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THE KOREAN WAR
An International History
Examines the role of the UN, NATO and “smaller” nations, and how their restraint helped to prevent the war from escalating beyond the Korean peninsula. A very good copy, in…
THE GRIFFIN
The Greatest Untold Espionage Story of World War II.
…changed our world with the discovery of nuclear fission, and, apparently, a pillar of Nazi society. Rosebaud was also Winston Churchill’s most invaluable spy in Germany throughout World War II….
MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission
-First English Edition in Dust Jacket-
…with only nominal fading to the fade-prone spine. The binding is the Second State of the First Printing (per Cohen), with the variant five-line title block on the cover and…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-Presentation Set Signed in All Four Volumes-
…the General Strike of 1926, and was a shipowner, whose vessels served in Allied operations throughout World War II as hospital, supply and troop ships. The Churchills notably stayed at…
TO A VICTORIOUS CONCLUSION! The Prime Minister’s Appeal to the Nation
-Rare World War I Recruitment Pamphlet-
A variant first printing of this rare World War I-vintage stapled paper pamphlet containing, “Speeches delivered at the Guildhall, London, on September 4th, 1914, by Mr. Asquith, Mr. Bonar Law,…
THE CHEQUERED PAST
Sports Car Racing & Rallying in Canada 1951-1991
An encyclopedic guide to Canadian car racing, which underwent critical changes in the second half of the twentieth century to become a player on the world stage.
THUNDER RUN
The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
…from the Second Brigade is a riveting firsthand account of how a single armored brigade was able to capture an Arab capital defended by one of the world’s largest armies….
TYPED NOTE SIGNED FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL TO JOHN “JOCK” COLVILLE
…War II, and after, right through Churchill’s second stint as Prime Minister. No one was closer to Churchill at work than Sir John Rupert Colville (1915-1987), familiarly known as “Jock.”…
THE RIVER WAR: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
-Abridged One-Volume "Cheap" Edition (Fourth Printing) in Dust Jacket-
This is a very good copy of a 1949 reprint of the one-volume, abridged, so-called “Cheap Edition” of 1933. Printed from the original plates for the first 1902 abridged edition,…
KOREA: The Limited War
A solid, readable account, including background (dating from the 1945 partition of Korea.) A very good copy spine faded, spine head and tail slightly frayed, without dust-jacket….
AIR WAR OVER KOREA
Includes Allies rarely covered elsewhere. A very good copy, in mylar covered, price clipped dust jacket, slight shelf wear….
THE POST-WAR SPEECHES
-First American Edition Set with Dust Jackets Complete in Four Volumes-
A very good First American edition set of the four postwar speech volumes, as published in the U.S., in the rare original dust jackets. THE SINEWS OF PEACE and STEMMING…