Washington,D.C. Department of Defense, 1950s. 8¾” x 5¾”. Stapled pictorial selfwrappers. Pp. 15. Very good: some light creases, scuffs and spots to front wrap which has an Army/Air Force Recruiting Station stamp to top edge; one faint crease at edge throughout; lightly toned. This is a rare recruitment..... More
Santa Clara, California: The Santa Clara War Mothers, 1945-1948. 11½” x 8¼” commercial scrapbook, embossed leather over boards with 45 newspaper clippings adhered to 14 pp. + 8 clippings and 4 magazine issues laid in and the last 10 pages are blank. Issues measure 11¾” x 8½” with stapled illustrated..... 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
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. 8 ” x 5¾”. Stitched self-wrappers. Pp. 30. Good due to stitching nearly perished; else very good plus with a touch of faint spotting. This is the uncommon report to the War Department of the investigation into the Brownsville Affair, with evidence of..... More
![Item #1279 [Photo Album of Japanese American Students in Hawaii]. Henry Arakaki](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1279_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1770223900)
Honolulu and Tokyo: [circa 1949], 1952. 7 ” x 11. Decorative thin card boards, plastic red comb binding. 28 construction paper pages with 49 B&W photographs and 1 RPPC corner-mounted + envelope of 3 negatives laid in and the last 16 leaves are blank. Photos range from 1 ” x...... More
![Item #9127 [Photo Album Compiled by a Navy Sailor in Hawaii]. Tai Sing Loo, photographer](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9127_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774558805)
Hawaii: 1943-1944. 10 ” x 13 ”. Commercial “Aloha Hawaii” album, faux brown leather over boards, plastic bradbound and string-tied. 98 pages with 156 B&W photographs cornermounted mostly rectos + 3 laid in. Photos measure 2¾” x 4½” or 5” x 7” and nearly all are captioned. Album very good..... 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