A clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era, this small and rather fragile “Cheap” edition did not age well and its striking dust jacket rarely survived and is virtually never…
A full and detailed World War I history of minesweepers and their crews, derived from their personal experiences. This is a bright and crisp copy of the First English edition,…
…military historian Geral d Astor comes the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II….
As-new, in dust jacket. Opulent volume presenting works from large museums and private collections throughout the world….
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,…
…him in 1947. The son reviews for his father all that has happened to the world since Randolph died in 1895 — never revealing the role that he himself played…
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,…
…(10×15 inches overall) and linen-matted with a vintage black & white postcard-size print (3 3/8 x 5 inches) of James Guthrie’s exquisite post-World War I portrait painting of Winston Churchill….
…contents are clean and unfoxed, with an intrusive vintage bookplate on the front pastedown. Else fine. The book that told the world about the Holocaust, by a Polish underground fighter…
This is a very good copy of the so-called “Cheap Edition,” a rather small and fragile clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era. The cloth remains a deep red and…
…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,…
A history of brush production during World War II. A very good copy, without dust jacket. Tipped onto the front pastedown is a special presentation sheet from the paintbrush company…