Group of four original 10 x 8 inch black-and-white photographs showing U.S. Army troops in training: two views of long vehicle convoys on rural roads, one scene of a sergeant coaching a soldier on the rifle range, and one image of NCOs checking a paper target in a covered gallery.....

Boston, Massachusetts: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1932. This booklet sits at the intersection of American industrial history and corporate advertising, appealing to collectors of Edison material, early technology, and insurance ephemera.Subjects: Thomas Edison, John Hancock Insurance, Industrial History, American Innovation, 1930s Advertising, Corporate Promotion, Inventors, Great Men Narrative.....

Charlotte, NC: The Herald Press, 1944. This is a historical account detailing the experiences and contributions of the 340th Engineer General Service Regiment during the construction of the Alaska Military Highway, commonly known as the Alaska Highway, during World War II. This regimental history offers a firsthand perspective on the.....

New York: [The Schilling Press, Inc.], 1920. Near Fine in Stapled Wraps. An uncommon piece of early aviation history.  We found 12 in institutions, though several may be digital copies.Published for the Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co. of Keyport New Jersey to promote their plane with a history of a......

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Dust Jacket painting by Andrew Wyeth. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Toward the Morning tells of Salathiel Albine's progress down the bright Pennsylvania trail from Bedford Village toward the city which to him means civilization and the life.....

Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Green Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A rich, meticulously researched guide to one of America’s most cherished architectural traditions; this volume, part of Allen's series on covered bridges across the United States, zeroes in on the bridges of New York, New.....

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. An analysis from 1937 of the effects of the ongoing depression on American farmers and FDR's programs to assist them.This study was undertaken to assemble information concerning the relief and rehabilitation needs of farmers and to.....

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. The 1912 United States presidential election was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft while defeating former President Theodore Roosevelt and.....

Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company, 1974. Ninth Edition. A concise and accessible Bancroft guide combining gold-rush history, historic preservation advocacy, and travel promotion. These locally issued Colorado booklets were sold to visitors as souvenirs and reference guides and were often heavily used, making clean surviving copies increasingly scarce. Historical Note.....

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ Press, First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. In the years between 1936 and 1943, some 300 murals (also sculptures and stone reliefs) were installed in federal buildings throughout the South.This examination, done with humor, perseption and a storyteller's sensibility.....

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. William C. Berman’s America’s Right Turn: From Nixon to Clinton traces the rise of conservatism in American politics from the late 1960s through the 1990s. He examines Nixon’s 'silent majority,' the New Right, and Reagan’s fusion of conservative ideology with economic.....