Philadelphia: D. McKay Co, 1943. Quarto. 64 unnumbered pages, issued in a comic form at ten cents and was very popular by boys whose fathers were away at war. The author was 6 feet 7 inches but such a good reporter, the marines let him join the D-day invasion of..... More
(Lawrence, Kansas1989): University of Kansas. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 198pp., index. A work that captures the last days of the pre-mechanized life in the U.S. Cavalry. The author (and later George C. Marshall) saw the failure of Maj. Gen. John K. Herr who fought the idea that tanks might..... More
Washington, DC: GPO.Morale Division, 1947. Quarto. vi, 262 pages. An important early collection as the US military studied the effects of the bombing on the morale of the Japanese. Uncovered were mimeographed letters circulated opposing the war by Japanese dissenters, The subversion work of Ito is given. A fascinating report..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Chicago 1930, 1945. Quarto. 16 leaves. These classes were held in May of 1945 anticipating how Americans should Japanese language and the culture for what would in a future year would be the military control of Japan (this special class was four months before the first..... More
[Lederer, Street and Zeus, Printers; Berkeley, California; 1946]. Oblong Quarto. Construction battalion detachment was the one assigned to the Solomon Islands where they performed major tasks to create a major docking facility while fighting malaria and insects. This remarkable volume has hundreds of photographs that document the 1008th which was..... More
Leipzig: Verlag Des Boersenvereins Der, 1924. Small Octavo. 17(1)pp., (23)pp. ads. German text. From the library of Dr. Hans Lohmeyer a German jurist and Lord Mayor of Königsberg with his bookplate. The Question of war guilt - a list of the literature of Germany and abroad. Bound in blue linen..... More
Zurich. (1941): Europa Verlag. Octavo. 64 pp. German text. Introduction by Charles Clark, bound in stiff white paper in pictorial dust jacket lettered in black and blue.Edge wear, some light finger soiling, sticker to rear page. A good copy. More
New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute, 1946. Octavo. 291p. index. Yivo English translation series. An important study of how such a large part of the German academic community accepted the ideas of Anti-Jewish "Science". Among the worst was Gerhard Kittel whose expertise in the Hebrew Bible was soon interpreted through the..... More
Yonkers, NY: Alicat Bookshop, 1948. Octavo. 40 unnumbered pages. During World War II, Willeford served as a tank commander with the 10th Armored Division of George S. Patton's Third Army. He earned the Bronze Star, Silver Star and the Purple Heart as well as the Luxenbourg Croix de Guerre. After..... More
Presidio of San Francisco: Denson Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 225pp. The story of the author, nurses, dietitians, and physical therapists who were trapped in the Philippines from December 1941 to February 1945. Dust jacket has light edge wear. More
Osaka: Yamanaka & Co., 1930. Quarto. No pagination. 58 leaves. Only four copies are found on OCLC (Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Art Library of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Smithsonian, Harvard fine art Library.). Translation of title: Ancient folk arts of the world-- mainly Japanese, Korean and Chinese..... More
Minneapolis, MN:(2008): I Was There Press. First Edition. Quarto. Signed by Ken Dahlberg on the title page. Ken was an amazing man. During the second world war he was shot down three times, escaped twice and ended the war in a POW camp. After the war, he dabbled in the..... More