General john j pershing (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A bit worn, unused, with oval vignette portrait in upper left corner.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Gray cloth cover with red and blue lettering and front paste down of American flag. Light wear. Netting shows at front hinge. Clean text. X12.

Stapled. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The December 1932 issue of The American Magazine. Contains the short story A Cagey Gorilla (Monkey Business) by PG Wodehouse and pt 3 of the serial Walls of Gold by Kathleen Norris. Numerous other stories & articles including Red Fingernails, a short story by Clarence Budington Kelland and The Thing We Need Today, an article on politics and leadership by General John J Pershing. Numerous vintage ads. Light soiling to the front cover with a couple of small rubs and a small hole. Browning and roughness to the fore edge of the front cover. Small loss at the bottom of the spine. Slight dog ears to a few pages. The interior is clean. Overall a good copy of a vintage magazine with Wodehouse the star attraction. John E Sheridan (cover), Roy F Spreter (A Cagey Gorilla), Pruett Carter (Walls of Gold), Paul Meylan (Red Fingernails) and others (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Stapled. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June & July 1933 issues of The American Magazine. Contains, most notably, parts 4 & 5 of 6 of Thirteen at Dinner (Lord Edgware Dies), an Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie. Includes an article by General John J Pershing, Shall We Have a Dictator? (6/33), asserting America's democracy will persist as apposed to European tendencies of the time to adopt dictatorships. An interesting proposition when considered against recent events. Additional articles include What! - No Chorus Girls? (7/33), an article by Henry F Pringle on the career of composer Jerome Kern, and Good Listeners are Always in Demand (7/33), and article by poet Archibald Rutledge on the power of silence, and others, Numerous vintage ads. Condition issues include: 6/33 - light edge wear to the front cover with a small loss at the top of the spine; a light crease to the top corner of the pages from page 47 through the end; light edge wear to the back cover with small soil strips along the top, bottom and spine; and 7/33 - light soil and edge wear to the front cover, soiling to the spine with small loss at the bottom; soiling to page 74; a couple of closed tears to the back cover; and a small chip at the bottom that carries through to the last couple of pages. Otherwise the interiors are clean with no missing pages or cutouts. Overall, very good copies of a vintage magazine with installments of a Hercule Poirot mystery. A heavy, oversize set that may require additional postage. Herbert Paus (cover June), J Knowles Hare (cover July), William Trench (Thirteen at Dinner), William Oberhardt (Good Listeners are Always in Demand) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A bound, ex-library copy the July - December 1932 issues of The American Magazine, volume 114. It includes a title and author index bound in the front. Contents include stories and Depression Era articles by Archibald Rutledge (You Can't Put Out the Sun - July), Alexander Woolcott (I'm Glad I'm Absent Minded - July), Dashiell Hammett (2 Sam Spade stories - A Man Called Spade - July, Too Many Have Lived - October), Octavus Roy Cohen (The Knight's Errand - July, Hearts and Clubs - August, Grandstand Stuff - November), Amelia Earhart (Flying the Atlantic - August), Clarence Budington Kelland (Something to Tell the Folks Who Can't See Where Business is Going - August, Scattergood Meets a Gangster - September, The Touchstone: A Scattergood Story - October, Scattergood Tries an Experiment - November, Red Fingernails - December), Beverley Smith (The Man With the Flashlight Mind, The Story of Walter Lippmann - September), Walter Lippmann (Good Men Wanted - September), Tom Gill (Guardians of the Desert parts 1 - 4 - September - December), Kathleen Norris (Walls of Gold, parts 1 - 3, October - December), I A R Wylie (Pilgrimage - November) General John J Pershing (The Thing We Need Today - December), P G Wodehouse (A Cagey Gorilla - December), and others. Light rubbing to the spine. The front covers are present but the back covers have been removed, The top margin has been trimmed slightly, at times affecting the text at the top of the front cover. The library markings are fairly unobtrusive. They include "Mercer University Library - Macon, GA" stamps on the front covers and a Mercer University Library plate on the front paste down. Occasional neat tape repairs to a few pages. Occasional soil spots in the margins. However the interior is very clean and crisp overall. The binding is solid and tight. A very good copy with stories and serial installments by prominent authors, most notably Dashiell Hammett and P G Wodehouse, and a nice selection of Depression Era articles. A heavy, oversize book that will require additional postage. John E Sheridan, Hatden Hayden, Diana Thorne, Penrhyn Stanlaws (covers), Charles S Chapman, William Auerbach-Levy, Joseph Clement, George Howe, Clayton Knight, C W Massaguer, Floyd M Davis, Ralph Pullen Coleman, Paul Meylan, Pruett Carter and others (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A bound, ex-library copy the January - June 1932 issues of The American Magazine, volume 113. It includes a title and author index bound in the front. Contents include stories and Depression Era articles by Archibald Rutledge (What Do People Expect of You - January, Square Fighters - May), Octavus Roy Cohen (A Diamond Setting - January, Cold Cash - March, Double Sixes - April), Faith Baldwin (Rich Man's Town, parts 3 - 5 of 5, January - March) , Zane Gray (West of the Pecos, parts 6 & 7 of 7, January & February), Calvin Coolidge (In Times Like These - February), Ida M Tarbell (What Big Business Expects of Young Men - February), P G Wodehouse (Three Mr Mulliner stories - The Bishop's Cat (The Story of Webster) - February, The Bishop's Folly (Cats will be Cats) - March, & Open House - April), Clarence Budington Kelland (Scattergood Takes to His Bed - February, Speaking of Taxes - March, Ex-Banker - April, Paper Flowers - May), Stephen Vincent Benet (The Delphinium Blues - March), Franklin D Roosevelt (Why We Need Politicians - April), Booth Tarkington (Out of the Dark - April), General John J Pershing (We Are at War - June), and others. Light rubbing to the spine. The front covers are present but the back covers have been removed, The top margin has been trimmed slightly, at times affecting the text at the top of the front cover. The library markings are fairly unobtrusive. They include "Mercer University Library - Macon, GA" stamps on the front covers and a Mercer University Library plate on the front paste down. Occasional neat tape repairs to a few pages and to the May front cover. Occasional soil spots in the margins. However the interior is very clean and tight overall. The binding is solid and tight. A very good copy with stories and serial installments by prominent authors, most notably three P G Wodehouse Mr Mulliner stories, and a nice selection of Depression Era articles. A heavy, oversize book that will require additional postage. Hatden Hayden, John E Sheridan, Eugene Iverd, Winold Reiss, (covers), B J Rosenmeyer, T D Skidmore, H R Ballinger, Frank Hoffman, Ray F Spreter, Paul Meylan, C W Massaguer, Agust Bleser, Jr, T D Skidmore (illustrator).…

Zustand: Fair. Fort Leavenworth, KA: The Command and General Staff School Press, 1923. 1st edition. Book and Maps set, Maps in box. Sm 4to Hardcover. 135pp. Maps/Plates I-XIV, complete. Fair book and no dust jacket. Moderately edgeworn. Boards soiled. Pages age toned. All pages dampstained. Box Good. In polypropylene bag. (military history, WWI, world war 1, US army) Inquire if you need further information.…

First edition of this final military report from the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with sixteen folding plates of maps, diagrams, and charts. Boldly signed by General John J. Pershing on the title page. In very good condition with light wear to the extremities and a chip to the spine. Rare signed. General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917â"18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in WWI, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 135pp. Black pebbled cloth, gilt titles on spine and front board. Rubbing to front gutter, and to the four corners. Binding secure, spine straight, corners solid. Marbled endpapers, pages toned but clean and unmarked otherwise. Brigadier General H. A. (Hugh Aloysius) Drums copy, as indicated by titles on front board and appreciative inscription from Pershing on blank front endpaper. Drum was a career US Army officer whose career included service in both the First and Second World Wars. He was chief of staff of the First United States Army during World War I, and commander of First Army during the initial days of World War II. Pershing named Drum an assistant chief of staff of the First Army during World War I. After the war, Drum served as the director of training and assistant commandant for the School of the Line at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and commandant of the Command and General Staff College, where he taught the doctrine of open warfarestressing maneuver and marksmanship over frontal attacks and firepower, using experienced troops, and supported by large artillery barragesthat the American Expeditionary Forces had attempted to practice in France. Pershings inscription reads as follows: "To Brigadier General H.A. Dum, whose distinguished services as Chief of Staff of the 1st Army, and whose personal loyalty are among the most treasured memories I carry of the World War. With Sincere Affection, John J. Pershing, Sept. 12, 1924 Size: Octavo. Signed by General John J. Pershing. Book. …

1 page. 4to. Zustand: Fine. 1 page. 4to. "As Chairman of the National Committee for Washington Cathedral, I am inviting a group of friends of our undertaking to take luncheon with me.".

Early 20th century United States Army Citation signed by General John J. Pershing. One page, partially printed, the citation awards Lieut. Colonel Arthur A. Tasker for "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services as Colonel Officer of the Base Hospital A09 France". Dated April 19, 1919 and signed by General John J. Pershing. General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917â"18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in WWI, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.…