A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - 1943

3043rd AAF Base Unit Contract Pilot School, Basic Polaris Flight Academy, 1943 Red/black flying eagle front board, pictorial endpages desert sky. Dedication page photograph; Lt. Herbert G. Bench. Many b/w photographs of life on base, Commanders, Officers, Staff, Squadrons One - Six, Lancaster, cartoons, Link Trainer, ect. Signed by all Members of Squadron One; Ed Adams, R. N. Allmon, W. J. Anthes, M. C. Adams, E. J. Anderson, C. L. Ashurst, et al. and some others, full page photographs of base life. 64 pgs. Very Rare OCLC lists 0 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Photographer: Cy La Tour & Son. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Winnipeg: Universal Life Assurance and Annuity Company, 1940. 1st Edition. Paperback. This is an exceedingly rare wartime speech pamphlet featuring Churchill's Address to the Italian People of 23rd December 1940. Broadcasting from the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill sought to assure the Italians of Britain's historic friendship with Italy and place blame for the conflict on Mussolini. Churchill's speech is published here with two others - King George VI's Christmas Day Message of 25th December 1940 and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Christmas Day message to the Canadian Army. This speech pamphlet is unusual in several respects - its publication, its survival, and its superlative condition. Per Churchill Bibliographer Ronald Cohen (pages 530-532) the publisher - Universal Life Assurance and Annuity Company - was in business from 1902 to 1942. In an exuberant surge of patriotism, the company published over 40 booklets in the "Universal Life for Victory Series", a few of which were speeches… Read More

Signed by the Illustrator, Rudolph Ruzicka and presented to Mrs. Elkan Harrison Powell the wife of the President of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Signed on the front fly, New York, June 9, 1943: "To Mrs. E.H.Powell, with sincere regard of R. Ruzicka"
Addresses by Madame CHIANG KAI-SHEK, February 18 1943. Addresses Delivered before the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States. Published by The Overbrook Press, Stamford, Connecticut 1943. 10" x 7 1/4" 15 pages. This printing was of 100 copies on Papier de Chine. Illustrated and signed by Rudolph Ruzicka.
February 18, 1943: On this date, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek of China (wife of the Nationalist political and military leader Chiang Kai-Shek) addressed the House of Representatives and the Senate. In her speech, she applauded American efforts in the Pacific theater. She also recounted the friendship between the U.S. and China: "We in China, like you, want a better world, not for ourselves alone, but for all mankind, and we… Read More

Major-General E.B. Ashmore - Air Defence - London, Longmans Green & Co, 1929 - Hardcover - First Edition - 179pp + map - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Cover a few dirty spots, pencil note inside at the back. Some pages have been marked with a small cross in pencil. No other issues: tight, complete (with map) and in very good shape for such an old book.Major-General Ashmore was the leading figure in the air defence of the United Kingdom, founding what would eventually become the Royal Observer Corps. He was appointed to devise improved systems of detection, communication and control. A system to be called the Metropolitan Observation Service was created which covered the London area and was known as the London Air Defence Area.On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence. Major-General Ashmore was regarded as the first commander of the Observer Corps in all but name during 1925 and he is deemed to be the Corps' founder. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel… Read More

Privately printed first edition, 1947. Inscribed by Johnson on the front free endpaper. Uncommon.Condition of the book is Near Fine. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. A well preserved copy.The Twelfth Infantry is notable for its participation in D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge.The author was a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for actions during World War Two.Please message me with any questions.

3043rd AAF Base Unit Contract Pilot School, Basic Polaris Flight Academy, 1943 Red/black flying eagle front board, pictorial endpages desert sky. Dedication page photograph; Lt. Herbert G. Bench. Many b/w photographs of life on base, Commanders, Officers, Staff, Squadrons One - Six, Lancaster, cartoons, Link Trainer, ect. Signed by all Members of Squadron One; Ed Adams, R. N. Allmon, W. J. Anthes, M. C. Adams, E. J. Anderson, C. L. Ashurst, et al. and some others, full page photographs of base life. 64 pgs. Very Rare OCLC lists 0 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Photographer: Cy La Tour & Son. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Winnipeg: Universal Life Assurance and Annuity Company, 1940. 1st Edition. Paperback. This is an exceedingly rare wartime speech pamphlet featuring Churchill's Address to the Italian People of 23rd December 1940. Broadcasting from the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill sought to assure the Italians of Britain's historic friendship with Italy and place blame for the conflict on Mussolini. Churchill's speech is published here with two others - King George VI's Christmas Day Message of 25th December 1940 and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Christmas Day message to the Canadian Army. This speech pamphlet is unusual in several respects - its publication, its survival, and its superlative condition. Per Churchill Bibliographer Ronald Cohen (pages 530-532) the publisher - Universal Life Assurance and Annuity Company - was in business from 1902 to 1942. In an exuberant surge of patriotism, the company published over 40 booklets in the "Universal Life for Victory Series", a few of which were speeches… Read More

Signed by the Illustrator, Rudolph Ruzicka and presented to Mrs. Elkan Harrison Powell the wife of the President of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Signed on the front fly, New York, June 9, 1943: "To Mrs. E.H.Powell, with sincere regard of R. Ruzicka"
Addresses by Madame CHIANG KAI-SHEK, February 18 1943. Addresses Delivered before the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States. Published by The Overbrook Press, Stamford, Connecticut 1943. 10" x 7 1/4" 15 pages. This printing was of 100 copies on Papier de Chine. Illustrated and signed by Rudolph Ruzicka.
February 18, 1943: On this date, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek of China (wife of the Nationalist political and military leader Chiang Kai-Shek) addressed the House of Representatives and the Senate. In her speech, she applauded American efforts in the Pacific theater. She also recounted the friendship between the U.S. and China: "We in China, like you, want a better world, not for ourselves alone, but for all mankind, and we… Read More

Major-General E.B. Ashmore - Air Defence - London, Longmans Green & Co, 1929 - Hardcover - First Edition - 179pp + map - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Cover a few dirty spots, pencil note inside at the back. Some pages have been marked with a small cross in pencil. No other issues: tight, complete (with map) and in very good shape for such an old book.Major-General Ashmore was the leading figure in the air defence of the United Kingdom, founding what would eventually become the Royal Observer Corps. He was appointed to devise improved systems of detection, communication and control. A system to be called the Metropolitan Observation Service was created which covered the London area and was known as the London Air Defence Area.On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence. Major-General Ashmore was regarded as the first commander of the Observer Corps in all but name during 1925 and he is deemed to be the Corps' founder. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel… Read More

Privately printed first edition, 1947. Inscribed by Johnson on the front free endpaper. Uncommon.Condition of the book is Near Fine. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. A well preserved copy.The Twelfth Infantry is notable for its participation in D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge.The author was a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for actions during World War Two.Please message me with any questions.