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NY, Experimenter Pub. Co., June 1917. Periodical. pp. 81-160, illus.; 30.5 cm. America's entry into World War I in April 1917 is noted in this war issue. The cover, and a story at p. 90, proposes a bizarre plan for "Electrocuting the Enemy," Wilson's executive order nationalizing all wireless stations. Articles include: Talking Motion Pictures via Wireless; the Use of High-Frequency Currents in Medicine; The Naval Radio Operator; Electricity and Water To Run Our Autos. The ads are revelations and there are notes of thing that have lasted (motorized sewing machines) and ones that never had a chance (electric cradle rocker). Stock#OB1055. Good; water stains in irregular places suggest spills.

New York: Harper & Brothers... MDCCCLI [1851]. Hard Cover. viii, 864 p., 144 illus., 25 cm. The Publishers intend this magazine "to be a strictly national work. Devoted to no local interests, pledged to no religious sect or political party, connected with no favorite movement of the day, except the diffusion of intelligence, vitrue, and patriotism, it will continue to be conducted with the impartiality and good faith, which t is equally the duty, the inclination, and the interest of the Publishers to maintain. In addition to the choicest productions of the English press, the Magazine will be enriched with such original matter as in their opinion will enhance its utility and attractiveness. The embellishments will be furnished by distinguished artists...". Contributors include James Aldrich, Lamartine, Charles Lever, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Jacob Abbott, De Quincey, James Thomson, Oliver Goldsmith; subjects include Leaves from Punch, Literary Notices, Monthly Record of Current Events (U.S., Mexico &… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers... MDCCCL [1850]. Hard Cover. viii, 864 p., 72 illus., 25 cm. Journal of domestic & international news, fashion, literature, science, history, art. Illustrations include portraits, the Erie Railroad, shooting stars, Revolutionary memorials, women's fashion. Articles are gathered chiefly from Household Words, The Ladies' Companion, Bentley's Miscellany, the London Examiner, the Dublin University Magazine. The August issue has much on Sir Thomas More and the November issue begins with Benson J. Lossing, "A Pilgrimage to the Cradle of American Liberty with Pen and Pencil". Bound in brown marbled paper over boards with leather spine & corners; leather backstrip perished but spine cloth & stitching sturdy; boards & edges scuffed; ink owner name; ex-library with single ink stamp & rear pocket; moderately foxed; no dj, as issued; good. 36272.

Single wartime issue of Time Magazine. 104 pages, photos, advertisements incl. color; "Curtin From Down Under," front cover illustration by Artzybasheff. Minor wear; withal Good. Stock#ofc0435.

"Persian Gulf Edition. Printed in Iran for the troops of the Persian Gulf Command. Maj. Gen. Donald H. Connelly USA, Commanding, through the Office of Technical Information, PGC." Front cover, "Russia's Patriarch Sergei" illustration by Artzybasheff. 36 pages, photos, pages evenly browned, minor chipping to covers; Good. Stock#ofc0436.

"Specially Printed for U.S. Forces Overseas. Editorial content unchanged from the regular edition." Address label on front cover: "The American Consulate / Aden / Arabia." 32 pages plus text on both front & rear covers; reduced format (22.5 x 15.5 cm.) without margins. Front cover stamped "PASSED BY CENSOR". Front-cover portrait signed Ernest Hamlin Baker. Worn, paper darkened; withal Good. Stock#ofc0463.

Three-ring binder holding approx. 32 printed pamphlets, newspapers, and other paper ephemera having to do with the Pacific during World War II. Includes Picture Book of Manila 1945; story The Bamboos by Francisco Arcellana; Del Valle News / Bergstrom Army Air Field, Austin, Texas, Monday, May 31, 1943 (entire paper); page 3 of The Sunday Tribune, April 25, 1943, "30 More Soviet Planes Downed"; mimeograph paper "Rimba Post", Sunday May 27, 1945; "New Republic Is Born in Philippines" from Life Magazine Oct. 9444; Guinea Gold Thurs. May 24, 1945 ("Super-Forts Now Based on Okinawa.."); The Kearns Post-Review; 7 Jan. 1945 issue of Daily Pacifican; paper currency (France, 5 francs; Japan, 5 pesos); U.S. Army map of Tokyo Sept. 1945; pamphlet "These Are the Philippines" printed after July 1945; Map of Greater Manila Area Prepared by VASAC Engr. Div. 24 July 1945; several mimeographed informational sheets; Christmas card from Unit One Camp John Hay, Baguio, Mountain Province, Philippine Islands; entire issue… Read More