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THE WORLD CRISIS 1911-1918
-Abridged One-Volume Edition-
This is a very good copy of the Third Printing of the First American abridged edition, in the fairly rare dust jacket, unclipped and intact, with creases and light edge-chipping…
BREAK BLOW BURN: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-Three of the World’s Best Poems
-Signed First American Edition-
A virtually mint copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket, signed by the author in blue ink on the title page….
THE WORLD’S STRANGEST AUTOMOBILES
A Collection of Weird and Wonderful Driving Machines
This is a very good copy of the Third Printing in an unclipped dust jacket. While car design and development can be serious business, the vehicles in this compendium demonstrate…
JAPAN’S WAR
The Great Pacific Conflict, 1853-1952
Japan’s forced emergence from isolation, its industrialization, the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, World War II and its aftermath. A very good copy, upper edge of front cover dented, in…
WAR AND ADMINISTRATION: The Significance of the Crimean War for the British Army
Reforms in the aftermath of one of the worst managed wars in history. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket. (174p., 2 maps, 2 Tables of Organization, notes,…
HAPPY DISPATCHES: Journalistic pieces from Banjo Paterson’s days as a war correspondent
The beloved Australian writer, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Boer War, China, London, World War I, British generals, Churchill, Kipling, etc. Fine writing. Originally published in 1934….
THE NORTON BOOK OF MODERN WAR
Poetry and literature from both World Wars, Spanish Civil War, Vietnam. Edited by the author of “The Great War and Modern Memory.” A near fine copy, illegible signature on half-title…
SEA LANES IN WAR TIME: The American Experience, 1775-1942
Excellent analysis by noted author; may still be the best on the subject. The first half is chronological through the Civil War; second half is topical through the summer of…
LIFE: “The War Memoirs of Winston Churchill” (Volume One: “The Gathering Storm” Part II)
-Magazine Article-
The second installment of Winston Churchill’s WAR MEMOIRS in serialization; more than 20 pages, profuse with black & white and color illustrations. [Pages 48-55, 57-78…80] This is an original copy…
U.S. ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR
Truce Tent and Fighting Front
The second of five volumes to be published on the United States and the Korean War, Truce and Tent Fighting covers the seemingly unending negotiations during the last two years…
IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH
-Second Printing of the First English Edition-
A very good copy of the Second Printing of the First English edition, which the publisher designated as a “Second Edition” but which bibliographer Ronald Cohen argues is really more…