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Text Box: Page 4 Text Box: Added Monday, January 26, 2010: Combat History of the Super Sixth: Sixth Armored Division in the European Theatre of Operations 18 July 1944 -- 8 May 1945, containing 103 photographs with statement by Commanding General, Major General Robert W. Grow, US Army. Compiled by William E. Rutledge, Jr. ca. 1947. Yadkinville, NC: Ripple Publishing Co. Original post World War II History of the Sixth Armored Division under Major General Robert W. Grow. This unofficial history, prepared by members of Division G2 and G3, traces formation of division at Fort Knox in 1942 to embarkation for Europe, then landing at Normandy and fighting across Brittany (18 July to 17 Sept., 1944) , then Seille River campaign (17 Sept. to 7 Nov. 1944), then Saar Campaign (8 Nov. to 24 Dec. 1944), Ardennes Campaign (25 Dec. 1944 to 26 Jan. 1945), Dasburg-Prum River Campaign (27 Jan. to 8 Mar. 1945) and finally the Germany Campaign (10 Mar. to 16 Apr. 1945. Division took part in liberation of 3000 prisoners at notorious Navy concentration camp at Buchenwald. Action ceased at 090001 May 1945 with unconditional surrender of German High Command. Photo of Commanding General with General George S. Patton, Commander Third Army. Colored maps, black and white photos, many detailed notes and statistics of Division. This History was out of print for 25 years, and recently it has been published anew. This is original, post-war edition. . 176 pp. 21.7 x 28.2 cm. Paper booklet, spine torn top 4 cm, cover shows Division insignia and map of English Channel and western France, in color. Very good. (7998) $120.00. World War II/History Added Monday, January 18th, 2010: Log for Sea and Land, A; A Diary for You When You Go Abroad, First Edition by Gaige, Grace 1928 New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. For the American about to embark on an ocean liner for a trip to Europe in the 1920s, this little book offered a little flavor of the various countries, what to do at sea, nautical vocabulary, time differences, distances in Europe, and space for listing gifts, planning itineraries, and poetry and short pieces of prose about European countries. . 157 pp. 11.5 x 18.2 cm. Blue cloth on board with gilt lettering, owner's name written on front free endpaper and title page. Very good. Dustjacket faded, chipped, 3 cm missing from spine, poor. (3785) $17.00. Travel Pakistan as an Islamic State, Preliminary Draft by Smith, Wilfred Cantwell 1962 Lahore, West Pakistan: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore. This book, originally published in 1951, is based partly on the writer's conversations with a number of Pakistanis during a visit in 1949. Writer is Professor of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Divinity and Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. According to book jacket, "Author applies a remarkable combination of sympathetic insight and careful study. He has attempted to ascertain what various groups and sections in the country mean by the concept "Islamic state". 109 pp. 12.5 x 18.5 cm. Paper on board, good. Dustjacket, protected by plastic sheet, good. (3561) $30.00. Religious/Pakistan/Islam 1968 Peace Calendar & Appointment Book; Out of the War Shadow, an Anthology of Current Poetry Levertov, Denise, Compiler/Editor 1967 New York, NY: War Resisters League, 5 Beekman Street, NYC. Collection of poems by living (in 1967) American and Canadian poets, written in the context of "longing for peace", "we are living at war." Poems by Galway Kinnell, Hayden Carruth, Barbara Gibson, Barbara Deming, Lewis Turco, Muriel Rukeyser, Sister Mary Norbert Körte, O.P., James Laughlin, William Lee Coakley, Dick Lourie, Gary Snyder, Harriet Zinnes, Gilbert Sorrentino, Allen Grossman, W.R. Moses, Gary Youree, Eileen Egan, William Burford, Emmett Jarrett, Vern Rutsala, Gail Dusenbery, Louis Zukofsky, many more. 62 pp. 13 x 20.7 cm. Paper booklet with spiral binding, heavy card cover, pages numbered in pen, good. (7996) $35.00. Cold War/Poetry Stockbridge Special Complete Manures, Catalogue of; Bowker's Phosphates and Agricultural Chemicals 1893 Boston, MA: Bowker Fertilizer Company. Catalogue provides list of special manures, fertilizers, chemicals, etc. Includes Stockbridge Potato, Corn and Grain, Grass, Seeding Down, Vegetable, Strawberry and Fruit Manures, and more. Photo of twin ears of corn raised by Chaffee Brothers of Oxford, Mass. on Stockbridge Corn Manure. Photo of man and woman in potato field that yields 298 bushels of potatoes per acre, all from Potato Manure. Photo of onion field which was dressed with two tons of Stockbridge Onion Manure, and produced 1203 bushels of onions from two acres. More photos. 24 pp. 15 x 23.3 cm. Paper booklet, rusty staples, good. (7994) $39.00. Farming/Advertising Youth's Companion, Souvenir Booklet, 1893 Boston, MA: The Youth's Companion. Souvenir booklet tells story of the publication, "Youth's Companion" since its establishment in 1827. Pictures show the counting room, folding, printing, stitching rooms, the premium desks and describe production of 200,000 copies a day. 32 pp. 18 x 12.6 cm. Paper booklet, lightly soiled, staples pulling loose, fair. (7993) $29.00. Printed Matter Salt Lake City --Seven Days in and around "The Center of Scenic America" 1929 Salt Lake City, UT: Chamber of Commerce. Lots of information and pictures for seeing Salt Lake City and environs, with map of Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon National Parks, map of Salt Lake City. List of hotels and rates. Most expensive is Hotel Utah, double rooms with bath $5 a night. If you don't need a bath, most hotels start at $1.00 a night for a single room. 20 panels 10 x 23 cm. Paper folding brochure, very good. (7990) $24.00. Travel Salt Lake: A Glimpse of the Great Salt Lake, Utah on the Union Pacific System, Illustrated 1894 Omaha, Nebraska: The Union Pacific System. Travel booklet cover shows well-dressed young woman traveler, with inset of woman in bathing garb, with pavilion at Garfield Beach, Great Salt Lake, in background. Includes fold-out map of Union Pacific System from Portland and San Francisco to Chicago. Author describes all the color and drama of a sailing voyage on the Great Salt Lake. 40 pp. 17 x 23 cm. Paper booklet with color illustrated wraps. Wraps slightly soiled, staples rusted, good. (7991) $41.00. Travel Under African Skies, Revised Edition, including stories of our 1938 Trip by Morse, Ira, Daphna, Philip and Julie B. 1942 Privately published, this is a unique tale of big game hunting by the Morses-- killing hyenas, lions, tigers, hippos, even a dik-dik. They write about their visit to an elusive tribe of Africans-- the Wa-Kindigas, and their clicking language and bad smell, and how they help to hack up a hippo the white hunters have killed, then fight over the tasty entrails. Ira advises not to go out in the bush after dark, but if you should, you can tell from the reflected color of the animals in the dark if you are in trouble. Blue eyes= antelopes. Green= hyenas. Red=Leopard. Yellow=Lions. Interesting photos. 84 pp. + adv. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, wraps separated from text block, staples rusted, good. (7992) $40.00. Travel Utah: A Peep into a Mountain-walled Treasury of the Gods by P. Donan, Rhymes by Cy. Warman 1891 Buffalo, NY: Cassius C. Smith. Author slams the eastern "snobocrats" who sail to Europe, when for much less they could enjoy the wonders of the west, including Utah. All about geography, resources of Utah. Climate and health: "We believe it is a duty to live past seventy." Marvelous fertility of the Utah soil. Utah mines--amazing mineral wealth. Map of Rio Grande Western Ry. Utah's Great Railway. Salt Lake City, the Inter-mountain metropolis. Many photos and drawings. Very subtle railway travel advertising book. 96 pp. 17 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, wraps separated from text block, staples rusted, good. (7989) $38.00. Travel

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