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THE RIVER WAR: A Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan
-Rebacked First Edition Set-
This very good First English edition set has been rebacked, with new endpapers. The cloth is shelfworn, the gilt titles and cover art have slightly dimmed, but the overall appearance…
THE RIVER WAR: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan
-New Unabridged Annotated Edition-
Mint, in publisher’s shrink-wrap. A complete, unabridged, two-volume reissue, thirty-one years in the making and 120 years after the original publication. Superbly annotated by historian James W. Muller, with a…
ALLIES AT WAR
The Bitter Rivalry Among CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, And De GAULLE
The acrimonious, often bitingly entertaining saga of ego and power run amuck. This is a virtually mint copy of the First American edition, in dust jacket.
FLATLAND
-The Arion Press Edition-
…Abbott (who published pseudonymously under the name: “Square”) relates the story of a square living in a two-dimensional world who visits a world of lines, another comprised of just a…
THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW
An Intimate History of the First World War
Focused on 20 people – from a 12-year-old German girl to a French civil servant and an American woman married to a Polish aristocrat – Englund’s account of World War…
ACHIEVING VICTORY
World War II
“A narrative of national strategic planning and its trials and tribulations in the mid- war period of World War II. A good copy in chipped and stained dust jacket (191…
FIGHTER ACES
“The dramatic saga of pilots who became aces, with five or more aerial victories in fighter-type aircraft, from World War 1 throught the korean war. A very good copy, in…
SQUADRON A
A History of Its First Fifty Years
The New York National Guard cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War and in World War I with the 27th Infantry Div. A good copy, corners a bit frayed, spine head…
MELLON VS. CHURCHILL
The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
A fascinating reexamination of a little-known corner of Churchill’s vast career, his post-World War I duel with the great American tycoon, Andrew Mellon, over British war debt. New in dust…
I ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR
…World War II in English are few, and this important source is quite rare in any condition. This is a very good copy, without dust jacket, covers slightly soiled, corners…
WITH MY OWN EYES
A Personal Story of Battle Years
A newsman in Alaska, the Philippine Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. A very good copy, spine head & tail somewhat worn, without dust jacket….
Collier’s: “The Man Who Saved Paris”
-Magazine Article-
The third in a series of six Churchill articles about the First World War, conceived originally under the rubric: “Crucial Crises in the War.” This was the first appearance for…