SHIELDS, CORP. MARK A. (EDITOR)

The History of the 116th Engineers First Dept Division American Expeditionary Forces, France

Angers, Maine ET Loire, France: Caserne Desjardins, 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with illustrated cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and creasing. The top spine end has a small, wrinkled tearw. The text pages are noticeably toned, but clean and bright. "The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers provided diverse military services during World War I. The Corps formed the large 1,660-man engineer regiments of the American combat divisions. Army engineers built port facilities, roads, and railroads essential to moving war materiel to the battlefront. They also harvested timber for military construction and operated searchlights in anti-aircraft defense. The engineers organized the first U. S. Army tank units and developed chemical warfare munitions and defensive equipment. Armored units and chemical warfare became so important that the Army in 1918 created a separate Tank Corps and a Chemical Warfare Service. Brigadier General Amos Fries, a career engineer officer, headed the Chemical Warfare Service in France." ) (Combat and Construction Army Engineering in World War One by by Charles Hendricks). Very Good- .

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Book number: 38250

Catalogue: World War I

Keywords: World War I Corp. Mark A. Shields 116th Engineer Corps. Railroad Engineers American Expeditionary Forces France

U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Conventional Map Signs British and French January 1918

Washington D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey, 1918. Other. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is one small sheet of cardstock, folded once vertically. The interior includes color and black and white illustrations of different marks used by the British (on the left side) and French (on the right) as part of their maps for World War I - possibly especially for trench warfare. The front of this item, with the title has some light, generalized toning and a previous owner's inked name and squadron (59th squadron) on the top edge. The interior is clean and bright. "Trench warfare prevailed on the Western Front from late 1914 until the Germans launched their Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. After the buildup of forces in 1915, the Western Front became a stalemated struggle between equals, to be decided by attrition. Frontal assaults, and their associated casualties, became inevitable because the continuous trench lines had no open flanks. Casualties of the defenders matched those of the attackers, as vast reserves were expended in costly counter-attacks or exposed to the attacker's massed artillery. There were periods in which rigid trench warfare broke down, such as during the Battle of the Somme, but the lines never moved very far. The war would be won by the side that was able to commit the last reserves to the Western Front. ". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 38672

Catalogue: World War I

Keywords: World War I U. S. Geological Survey Mapping Ephemera Trench Warfare Map Signs World war I

TARDIEU, ANDRE (WITH A FOREWORD BY EDWARD M. HOUSE AND AN INTRODUCTION BY GEORGES CLEMENCEAU)

The Truth About the Treaty

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1921. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has noticeable strips of toning where a newspaper article was laid-in. There are two small newspaper strips adhered to the front pastedown page. The rear pastedown page and endpaper have the dust jacket flap and part of the rear panel pasted down. "André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu (22 September 1876 – 15 September 1945) was three times Prime Minister of France (3 November 1929 – 17 February 1930; 2 March – 4 December 1930; 20 February – 10 May 1932) and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929–1932. He was a moderate conservative with a strong intellectual reputation, but became a weak prime minister at the start of the worldwide Great Depression. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40748

Catalogue: World War I

Keywords: World War I Andre Tardieu Edward M. House Georges Clemenceau Treaty Of Versailles End Of World War I Politcs

ONE OF THEM (ANONYMOUS)

Those War Women

New York: Coward McCann, 1929. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The rear cover has a couple of small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. The previous owner has ink stamped his name on the half title page and twice on the title page. There is another previous owner's name inked on the front endpaper, and a note on the reverse of the rear endpaper. This is a diary of an anonymous participant (female) in the American Expeditionary Forces. "The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F. Or AEF) was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, and Australian Army units against the Imperial German Army. A minority of the AEF troops also fought alongside Italian Army units in that same year against the Austro-Hungarian Army. The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at the Battle of Château-Thierry and Battle of Belleau Wood) in the summer of 1918, and fought its major actions in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in the latter part of 1918. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40386

Catalogue: World War I

Keywords: World War I American Expeditionary Forces Diaries Women World war I

WATSON, JANET S. K.

Fighting Different Wars Experience, Memory, and the First World War in Britain

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521831539. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 48468

Catalogue: World War I

Keywords: 0521831539 World War I Janet S. K. Watson Women In Wartime Great Britain

WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN

The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me

New York: MacMillan Company, 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Tony Sarg. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine of the book has noticeable fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The rear endpaper has noticeable toning and the front endpaper and front pastedown page has several spots of foxing. "The last quarter century of White's life was spent as an unofficial national spokesman for Middle America. This led President Franklin Roosevelt to ask White to help generate public support for the Allies before America's entry into World War II. In 1940 White was fundamental in the formation of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, sometimes known as the White Committee. He had to fight the powerful America First faction, which believed, like most other Republicans, that the U. S. Should stay out of the war. White spent much of his last three years involved with this committee.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 36139

Catalogue: World War I