North Powder, Oregon: North Powder High School, 1942. 10½” x 8”. Two-hole punched leaves, plastic brad-bound within thin orange folder. Pp. [48]. Good: front cover and first page(s) lacking; rear cover detached but present; offsetting and edge wear to first present page with a small patch worn away; several photographs..... More
[London, England]: United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration European Regional Office, 1944. 6 3/8” x 4”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. iv, 85. Very good plus: minimal wear, lightly toned, prior owner penciled name to front wrap. This is a handbook created by the Displaced Persons Division No. 3..... More
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Army and Navy Publishing Company, Inc., 1941. 12¼” x 9”. Decorated cloth over boards. Pp. 106. Very good: 2” loss to cloth at top of spine; front hinge partly cracked; a few faint soil spots and dings to boards; marginal foxing, damp stains and associated creasing..... More
Morocco and Senegal: 1943. 10” x 13½”. Leather-tied full leather over flexible card. 36 pages with 156 photographs mostly inserted into corner mounts. Photos are a range of sizes and most are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear; photos generally near fine or better. This album was..... More
St. Charles and Mexico, Missouri: [circa 1942-1945]. 35 loose B&W photographs, about half measuring 3¼” x 4½”, half 3½” x 5”, 5 are captioned on versos and 1 on recto. Very good or better: photos a touch wavy, some with a bit of corner wear and the occasional small spot..... More
Washington, D.C. Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1943. 10¼” x 8”. Stapled pictorial self-wrappers. Pp. 23. Very good: tiny ding to lower edge of rear wrap, extending to several leaves but not approaching any content; front wrap lightly chipped at two corners, rear chip at staple; both wraps lightly..... More
[Revere, Massachusetts]: [Temple B'nai Israel], 1943. 14” x 8½”. Corner stapled, eight mimeographed leaves, printed rectos only. Pp. 8. Good: folded twice, bottom edge heavily worn with dogears and affecting a few characters of text. This is a mimeographed newsletter created by a Jewish congregation in Massachusetts that was..... More
1945. This listing is for a total of 35 different maps – all but one are Germany, and the other is Switzerland. The maps are folded and were prepared under the Chief Engineer for the European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) during World War II in 1945. The..... More
![Item #5079 The Oflag 64 Item. [No. 13. November 1, 1944]. Frank Diggs](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5079.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701614755)
Altburgund, Germany: American officers temporarily detained in Offizierslager 64 (Schubin), Germany, 1944. 12” x 8 ½”. Newsprint. Pp. 4. Good: toned; horizontal separations at center with early tape repair; light edge chips. This is a rare example of a monthly American prisoner of war camp newspaper from the..... More
![Item #5791 [Collection of World War II Cartoons]. Clarence Hansen](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5791_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778793303)
[East Hartford, Connecticut?]: 1943-1945. 435 leaves of thin card measuring 10” x 8”, each with an original illustration in ink, and 23 are heightened in watercolor. Generally very good or better with lightly toned leaves. This is a visually spectacular collection of cartoons which document hundreds of events..... More
![Item #8760 We Also Can Serve! June 1943 – June 1945 [Cover title]. Elizabeth Heffernan](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8760.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750453148)
N.P. AAFEC Reproduction Section, 1945. 10½” x 8½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. [130] + laid in short biography of prior owner along with her WAAC Service Medal. Good: Wrappers separated at spine and repaired with tape; textblock detached from wrappers. This is a rare book created by..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Poster. Near fine: folded as issued, 1/8” tear in upper and lower left margins and one pinpoint separation at intersection. An World War II government poster which uncommonly features an African American. It encourages the purchase of war bonds, with an image of..... More
![Item #9257 [Message To Troops Aboard the U.S.S. Dickman]. Major General S. Patton, eorge](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9257.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775054886)
U.S.S. Dickman Near the Coast of Casablanca: 1942. 10¾” x 7 5/8”. Single sheet printed one side. Good: old folds and a couple of chips. This is an extraordinary item that's also extraordinarily rare: an inspiring message to troops aboard the U.S.S. Dickman from Major General George S...... More
![Item #6676 Lietuva Naciu ir Bolseviku Vergijoje [Lithuania in Nazi and Bolshevik Slavery]. Juozas...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6676.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680023950)
Chicago, Ill. A.L.R.K. Federacijos Chicago Apskrities Spaudos Sekcijos, 1944. Stated First Edition. 8½” x 5¼”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 51. Very good: wrappers toned at extremities and lightly soiled with a bit of corner wear; light dust-soiling throughout. This is a strong and poetic appeal on behalf of Lithuania's..... More
![Item #1505 [Women][World War II][Wacs] A Wac's Uniforms, Notebooks and ALSs. Dorothy C. Schutt](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1505.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1533074061)
Fort Des Moines, Iowa and Pasadena California: 1943-1945. 24 autograph letters (approximately 65 pages on sheets measuring around 7½” x 5¼”) , one typescript letter, eight greeting cards and two dinner menus. Two steel spiral stenographer's note books measuring 9” x 6” with 123 pages of handwritten notes. Uniforms include..... More
![Item #8640 [Scrapbook of a World War II Navy Nurse]. Marian Shiflett](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8640.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750453148)
Mostly San Diego, CA: 1942-1943. 11¼” x 9¼”. Commercial scrapbook. Pp. 88 with 46 newspaper and magazine clippings, 183 photographs, 14 real photo postcards and 67 pieces of ephemera adhesive mounted and laid in. Photos range from 1” x 1” to 8” x 10”, most around 3” x 4” and..... More
![Item #6664 [Collection of a Coast Guardsman Before and During World War II]. John Sloan](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6664.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1770227911)
Locations including North Africa, Chicago, San Francisco and Virginia: 1932-1944. Most items around 11” x 8½”. Six newspaper clippings (2 mounted, 4 smaller loose) + 6 letters (4 handwritten, 2 typed, about 1,350 words) + 13 official military documents + 4 pages of handwritten notes. Generally very good with light..... More