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TOBACCO CARD: “Maj. W.L.S. Churchill, MP”
Exceedingly rare World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 25 manufactured for Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada’s “”Notabilities” series. Issued in 1917, well after Churchill’s resignation as First Lord…
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…
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 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…
SELECTED WORKS OF MAO TSE-TUNG
Volume I
English translation, covering the First and Second Revolutionary Wars and the Japanese War. A very good copy, covers a bit soiled & worn, 2 price tags removed from front cover….
GENERAL A.P. HILL
The Story of a Confederate Warrior
This is a very good copy of the Second Printing in an unclipped dust jacket. Hill was one of the least known Confederate generals yet one of the most important…
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. A very good copy, pages slightly browned, contents otherwise fine, light shelf…
SIR HARRY VANE
His Life and Times (1613-1662)
Emissary of Charles I, second Governor of Massachusetts, joined Cromwell as a leading figure in the English Civil War, executed in 1662 by Charles II. A very good copy, corners…
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…
INTO THE RISING SUN
In Their Own Words, World War II’s Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat
This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. In their own words, World War II’s Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat.
“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…
THE QUALITY OF MERCY
Cambodia, Holocaust and Modern Conscience
Post Viet Nam War famine & devastation, and world reaction. A very good copy, in dust jacket (464 pages, tables, bibliography, index, map endpapers)….