Military from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History / Department of the Army, 1964., 1964.. Very good. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth with the American Bald Eagle crest stamped in gilt on the front cover and titled in gilt on the spine. The corners of the covers and… Read more about this item

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: The General Service Schools Press, 1921., 1921.. Good. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY COLONEL NAYLOR AND WITH A SIGNED LETTER BY HIM TO CAPTAIN, AND LATER U.S. AMBASSADOR LINCOLN MACVEAGH - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth backed with a black leather spine, titled in gilt between gilt rules… Read more about this item

London: Published for the author, at Egerton's Military Library, [1836]., [1836].. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, rebound in mottled brown boards titled in gilt on the front cover and on the spine, with new endpapers. The covers are warped & rubbed. The pagination is as follow: blank leaf, title, 96 pages and a… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: June 18, 1927., 1927.. Very good. - Over 85 words typed on 9-1/4 inch high by 7 inch wide "GENERAL OF THE ARMIES" letterhead with attached integral blank leaf. General Pershing writes to Lincoln MacVeagh, founder and president of The Dial Press, thanking him for sending "a copy of Mr. Mottram's work, 'The Spanish Farm Trilogy'. I appreciate… Read more about this item

[France?]. July 20, 1918., 1918.. Very good. - Octavo, 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide. Approximately 173 words penned on three of the four sides of a folded sheet of personalized letterhead. The letterhead from his family home of Brockhurst, Grange Road, Guernsey was used elsewhere as is indicated by the identification having a line crossed through… Read more about this item

Paris: Revue universelle, November 1-15, 1936., November 1-15, 1936.. Very good. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, 2 issues bound in printed gray wrappers titled in black on the front covers and the spines. The edges of the covers are lightly creased with a couple of very tiny tears and minor chipping to the head of… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Produced for The Cavalry Journal by The National Service Publishing Company, (May, 1931)., (May, 1931).. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black cloth titled in blind on the front cover and in gilt on the spine. The spine's gilt titling has faded to gray. The covers are lightly bumped. xxxi,… Read more about this item

Very good. - A 2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide slip of paper clipped from a "Birthday Book" signed "William R. Livermore" by the American engineer & surveyor under his January 11 birth date. Very good. The American engineer & surveyor William Roscoe Livermore (1843-1919) was the author of "Maneuvers for Infantry" and of a history of… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Broadway Books, [1999]., [1999].. Fine. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wrappers with a cover photograph by Henri Huet. 209 pages. Near fine. Fourth printing of the paperback edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE: "TO BARRY, TIM O'BRIEN".

April, 1931., 1931.. Good. THIS COMPANY OF 221 MEN SUFFERED 166 CASUALTIES DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR - Octavo, a 9 inch high by 6 inch wide 4-page pamphlet listing the casualties sustained in 1918 by Company I, 107th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Force in France during the First World War. The bottom left corner of the… Read more about this item

[Korea], circa February through June, [1953]., [1953].. Good. - An original 8 inch high by 10 inch wide black & white photograph of 3 American commanding officers in Korea during the waning months of the Korean War. Pictured are General Maxwell D. Taylor, Admiral Arthur W. Radford, and Major-General Philip De Witt Ginder with his elbow resting on… Read more about this item

[Czech Republic], [1945]., [1945].. Fine. - An original 5-3/8 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide softly hued black & white photograph on card stock. The photograph depicts Colonel Philip De Witt Ginder in his army uniform and helmet greeting a woman who is holding American flags over her shoulder. With several European officials and American soldiers behind… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C., February 10, 1969., 1969.. Fine. - Over 325 words typed on two 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide sheets of creamy white paper, with the "Department of the Navy Office of the Chief of Naval Operations" letterhead illustrated with the "Department of Defense" seal at the top of the first page. In his letter, Admiral… Read more about this item

Albany, NY: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1868., 1868.. Good. - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. The corners are bumped and there is rippling to the cloth along the spine. [ii] & 371 pages. There are spots of foxing to… Read more about this item

The Plattsburger, Inc., 1917., 1917.. Good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide. Brown cloth with the title & date embossed in black on the front cover. The covers are rubbed with several stains and there is wear to the corners and a short tear to the top edge of the rear joint. 240 pages, with… Read more about this item

Newark, NJ: Work Projects Administration, New Jersey, (1943)., (1943).. Good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan wrappers backed with black cloth tape. The binding is bumped & chipped with pieces out. The rear cover is lightly foxed with a piece out of the bottom corner. The cloth tape is… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: April 13, 1932., 1932.. Very good. - 60 words typed on an approximately 8 inch square sheet of U.S. House of Representatives letterhead with "John Q. Tilson / 3d Dist. Connecticut" printed at top left. Signed "John Q. Tilson". A pencil check mark in the left margin, slightly affecting 1 letter of the text, probably indicates… Read more about this item

Cornwallville, NY: Hope Farm Press & Bookshop, (1968)., (1968).. Very good. - Octavo. 1 folded sheet, 8-1/2 inches high by 11 inches wide, with 1-leaf insert: title & 5-page checklist. There is minor soiling. Very good.

February 11, [1864]., [1864].. Very good. - Three-page letter penned on 3 sides of 2 sheets of approximately 7-1/4 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide paper which has been tipped onto a slightly larger piece of cream-colored card. Signed "H Percy". Folded twice for mailing. Near fine. Lord Percy writes a friendly letter to Mary Ford. After accepting… Read more about this item

Albany, June 15, 1865., 1865.. Very good. - An attractive 7-1/4 inch high by 12 inch wide document on creamy white stock. The bond, issued to the County of Cortland for the amount of $1,000, was issued by the State of New York to pay bounties to entice men to volunteer as soldiers in the Civil War. Issued… Read more about this item