Search Results: Military History from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

Rio De Janeiro: Livragria Freitas Bastos, 1950. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Portuguese text. 8vo., 213pp. Illustrated history military forces in Brasil. Text block very clean and tight, as all page remain un-cut. Library bar-code sticker on rear panel.

Measures approximately 7 3/4" x 4 1/2" handwritten on wove paper. Dr. Elijah L. Griffiths, surgeon, 79the Regiment, excuses John Parry for a bad fracture below his knee, incapacitating him and rendering him unable to perform military duty. Dated June 15, 1843. Dr. Griffiths was noted as an intimate friend of Thomas Jefferson (see, The History of Salem County). His marriage on December 31, 1829 is recorded in the Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. III, p. 153.

[Lederer, Street and Zeus, Printers; Berkeley, California; 1946]. Oblong Quarto. Construction battalion detachment was the one assigned to the Solomon Islands where they performed major tasks to create a major docking facility while fighting malaria and insects. This remarkable volume has hundreds of photographs that document the 1008th which was one of the larger battalions (some on smaller islands had as few as sixty men). Laid in are papers of how the Association funds were spent on the printing, engravings, editing, and other task in producing one of the most thorough Seabee volumes (at the cost of $9,480.50 in 1946). Only two copies are found on OCLC. Also laid in is a mimeographed list of the men and where they were located in the photographs of the entire battalion. A handsome copy, near fine bound in brown and blue cloth lettered in brown and blue, Owner's (subscriber) name stamped in gilt to upper board.

Baton Rouge: Army & Navy, 1956. Quarto. 250 pages, illustrations, portraits of the men and women of the 26th Air Division. The 26th was at its peak in the Cold War that specialized in defense. It was one of the first group to have women officers in the Air Force. Bound in blue pictorial cloth depicting an eagle, rockets and stars lettered and decorated in white, brown, yellow and blue some light finger soiling to covers, mark from sticker removal to spine. A very good copy.

Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Turner Pub Co, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112p. Index. List of all on rosters. Photographs. Lists of Wall of Honor and also those Missing in Action.

Atlanta, GA: Albert Love, 1952. Quarto. 250 pages. The 43rd was disbanded in November 1945 but as the Korean War began in was reinstated in 1950. The men were trained for combat in just 28 weeks. By February, 1951, 3400 men left for combat duty in Korea. One of the most profusely illustrated with photographs of the intense training with a history of the Division with emphasis on its role in Europe in World War I and II. A fine unmarked copy. Copies located at Fort Bragg, the US Army War College and Henderson state. Bound in black cloth stamped with golden wings and maple leaf over red clover, title gilt, spine plain, some off-setting to rear board. A very handsome copy.

Berlin: Emil Nielbock, 1919. Octavo. 160P. A scarce account of this regiment with 12 photographs of its major leaders. OCLC shows the only copy is in the Geheimes Staatarchiv Preussischer. German text in fractur. small hole on p. 38-39 but words can be read. Appendices in back show those who werved, officers who died, and many other aspects of the unit's role in World War I. Bound in original wraps.

Nordhausen: L. Hornichtel, 1929. First American. Orginal Wraps. Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Pictorial Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 135 pp. Fraktur.Two fold-out end maps. Full-color illus. cover, yellow backdrop, color illus. of Macedonian town by a river. 32 b&w p hotos. Letters and reflections of a doctor with an infantry regiment then with field artillery unit.

Stuttgart - Berlin: Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, 1944. Original Wraps. A Very Good Copy Later Printing. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 271 pp. Modern typeface. Anonymous German translation of French text of anti-English French soldier on the English conduct in the opening year of the war.

Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler Und Sohn, 1904. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 316 pp. 8 fold-out plates end of text. By General of Infantry and Chief of Fusiller Regiments von Steinmetz.

Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler Und Sohn, 1917. Orginal Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. No Edition Stated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 31 pp. German text. Fraktur. 'Dr. Karl Schwarz Marz 1918" in ink on frontppaers.

Juroslav Committee London 1916. Very Good. In orignal wrps 47p., a rare pamphlet on the desire to ethnically cleanse the Jugoslav population.

Bochum: H. Poeppinghaus, 1934. Original Cloth. Good Copy First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mit einem titelbild und 40 photographischen aufnahmen. 208 pp.

London: Methuen & Co, 1904. Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 214pp. Reprint of the 1820 edition with Twenty-five delightful color plates. TEG. Paper label on spine. Light wear to boards. The original, of course, had hand-colored plates,

(London, 2002): Conway Maritime Press. First Edition. Quarto. 2nd printing. 256pp., illustrated with photographic images and drawings of plans. The Fairmile boats with which this book is largely concerned-the A and B Cass MLs, the C Class MGBs and the D Class MTBs and MGBs formed a considerable part of the Coastal Forces organisations, and served in all theatres of the war. This book, giving details of all the boats and their armaments, also explains the organizations of their production, and sets out their service and achievements. Bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, small bump to upper edge of front board, near fine in near fine pictorial dust jacket.

Stuttgart: Dt. Turnerschaft, 1935. Original Paper Wrps. Very Good. Small Octavo. 72p. The emphasis on all aspects of sports and gymnastics was the Nazi Party's way of first creating solidarity of those who would compete, then bringing the best to the 1936 Olympics. The result were fit bodies who would eventually serve in the armies of the Third Reich. The only copy in OCLC is a copy at Die Deutsche National Bibliothek. The bold sculptured image on the front emphasized the Nazi concept of the strong individual in the service of the Reich.

London; (1962): Putnam. First Edition. Octavo. 675 pages, index, maps. A remarkable through history of the first transport flights across the English Channel to those over Europe, Africa and the Pacific rim. Winston Churchill, who was the first Secretary of State for Air just after World War I told the major shipping operators that they would not receive financial subsidies to support competition with subsidized French operators which some historians note must go down in history as one of the most short-sighted decisions this great statesman ever was to make in the whole of his distinguished career. The book has all the folding maps in fine condition, a fine copy bound in blue cloth, spine letterong gilt, top edge blue, in a near fine unclipped dust jacket showing only minor wear to head. A very nice copy.

London: Seeley and Co, 1898. Small Quarto. two parts in one volume. (1) Armour Made in England or For Englishmen, 100pp. and (2) Foreign Armour in England. 96pp., illustrated with 16 color plates with tissue guards and more than eighty other illustrations. The author discusses the various methods used to adorn military armour. of those who used the armour. Some decorated their armour with enamel, cloisonne, gold, mother of pearl and more. Bound in maroon cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, lightwear to spine ends and corners. A near fine copy without foxing, names or plates.

New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1909. First Edition. Octavo. 387pp., illustrated. The interesting and true story of a military wife living at Fort Lyon, Colorado with her husband and of course, the army troops including two regiments of black soldiers whom she named the "Buffalo Soldiers". The fort was built in the middle of the harsh Indian territory therefore it became essential that her husband teach her to shoot and ride. A very interesting look of living with the Army in the unwelcoming lands of Indian territory. Bound in blue cloth, centrally stamped in white, lettering gilt, top edge gilt. A very nice copy. [Howes R40].

Washington, D. C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1969. First Printing. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 477, 297pp. For each unit: Lineage and campaign history, decorations, and for some, references. Color plates of heraldry. Index of unit name. Bound in blue cloth boards, with gold title. Near Fine copy.