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FIVE DAYS IN LONDON, May 1940
Brilliant hour-by-hour dissection of Churchill’s first weeks as Prime Minister, including the climactic five-day debate with his War Cabinet whether or not to negotiate with Hitler. The film “Darkest Hour”…
FIVE DAYS IN LONDON, May 1940
-First American Edition-
Brilliant hour-by-hour dissection of Churchill’s first weeks as Prime Minister, including the climactic five-day debate with his War Cabinet whether or not to negotiate with Hitler. The film “Darkest Hour”…
THE TOWER OF LONDON
Ministry of Public Building and Works Official Guide
Informative tourist guide. A very good copy, covers slightly soiled, front cover lightly creased. (56p., large folding plan in rear.)…
DICKENS’ LONDON
Essays
A Folio Society compendium, first issued in 1966, this handsome recent reprint is in virtually mint condition, as issued, slipcased, without a dust jacket.
“CANADA AND THE WAR”
The Lord Mayor's Luncheon in Honour of The Prime Minster of Canada
This exceedingly rare pamphlet contains addresses delivered at The Mansion House, London, on September 4, 1941, by Churchill as P.M.; “Canadian P.M. Mackenzie King; and Sir George Henry Wilkinson, Lord…
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First American Edition (Second Issue)-
…New York and London” without a date and with the printer, Richard Clay & Sons, imprint on the verso. The reddish-brown cloth here is robust on the front and rear…
THE MIDGET RAIDERS. THE WARTIME STORY OF HUMAN TORPEDOES AND MIDGET SUBMARINES.
“London ed.: “”Above Us The Waves…””” book in good condition., head of spine has two tiny cuts., and is a little faded., back board has some ripples., no dust jacket….
ENOLA GAY
Hiroshima; detailed history of the mission and the decision making that launched it. London ed.: “Ruin from the Air…” A very good copy, in somewhat worn dust jacket. (327p., 32…
HAPPY DISPATCHES: Journalistic pieces from Banjo Paterson’s days as a war correspondent
The beloved Australian writer, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Boer War, China, London, World War I, British generals, Churchill, Kipling, etc. Fine writing. Originally published in 1934….
PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL POLICY
History of the Second World War [United Kingdom Civil Series]
…a signature in pen on the front free endpaper; a London bookseller’s label is affixed to the front board; contents fine. The corners of the cover are rubbed; else fine….