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Charles E. Capen, discharge papers
by [Spanish American War; Military]
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- 1898
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Boston, 1898. Otherwise very good condition. A Spanish American War veteran's discharge papers. Capen was part of the First Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery Volunteers, Battery C. He was mustered out after 7 months, at age 27. His occupation is listed as 'conductor.'
8 1/2 x 11", original folds, hand written additions to form, uniformly toned. Item Price
SGD 171.15
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Russo-Japanese War in Harper's Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, January 2, 1904 to June 25, 1904
by [Japan; Russia; War]
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- First printing
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- 1904
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 479.22
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New York: Harper's, 1904. First printing. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. This half year bound volume of Harper's Weekly features the Russo-Japanese War, double page War map p464; war images pp967-975; X Ray invention p49; Steamer "General Slocum" on p99; San Juan Hill p955; Walter Travers golf p931; St. Louis World Fair p677; Southern California The Story of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting Statements Shewing the Amount of Expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point..
by Calhoun, John C.
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- 1821
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 198.53
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Washington DC, 1821. Good + overall. 8vo, disbound, 9pp, 1 fold out "Statement A" summarizing which states cadets come from, and 6 fold out tables delineating expenditures in detail for the year 1820.
Shaw 7359, OCLC: 24373653 at 3 libraries. Item Price
SGD 198.53
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The German Conquest of England in 1875, and Battle of Dorking, or, Reminiscences of a Volunteer : Describing the Arrival of the German Armada, Destruction of the British Fleet... Capture of London, Downfall of the English Empire, by an Eyewitness, in 1925
by Chesney, George Tomkyns; Invasion Literature
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- Used - Good + overall
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- First American edition
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- 1871
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- Paperback
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1871. First American edition. Paperback. Good + overall. Chesney was a British Army general, politician and writer of fiction. He is remembered as the author of this novella "The Battle of Dorking", a founding work in the genre of invasion literature.
A fictional novel. 12mo, 64pp, orange paper wraps, black text, stitch bound.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pictorial Souvenir of the History Making Hike of the Second Division, May 4th to May 16th, 1925
by [U.S. Army; Texas]
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- 1920
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 1,026.90
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San Antonio, Texas: National Photo Service, 1920. Otherwise very good condition. 'One of the largest movement of troops in the United States since the war got under way Monday morning, May 4th, when the entire Second Division, consisting of more than 5,000 officers and men, took the field on a 12-day practice march to Fredericksburg and return, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American War
by Clinton, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry
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- Used - Very good overall
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- 1794
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- Paperback
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 1,163.82
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London: J. Debrett, 1794. Paperback. Very good overall. General Clinton's "Observations" is rare. On few occasions it was bound in Stedman's work "The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War".
Henry Clinton [1730 - 1795] was a British Army officer and politician, best known as a General and Commander-in-Chief during the Revolutionary… Read more about this item Item Price
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Carte de Visite of David Foster, a Union Lt
by [Civil War; Photograph]
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- 1863
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- Photograph
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 171.15
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New York: Bogardus, 1863. Photograph. Good + overall. Two identical Bogardus images but with slightly formats - different Bogardus stamps on the verso and one with round corners, the other squared. The pencil names on the verso of one card say "David Foster, Israel Peopus, Miss Logan " The portrait has the lieutenant in uniform holding his hat… Read more about this item Item Price
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War Pictures by British Artists, Series I and II
by [ W. W. I. I.]
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- 1943
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- Paperback
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 239.61
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London: Oxford University Press, 1943. Paperback. Otherwise very good condition. Full set of Series I and II, 4 issues each, in original slipcase. Topics include: War at Sea, Blitz, R.A.F., Army, Women, Production, Soldiers, Air Raids. "What did it look like? they will ask in 1981... Only the artist with his heightened powers of percetption can recognise which… Read more about this item Item Price
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Estampas de la Revolucion Espanola 19 Julio de 1936
by [Spain; Revolution]
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- 1937
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- Pictorial Cover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.69
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1937. Pictorial Cover. Otherwise very good condition. Art as a way of understanding the Spanish Revolution. "This album is the artistic essence of a great and pure movement of the masses... The Offices of Propaganda of the National Confederation of Workers and the Anarchist Federation Iberian, in their fervent desire to show the world the epic moments of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Welcome to Camp America: Inside Guantanamo Bay
by Cornwall, Debi; Moazzam Begg; Fred Ritchin
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- 2017
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 171.15
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New Mexico: Radius Books, 2017. Hardcover. Very good condition. A "vivid and disorienting glimpse into the US Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba-known as "Gitmo"- through photographs, once-classified government documents and first-person accounts."
Small 4to, unpaginated, pictorial card covers, color images throughout. Text in English and Arabic. Very clean copy. Item Price
SGD 171.15
The Light Which Cannot Fail. True Stories of Heroic blind Men and Women and A Handbook for the Blind and Their Friends
by Holt, Winifred [James Thurber; blindness]
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 116.38
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very good condition. SIGNED by the author. Presentation copy 'To Mr. Thurber, Friend of Light, with the best wishes and gratitude for his pioneer help to the blind...' dated January 1922. This may well have been a gift to James Grover Thurber, well known American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, author… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 116.38
Adventures in Turkey and Russia
by Keeling, E.H.
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- Used - Good + overall
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- First edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 376.53
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London: John Murray, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. The authors own story of military life during W.W.I, as prisoner of war and his subsequent escape, with his signed presentation to Richard Coke. Edward Keeling, 1883-1954, was an officer in the Indian Army Reserve during the First World War, during which time he was captured by Ottoman… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 376.53
German W.W.I. Photograph Album with important provenance
by [W.W.I.; ]
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- 1914
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 3,765.30
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Berlin, 1914. Hardcover. Very good condition. A German perspective on W.W.I. The photograph album is composed predominantly of candid silver tone photographs of battle scenes, prisoners of war, tanks, damage done by mortar fire, dead soldiers, some images of Kaiser Wilhelm viewing troops and distributing decorations. Some captions in English such as, Effects of a German Trench Mortar,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,765.30
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Guide to West Point, and the US Military Academy with Maps & Engravings
by West Point
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- Used - Internally very good, binding holding.
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- First printing
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- 1867
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 650.37
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New York: Van Nostrand, 1867. First printing. Hardcover. Internally very good, binding holding.. Handsome little production, with very interesting maps. The map "1866 West Point and It's Vicinity" is a gem, including details on both sides of the river, including Garrison & Cold Spring, marking the Foundry and the Highland Hotel, which sat on the site of the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 650.37
Battle Sketches 1914-15
by Hilditch, A. Neville
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- 1915
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 479.22
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915. Hardcover. Very good overall. Sketches of Cameroon, Liege, Tsing-Tao, Troyon, Gheluvelt, Falkland Islands, and Neuve Chapelle. Previous owner's armorial book plate on the front paste down - Arcadi Gluckman. Gluckman was a Colonel in the U.S. Army, awarded a Silver Star during World War I, and was an author of gun books.
Small 8vo,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 479.22
Illustrated London News 1865, January to July
by Civil War; Western Australia; Tasmania; Japan
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- Used - Very good overall
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- 1865
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 308.07
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London: Illustrated London News, 1865. Hardcover. Very good overall. A half-yearly bound volume of the Illustrated London News, with woodblock illustrations on every page including General Lee's surrender to U.S. Grant, Map of Wilmington NC, Map of Sherman's March and many more Civil War views. Other features include Japan, Tibet, the Great Eastern ship, a print of the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 308.07
The Militia Law of the State of Tennessee. Passed January 28, 1840
by [Tennessee]
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- Used - Good -
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- First printing
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- 1840
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- Pamphlet
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 376.53
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Nashville: J.Geo. Harris, 1840. First printing. Pamphlet. Good -. 'An act to condense and bring into one view the militia law of the state of Tennessee.'
Tennessee has a long militia history beginning with significant service and participation in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and Civil War earning the State its nickname of 'The… Read more about this item Item Price
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America's Siberian Adventure 1918-1920
by Graves, William S. (Major General, United States Army Retired)
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 239.61
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New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Hardcover. Very good condition. Previous owner's armorial book plate on the front paste down - Arcadi Gluckman. Gluckman was a Colonel in the U.S. Army, awarded a Silver Star during World War I, and was an author of gun books. 8vo, [1], xxiii, 363pp, b&w illustrations. Recased. Custom binding with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 239.61
Map of North Eastern China, prepared in the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Military Information Division
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- Second edition
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- 1900
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 239.61
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Washington DC: Norris Peters Co., 1900. Second edition. Paper map covering Mt. Suma Hada in the West to Sheng King, and South to Hang Chou Bay, with inset Index Map showing proximity to Japan.
Printed in brown and green, later printed in b&w by National Geographic Society. 30 x 59", original folds, splits at fold lines, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
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The War between The Students and the Instructors
by Marts, Kenneth E. (Lt. Col.)
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- Used - Good + overall
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- 1952
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- Paperback
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 239.61
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J.B. Richards PTG Co., 1952. Paperback. Good + overall. A book of comical drawings surrounding the author's experience during USAF Air Command and Staff School, Class 48A. Tells the amusing story of Students v. Instructors as adversaries over the course of the program to graduation.
Marts [1919 - 1998] was active as a pilot during W.W.II in… Read more about this item Item Price
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