American Red Cross, 1941. not bound. Very Good. 3"x4" to 5"x5". The brochure contains six panels of promotional text and photographs of volunteers working on the homefront and overseas. various sizes. (more information)

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Chicago: Consolidated Book, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Designed as a diary for men and women serving in World War II. Barth's handwritten entries occupy 8 pages, are limited to May 4-13, 1943, and are of considerable interest. He was called for active service on March 19, 1943 and classified as a navigator in the Army Air Corps on April 4th. In addition to the names and addresses of a few buddies he has met (Barth himself hails from 326 W. Fishers Avenue, Philadelphia), the diary entries occupy five pages in blue ink while he is stationed at Nashville, Tennessee. He is ill on May 4th, so he "accepts a job as Barracks orderly" and sleeps most of the day. He talks about dinner with a civilian family which he cannot attend, parting with buddies who are shipping out, etc. On garden detail on May 5th, he muses over why he hasn't been paid after 46 days in the service. His health improves and he spends a lot of time marching in formation: "All this constructive exercise is ultimately for the purpose of destruction." He goes with a buddy to the West End of Nashville for an evening but can't pick up any women, even at the bowling alley. On May 11th, during dinner at a civilian's home, he meets a girl who is a minister's daughter--"but cooperative all the same." By May 13th, on a company hike, he learns that shipping orders have come through, "open port" has been canceled, and his unit is "pulling out" for foreign ports unknown. This brief record offers insight into the stateside experiences of an intelligent, humorous draftee in the days before he is shipped overseas and the diary ends. 6" x 4.25". (more information)

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Philadelphia, PA: Council of Nat'l Defense, 1918. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 17pp. The occasion was a meeting of the Council of National Defense and Public Safety to celebrate the anniversary of the Fall of the Bastille. 9" x 6". (more information)

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Bell Telephone, 1944. First Separate. Self-wraps. Very Good. Brochure, 6 panels; color illus throughout. This guide for civilians shows the ribbons, medals and decorations "most frequently seen on our service people." 6.25" x 4". (more information)

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Newark, NJ: Fischer Baking, 1944. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Pulp stock bit chipped along fore-edge. 32pp; text illus from photographs. Advertising vehicle for Fischer's doughnuts, eaten voraciously by Joe E. Brown and the "doughboys" he entertained during World War II. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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Charleston, SC: Elizabeth R. Harrigan, 1961. Second Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 35pp; map. First published at Charleston in 1861, this booklet includes: "The Fight as Seen from Cummings' Point" by a correspondent on Morris Island; "Scenes and Incidents of the Bombardment"; etc. 9" x 6". (more information)

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1943. not bound. Fine. Colors are bright and strong. Each cutout is 2" x 8". The first, titled "We Enlist," shows six kids signing up for military service as Uncle Sam records their enlistments. The second, titled "We Have Dress Parade," shows the same six kids in Army, Navy, Marine, WAC, WAVE, and nursing uniforms. The third, "We Entertain at the USO," shows a boy and girl dressed in red-white-blue (he as Uncle Sam), singing and dancing on a stage. The fourth cutout, "We Are in Training," shows all six kids in uniform, saluting at attention. Each has an American flag motif. The kids are named Ula, Ned, Ida, Tom, Eva and Don--their initials spelling out UNITED. 8.5" x 11". (more information)

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Pittsburgh, PA, 1942. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, printed in red, white and blue. This attractive Air Raid Warden certificate is signed by four Defense Corps officials. 9.5" x 12". (more information)

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Richmond, VA: C.S.A., 1865. not bound. Fine. Issued to David Snyder in the sum of $100, under Act of 17 February 1864, redeemable 1 July 1884 with interest, etc. The main signator, Robert Tyler, was the son of President John Tyler. Robert served in the Mexican War prior to becoming the CSA's Register of the Treasury. This is a nice item for display, featuring a naval-battle cartouche. 8.75" x 11.25". (more information)

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Santo Domingo: Ciudad Trujillo, 1955. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 32pp, printed on rectos only; full-page portraits of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina and General Hector Trujillo Molina. Includes the order of march for the Army, Navy and Air Force groups on parade as well as lists of the officers in each branch. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Ephrata, PA, 1941. not bound. Very Good. Cloth pennant with stars-and-stripes motif, inspired by the American flag, commemorating an employees' picnic on the eve of WWII. 23.5" x 8.5". (more information)

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New Market, VA Henkel Press 1964., 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" pp: 34, (8) Printed on blue stock and bound at center is the eight-page Centennial Commemoration programme. Illustrated by illus from photos, maps. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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South Carolina: Military personnel of Fort Moultrie, 1943. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Various illustrators. 16pp; cartoons throughout the text. April Fool's Edition..WAAC's Take Over Post..No More K.P.!.. It's No Military Secret..Battery B Bombshells..725th Empees..Mattie O'Hara..Yanks Push Ahead in Africa..Navy News.., etc., etc. Mostly humorous pieces by various enlisted men stationed at Fort Moultrie. 10.5" x 8". (more information)

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South Carolina: Military personnel of Fort Moultrie, 1943. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Various illustrators. 18pp; cartoons throughout the text. Mostly humorous pieces by various enlisted men stationed at Fort Moultrie, for example: Lt. Col. Schayer Sees Great Future for Charleston..Releases for Men over 38 Halted..Battery A Antics..Battery B Bombshells..First Battalion Footnotes..Fiftieth Follies!..Navy Flashes from H.E.C.P..725th Empees.., etc., etc. 10.5" x 8". (more information)

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Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Peace Problems Commitee, 1949. Second Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 48pp. Outlines Mennonite beliefs in nonresistance in order to help COs decide between the two alternatives offered them by the US Selective Service Act of 1948. 7.5" x 5.25". (more information)

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Denver, Colorado China-Burma-India Veterans 1956-87 passim., 1956. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" 32pp per issue ".a reminiscing magazine.by and for former members of US units stationed in the China-Burma-India Theatre during WWII. Illustrated by many illus from photographs. First Editions. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Greyhound Corp., 1944. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadsheet, illus in color, folds to 9"x4". One side has text on Greyhound's war effort, insignia of the US Army, Navy, Marines & Air Corps, battle decorations, etc. Side 2 features colored flags and outline maps of the 34 United Nations countries, along with populations, date of entry into WWII, and a map of the US showing Greyhound bus routes. "Serve American Now!.so you can SEE America later!" 18" x 23". (more information)

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NY: A.J. Johnson, 1862. First Edition. not bound. Fine. Engraved, hand-colored map, geographical index printed on back. Shows "interesting localities along the James, Chickahominy and York Rivers." Includes the counties of: King William, Hanover, New Kent, Henrico, Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, Dinwiddie, King and Queen, Gloucester, James City, York, Warwick, Elizabeth City, Nansemond, Norfolk, Surry, Sussex, Southampton, and Isle of Wight. 18" x 26". (more information)

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Australia: V Air Service Area Command, 1944. First Editions. Self-wraps. Very Good. 24pp in all; cartoons in text. Present are six issues from 1944: May 13, May 19, June 17, July 1, July 8 (all 13" x 8") and September 16 (8" x 6.5"). (Volume II, Nos. 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 38.) These stencilled newspapers were written, illustrated and produced by US troops stationed in Australia during World War II. They have a decided "GI" tone and offer local unit news, sports and events, profiles of various GIs in Australia, cartoons, etc. The mastheads list editor, artists, reporters, etc., with the statement: "This issue has been pre-censored and can be mailed home." These are the guys who transported America's "Victory-Mail" to the troops overseas. various sizes. (more information)

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Petersburg, VA, 1864. not bound. Good. A few separations at the folds have been archivally repaired on the verso. Partly printed, accomplished by hand. This extensive broadsheet reveals personal data as well as military career. Samuel Herr, 5 '6" tall, with dark eyes, hair, and complexion, was born at Hollidaysburg, PA, where he joined the service on 9 August 1861. He enlisted for three years, and was mustered in at Washington, DC. He fought in eight battles: Yorktown, April 5 to May 3, 1862; Hanover Court House, VA, May 27, 1862; Gaines Mill, VA, June 27, 1862; Gainesville, VA, Aug. 29, 1862; Antietam, MD, Sept. 17, 1862; Blackburn Ford, Sept. 20, 1862; Fredericksburg, VA, Dec. 13, 1862; and Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863, "When he receive his wound -- He is a good soldier, always zealous in the performance of his duty." This transcript of Sgt. Herr's career in Company M, 62nd Regiment, Penna. Vols Infantry, is signed by the company commander, Capt. John H. Murray, at the station near Petersburg, VA, on June 26th, 1864. Herr was mustered out in July, 1864. The 62nd Regiment, Penna Volunteers, has come to be viewed as "a forgotten regiment of distinction." 10.25" x 21" open. (more information)

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Italy: Stars and Stripes, 1945. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: 113, (8); illustrated text. Contains war-related verse by GIs in Italy: "Hatred's Yield," "To the Master Race," "Mine Layers," "Sniper in France," etc. 9.5" x 6.75". (more information)

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NY: International Acetylene Assn, 1942. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 20pp; six illus in text. Red-white-blue color scheme throughout. "We are all in this war. Every one of us must fight to win." This World War II patriotic piece tells "Mr. Oxy-acetylene Operator" that "your welding or cutting torch is the equivalent of the soldier's rifle" and "how you treat your blowpipe may affect someone in our armed forces, even your son, brother, relative or friend." This handbook is full of instructions on conserving materials, safety hints, etc. 5.5" x 3.5". (more information)

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Princeton, NJ: American Whig Society), 1871. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Spine is a little chipped, else in very good condition. 31pp. Scott, a veteran of the War of 1812, was the oldest member of the New Jersey bar when he died in New Brunswick at age 93. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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Hanover, PA: U.S. Navy, 1943. Original. not bound. Very Good. Broadside; few nicks at edges. Printed in red-white-blue on card stock, in part: ". Join the Navy with other girls from your home town. 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M., Thursday, August 17 . WAVES." 13.5" x 10.5". (more information)

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Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1942. Original. Soft Cover. Very Good. Printed paper covers. 32pp, index. The focus here is on woman's role in the war effort, now that "fathers, husbands and sons . heard the call to arms." 9" x 5.5". (more information)

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Leavenworth, Kansas: Ladies of the G.A.R., 1913. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 39pp; small piece chipped from corner of first few leaves, no text loss. This is the rulebook for the society of "mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, granddaughters, and blood kin nieces of soldiers, sailors and marines" who had fought on the Union side in the Civil War, and also for "ex-army nurses and all lineal descendants." 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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Lancaster, PA, 1943. not bound. Fine. This eye-catching memento of the World War II homefront is expertly hand-lettered in white, with underlines and border in red, on a blue background. Above is a gilt spread eagle. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Alexandria, VA, 1863. not bound. Very Good. Partly printed, accomplished by hand. U.S. General Hospital, Alexandria, VA, January 14, 1863. Attests that John Long, Private, Company M, 62 Reg't, Penna Vols, died at this Hospital, January 13th, 1863, of Gun Shot wound . Signed by John E. S[---], Surgeon, in charge of the hospital. Below that is an inventory of the effects of Private Long, who died at Mansion House Hospital, as above. His belongings amounted to one knapsack and two blankets. A bit of research reveals that Pvt Long died of wounds received at the Battle of Fredericksburg, a Union disaster, where 70 men of the 62nd were killed wounded, or missing. In the Diary of Mary Phinney, she provides insight into the scene at Mansion House Hospital, one of squalor, death, and horror. Ms. Phinney volunteered there as a nurse, serving under Dorothea Dix. She notes that Dix had warned her that "the surgeon in charge [Dr. S, she calls him] was determined to give her no foothold in any hospital where he reigned, and that I was to take no notice of anything that might occur, and was to make no complaint whatever might happen." The 62nd Regiment, Penna Volunteers, has come to be viewed as "a forgotten regiment of distinction." 9.75" x 8". (more information)

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NY: Edward B. Marks, 1932. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Words and music by L.Z. Phillips. Arranged by Rosamond Johnson. 6pp, in part: "From the halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli .." Copyrighted by the USMC in 1919. 12.25" x 9.25". (more information)

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Toledo and Chicago, 1945. not bound. Good. Three letters, 3pp in all. All three are aimed at resuming normal business since the war has ended and government restrictions have been lifted. ".We hope you will forgive us for our enforced but cheerful war work since Pearl Harbor. Restrictions have been lifted on the sale of steel products by warehouses now that the war is won. Thanks for your cooperation during the trying war years.," etc. 11" x 8.5". (more information)

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