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SELECTIVE SERVICE IN WARTIME
Second Report of the Director of Selective Service: 1941-42
Second of four reports for WWII; includes sections on War Production, Conscientious Objectors, Enforcement, Great Britain, among others. This a very good copy, in wraps, as issued. The pages have…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
THE POLTAVA AFFAIR
A Russian Warning, an American Tragedy
“A minute-by-minute account of the secret World War II operation that foreshadowed the Cold War.” A very good copy, spine and corners slightly bumped, dust jacket faded with slightly worn…
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…
SALUTE THE SAPPERS
South African Forces: World War II (Volume VIII-Parts I & 2)
…Corps in the Northern African and Italian theatres of war from the Battle of El Alamein to the end of World War II, with a brief description of subsequent developments…
SECRET SESSION SPEECHES
-Signed Presentation First English Edition Inscribed to Churchill's Personal Secretary-
This very good copy of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust jacket, is inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper to one of Churchill’s premiere post-war personal…
ONE HUNDRED YEARS WITH THE STATE FENCIBLES
…of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War and Spanish-American War. A very good copy, some wear to corners, upper edge of front cover slightly dented, rear cover scuffed, scraped & redyed…