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FORTY YEARS ON… 1909-1949
-With a tipped-in facsimile telegram from Winston Churchll-
The company history of British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page, from its origins in 1909 to its peerless work during and after the Second World War. Winston Churchill’s contribution comes in…
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.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
THE GRIFFIN
The Greatest Untold Espionage Story of World War II.
…changed our world with the discovery of nuclear fission, and, apparently, a pillar of Nazi society. Rosebaud was also Winston Churchill’s most invaluable spy in Germany throughout World War II….
AMERICAN SPORTS, 1970 or, How We Spent the War in Vietnam
-First American Edition-
A very good copy, in dust jacket; virtually mint.
WAR LABOR BOARD IN THE FIELD
The James Sprunt Studies in History and Political Science: Volume 35
A very good copy of Volume 35 in this series published under the direction of the Departments of History and Political Science of the University of North Carolina. This title…
THE RIVER WAR: An Account of the Re-conquest of the Sudan
This is a very good copy in the very rare dust jacket of the First Printing of the “Cheap Edition,” as designated by the publisher. It was printed in 1933…
THE NAVY AND THE NEXT WAR
A Vindication of Sea Power
This is a very good copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket, recently deaccessioned from the library of the New York Yacht Club, with the club’s stunning vintage…
THREE YEARS’ WAR
This is a very good copy of the First American edition without dust jacket. The cloth cover is lightly soiled; and there is some chipping and fraying at the corners…