Anonymous

Fighting Trim at Navy Overseas Freight Terminal

S. l. (San Francisco), Navy Overseas Freight Terminal, 1944. First Edition. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1944); 5 1/4 x 4; pp. [30]; beige, mimeographed, stapled wraps; mimeographed illustrations and text to rectos only; a small chip to upper corner of one leaf, else minor wear; in very good or better condition. An unrecorded booklet, it was distributed among the enlisted personnel at the Navy Overseas Freight Terminal in San Francisco and proudly proclaimed: "We count on every man and woman to be ON DUTY every Day. Accidents are sabotage. They wreck equipment, ruin schedules, and injure valued employees. Accidents are comfort to the enemy..this book shows you safe ways to work - to KEEP FIGHTING TRIM." And showing it did, with caricaturish illustrations, how to pay attention to signs, how to work and not horse around, how to realize a mild discomfort is turning into a big deal, and so on. The Navy Overseas Freight Terminal was responsible, among other things, for the sourcing, shipping, and accounting for the vast amount of supplies needed for the war in the Pacific. Very good .

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Book number: 003748

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

Anonymous

A Pictorial Story of Waste Paper and Its Conversion Into Weapons of War

S. l. (Washington, DC [?]), S. l. 1944. Large leaflet, n. d. (ca 1944); 11 x 8 1/2; single sheet, printed in black and illustrated with photographs; uniform age-tonig; a tiny chip to lower corner and a short cut to left edge; in about very good condition. Part of the WWII war production drive and presented as a series of twelve subtitled photographs, the leaflet illustrated the various uses of recycled waste paper and described the essential war products made from it, including powder blasting kegs, parachute flairs, medical kits, blood plasma cartons, etc. Very good .

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Book number: 003518

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

Anonymous

Why Save Tin Cans?

S. l. (Washington, DC), U. S. Government Printing Office, 1944. Leaflet, n. d. (ca 1944); 8 1/2 x 7 1/2; single sheet, pp. [2]; off-white stock, printed in black and illustrated with drawings; minor wear to corners and edges; in very good to near fine condition. Issued as part of the WWII war production drive, the leaflet informed people about why "tin protects," "tin fights," and tin heals," and implored the public to salvage and save every tin can. Very good .

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Book number: 003517

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

[As told to] Tierney, Frank; [By] Kenney, Captain Roger B.

Asterperious. 319th Heavy Bombardment Squadron in the South-West Pacific Area

Sidney, Angus and Robertson Ltd. 1944. First Edition. First edition; 9 3/4 x 7 1/4; pp. [6], 1-62, [4]; pictorial cloth over boards; a few small, slight worn spots to bottom edge; mild wear to tips of spine; illustrated with numerous photographs; very good condition. A scarce book with a striking cover art, it documented two years of the service of Asterperious - 319th Squadron of the 90th Bombardment Group, the latter known as the Jolly Rogers. One of four squadrons, the 319th was first organized at Key Field in Mississippi in April 1942. It flew out of bases in Australia and New Guinea until VJ Day and after that transported Allied prisoners from Okinawa to Manila, until November 1945, when it ceased operations. The mascot of the 319th - the "Asterperious," was the aboriginal cartoon figure of the cover art, holding a bomb. The members of the group defined the made-up word as a "superior attitude in an inferior environment," or, in other words - "confidence in a seriously mucked-up situation. Very good .

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Book number: 002434

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii, Jolly Rogers

Biddle, Francis

Summary of Proclamations of the President of the United States of December 7 and 8, 1941, and January 14, 1942, and of Regulations of the Attorney General Thereunder 1942, Prescribing the Conduct to Be Observed by Aliens of Enemy Nationalities, Ar-Ae-26

S. l. (Washington, DC), U. S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Memorandum; 10 1/2 x 8; single sheet, text to recto only; intersecting crease lines, else minor wear; in very good or better condition. Summarized by Attorney General Francis Biddle and based on President Roosevelt's proclamations, issued immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the memorandum listed the restrictions and requirements prescribing the conduct to be observed by aliens of enemy nationalities, i.e. German, Italian, and Japanese citizens, or subjects living in the United States. Very good .

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Book number: 003107

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii, Presdiential

Bykovskyi, Lev

Polske Povstannia U Varshavi 1944. Spomyny Ochevydtsia (Warsaw Uprising in Poland in 1944. Memories of an Eyewitness)

London, Ukrainskoi Vydavnytchoi Spilky, 1963. First edition in book form; 9 x 6 1/4; pp. 3-47; off-white wraps, printed and ruled in black; tiny bookplate and signature of previous owner to front wrap and title page - Prof. Alexander A. Granovsky - Ukrainian-American pioneer entomologist and professor at the University of Minnesota; several manuscript corrections to text; in very good condition. Lev Bykovskyi (1895 - 1974 [?]) was a Ukrainian-American author, bibliographer, librarian, scholar, and co-founder, together with Iurii Lipa and several others, of the Ukrainian Black Sea Institute in 1940 - a research institution, with a focus on the inherent economic and political issues Ukraine might face, if it gained independance. His current booklet described the Warsaw Uprising - a major World War II operation in the summer of 1944. Very good .

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Book number: 003245

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Keywords: Wwii, Memoirs

Carter, Boake

Why Meddle in Europe [Signed/Inscribed by Author to Us Senator and Federal Judge Homer Truett Bone]

New York, Robert M. McBride and company, 1939. Hardcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 7 3/4; pp. [10], 11-208; blue cloth over boards; gilt title; deckled page edges; few small rubbed spots to tips of spine, else minor wear; personal stamps of Senator Homer Bone to front and back cover verso; in very good condition. Signed with a lengthy inscription by the author on ffep. Boake Carter a radio news commentator in the early part of the 20th century. He achieved national fame with his covering of the Lindberg baby kidnapping. In 1936, he had more listeners than any other radio commentator in the country. His commentaries progressively became more controversial - given his fervent criticisms of President Roosevelt and his "New Deal." By 1937, the pressure from the president's allies had caused Carter to lose his job and his sponsorship. When he died of an alleged heart attack in 1944 it was speculated he had been murdered by the leader of a British Israelite Cult. Carter wrote his current book just before the beginning of WWII. In it he argued against the involvement of the US in the conflict in Europe. Homer Bone, to whom the book is inscribed, was a US Senator from Washington and a Federal Judge. Ill.: 0. Very good 2.

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Book number: 000822

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii, Radio 0

Chief Intelligence Officer, Air Command, South-East Asia

Katakana" Japanese Syllabic Script

S. l. (London [?]), R. A. F. Translation Section, S. E. A. T. I. C. 1944. First Edition. First edition; 8 x 6 1/2; pp. [1], 2-8; off-white wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with symbols and tables; lower corner of front wrap clipped; mild age-toning and creasing; a small rust spot from a removed paper clip to back wrap; in very good condition. An unrecorded booklet on the Japanese syllabary of Katakana, it was published towards the latter part of the Second World War by the South-East Asia Translation and Interrogation Centre - one of the Allied Forces' multiple organizations, established to wage psychological warfare and to interrogate POWs in various regions. Very good .

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Book number: 003669

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

Citizens National Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles

Wwii War Bonds Envelope "Buy War Bonds

Los Angeles, Citizens National Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1940. Top-load envelope, n. d. (early 1940s); 8 x 4 1/2; lithographed front pannel; text in blue to back pannel; minor wear to edges; in very good to near fine condition. A handsome war bonds envelope, it featured a large "V for Victory" and eagle. Very good .

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Book number: 003764

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

Defense Housing Coordination of National Defense Program

Help Uncle Sam by Helping Yourself

Oakland, California, Home Registration Office, 1942. First Edition. Brochure; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2; pp. [4]; lithographed illustration to pp. 1, printed text with blanks to the rest of the pages; slight crease through middle, else minor wear; in very good or beter condition. Part of the campaign to house war workers and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Government offered homeowners the possibility to remodel their homes, in order to then rent part of them. Very good .

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Book number: 003766

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

Esso Marketers

Esso Map III Featuring the Pacific Theater

S. l. Esso, 1942. First edition, n. d. (ca 1942); folded 7 3/4 x 5 1/2, unfolded approx. 23 x 32; color maps on both recto and verso; a small nick to edge of one of the folds, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition. Featuring a large part of Asia, the map was drafted and printed by Esso - "makers of the peace-time Esso Road Maps. Very good .

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Book number: 003497

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii

Onatskyi, Ievhen

U Vavilonskomu Poloni (Spomyny)

Buenos Aires, s. n. 1948. Presumed first edition (1948 to title page, 1949 to front wrap); 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-131; olive wraps, printed in black and ruled with an intricate border; sun-tanning to margins and a few minor spots to wraps; a chip with small loss of paper to tail of spine; very faint stamps from a Ukrainian youth organization and an inscription to front wrap and title page; in good condition. Ievhen Onatskyi (1894 - ?) was a Ukrainian author, member of the Ukrainian Central Rada, librarian of the Kiev Municipal Museum, and member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. He was also with the Ukrainian diplomatic service in Italy and taught at the University of Rome until 1943, when he was arrested by the Gestapo. He immigrated to Argentina in 1947, where he continued writing and researching Ukrainian cultural heritage. His current work, one of his earlier ones, was a personal narrative of WWII. Good .

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Book number: 003251

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Keywords: Wwii, Argentina, Ukraine

Russian War Relief

Let Katinka Show You - Gifts by Russian War Relief, Inc.

S. l. (New York), Russian War Relief, Inc. 1942. First edition, n. d. (ca 1942); concertina-fold, 10 panels altogether; 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 folded; bright-yellow stock, illustrated with drawings in red and black; small spot to first panel; minor wear to edges; in very good or better condition. Published as a fundraiser by the Russian War Relief, the brochure descriptions and prices for books, pins, scarfs, etc. the proceeds for which were to go towards medical supplies, food, and clothing. Katinka, used as a collective name for Russian women, represented the "thousands of courageous Katinkas (and Gregors), who were fighting to secure a final victory for the United Nations." The Russian War Relief, also known as the American Committee for Russian War Relief and the Russian War Relief Fund, was the the largest American agency for foreign war relief, founded in 1941 in New York, one month after Germany's invasion of Russia. Not in OCLC, not in the trade (as of December 2021). Very good .

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Book number: 003122

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii, War Relief, Americana, Russia

Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, War and Navy Departments

A Short Guide to Great Britain. For Use of Military Personnel Only. Not to Be Republished, in Whole or in Part, without the Consent of the War Department

Washington DC, War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. First edition presumed, n. d. (1943); 5 `/4 x 4 1/4; pp. 1-37, [1]; pictorial beige wraps, decorated and ruled in red and blue; illustrated with drawings and maps; light wear along edges and corners and a tiny crease to upper corner; in very good or better condition. Published for the American soldiers, deployed in Europe in WWII, the guide's purpose was "to start getting you acquainted with the British, their country, and their ways. Very good .

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Book number: 003496

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Wwii, England

Various

Note of the Soviet Government to the Government of the U.S. A. Statement of the Special Commision for the Establishment and Investigation of the Circumstances of the Shooting of Polish Officers, Prisoners of War, in the Katyn Forest by the German Fascist Invaders

S. l. New Times, 1952. First Edition. Issued as a supplement to the "New Times" journal; 10 1/4 x 7 3/4; pp. [1], 4-24; beige wraps, printed in black; edges of wraps a bit brittle, with a few small nicks and chips; age-toning and a few spots to margins; in about very good- condition. The Katyn Massacre reffered to a series of mass executions of Polish officers and intelectuals in the Spring of 1940, following the Soviet invasion of Poland, in several prison camps, although it was named after the region of the Katyn Forest, where mass graves were first discovered. Investigations into the murders were conducted by various countries and agencies and it was determined that the massacre was initiated and carried out by the NKVD (the Soviet Secret Police). The Soviets vehemently denied their involvment and claimed the Nazis had killed those 20 000+ Poles. It was not until the early 1990s, when Russia finally accepted responsibilty for the executions, but refused to identify them as war crimes. In the meantime, in 1951 and 1952, a new, US Congressional investigation was initiated, led by the so called Madden Committee, which yet again confirmed that the NKVD had murdered the Polish prisoners. The current statement was issued by the outraged Soviet Government, protesting the reopening of the case, the investigations, and the allegations, and resupplying the facts of their own discoveries, which proved the Nazi's responsibility for the murders. Very good .

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Book number: 002558

Catalogue: WWII

Keywords: Nkvd, Polish Prisoners, Wwii