Military/ War from Mare Booksellers

No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Very Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed published by the Polish Army Veterans Assn. of America in the US. Glossy wraps. Unpaginated, approximately 100 or so pages. Also present is a four page program of events, matching the book. Black and white photos throughout. Text in Polish and English. A book issued… Read more about this item

New York: John D. Dwight and Co, 1899. Pamphlet. Good. Color illustrated wraps. 32 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A promotional booklet touting Cow Brand Soda (or soda Saleratus) used for baking, etc. Most of the booklet is devoted to useful facts, including how to make a delicious biscuit, antidotes for poison, etc. Also of note are… Read more about this item

No Place: Valley Offset, Printer, 1975. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Brown cloth in unclipped jacket. 113 pp., plus a few illustrations and a fold out. A history of the Border Wars in New York State during the American Revolution, examining the interactions and struggles between indigenous tribes, white settlers/colonists, and the British troops, drawing on primary source documents. GOOD… Read more about this item

Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1997. Wraps. Very Good. Glossy photo illustrated wraps. Small folio. 106 pages including index. With black and white photos throughout. A history of the various coastal defenses installed along the outer harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, including those at Fort Foster in Maine, Odiorne's Point, Fort Constitution and others. This includes a… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Good. Perhaps the Philippines, circa 1946. Charcoal wraps. Unpaginated, but perhaps over 100 pages long. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A yearbook style work presenting all members of the 1542nd Engineering Survey Co., including photos, names, places of residence and a humorous quote. A few entries without photos. Also included is… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1895. Wraps. Good. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Folio. Apparently disbound from a bound volume. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Single issue of this journal, including an article on the First Cycle Infantry, written and illustrated by Frederic Remington, and being a fictional account of soldiers using bicycles in the military. Also present… Read more about this item

Charlotte, NC: YMCA/National War Work Council, Publisher, 1918. Tabloid. Poor. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 12 pp. A few illustrations throughout. Trench and Camp was a newspaper for members of the Army and their family, providing army news, as well as national and international news. It was published in many different cities, to be issued to Army Camps… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher, 1897. Unbound. Good. 1897 Marksman Pin to Sergt (Sergeant) J.H. Mills. No producer or place. 1897 date inscribed on the reverse. Measures about 1 ½ inches tall by 1 inch wide. Safety pin style back. Three pieces, attached by metal rings. Top two pieces are the same thin banner, reading "marksman, with the bottom… Read more about this item

Epping, NH: Published by the Author, 1898. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth. 20 pp. Printed on single sides only. With a few black and white photos, including one of the Maine, one of Admiral Dewey, etc. Presumably a sort of vanity publication, printing a history of the Battleship Maine and its destruction, in rhyming verse. This includes mention of… Read more about this item

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1894. Wraps. Good. Illustrated brown wraps. Folio. Pagination runs 175-206. Black and white illustrations throughout. Late 19th century reprint of Harper's popular history of the Civil War, with this issue continuing a piece on the war in Kentucky and Missouri; naval operations in the Civil War; an article on the federal government and slavery,… Read more about this item

New York: A. Harthill and Co., Publisher, 1861. Tabloid. Good. Small tabloid journal format. Pagination runs 321-336. Single issue of this general interest journal. Included is a large map, labeled the seat of war in Eastern Virginia, that depicts the early stages of the Civil War. Also present is a lengthy column of Chinese maxims; a section on… Read more about this item

Harrisburg: The Stackpole Company, 1958. Cloth. Good/Good. Brown cloth in blue dust jacket. 235 pp. With a section of black and white photographs. A history of the Confederate Ordnance Works in Tyler, Texas, told through first person accounts by the commander of the works, in the day book he kept. With editorial and historical supplemental commentary. GOOD condition.… Read more about this item

No Place: 82nd All American Airborne Division, Publisher. Unbound. Fair. No place or date, perhaps Berlin, Germany, 1945. Large single sheet of paper folded into 4 pages. 25 by 18 ½ inches. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A newspaper style piece issued by members of the 82nd All American Airborne Division, presumably from a recent occupation… Read more about this item

New York: United States Servicemen's Fund, Publisher, 1973. Tabloid. Good. Tabloid newspaper format. 4 pp. A few black and white illustrations. A newsletter issued by the United States Servicemen's Fund, an organization created to promote free speech in the US military. It organized events and exhibits in protest of the Vietnam War and supported many GI underground publications.… Read more about this item

No Place: Whitehead and Hoag, Producer. Unbound. Good. United Spanish War Veterans National Auxiliary Ribbon and Medal. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer. No place or date, presumed early 1900s. Measures about 3 inches long and about 1 ¼ inches wide. Yellow, white and red striped ribbon with a copper colored medal suspended below, bearing the United Spanish War Veterans… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Fair. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Government Printing House, Washington: 1890. Disbound pamphlet, lacking any covers, front and rear endpapers. 240 pp. Two fold out maps present, including the large one at the end. A history of the Washington Navy Yard, looking at the service of its various commanders, the work done… Read more about this item

New York: Frank Leslie, Publisher, 1862. Tabloid. Poor. Folio. Illustrated wraps, large tabloid journal. Folio. Perhaps disbound from a bound volume. Pagination runs 192-208. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this paper, containing illustrated articles on the Civil War, including military action in Kentucky and elsewhere. Centerfold a two page illustration depicting African-Americans at work picking… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps circa late 1950s to 1960s. 5 by 7 inches. Black and white photos. Three photos stamped "Photo Lab/USS Kearsarge CVS 33/ C/O FPO San Francisco," and "Official U.S. Navy Photography/Not for Publication/Unless Officially Released." A collection of three photos depicting water explosions, one with a ship… Read more about this item

New York: Lutz and Sheinkman presumed Publisher. Unbound. Fair. no date, circa 1941 to 1945. Single sheet, 40 by 30 inches. Printed in red, white and blues. A motivational poster issued by the US Navy, quoting Admiral Ernest J King, who was at the time commander in chief of the US fleet, and who urges "make every minute… Read more about this item

Arlington, VA: C.M. Kent, Publisher, 1981. Wraps. Good. #192 of 200 copies printed. Printed wraps. 91 pp. A list of men born in foreign lands and enlisted in the US Army from 1798 to 1815, including dates and places of enlistment; ages of the men; the town or city abroad where each person was born, etc. GOOD condition.… Read more about this item