Chicago: G. Renesch, 1918. Chromolithograph, 19.5 x 26 inches. Minor occasional wear and scuffing to edges, tiny chips at a couple corners, short unobtrusive one-inch puncture below the central subjects, but otherwise a bright and vibrant example. A visually-powerful poster produced in the midst of the First World War, which..... More
San Francisco: 1944. 98pp. Original printed wrappers, stabled. Reproduced typescript. Light wear, some staining and soiling to wraps. Text moderately toned. A scarce and detailed sociological study that focuses on the 60,000 African Americans that migrated to San Francisco during World War II. The work considers many aspects of the..... More
![Item #3031 True Sons of Freedom [caption title]. African Americana, World War I](/pictures/thumb/3031.jpg?v=1654783853)
Chicago: Charles Gustrine, 1918. Chromolithographed poster, approximately 20 x 16 inches. Minor creasing, a few small chips to edges, one small chip to image area. Framed under tinted glass, not examined outside the frame. A notable uplift poster honoring the brave contributions of African-American soldiers who fought during World War..... More
Great Lakes, Il. 1943. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 19.75 inches. A handful of heavy vertical creases, irregularly rolled, moderate edge wear, minor soiling. A unique annotated panoramic photograph picturing the segregated Company 1011 of the United States Navy at the U.S. Naval Training Station in Great Lakes, Illinois during World..... More
Great Lakes, Ill. 1945. Two panoramic photographs, 10 x 19.25 and 8 x 18.25 inches. Minor wear at corners; lower left corner of larger image partially stripped. Minor toning and dust soiling. A striking set of two panoramic photographs that comprise official portraits of African-American Naval Company 771 at the..... More
[Amchitka & Anchorage, Ak. 1944]. 111 original photographs, measuring from 2.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 5 inches. Oblong folio album, string-tied; leatherette boards, front embossed and color stamped. Manuscript captions on album leaves; photos in corner mounts. A bit of soiling and wear to album leaves, fading to some..... More
[Various locations, including Iwo Jima: ca. 1944]. [19] leaves, illustrated with 135 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs in mounting corners, most 3.25 x 2.25 inches, plus Mar's "Neptunus Rex" card, also mounted. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured leather, string tied, with "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. Very minor edge wear..... More
[Oakland]: Daireikyo Kenkyujo, 1950. [14],336,[2],59,[1]pp., plus one two-sided plate. Original illustrated wrappers, printed in black, blue, red, and white, blue cloth backstrip with titles printed in yellow. Some scuffing and chipping to extremities, moderate sunning and rubbing to spine. Front hinge somewhat tender. Internally clean. The important first volume of..... More
[Honolulu: 1943]. [6]pp., typed on carbon paper, with a few pencil annotations and corrections, stapled at corner. Some toning and creasing, edges a bit frayed, first leaf with only minor marginal chipping. Evidently a draft intended to be printed as a pamphlet or leaflet speaking out against the incarceration of..... More
Topaz, Ut. 1944. 122,[6]pp. Original embossed cloth. Minor wear at corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked, but solid. Copious, contemporary manuscript inscriptions in a plethora of hands. Scattered, minor foxing and toning. An excellent, extensively annotated example of the second (of three) yearbooks published by the Associated Students of..... More
Washington DC: 1943. Lithographic poster, printed in five colors, 11.25 x 20.5 inches. Minor edge wear, some toning to verso edges. Small typed note on verso, reading "GILA RIVER RELOCATION CENTER Rivers, Arizona War Bond Drive Ending Oct. 15, 1943." A unique example of a scarce World War II propaganda..... More
![Item #2742 [Group of Original Korean War Propaganda Materials]. Korean War, Psychological Warfare...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2742_01.jpg?v=1646072179)
[EUSAK Headquarters, Seoul, South Korea]: 1952-1953. Thirty original leaflets, twenty-one stapled to original typed descriptive text. Minor wear, soiling, and occasional minor chips to some leaflets. Overall a very nice group. A fascinating assemblage of original Korean War propaganda leaflets, most accompanied by original explanatory sheets issued by the Eighth..... More
[California: ca. 1947]. 21pp. typescript, together with maquette illustrated with eighteen photographs. Folio. Typescript stapled, minor soiling and toning. Maquette is large folio, original pictorial printed boards. Photographs pasted in, some loose. Light chipping and wear. A large maquette with original typescript designed as a book proposal for Will Lane's..... More
[Chicago: 1946]. [2],25pp. printed on verso only, plus [25] leaves of photographic plates each containing four images. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial card covers with metal spiral binding. Covers scuffed, corners worn. Several leaves loose, some worn at edges. Internally clean. "This book presents actual photographs taken by Sam C. Pappas..... More
[Various locations in Puerto Rico: 1941-1943]. [50] leaves, illustrated with approximately 270 vernacular silver gelatin photographs, most about 4.5 x 3.75 inches, plus numerous real photo postcards, and many dozens of ephemeral items mounted throughout. Folio. Contemporary decorative brown cloth with color illustration of a guitarist serenading in a courtyard..... More
Tokyo: Salesian Orphanage, 1949. 84pp. Original pictorial printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Second edition. Written by a Catholic priest, this work reports on the efforts of the Church and others to assist with the orphans and other wandering persons, particularly children, displaced in the wake of World War..... More
![Item #2571 The Basis of Negro Morale in World War II [cover title]. Charles H. Thompson](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2571_01.jpg?v=1640020806)
[Washington, D.C. ca. October, 1942]. [1],454-464pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor fraying to edges, light dust-soiling and toning to wrappers. An offprint of an important article on the morale of African-American soldiers during World War II, written by Charles H. Thompson and first published in the Journal of Negro..... More
![Item #342 Souvenir of Base Hospital Fifteen [cover title]. United States Navy](/pictures/thumb/McBRB342_01.jpg?v=1556207386)
[Papua New Guinea?]: 1945. [24]pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial card covers, stapled. Printed in multiple colors throughout. Some light wear, corners bumped. Rare commemorative brochure for the first year anniversary of Base Hospital Fifteen, an American naval hospital in Papua New Guinea, in the Admiralty Islands, during World War II..... More
[San Antonio? ca. 1918]. Albumen photograph, 6 x 8 inches. Mounted to a brown card, 10 x 12 inches. Light soiling and wear to image, corners of mount rubbed. A wonderful photograph of a parade float featuring a model bi-plane and the slogan, "For our boys at the Front." The..... More
[Okinawa: 1945-1946]. 363 original photographs, most 3.25 x 4.5 or 3.75 x 5 inches. Loose photos, some curling to approximately half of group. About 200 images neatly removed from previous album or other housing, with adhesive remnants on blank versos. Pencil annotations with dates and locations on a substantial minority..... More
[Okinawa and Saipan: 1944-1952]. Two volumes. [130]; [140]pp. containing 268; 315 mounted photographs and three maps. Folio. Original grey cloth binders, manuscript titles on front covers. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contents mounted on leaves of ruled notebook paper. Annotated extensively in a neatly printed hand. These exceptionally well-documented..... More
[San Jose Island, Panama: 1944-1945]. 195 black-and-white photographs, all measuring 4 x 5 inches, many with ink notations on verso, plus four smaller prints, two negatives, two typed notation sheets likely intended as captions for the photographs, and a printed journal centerfold. Housed in a makeshift maroon cloth clamshell box..... More
San Antonio and Hunt, Tx., and Chickasha, Ok. October 7, 1943 to October 2, 1944. 187 autograph letters, signed, between one and three pages in length, almost all with original transmittal envelopes or written on aeromail stationery. Small portions of a few letters torn away, occasional offsetting from laid-in newspaper..... More
Fort Benning, Ga. 1942. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 16.5 inches, backed on paper. Several vertical fold creases, minor surface wear and soiling, small marginal pinhole at bottom left, couple of inked names in margins, slight fading to image area. A striking panoramic group portrait photograph of the brass band stationed..... More
[Various places including Brazil and Africa]: 1943-1944. 64 original photos, mostly 3.25 x 4.5 or 4 x 4 inches. Limp calf covers, embossed and printed in red tan and blue. Covers chipped, rubbed, and well-worn, but solid. Photos in corner mounts, with extensive manuscript captioning. A bit of fading and..... More