Search Results: Authors starting with S from Balopticon Books & Ephemera

U.S. Navy.~ USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul SSN-708 Commissioning Program.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1984 first edition.~ Original 24-page commissioning book dated 3/10/1984, includes program, history of earlier ships with that name, ship's characteristics, officers and crew, many photos. Official 8.5" by 11" glossy color photo laid in.~ Very Good condition (minor wear to covers, interior Very Good).

U.S. Navy.~ USS Rhode Island SSBN 740 Commissioning Program.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1994 first edition.~ Original 52-page commissioning book dated 7/9/1994, includes program, christening photos, ship's characteristics and insignia, previous ships by the same name, officers and crew, photos, etc.~ In Very Good Condition with minor wear.

U.S. Navy.~ USS Portsmouth SSN-707 Information Kit.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1983 first edition.~ Original 28-page Commissioning book dated 10/1/1983, includes program, launching photos, history of earlier ships with that name, ship's characteristics, officers and crew, many photos. Eight-page circa 1983 Welcome Aboard booklet and official 8.5" by 10.5" color photo laid in, all sold as one lot.~ Wear to Info Kit folder, contents in Very Good condition.

U.S. Navy.~ USS Omaha SSN 692 Information Packet.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1976 first edition.~ Original 16-page launching book dated 2/21/1976 published by General Dynamics, includes program and keel-laying photos, half of this devoted to the keel laying of the USS Jacksonville. USS Omaha info packet also includes informative 8 and 16-page Welcome Aboard booklets, ten fact sheets, and three glossy captioned photos.~ Very Good Condition (folder worn, contents in Very Good condition).

U.S. Navy.~ USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) Commissioning Book.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1983 first edition.~ Original 66-page Commissioning book dated 1/22/1983, includes program, explanation of emblem, previous ships by the same name, construction and christening photos, ship's mission and characteristics, officers and crew, photos. Includes two press releases (First AEGIS Cruiser Commissioned at three pages and USS Ticonderoga Commissioning Summary and Fact Sheet at five pages), an eleven-page Command History covering the events of 1983, a 1/19/1985 Change of Command booklet, and an 8" by 10" glossy photo, all sold as one lot.~ In Very Good condition with minor wear.

U.S. Navy.~ USS Virginia CGN-38 Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Cruiser.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1976 first edition.~ Original 44-page Commissioning book dated 9/11/1976, includes program, explanation of ship's emblem, ship's characteristics, officers and crew, photos.~ In Very Good Condition with minor wear.

Sassi Jr., Anthony L.~ Notes on the Amerind Manufacture of Smoking Devices as Artistic Expression in Northeastern Iroquoia.~ Saratoga Springs, NY: The Author, 1968 first edition.~ Softcover, white wraps with black lettering and decoration, bibliography, 93 pages plus full page plates and two errata sheets at the rear.~ Very Good Condition (minor wear to covers, one of the errata sheets is partially detached, interior otherwise pristine).

Meng-Try Ea and Sorya Sim.~ Victims and Perpetrators?: Testimony of Young Khmer Rouge Comrades.~ Phnom Penh, Cambodia:: Documentation Center of Cambodia, 2001 first edition.~ White boards with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket, red silk placeholder, important documentation loaded with details, maps and photos, 76 pages. Scarce.~ Near Fine Condition, with minor wear to the dust jacket.

Stamelan, Richard.~ Perfume: Joy, Obsession, Scandal, Sin: A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present.~ NY: Rizolli.~ Large format, pictorial dust jacket, textured lavender boards with black lettering, a deluxe treatment, richly illustrated, endnotes, bibliography, index, 384 pages.~ In Fine condition, still sealed in the original shrink wrap, corners are sharp.