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“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…
SWEPT CHANNELS
Being an Account of the Work of the Minesweepers in the Great War
A full and detailed World War I history of minesweepers and their crews, derived from their personal experiences. This is a bright and crisp copy of the First English edition,…
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…
DIE NEDERLANDSE ONDERZEEDIENST 1906-1966
Uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van het zestig bestaan
A history of the Dutch submarine service, with a focus on its actions in World War II, commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of its establishment. A scarce book, about a largely…
JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS
1942 (Issued June, 1943)
The bible for technical information on warships since 1898. This is one of the scarcer World War II editions. A fair copy, spine shaken as usual, covers worn & somewhat…
THE BELLS OF SUNDA STRAIT
…during World War II and was an expert diver, despite having only one leg. Signed inscription by the author on title page. A very good copy, small mark on cover,…
THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
How the policies and perceptions that led to Korea and Vietnam were formed during World War II. Reading copy, covers partially detached, extensive underlining….
MALTA BESIEGED
Supplying Malta during the World War II siege, by one of the island’s inhabitants. A very good copy, light wear to corners, light foxing in front matter, inscription on front…
MALTA EPIC
Covers the desperate defense of Malta in World War II, as well as the island’s other two historic sieges in the 16th century and in 1800. This is a very…
BLENHEIM
-Excerpted From MARLBOROUGH-
…wartime paperback; the first excerpted edition taken from Churchill’s MALBOROUGH biography, reprinting text that covers the Battle of Blenheim, appropriately, in the darkest days of World War II. Rare thus….
THE PATH TO VICTORY
…FDR, Rommel, and Mussolini, this original, accessible,and compelling account of a little-known theater emphasizes the importance of the Mediterranean in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe during World War II….