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WINSTON CHURCHILL
An Informal Study of Greatness
…many people who knew Churchill as far back as the Boer War. There is no index unfortunately but the book is an unexpected gem nonetheless. The contents here are fine….
MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES
…and revisits his early adventures following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather as a war correspondent. This is a very good First American edition copy, in dust jacket….
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE HISTORIAN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 1897
…and the cloth cover is lightly soiled; else fine. Contents are remarkably clean and unfoxed. Contains lengthy Colonial muster rolls and articles on Civil War battles involving New York regiments….
TAIL OF THE PAPER TIGER
On location for the associated press in June of 1950 when fighting broke out, King delivers a first hand account of the war and the situation in Korea up to…
FROM THE DANUBE TO THE YALU
…communism. According to the front cover he describes the Korean conflict as “a war we might have won.” A very good copy, in a mylar covered, slightly soiled, dust jacket….
PEARL HARBOR
A good overview of the aims, planning and execution of the attack, by a prominent historian of the Pacific war. A very good copy, spine head & tail slightly bumped,…
IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE BAGHDAD
Being a Record of an Air Commander
One of the few accounts of the air war in Mesopotamia 1916-1918 along with much detail of ground action. (Facsimile reprint of 1920 edition.) A very good copy, printed without…
JAPAN’S AMERICAN INTERLUDE
The political, economic, cultural, etc. impact of the U.S. post-war occupation. A very good copy, without dust jacket (257p., notes, biblio., index)….
ROLL OF HONOR OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH U.S. FIELD ARTILLERY
Attached to the 3rd Infantry Div., using 75mm guns, including a (very) brief history of the unit in the war. In combat from May, 1918 on at the Marne, St….
OFFICERS AND MEN AT THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY
May 1, 1898
Spanish-American War. By members of the Orders and Medals Society of America. Number 108 of 2,000 copies, signed by Bell. Scarce. A very good copy, covers lightly worn….
EXPERIENCES OF A SIEGE
A Diary of the Siege of Kimberley, 21 September 1899 to 16 February 1900
Moffat, an adventurous Scottish lady, arrived from the Klondike on 20 September, 1899; the Boer War began 11 October and Kimberley was besieged by the Boers three days later. Limited…
THE CAPTURE OF CETYWAYO
By the commander of the detached squadron of King’s Dragoon Guards that captured the Zulu king at the end of the Zulu War, Ngome forest, 1879. The original 1879 printing…