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MI 5: British Security Service Operations 1909-1945
Mostly World War II. A very good copy, owner’s name taped to front free end paper, ink sketches on front free end paper, a few tiny spots on pp. 62-63,…
DAYBREAK FOR OUR CARRIER
An unidentified Essex class carrier in World War II combat operations. A very good copy, spine head & tail frayed, corners a bit worn, covers slightly soiled, published without dust…
THE SHIP WITH TWO CAPTAINS
An account of the H.M.S. Seraph and its missions during World War II. A good copy ex-library copy with bookplate on front paste down, slight foxing of preliminaries, tear in…
TREASON IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
An analysis of the meaning of treason in the midst of twentieth century social upheaval, focusing largely on its manifestations during World War II A very good copy, in faded…
TOBACCO CARD: “Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP.”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd.’s “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the…
FROM FIJI THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE THIRTEENTH AIR FORCE
The marvelous pictorial and history of “The Jungle Air Force” in World War II, in combat from January, 1943 to the end. A good copy, covers somewhat soiled, corners frayed,…
WINGS OF GOLD
The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II
…military historian Geral d Astor comes the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II….
MEMOIRS OF BASE HOSPITAL NO. 35
A very significant World War I momento, the memoirs of Base Hospital No. 35 in France from 1917-1919. Bound in original card wraps, which have chipped and frayed but are…
THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS
…who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II and went on to build modern America.” A fine copy in like dust jacket (237 pages, illustrations, index…
WARS AND RUMOURS OF WARS: A Memoir
1887-1985: Haig’s staff in World War I, in charge of Western Command 1941-42, then worked with SOE and MI6, later President of the Royal Geographical Society. A very good copy,…
“Q” BOAT ADVENTURES
The Exploits of the Famous Mystery Ships by a “Q” Boat Commander
Exploits of the U-Boat-hunting “Q Ships” of World War I. These well-disguised, commonplace boats of every description were packed with hidden deadly weapons and dispatched to hunt German U-Boats. This…
RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES
The Czarist Period 1784 to 1917
Vintage photographs and drawings illustrate this history of the Russian motor vehicle industry prior to World War I.