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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,…
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….
ENGLISH WEAPONS & WARFARE 449-1660
A good overview and reference; Norman was Master of the Armories at the Tower of London. A very good copy, corners lightly worn, in dust jacket with slight edge wear….
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…
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…
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…
THE CHURCHILL YEARS 1874-1965
An elaborate coffee table book with excellent large-format black and white photographs. The Foreword is by Lord (“Rab”) Butler, who delivers a fine tribute, despite having been passed over by…
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…
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
-Wartime Presentation Copy Signed to Mary Churchill from “Mummie”-
…Clementine Churchill’s youngest child, spent Christmas 1943 apart from her family, in London, manning a Hyde Park anti-aircraft battery as an officer in the Auxilliary Territorial Service. Her father had…