Washington DC: The American National Red Cross, 1951. Revised Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 12 PP. Original 1951 revised edition, from the 1948 first issue. An introduction to service in the Red Cross. Includes information on community health and safety jobs as well as proper attire..... More
![Item #8947 Oyama and Kuropatkin: A Comparison / June 5th 1905 [ORIGINAL 15 PAGE TYPED DRAFT]....](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8947.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766093645)
Original, 1905. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 13 1/2 Inches. 15 PP. A WELL-RESEARCHED CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN VIEW OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR OF 1904-05. Folded original 15 page speech given to the Contemporary Club in Philadelphia, circa 1905. The speech details the present struggle between Aleksey Kuropatkin (Russia) and Prince yama..... More
![Item #8884 The Best and the Brightest [SIGNED 1ST]. David HALBERSTAM](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8884.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764888149)
New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 5/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 688 PP. Stated "First Edition" copy signed and inscribed on the FFEP by Halberstam. Signed "For Fred and Martha - who are the best and the brightest / David Halberstam." Original price of $10.00..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Inches. 408 PP. First edition with matching dated of "1872" on the title-page and copyright page. Signed and inscribed by the author to Washington McLean Esq. directly on the first blank page. An important..... More
1967. Original wraps. 5 X 7 Inches. 67 PP. Original circa 1967 manual of military etiquette. The booklet appears designed for an American representative (Captain A.B. McCall) for service in Seoul, Korea. BEARS THE OFFICIAL UNITED NATIONS SEAL TO FRONT COVER. Undated and no publisher information. Includes notes of International..... More
Washington DC: Vietnam Moratorium Committee, 1969. First Edition. Original wraps. 3 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. Iconic original 1969 brochure from the fall 1969 protests, which included a “weekend” of national action spanning Nov. 13th to the 15th. Thousands marched from Arlington Cemetery into Washington, D.C. and other simultaneous demonstrations..... More
New York: The Outlook Company, 1917. First Edition. Original wraps. 9 X 12 Inches. IMPORTANT ISSUE FEATURING PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON GIVING HIS SPEECH TO CONGRESS ON THE SEVERING OF RELATIONS WITH GERMANY AT THE OUTSET OF WWI. Cover story "The Dawn and Sunrise of History" by Theodore Roosevelt. Numerous period..... More
![Item #8765 Last Harass #9 [Sept. 1971]. Michael ROSSMAN](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8765.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763399782)
Augusta, GA: Last Harass, 1971. First Edition. Original wraps. 11 1/2 X 16 Inches. 8 PP. Original September, 1971 issue of LAST HARASS, an anti-war periodical out of Fort Gordon, GA. Classic 1970's GI Underground newapaper featuring anti-war, drug and GI Rights articles. Rear cover features a large Fabulous Furry..... More
![Item #8595 Mopping Up [A Dog Story of the Princess "Pats."] - SIGNED BY BOXER JACK MUNROE. Jack...](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8595.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757712698)
New York: H.K. Fly Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 5/8 Inches. 319 PP. First edition of Munroe's novel of his time with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry during World War I. The story is told through the eyes of his collie, Bobbie Burns, whom he smuggled overseas..... More
![Item #8593 A New Horizon for Women [in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force]. UNITED STATES ARMY](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8593.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757712698)
Washington DC: United States Army /Recruiting Publicity Bureau, 1948. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 30 PP. "Pursuits which the women of yesterday could only dream about become the opportunities of today and the career of tomorrow - in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 208 PP. First printing with original $7.95 price intact. Signed by Kovic directly on the title-page. Jacket a bit worn edges and spine, with one minor chip to foot of DJ. A very attractive copy..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1917. Cloth. 6 X 9 Inches. 412 PP. Original paper cover label with illustration by N.C. Wyeth. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Collection of writings, poems and letters on the importance of the French cause in WWI. Light scuffing to boards. Binding a bit shaken, but holding nicely..... More
Dayton, Ohio: United States Army Air Service, 1923. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 x 9 Inches. 34 PP. Original stapled wraps. Scarce original manual for the "Nelson" machine gun from one of the first US army air bases in America. McCook Field was the early Dayton, OH predecessor to..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1967. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 262 PP. "The doom Pussy was the first book on Vietnam to chronicle aerial combat. Among the truckloads of fan mail the author received were scores of letters from veteran pilots who claimed they had..... More
New York: Bantam, 1986. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 130 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Coverage of Airborne operations in WWII and Vietnam. More
Chicago: W.B. Conkey, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 474 PP. Personal records and history of the Spanish American War from Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and George Edward Graham. AEG. Bound in original publisher deluxe leather binding with tipped in limitation page signed "WB Conkey Co" as well as by George..... More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 370 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by author directly on the title-page. Pritzker Military Museum bookplate laid-in. More
Original Handmade Copy. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 Inches. 28 PP. Original circa 1918 handmade WWI children's book. Includes 26 full page plates of American soldiers in various wartime positions. Each depiction accompanied by an affixed hand-typed rhyming description on the verso. Wrapped in fringed cloth likely..... More
Atlantis, FL: Atlantis Arts Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 145 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed by Figiel to Myra Janco Daniels on the FFEP. A wonderful photographic history of the storied Damascus steel used for swords..... More
Florida: Self-Published (Broad Horizons), 2019. First Edition. Original wraps. 7 1/2 X 9 1/4 Inches. 581 PP. Signed and inscribed by Rodde to "Chief Petty Officer Rafso" on the title-page. WWII Naval autobiography (that sometimes shifts to the third person) detailing Rodde's year in the Navy during the war. His..... More
Springfield, MA: The Indian Motorcycle Company, 1940. First Edition. Original wraps. 3 3/4 X 6 3/8 Inches. 49 PP. Original stapled green wraps as issued. Very early Indian Motorcycle guide issued with new motorcycles for a few of the earlier years. This particular issued for "Military Riders" of Indian cycles..... More
San Francisco: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 Inches. 284 PP. First printing of this study and guide to Japanese Sword guards. Gift note on MIT stationery from Cyril Stanley Smith, famed member of the Manhattan Project responsible for the production..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: James E. Hicks, 1940. Andre Jandot. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 117 PP. [80 Plates]. First edition of this privately printed book on United States military handguns and rifles. Signed and dated by Andre Jandot on the FFEP. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1942. Hardcover. 7 7/8 X 10 5/8 Inches. 108 [11] PP. Published by and for the Indoctrination and Communication School of the Naval Training School at Harvard. Includes six large illustrations of "Ensign" Donald Duck by Walt Disney. One of the overlooked gems of Disney's morale-building..... More
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 256 PP. First printing signed with lengthy inscription on December 7, 1995 - the 45th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Original price of $29.95 intact. King was later the subject of..... More