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TATTERED BATTLEMENTS
A Fighter Pilot’s Malta Diary, D-Day and After
An R.A.F. fighter pilot’s vivid account of Malta, March through May, 1942, plus two months of operations during and after D-Day, previously unpublished. A near fine copy, very slight edge…
Original CARTOON from PUNCH Magazine
“The Tank and the Little Brick”
This original cartoon from the British humor magazine Punch, dated March 3, 1920, is in very good condition. The caption reads: “(Mr. Churchill and Captain Wedgwood Benn.) ‘The tank, weighing…
Original CARTOON from PUNCH Magazine
“Troubled Waters”
This original cartoon from the British humor magazine Punch, dated, March 15, 1922, in very good condition. The caption reads: Sir Arthur Balfour (with philosophic doubt) “Do you think it’s…
DE MALTE A SUEZ
Compte-Rendu du Ministre de la Marine sur la guerre navele en Mediterranee Orientale de septembre 1939 a mars 1941
The french language version of “East of Malta, West of the Suez,” the Admiralty account of World War II in the eastern Mediterranean, September, 1939 to March, 1941. Published simultaneously…
OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS
-Vintage Paperback Edition-
…1948 publication. The name of a previous owner, dated March 2, 1968, is inked on the front free endpaper, and a newscutting photo of Capote is laid-in at the rear….
MALTA AT BAY
An Eye-Witness Account
Everyday life during the siege, through March, 1942, by an inhabitant of the island. A very good copy, edges faded, front hinge split, in dust jacket with slightly darkened spine,…
A HISTORY OF THE SIXTH IOWA INFANTRY
Raised 1861, fought in most of the major battles in the West and on Sherman’s March to the Sea. An informative and uncommon regimental. A very good copy, issued without…
THE FRANKLIN COMES HOME
The hardest hit, and most decorated, ship in U.S. history, the carrier (CV-13) was though doomed after kamikaze attacks in March, 1945, but managed to return to the Brooklyn Naval…
APOCALYPSE UNDONE
My Survival of Japanese Imprisonment During World War II
A member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, who was captured in the fall of the Philippines and survived the Bataan Death March and his subsequent captivity. As new, in dust…
A ROVING COMMISSION
-Second American Edition (Third Printing) in Dust Jacket-
…bright and crisp with excellent color. The book and contents are fine, save for a former owner name dated “March 1941” in ink and a tiny vintage bookseller plate on…
CHATTANOOGA
A Death Grip on the Confederacy
The battle that opened the way for Sherman’s March to the Sea, September, 1863, splitting the Confederacy in two. A very good copy, in dust jacket, owner’s bookplate on front…
“VIEW FROM CHARTWELL”
-Framed Limited Edition Lithograph-
…also was a year of such personal financial peril for Churchill that in March he seriously considered selling Chartwell. On April 2, The Times actually announced that Chartwell was for…