First Edition. The definitive book on the subject, with a full-page inscription to a journalist Hammond knew during the war. Hammond's "history of public affairs in Vietnam not only is a major scholarly accomplishment but is also based on records that were subsequently lost"—Thomas Crosbie, The Political Army. A second.....
Price: $500
First Edition. A very nice inscribed first edition of one of the great works of journalism, a moving account of the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan. New York University's school of journalism ranked Hiroshima as the top work of journalism of the 20th century. Hersey, who had just won.....
Price: $4,500
A printed order establishing the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia on July 31, 1863. 4 pages. 8 by 10-1/2 inches. A single sheet folded to make four pages. Two works redacted in ink; rear panel tanned. Generally good. With the pencil signature of Lieut. Bradford D. Davol, a textile executive, who briefly.....
Price: $125
Later printing. The title continues: "A full and accurate account of the secret journey into the heart of the Confederacy, the capture of a railway train in a Confederate camp, the terrible chase that followed, and the subsequent fortunes of the leader and his party." An expanded and rewritten account.....
Price: $125
First Edition. The history of a Confederate regiment that "fought through a wide area of western service in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Georgia. Among the actions the regiment participated in were the Tullahoma campaign, Chickamauga, Wheeler's raid, Mossy Creek, the Atlanta campaign, and Franklin and Nashville. The work reflects a......
Price: $300
First Edition. The memoirs of a soldier in the wars for South American independence from Spain. López joined the guerrillas as a teenager and by the time the war was won, he was an assistant to Simón Bolívar. The book includes folding military situation maps of the battles of Cariaco.....
Price: $400
![Item No: #365304 The Boo [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]. Pat Conroy](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365304.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1751689148)
A book about Lt. Col. Nugent Courvoisie, a.k.a., The Boo, who trained the Vietnam War cadre of cadets at The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. This edition was issued as a fundraiser, marking the 30th anniversary of Conroy's acclaimed book. This is one of 500 copies signed by.....
Price: $300
First Edition. A signed first of Willeford's account of his "first hitches in the peacetime Army in the Philippines and California, from age 16, when he lied about his age and joined, to age 20"—quoted from Don Herron's bibliography in Everybody's Metamorphosis. Willeford ultimately spent twenty years in the military.....
Price: $200
First Edition. [ii], 287, [1] pages. With several small folding maps. OCLC: 11729755. First edition. A very good copy in 20th century boards, lacking the original wrappers. Page block paper thin and acidic, but also very good.
Price: $100
First Edition. A large-format (13-1/2 by 18 inches) pamphlet offering suggestions for ad campaigns to encourage Americans to reduce their gasoline consumption to support the war effort. This publication, aimed at gas station chains and manufacturing company procurement offices, offers suggested ad designs and ad copy that encourages conservation, ride.....
Price: $150
First Edition. A survey of the propaganda and motivational posters designed and published by the General Cable Corporation during the Second World War. The posters are documented with 33 high quality full-page reproductions printed with spot colors (rather than four-color CMYK separations). On the page facing each poster is a......
Price: $300
A manuscript catalog of a career Mexican military officer's library, totalling more than about 650 works in 600 volumes, numbered and organized by subject. The list includes the title, author, and in some cases observations on each book, along with their series and identification numbers. Not surprisingly, the largest section.....
Price: $500
First Edition. A Spanish translation of the "best French chronicle of the Revolution [which is] particularly valuable on naval affairs"—Howes US-iana, L169 (also listing this edition). This edition does not have any maps, but consistent with its focus on naval action, it does include a large fold-out table of ships.....
Price: $750
First Edition. A Spanish translation of Great European Conflict. Franco-Prussian War: Chassepot - Rifle vs. Zundnadelgewehr, or the Needle Gun: Real Cause of the Struggle by a Mexican army general. 208 pages plus four inserted lithographic portraits of the leaders of the conflict (including Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck).....
Price: $400
First Edition. An examination of the likelihood and potential shape of a war in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, with an emphasis on naval and aerial battles. Kawashima focuses more on the Philippines and Guam and less over Hawaii than some writers on the subject. He also.....
Price: $1,250
First Edition. Covers SOG, Randall, Gerber, John Ek, and other knives. 139 pages. Full color. First edition (first printing stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150
Later printing. The legendary guide to M16 rifle maintenance published during the Vietnam War and designed and illustrated by cartoonist Will Eisner as part of his work on the Army's Preventive Maintenance Monthly comics magazine. 32 pages. 5 by 7-1/4 inches. DA Pam 750-30, 1 July 1969. First issued in.....
Price: $50
A homefront poster promoting donations to the United Service Organizations, a group that funded and produced entertainment for American soldiers during the Second World War. While movie stars and hot musical acts performed at some USO events, this poster shows a more modest offering—a soldier with a rifle and helmet.....
Price: $200
First Edition. The memoirs of a very active naval officer, engineer, and politician. During his eventful life, the Duke of Montrose was the first person to film a solar eclipse and he invented the aircraft carrier. Like many people who live enventful lives he devotes as much space the events.....
Price: $100
![Item No: #360838 [Women Assembling Bombs] [Photograph](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/360838.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633727829)
A gelatin silver print image of women working in a munitions factory assembling aerial bombs. A man, possibly the supervisor, stands on the opposite side of the table. A 48-star American flag hangs above them. Your cataloguer has no expertise in identifying bombs, but these seem somewhat more advanced than.....
Price: $750
Second Edition. A second, expanded edition, of this biography of a French First World War general. The first edition was published in Paris by F. Lanore in 1986. 437 pages. Text in French. 8-1/4 by 11-3/4 inches. A very good copy in tape-bound wrappers (paper covers), as issued. This copy is.....
Price: $85
First Edition. A guide to help officers combat racial discrimination in the army in the waning years of the Viet Nam war. The authors report that the army had few Black officers, that Black soldiers had a hard time obtaining technical positions, and that Black soldiers were twice as likely.....
Price: $200
First Edition. An appeal to the federal government to attend to the military defense of Florida. The author, Charles Fenton Mercer, was a former member of Congress who left his post for financial reasons and took a job at a bank in Florida, where he was working when he wrote.....
Price: $200
First Edition. A Congressional reprint of three documents related to requests for reimbursement to the Dakotas for the expenses of the Sioux Uprising of 1862, which was still percolating through government channels after a full decade. The document lists some 300 Dakota militia members, most of whom were owed $51.....
Price: $95
First Edition. A short reprinting of documents related to the decommissioning of Fort Steilacoom, in Washington Territory. 3 pages (a single sheet, folded to make 4 pages, the final one blank). 42d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives Ex. Doc. No. 202. First edition (first printing). Light discoloration to the first.....
Price: $25
