

The Dittybox: The Navy's Own Magazine, No. 4 (November 1944), No. 12 (June 1945), No. 13 (July...

The Dittybox: The Navy's Own Magazine, No. 4 (November 1944), No. 12 (June 1945), No. 13 (July 1945), No. 15 (September 1945), and No. 16 (October 1945)

1944, 1945: His Majesty's Stationary Office. Softcover. Collection of five issues of the Royal Navy's wartime magazine, "The Dittybox" from the years 1944 and 1945. Octavo. Stapled wraps. Each issue is approximately 50 pages and illustrated throughout with black & white photos. A couple of issues show "Office of Strategic..... More

Price: $40.00

Roster Company "K," 7th Regiment, N.G., N.Y., 1904

Roster Company "K," 7th Regiment, N.G., N.Y., 1904

1904. Softcover. No printer stated. 18mo (5 1/2" tall). 23 pp. In wraps. Two small sticker scuffs on front wraps. Two pages show pea-sized stain; pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Scarce turn-of-the-century roster of New York state militia unit (a.k.a. "Silk Stockings," "Blue Bloods")... More

Price: $45.00

USS Ohio SSBN726. Commissioning, November 11, 1981

USS Ohio SSBN726. Commissioning, November 11, 1981

Privately Printed by US Navy, 1981. Softcover. Illustrated booklet commemorate the commissioning of the USS Ohio, the first Trident Class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine. Oblong octavo, 28 pp. Black & white photographs throughout. In stapled wraps. From private collection. Wraps show a little rubbing... More

Price: $25.00

The Waterloo Journal (vol. 20, number 3; vol. 21, no. 1; vol. 22, nos. 1, 3; vol. 23; nos. 1,2,3

The Waterloo Journal (vol. 20, number 3; vol. 21, no. 1; vol. 22, nos. 1, 3; vol. 23; nos. 1,2,3

Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee, 1998-2001. Softcover. This listing is for seven (out of sequence) back issues of the The Waterloo Journal printed between 1998 and 2001. Quarto-sized issues, each approx. 48 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Each issue contains a wealth of material related to the..... More

Price: $55.00

Welcome Home Souvenir Book in Honor of Everett Soldiers and Sailors

Welcome Home Souvenir Book in Honor of Everett Soldiers and Sailors

The City of Everett, Massachusetts, 1919. Softcover. Published in Conjunction with the Welcome Home Celebration, July 4, 5, 6, 1919." Yearbook style publication includes photos of town officials and veterans, honor rolls, biographies of medal recipients (with photos), Illustrated articles on Everett and the Selective Service Law, "How Everett Backed..... More

Price: $75.00

Die Bedeutung der Chemie für den Weltkrieg: Rede gehalten beim Antritt des Rektorats der...

Anschütz, Richard

Die Bedeutung der Chemie für den Weltkrieg: Rede gehalten beim Antritt des Rektorats der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität am 18 Oktober 1915

Bonn: Verlag von Friedrich Cohen, 1915. Softcover. German language work on the contribution of Germany's chemical industry to the war effort. Text to speech delivered at Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität on October 18, 1915. Octavo, 40 pp. Wraps are worn and separating from binding. Text is a little shaken... More

Price: $25.00

Naval Surgeon: Blockading the South, 1862-1866. Samuel P. Boyer, Elinor Barnes, James A. Barnes,...

Boyer, Samuel P.; Barnes, Elinor (Editor); Barnes, James A. (Editor); Nevins, Allan (Introduction)

Naval Surgeon: Blockading the South, 1862-1866

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Octavo, xxviii, 390 pp. With map and black & white plates. Blue cloth. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Pages are clean and unmarked; dust jacket shows some foxing and minor edgewear... More

Price: $43.00

Fear, Fire and Fortitude: Soldiers and Civilians in Columbia, South Carolina January-February...

Campbell, Jacqueline G

Fear, Fire and Fortitude: Soldiers and Civilians in Columbia, South Carolina January-February 1865 (Papers of the Blue and Gray Education Society Number 9)

Blue & Gray Education Society, 1999. Softcover. Octavo, 59 pp. In wraps (softcover). From private collection. Small sticker scuff on upper wrap; otherwise a clean and unmarked copy. More

Price: $19.50

Gouverneur Kemble Warren: The Life and Letters of an American Soldier, 1830-1882. Emerson Gifford...

Emerson Gifford Taylor

Gouverneur Kemble Warren: The Life and Letters of an American Soldier, 1830-1882

Gaithersburg, Maryland: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books, 1988. Hardcover. Biography of American civil engineer and Union Army general. best remembered today for his heroic defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. Octavo, 256 pages. Brown cloth. From private collection. Dust jacket and binding show some faint..... More

Price: $50.00

The Prevailing Wind: Witness in Indo-China. Michael Field

Field, Michael

The Prevailing Wind: Witness in Indo-China

London: Methuen & Co., 1965. Hardcover. First-hand account of event in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during the the late 1950s and early 1960s. Author was correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Octavo, 392 pp. Map endpapers. Brown cloth. From private collection. Edges of book block and dust jacket flaps show..... More

Price: $32.50

Pegasus Bridge 6e Airborne. Jean-Pierre Benamou Georges Bernage, Philippe...

Georges Bernage, Jean-Pierre Benamou & Philippe LejuÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â©e

Pegasus Bridge 6e Airborne

Heimdal, 1993. Hardcover. Illustrated French language edition. Quarto, 64 pages. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover. No dust jacket, as issued. From private collection. More

Price: $40.00

The Remaking of Modern Armies. B. H. Liddell Hart

Hart, B.H. Liddell

The Remaking of Modern Armies

London: John Murray, 1927. Hardcover. Octavo, 315 pp. Original red cloth binding. Cloth binding is discolored along spine and edges of boards. Back board shows a few ring-shaped stains. Boards are a little warped. Prelims show some faint foxing (rust-colored spotting). A few pages shows underlining (presumably by Gen. Wimberley)..... More

Price: $96.00

After the Battle, Then and Now, Volume 1, Parts 1-4. Winston G. Ramsey

Ramsey, Winston G.

After the Battle, Then and Now, Volume 1, Parts 1-4

New York: Sky Books Press, Ltd., 1977. Hardcover. Six main features cover the British evacuation of Dunkirk, the D-Day landings in Normany, the airborne landing at Arnhem, the Battle of the Bulge, the air attachs on the Ruhr Dam, and Nazi Nuremburg. Quarto, paginated by section (approx. 200 pp). Black..... More

Price: $50.00

Of Sabres & Carbines: The Emergence of the Federal Dragoons (The Papers of the Blue & Gray...

Schiller, Laurence D.

Of Sabres & Carbines: The Emergence of the Federal Dragoons (The Papers of the Blue & Gray Education Society Monograph No.11)

Blue & Gray Education Society, 2001. Softcover. Octavo, 64 pp. In wraps (softcover). From private collection. Appears unread. Small sticker scuff to front wrap; otherwise clean and unmarked. More

Price: $45.00

Of Sabres & Carbines: The Emergence of the Federal Dragoons (The Papers of the Blue & Gray...

Schiller, Laurence D.

Of Sabres & Carbines: The Emergence of the Federal Dragoons (The Papers of the Blue & Gray Education Society Monograph No.11)

Blue & Gray Education Society, 2001. Softcover. Octavo, 64 pp. In wraps (softcover). From private collection. Appears unread. Small sticker scuff to front wrap; otherwise clean and unmarked. More

Price: $25.00

Biale gwiazdy nad Europa [White Stars overy Europe]. Szymon Serwatka

Serwatka, Szymon

Biale gwiazdy nad Europa [White Stars overy Europe]

Warsaw: Społeczny Komitet Budowy Pomnika Lotników Amerykańskich w Worońcu, 2000. Softcover. Polish language work on Army Air Force air operations over Poland during the Second World War. Quarto, + 10 pp. black & white photos. Stapled wraps. From private collection. More

Price: $32.00

What Should Be Done About Japan After Victory? The American Historical Association

The American Historical Association

What Should Be Done About Japan After Victory?

Washington, DC: The War Department, June 1945. Softcover. With victory eminent, the army printed this bookleto facilitate discussions with troops about our relationship with Japan in the postwar period. 12mo, 62 pp. Black & white illustrations. Stapled wraps. Wraps are scuffed and worn. Staples are rusted and binding is separating..... More

Price: $65.00

The German Army from Within by a British Officer Who Has Served in It, The British Army from...

Vivian, Charles L. et al.

The German Army from Within by a British Officer Who Has Served in It, The British Army from Within, The French Army from Within (Three Book Set)

New York: George H. Doran & Company, 1914. Hardcover. This three book set from 1914 explores the organization, tactics, philosophy of make-up of each of the French, British and German armies at the outset of World War I. Previous owner's name and December 1914 date on each book's front pastedown..... More

Price: $65.00

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