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ORDEAL OF VICTORY
Partisan defense of maligned corps & army commander & CIC of BEF(12/15-7-19). London ed.: Douglas Haig….
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….
WAR LIKE A WASP
The Lost Decade of the Forties
A very good copy, in dust jacket. The flowering of art & literature in wartime London….
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….
CHURCHILL’S COOKBOOK
…booming career as London’s top society caterer to cook for Winston Churchill after his return as First Lord of the Admiralty. She then followed Churchill, as Prime Minister, to No….
1815: The Roads to Waterloo
“An enthralling account of the political, constitutional and social life of [Paris, Vienna and London] in the year leading up to Waterloo.” A fine copy in mylar covered dust jacket….
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First American Edition (First Issue)-
This is a very good copy of the rare First American edition, First Issue, according to bibliographer Ronald Cohen, with a title page that states: “Hodder & Stoughton, London.” The…
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…
Original CARTOON from PUNCH Magazine
“Punch’s Almanack for 1921: New Statues for Old”
This original cartoon from the British humor magazine Punch is in very good condition. The caption reads: “The statues of London are admittedly open to improvement. Mr. Punch suggests a…
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
…first in London, by Chatto & Windus, at the end of 1881. The first American edition was published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, in 1882. This Folio Society…
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,…
FLAIR Magazine: “Winston Churchill: Artist”
…then-Director and Keeper of the Tate Gallery, London, John Rothenstein. Rothenstein visited Churchill at Chartwell to interview him for the piece and elicited some of Churchill’s most quotable observations about…