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![Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten. A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers with Incapacitating Chemical Agents During the Cold War (1955-1975). With a Foreword by Alexander Shulgin. [Plus] insert for a 2007 conference, credited to both author and introducer [two items together]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/886/574/1601574886.0.m.jpg)
Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten. A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers with Incapacitating Chemical Agents During the Cold War (1955-1975). With a Foreword by Alexander Shulgin. [Plus] insert for a 2007 conference, credited to both author and introducer [two items together]
by Ketchum, James S., author; Alexander Shulgin, endorsing preliminaries + co-authorship of inserted material
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9781424300808
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 342.72
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Santa Rosa CA: Self-published by author Ketchum, 2007. Hardcover. [2]p. (Shulgin intro), iv, 1-360p., illustrated with numerous chemical formulae plain & fancy (the fancy are presented in neat small boxes color-xeroxed throughout the final quarter of text). First (and possibly last) edition, in 8X11 inch laminated boards, Text stock is entirely clay-coated paper, presswork is professional-level. Condition: slightly edgeworn,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.72
Vietnam: Conflict and Controversy
by Elliott, Paul
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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- 9781854093202
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.45
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London: Arms and Armour, 1996. Hardcover. 192p. + [8]p. of plates, maps, very good condition in like dust jacket. Focuses on the military and weapons. Item Price
SGD 16.45
Tank War Vietnam
by Dunstan, Simon
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- 1983
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- Paperback
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- 9780853686033
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.27
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London: Arms and Armour Press, 1983. Paperback. 65, [3]p., wraps, chiefly illus., previous owner's label on half-title and verso of rear wrap, else very good condition. Tanks Illustrated No. 6. Item Price
SGD 34.27
The Birth of the Bomb. Preface by sir George Thomson
by Clark, Ronald W.
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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New York: Horizon Press, 1961. Hardcover. xiv, 209p., illustrated with a single composite frontispiece consisting of four photoportraits of UK atomic harbingers, hardbound American first edition in tan cloth boards in its lackluster dust jacket on glossy paperstock. A near-fine copy, dust jacket spine panel is faintly sunned, but otherwise item is entirely sound, clean and unmarked. Background of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Notes on Cavalry Weapons of the American Civil War 1861-1865. This precis, with authentic illustrations and tabular data.. was prepared by Colonel Berkeley R. Lewis, Ordnance Corps, United States Army (Retired), author of "Small Arms and Ammunition in the United States Service." He is also the author of the second precis of this commemorative series, "Notes on Ammunition of the American Civil War," published in December 1959
by Lewis, Col. Berkeley R.
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- 1961
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.27
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Washington DC: The American Ordnance Association, 1961. Pamphlet. 31p., a fine-press treatment on splendid paperstock (staplebound, but so be it), rubricated titlepage, pamphlet format; features seven plates each displaying numerous edged weapons (no lances, sorry), rifles and amazing pistols, some with author's personal experience of handling. A rather pedestrian-looking revolver is his favorite. Booklet has a lower-corner-tip bump, remarkably… Read more about this item Item Price
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A way toward personal liberation..
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- nd
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.27
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npl: npub, nd. Pamphlet. Twelve panel zine, folded, with a poster on inside, 3.5x4.25 inches; slightly handled, else very good. Zine with non-credible information on weapons, information comes from right-wing sources. Item Price
SGD 34.27
Vore Krydsere
by Steensen, R. Steen, Kommandorkakptajn
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- 1971
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 27.42
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Copenhagen: Strubes Forlag, 1971. Paperback. 197p., illustrated with b&w plates in various media, including the cover silhouette. Nicely gotten-up small softbound, 8x5 inches, glazed paperstock in signatures that have been opened neatly without any errors, mild external handling wear with touches of dust-soil, excellent condition. Marinehistorisk Selskab. Item Price
SGD 27.42
The Disruptions at Loeb, Courant, and Kimball. A report to the New York University community on the occupation of three University buildings at Washington Square during the Cambodian crisis period of May 1970
by News Bureau, New York University, preparers
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- 1970
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 27.42
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New York: New York University, 1970. Pamphlet. 24p., illustrated with professional photojournalism, softbound in 11x8.5 inch stapled wraps. Paperstock is alkaline and nice enough within, but covers are dust-soiled with a purple-ish splash-stain and much irregular toning. No ownership markings, no names or underlines, a good reading copy. University POV. Proper names mentioned in the title are the buildings… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.42
Token Takai
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- 1977
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 47.98
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[San Francisco?]: [Northern California Japanese Sword Club?], 1977. Paperback. [4], 191, [1]p., illustrations, wraps. 10.75 x 8.25 in. Small stains on front cover; minor edge wear. Good. Essays on the art and aesthetics of Japanese sword and armor-making, warfare, and pre-19th century society. Proceedings of the 1976 Token Takai conference in San Francisco. Not in WorldCat (October 2023). … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 47.98
The Story of Copper and Alloys. The World's Most Useful Metal
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- 1930
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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New York: Copper & Brass Research Association, 1930. Pamphlet. [12]p., glazed paperstock printed double-column (curiously, item lacks a title page), illustrated with numerous b&w vignette-size illustrations period and photographic, dusty creased wraps, 10x7.5 inches. Generally sound, dust is external not within, no underlines or any other markings, good to very good copy. Item Price
SGD 20.56
The Romance of Copper and Its Alloys; Man's Most Useful Metal. Second Edition. [2nd ed., with modified titling, of "The story of copper and alloys, the world's most useful metal
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- 1939
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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New York: Copper & Brass Research Association, 1939. Pamphlet. [16]p., glazed paperstock printed double-column, illustrated with numerous b&w vignette-size illustrations period and photographic. Dusty creased 10x7.5 inch wraps, generally sound, dust is external not within, no underlines or any other markings, but find some foxing and a parted adhesion at 14/15 (glaze disturbed but no loss of text). A… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.56
United States Navy Class "A" Trade Schools. Group I: Electrical. Ordnance. Group II: Communications. Clerical. Group III: Machinists. Metalworkers. Woodworkers. Located at U.S. Naval Training Stations, Norfolk, Va. [&c &c] // Hospital Corps Schools // Elementary Aviation Schools
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- 1930
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.45
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Washington DC: Department of the Navy / Bureau of Navigation, 1930. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about thirty pages, profusely illustrated with captioned b&w site and activity photos. Softbound, a 9x6 inch pamphlet printed on glazed alkaline paperstock, covers creased, soiled with handling, touched with rust and foxing, has a tiny marginal tear. A reading or reference copy. Our guess as to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.45
The Japanese Sword and its Decoration
by Gunsaulus, Helen C.
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- 1924
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.45
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Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. Pamphlet. 21p., staplebound booklet, 5.5x8.5 inches, B&W illustrations, minor edgewear. Anthropology Leaflet 20. Item Price
SGD 16.45
The art of the Japanese sword
by Kuwayama, George
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- 1974
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.45
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Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974. Pamphlet. [12p.] staplebound booklet, very good. 5.75x7.5 inches. Illustrations of ten sword guards and ornaments, from a museum exhibition. Item Price
SGD 16.45
Homemade ammo; how to make it, how to load it, how to cache it
by Long, Duncan
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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- 9780873648165
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.27
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Boulder: Paladin Press, 1995. Paperback. vii, 92p., paperback, very good condition. Item Price
SGD 34.27
Adam with Arrows; Inside New Guinea
by Simpson, Colin
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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London / Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1954. Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries, 240p., a lavishly underwritten production which allowed for color photos as well as b&w, and numerous monochrome-green embellishments throughout. Hardbound in spring-green cloth boards, lacks the dust jacket but is a fresh sound copy, unmarked and clean. Item Price
SGD 20.56
Decorative Art of New Guinea - Incised Designs. 52 Plates. Frontispiece in Photogravure and 2 Text-figures
by Lewis, Albert Buell. Berthold Laufer, editor
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- 1925
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.27
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Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925. Pamphlet. 2p. plus b&w plates (52, one per page including frontis), staple-fastened plain printed tan wraps, plates as called for, a fine copy: absolutely sound, clean and unmarked, really as-new. Anthropology Design series no. 4. FYI, the plates that are not "photogravure" are perfectly well-reproduced; these are usually rubbings from incised work.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.27
Swords of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor from Northwest Collections
by Shaman, Sanford Sivitz, Patricia Grieve Watkinson, et al.
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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- 9780938620006
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 54.84
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Pullman, WA: Museum of Art, Washington State University, 1981. Paperback. 59p., wraps, 9x9 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly worn else very good exhibition catalog. Item Price
SGD 54.84
Pre-Columbian Jade from Costa Rica, by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby; with photographs by Lee Boltin
by Easby, Elizabeth Kennedy
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- 1968
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 41.13
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New York: Andre Emmerich Inc, 1968. Paperback. 103p., illustrated with doublespread map on monochrome leaves, numerous color and b&w exhibit photos with a few explanatory diagrams, all pix and text printed on high-gloss alkaline paperstock and softbound in 9x6 inch color cardstock wraps. Covers mildly edgeworn with a minute corner-tip turn, plus sun-lines along the margins. A sound copy,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.13
The Samurai Sword: A Handbook
by Yumoto, John M.
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1975. Hardcover. 192p., illus., very good later printing in like dj. Item Price
SGD 20.56
