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1919 Houghton Mifflin Co. 1st US edition custom red leather hardcover. Bookbinder block stamp on the title page. Raised bands, gilt title, and previous owner's name in gilt on the spine. Heavy decorative end papers, pocket behind the back board houses 3 foldout maps. Previous owner's book plate on the front paste down, Arcadi Gluckman. Gluckman was a Colonel in the U.S. Army, a veteran of WWI & WWII. In WWI he commanded "E" Co. 39th Inf. 4th Division & was a staff in the China India Burma Theater of WWII where it is likely this was bound. During his military service he acquired a considerable number of decorations & awards including the Silver Star. During peacetime he was a prolific writer on the topic of guns & gun making.Top corner rubbing on the boards & some edgewear, else the leather is in excellent condition. Gold gilt on top edge of text block shows some light rubbing wear but still retains most of its' shine. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Binding firm & straight.

1918 WWI ORIGINAL "My Daddy Bought Me A Government Bond" Liberty Loan 20"X30"WWI Government Bonds poster created by the Department of the Treasury in 1918 and printed by Heywood Strasser & Voigt Lithograph Company. 30x20inch. 3rd Liberty Loan by Anonymous. CA 1918. Several tiny enclosed rips along the top right border has been taped from the back, light creasewear present throughout, else this poster is in excellent condition. Colors are clean & vibrant.Will be shipped rolled in a plastic, protective sleeve.

1917 Davis stapled paperback pamphlet. Binding fine, pages clean, 1 tiny enclosed rip on top of the first page, one tiny open rip on top of last page, does not effect the text.

1931 Stokes two volume first edition set. Not remainder marked, dj's are not price clipped($10.00). Dj's are in poor condition especially on the top spine with large open rips on both dj's; what remains is now housed in Brodart protective sleeves. Pages clean, unmarked & not aged. Blue cloth bound boards with light edgewear, clean & square. Bold lettering on front boards & spines are fine. Bindings firm & straight.

Original US WWI Poster Remember! The Flag of Liberty War Bonds Liberty LoansWWI Government Bonds poster created by the Department of the Treasury in 1918 and printed by Heywood Strasser & Voigt Lithograph Company. 30x20inch. 3rd Liberty Loan by Anonymous. CA 1918. Enclosed rip along the top border above the last r of Remember! has been taped from the back, light creasewear present at top two corners, tape remnants behind the bottom two corners, else this poster is in excellent condition. Colors are clean & vibrant.Will be shipped rolled in a plastic, protective sleeve.

1915 A.C. McClurg & Co. trade hardcover, first edition. Black cloth overboards with red cross & text to front cover, heavy fading on the front board & spine, one of the illustration pages is missing a corner & former owner's bookplate behind the front board, else very good throughout.

British organizations, individuals & groups of friends gave lavishly of funds, stores & the services of trained nurses to the French, Belgian & Serbian Allies &, by 17 August 1914, Millicent had installed an ambulance with 8 trained nurses & a surgeon, Mr. Oswald Morgan of Guys' Hospital, in Namur.
This became the No9 Red Cross Hospital(Millicient Duchess of Sutherland's Ambulance) & it was established in the Convent of Les Soeurs de Notre Dame. On 22 August 1914 German forces attacked Namur & the hospital was inundated with wounded soldiers. In her book 'Six Weeks at the War' which is in fact a diary, she gives a graphic account of her experiences on that day. - The Western Front Association

Librairie La Renaissance, Lyons. Rebound in black leather boards, new black endpapers, original white paper covers bound with text, no publication date stated; folio, 64 color plates by Boucher on gray stock paper with off-white interleaves. Very good condition (bump to top corner of rear board; light wear to boards; pages & interleaves toned & foxed; edges of gray stock paper toned; edges of pages worn & bumped; original paper covers soiled, chips to bottom edge of front wrap).

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."