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TOBACCO CARD: “Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP.”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd.’s “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the…
THEY SHALL NOT SLEEP
War time analysis of people in China, Burma, India and Russia. A very good copy, in a badly chipped and torn dust jacket. (399p., index.)
DEFENSE OR DELUSION?
America’s Military in the 1980s
Much on the growing pains of the all-volunteer force, especially the loss of experienced officers and low quality of recruits, by a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. A…
VICTORS AND VANQUISHED
The German Influence on Army and Church in France after 1870
The formation of the French Republic in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war, including universal military conscription, compulsory education, etc. A very good copy, in dust jacket….
CHILDREN OF GRACE
The Nez Perce War of 1877
…eventually resulting in the war of 1877. Led by Chief Joseph, Looking Glass and White Bird against the might of the American Calvary and found themselves fleeing over 1,200 miles…
A GUNNER ABOARD THE “YANKEE”
From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun
A New York Naval reservist on an auxiliary cruiser in the Cuban blockade squadron. A classic Spanish-American War memoir. Reading copy, without dust jacket. (38 illus. [4 color], appendix.)…
LETTERS FROM THE FRONTIERS
McCall served in the Seminole and Mexican-American Wars, and, though this memoir does not cover it, in the Civil War. A facsimile reprint of the 1868 first edition. A good…
THE GREAT EARL OF PETERBOROUGH
Biography of Charles Mordaunt (1658-1735), ardent opponent of James II, supporter of William of Orange, commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession. A good ex-library copy,…
A SERVANT OF THE CROWN IN ENGLAND AND NORTH AMERICA, 1756-61
Based on the account books of John Appy, this work chronicles the life of one British functionary whose travels to America during the French Indian War provide a detailed picture…
TANKS AND ARMOR IN MODERN WARFARE
An examination of the impact of tanks and armor on modern warfare, specifically focusing on the period surrounding the Second World War. A good copy in like dust jacket, boards…
MEMOIR OF THE BOBOTES
By the novelist and Red Cross stretcher bearer in the Balkan War, 1912-13. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in dust jacket with light wear to corners….
FROM THE VOLTURNO TO THE WINTER LINE (6 OCTOBER-15 NOVEMBER 1943)
This is a very good copy, with the edges of the paperback cover worn and the rear hinge weak. The interior pages are lightly browned, a former owner’s stamp appears…