Akron, OH: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 1936. Presumed one of several promotional fabric mementos produced for select distribution. Piece of Fabric. This is a piece of the Fabric used in Explorer II. This flight was sponsored by National Geographic Society (NGS) and U.S. Army Air Corps. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 3.25 inches. It has printing on both sides. One side has an illustration of Explorer II ascending over text that reads EXPLORER II 1935 stratosphere Flight Balloon Capt. Albert W. Stevens Flight Commander Capt. Orval A. Anderson U. S. Army Air Corps. Take-off from Black Hills of South Dakota. The other side states This is a Piece of the Fabric Used in EXPLORER II 1935 Stratsophere Flight Balloon Largest Balloon Ever Built sponsored by National Geographic Society and U.S. Army Air Corps courtesy of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The balloon used for the Explorer II expedition was cut up into strips and distributed as commemorative bookmarks among the NGS members who supported the mission. It is common for one or both sides of the bookmark to be discolored as the result of the chemical reaction between sunlight and the rubber coating on the cotton fabric used to construct the balloon. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. The company was named after American Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber. The Goodyear tires became popular because they were easily detachable and required little maintenance. Goodyear had been manufacturing airships and balloons since the early 1900s. NOTE: THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE NGS ISSUED BOOKMARK!!! This is more of a souvenir than a bookmark in form and format. More

Iola, WI: Gun Digest Books, and imprint of F & W Media, Inc., Krause Publications, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Volume 1 of a two volume set. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 334, [2] pages. Illustrations. Tabular Data. Patrick Sweeney is an American gunsmith (retired), originally from Detroit, Michigan. According to an interview with Shotgun World magazine, he is a well-known author in the field of gunsmithing. Retired from gunsmithing, he writes full-time. He teaches law enforcement classes on the patrol rifle, and gunsmithing the AR-15. In addition to writing books, he was the Handguns Editor of Guns & Ammo magazine from 2007 through 2017. He was co-host of Handguns in its inaugural season, and has been a contributor to Guns & Ammo TV since 2007. When John Browning designed the Model 1911 pistol for Colt's Manufacturing Co. he created the standard by which pistols have been judged for more than 90 years. Now Patrick Sweeney provides the first in-depth look at the Model 1911 in all its forms, complete with information on ammunition, after-market parts and performance testing of semi-custom guns. This book shows you what the 1911 is and what it can become. If you own a 1911 now or have ever considered buying one, this book is for you. This work includes complete evaluation of more than two dozen semi-custom guns. It has data for popular ammo including 460 Roland and 40 Super. More

Cambridge, MA: United Research Incorporated, 1961. Presumed to be one of only a few copies made. Comb binding. [10], viii, 236 pages. Information is presented on one side of a sheet only. Cover has some wear and soiling. Participating in this research were: Professor Raymond Bauer, Dr. Paul Cherington, Mr. D an Fenn, Mr. Ellis Mottur, Mr. Gerald Siegel, Mr. James Williams and Miss Nancy Husselbee. Raymond A. Bauer was the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School from 1974 until his death in 1977. He earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1950 and was a fellow in the Russian Research Center. In 1953 Bauer joined the MIT Center for International Studies and in 1955 became a fellow in MIT's Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science. He returned to Harvard in 1957 as Professor of Business Administration. Raymond A. Bauer's work focused on such diverse subjects as Soviet psychology, advertising and consumer behavior, the policy making process in government, and the social responsiveness of corporations. Paul T. Cherington was the instructor of the first marketing courses taught at Harvard Business School. Dan Fenn was an educator and government official: faculty member, Harvard Business School (1955-1961); staff assistant to President Kennedy (1961-1963); president, Center for Business-Government Relations (1969-1971); Director, John F. Kennedy Library (1972-1986); and faculty member and lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (1976-1980). United Research was very closely allied with Harvard Business School and many of the professors worked with the firm as part-time consultants. More

Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Published Co., Inc., 1973. Reprint of the New, Revised, and Enlarged Edition of 1914, Second printing (after 1967 initial reprinting). Hardcover. 698, [5] pages. Minor soiling noted. Most of the material is presented in a two column format. The author lived between 1838 and 1926 and was noted for the reference works he produced. Robert Hendre Kelby (1847-1927) served as librarian to the New-York Historical Society from 1899 to 1920. The Continental Army was the army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was established by a resolution of Congress on June 14, 1775. The Continental Army was created to coordinate military efforts of the Colonies in their war for independence against the British, who sought to keep their American lands under control. General George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army throughout the war. The Continental Army was supplemented by local militias and volunteer troops that were either loyal to individual states or otherwise independent. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783, after the Treaty of Paris formally ended the fighting. The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Army went on to form what was to become the Legion of the United States in 1792. This became the foundation of what is now the United States Army. The officers of both the Continental Army and the state militias were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to oppose the policies of the British Crown. The enlisted men were very different. They mainly came from the working class or minority groups (Irish, German, African American). More

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2012. First Printing thus [Stated]. Hardcover. xix, [1], 428 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Yellow underlining noted in index. This is one of the Modern War Studies series. Inscribed by Von Hardesty on the title page. Inscription reads To Gene [Eisman], with best wishes and in appreciation of friendship and collaboration on the front lines of history! Von Hardesty 4/3/12. Writing in the Washington Post Book World, Martin Caidin praised author Von Hardesty's Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power, 1941-1945, deeming Hardesty's chronicle of Soviet military air power during World War II "a brilliant study" and commending its "wealth of detail on structure, policy, organization and statistical data." According to George Alexander of the Los Angeles Times Book Review, the book, which contains many never-before- seen photographs, "recounts the slow, painful transformation of the Voyenno vosdushnyye sily, or Soviet air force, from a 1941 pushover to a 1945 strongman." In addition to Red Phoenix, and its updated Red Phoenix Rising, Hardesty has written and edited numerous other books about aviation. Hardesty is author with Gene Eisman of Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race. The book examines the intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union as the two countries launched their space programs in the 1950s. Using declassified documents and a number of other American and Russian sources, the authors detail both the American and Russian perspectives as each tried to outdo the other in order to achieve the prize goal of achieving dominance in outer space. More

New York: Scribner (A Lisa Drew Book), 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 453, [3] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Inscription signed by both authors. Inscription reads To Gene--A fellow Russophile. Thanks for your interest! All best, Peter Baker Susan Glasser. Some pages have lower corner bent. Peter Eleftherios Baker (born July 2, 1967) is an American journalist and author. He is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC, and was previously a reporter for The Washington Post for 20 years. Baker has covered five presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and currently Joe Biden. Baker and his wife, Susan Glasser, spent four years as Moscow bureau chiefs, chronicling the rise of Vladimir Putin, the rollback of Russian democracy, the Second Chechen War and the terrorist attack on a theater in Moscow and the Beslan school hostage crisis. Baker published his second book, Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution through Scribner, with Susan Glasser, a detailed accounting of Vladimir Putin's consolidation of power during his first term as President of Russia. It was named one of the Best Books of 2005 by The Washington Post Book World. Susan B. Glasser is an American journalist and news editor. She writes the column "Letter from Biden’s Washington" in The New Yorker. She was founding editor of Politico Magazine, and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, which won three National Magazine Awards during her tenure. At the Washington Post, she served as Moscow co-bureau chief. More

New York: Time, Inc., 1961. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Wraps. Quarto. 110 plus covers. Wraps Illustrations (some in color). No dust jacket as issued. Cover has wear and soiling. Mailing label on front cover. Moisture staining noted on some interior pages. Cover shows Atomic Energy Chairman Seaborg. Banner in upper left corner reads :Fallout from Russia The Argument Over Testing. The coverage starts at page 21 with an article entitled The Atom and has discussion of testing and there is a section on Ten Questions & Answers about Fallout. On page 23 there are two columns, including photo, on Glenn Seaborg. The coverage appears to conclude at the end of page 25. There is additional coverage at page 31 on Russian/Soviet Civil Defense preparations. There are also articles about Ishi, and James Thurber. More

Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2020. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [2-front cover back and front], 73 pages plus rear cover. Illustrations (many in color). National Security Science magazine showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab's scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national security to policy makers, the general public, academia, and scientific and technical experts. This is entitled The History Issue and had articles on The Trinity Test: 75 Years Ago, The mission that changed the world, Generations of Tradition (by General (retired) Paul Tibbets IV), Why wasn't Little Boy Tested, Cold War Watchmen [Project Vela]. The mystery flash that changed astrophysics, Behind the bamboo curtain [Los Alamos scientists visit Lop Nur], Analysis: Doomed to Cooperate, Looking back: 66 years ago the Castle Bravo test; and Boyd Ritter creates custom knives. More

Cambridge, MA: Bentley Publishers, 2012. Later printing or Edition (originally published and copyrighted in 2000). Trade paperback. xii, 466, [2] pages. Foreword by Ivan Hirst. Endnotes. Bibliography. Illustrations. Art Credits. Index. About the Author. Karl E. Ludvigsen (born April 24, 1934) is a journalist, author, and historian of the automotive industry and motor sports. He graduated Cum Laude from Phillips Exeter Academy, and attended both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying engineering, and Pratt Institute where he matriculated in industrial design. Ludvigsen began his automotive writing and editing for MIT's Tech Engineering News in 1953. He has served as technical editor of both Auto Age and Sports Cars Illustrated, east coast editor of Motor Trend and editor of Car and Driver. As an author, co-author or editor, Ludvigsen has some four dozen books to his credit. Four Ludvigsen books concern the Chevrolet Corvette, one of them that was credited with sparking the Corvette hobby. He has written three times about Mercedes-Benz, twice about its racing cars. His books on the latter subject have won the Montagu Trophy (once) and the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award (twice), both recognizing outstanding automotive historical writing. In 2001 he again received the Cugnot award from the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) for his book about the early years of the Volkswagen, Battle for the Beetle. In 2002, he was named a Friend of Automotive History by the SAH, the Society's highest award. More

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur [Thomas Dunne Books], 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 325, [1] pages. Autographed copy sticker on DJ. Sticker residue on spine of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Tom Corcoran is a Florida-based writer of mystery novels. He has authored three books on classic Ford Mustangs. Corcoran is friends with Jimmy Buffett and shot photographs for seven of Buffett's album covers, as well as cowrote the hits "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion". Derived from a Kirkus review: Alex Rutledge, Key West’s hunkiest freelance photographer, is looking longingly for a safe harbor. Just south of Cuba lies the Grand Cayman, and he thinks of his seven-day shoot there as healing for both a shattered exchequer and a battered psyche. Obstacles keep looming. First, there’s the call of friendship. Alex’s buddy, Sam Wheeler, faces a trip to Broward County to identify a body that might be his missing sister, and Alex can’t let him go alone. Next, there’s a proliferation of corpses, most of which seem connected to each other and, dismayingly, to him—like Naomi Douglas, the older woman beloved by Alex for insisting he was more talented than even he believed. She died in her sleep, they tell him, but he can’t help remembering how very robust she’d seemed only days earlier. There are problems with live bodies too, like the opulent Teresa Barga. With haste, she appears on the point of vacating the Rutledge bed after a mere flash of passion. When Alex, a part-time crime photographer, is tapped to take pictures of a crime scene, he goes reluctantly, knowing that once he gets sucked into sleuthing, he can kiss off the Caymans. The Key West setting is as always a plus. More

Washington DC: United States Air Force, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Three Ring Binder. Three Hole punched. Unpaginated (approximately 1 inch thick, approximately 400 pages). Front cover illustration. Tear at top hole in cover page. Three ring binder is soiled and has some wear. Illustrations Tabular information. Cover has some wear and soiling. This manual is incomplete without T.O. 1F-111F-1-1, T.O. 1F-111F-1-2, and T.O. 1F-111F-1-3. This manual supersedes T. O. 1F-111F-1 dated 23 November 1973; Safety Supplements T.O. 1F-111F-1SS-47, -49, -54, -55, and -62; and Operational Supplements T.O. 1F-111F-1S-48, -53, -57, and -59. Includes a list of effective pages. Table of Contents includes: description & operation, normal procedures, emergency procedures, crew duties, operating limitations, flight characteristics, all weather operation, and Appendix I, performance data (see T. O. 1F-111F-1-1, this appendix is NOT PRESENT in this item), and alphabetical index. More

New York: Doubleday, 2013. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [16], 300, [4] pages. Map. Notes. Index. Previous owner's address label removed from fep. Contents include Introduction; Prologue: "A Week in September"; Afghanistan: The Good War Gone Bad; Afghanistan: Reconciliation?; Who Lost Pakistan?; Iran: Between War and Containment; Iraq; The Signal Democracy; The Fading Promise of the Arab Spring; The Gathering Storm; The China Challenge, and Conclusion: America, The Pivotal Nation. Vali Reza Nasr (born 20 December 1960) is an Iranian-American academic and author, specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is also a Non-Resident Fellow in South Asia at Atlantic Council and is described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam". He taught at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, University of San Diego, and the Naval Postgraduate School. Drawing from his decades of scholarship and specifically from his two-year tenure as senior adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special adviser to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Nasr accuses the Obama White House of lacking any strategic vision for the Middle East and abandoning diplomacy and economic engagement in favor of shortsighted, tactical maneuvers driven by domestic politics and opinion polls. An informed, smoothly argued brief that will surely rattle windows at the White House. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Third Edition, Revised [Stated]. {resumed first printing thus. Hardcover. 25 cm. [30], 630, xxiii, [3] pages. Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Foreword to the First Edition. Maps. Diagrams. Footnotes. Appendix Bibliography. Historical Glossary. Index. Signed by Andrew Stewart (ex-husband of Martha Stewart, acquired at auction). Some pencil underlining noted. A comprehensive theory of international relations revolving around the central principle of power. This revised edition, issued at the start of the Vietnam War, stresses charismatic power and elaborates on the discussion of political ideologies. There is also information on the theory of alliances and a discussion of the balance of power. Hans Joachim Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 – July 19, 1980) was a German-American political scientist. He was one of the major twentieth-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition of realism in international relations theory, and he is considered among the most influential realists of the post-World War II period. Morgenthau made landmark contributions to international relations theory and the study of international law. Politics Among Nations, first published in 1948, went through five editions during his lifetime and was widely adopted as a textbook in U.S. universities. Morgenthau emphasized the centrality of power and "the national interest," the subtitle of Politics Among Nations -- "the struggle for power and peace" -- his concern was not only with the struggle for power but the ways in which it is limited by ethics, norms, and law. Morgenthau was esteemed as an interpreter of U.S. foreign policy. More