Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraMilitary History (51 items)
- LT. CALLEY: GUILTY OR NOT? New York See Magazines, Inc. (19785.00Condition for this magazine is good+ with some edge wear, some wear along spine, some wear to corners, light creasing to covers. 64 pages with photos. Magazine size is 8 1/4Magazine on the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and Lt. Calley, is he just a scapegoat?00089View Full Details
- THE SPEARHEAD. OCCUPATION EDITION VOLUME III. 5TH MARINE DIVISION (Los Angeles) 5th Marine Division 1946100.00Condition for this magazine is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
48 pages profusely illustrated.Magazine size is 9" x 12"The 3rd, and final, edition of this journal promoting the U.S. Marine's 5th Division. This issue is of the occupation of Japan and the troops returning home. Scarce.00114View Full Details - CANADA IN KHAKI (No. 1) A TRIBUTE TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN NOW SERVING IN THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE London Published for the Canadian War Records Office by the Pictorial Newspaper Co. (191165.00Condition for this soft cover book is good+ with edge wear and chipping along wallet-style edges, back cover bottom left corner has tears and chips (see photo), some to corners and spine ends, interior nice.
172+ xxxiii pages with photos and ads.Softcover book, size is 8 1/2" x 11".Stories, articles, essays, and illustrations covering the Canadians in Europe during WW1. With articles on how Canada answered the call, what the Germans think of Canada, Ypres, and many, many more with some photos. A few of the photos have pen notations from a "T.H.L." who is most likely a Canadian soldier as his notes make reference to his personal experiences in conjunction with the photo's subject (quite interesting).00145View Full Details - ARMY SHOW, THE185.00
CANADA'S ALL SOLDIER STAGE SHOW
Proceeds to the "Army Show Fund" for the Welfare of Troops
Original Program (Canada) Department of National Defence (ca.Condition for this program is about very good with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, back cover bottom left corner has a bit of dampstaining, darkening to back cover along edges. A very nice copy actually.
12 pages with photos and articles.Program size is 10" x 14"Original program for Canada's version of the USO, among the performers are Sgt Frank Shuster and Sgt. Johnny Wayne. The shows were broadcast on CBC Radio Sunday nights at 9pm. A great programme with photos and short articles (CWACS, Rehearsal story, This Is Your Army). Scarce.00159View Full Details - AFTER TWO YEARS A PICTORIAL REPORT35.00
A SPECIAL NEWSWEEK FEATURE (New York) Newsweek 1943Condition is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners, slight wear to spine ends, slight scuffing to back cover.
12 pages with photos.Wrappers, size is 8 1/4" x 10 3/4"."How America's might has grown since Pearl Harbor."01657View Full Details
A special reprint from the December 6th, 1943 issue of Newsweek on the state of armament and rebuilding of the U.S. forces two years after Pearl Harbor. - I'LL NEVER FORGET... CANADIAN AVIATION IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR No place Canadian Aviation Historical Society 197925.00Softcover book is in about very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear along spine.
90 pages with numerous photos.Softcover book size is 8 1/2" x 11"."A selection of articles from the Journals of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society."00623View Full Details - 300 P.O.W. CAMP WILTON PARK BEACONSFIELD 1947325.00
(Original German POW British Camp Pass) (England) 1947Condition is very good with a bit of wear to the cloth covers, a bit of smudging to the paper interior.Cloth covered, thick card stock. Size is 3 ¼” x 2 ½” closed, open 3 ¼” x 5 1/2”.An original pass issued to a German prisoner of war to have leave of 300 Camp and proceed to Windsor, "He must return to camp by 22.00 hrs and give back his pass to the Interpreter Office." The pass is dated 24 August 1947. The pass is stamped "German P.O.W. Camp No 300" and signed. Written in ink on the pass is, "This pass is not valid without signature or a accompanying slip".01553View Full Details
According to the Buckinghamshire's Heritage Portal Camp 300 is, "... described by the International Red Cross as a 'Special Camp' (Camp nos. 20 and 300). The camp consisted of tented accomodation (B2).
"Set up in 1942 to hold prisoners likely to have information of high intelligence value, such as German and Italian officers, pilots and u-boat commanders. Among the occupants was Gerd von Rundstedt, the last Commander-in-Chief of German forces in the West (B1). Exact location unknown. 1951 RAF AP shows an area of camp-like parchmarks to the east of the MoD buildings in the former walled gardens. NGR to area of parchmarks (B3).
"Wilton Park was occupied in July 1942 as a top secret interrogation centre for prisoners of war. The White House was a three storey Palladian mansion that was turned into an officers' mess for staff and interrogators. A series of Nissen huts was built for staff of other ranks. Prisoners were housed in a compound of flat-roofed brick and concrete cells. The first high ranking prisoners began to arrive in the middle of 1943. These included Marshall Messe, Field-Marshalls von Rundstedt and Busch and Rudolph Hess. Wilton Park (Camp 300) was part of the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC) and this department was closed at the end of 1945 with most POWs being repatriated or moved to other camps (B4)." - THE STORY OF THE PARATROOPERS OBJECTIVE, BURMA No place Published as a Public Service of Warner Bros. Pictures with the Cooperation of the U.S. Amry Parachute School, Fort Benning, Georgia no date (1944-45)75.00Brochure is in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
16 pages (including covers) with illustrations and photos throughout.Staple-bound brochure, size is 8" x 10 1/2".Scarce original brochure published by Warner Bros. Pictures to coincide with the release of their film "Objective, Burna".01656View Full Details
"This brochure on the motion picture, "Objective, Burma," has been prepared by Warner Bros. Pictures with the cooperation of the U.S. Army's Parachure School, Fort Benning, Georgia. The screen play presents a dramatic fictional story of a group of paratroopers supposedly dropped behind the enemy lines to destroy a Japanese radar station in the Burma jungles."
With brief articles on "Goal of the Paratroopers" by Brig. Gen. Ridgely Gaither, commandant of the Parachute School; "Mission for Tonight Objective, Burma" by Captain Clyde Alexander; "Men of the Future" by Keith Ayling; and more. - "THEIR FINEST HOUR"60.00
SPEECHES BROADCASTS AND MESSAGES OF RT. HON. WINSTON CHURCHILL
SINCE HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon Winnipeg Free Press, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix no date (ca. 1941)Softcover staple-bound book in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, some light soiling along the spine.
80 pagesSoftcover staple-bound book, size is 6" x 9".A scarce Canadian publication from 1941 (the speeches listed are dated to November 1940).01202View Full Details - RCAF POW ASSOCIATION55.00
1989 KRIEGIE REUNION
JULY 26-30
OTTAWA, ONT. CANADA (No place) RCAF POW Association (1989)Condition for this program is very good+ with some edge wear, some wear along the spine, slight wear to corners.
60 pages with photos and ads.Program size is 8 ½” x 11”.Original program from the 1989 RCAF Prisoners of War (POW) reunion held in 1989 in Ottawa. With articles, notes, photos, on POWs and their experiences.01394View Full Details
A scarce program. - 50 YEARS AFTER. THE ARMY COURSE REUNION35.00
OCTOBER 22, 23, 24, 1993 Burlington, ON The Lakewinds (1993)Condition for this soft cover book is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, a bit of light staining on the back cover.
112 pages with photos.Softcover book, size is 8 1/4" x 10 1/2"."50 years ago, 225 young men voluntarily enlisted, in Toronto, in the #2 Canadian Army Course. This special Army unit was established to attract bright, grade 13 high school graduates with good academic standing, into a program which provided first year military engineering formal academic training at the University of Toronto, leading to commissions in the technical branches of the Army."01065View Full Details - SOUVENIR OF THE DEDICATION OF THE BRANT WAR MEMORIAL Brantford, ON Hurley Printing Co. Ltd 193340.00Condition of this staple-bound softcover book is near fine with slight wear to corners and edges.
19pp with photos and list of Brant County men who gave their lives in the Great War.Staple-bound softcover book with string tie, size is 8" x 11 1/4".Dedication program for the Brant War Memorial, dedicated to those from Brant County Ontario who gave their lives in World War 1.01074View Full Details - SPECIAL OPERATIONS. NO 101 SQUADRON Angelsey CMH Printers 197950.00Signed limited edition, One of 1000.Condition of this softcover book in good+ with some edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, some soiling to covers. Former owner's name and date in pen on 2nd page. Probably through a printing error there are 2 limitation pages in the book, one is signed and dated by the author the other is not, they are numbered sequentially though (960 & 961). 177 pages with photos.Softcover book, size is 5 1/4" x 8".History of the Royal Air Force's 101 Squadron.00045View Full Details
- BISHOP BROTHERS OF NEW MINAS IN WORLD WAR TWO, THE No place Self-published 200330.00Signed by co-arthor, Arthur Bishop.Condition is fine with slight scuffing to covers.
110 pages with photos and illustrations.Hardcover with no dustjacket as issued, book size is 6" x 9".Divided into two parts, one part for each brother's experiences during WW2.01069View Full Details - BOOK OF MODERN WARPLANES Garden City, NY Garden City Publishing Co. c. 194235.00Condition for this book is good+ with dustjacket in about very good condition. Jacket has edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends of jacket.
27 pages with illustrations.Book size is 9 1/2" x 12"."A collection of paintings of the world's latest fighting aircraft," drawn by H.H. Booth the squadron leader of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Scarce copy with the dustjacket.00428View Full Details - ACTION STATIONS30.00
6. Military Airfields of the Cotswolds and the Central Midlands Wellingborough, UK Patrick Stephens 1983ReprintCondition of this book is near fine with jacket in very good+ condition. Jacket has some edge wear, some scuffing and tanning to jacket.
311 pages with index and numerous photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/2".Volume 6 of the the 10 volume set that deals with British Military airfields.01081View Full Details - THE NIGHT HAMBURG DIED New York Ballantine Books c.196010.00Paperback is in very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
158 pages with photos.Paperback"The full story of the bomber raids that turned Hamburg into an inferno of flame and left 70,000 dead in the ruins."00239View Full Details - DIEPPE New York Tower Publications 197812.50Paperback in very good+ condition with some edge wear, some wear to spine ends.
192 pages with photos.Paperback."The true story of the bloodiest commando raid of World War 2." Canadian soldiers sacrificed for D-Day.00712View Full Details - HISTORY OF THE 11 CANADIAN ARMY FIELD REGIMENT RCA Utrecht Kemink En Zoon N.V. 1945250.00Condition is about very good, with some fading to the covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, first 2 pages have a small nick on the left side (no loss of text), former owner’s name on title-page.
205, (v) pages. Softcover book, size is 6" x 9".Published in the Netherlands just after the war and for the most part distributed to members only. A scarce military history of the 11 Canadian Army Field Regiment’s in Europe.01558View Full Details - (Cover title:) WORKERS MUST EAT (Toronto) Chatelaine no date (1940-45?)35.00Leaflet is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few corners turned down.
12 pages.Leaflet size is 6" x 9".Chatelaine wartime bulletin for the homefront.00657View Full Details - MAPLE LEAF ROUTE: FALAISE Alma, ON Maple Leaf Route 198335.00Condition of this book is fine with jacket in near fine condition. Jacket has slight edge wear, slight wear to corners.
143 pages with index and photos.Hardcover book size is 9 1/2" x 12".Second volume on the Canadian Campaign in Europe, 1944-45.01078View Full Details - OUR SPIRIT UNBROKEN. MEMOIRS OF A PRISONER OF WAR Port Elgin, ON Brucedale Press 199925.00Inscribed by author.Softcover book, in fine condition with slight wear to corners.
125 pages with illustrations.Softcover book, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".The author's experiences being shot down over Germany and a POW for almost five years. Details of escape tunnels and living in a prison camp.01070View Full Details - THE STORY OF VIETNAM 1967 Avon - Camelot Books 196715.00First paperback editionPaperback in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to spine ends and corners, number in black marker (small) at base of spine, former owner's name stamp first page.
174 pages.PaperbackAnalysis that led to the U.S.'s involvement in Vietnam.00290View Full Details - DOUGLAS HAIG25.00
1861 - 1928 London Unwin Hyman 1988First editionCondition of this book is fine with jacket in very good+ condition. Jacket has some edge wear and scuffing, price clipped jacket, remainder mark on top of book.
441 pages with index, bibliography and photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"Biography of the controversial WW1 figure.00316View Full Details - VIVID AIR, THE. The Lafayette Escadrille Athens, GA University of Georgia Press 198130.00Condition of this book is near fine with jacket. Jacket has been taped to book at both top and bottom of the front and rear jacket flaps.
249 pages with index, bibliography and photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".Hardcover edition of the American pilots who joined the French Air Force to fight the Germans in World War 1.01067View Full Details - FIRST BLOOD FOR THE R.A.F. Philadelphia David McKay Co. c. 194150.00First editionHardcover book is in very good+ condition with dustjacket in good+ condition. Jacket has some edge wear, a few small tears along edges, price-clipped. Some offsetting to the front and rear endpapers.
272 pages with photos.Hardcover with dustjacket, book size is 6" x 8 3/4"."The full story of our Advanced Air Striking Force in France... containing the true facts of many incidents hitherto unpublished..."01059View Full Details - MARCH THROUGH MILITARY MEDICINE Toronto Lugus 199030.00Signed by the authorCondition of this softcover book is fine.
141 pages.Softcover book size is 6" x 9".The author's experiences with the British Army during World War 2 and shortly thereafter. Signed by the author with a pencil sketch on a sheet of paper, laid in, done by the author of "Charlie the Watch Pig".01068View Full Details - No. 242 SQUADRON THE CANADIAN YEARS Stittsville, ON Canada's Wings 198125.00Condition for this hardcover book is near fine with jacket.
177 pages with photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"."The story of the RAF's 'all-Canadian' Fighter Squadron."01071View Full Details - ACTION STATIONS30.00
4. Military Airfields of Yorkshire Wellingborough, UK Patrick Stephens 1982ReprintCondition of this book is near fine with jacket in very good+ condition. Jacket has slight edge wear, some scuffing and tanning to jacket.
216 pages with index and numerous photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/2".Volume 4 of the 10 volume set that deals with British Military airfields.01083View Full Details - ACTION STATIONS30.00
2. Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands Patrick Stephens 1984ReprintCondition of this book is fine with jacket in very good+ condition. Jacket has slight edge wear, some scuffing and tanning to jacket, price clipped jacket.
217 pages with index and numerous photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/2".Volume 2 of the the 10 volume set that deals with British Military airfields.01085View Full Details
