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INDIA
-Rare Second Printing of the First Hardcover Edition-
As-new, virtually mint copy of the extraordinarily rare Second Printing of the First Hardcover Edition. “Few cased copies of [INDIA’s] second printing are known,” wrote bibliographer Ronald Cohen in his…
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY: THE CHURCHILL DOCUMENTS Volume 18
"One Continent Redeemed" January-August 1943
This is the second “DOCUMENTS” [COMPANION] Volume for MAIN Volume VII. It constitutes the second wholly new DOCUMENTS volume produced for the series. Unlike the original COMPANION volumes, these DOCUMENTS…
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
-Silver Library Edition ("New Impression") VARIANT BINDING-
A very good copy of the Second Printing of this edition, which is, in fact, considerably rarer than the first printing. The title page states: “NEW IMPRESSION” (rather than “NEW…
THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS
-First English Softcover Edition (Second State)-
This is a good copy of the Second State of the First English edition (per Cohen), with page 71 numbered correctly and a Second Appendix replacing the Index at rear….
A SAVAGE WAR OF PEACE
Algeria 1954-1962
A classic on the Algerian rebellion against France and the brutal war for independence. Uncommon, and becoming scarce. This is a very good paperback copy, covers slightly soiled, front cover…
THE KOREAN WAR
Combining personal accounts with archival sources, Hastings explores this major 20th century conflict that is arguably the direct predecessor of the Vietnam war yet remains largely untouched by popular military…
FRENCH WAR DEBT
-Rare Pamphlet-
“Agreement for the settlement of the war debt of France and Great Britain with an exchange of letters between the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Winston S. Churchill] and the French…
MARY CHURCHILL’S WAR
The Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter
Followup to Lady Soames’ 2012 memoir, A DAUGHTER’S TALE, comprising her wartime diaries, 1939-1945. Though self-characterized by Lady Soames herself as “the diary of an ordinary person’s life in war…
LIFE: “The War Memoirs of Winston Churchill” (Volume IV, Pt. I “The Hinge of Fate”)
-Magazine Article-
The pre-publication serialization of Churchill’s WAR MEMOIRS continues, lavishly illustrated. This is an original copy in very good condition….
WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR
The politics, society and culture of the capital suddenly thrown into war. A near fine copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with slightly faded spine. (286p., 26 illus.)…
CHURCHILL’S WAR LAB
Code-Breakers, Scientists and the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
A unique contribution to Churchill scholarship, Downing mines Churchill’s fascination with new technologies, espionage and the “science of war” in the modern age, arguing that Allied victory was due in…
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: WAR CORRESPONDENT 1895-1900
Originally published in 1972 as YOUNG WINSTON’S WARS, this collection reprints Churchill’s early despatches as a young war correspondent writing from the Northwest Frontier, the Sudan and South Africa, plus…