Miller, Captain C. R.

The TRIDENT. April 18, 1919. Vol. 2. No. 7

(n. p.): Published Daily on Board the U. S. S. Von Steuben, 1919. Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Printed broadsheet. 2 pp. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4". Light chipping, horizontal and vertical creasing from being folded into quarters, and lighly soiled. Withal a VG copy. Originally the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, the USS Von Steuben (ID-3017), was a twin-screw, steam passenger ship built and operated by Germany, which was commandeered by the United States at the start of WWI and renamed, then serving as a US troop transport during the hostilities. The ship was active from 1901 - 1923, at which time she was scrapped. We here offer a very rare WWI era newspaper from this vessel, filled with 'local' ship news; no copies located on OCLC, nor found in the Union List of Serials [3rd edition].

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Book number: 35166.3

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[World War I]. Muller, E. - Image Copyright Holder

FOLDING VIEW BOOK Of UNITED STATES NAVY

(n. p.): , 1918. 1st printing, ca 1918. In a mailable, wallet-style envelope pack. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 22 images, 11 per side of one long sheet [43-3/4" x 6"], folded accordion style. All images in color, captions. Envelope pack: 4-3/8" x 6-1/8". Unused [i.e. not addressed nor mailed], though with modest edgewear. Very Good. The cards portray 22 US ships of the era. Side one: Alabama [BB-8], Kansas [BB-21], Virginia [BB-13], Vermont [BB-20], Idaho [BB-24], Rhode Island [BB-17], Missouri [BB-11], South Carolina [BB-26], Massachusetts [BB-2], Indiana [BB-1], Connecticut [BB-18]; Side two: North Dakota [BB-29], Mississippi [BB-23], Delaware [BB-28], Kentucky [BB-6], Minnesota [BB-22], Michigan [BB-27], New Hampshire [BB-25], Louisiana [BB-19], Oregon [BB-3], New Jersey [BB-16], Georgia [BB-15]. No copies on the market at the time of cataloguing, and not recorded by OCLC. Rare.

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Book number: 46445

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[World War I]. Murray, Gilbert

The UNITED STATES And The WAR.; Reprinted from the Westminster Gazette

London: W.Speaight & Sons, 1916. Green printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 26 pp. 18.5 x 12 cm. Gd (ex-library copy with usual markings/library name stamped in title-page/covers are soiled & with light dampstains/small tear to top of last leaf/previous owner's notation inside front cover).

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Book number: 18228

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[WWI Trench Magazine]. Roberts, Captain Fred & Pearson; Lieutenant Jack, of the 12th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

The SOMME - TIMES. No. 1. Vol. I. Monday, 31st July, 1916. Price 1 Franc.; With Which are Incorporated The Wipers Times, The "New Church" Times & The Kemmel Times

"Sommewhere" in France: Printed and Published by Sherwood, Forester & Co. Ltd, 1916. 1st Printing. Printed self-wrappers [wrappers heavier stock], sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 6 pages. With [partial] original stamped, and canceled, mailing envelope [to a Roberston, RNAS Worthy Down, Winchester, Hants (?)]. Typographical embellishments. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 7-1/4". Signs of use, age-toning, some foxing. Faint vertical fold-lines. Old muslin strip laid-down along spine fold. Faint pos [xxx Robertson] to p. 1 top margin. Withal, an About Very Good copy of this scarce war-time publication. "In early 1916, the 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, was stationed in the front line at Ypres, Belgium, and came across a printing press abandoned by a Belgian who had, in the words of the editor, "stood not on the order of his going, but gone." A sergeant who had been a printer in peacetime salvaged it and printed a sample page. The Wiper Times itself was named after Tommy slang pronunciation of Ypres." The title of the paper changed as did the location of the publishers.. the Somme-Times said to have come from sitting in the middle of this famous battle, editing the paper. [Wiki / from the preface, The WIPER TIMES, London, 1918]. Publication of these trench magazines was held up after February 1918 by the German offensive on the western front in that year, but at the end of the War two issues of "The Better Times" were published. The second of these was billed as the "Xmas, Peace and Final Number." [Wiki]. All issues replete with war time humor, irony & satire and serve as an example WWI British soldiers attempting to find distraction from a tedious campaign. Uncommon in the trade.

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[WWI Trench Magazine]. Roberts, Captain Fred & Pearson; Lieutenant Jack, of the 12th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

The B. E. F. TIMES. No. 2. Vol. 2. Saturday, September 8th, 1917. Price 1 Franc.; With Which are Incorporated The Wipers Times, The "New Church" Times, The Kemmel Times & The Somme - Times

(n. p.): Printed and Published by Sherwood, Forester & Co. Ltd, 1917. 1st Printing of this issue. Printed self-wrappers [wrappers heavier stock], sewn. The rear cover retains its original Army stamps from the field franked "Field Post Office 105" and has been sent by registered post, dated "29 Oc 17". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 12 pages. Text double column. Typographical embellishments. 8vo. 10" x 7-1/2". Signs of use, age-toning, some foxing. Wrappers detached along spine fold. Withal, an About Very Good copy of this scarce war-time publication. "In early 1916, the 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, was stationed in the front line at Ypres, Belgium, and came across a printing press abandoned by a Belgian who had, in the words of the editor, "stood not on the order of his going, but gone." A sergeant who had been a printer in peacetime salvaged it and printed a sample page. The Wiper Times itself was named after Tommy slang pronunciation of Ypres." The title of the paper changed as did the location of the publishers.. the Somme-Times said to have come from sitting in the middle of this famous battle, editing the paper. [Wiki / from the preface, The WIPER TIMES, London, 1918]. Publication of these trench magazines was held up after February 1918 by the German offensive on the western front in that year, but at the end of the War two issues of "The Better Times" were published. The second of these was billed as the "Xmas, Peace and Final Number." [Wiki]. All issues replete with war time humor, irony & satire and serve as an example WWI British soldiers attempting to find distraction from a tedious campaign. Given their ephemeral & fragile nature, it’s not surprising that issues are becoming increasingly uncommon in the trade.

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Book number: 51025

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[World War I Paraphernalia]

TENTH REGIMENT NEW YORK INFANTRY; Men Who Answered the Nation's Call. Framed 1917 WWI Tenth Regiment NY Infantry Honor Roll Roster, with Handwritten Additions

(n. p.): , 1917. 1st printing (presumed). Color illustrated paper housed within a brown wooden frame. Single sheet housed under glass. Green, blue and yellow tinged illustrations of the different roles the infantry carried out (fighting, cooking, marching, loading the canons, etc) surrounding the middle section of names. 22" x 18" (including frame, which is 3/4" wide on all sides). A VG+ example (very light age-toning, ink only slightly fading), housed in an about VG frame (chips to all frame laminante edges). Handwritten additions to regiment history in black ink, detailing the engagements in which they participated (St. Mihiel; Meuse-Moselle; Army of Occupation), their encampments (Brest; Maron; Toul; Treis; Yuls; Cochem); and their date of discharge (Discharged July 9, 1919). No holdings located on OCLC.

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Book number: 41023

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[World War I Poster]

The RED CROSS SEES A MAN THROUGH. More than 26,000 Men are Still in Hospitals as the Result of the War

(n. p.): , (n. d.). Ca. 1919 (date taken from OCLC). Not found in Borkan or Rawls. Buff paper printed in red, blue and black ink. Single sheet printed recto only. Some b/w photographic images of Red Cross scenes - soldiers in a hospital wing, dictating a letter to a nurse, and reading a newspaper on a patio. 27-3/4" x 21". Significant wear to paper (chipping and tearing to edges, with two 4" tears to left and top edges). Some age-toning. A Good example. "Your membership helps the Red Cross make Their Lives Happier." Only 1 institutional holding of this poster found on OCLC (LoC).

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Book number: 41030

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Rhea, Ralph

POCKET DIARY. 1 January 1919 - 5 August 1919

: , 1919. Commercial German 'Agenda' book, brown cloth spine over black flexible leather covers, with silver stamped 'Agenda' to front cover. Red edgestain. Pencil loop to rear cover fore-edge. ~ 190 pp [last 15 or so leaves blank], 2 printed days per page, of which through August 5 have mss entries. ~ 1500 lines, ~ 6000 words. General wear to binding with chip to front cover top right corner. 1 cm hole in cloth in middle of spine. Text block dampstained in rear top quadrant, extending to the 15 interior rear leaves. About Very Good. Daily journal of one Ralph Rhea, a musician in the 13th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, 4th Division of the Army of the Occupation, documenting his tour in Germany at the tail end of WWI. Along with the soldier’s daily routine of physical checkups, weather and kind of food served (e.g. hot chocolate and donuts), there is mention of football [Feb 6th. "Foot-ball game 4th verses 42nd Div. we won. 7-0."] and baseball games [June 1st. "All morning off, went to play for ball game in P.M. but team didn't come, played for guard mount. [?] and orchestra played at Y.M.C.A. in evening."]. While Rhea is diligent about daily entries, admittedly most mirror the life of the military man, that is, are of the mundane.. for example, on February 3rd there is but a brief, "Rehersal and guard mount in morning pay day. the rest of the day off." Acknowledging this understandable paucity of detail, being a musician, Rhea does document the many concerts or practices given, one, if not two, almost daily it seems, as well as the occassional luminary for whom the men played – e.g. General Pershing on March 18th [albeit apparently not Rhea]. Included is a week-long bout with the flu [March 1st "Went to hospital at 1:30 PM with the 'Flu'. assigned to room 129. Field Hospital #28"], 4 day trip to Paris, swimming in the Rhine, several hikes, movies attended; also included is his daily account of the ship ride across the Atlantic on his way home – he plays jazz onboard. The journal concludes in the mid-West, eating at the Moline IL Red Cross, then crossing the Mississippi river, presumably with Rhea nearing home.

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Book number: 44101

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[WWI Poster]. Rice, Burton

SEE HIM THROUGH. Help Us to Help the Boys. United War Work Campaign - Week of Novermber 11, 1918.; National Catholic War Council. Knights of Columbus

[New York]: [American Lithographic Co.], 1918. Cf. Borkan, p. 177; Rawls, p. 162. 30" x 20-1/8". Abt VG (some unobtrusive spotting along a horizontal plane 2" from top/some edgewear/repaired tear).

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Book number: 20159

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[World War I Poster]. Sheridan, John E. [1880 - 1948] - Artist

"HEY FELLOWS!" Your Money Brings the Book We Need When We Want It.; American Library Association. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11 • 1918

New York: American Lithographic Co, 1918. 1st Printing (Borkan, p. 181; Rawls, p. 159). Single sheet broadside, printed in orange, brown & black on white paper. Image shows a doughboy, with books in hand, standing over a seated sailor, who is reading a book. 30" x 20". Only minor wear. Colors vibrant. Nr Fine.

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Book number: 43834

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[WWI Poster]. Underwood, Clarence [1871 - 1929] - Artist

BACK OUR GIRLS OVER THERE. Y.W.C.A. United War Work Campaign

(n. p.): , (n. d.). Not in Borkan, nor Rawls. Broadside, pinte in blue, yellow & green. Poster shows a young woman in dark-blue uniform sitting at a switchboard while out a window in the background, a large of group of soldiers march by. 28" x 18-3/4". VG (age-toning/some minor chipping in poster margins).

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Book number: 43879

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[WWI Pamphlet]. Walch, Gérard (1865 - 1931)

LEAGUE Of NEUTRAL STATES.; A Statement From The Dutch Section

London: Printed in Great Britain by Hayman, Christy and Lilly, Ltd, 1916. 1st Printing. Paper leaf, folded to make 4 pages. Text printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. 4 pp. 11" x 8-1/4". A VG copy. Horizontal tear through pamphlet (at fold line) - pamphlet split into two. Chipping/small tears to edges. Age toning to leaves, still legible. Couple pencil marks to upper wrapper. Text in English and French. Scarce in trade.

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Book number: 48009

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[World War I Fiction]. Williamson, Henry

The PATRIOT'S PROGRESS Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1930. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Printed buff paper dust jacket. 194, [2] pp. Illustrated with Lino-Cuts by William Kermode. 8vo. VG+/VG (spine panel sun-tanned, with chip from base).

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Book number: 43414

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[WWI]

RHEIMS And The BATTLES For Its POSSESSION. From the Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914 - 1918)

Clermont-Ferrand France: Michelin & Cie, 1920. Beige cloth with brown lettering. Printed dust jacket. 176 pp (including table of contents). Illustrated with maps & from photographs. 8vo. VG (pos on front paste-down/front hinge starting)/Fr (tape repaired seam [verso]/lacks lower half of spine panel).

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Book number: 12539

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[WWI]

The WORLD'S LARGEST LOAN

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1917. 1st edition. White printed wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 8 pp. 12mo. VG+ (lt soiling & wear). An examination of the third British War loan.

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Book number: 14245

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