Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm Mcconnell Alan B Shepard and Deke Slayton James Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger Frank Borman with Robert J Serling Walter Schirra with Richard Billings Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn

The Astronaut's Library: Complete Set: Men from Earth, Moon Shot, Lost Moon, Countdown, Schirra's Space, We Seven

Norwalk CT, Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. COMPLETE SIX VOLUME SET, SIGNED BY THE ASTRONAUTS. Bound in matching blue cloth decorated in gilt; gilt edges, moire endpapers, silk ribbon bookmarks. Near fine condition; some gilt on covers is lightly rubbed. The gilt edges on MOON SHOT are scratched; the other volumes have unscratched gilt edges. The original Easton Press Certificates of Authenticity are included with LOST MOON, COUNTDOWN, and WE SEVEN. .

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BILLINGS, JOHN & COPLAND, DAVID

Ashton Munitions Explosion 1917

Tameside MBC. 1992. (ISBN: 0904506177) Paperback, 11 x 8.25 inches. Paperback edition. No marks or inscriptions. Small bump/crease to upper edge. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 49pp. The Ashton Munitions Explosion of 1917 had an effect on the town of Ashton under Lyne which has been remembered for generations. This book describes the setting up of Dreyfus and Gaisman's munitions factory in Ashton as part of the effort for the First World War and gives a full account of the explosion and its terrible effects. Forty six people were killed, over a hundred and twenty of the injured were hospitalised and three to four hundred received minor injuries. About two thousand people were made homeless, the sewage works was damaged so badly it did not function and there was no gas supply to the town. The authors have investigated the cause of the disaster using documents which were kept secret at the time, so this book makes the full story available locally for the first time. Now quite scarce. Near Fine.

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Book number: 028608

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, Manchester, Tameside 0904506177

BILLINGS, John D.

Hardtack and Coffee or the Unwritten Story of Army Life

Alexandria, Time-Life Books, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed full leatherette with gilt lettering. vi, 408pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings (some color), marbled endpapers. Sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Handsome facsimile of the scarce 1887 George M. Smith & Co. edition, a volume in this publisher's "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. The book's subtitle continues: "Including Chapters on Enlisting, Life in Tents and Log Huts, Jonahs and Beats, Offences and Punishments, Raw Recruits, Foraging, Corps and Corps Badges, The Wagon Trains, The Army Mule, The Engineer Corps, The Signal Corps, Etc." James I. Robertson describes this book as "The best source for the army life and feelings of a Federal soldier; this delightfully written and humorously illustrated work has rightfully become a classic." NEVINS I, 59. .

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Book number: 35969

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Keywords: COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF THE CIVIL WAR Civil War

BILLINGS, John D.

Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life

Chicago, The Lakeside PRess, 1960. Hardcover. Edited by Richard Harwell. 16mo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. xxxii, 483pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Bright and tight copy of the "Lakeside Classics" edition of this Civil War classic, first published in Chicago in 1888. The 58th title in this annual Christmas keepsake series of historical reprints. .

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Book number: 50491

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Keywords: Civil War

BILLINGS, John D.

Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life

Chicago, The Lakeside PRess, 1960. Hardcover. Edited by Richard Harwell. 16mo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. xxxii, 483pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Handsome, tight copy of the 58th title in R.R. Donnelley & Sons annual "Lakeside Classics" series of historical reprints -- here this Civil War classic, first published in Chicago in 1888. From the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). .

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Book number: 51187

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Keywords: Civil War

BILLINGS, JOHN S.

The History and Literature of Surgery

New York, Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd. 1970. 132 p. Bound in the publisher's purple cloth (Spine of the binding slightly discoloured, otherwise in good condition.) 9780872660380

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BILLINGS John D.

The History of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-1865. Authorized and sanctioned by the Tenth Massachusetts Battery Association. [Facsimile reissue]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Butternut and Blue, Baltimore MD],, [1994]. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, coloured plate and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed fascsimile reissue of the original edition of 1909.

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Book number: 39540

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, american civil war, tenth massachusetts, tenth massachustetts battery, gettysburg, henry sleeper, unit history, unit histories

BILLINGS, JOHN S.

The History and Literature of Surgery

Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. ISBN: 0872660389. A reprint of the 1895 original, this book has 132 pages, is very clean, no name inside, and has very good binding. Light sunning on the spine edge, maroon boards. VG/NONE .

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Book number: 16446

Catalogue: Medicine and Health

Keywords: 0872660389 Medicine Medical History Surgery History of Surgery Surgery of India Guido de Chauliaco Disease of Naples Gunpowder Francois Chopart

BILLINGS, John Shaw -

John Shaw Billings Memorial Number. Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine, volume VI, number 4, April 1938 - The John Hopkins University. Editor: Henry E. Sigerist.

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, 1938, gr. in-8°, pp. 223-386, paperback.
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Book number: 29230

Keywords: medicine médecine periodical, magazine périodique history of medicine hist-médecine

Billings, John Shaw. National Library of Medicine

John Shaw Billings. An Autobiographical Fragment. 1905. A Facsimile Copy of the Original Manuscript

Bethesda, National Library of Medicine, 1965. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. [Unpaged] [10 pp.]. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. About near fine, faint finger soiling on wrapper, small corner crease.

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Book number: 44087

Keywords: , Exhibition Catalogues, Medical, Medicine, Surgeons,

Billings, John S. ; Department of the Interior, Census Office,

Vital Statistics of Boston and Philadelphia Covering a Period of Six Years Ending May 31, 1890.

Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1895. Hardcover., G+ in Black Cloth with Gilt Lettering. Pages: 269. Block Clean, Binding Intact.

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Book number: MASTER193815I

Catalogue: Eclectic Collection

LUCE, HENRY R. (EDITOR-IN-CHIEF); LARSEN, ROY E. (PRESIDENT); BILLINGS, JOHN SHAW (EDITORIAL DIRECTOR)

Fortune Volume XXXI, Number 6: June 1945

Jersey City, NJ, Time Inc. 1945. Wraps, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Photographs/Color Art/Maps/Adverts. Periodical, Original copy; Textblock clean and and tight overall, with most of page 47/48 excised; No other pages missing; Photographs in both color and b&w. Creased corners, reading crease down spine, peeling to corners of spine, illustrated covers; Lenghty article on the return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines; Manufacturing American military medals; Great photography, color and black and white graphics, American Industrial Might, American Aviation, The Consolidated Vultee Clipper, American Military Dominance, Advertisements of American Industrial power and innovation, and more. 287p. Very Good.

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Book number: SB12397

Catalogue: Business & Economics

Keywords: World War II, American Industry, American Aviation, American Industrial Might Industrial Trades World War II Photographs/Color Art/Maps/Adverts.

NASA (CHARLES E. BILLINGS, JOHN K. LAUBER, HALLIE FUNKHOUSER, ETC. )

Nasa Technical Memorandum (Nasa Tm X-3445) Nasa Aviation Safety Reporting System Quarterly Report Number 76-1 April 15, 1976 Through July 14, 1976

Washington, DC: NASA, 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Graphs; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) voluntary confidential reporting system that allows pilots and other aircraft crew members to confidentially report near misses and close calls in the interest of improving air safety. The ASRS collects, analyzes, and responds to voluntarily submitted aviation safety incident reports in order to lessen the likelihood of aviation accidents. The confidential and independent nature of the ASRS is key to its success, since reporters do not have to worry about any possible negative consequences of coming forward with safety problems. The ASRS is run by NASA, a neutral party, since it has no power in enforcement. The success of the system serves as a positive example that is often used as a model by other industries seeking to make improvements in safety." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 42784

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

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RESER, DR. WILLIAM M.; BILLINGS, DR. JOHN SHAW; GRIFFITH, DR. THOMAS J.; AMICK, GEORGE E.; VAN DEUSEN, JOHN G.; KNOX, JULIA LE CLERC; KENWORTHY, LEONARD S.; COLEMAN, CHRISTOPHER B.

Indiana History Magazine, December 1934

USA: Indiana Historical Society, 1934. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 309 - 403. Features: The Wabash and Erie Canal at Lafayette; High Points in the Life of Dr. John Shaw Billings; Post Roads in Southern Indiana;; Did Republicans "Colonize" Indiana in 1879?; A Survivor of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; Henry Clay at Richmond in 1842; The Discovery and Identification of an Original Copy of the Constitution of 1816; Some Letters of Jesse D. Bright to William H. English; and more. Two closed openings to top of front cover. Prior owner's ink stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Indiana History Magazine, December 1934 The Wabash and Erie Canal at Lafayette; High Points in the Life of Dr. John Shaw Billings; Post Roads in Southern Indiana;; Did Republicans "Colonize" Indiana in 1879?; A Survivor of "The Charge of the Light Brigade. Good .

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Keywords: 1934 ; . ; ;; "" 1879?; " Back Issues

Richardson, William L[ambert. 1842 - 1932]., M.D. Billings, Dr. John S[haw, 1838 - 1913]., U. S. Army - Former Owner

ADDRESS On The DUTIES And CONDUCT Of NURSES In PRIVATE NURSING Delivered at the Boston Training School for Nurses, June 18, 1886. Printed at the request of the Directors of the Boston Training School for Nurses attached to the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 141 Franklin Street, 1886. 1st Printing. Original printed pale green paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. [2], 26, [4 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5-5/8" Richardson begins his talk by noting the role of Florence Nightingale in establishing the profession, the subsequent establishement of the Boston school in 1873, the current shortage of nurses, and exhorts the school by stating "the aim of the [school] directors must therefore be to graduate the best possible nurses." He continues, for 24 more pages, to address this goal. This pamphlet a rare treatise on the subject, and while reprinted in 1887, OCLC shows just two holding institutions of this 1st printing from 1886 [at the time of cataloguing]. Billings "was an American librarian, building designer, and surgeon who modernized the Library of the Surgeon General's Office in the United States Army. His work with Andrew Carnegie led to the development and his service as the first director of the New York Public Library. Billings oversaw the building of the Surgeon General's Library, which was the nation's first comprehensive library for medicine. Because of his approach to improving public health and hospitals, Billings was asked to head the U.S. Census Bureau's Vital Statistics division, where he oversaw statistical compilation of censuses. With Robert Fletcher, Billings developed Index Medicus, a monthly guide to contemporary medicine that was published for sixteen months until Billings' retirement from the Medical Museum and Library. Billings aided the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in adjusting the organization of the military hospitals. With his growing credibility in the medical field, Billings oversaw work done to aid those struggling with yellow fever. He also served as medical advisor to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and authored reports regarding criteria for medical and nursing curricula and hospital design. Billings made notable contributions to Johns Hopkins Hospital's architecture, infrastructure, and curriculum for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine." [Wiki] A desirous pamphlet from the early stages of American nursing, with the impeccable provenance of one who had a large influence on same. Wrappers age-toned, a bit soiled. Front wrapper with faded circular stamp in upper left, detached along spine fold. Billings name stamp to front cover & t.p. A Good copy.

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Book number: 51736

Catalogue: Nursing