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COMBAT FLEETS OF THE WORLD 1976/77
Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament
The French biennial Jane’s. A fair copy, corners worn, rear hinge split, spine shaken, tape marks on endpapers, without dust jacket. (575p., circa 1400 photos, 55 drawings, index.)…
THE WORLD CRISIS
-First American Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
…similarly mint, inside and out, with a tiny vintage bookshop sticker on the lower corner of the front free endpaper. VOLUME V: THE UNKNOWN WAR (Book 6) dust jacket is…
WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE STORY OF TWO WORLD WARS
This is a very good First American edition copy, in dust jacket.
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,…
HET VERGETEN SQUADRON
Het verhaal de Nederlandse vliegers, die tegen Japan hun vergeten strijd vochten.
The memoirs of a Dutch bomber squadron commander in the Pacific in World War II; Dutch participation in the Pacific theater has been largely forgotten. Uncommon in Europe, rare on…
TEN SECONDS FROM NOW
A Broadcaster’s Story
The memoirs of a BBC broadcaster, including World War II. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with slightly chipped corners….
MALTA AIRMEN
New Zealanders in the defense of Malta, World War II, including Malta’s Air Officer Commanding. From the New Zealand in the Second World War Official History series. A very good…
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…
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….
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…
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…