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![Text Box: Roots of the War, The; A non-technical history of Europe 1870-1914 by Davis, William Stearns, Ph.D. 1918 New York, NY: The Century Co. Book traces the history of the origin of The Great War (WWI) ; owner pasted in printed lecture outlines from a "War Aims Course" he took, and made some marginal notes. 557 pp. 13 x 19 cm. Cloth on board, with numerous printed lecture outlines pasted in at start of several chapters. Some pencil/pen notes in margins of pages. Good. (1860) $28.00. History.
Ruhr and Rhineland, A Report on Present Conditions in July and August 1923 by Bainbridge, William Seaman, The Commander 1923 New York, NY: New York Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars. Report by Commander of the Military Order of Foreign Wars on conditions in the Ruhr and Rhineland as he observed them in summer 1923. Includes samples of German and French propaganda, from 1915 to 1923. 28 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (6891) $16.00. World War I/History
Scientific American, August 25, 1917 New York, NY: Munn & Co., Inc. Publishers. Cover painting shows U.S. Army Motor-Truck Kitchen. Story p. 137 describes new vehicle, costing $7000, may find favor with the military authorities. "Canning Tomatoes in California" by Arthur L. Dahl. "Gas Engine Drive for Submerged Submarines," with photos, by E.C. Crossman. Lead story: "The Neglected Water Power of New England." "The War of the Specialists-- The Machine Gunner" with photos, by Captain Louis Keene, C.E.F. Photo and story about Giant Bombing-Planes--Italy's Contribution to Aeronautical Progress. Triplane carries crew of three, and 2750 lbs. of explosives. Newly-invented trench weapon combines automatic pistol with bayonet in single instrument. Full-page Ad: Now women can drive with pleasure, in Delco-equipped automobiles. Full-page color ad for Bulldog Mack trucks, from one to 7 1/2 tons capacity. Full-page ad for Pierce-Arrow Motor Trucks. Week's Review of the war by our military experts, shows map of operations in Rumania. 24 pp. 27 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, minor wear and soiling, good. (7230) $24.00. World War I/History
Tales of the Great War with 7 coloured plates and 32 illustrations in black and white by Norman Wilkinson and Christopher Clark Newbolt, Henry 1916. London, England: Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row. Story of World War I, in its early stages, from the sea, the air and on the ground, intended for young readers. 294 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Cloth on board, gilt illustration on cover. Cover frayed at edges, corners bumped. Owner inscr. On ffep and trace of pasted bookplate, etc. on ffep. Very good. (2404) $22.00. History.
U.S. World War I Poster: Help Win the War-- Conserve Sugar ca. 1918. Conserve sugar by buying less candy and investing in war savings and thrift stamps. 56 x 74 cm. White poster with blue printing, edges chipped, pinholes in folds, poor. (5232) $15.00. History/Ephemera/WWI.
Verdun Tourist Brochure (in French); Verdun centre de pèlerinage sur les champs de bataille ca. 1928 Paris, France: Cliché de la Société de Plans Indicateurs. Brochure for visitors to World War I battlefield at Verdun, four hours from Paris, 100 km. From Reims and Nancy. Excursions to L'Argonne, Saint-Mihiel, Bar-le-duc, Montmédy, Sedan, la Belgique et le Luxembourg. Photos of Verdun, Tour Chaussée, monuments; list of hotels and restaurants in Verdun, with prices; Map of Battlefields around Verdun; Ossuaire de Douaumont et Cimetière National. N'allumez pas de feu sur le champ de bataille; Ne touchez à rien; Danger de mort. 12 pp. 13.5 x 21.3 cm. Paper brochure, front page has stamp "Au Poilu de Verdun Au Destieux", bottom of front page creased, fair. (6634) $15.00. World War I/Travel
War Cyclopedia; A Handbook for Ready Reference on the Great War, issued by the Committee on Public Information Paxson, Frederic L., Corwin, Edward S., Harding, Samuel B., editors 1918 Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Compendium of information relative to the war against Austria-Hungary, by Secretaries of State, War, Navy. Facts: France and Italy have abolished absinthe, Russia has prohibited vodka for the War. Hundreds of geographical, historical, political, biographical entries. Fold-out map of War zone. 321 pp. 13 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, front cover has 3 x 4 cm chip torn from upper left hand corner, cover soiled, fair. (5876) $22.00. World War I/History
World War, The; Its Relation to the Eastern Question and Armageddon by Daniels, Arthur G. ©1917 Washington, DC: The Review and Herald Publishing Association part of World Crisis Library. Tells story of World War I with many photos, then turns to "The Word of the Living God," to show need for worship and prayer. 128 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, spine worn. Good. (1937) $16.00. History/Religious.
HISTORY— WORLD WAR II (1938-1945)
“Don't You Know There's a War On?”
It's hard for people today to understand how The War (1938-1945) filled up the lives of everyone 60+ years ago.
First, men and some women from nearly every family left to serve in uniform. Men were drafted, or enlisted, in the Army, Navy and Marines, and were fighting in Europe, Africa, all over the Pacific.
Women joined the WACs or the WAVEs, as well as the Nurse Corps.
Many more women took jobs in the defense industry, building warships and airplanes, tanks and bombs. They worked alongside men too old to serve in uniform, or otherwise exempted.
Even kids were involved in the war effort— we took part in collection drives to gather paper for recycling (although they didn’t use that word then); we collected tin cans, toothpaste tubes (they were made of lead then, and could be re-used for bullets), even waste cooking fat, which was used for manufacturing explosives.
Meat, butter, sugar and many other foods were rationed, there were no automobiles to buy, tires and gasoline were rationed. We all bought War Bonds, and kids bought Savings Stamps, to convert to a bond. The War was on everyone's lips. And Anti-War Protests? That would have been treason! After December 7, 1941, any public discussion about whether or not we should be at war just disappeared..
After the War? Public Affairs Pamphlets by Stewart, Maxwell S. 1942 New York, NY: Public Affairs Committee, Inc. "Do you want the war to end?" Pamphlet introduces idea of life after the War, Planning for Peace is necessary. We must prevent a slump after this war! Planning by Private Industry is vital. We must build better cities. 32 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, cover creased, moderate wear, good. (7468) $15.00. World War II
Air War: Outraged Skies; Wings of Fire; Book Club Edition by Jablonski, Edward ©1971 Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc. Excellent history of the air war of World War II, with many fine photographs. 228 pp.+ index 22 x 29 cm. Cloth on board, break in inside front hinge, slight dampstaining, sm. owner stamp on title page. Heel of spine rubbed. Book Club edition. Good.. Dustjacket has many nicks and chips, poor. (1917) $24.00. History/Military/Aviation/WWII.
All Hands; Bureau of Naval Personnel Information, December 1943 Washington, DC: Bureau of Naval Personnel. World War II edition features cover photo of Navy Beach Battalion at Salerno. Last Battle of the "Battling B'“- USS Borie. Special Section: War Anniversary; List of U.S. Naval Vessels Lost in War. Pictures of Navy's Medal of Honor Heroes. 72 pp. 19 x 27 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (5975) $18.00. World War II/Navy
All Hands: Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, September 1944 Washington, DC: Bureau of Naval Personnel. World War II issue of Navy magazine: Navy Nerve Center, shows growth of Main Navy during War. Principal officers and Bureau chiefs of Navy Department. Guam: Americans return to Lost Pacific Island Outpost to reconquer first U.S. territory taken by Japanese. War record of the SBD. The Month's News. 72 pp. 19 x 26 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (5550) $19.00. World War II /Navy
America Goes to War--Dec. 7th 1941 ©1941 Chicago, IL: Columbia Educational Books, Inc. War--whom we are fighting and what we are fighting for. Dec. 8th War Message of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speeches of Secretary Cordell Hull, Winston Churchill, Hitler, Mussolini, The Atlantic Charter, more. 128 pp. 11 x 18 cm. Leatherette cover with gilt print, very good. (5326) $15.00. History/World War II
Atlantic Monthly, April, 1937, Vol. 159 No. 4 Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press 137 pp. 16 x 25 cm. London on Edge by John Gunther, a colorful description of Death of the King, funeral, press coverage at Sandringham, Britain's reaction to Hitler's reoccupation of the Rhineland, and a long string of personalities Gunther visits with, including Pandit Nehru, H.H. Asquith, David Low, Clement Attlee, H.G. Wells, Jimmie Sheean, Liddell Hart and Aldous Huxley. Also Fear the Facts and Fool the Women by Margaret Dana, and Lawrence (of Arabia) An Unofficial Portrait by Eric H. Kennington, artist. Colorful ad for Lucky Strike on back cover, promising "throat protection" from a light smoke. Periodical, red cover, edges frayed and worn, very good. (3296) $18.50. History.
Baking Manual for the Army Cook, Prepared for the United States Army by the National Live Stock and Meat Board, Revised Printing, March, 1943 Chicago, IL: National Live Stock and Meat Board. Large format booklet contains introductory letter from Maj. Gen. E. B. Gregory, Quartermaster General. Instructions on using Lard as a shortening in baking for deep-fat frying and panfrying. Lard in the Army kitchen. Lard as a shortening agent. Recipe for bread, 20 loaves, serves about 100 men. Photographs show step-by-step instructions for mixing basic dough, rolls, sandwich buns, finger rolls, biscuits, sweet rolls, sugar twists, more. Information on War Lard, Types I and II, includes lecithin, lard flakes. 96 pp. 24 x 33 cm. Paper booklet, slightly soiled, good. (6570) $21.00. World War II/Cooking/Army
Balkans Map; Carte de Pays Balkaniques, Hongrie, Yougoslavie, Roumanie, Bulgarie, Grèce; Map of Balkan states, HU, YU, RO, GR ca. 1939 Lausanne, C.H.: Librairie Payot. 65 x 88 cm. Colored map shows Balkans, Hungary, Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania. Germany includes Austria, Levant includes Lebanon and Palestine. Scale 1:2,000,000. Avec Carte synoptique de la Méditerranée échelle: 1:11,000,000. Paper map, some folds worn, paper tape repairs to some folds, poor. (5464) $17.00. World War II/Maps
Bartholomew's Map of Europe & The Mediterranean, showing countries occupied by military forces (World War II) 1942 Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. Colored map on linen, scale 1:5,300,00. Shows "Occupied by Germany" across France, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Greece, Norway, Holland, Belgium, "Occupied by USSR" across Bessarabia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Map 101 x 77 cm. Linen fold-up map in cardboard folder, folder lightly soiled, thumbtack holes in corners, map very good. (5665) $26.00. World War II/Maps
Bases of a Durable Peace, The; Report of a Regional Conference Held at International House, New York, December 8-9, 1939 1940 New York, NY: International Student Service. André de Blonay, General Secretary of the International Student Service, sent a letter to the conference from "Somewhere in Switzerland" since, with war raging in Europe, he could not attend. Address "America and the Present World Situation" by Dr. Arnold Wolfers of Yale University harks back to the "Wilsonian crusade." "A Settlement in Europe" by Dr. Hans Simons of the New School for Social Research. "A Settlement in the Far East" by Frederick V. Field of the Institute of Pacific Relations. [Note: Field was later pursued as a suspected communist sympathizer by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Wolfers was formerly a professor at the University of Heidelberg, who came to America in 1933.] 63 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, slightly soiled, very good. (7469) $16.00. World War II
Blitzkrieg: Its history, strategy, economics and the challenge to America by S.L.A. Marshall 1940 New York, NY: William Morrow & Co., Inc. When the Germans dropped a bomb on Puck in the Polish corridor, warfare turned a corner. Blitzkrieg is a comprehensive study of the military phases of this new warfare. Final chapter, Blitzkrieg over America, warns America about what must be done. Challenge to America. World War II.188 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Light tan cloth on board, pencil scribbling on cover and ffep, a few marginal pencil marks at key paragraphs, good. Dustjacket worn at edges, good. Review copy; includes publisher's card noting publication date. (5842) $16.00. History/World War II
Cherry Point: The Flying Marines--United States Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina by Carraway, Gertrude S. 1946 New Bern, NC: Owen G. Dunn Co. Welcome book to USMC Air Station, Cunningham Field, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Station was started Aug. 6, 1941. Cunningham Field was named after Lt. Col. Alfred A. Cunningham, first Marine officer to become a naval aviator. Aerial view of station. Photos of base, including new soda fountain in the Post Exchange. Photo of Congressman Graham A. Barden of New Bern, NC, who was instrumental in planning for base. History of the site, and history of New Bern. History of Cherry Point in World War II. Women Marines at Cherry Point. Photos of interesting personages: First Lt. Tyrone Power, popular movie star, served as transport pilot in 1944. Sonja Henie, another popular star and ice skater of renown, stayed in Married Officer Quarters with her Marine husband, First Lt. Dan Topping. Joe Louis, shown in uniform, starred in a boxing match at the Station in 1945. Also bios and photos of Commanding Officers: BG Thomas J. Cushman, BG C.F. Schilt, Col. Pierson E. Conradt, MG Claude A. Larkin, BG Lewie G. Merritt, B.G. H.D. Campbell, MG Ralph J. Mitchell; USMC Commandant, Gen. A.A. Vandegrift. Ads for Hotel Queen Anne in New Bern, Seashore Transportation Co.. Trent Pines Club, Hotel New Bernian, Maola Milk and Ice Cream Co., Hotel Tryon, more. 80 pp. 15 x 22 cm. Paper booklet, worn and soiled. Fair. (7742) $22.00. World War II/History
Chicago Sun, The, December 12, 1941 "Knox in Honolulu! U.S. Bombs 2nd Jap Battleship" 1941 Chicago, IL: The Chicago Sun. Page 1 photo shows President Roosevelt signing declaration of war document against Germany, with Senators Alben Barkley, Carter Glass and Tom Connally, and Rep. Joseph W. Martin looking on. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox is in Honolulu; assumed to make first-hand inspection of effects of Japanese bombing attack. Chicago has been divided into 189 defense districts for war; there will be a defense warden for each city block. Editorials: Total War-- Hitler was already at war with the U.S., but many Americans didn't know it. Now they do. Also editorial, "Let's Get Air Superiority" notes that Billy Mitchell was right. Armed forces of United States claimed first major successes in Pacific with sinking of three Japanese war vessels and annihilation of a Japanese landing party northwest of Manila. U.S. Army bombers sank the 29,000 ton Japanese battleship Haruna off the northern coast of Luzon. Full-page ad for Christmas gifts, from Carson Pirie Scott Co. 36 pp. 45 x 62 cm. Newspaper, brittle, fair. (6857) $18.00. World War II/Newspapers
Chicago Sun, The, December 17, 1941 "Russ Plan to Invade Germany; Two Hawaiian Isles Shelled" Chicago, IL: The Chicago Sun. Page 1 photo shows captured Jap two-man sub beached at Pearl Harbor after the U.S. Navy nailed it. "U.S. Damage Slight in Jap Sea Attacks" --Johnston Island and Maui were shelled by Japanese naval units Dec. 15; damage was light. Soviet leader Josef Stalin has called a war council in Moscow's Kremlin to consider launching immediately a gigantic Russian offensive, according to a report from Stockholm. President Roosevelt has named a board of experts to conduct an inquiry into the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7. Associate Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts will head the inquiry. Inside, photo shows four Chicago children lighting Hanukkah candles: "Lights glow in Jewish homes to mark a tyrant's defeat." [The tyrant was not Hitler, but the Syrian Antiochus Epiphanes by Judas Maccabeus, in 167 B.C.] Carson Pirie Scott & Co. has a full-page ad for Elizabeth Arden fragrances. Editorial notes the “Turning of the tide” of war with Russian victories against Nazi troops. 30 pp. 45 x 62 cm. Newspaper, brittle, fair. (6858) $18.00. World War II/Newspapers](image563.gif)