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

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

[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

[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

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

[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

[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

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 locations in Europe, mainly Italy, but also France and Germany: 1942-1945]. Forty-seven album leaves and plastic sleeves, illustrated with approximately 350 photographs, many with manuscript annotations, a handful of personnel documents, and numerous ephemeral items. Later black three-ring binder used to re-house original album leaves and sleeves. Moderate soiling..... More

Beijing: 1950. [2],2,109pp. Original printed wrappers. Illustrated. Text in Chinese. Minor spotting and soiling to wrappers, backstrip reinforced with plain paper, circular ink stamp on front wrapper, title page, and one text leaf. Occasional light marginal soiling. Rare Chinese translation of an anti-American propaganda pamphlet written by Soviet author, journalist..... More

[Indianapolis: 1938]. [1],132,iii,[1]pp. plus two leaves of plates. Two volumes in one, paginated continuously. Folio. Original blue card covers printed in gilt, linen spine; stapled. Binding detached from text block. Lightly tanned, minor wear and soiling. Mimeographed work enumerating Indiana women who served in World War I. Entries are alphabetical..... More

[Various locations in Europe: 1918]. 200 silver gelatin photographs on 100 leaves, 5 x 7 inches. Folio. Contemporary leather album, cover gilt. Heavily worn and chipped, hinges partially perished. Images mounted to thick black paper, two per page; each numbered and captioned. Contents clean with minimal wear, some images slightly..... More