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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….
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…
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…
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…
TOBACCO CARD: “Winston L.S. Churchill, War Correspondent”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s highest paid war reporter of his time. Manufactured in 1901 for Ogden’s Tab Cigarettes, the card measures 2 1/4 x…
SPIES AND THE NEXT WAR
Devices, episodes, techniques and World War I incidents. A good copy, rear cover scuffed, rear hinge chipped, spine head & tail bumped, without dust jacket….
MIDDLE EAST WAR PROJECTS
OF JOHNSON, DRAKE & PIPER, INC. FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 1942-1943
Privately printed by Johnson, Drake & Piper documenting their engineering and construction projects in the Middle East for the U.S. Army during World War II, including Egypt, the Sudan, the…
SABOTAGE AT BLACK TOM: Imperial Germany’s Secret War in America 1914-1917
A little known campaign of sabotage throughout World War I comprised of over 200 actions aimed at stopping the flow of American arms to France and Britain, including blowing up…
TELEPHONE MEN & WOMEN IN WAR
Employees of the company who served in World War II; all services, all theaters. A very good copy, spine head & tail frayed, spine faded, published without dust jacket. (213p.,…
A BOOK OF WAR LETTERS
Nearly 100 letters home from U.S. servicemen and women in World War II. A very good copy, covers & spine slightly soiled and a bit rumpled, without dust jacket. (328p.,…
THE PACIFIC WAR REMEMBERED
An Oral History Collection
First hand accounts of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps actions (sea, air and amphibious) in World War II by 30 participants. A fine copy, corners very slightly worn, slight smudge…
CHURCHILL’S WAR AGAINST THE ZEPPELIN 1914-18
Men, Machines and Tactics
…thousand were wounded by Zeppelin bombing during the course of World War I. This book explores the development of the airship, the efforts to defend Britain against the attacks, and…