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SECRET SESSION SPEECHES
-Signed Presentation First English Edition Inscribed to Churchill's Personal Secretary-
…with a smattering of light, scattered foxing to the prelims and fore-edges only. LETTICE MARSTON (1919-1988) was one of the central Churchill secretaries who took down his war memoirs as…
MISCHLING, SECOND DEGREE
My Childhood in Nazi Germany
…1935 (when the Nuremberg Laws were instituted), Koehn was 1/4-Jewish, but her parents concealed this and she grew up during the war without knowing this, joining the Hitler Youth, etc….
THE WORLD CRISIS
-First English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
…dust jacket has darkened considerably, with edge-chipping, particularly at the spine head, fractional corner losses, and some streaking across the spine. The book is the Second State binding, per Cohen,…
TEN VINTAGE WORLD WAR II CANDID SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
Returning from the Atlantic Conference
…with President Roosevelt off Newfoundland aboard the USS Augusta and the British battle cruiser HMS Prince of Wales to discuss the war against the Axis powers. The outcome of this…
WORLD WAR II VINTAGE PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD of Winston Churchill
This promotional postcard was sent out by The Sunday Dispatch just after war was declared and Winston Churchill was returned as First Lord of the Admiralty. It features the legendary…
AN AMATEUR DIPLOMAT IN THE WORLD WAR
On Pershing’s staff; Asst. COS, of div. (wrote unit history); onArmistice Commission; later Asst. Secy. of War. A very good copy, without dust jacket. (227p., 7 illus., index.) Spine faded,…
THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND DIVISION
1914-1916 (Volume 1)
This is a very good copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket, as issued. The gilt lettering on the front cover and spine is bright. The boards are…
WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE SECOND FRONT
1940-1943
A highly critical study of Churchill’s wartime objectives in the Mediterranean. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, without dust jacket; somewhat toned on the endpapers….
ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR
Volume VI: War Documents and Addresses
Every conceivable Home-Front subject, including public opinion, mobilization & legislation. A very good ex-lib. copy: library markings on spine, front end paper & title page, library boook plate on front…
HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Volume Nine, Sicily-Salerno-Anzio, January 1943-June 1944
A good copy, hinges split, binding sound, contents fine (413 pages, photo frontispiece, 20 illustrations, 18 charts, fold out map, appendices, index)….
BUILDING THE NAVY’S BASES IN WORLD WAR II
History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946
The official history of the herculean effort of building modern naval installations on jungle islands, including the efforts of the famed Seabees. A very good set, covers a bit worn,…