Search Results: MILITARY HISTORY from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

Long Beach, California: 452d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, [1955?]. Leaflet. Good +. Single sheet folded into three panels. Slightly creased and small tears to bottom edges. Leaflet containing information about joining the Air Force Reserve 452d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing located at the Long Beach Air Force Base (California). B&w halftone photos. (8"x10-3/4", unfolded; 8"x3-3/4", folded)

Chicago: Illinois Commercial Men's Association, [1946?]. Revised Edition. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 17p.) Wraps rubbed and edges lightly scraped. Includes rank, insignia, decorations, ribbons, monthly pay, and additional compensation for both male and female personnel. Color illustrations. (6-7/8"x4")

[Fort Knox, Kentucky]: [The Armored School], 1953. Stapled wraps. Very good. 27p. Name on front. Guide to extension courses designed to "provide an opportunity for all Armor officers and officers serving in armored units to further their military education through home study." Courses offered by The Armored School established in 1940 for the training of United States soldiers, noncommissioned officers, and commissioned officers in "the operation, tactics, and maintenance of Armor forces and equipment." B&w photograph. (9"x5-7/8")

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928. Stab stapled wraps. Very good. [x], 200p. Directions and progress tests for instructors teaching basic electrical skills to Army personnel. (9"x5-7/8")

Annapolis: U.S. Naval Academy, 1952. Stapled wraps. Good +. 60p. Staples oxidized, back soiled, spine torn and wraps creased. Created for "the information and guidance of personnel concerned while engaged in training cruises for Midshipmen during the summer of 1952." (8-3/8"x5-1/2")

Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute, 1941. (1st Edition). Hardcover. Very Good/good +. xiv, 372p. Former owner's name on front endpaper, pp. 89-90 dog-eared, cover corners lightly worn, top pages edges have pen marks, jacket edges and spine sunned with small tear to top back edge and small chips to corners. Includes bibliography. 16 b&w plates. (9-1/2"x6-3/8")

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944. Wraps. Good +. vi, 312p. Wraps and inside pages foxed, cover corners creased and worn. Stab stapled text block. (8-1/2"x5-1/2")

Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps Educational Center, Marine Corps Schools, 1959. Stapled wraps. Very good. ii, 48p. and 7p. Laid in are letter-sized sheets: Instructions to Students and Student's Critique; punch card; and 11"x9-1/4" test sheet. (10-1/2"x8")

Long Beach, California: U.S. Naval Hospital, 1949. Very good. 2 - single sheets, single-sided, horizontal fold, 2-hole punched for mounting, carbon-copied text on recto. Both sheets have a bit of pencil markings. Two documents from the U.S. Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California, deal with handling prisoners housed in the hospital's brig. Fire Bill, dated 14 October 1949, lists instructions in "the event of fire in or near enough to endanger the lives of prisoners in the Brig," issued by F.C. Hill, Captain MC USN, Medical Officer In Command. Escape Bill, dated 17 October 1949, enumerates instructions in "the event of an escape by a prisoner who is in the custody of the Guard, U.S. Naval Hospital Brig Ward," anonymously issued. At the time, the U.S. Naval Hospital was located on property at Carson Street and the San Gabriel River. (10-1/2"x8")

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, Shoe String Press, 1974. (1st American Edition). Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 148p. Cloth is torn on top edge of front cover, top page edges have brown spots and white spots on top edge of back cover, cover corners and head and foot of spine bumped, jacket has a stain on spine with light edge wear. B&w maps. (8-7/8"x5-5/8")

Washington DC: National Catholic Community Service, 1952. Stiff stapled wraps. Very good. [ii], [52p.] 2nd printing. Wrap corners lightly worn. Booklet with a collection of advice assembled by O'Donnell from visiting military camps and bases and talking to chaplains, inductees, servicemen, and veterans, people who know from firsthand experience what should be said to young Catholic men about to enter military service. (8-1/2"x5-1/2")

New York: Hippocrene Books, 1982. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 134p. Top edge of jacket flaps toned, tear on back flap fold. From front jacket flap: "Col. Herbert's personal record of his experiences in Korea" during the Korean conflict during the 1950s. 20 leaves of b&w photo plates. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")

Washington DC: History & Museums Division, United States Marine Corps, 1987. Stapled wraps. Very good. [viii], 61p. Wraps rubbed with edges lightly scraped. Traces "the history of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 from its commissioning in 1943 through warfare in the Pacific in World War II, three years of combat action in the Korean War, intensive involvement in Vietnam, and a number of significant peacetime accomplishments during the 1980s." B&w photographs. (11"x8-1/2")

[Washington DC]: Department of the Army, Officer of the Chief Signal Officer, 1948. Stapled wraps. Very good. ii, 37p. "The ensuing pages of this study contain an analysis of the application of the multiple-service system...to the problems of procurement and supply, with major emphasis on industrial mobilization planning..." Beach party invitation laid in. (8-1/2"x5-1/2")

London: W.H. Allen, 1961. Cloth. Very Good/fair+. 320p. Former price tag on front endpaper, cover corners bumped, price clipped jacket has large chips to top and bottom of spine and holes on spine. A "comprehensive survey of the little ships in two world wars--and in peace" of the British coastal forces. Includes bibliography. Jacket design by Alan Plummer. B&w maps and 6 leaves of b&w photo plates. (8-3/4"x5-3/4")

Sacramento: The Roseville Daily Press-Tribune, 1955. Wraps. Very good. 8p. Pages fragile, horizontal crease. Newspaper for the Sacramento Army Signal Depot, a repair facility for electronic equipment from 1941 to 1988, officially closed in 1995. Contains information about the Signal Depot and its personnel, military, local and national news briefs, and advertisements for Sacramento businesses. B&w illustrations and photographs. (17-1/2"x11-1/4")

Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1972. Softcover. Good. 250p. Cover corners worn with bottom front corner torn, pages edges and endpaper have brown spots, light underlining and marks on text, a few pages dog eared. Includes bibliography. Text in French. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-1/2"x6-1/8")

Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Signal School, United States Army, 1931. Stapled wraps. Good +. iv, 98p. Name on first page, wraps creased with stain on back. Instructions for setup of camp and monofold switchboards and telephones. Stab stapled wraps with cloth tape binding. B&w illustrations. (9-1/8"x6")

[Washington DC]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1917. Cloth wraps. Good +. 88p. Wraps soiled and beginning to separate from text block. (5"x3-3/4")

Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Eastern Signal Corps School, United States Army, 1943. March 24, 1963 Edition. Softcover. Good +. 124p. Name on front, cover corners creased and fade spots on back. Instructions on kitchen, food, and rations management as well as various types of field messing. Stab stapled text block with cloth tape binding. B&w halftone photographs. (9"x6")