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TOBACCO CARD: “The Right Hon. Winston Churchill”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 3 of 50 manufactured in Australia for W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd.s’ “Britain’s Defenders” series. The bust-length photograph is credited to “Bassano.” Issued in…
HISTORY OF THE RICHARDSON LIGHT GUARD OF WAKE FIELD, MASS.
Covering the third quarter-century period 1901-1926
Largely World War I, with the 26th Division. Published for the unit’s 75th anniversary. A near fine copy, corners lightly worn, issued without dust jacket….
POLITISCHE DOKUMENTE VON A. VON TIRPITZ: Der Aufbau der Deutschen Weltmacht
Political documents of the architect of German naval power in World War I. A very good copy, corners a bit frayed, hinges split, brief inscription on front free endpaper, stamp…
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…
CAMP DEVENS DESCRIBED AND PHOTOGRAPHED
The history of a significant World War I training center in Massachusetts (76th & 12th Divs.) A good copy, boards & spine soiled & stained, corners worn, inkstain in right…
FLYBOYS
A true story of courage
Eight Navy pilots, shot down and captured in World War II, who disappeared from nearly all records. New, in dust jacket. (398p., 63 illus., notes, biblio., index.)…
CHURCHILL’S GRAND ALLIANCE
A Provocative Reassessment of the “Special Relationship” Between England and the U.S. from 1940-1957
Headline-making revisionist history by a very good writer whose opinions about Churchill and World War II remain very muddled. This is a very good copy of the First American edition,…
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….
SUBMARINE UPHOLDER
Commanded by Malcolm David Wanklyn, the most highly decorated Royal Navy submarine officer of World War II, lost off Tripoli in 1942. A very good copy, spine head & Tail…
DE MALTE A SUEZ
Compte-Rendu du Ministre de la Marine sur la guerre navele en Mediterranee Orientale de septembre 1939 a mars 1941
The french language version of “East of Malta, West of the Suez,” the Admiralty account of World War II in the eastern Mediterranean, September, 1939 to March, 1941. Published simultaneously…
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….
THE PACIFIC CRUSADERS
The 42nd Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force, in combat against the Japanese from 1942 to the end. A rare World War II history of an important unit. A very good…