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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…
WARLORD
A Life of Winston Churchill at War 1874-1945
Churchill through the prism of his long military service, an extensive and beautifully written new biography by one of the finest living historians of the Second World War. As new,…
CHURCHILL’S ARMY 1939-1945
The Men, Machines and Organisation
This is a large-format, lushly illustrated coffee table book that examines every aspect of the British Army during the Second World War. New in dust jacket.
THUNDER RUN
The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
…from the Second Brigade is a riveting firsthand account of how a single armored brigade was able to capture an Arab capital defended by one of the world’s largest armies….
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.
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….
THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR
Problems of Motive, Extent and Effect
Twenty-one selections by various authors, including C.V. Wedgwood, Gustav Freytag and Aldous Huxley. A good copy, edges worn, labels on front cover, stamps on half-title page….
THE WAR OF THE INNOCENTS
The author spent a year attached to various combat units on the Cambodian Border, Tuy Hoa Valley, Dak To, etc. A very good copy, in a dust jacket with infinitesmal…
THE MEXICAN WAR
Changing Interpretations
This paperback printing of a collection of 17 essays is in very good condition. The cover is chipped around the edges at at the spine folds and the front corners…
WHY THE CIVIL WAR?
Lincoln’s prosecution of a conflict which was not inevitable. A fair copy, in worn dust jacket, upper spine & adjacent corners of covers dampstained, front free endpaper missing, contents fine….
THE LONG WAR
Israel and the Arabs Since 1946
Seen as a single ongoing military operation of immense complexity. A very good copy, without dust jacket, spine slightly faded, nick to outer front hinge, gift inscription on title page,…