New Cyclopaedia. of The
New Cyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of arts and sciences: ...
First American edition... Samuel F.
Bradford. Philadelphia. 1808. 4to. unpaged. Section of 4 plates
on ROMAN BALISTA AND LATER CANNON CARRIAGES engraved by B.
Tanner and others. Removed, some foxing. I.D.#09782.
THE SMYTH REPORT IN FINE
BINDING
ATOMIC ENERGY. Smyth, Henry
DeWolf. Atomic Energy For Military Purposes. The Official
Report On The Development Of The Atomic Bomb Under The Auspices Of
The United States Government, 1940-1945. By Henry Dewolf Smyth
Chairman, Department Of Physics, Princeton Unversity, Consultant,
Manhattan District, U.S. Engineers. Written At The Request Of Maj.
Gen. L. R. Groves, U.S.A. Princeton University Press. Princeton,
NJ. 1945. Post 8vo, xi,264 p. illus., diag. Green half polished
calf, marbled sides, spine faded, bit rubbed. Red silk ribbon
marker. The history of the developmental aspects of the Manhattan
Project, all that was declassified at the time. Second trade
edition with text extended to 264 pages through the adding of an
Index of Persons. VIP presentation state in fine hand binding,
rare in this binding. Literature: Raymond D. Cooper. The book that
opened the nuclear age. In: AB Bookman’s Weekly, Sept. 11, 1995,
pp. 874-888. I.D.#04087.
Fur trade. 27th
Congress, 2d session. Rep. No. 830 Ho. of Reps. Military
Posts-Council Bluffs To The Pacific Ocean. (To Accompany Bill
H.R. No. 465.) May 27th, 1842. Mr. Pendleton, Of Ohio,
From The Committee On Military Affairs, Made The Following Report:
The Committee Of Military Affairs... Relates To The Establishment
Of A Chain Of Military Posts From Council Bluffs To The Pacific
Ocean... GPO. Washington, DC. 1842. 8vo, 64 p. large fold. map of
Oregon Territory, 1838. Disbound, browned. Important fur trade
map. 17 x 21 inches. I.D.#00223.
HICHBORN'S CLASSIC SMALL
BOAT NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
Hichborn, Philip. Standard
Designs For Boats Of The United States Navy. Specifications,
Schedule Of Material, Weights, And Cost. Chief Constructor Philip
Hichborn, U.S.N., Chief Of Bureau Construction And Repair, Navy
Department, Washington, D.C. GPO. 1900. Large oblong 4to. 96 p.
(text) 222 plates (photos, plans, details Black half calf. Hinges
cracked but holding. Some foxing. A comprehensive design book that
all Navy boats had to follow. Gives distinctions between a dingny,
a cutter, a gig whaleboat, a barge, a launch, a balsa and a steam
cutter. While Navy boats were neither sleek nor sportive, they had
hull designs that were extremely stable in rough weather and did
not require sailors or seamen of extraordinary competence to man
them. I.D.#09155. SOLD.
Jenkins, John S. United States
Exploring Expeditions. Voyage Of The U.S. Exploring Squadron,
Commanded By Captain Charles Wilkes, Of The United States Navy, In
1838, 1839, 1840, And 1842: Together With Explorations And
Discoveries Made By Admiral d’Urville, Captain Ross, And Other
Navigators And Travellers; And An Account Of The Expedition To The
Dead Sea, Under Lieutenant Lynch. By John S. Jenkins... With
Numerous Illustrations. James M. Alden. Auburn, NY. 1850. 8vo,
517,(8) p. plates, cuts. Brown cloth, foxed. I.D.#00741.
Johnston, Abraham Robinson
(1815-1846.) Journal Of Captain A.R. Johnston, First Dragoons.
Wendell & Van Benthuysen. Washington, D.C. 1848. 8vo, pp.567-614.
Map, woodcuts in text. Removed. Browned, back wrapper preserved.
Full page woodcut view of Casa Grande. (30th Cong., 12st sess.
House of Representatives. Ex.Doc. No.47.) Johnston was
aide-de-camp to General Kearny killed in action in a battle with
"Californians" at San Pasqual, December 6, 1846. His death led to
the annexation of California. I.D.#09494.
Military Posts -
Council Bluffs To The Pacific Ocean. [To
Accompany Bill H.R. 465.] May 27, 1842... The Committee On
Military Affairs, To Which Was Referred So Much Of The President’s
Message As Relates To The Establishment Of A Chain Of Military
Posts From Council Bluffs To The Pacific Ocean... Washington, D.C.
1842. 8vo, 64 p. Large fold. map. Disbound. In board slipcase.
With the large and important (17 x 21") folding map: "Map of the
United States Territory of Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains,
exhibiting the various trading depots or forts occupied by the
British Hudson Bay Company. Compiled by Capt. Washington Hood;
drawn by M.H. Stansbury... (27th Cong. 2d sess. Rep.
No. 830. Ho. of Reps.) The map is fragile and heavily repaired.
See Jolly Map Guide 1989. I.D.#02881.
Military Engineering. Letter
Form The Secretary Of War, Transmitting, In Compliance With A
Resolution Of The Senate... A Copy Of The Report Of The Engineers
Heretofore Required To Examine And Upon The Location Of A Harbor
Of Refuge On The Pacific Coast. January 18, 1882. (47th
Congress, 1st session. Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 66-69). 2
p. With three other War Dept. surveys. I.D.#02007.
NAVY. Scientific American.
Special Navy Supplement... With Map Of Cuba. Munn & Co. New
York. 1898. Small folio. 40,vii p. Many illus. New buckram.
Wrappers frayed, once folded, one leaf loose. Map lacking.
Interesting account of U.S. naval vessals used in the Spanish
American War. I.D.#02713.
Ordnance. U.S. C.C. Starbuck
del. Four Plans For A Big Gun Foundry Located On The Potomac At
S Street, Washington, DC. Military Affairs Comm., Congress.
Washington, DC. 1836. Plans for foundry, boring mill, site plan,
and boring frame in use. Lithography by Bowen & Co., Philadelphia.
Some water damage. (Mil. Aff. Vol.VI No.638).
I.D.#09682. SOLD.
Ordnance. U.S. Detail
drawings and descriptions of the Maxim and Lewis rapid fire
machine guns. Scientific American. New York. 1915, February 6.
Centerfold pages 130-131. Two of the most popular light machine
guns used by the Allies in the Great War. I.D.#09683.
Salquin, S. A. The Military
Shoe. By Maj. S.A. Salquin, Major Of The Seventh Regiment Of
Swiss Infantry, Secretary Of The Military Department Of The Swiss
Confederation. First Prize In The Official Military Competition In
1874. Assisted In The Technical Part By The Brothers Giacomo And
Stefano Tirone, Of Turin. With A Preface By Division Colonel
Lecomte, Commandant Of Division II Of The Swiss Army. [With Twenty
Illustrations Inserted In The Text.] Translated By H.L.B., Under
The Direction Of The Quartermaster-General, U.S.A. War Department.
Washington, D.C. 1883. 8vo, pp.491-520. 2 fold. illus., anatomical
figs. Removed. Influential thesis on military podiatry in which
the fashionable military footwear of the past was shown to be
unsuited to a modern army. Boots and shoes for soldiers must
conform to average male human anatomy. Reprinted in the Army
report to Congress, 1883. I.D.#09401.
United States Marine Corps.
Living Emblem Of The United States Marines. 100 officers &
9000 enlisted men. Marine Barracks, Paris Island, S.C. Brigadier
General J.H. Pendleton, commanding. Mole & Thomas. Chicago. 1919.
[glossy photo that shows the entire command forming the marine
emblem on the parade ground before the barracks.] 7.5 x 9".
I.D.#08143. SOLD
United States Military Academy.
Department of Military Art and Engineering. Notes For The
Course In The History Of Military Art. USMA. West Point, NY.
1956. 8vo, 60 p. 20 fold. figs. Gray printed wraps., some
underlining. A cadet textbook on the rudiments of military
strategy having nothing to do with paintings or fine art.
I.D.#03465.
United States. Surgeon General
of the Navy. Sanitary And Statistical Report Of The Surgeon
General Of The Navy For The Year 1882. Being Volume II Of The
Report Of The Secretary Of The Navy... [To Congress.] GPO.
Washington, DC. 1883. 8vo, 622 p. 5 fold. maps, fold. charts,
tables Black cloth, front cover stained. The five maps show the
regions of duty of the various naval stations throughout the
world. I.D.#09403. |
