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TOBACCO CARD: “Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for Scissors Cigarettes’ “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty, the card…
TOBACCO CARD: “Mr. Winston Churchill”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s Boer War hero, manufactured for The American Tobacco Co.’s “Boer War Series B” of 1901. The card measures 2 1/4…
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…
THE EVADERS
“The story of the most amazing mass escape of World War II.” A very good copy in an edge-worn dust jacket. The contents are fine….
PATRICK J. HURLEY
…A personal representative of FDR during World War II, Hurley visited the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, the Near East, the Middle East and China, being appointed ambassador to China in 1944….
A DRIVE ON THE WILD SIDE
Twenty Extreme Driving Adventures from Around the Word
British TV presenter Weaver, who has earned three Guinness World Records, guides readers on a journey across five continents in some of the most coveted vehicles. His take on living…
THE PATH TO VICTORY
The Mediterranean Theater in World War II
…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….
A FOWL ALPHABET
-The Deluxe Cheloniidae Press Edition-
…of “OUR LIVING WORLD: A Natural History,” by Rev. J.G. Wood, Volume II Birds 1885. Illustrated with 26 Wood Engravings by Alan James Robinson and a Newly Designed Alphabet by…
IN MEMORIAM
Sir Winston Churchill
…January 1965.” Collected tributes by world leaders and diplomats, apparently only sold by the U.N. directly, and today quite rare. This copy exhibits some very light shelf wear, else fine….
THE LUMINOUS YEARS
Portraits at Mid-Century
Post-World War II New York cafe society . As new, in dust jacket.
THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION
-First English Edition-
…and its World War I service in France. This is a very good copy in the extraordinarily rare dust jacket, unclipped and clean, with age-darkened spine and a slightly darkened…
RNZAF
The First Decade 1937-46
The aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II. A very good copy, corners bumped, in dust jacket with light edge wear. (119p., 242 photos [4…