SIAMO TUTTI CONTRO PRAGA [cover title]
30.5 x 25 cm. (62) pp. of photographs, with occasional captions. One page of introductory text. Blue paper wrappers, unevenly faded. Photo illustration laid down on front cover. Pictures taken by Giuseppe Pin over the course of three hours on August 21, 1968 as Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to occupy it and end the Dubcek era. A very good copy. ZACHARY TAYLOR, SOLDIER OF THE REPUBLIC. Illustrated
HAMILTON, Holman First Edition, 1/250 copies (this #15) of the Illinois Edition, signed by the author. 8vo. 334 pp. Illustrated from old paintings and drawings, plates, portraits, maps. Biography of the American general and future president through the end of the Mexican War; a native of Virginia, Taylor (1784-1850) was raised near present-day Louisville, Kentucky, and established his family home near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the 1820s. After service in four wars (War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Seminole Wars, and Mexican War), Taylor was elected President of the United States in 1848, but died mid-term in 1850. Burgundy cloth, gilt spine title, color illustrated dust jacket with wear to edges and a few tape repairs on verso. U.S. ARMY AIRCRAFT (HEAVIER-THAN-AIR) 1908 – 1946
First edition. Grey illustrated paper wrapper, stapled. 23 cm. 64 pp. Numerous photo illustrations. Some rubbing to spine, old stains to wrappers and lower margins of a few pages, previous owner's signature on front wrapper, else a good copy. "This publication catalogues the United States Army's airplanes, from the first flimsy pusher through the full roster of gasoline-engined models to the latest mentionable jet, turbo and rocket-propelled craft." VIET CONG MILITARY SYMBOLS
The Canadian School of Military Intelligence Reproduced typescript. 33 x 20.5 cm. Stiff paper front cover (rear cover lacking?), stapled in upper left corner; 17 pp. of symbols with caption titles, printed rectos only on green paper (last two pages detached). Each sheet marked confidential in type. No copies listed. A curious study as Canada did not participate in the Vietnam War other than with peacekeeping forces in 1973. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS UPON THE STUDY OF THE SCIENCE OF WAR, From a Paper read to the U. S. Military Service Institute, West Point, October 11, 1877
19 x 14 cm. (5), 6 - 21pp. with Schofield's card tipped-in. Bound in printed orange wrappers. Very good. OCLC: NYPL, West Point, Yale Univ., Lib. of Congress, Boston Univ., Duke Univ., US Army War College. THE 8th SEES ENGLAND [cover title]
Buff pictorial paper wrappers, stapled. 27 cm. (no pagination). A collection of photographs, most with captions, depicting various towns and sites in England, including London, Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, etc., as well as military images, plus a photo illustration of Lt. Gen. James Doolittle, Commanding General, 8th A.A.F. England, and a single page map of London showing the locations of American Red Cross clubs. Some soiling to wrappers, previous owner's signature on front cover. Very good. DEMAND OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON VIET NAM.
Reproduced typescript. Broadsheet, 28 x 21 cm. [2] pp. Text in English on recto, and in Spanish on verso. A few creases, else a very good copy. "The dirty war in Viet Nam grows dirtier and bloodier as U.S. B-52 bombers day after day drop tons of death on defenseless men, women and children. Lower East Side Mobilization for Peace Action speaks for many of our fellow citizens when we urge: STOP THE BOMBINGS! NEGOTIATE WITH THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (VIET CONG)! LET THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DECIDE THEIR OWN DESTINY!" The flyer goes on to say that 1965 is being hailed as a year of national prosperity, industrial growth and declining unemployment, but "in our district, among the majority of our neighbors who are negro or Puerto Rican, statistics for most of this year show a rise in joblessness." The future for them is likely the draft and the far-away jungles of Viet Nam. The broadsheet encourages readers to sign post cards to their Rep. Leonard Farbstein demanding open debate on the war. SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY. SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN OF THE ALLIED FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE
Small broadside, 20 x 15 cm. A message from the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre, British Field-Marshal H.R. Alexander: "After nearly two years of hard and continuous fighting which started in Sicily in the summer of 1943, you stand today as the victors of the Italian Campaign." He praises their great and victorious campaign to clear Italy of Nazi aggressors and liberate over 40,000,000 people. "My gratitude to you and my admiration is unbounded and only equalled by the pride which is mine in being your Commander-in-Chief." Alexander's signature reproduced at the end of the six paragraph text. Old fold lines, else very good.