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TARGET TOKYO: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring
…jacket with worn edges and a faint price-sticker shadow, else fine. The best account of the World War II Soviet network in Japan, which warned Stalin of German invasion plans….
THREAD OF VICTORY
…endpaper. There is a hint of dampstaining to the upper corner fore-edges only, else fine. The conversion and conservation of textiles, clothing and leather for the world’s biggest war program….
THEY NEVER SURRENDERED
A True Story of Resistance in World War II
Aa near fine copy of a very scarce first-hand account of the fierce Philippine resistance against the Japanese in World War II, in a dust jacket with faint wear to…
WINSTON CHURCHILL
-First English Edition-
An excellent pre-World War II account of Churchill’s life story. This is a good First English edition copy, without dust jacket. There is a lengthy ink gift inscription on the…
OUR SUPREME TASK
How Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Defined the Cold War Alliance
…words of what we now know as the “Iron Curtain Speech” affected people from every sector of the population, from world leaders and policymakers to businesspeople and homemakers. White provides…
CODE-NAME MARIANNE: An Autobiography
A very good copy, in an unclipped, lightly shelfworn worn dust jacket. One of the Deuxieme Bureau’s (French Intelligence) most daring World War II agents, 1938-1942. This Czech woman photographed…
THE RASH ADVENTURER
The Rise and Fall of Charles Edward Stuart
Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender, was crushed at the Battle of Culloden, and subsequently slipped off the world stage. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped, spine head &…
WARS AND RUMOURS OF WARS: A Memoir
1887-1985: Haig’s staff in World War I, in charge of Western Command 1941-42, then worked with SOE and MI6, later President of the Royal Geographical Society. A very good copy,…
SLEEP IN PEACE TONIGHT: A Novel
-Signed First American Edition-
A crackling historical novel of World War II that tracks President Roosevelt’s trusted emissary, Harry Hopkins, as he arrives in London to meet and assess the new British Prime Minister,…
CHURCHILL STYLE
The Art of Being Winston Churchill
…is a unique, full-length Churchill biography about the world that Winston Churchill created for himself away from politics. Written by Barry Singer, the founder and longtime proprietor of Chartwell Booksellers,…
ONE DAMNED ISLAND AFTER ANOTHER
The Saga of the Seventh Air Force in World War II
The history of the U.S. Seventh Air Force in the Pacific in World War II, in combat from start to finish. Uncommon and excellent, despite the unfortunate condition. A good…
AIRLIFT 1870
The Balloon and Pigeon Post in the Siege of Paris
A rare account of a particularly bizarre aspect of 19th century warfare. During the siege of Paris by Prussian forces from 1870 to 1871, what was a hobby became the…