Gravenhage, Netherlands: Nicolaes Wilt, 1684. Paperback. [2], 10 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: pi1A4B1 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Date of publication from Worldcat. Knuttel, 11922. Not in STCN. Old ink page numbering 799-810 written over printed page numbers. Contains lists of the number of batallions of infantry, gendarmes, cavalry, and dragoons..... More
La Haye, France: Paul Scheltus, 1702. Paperback. "publié le 15 Mai 1702." 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Plain wrappers (later). Woodcut title vignette and initial letter. Knuttel, 14762. The French translation of the official declaration of war against France and Spain by the Netherlands on May 15, 1702..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864. Hardcover. "Printed for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." 15, [3], 17-283, [1] p., 4 leaves of plates: 1 full-page map of the prison at Andersonville, Ga.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards; the leather spine covered a metal spine, Howard M. Hoyt's..... More
Lowell, Mass. New Moon Publishing Co., 1893. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Light brown wrapper with dark brown wrapper title and illustration. "For Old and Young" -- on front wrapper. Advertisement for Hood's sarsaparilla on outside of back wrapper. Advertisements inside wrappers. Contains fiction (including an anonymous story..... More
Chicago: News Map of the Week, 1939. Map. 1 map (35 x 47 inches), folded. The upper portion is a world map in color with 38 locations marked. The lower portion provides a description of an event at each marked location. Five black-and-white cartoons are located within the map and..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Papelaria Uniao, 1909. Paperback. 83 p.: tables; 15 cm. Maroon paper covers with gilt cover title and coat of arms of the First Brazilian Republic; publisher on back cover within Art Moderne decoration. Presents the arrangement of the Brazilian army following the reorganization of 1908. Very scarce..... More
New York: Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, 1943. Paperback. [8] p.; 23 cm. Stapled. Program from Feb. 28, 1943, concert at Carnegie Hall conducted by John Barbirolli and featuring Sergeant Eugene List on the piano. The program consisted of a Concerto Grosso in D major "freely transcribed by John Baribirolli..... More
Gravenhage, Netherlands: Meynder Uytwerf, 1703. Paperback. 15, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: A-B4 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Knuttel, 14956. Translation of Remarques sur le Memoire presenté par Mr. d'Opdam a Nos Seigneurs les Estats de Hollande. The actions of General Jakob B. van Wassenaer (Heer van Obdam) during the Battle..... More
Philadelphia: James Hogan, 1908. Paperback. 31 p., 2 leaves of folded maps; illustrations; 24 cm. Light brown wrapper printed in dark brown; stapled. Large folded maps attached inside the front and back wrappers: Topographical Map of the Revolutionary Camp Ground at Valley Forge (1906); and General Map of the Encampment..... More
Washington, D.C. Science Service, 1943. Paperback. 268 p.: illustrations, tables, star charts; 18 cm. Paperback. Stamped inside front cover and first page: "Library USS Pickaway." The USS Pickaway was commissioned a U.S. Navy vessel on Dec. 12, 1944. It saw active service in World War Two, the Korean War, and..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16424-16438 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the French expedition to Madagascar; long range rifle practice by A. G. Holcombe; a continuation of the Waterloo and City electrical underground railway, London; and the military hospital at Santiago..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16456-16470 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the French battleship Bouvines; the North Sea Canal excavator; and Junkers' gas calorimeter. Also, Agricultural Chemistry by H. W. Wiley, and Tramps as Human beings by Morrison I. Swift. Scarce..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16568-16582 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is the Queen of Madagascar. Contains illustrated articles about Alpha, the educated horse; the Barrows electric tricycle; a hydraulic steam lifeboat; and a sea water distiller. Also, The Human Races of Madagascar..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16584-16598 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the funeral of Louis Pasteur; the H. M. S. Majestic; the Emerson chronograph for electric roads; and the proposed new underground railway for central London. Also, advice for cyclists. Scarce..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16664-16676, [2] p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the fleets in the Levant; the Queen Anne's Railroad; a continuation of railway signaling by W. McC. Grafton; the silver and brass sign industry; developing tables; elevated electric transportation;..... More
Jersey City, N.J. Nostrand Press, 1942. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Light grey card covers; stapled. Red and blue flags with eagle on front cover, which has a circular cut-out to reveal the photograph that would be attached to the first page of the person whose military service record..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1919. Poster. 1 poster (27 x 21 cm.) Printed in black and blue. Published to encourage the purchase of War Savings Stamps during World War One. "S-101" and "2-8551" -- at lower edge. "Thrift Sign No. 2" -- upper edge. In Very Good Condition: 3..... More
Cambridge, Mass. War Records Committee of the Alumni Association of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1920. Hardcover. ix, [1], 747 p.: frontispiece portrait of Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, illustrations, portraits; 27 cm. Contemporary full burgundy morocco with five spine compartments. Gilt-stamped spine title and cover title; gilt-stamped cover decoration. All page..... More
Chicago: Civic Opera House, 1943. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Stapled white wrapper printed in red and blue with American flag on front. The Army Emergency Relief was established in Feb. 1942 to assist soldiers and their dependents. In July 1942 "This Is the Army" by Irving Berlin opened..... More
1947. 2 pieces of British Admiralty Delegation stationery. One with the typed letter, signed by Captain G. Frederick Pine, of the Royal Navy, dated 30 April 1947. The other bearing the autograph of Admiral Sir Henry R. Moore (1886-1978). Captain George Frederick Pine was the secretary to the head of..... More
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Fotografía Manon, 1916. 15 5-x-7-inch black-and-white photographs: 8 of the USS Memphis (wrecked by a tidal wave on the coast of the Dominican Republic on 29 Aug. 1916); 1 of the memorial service for sailors who drown when the Memphis was wrecked; and 6 of American..... More
S.l. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. 2 copies of War Ration Book No. 3 for husband and wife, Edwin G. Siner and Ann Pumyea Siner. His occupation is given as "Soldier" while hers is "Secretary." In Very Good Condition: lightly soiled; most of stamps are present. More
Williamsburg, VA: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1978. Paperback. [7], 606-797, [21] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes index to vol. 35. Contents: Benjamin Franklin's Vision of a Republican Political Economy for America by Drew R. McCoy -- Redcoats in the Wilderness: British Officers and Irregular Warfare in Europe..... More
Chicago: News Map of the Week, 1940. Map. 1 map (35 x 47 inches), folded. The upper portion is a world map in color with 33 locations marked. The lower portion provides a description of an event at each marked location. Five black-and-white cartoons are located within the map and..... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1918. 11 pages of text numbered pp. 13099-13109; 31 cm. Stapled. Printed by Wyman & Sons. This newspaper supplement contains a report by Gen. Edmund Allenby, Commanding-in-Chief of the Eqyptian Expeditionary Force, on operations in Egypt and Palestine since Dec. 11, 1917; during this period..... More