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ZEILER, Charles A., Henry P. Pollinger, and August Lipanovich
        [Photo Album]: "Why Visit the New England States?"
      New England. 1940. Oblong folio. Measuring 11.5" x 15". String-tied cloth over paper boards with stamped decorations and "Photographs" stamped on the front board. Contains 82 black and white or sepia toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2.75" x 4.5" and 4.5" x 6", with captions. Very good album with some age-toning and edgewear with near fine photographs.A photo album kept by three men, Charles A. Zeiler, Henry P. Pollinger, and August Lipanovich, who referred to themselves as "the three mosquitos," while traveling in New England in 1940. The album appears to have been compiled as a school assignment and is titled "Why Visit the New England States?" The album begins with pictorial postcards of the White Mountains with captions reading "scenic view of New Hampshire" and "sunset on the White Mountains." The photos and postcards are heavily captioned and detail the trip from beginning to end. One photo reads, "our trip almost ended the first day. We got stuck in the mud. Henry and Charlie pushed Augie out of the soup. The road was in Pennsylvania of course." They visited all the highlights they could think of between Pennsylvania and Maine including Plymouth Rock, Mount Washington, and "the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon." One photo reads, "Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon had nothing on the Delaware Water Gap also in the Keystone State. This picture was taken from the highway looking up the gap." They also photographed tourists throughout their travels with one candid photo reading "girl scouts at Plymouth Rock. They refused to let us take their picture so we snapped it when they were not looking. The fact that they had on shorts had nothing to do with our wanting their picture." The men visit waterfalls, hike up mountains, and visit historic sites with a photo reading, "a waterfall above Buttermilk Falls near Ithaca, New York. We all went over the lower rapids in a barrel." A photo taken in the White Mountains reads, "the top of the White Mountains was literally full of rocks. In fact the path was marked by rocks formed into a small pile. Here Henry sighs for new worlds to conquer." One photo of two of the party reads, "the boys look happy on this picture for some reason or other. In the foreground one sees the one and only worm with Sir Malcolm Lipanovich in the rear. Why has Sir Malcolm such a sly grin on the face." The final page includes business cards and tickets from throughout their trip. The album concludes with a handwritten account of their favorite attractions and a list of "things we should never do" which included such advice as "never shoot off fireworks at Old Orchard Beach, Maine," "never try to steal Plymouth Rock," and never run over a skunk with a new car."A pleasing and heavily captioned photo album detailing a trip from Pennsylvania to Maine. .

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John Wisden
        John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1940 - 1940 Original Hardback Wisden, Ex library
      Hi, We recently purchased the Wisdens from the Bolton Library and were pleasently surprised by their condition, they are Ex-Library and have stamps etc to them but they are priced very low so a great way to buy a cheap hardback that may be better than you think. This lot is a 1940 Original Hardback Wisden in Good Condition, Page 353/4 is missing. Otherwise this Wisden is a very good book for an ex library. The boards are a touch dark with the odd mark. The hinges show some weakness and you can see the mesh which is very common for a '40 but they hold their own. Decent Gilt enough. The library factor are : Stamps to a few pages, stamps to page block and a white square fixed to the rear cover. Rock bottom price due to missing page. (Stated on first page).

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Hitchcock, Alfred (director)
        FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)
      United Artists 1940 - Vintage original 22 x 28" (55 x 70 cm.) half sheet poster, USA. Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Academy Award-nominated classic for which Hitchcock beautifully blended suspense, action and comedy. There was also a bold political statement, made just as the entire world went to war, that neutrality will not work when others are bent on war. This film, along with Rebecca (which would win many of the Oscars that year) made a huge impression on America during Hitchcock's first year of Hollywood film making. Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine were the director's first choices for the leads played by McCrea and Day. This half sheet has a much stronger design than the film's one sheet poster, and it is always a frustratingly elusive piece to find. This poster has been cleaned and is in beautifully preserved condition, paper-backed with the strong center fold addressed with minor touch-up. Internal creases and minor edge tears have been addressed as well. VERY GOOD-FINE

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Mayer, Joseph Edward, And Maria Goeppert Mayer (Ownership Signature Of Willis H. Ware]
        Statistical Mechanics
      New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good + DJ. Signed by Willis H Ware. 1st Printing Xi, 495 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. A Fine Example, With No Wear, All Gilt Brilliant, And Just Slight Aging To Pages. In The Scarce Dj,Very Light Wear, A Few Small Chips And Tears. The First Separate Publication By Nobel Prize Winner Maria Goeppert Mayer, After Journal Publications Including Some As A Co-Author With Max Born. "The Rapid Increase, In The Past Few Decades, Of Knowledge Concerning The Structure Of Molecules Has Made The Science Of Statistical Mechanics A Practical Tool For Interpreting And Correlating Experimental Data.It Is Therefore Desirable To Present This Subject In A Simple Manner In Order To Make It Easily Available To Scientists Whose Familiarity With Theoretical Physics Is Limited...We Express Our Gratitude To Professors Max Born, Karl F. Herzfeld, And Edward Teller, Who Have Read And Criticized Several Parts Of The Manuscript..." A Fine Copy, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Dj With Almost No Wear, A Few Small Losses At Corners, A Very Few Short Edge Tears. Ownership Signature Of Pioneering Computer Engineer Willis H. Ware. Maria Goeppert Mayer (June 28, 1906 - February 20, 1972) Was A German-Born American Theoretical Physicist, And Nobel Laureate In Physics For Proposing The Nuclear Shell Model Of The Atomic Nucleus. She Was The Second Female Nobel Laureate In Physics, After Marie Curie. A Graduate Of The University Of Göttingen, Goeppert Mayer Wrote Her Doctorate On The Theory Of Possible Two-Photon Absorption By Atoms. At The Time, The Chances Of Experimentally Verifying Her Thesis Seemed Remote, But The Development Of The Laser Permitted This. Today, The Unit For The Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section Is Named The Goeppert Mayer (Gm) Unit. Goeppert Mayer Married Joseph Edward Mayer, And Moved To The United States, Where He Was An Associate Professor At Johns Hopkins University. Strict Rules Against Nepotism Prevented Johns Hopkins University From Taking Her On As A Faculty Member, But She Was Given A Job As An Assistant And Published A Landmark Paper On Double Beta Decay In 1935. In 1937, She Moved To Columbia University, Where She Took An Unpaid Position. During World War Ii, She Worked For The Manhattan Project At Columbia On Isotope Separation, And With Edward Teller At The Los Alamos Laboratory On The Development Of The Teller's "Super" Bomb. After The War, Goeppert Mayer Became A Voluntary Associate Professor Of Physics At The University Of Chicago (Where Teller And Her Husband Worked) And A Senior Physicist At The Nearby Argonne National Laboratory. She Developed A Mathematical Model For The Structure Of Nuclear Shells, For Which She Was Awarded The Nobel Prize In Physics In 1963, Which She Shared With J. Hans D. Jensen And Eugene Wigner. In 1960, She Was Appointed Full Professor Of Physics At The University Of California At San Diego. Ware'S Participation In A Classified World War Ii Project To Identify Friendly Aircraft Led The Mathematician John Von Neumann To Recruit Him To Help Develop A Computer At The Institute For Advanced Study In Princeton, N.J., In 1946. That Machine Was Not The First Digital Computer, But It Was Based On A Set Of Design Ideas Described By Dr. Von Neumann That Were Broadly Influential - First On The Design Of Computers Built By Scientists Around The World, And Then On An Early Ibm Computer Known As The 701. Many Of These Concepts Are Still Visible In The Structure Of Modern Computers And Smartphones. Mr. Ware, Part Of A Small Group Of Engineers Working On That Machine, Was The First To Try To Engineer Many Of The Components That Would Become Vital To Modern Computers. His Experience In Designing High-Speed Electronic Circuits During The War Was Essential To His Work On The Computer At The Institute For Advanced Study, Said George Dyson, A Historian Of The Project.

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        [Photo Album]: U.S. Army beginning in 1940 including Hawaii and Fiji
      Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Fiji. 1940. Oblong folio. Measuring 11" x 15". String-tied white leather over paper boards with stamped decorations and "Photographs" stamped on the front cover. Contains 586 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1.5" and 8" x 10", some with captions. Album is very good with short tears, some detached pages, and rubbing with near fine photographs.A photo album kept by an American soldier during World War II. The album begins in 1940 roughly a year before the United States officially joined the war effort. His training took place at Fort McClellan, Alabama and Fort Benning, Georgia. A small section of photos shows rows of tents and soldiers walking the grounds. Photos show the men practicing marching, standing at attention, and holding rifles. A page of ten photographs shows the Christmas celebration in 1940 at Fort McClellan with photos of long tables set out with food, decorations, and family and friends visiting the troops. The men are also seen digging trenches and fortifying them with plywood. A final section from training shows the men with a number of armored tanks.After training, the complier was sent to Hawaii in 1941 where most of the album takes place. Hawaii became central to the United States' war effort in the Pacific hosting hundreds of thousands of servicemen as they moved through on their way to and from battle. These photos show the men in their barracks as well as the sights of Hawaii including surfing, fishing, and the beautiful landscape. The people of Hawaii are also present throughout the album captured at events such as hula dancing and rodeo. The soldiers are seen posing with the hula, and numerous photos show the Hawaiian rodeo with photos of roped cattle and men on horseback. The solidiers are also shown in uniform hiking the rock faces and hills of the coast, on the beaches, in small boats, and holding birds, including a small owl and some sea fowl. 18 photo strips of the men are included showing them in group shots, candids, and portraits depicting their time on base. There are also some commercial images and postcards from the island featuring a volcano erupting, grass huts, and Malua Bridge and Tunnel. The final pages, after a break in the album, contain 79 commercial images from Fiji. It appears the soldier was shipped there from Hawaii and collected these as souvenirs. They show the native people of the island and landscape with printed captioned such as "spearing fish" and "Fijian ladies." After hearing that the Japanese had planned to use the island, US troops occupied it first and used the Fiji Islands as a staging area. Thousands of Fijians volunteered to help with the war effort by fighting and allowing the use of their land.An extensive collection of photographs detailing a soldier in Hawaii in World War II. .

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(WORLD WAR II; Japan.)
        Photograph album: "Thoughts on Military Life" (title in Japanese).
      Japan: , 1940. Landscape quarto (215 × 282 mm). Original silk cord-backed album of black half morocco-grained cloth, bottle green velvet boards, the front deeply stamped with title in gilt together with Japanese Army Cadet insignia of a star within wreath, and motif of a steel helmet in red with gilt katana in a flurry of cherry blossom petals. Title page with "calligraphic inscription" extolling the five codes of the Imperial Precepts to Soldiers and Sailors - Loyalty, Propriety, Valour, Fai8thfulness and Righteousness, and Valour - 75 original photographs of various formats - ranging from 100 × 70 mm to 115 × 155 mm - neatly mounted on 48 black card leaves, tissue-guards remaining intact, and to verso of the free endpapers, some with carefully written captions in Japanese on shaped paper labels beneath. A little rubbed at the extremities, but overall very good. Superb personal photo album portraying the training of a Japanese infantry officer cadet at the junior division of the Rikugun Yonen Gakko - Imperial Japanese Army Academy - at Asaka in Saitama province, at the outset of World War II. Images show his family and friends; his well-appointed room with stacked arms; group portraits of cadets; the buildings on campus and locally, interiors of a mess hall, lecture theatre, and of a barrack-room; parades, and drill on the drill square; training exercises with firehoses and with howitzers, and attack training under live fire with smoke drifting across the parade ground; jukenjitsu or kendo-style bayonet training; sumo wrestling, and a traditional dance performance. A highly evocative visual document, which is further enhanced by the fact that is has the marks of having been captured and passed as legitimate "loot" with the ink-stamp "Examined in the field passed by Joint Intelligence". It was taken by U.S. Marine Sergeant, Michael Kolesar, of Ironwood, Michigan, serving with A Co., 6th Tank Battalion, 6th Marine Division and has his ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, datelined Okinawa, April, 1945. The 6th Marine Division was the only U.S. Marine Division formed and disbanded overseas, never setting foot as a Division in the United States. It was formed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in September 1944, composed of the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines, and assorted Engineering, Medical, Tank, Headquarters, and service battalions. They landed on Okinawa, 1 April 1945, as part of III Amphibious Corps, swept through the northern Ishikawa Isthmus, and then engaged in heavy fighting against the Shuri Line located in hills honeycombed with caves and passages across the southern Coastline, fighting for over a week, and then advanced through Naha. Kolesar's tank battalion was involved in the campaign through Naha, and then the Oroku peninsula, sustaining heavy losses. For its part in an operation which came to be known as the "Typhoon of Steel" for the sheer intensity of the fighting, the 6th received a Presidential Unit Citation for "extraordinary heroism in action". The Division was prepared for the invasion of Japan which never took place, so they were sent to Tsingtao, China in October, 1945, disbanding in April 1946. Kolesar was evidently back home before the unit reached China, the Ironwood Daily Globe of 24 October 1945 recording his presentation of a Japanese rifle that he had brought back as a trophy to the local Conservation Club, he evidently retained possession of this attractive and fascinating album.

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CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston Spencer (1874-1965).
        SIGNED Wartime Postcard of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, seen with his Daughter Mary.
      [1940s].. Photographic postcard, taken from a full-length image 'Enemy overhead Winston Churchill and his daughter Mary scan the skies above southern England, July 1940', boldly signed by the subject near the top margin. Some minor creasing and handling, autograph faded in part. Very good, in common mount and elegant gilt-bevelled wooden frame. Overall deimensions approx 13 x 11 inches. This classic 'Home Front' image shows the Prime Minister and Miss Mary Spencer-Churchill, both in battle-dress with steel helmets and field glasses, engaged in air defence duties. Mr Churchill is smoking his trademark hand-rolled cigar. During the war, Miss Spencer-Churchill served in mixed anti-aircraft batteries, rose to the rank of Junior Commander, and was her father's aide-de-camp on many of his overseas excursions.

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Henri Gros
        Lot de 8 tirages argentiques photographie Beaune Hospices
      1940 - TRES BEL ENSEMBLE DE PHOTOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES 8 Tirages argentiques originaux par Henri Gros (voir détails ci-dessous) - non signés non datés (mais provenant du lot "Trognes de vignerons") - 1 photo cour intérieur des hospices de Beaune 28,3 x 15 cm - 1 photo cour intérieure des hospices de Beaune avec puits 28,8 x 21 cm - 1 photo puits cour intérieure des hospices de Beaune et vue de la flèche 23,9 x 17,9 cm - 1 photo de la cour intérieure des hospices de Beaune avec toitures, puits, et gargouille 24,1 x 17,3 cm - 1 photo de la galerie, puits et toiture 29,4 x 23 cm - 1 photo des toitures des hospices depuis la cour intérieure 29,7 x 21,4 cm - 1 photo de la cour intérieure et des toitures 29,8 x 22,4 cm - 1 photo depuis l'étage de la galerie (ombre) 29,8 x 21,3 cm TRÈS BON ÉTAT DES ÉPREUVES

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The Reverend John A. O'Brien; William S. Gray; May Hill Arbuthnot; Eleanor Campbell [Illustrator]; Keith Ward [Illustrator]; Miriam Story Hurford [Illustrator];
        On S'Amuse (Fun with Dick and Jane) in French Cathedral Reader 1940's
      Montreal Et Toronto: W. J. Gage Limitee, 1940's. Hardcover. Excellent. Quite A Find Here! This is the French version of Fun With Dick and Jane Cathedral Reader from the 1940's. Book is in Great condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages! There is one stamp on the first blank end page in the upper right hand corner stating: "Ecole Garneau 28 St-Paul Salaberry-De-Va Leyfield". There are NO other marks or writing inside or outside of the book. There is some very minor soiling around this stamp and also in the outside corners of the last blank end page- this is very minor. Dick and Jane and Sally are called Paul and Jeanne and Lise in this edition, but they are the same exact characters and drawings as Dick, Jane, and Sally. Outside covers are very nice with just very minor corner and edge wear. Wonderful Illustrations and Great Collectible!

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Brainard, David L
        Six Came Back The Arctic Adventure of David L. Brainard
      NF. New York & Indianapolis by Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1940. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 305 pages, frontispiece portrait, black-and-white photographic plates, cartographic endpapers. PublisherÕs blue cloth with bright gilt titles on cover and spine. In Near Fine Condition Ñ a lovely copy of an important first hand account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition under the command of Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. This volume contains BrainardÕs entire diary, a portion of which (the last four chapters) was published in 1929 as ÒOutpost of the Lost.Ó ÑArctic Bibliography 2071. First person account by Sergeant David Brainard, one of the six lone survivors of the 25 man Greely Expedition - officially called The Lady Franklin Bay Arctic Expedition that sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland in July 1881 with Lt. Adlophus W. Greely in command. On the day of sailing, Sergeant Brainard began his diary Ð this was the first publication of BrainardÕs complete diary account that documented one of the tragic stories of Arctic polar exploration. Brainard was one of three men who pushed up the Greenland coast to plant the American flag in the snow of the most northern latitude men reached at the time. Brainard also achieved Farthest West crossing Grinnell Land from east to west and for the first time sighting the Western Ocean. An important and very scarce book Ñ a very good read.

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Mayer, Joseph Edward, And Maria Goeppert Mayer (Ownership Signature Of Willis H. Ware]
        Statistical Mechanics
      New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good + DJ. Signed by Willis H Ware. 1st Printing Xi, 495 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. A Fine Example, With No Wear, All Gilt Brilliant, And Just Slight Aging To Pages. In The Scarce Dj,Very Light Wear, A Few Small Chips And Tears. The First Separate Publication By Nobel Prize Winner Maria Goeppert Mayer, After Journal Publications Including Some As A Co-Author With Max Born. "The Rapid Increase, In The Past Few Decades, Of Knowledge Concerning The Structure Of Molecules Has Made The Science Of Statistical Mechanics A Practical Tool For Interpreting And Correlating Experimental Data.It Is Therefore Desirable To Present This Subject In A Simple Manner In Order To Make It Easily Available To Scientists Whose Familiarity With Theoretical Physics Is Limited...We Express Our Gratitude To Professors Max Born, Karl F. Herzfeld, And Edward Teller, Who Have Read And Criticized Several Parts Of The Manuscript..." A Fine Copy, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Dj With Almost No Wear, A Few Small Losses At Corners, A Very Few Short Edge Tears. Ownership Signature Of Pioneering Computer Engineer Willis H. Ware. Maria Goeppert Mayer (June 28, 1906 - February 20, 1972) Was A German-Born American Theoretical Physicist, And Nobel Laureate In Physics For Proposing The Nuclear Shell Model Of The Atomic Nucleus. She Was The Second Female Nobel Laureate In Physics, After Marie Curie. A Graduate Of The University Of G?ttingen, Goeppert Mayer Wrote Her Doctorate On The Theory Of Possible Two-Photon Absorption By Atoms. At The Time, The Chances Of Experimentally Verifying Her Thesis Seemed Remote, But The Development Of The Laser Permitted This. Today, The Unit For The Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section Is Named The Goeppert Mayer (Gm) Unit. Goeppert Mayer Married Joseph Edward Mayer, And Moved To The United States, Where He Was An Associate Professor At Johns Hopkins University. Strict Rules Against Nepotism Prevented Johns Hopkins University From Taking Her On As A Faculty Member, But She Was Given A Job As An Assistant And Published A Landmark Paper On Double Beta Decay In 1935. In 1937, She Moved To Columbia University, Where She Took An Unpaid Position. During World War Ii, She Worked For The Manhattan Project At Columbia On Isotope Separation, And With Edward Teller At The Los Alamos Laboratory On The Development Of The Teller's "Super" Bomb. After The War, Goeppert Mayer Became A Voluntary Associate Professor Of Physics At The University Of Chicago (Where Teller And Her Husband Worked) And A Senior Physicist At The Nearby Argonne National Laboratory. She Developed A Mathematical Model For The Structure Of Nuclear Shells, For Which She Was Awarded The Nobel Prize In Physics In 1963, Which She Shared With J. Hans D. Jensen And Eugene Wigner. In 1960, She Was Appointed Full Professor Of Physics At The University Of California At San Diego. Ware'S Participation In A Classified World War Ii Project To Identify Friendly Aircraft Led The Mathematician John Von Neumann To Recruit Him To Help Develop A Computer At The Institute For Advanced Study In Princeton, N.J., In 1946. That Machine Was Not The First Digital Computer, But It Was Based On A Set Of Design Ideas Described By Dr. Von Neumann That Were Broadly Influential - First On The Design Of Computers Built By Scientists Around The World, And Then On An Early Ibm Computer Known As The 701. Many Of These Concepts Are Still Visible In The Structure Of Modern Computers And Smartphones. Mr. Ware, Part Of A Small Group Of Engineers Working On That Machine, Was The First To Try To Engineer Many Of The Components That Would Become Vital To Modern Computers. His Experience In Designing High-Speed Electronic Circuits During The War Was Essential To His Work On The Computer At The Institute For Advanced Study, Said George Dyson, A Historian Of The Project.

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n/a
        Ébredj Anglia! (Wake Up England!)
      NP, [Budapest] 1940 - Oblong octavo (7 1/8 x 9 1/2"). Unpaginated. [6]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Scarce pro-Nazi and anti-British propaganda work published in the early stages of WWII, when England was driven out of the continent following the disastrous Battle of France. This booklet consists of a long two folded sheet containing 29 captioned humorous cartoons revisiting European history after the Versailles Treaty, and blaming England for the dismembering of Hungary. It praises Nazi Germany for abrogating the Versailles "Diktat" by force of arms, and for protecting Hungary. The second part of the cartoons blames Churchill for England's military debacle, and for the bombing of British cities by Nazi planes. The ending message is a warning to the British people: Peace will only return to Great Britain when you get rid of your "warmongering" politicians sold to "International Jewry."Faint folding crease at center. Captions in Hungarian. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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WORLD WAR II; Japan.)
        Photograph album: "Thoughts on Military Life" (title in Japanese).
      Japan: 1940 - Landscape quarto (215 × 282 mm). Original silk cord-backed album of black half morocco-grained cloth, bottle green velvet boards, the front deeply stamped with title in gilt together with Japanese Army Cadet insignia of a star within wreath, and motif of a steel helmet in red with gilt katana in a flurry of cherry blossom petals. A little rubbed at the extremities, but overall very good. Title page with "calligraphic inscription" extolling the five codes of the Imperial Precepts to Soldiers and Sailors - Loyalty, Propriety, Valour, Fai8thfulness and Righteousness, and Valour - 75 original photographs of various formats - ranging from 100 × 70 mm to 115 × 155 mm - neatly mounted on 48 black card leaves, tissue-guards remaining intact, and to verso of the free endpapers, some with carefully written captions in Japanese on shaped paper labels beneath. Superb personal photo album portraying the training of a Japanese infantry officer cadet at the junior division of the Rikugun Yonen Gakko - Imperial Japanese Army Academy - at Asaka in Saitama province, at the outset of World War II. Images show his family and friends; his well-appointed room with stacked arms; group portraits of cadets; the buildings on campus and locally, interiors of a mess hall, lecture theatre, and of a barrack-room; parades, and drill on the drill square; training exercises with firehoses and with howitzers, and attack training under live fire with smoke drifting across the parade ground; jukenjitsu or kendo-style bayonet training; sumo wrestling, and a traditional dance performance. A highly evocative visual document, which is further enhanced by the fact that is has the marks of having been captured and passed as legitimate "loot" with the ink-stamp "Examined in the field passed by Joint Intelligence". It was taken by U.S. Marine Sergeant, Michael Kolesar, of Ironwood, Michigan, serving with A Co., 6th Tank Battalion, 6th Marine Division and has his ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, datelined Okinawa, April, 1945. The 6th Marine Division was the only U.S. Marine Division formed and disbanded overseas, never setting foot as a Division in the United States. It was formed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in September 1944, composed of the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines, and assorted Engineering, Medical, Tank, Headquarters, and service battalions. They landed on Okinawa, 1 April 1945, as part of III Amphibious Corps, swept through the northern Ishikawa Isthmus, and then engaged in heavy fighting against the Shuri Line located in hills honeycombed with caves and passages across the southern Coastline, fighting for over a week, and then advanced through Naha. Kolesar's tank battalion was involved in the campaign through Naha, and then the Oroku peninsula, sustaining heavy losses. For its part in an operation which came to be known as the "Typhoon of Steel" for the sheer intensity of the fighting, the 6th received a Presidential Unit Citation for "extraordinary heroism in action". The Division was prepared for the invasion of Japan which never took place, so they were sent to Tsingtao, China in October, 1945, disbanding in April 1946. Kolesar was evidently back home before the unit reached China, the Ironwood Daily Globe of 24 October 1945 recording his presentation of a Japanese rifle that he had brought back as a trophy to the local Conservation Club, he evidently retained possession of this attractive and fascinating album.

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Hemingway, Ernest
        For Whom the Bell Tolls
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Nearly Fine copy of the book with offsetting to the end-papers (from publishers glue as usual) and slight off-set to the half-title. In a beautiful Nearly Fine dust jacket that is price clipped and shows a trivial nicks and rubs near the spine, but without chips, tears or fading. A book that is extremely difficult to find in this condition. Hemingway's captivating story of an American demolitions expert joining a band of rebels during the Spanish Civil War. Based in part on Hemingway's first-hand experiences in Spain during the 1936 - 1939 civil war. "'For Whom the Bell Tolls' is a tremendous piece of work. It is the most moving document to date on the Spanish Civil War, and the first major novel of the Second World War." (Contemporary NY Times Book Review). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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Hemingway, Ernest
        For Whom The Bell Tolls
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition, with the Scribners A on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ed Lind with very best wishes always Ernest Hemingway." Hemingway has corrected the spelling of the recipient's name. Fine in a excellent near fine first issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears. For Whom the Bell Tolls combines two of the author's recurring obsessions: war and personal honor. "This is the best book Ernest Hemingway has written, the fullest, the deepest, the truest. It will, I think, be one of the major novels of American literature Hemingway has struck universal chords, and he has struck them vibrantly" (J. Donald Adams).

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Malina, Frank J. (With Assistance From Theodore Von Karman, Hsue-Shen Tsien, John W. Parsons, A. M. O. Smith, E. Forman, J. W. Braithwaite); Ownership Signature Of Mark U. Serrurier
        Characteristics of the Rocket Motor Unit Based on the Theory of Perfect Gases (offprint from Vol. 230, No. 4 of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, October 1940)
      Journal of the Franklin Institute, Lancaster 1940 - 454 Pp. Original Offprint From The Journal Of The Franklin Institute, In Their Gray Wrappers, Not Ex-Library. Gray Wrappers Printed In Black. Light Wear, Fading Along Edges. Frank Malina (1912-1981) Played An Important Role In The Beginnings Of The U. S. Government's Rocket Program And, Thereby, The U. S. Space Program, Through His Founding Role In The Galcit Rocket Research Program, Working With Theodore Von Karman And A Small Group Of Cal Tech Students And Others. This Early Paper Discusses Constant Pressure Motors Which Include Either Gas, Liquid, Or Solid Propellants (As Opposed To Constant Volume Solid Pellet Motors), And Is Of Importance As Later That Year Malina Is Credited With A Major Role In The Development Of Solid-Fuel Moteveral Of His Co-Workers And Von Karman, Was The First Or Second Director Of Jpl, And Later Started A New Career As An Avant-Garde Artist And Founder Of The Original Journal Of Arts And Sciences "Leonardo". Ownership Signature Of Mark Serrurier (1904 ¿ 1988) Is The Son Of Dutch-Born Electrical Engineer, Iwan Serrurier, Who Created The Moviola In 1924 Which Became The Technology Used For Film Editing. Mark Was A Graduate Of Caltech And Went On To Work On Designs For The Mt. Palomar 200 Inch (5 M) Hale Telescope. The Pioneering Truss Design He Invented For That Instrument's Massive Tube Structure (The "Serrurier Truss") Is Still Used Today In Large Telescope Designs. During World War Ii, Mark Worked At The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Testing Jet Aircraft Engines. In 1942, Rolf Sabersky Worked In Mechanical Design On The Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel Under Serrurier And Hap Richards. After The War In 1946 Mark Took Over As President Of Moviola Co., His Father Iwan¿S Company. Mark Re-Designed His Fathers Invention With Many Improvements And Ran The Company Until He Sold It In 1966. In 1979, Mark Accepted A Special Academy Award For Technical Achievement" For The Progressive Development Of The Moviola From The 1924 Invention Of His Father, Iwan Serrurier, To The Present Series 20 Sophisticated Film Editing Equipment". He Only Accepted After Insisting That His Late Father's Name Would Also Appear On The Statue. This Offprint- As Most Early "Arroyo Seco Group" Rocket Material- Is Quite Scarce. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA]

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        Ébredj Anglia! (Wake Up England!)
      [Budapest]: NP, 1940. First edition. Softcover. vg. Oblong octavo (7 1/8 x 9 1/2"). Unpaginated. [6]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Scarce pro-Nazi and anti-British propaganda work published in the early stages of WWII, when England was driven out of the continent following the disastrous Battle of France. This booklet consists of a long two folded sheet containing 29 captioned humorous cartoons revisiting European history after the Versailles Treaty, and blaming England for the dismembering of Hungary. It praises Nazi Germany for abrogating the Versailles "Diktat" by force of arms, and for protecting Hungary. The second part of the cartoons blames Churchill for England's military debacle, and for the bombing of British cities by Nazi planes. The ending message is a warning to the British people: Peace will only return to Great Britain when you get rid of your "warmongering" politicians sold to "International Jewry."Faint folding crease at center. Captions in Hungarian. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition.

      [Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller ]

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Malina, Frank J. (With Assistance From Theodore Von Karman, Hsue-Shen Tsien, John W. Parsons, A. M. O. Smith, E. Forman, J. W. Braithwaite); Ownership Signature Of Mark U. Serrurier
        Characteristics of the Rocket Motor Unit Based on the Theory of Perfect Gases (offprint from Vol. 230, No. 4 of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, October 1940)
      Lancaster: Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1940. First Separate Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 9 1/2" Tall. 454 Pp. Original Offprint From The Journal Of The Franklin Institute, In Their Gray Wrappers, Not Ex-Library. Gray Wrappers Printed In Black. Light Wear, Fading Along Edges. Frank Malina (1912-1981) Played An Important Role In The Beginnings Of The U. S. Government's Rocket Program And, Thereby, The U. S. Space Program, Through His Founding Role In The Galcit Rocket Research Program, Working With Theodore Von Karman And A Small Group Of Cal Tech Students And Others. This Early Paper Discusses Constant Pressure Motors Which Include Either Gas, Liquid, Or Solid Propellants (As Opposed To Constant Volume Solid Pellet Motors), And Is Of Importance As Later That Year Malina Is Credited With A Major Role In The Development Of Solid-Fuel Moteveral Of His Co-Workers And Von Karman, Was The First Or Second Director Of Jpl, And Later Started A New Career As An Avant-Garde Artist And Founder Of The Original Journal Of Arts And Sciences "Leonardo". Ownership Signature Of Mark Serrurier (1904 - 1988) Is The Son Of Dutch-Born Electrical Engineer, Iwan Serrurier, Who Created The Moviola In 1924 Which Became The Technology Used For Film Editing. Mark Was A Graduate Of Caltech And Went On To Work On Designs For The Mt. Palomar 200 Inch (5 M) Hale Telescope. The Pioneering Truss Design He Invented For That Instrument's Massive Tube Structure (The "Serrurier Truss") Is Still Used Today In Large Telescope Designs. During World War Ii, Mark Worked At The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Testing Jet Aircraft Engines. In 1942, Rolf Sabersky Worked In Mechanical Design On The Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel Under Serrurier And Hap Richards. After The War In 1946 Mark Took Over As President Of Moviola Co., His Father Iwan'S Company. Mark Re-Designed His Fathers Invention With Many Improvements And Ran The Company Until He Sold It In 1966. In 1979, Mark Accepted A Special Academy Award For Technical Achievement" For The Progressive Development Of The Moviola From The 1924 Invention Of His Father, Iwan Serrurier, To The Present Series 20 Sophisticated Film Editing Equipment". He Only Accepted After Insisting That His Late Father's Name Would Also Appear On The Statue. This Offprint- As Most Early "Arroyo Seco Group" Rocket Material- Is Quite Scarce.

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Mortimer J. Adler
        How To Read A Book - The Art of Getting A Liberal Education
      Simon & Schuster, New York 1940 - No D.J. Blue cloth cover with black inset and gilt lettering on front cover and black inset on heavily sun faded spine with gilt lettering. Covers have staining mainly at the head with minor staining on front edge and foot of cover. Cover has minor corner bumping and shelf wear on foot including spine and rubbing on head of spine. AUTHOR SIGNATURE on paste down paper on FFP. Inside cover and FFP heavily tanned as well as back cover and back free page. Interior pages are lightly tanned, free of marks and tight to the spine. Spine is slightly loose from the cover. Book is slightly bowed. A 10th PRINTING, NOVEMBER 1, 1940. Book measures 5.5" x 8.25" x 1.375". WE SHIP EVERY BUSINESS DAY. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Northwest Rags, Inc.]

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        Das Heer im Kampf. Wandbilder für die deutsche Jugend. Herausgegeben vom OKH.
      Bruckmann München ( Ohne Erscheinungsjahr, wohl nach 1940 erschienen ) .Mappe mit 12 farbgen Kunstdrucken sowie Begleitheft mit 23 Seiten *Bildbeschreibungen*. Die schlichte Mappe in OKarton, Folio ( 51 x 38,5 cm ). Enthalten sind 12 farbige Kunstdrucke im Format 38 x 50,5 cm ( Höhe x Breite ) sowie das kartonierte Begleitheft in 4° ( 29,5 x 21 cm ). Die Bilder nach Gemälden oder Aquarellen von: Hans Liska, Eduard Thöny, Otto Bloss, Hans Alart, Ernst Kretschmann. Gezeigt wird: *Strassenkampf * ( Aquarell Hans Liska ) - *Sprung ans Feindufer - Sturmboote greifen an* ( Aquarell von Hans Alart ) - *Sieg* ( Ernst Kretschmann ) - Flammenwerfer ( Aquarell Hans Liska ) - *Batterie in Feuerstellung* ( Aquarell von Hans Liska ) - *Bunkerkampf* ( Aquarell von Hans Alart ) - PAK schießt Feindpanzer ab - Panzerjäger am Feind ( Aquarell von Hans Liska ) - *Schnelle Truppen Panzergrenadiere ( Jetzt Panzertruppen )* ( Aquarell von Hans Alart ) - *Sturmgeschütze vor* ( Gemälde von Otto Bloss ) - *Eisenbahnstosstrupp; Eisenbahnpioniere im Kampf* ( Aquarell von Hans Liska ) - *Vormarsch - Ein Feldpostbrief* ( Gemälde von Prof. Eduard Thöny) - *Panzerschlacht in Afrika* ( Aquarell von Hans Liska ). Die Mappe etwas beschädigt mit kleiner Fehlstelle am Vorderdeckel unten sowie kleinem Einriß. Die Mappe etwas angestaubt und stockfleckig. Die Drucke von guter Erhaltung, wenige gering an den Ecken angeknickt. - sehr selten - ( Offenbar nicht in deutschen Bibliotheksbeständen vorhanden ) ( Gewicht 1000 Gramm ) ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available ) Versand D: 5,00 EUR OKH, Heer, Drittes Reich, Wehrmacht, Nationalsozialismus, Zweiter Weltkrieg, Hans Liska, Google, Oberkommando des Heeres, Eduard Thöny, Otto Bloss, Hans Alart, Ernst Kretschmann, Panzer, Sturmgeschütz, Batterie, Bunker

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        JAPAN PHILATELIC MAGAZINE / January, 1940, Vol. 2, No. 1 to December, 1940, Vol. 2, No. 12 [12 monthly issues in one volume]
      Japan Postage Stamp Assoc., Tokyo, Japan 1940 - 8vo, A complete run for the year 1940. The text is in English and Japanese. A very scarce philatelic journal, which commenced publication in March 1939, and continued monthly issues until 1948, when it changed its name to Yubin Kitte. No copies currently listed for sale, and WorldCat does not show any institutional holdings. The International Society for Japanese Philately reports four volumes for 1940 to 1943 in its holdings, but only one issue (No. 3, May, 1939) from the first volume. The publisher of this journal, The Japanese Postage Stamp Association, was founded in January, 1939, with the support of the Japanese Government Postal Administration and Baron Takaharu Mitsui (known as the "Father of Japanese stamp collecting" and who was the first President of the JPSA). The binding of the bound copy which we offer for sale shows some wear. It is shaken, and the hinges are starting to crack but are still holding. Each of the monthly magazines is bound in with its title page, and each issue is in very good condition. Note: there are no records of this important philatelic journal ever having come to auction. Bound in purple buckram with faded Japanese lettering to spine [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: GREENFIELD BOOKS Ltd.]

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STEIN, SIR AUREL.
        Old Routes of Western Iran. Narrative of an Archaeological Journey.
      London. Macmillan. 1940. Maps including colour map in pocket at rear, black and white photographic plates, 31 plates showing objects found, xxviii + 432pp, index, original cloth a little marked and a trifle worn in places. Library numbers in ink copyright leaf, recased with new endpapers, a few embossed library stamps. A clean and sound copy. Describes Stein's archaeological expedition during the period 1932-36.This book is among the products of Sir Aurel Stein's several visits to Iran during the 1930s for the purposes of archaeological and related research. These (and this book) are less well-known than his major journeys and excavations in Central Asia (Chinese Turkestan) from the first three decades of the twentieth century, together with the many publications resulting from them, but they are equally deserving of attention, because (as might be expected) they are zealously researched and written up, fully illustrated, and mapped. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157745).

      [Bookseller: Asia Bookroom]

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Scholz - Militärische Spiele (Hg.)
        Unsere Wehrmacht. Ein Quartettspiel
      Quartett, o.J., ca. 1940, komplett mit 12 x 4 Karten u. Deckblatt (zus. 49), 10 x 14 cm, hier mit dem meist fehlenden Orig. Spielregel-Heft! Illustration des Kartondeckels minimal fleckig, Deckel an der linken unteren Kante sauber ausgebessert, Karton stabil. Alle Karten in tadellosem Zustand, insgesamt schönes Exemplar! Äußerst selten. Inhalt: I Das Leben in der Kaserne, II Die Infanterie, III Maschinengewehr- und Minenwerfer-Kompanie, IV Die Artillerie, V Die Kavallerie, VI Pioniere und Nachrichtentruppe, VII Die Panzertruppe, VIII Die Luftwaffe, IX Der Führer und seine Soldaten, X Die Kriegsmarine (I) Die Flotte, XI Die Kriegsmarine (II) Die Matrosen, XII Wer will unter die Soldaten.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat am Mehlsack, Ravensburg]

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Captain Cyril Falls, Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds; Captain Wilfrid Miles
        Military Operations France and Belgium, 1917 Volume I, Volume II, Volume III [Facsimile], Appendices Volume I, Maps Volume I [5 Volumes]
      Macmillan and Co. Limited; His Majesty's Stationery Office; The Imperial War Museum 1940, 1948, London - Volume I has modest damp staining to the boards and fading to the spine. The corners are slightly bumped and there are string marks to the top. Some red damp marks to the page edges and the endpapers plus an ex libris bookplate to the verso of the ffep facing a small ink inscription. The contents however are all in very good clean condition. Volume II is slightly rubbed and the lettering to the spine is slightly faded. The contents are in fine clean condition including the large folding map in the rear pocket. Volume III is a facsimile volume and is in fine clean condition. The Appendice has modest damp staining to the boards, fading to the spine, an ex libris bookplate to the pastedown and slight foxing. Overall however it is in very good condition with the contents fine. The map case has damp staining and fading but little wear. The damp staining extends inside but the maps, which are all present, have not been affected and these are in fine clean condition. A very heavy set for overseas shipping purposes. Sent from our bookshop in the UK. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: City Bookshop ABA, ILAB, PBFA]

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