Army Times Anniversary Edition: Fifty Years of Military Life, 1940-1990
Washington, DC: Army Times Pub. Co., 1990. Quarto, 184, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn, soiled, and edge tears, some page discoloration. More
Washington, DC: Army Times Pub. Co., 1990. Quarto, 184, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn, soiled, and edge tears, some page discoloration. More
Springfield, VA: The Times Journal Co., 1991. 152, wraps, illus. (some in color), covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
London: Marshall Cavendish, 1975. First Edition. Quarto, 120, profusely illus. (some in color), small white flecks & finger marks ins bds & flylves, some wear DJ edges, sm tear fr DJ flap. More
Stanford, CA: Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University, 1991. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. viii, 181, [1] p. Includes illustrations. Footnotes and references. More
Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1994. Quarto, 106, wraps, profusely illus. (some in color), small tear at base of spine, some soiling to rear cover. More
Milwaukee, WI: AstroMedia, 1980. 86, wraps, illus. (many in color), diagrams. More
Atlanta, GA: Atcomm Publishing, 2001. Wraps. 80 pages. Includes: illustrations, maps. Some illustrations in color. More
Atlanta, GA: Alston & Bird, 1996. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 102 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. More
Boston, MA: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 128, wraps, slight foxing to text, sm tears spine & sm pcs missing, covers soiled & sm pc missing, corners of text & covers bent. More
Concord, NH: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1954. 96, wraps, illus., covers somewhat soiled and creased, some wear to cover & spine edges, small piece missing lower corner fr cover. More
Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Company, 1994. 28 cm, 132, wraps, illus. (some color), rough spot on front cover where mailing label has been removed, some pages creased. More
Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Company, 1996. 28 cm, 128, wraps, illus. (some color), some warping at bottom possibly from moisture, covers wrinkled, pages clean and separate. More
Concord, NH: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921. 143 + ads, wraps, illus., entire periodical water stained & wrinkled, a few pgs stuck, covers & spine stained & small tears Contains an article on bookselling by H. C. Porter, and one on political Zionism by Albert T. Clay. More
London, England: The Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd., circa 1918. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 12 pages. Oversized volume, measuring 9-3/14 inches by 14-1/2 inches. The lower corner of pages creased. Maps are colored. Stanfords is a specialist bookshop of maps and travel books in London, established in 1853 by Edward Stanford. Its collection of maps, globes, and maritime charts is considered the world's largest. It has also supplied cartography for the British Army and for James Bond films. At the time of the shop's opening, it was the only mapmaker in London since it commissioned John Bolton as an in-house cartographer. Stanfords opened at the height of global exploration and colonialism, hence, cartographic works were in great demand. The store on Long Acre in Covent Garden, central London, was the location of the company's printing business before the entire operation moved there in January 1901. More
Kirtland Air Force Base, NM: HQ Air Force Safety Center, The Information Preservation System Program, 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 14 sheets, printed on one side only. Includes some participant biographies. Color illustration on front sheet. Stapled in the upper left corner. Scarce ephemeral item. Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Most nations that developed nuclear weapons tested them. Testing nuclear weapons can yield information about how the weapons work, as well as how the weapons behave under various conditions and how personnel, structures, and equipment behave when subjected to nuclear explosions. Nuclear testing has often been used as an indicator of scientific and military strength, most nuclear weapons states publicly declared their nuclear status by means of a nuclear test. The first nuclear device was detonated as a test by the United States at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945, with a yield approximately equivalent to 20 kilotons of TNT. The first thermonuclear weapon technology test of engineer device, codenamed "Ivy Mike", was tested at the Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands on November 1, 1952 (local date), also by the United States. In 1963, three (UK, US, Soviet Union) of the four nuclear states and many non-nuclear states signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty, pledging to refrain from testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, underwater, or in outer space. The treaty permitted underground nuclear testing. France continued atmospheric testing until 1974, and China continued until 1980. Neither has signed the treaty. More
New York: Union Carbide Corporation, 1962. Reprint. Seventh printing. Wraps. 40 p. Includes illustrations. More
London: U.S. Information Service, 1957. Wraps, illus., ink and pencil notation on front cover, covers worn, soiled, and edge tears. More
Boston, MA: Hill Publishing Company, Inc, 1971. Quarto, 112, illus. (some in color), minor wear and soiling to boards. More
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 2008. Includes illustrations. Approximately 4.25 by 11 inches, folded once to create four panels (counting both sides), but most of the text is on the interior two panels. More
London: John Miller, 1817. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Lacking front and back covers, spine intact. No pages disbound. Binding copy. xxv, [1], 78, [2] pages. Frontis illustrations. Embellished with Plates (portrait of Samuel Johnson at page 38 and folding illustration at page 42). Covers gone, but marbled endpapers remain, protecting the core text. One plate missing between pages 46 and 47. Occasional footnotes. Some pencil notations and underlining noted. Some page discoloration. Some edge tears and chipping noted. John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His other siblings, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, also enjoyed success on the stage. In 1778, Kemble joined the York company of Tate Wilkinson, appearing at Wakefield as Captain Plume in George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer; in Hull for the first time as Macbeth on 30 October, and in York as Orestes in Ambrose Philips's Distressed Mother. In 1781 he obtained a "star" engagement at Dublin making his first appearance there on 2 November as Hamlet. He also achieved great success as Raymond in The Count of Narbonne, a play taken from Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. This work also includes a "Poetical Address by Walter Scott, Esq" [pages 76-77]. More
Lausanne, Switzerland: Edita, S.A., 1974. 232, illus., diagrams, DJ worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. More
Smithfield, NC: Ava Gardner Museum, n.d. 1 sheet, wraps, illus., maps. This item is a flyer (single sheet), printed on both sides. More
New York: The Gardner-Moffat Company, 1919. Quarto, approx. 1200, bound volume of periodical, illus., tables, charts, bookplate inside front board, edges of leather half binding worn. More
Philadelphia, PA: NARMIC, 1975. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. 16 p. Includes illustrations. Notes. Stop B-1 Campaign Resources. More
Other [two pens shaped like the B61 nuclear weapon with transporter]. When was the pen invented? If we only think about a pen as an instrument used for making marks on another surface, we must consider that the pen as being invented during the stone age. Over the centuries writing instruments have evolved into the pen as we know it. In May of 1827, France issued its first patent on the fountain pen to a Parisian Student, Romanian Petrache Poenaru. The fountain pen which features a fine stainless-steel tip, still needs an ink well to be constantly filled with ink. Widespread production of these customized pens taking another 30 years, with others improving on the filling techniques. Fountain pens become a favorite with professionals such as barristers, professors, doctors and accountants and remain a mainstay for over a century. Originally the concept of the ballpoint pen was proposed by John J. Loud, who was looking for a way to write on surfaces other than paper. The concept was simple enough, a thin tube of ink would be placed in a comfortable cylinder, the ink would be held in a metal ball in a socket. When the ball was pressed against a writing surface, the ball would rotate in the socket allowing a smooth even flow of ink. Mr. Loud receive his first patent for the ball point pen on October 30, 1888. Each innovation made the ballpoint better and cheaper to manufacturer. Ballpoint pens soon became available in every color, style, shape and design. They featured permanent ink, erasable ink, black ink, blue ink, red ink. It was the revolution of the pen. More