For France by [Towne, Charles Hanson Editor]

Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: Mock, T.(heodore) F., 1919. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 72", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, small corner crease, pencilled indications on rear denoting "officers quarters" and "administrative". The photograph is unsigned and untitled, but is same view as the one located in the Library of Congress attributed to Mock, EXCEPT this photograph is nearly 30" longer than the one in the LOC's collection ! Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. A magnificent panoramic photograph spanning 6 feet, and SCARCE. . First Printing. Photograph. Near Fine.

St Paul, MN: The St. Paul Daily News , 1917. RARE. One of the best banner headlines of the First World War, the headline an impressive 12" high.The front page only, mounted in an old frame under glass, 23" x 29" overall, paper size 16" x 22", Very Good, small hole in paper at center crease, original folds, original recipient's name and address in ink vertcally between R and !, frame rubbed, newspaper uniformly browned. Subhead article "ARMED U.S. STEAMER IS SUNK". An excellent ephemeral piece of American and world history. This framed item will require extra shipping charges- please inquire before ordering. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good.

Washington, D.C.: War Department, Government Printing Office , 1919. 437 pages with over 100 maps (many fold-out), photographs, charts, tables and plans. Near Fine, cloth a bit dulled, bottom edge of rear cover with paint smudges. With RARE errata slip laid in. Uncommon in such lovely collectible condition. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Candidates of the Third Officers' Training School, Camp Sherman, Ohio, Jan. 5 --April 19, 1918. Softcover. Condition: Very Good+ No dust jacket. 93 pp of crisp, white leaves with profuse b/w drawn illustrations throughout. No foxing. Prior owner attribution dated April 27, 1918 on front free endpaper from Glenn M. Hood to Mary Jane Nixon. (Glenn M. Hood is listed on page 92 among the roster of Clerical Force of Company K, 331st Infantry along with his picture on page 14.) This book is a very rare compilation of a training manual that prepared U. S. Army officers to go to WW I. It contains the Roster of the Third Officers Training School present at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe, Ohio. The book also contains b/w group photographs of the training officers and each of the Infantry and Battery training classes. The back cover has a small water stain near the bottom edge at the spine and the bottom outer edge corner is missing. Otherwise, in remarkable condition for its age and construction.

1917 Harvey Military Series Small hardcover format. Previous owner's name & address penciled behind the front board, else pages clean, unmarked & bright. Binding leans slightly, firm. Rust cloth covered boards clean & square. Black lettering & tank illustration on front board fine. From the Foreword,"...This book is based on the practical experience of the writer while on service with his battalion in France & from his knowledge as an instructor on Bombing & Trench Warfare."

Undated, believed to be 1916. With owner's name neatly written in gothic script, and also something mentioning that it was given to him on 11th June 1917 [which I happen to know was his tenth birthday]. Probably unread. Contains many full-page colour illustrations.. Pictorial Cover. Fine.

Bovington Camp, Wareham: Royal Rank Corps Center. Quarto. May 1928-April 1929. 442p. One of the most important sources on tank development and theory of usage in the period between the World Wars. Full page photographs of King George reviewing the Officers (p. 51-58); B.H. Liddell Hart's article on "the Army and the Future--Lessons of 1928" Articles on modern anti-tank weapons translated from the German and also Friz Heigl's articles on the new light tanks (using his own translation from into English so awkward but full of details). J.F.C Fuller's article "The Ancestors of the Tank" p. 331ff with illustrations. Captain MacWatt's article "Aim Off Simplified" is well illustrated with drawings and statistics which some argue was ahead of its time. Many other articles as well as the physical training and sports of the men. Library deaccesion bound in library buckram, evidence of bookplate removal from front and rear pastedowns, some soiling to covers, all pages clean and easy to read. (Note: We have… Read More

1941. Hardcover. Good. Oblong Quarto. Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley, with three wartime Naval yearbooks & souvenir books owned by her sister Christine, a naval air mechanic in the WAVES programme. Oblong folio (340 x 260 mm). 1941-45. Contemporary dark blue skiver elaborately embossed in grey with military motifs including an American Eagle, planes, tank, battleship, artillery, and blimp. Bound with black nylon ties that may not be original. 80 black paper pages containing 219 photographs attached with photo corners. The photos range in size, with the majority measuring 90 x 60 mm, and the largest 255 x 200 mm. A few items, including some photos, a small colour Kodachrome, several negatives, and an unused Anchor Line trunk label are loosely inserted. Elizabeth has written her name and address on the front free endpaper and annotated many of the photos with white ink. The naval books owned by Christine Ridley include We Keep 'Em Flying: A Visit… Read More

Arthur H.Stockwell, London [c.1925]., 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 31pp. Textured purple cloth with gilt lettering and a blind-stamped border to the upper board. The backstrip ends a little rubbed and worn, and the cloth there faded with a little further uneven fading to the margins of the boards. Some light spotting to the endpapers and title leaf, and the binding a little tender at one gathering. Quite a nice, bright copy of a most uncommon book, which comprises fifteen chronologically ordered poems spanning 1914-1919, split into three sections: 'Portents 1914', 'Home' and 'France and Flanders'. Rather than folk rhymes, I believe these to be original poems, but the work is not noted by Reilly and I can find only two references to either the author or the book: a note in a 7 August 1925 issue of 'The Argus', and a passing reference in an article in the December 1928 issue of 'The Musical Times'..

Very good decorated pamphlet with uncut pages. Inscribed by John W. Haines ( a mutual friend of Thomas & Robert Frost ) to Ray Nash (Dartmouth professor and eminent in the Graphic Arts field, as well, as a friend of Frost ) who contributed the memoriam.The Thomas poem " Up From the Wind" as well as contributions by W.H. Davies, Vivian Locke Ellis and Julian Thomas. Scarce in this condition.