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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-Presentation Set Signed in All Four Volumes-
…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 his lakeside…
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….
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…
TYPED BIRTHDAY THANK-YOU NOTE SIGNED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL
TO JOHN "JOCK" COLVILLE
A typed thank-you note on 28 Hyde Park Gate notepaper, dated “3 December, 1958,” three days days after Churchill’s 84th Birthday, to John Colville, Churchill’s Private Secretary during World War…
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,…
RIDE TO WAR
The History of the First New Jersey Cavalry
Every major Virginia campaign, by the Regiment’s chaplain. Reprint of the 1871 edition, which is extremely rare. A very good copy, without dust jacket, tail of front hinge slightly frayed,…
P-38 LIGHTNING AT WAR
Details the history of the P-38 Lightening and its use durign WWII. A very good copy with dust jacket (144 pages, profuse illustrations)….
THE NOTE-BOOK OF AN ATTACHE: Seven Months in the War Zone
Memoirs of a U.S. military attache in Paris, much on the French Army. A very good copy, without dust jacket (345 pages, 19 illustrations, appendix)….
QUANTRILL AND HIS CIVIL WAR GUERRILLAS
Col. William Clarke Quantrill, CSA, and his 150 man unit in Kansas and Missouri. A very good copy, slight edge wear, covers slightly soiled, in slightly rubbed, chipped dust jacket…
THE KOREAN WAR
Pusan to Chosin, An Oral History
Spanning the period from June to December, 1950, this volume illuminates one of the most brutal, yet least memorialized military conflicts in American history through hundreds of first hand accounts,…
THE WAR IN HUNGARY, 1848-1849
An engaging account of the Hungarian revolt against Austria, with much colorful detail. Well received when published, and quite scarce now. A very good set, rebound with paper spine labels…