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TOBACCO CARD: “Maj. Gen. Ian Hamilton”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring a bust-length portrait photograph of Churchill’s favorite Boer War colleague. The verso is blank. The card is in very good condition.
UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1861
Illustrated with contemporary official war department photographs. A very good copy, cover slightly faded (61 pages)….
DISASTER IN KOREA
The Chinese Confront MacArthur
On November 24th, 1950 General MacArthur ordered an attack on the Yalu River running between China and North Korea with the intention of ending the Korean War. This volume, the…
TOBACCO CARD: “Earl Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring a bust-length portrait photograph of General Earl Roberts, “Commander-in-Chief of the British Army” during the Boer War. The verso is blank. The…
CHURCHILL WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
Winston Churchill’s granddaughter brilliantly reconstructs Churchill’s experiences as a war correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa, including his infamous escape from a Boer prison, an escape that received…
WINSTON CHURCHILL’S TAX REFUND
TYPED DOCUMENT SIGNED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL To The Inspector of Taxes
…“any income tax Post-War credit to which I am entitled for the years 1944/1945 and 1945/1946.” The amount proved to be 65 pounds. The original Certificate of Post-War Credit confirmation…
STEMMING THE TIDE
-First American Edition-
The fourth volume of Churchill’s collected post-war speeches (February 7, 1951 – December 11, 1952), encompassing Churchill’s return as Prime Minister amidst battles with Labour over rationing and all manifestations…
QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS IN HISTORY: CHURCHILL
…answers at the end of each chapter. The author was head of Corporate Education at the Imperial War Museum and taught at the Cabinet War rooms. As new, in wraps….
CHURCHILL WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
Winston Churchill’s granddaughter brilliantly reconstructs Churchill’s experiences as a war correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa, including his infamous escape from a Boer prison, an escape that received…
THE COMPLETE NEW ZEALAND DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
All 528 recipients to date, Boer War through Korean War. The 1978 first edition was a limited private edition. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped, very limited occassional faint…
BANNERS IN THE AIR
The Eighth Ohio Volunteers and the Spanish-American War
A Civil War veteran and commander of the only regiment from Ohio to go to Cuba, Curtis V. Hard has written a personal and compelling account of the last days…
MERCHANTS OF TREASON: America’s Secrets for Sale
A classically paranoid late cold war text claiming to be “the first comprehensive analysis of how and why we are losing so badly in the back-alley war of counter espionage.”…