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THE GREAT WAR
-First English Illustrated Edition (Second Issue)-
This set constituted the first illustrated edition of THE WORLD CRISIS; the text judiciously abridged but extensively illustrated with spectacular black and white photographs. Originally serialized, beginning on 20 September…
POST-WAR ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RELATING TO WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Churchill's Baggage Brought to Baruch's Home"
…Mary, will be Baruch’s house guests during their stay in New York.” The photograph is in very good condition with very light creasing. The verso is ink-stamped: “Wide World Photos.”…
WAR SPEECHES 1940-1945
-The Rare Postwar Paperback Edition-
A very good copy of this very scarce and fragile paperback volume — the first selected edition of Churchill war speeches issued just after the war ended. The covers retain…
THE RIVER WAR
-Rebound From the Centenary Collected Works-
…was taken from Churchill’s later Abridged Edition of THE RIVER WAR. The book is in virtually mint condition. An especially attractive alternative to more common reprintings of THE RIVER WAR….
THE CORRESPONDENTS’ WAR
Journalists in the Spanish-American War
The role played by mass print media and especially field correspondents during the Spanish American war was adventurous, celebrated, dangerous and extremely ambiguous. Brown examines the complex relationship between media…
PROPERTY TAKEN DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN
“Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report of the Board of Officers on Claims for Property Taken for Military Purposes Within the United States During the War With…
THE KOREAN WAR
…lessons of that war should be applied today in Southeast Asia; and why future wars must be fought for clear and limited objectives.” [from dust jacket] A very good copy,…
REMEMBERING THE “FORGOTTEN WAR”
The Korean War Through Literature and Art
In an attempt to confront a war that escapes the dichotomous categories of good and bad, the editors have brought together a range of writing and photographic evidence that reveals…
TOBACCO CARD: “Mr. Winston Spencer Churchill, ‘Morning Post,’ Special War Correspondent”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s highest paid war reporter of his time. The card measures 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches and is in very…
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BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS
-Second Printing of the First Canadian Edition-
A virtually mint copy of the Second Canadian edition without dust jacket. The contents are fine and unfoxed. This Second Edition added three speeches not included in the First Printing,…
THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES
-First Keystone Library Edition in Dust Jacket-
A virtually mint copy of the second binding state of the First Keystone Library edition (per bilbliographer Ronald Cohen) in the rare dust jacket, which is nearly mint, dimmed ever…
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS
-Second Printing of the First Canadian Edition-
A very good copy of the Second Canadian edition, without dust jacket. The contents are fine, but the prelims only are faintly dampstained. There is an ink gift inscription (dated…