Lieutenant Colonel Johnson (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, DC. From Major Alfred Cunningham, the first Marine aviator through to the eve of WWII, Johnson covers the history of Marine aviation. During WWI the first Marines to shoot down an enemy aricraft were 1st Lieutentant Everett Brewer and Gunnery Sergeant Harry Wersheiner flying with a British squadron on 28 September 1918. Very good copy of the slightly oversized first edition. No dust jacket issued. 106 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Prelims + 214 pp, numerous b/w & col. photographs.Text in English and French. An excellent copy.

1st edition stiff wrappers Near Fine lge. octavo vii + 106pp., b/w pls., appends., index,

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Gd. condition - Jesse was a native of Mississippi, describes his military career in the U.S. Army, from 1942 private in World War II to retirement as a lieutenant colonel . (L6b). Book.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding. The contents complete, clean and tight; Hardback. Red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10¾" x 8" (1 kg); pp (vii) 106; Index; Edited by Graham A. Cosmas; Includes: Black & White photos within the text; Appendices (3); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #205933 ||.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Bear Tracks in Indochina. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. 84pp, illustrated with several full-page portraits, including the author E. C. Johnson, John Dejarnett Johnson, Elizabeth Butler, Edward Polk Johnson (who would write a monumental History of Kentucky), James Shelton Johnson, Edward Polk Johnson II, and John Dejarnett Johnson II, blue cloth with gilt titles, very clean and bright, inside and out. James Johnson, b. 1725, in Virginia, married Susannah Payne, with whom he had five children. James served as a major in the Revolutionary War. He died in Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1787. His great-grandson, John DeJarnett Johnson, 1799-1882, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky and died in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Ohio and elsewhere. Families include Arterburn, Musselmann, Ragland, Schlegel, Seebolt, Stiffler. Very scarce.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

PARIS, Payot, Collection de mémoires, études et documents pour servir à l'étude de la guerre mondiale - 1933 - in-8 - 279 pages - EDITION ORIGINALE - Très propre - Envoi rapide et soigné Livres.

Couverture rigide. Gide fils | Paris 1819 | 13.2 x 21.5 cm | 2 volumes reliés | Édition originale de la traduction française établie par Auguste Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret (cf Brunet III, 555. Quérard IV, 230. Manque à Field.) L'ouvrare est illustré de 20 jolies figures hors-texte gravées à l'aquatinte, dont 6 rehaussées à l'aquarelle et un plan replié, l''édition originale anglaise ne comportant que 13 aquatintes. Reliures à la bradel en plein cartonnage recouvert de papier sable, pièces de titre et de tomaison de chagrin rouge partiellement estompées, dos lisses ornés d'un fleuron central doré, quelques frottements sur les dos, coiffes supérieures un peu frottées, deux coins émoussés, entièrement non rogné, reliures de l'époque. Agréable état intérieur. Johnson était un officier britannique en Inde qui décida de prendre la route terrestre pour son retour en Angleterre. Son récit comporte de nombreuses observations sur la vie sociale, les coutumes, la religion et les costumes des peuples rencontrés. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition of the French translation prepared by A. J. B. Defauconpret (see Brunet III, 555; Quérard IV, 230; not in Field).The work is illustrated with 20 charming aquatint plates, 6 of them hand-coloured, and a folding plan. The English first edition contained only 13 aquatints.Contemporary Bradel bindings in full sand-coloured paper boards, red morocco spine labels for title and volume numbers (partly faded), flat spines gilt with a central floral tool, light rubbing to spines, upper caps slightly worn, two corners bumped, entirely uncut. Period bindings.Pleasant, clean internal condition.Johnson was a British officer in India who chose to return to England by land. His narrative offers numerous observations on the social life, customs, religion, and dress of the peoples he encountered along the way. * 2 vol. pet. in-8 de 325 et 294 pp. et 1 f.n.ch.

4to. x, 376 pp. Contents, list of plates, errata, 13 aquatint plates (5 hand-colored), 2 appendices; frontispiece-plate trimmed and re-mounted, some soiling, foxing throughout, off-setting from plates, cellophane tape repair to final leaf (corner). Modern quarter dark brown calf, dual gilt stamped red morocco spine labels, raised bands, new endleaves; title-page and other red rubberstamps (p. 1, pl. facing p. 80) of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia. Over-all very good; fine binding. First edition. In 1817 Johnson, who had lived most of his life in India, and his companion Captain Salter decided that they would travel to England by land. The Napoleonic wars were at an end and peace was the rule in Persia and Europe. Further, the successes of the English had left a favorable impression with many people and the British uniform was respected. This book is based on Johnson's journal of their travels. It is filled with observations on local life and customs as well as the adventures of the traveler. Johnson supplies the reader with tables of expenses and distances, and writes about points of interest. He states his points of view freely, without much courtesy, which brings out the bias and makes the reader understand it. On page 25 Johnson makes a disparaging remark on Armenian women, "they cannot be commended generally for superior beauty." Later he comments on their "fine black eyes and hair; with large eye-brows." Then in his uniquely British vernacular, "they showed little freshness and no bloom." Then of equal interest he comments on his understanding of the Persian opinion or lack of esteem for Armenians and makes comparison to the Jews: "⦠the few Jews who are established in Persia are still more despised than the Armenians." (p. 26). / Johnson is also very giving with specific data on the details of travel, including costs, hired help, equipment and clothing, tipping, with clarifications for payment to his cook, servants, and a muleteer. The account leaves from Bombay, India and arrives at Muscat, passing through the Persian Gulf and landing again at Bushire, through Boorauzgoon, Daulekee, Konar Takht, Kumaredge, Kauzeroon, Shahpoor, Shiraz ["Shirauz"], Zergoon, Persepolis, Valley of Meerdusht, Oojan, Kooshkezerd, Dehgurdoo, Komesha, Isfahan ["Ispahan"], Shah Abba's palace, etc., then to Tehran ["Tehraun"]. There is a sequence here in Tehran where the author and his British companions enter into a hummaum, the Turkish-style hot bath, they are scrubbed down with a "glove or bag of mohair to act as a flesh brush" (luffa/loofah), then they must have astonished the staff when they were body scrubbed, the surface flesh scaled off, then asked to be washed with Western style soap! It's a challenge to be introduced to a new culture, try it and then ask to have it all done again in a Western manner, but consider how the soap made them unclean when they were as clean as possible! None-the-less there is a lot of description and some insight, and the innocent attitude of the separatist Brits comes through a lot. / The contemporary reviewer (unsigned) establishes first that Johnson's route is similar to that of James Morier who published his account in 1812, just six years earlier. The illustrations are complimented as striking and appropriate to the topic. Johnson is given added merit over Morier in that "[he] was more fortunate than his predecessor, since [when in Shapour] he penetrated to the cave in which [the ruin] was deposited, and actually ascertained the existence of the celebrated colossal statue [pl. p.43], of which he has furnished an elegant drawing⦠The Work presents a very agreeable deviation from Morier's track, in the Colonel's irruption into the country of the untamable Don Cossacks, and his visit to the distinguished [Count] Platoff, the account of whose magnificent hospitality to British readers must afford peculiar gratificationâ¦" â" The European Magazine, and London Review, October, 1818, pp.336-337. /.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This brief history of Marine aviation from 1912 to 1940 describes the efforts of Marines to secure their own air arm and recounts the early development of the Marine air-ground team. The story is drawn from official reports, documents, and personal correspondence, as well as from published historical works. It also draws heavily upon the transcribed reminiscences of notable Marine aviators collected and preserved by the Oral History Section of the History and Museums Division. From 1912, when First Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunningham became the first Marine to fly, through 1940, a handful of dedicated Marines worked to keep their Corps abreast of the progress of military aviation and to create an air arm specifically dedicated to supporting Marines in their amphibious mission. From a few daring men and a handful of primitive aircraft in 1912, Marine aviation grew into a force which met the test of combat in World War I. During the 1920s and 1930s, Marine aviators gradually developed a permanent organization and acquired aircraft of increasing reliability and improving performance. In small wars and expeditions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and China, Marine fliers devised new techniques for supporting Marine infantry in combat, and they demonstrated the value of aviation in reconnaissance and in the movement of men and supplies over rough and usually roadless terrain. With the creation of the F1eet Marine Force in 1933, Marine aviation received formal recognition as an element of the amphibious air-ground team, and in the fleet landing exercises of the late 1930s began developing the doctrines and tactics which would make close air support a reality in World War II. The traditions of excellence and versatility established by these early Marine fliers lived on in the skies of Korea and Vietnam and remain vital today. This study of the formative years of Marine aviation is based on official reports and documents in the archives and holdings of the History and Museums Division and on personal memoirs and correspondence, as well as published historical works. It draws heavily on the writings of such pioneers of Marine aviation history as Robert L. Sherrod and Major Edna Loftus Smith, USMCR, and has benefited significantly from the efforts of such organizations as the First Marine Aviation Force Association and the Marine Corps Aviation Association to preserve the memory and record of early Marine aviation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.