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MIDDLE EAST WAR PROJECTS
OF JOHNSON, DRAKE & PIPER, INC. FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 1942-1943
Privately printed by Johnson, Drake & Piper documenting their engineering and construction projects in the Middle East for the U.S. Army during World War II, including Egypt, the Sudan, the…
THE WAR AND COLONEL WARDEN
Based on the recollections of C.R Thompson, Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister 1940-45
An intimate diary based on the recollections of Churchill’s wartime naval aide Tommy Thompson; important as a primary source for many famous World War II encounters and some little-known anecdotes….
SPIES AND THE NEXT WAR
Devices, episodes, techniques and World War I incidents. A good copy, rear cover scuffed, rear hinge chipped, spine head & tail bumped, without dust jacket….
CHURCHILL’S WAR AGAINST THE ZEPPELIN 1914-18
Men, Machines and Tactics
…thousand were wounded by Zeppelin bombing during the course of World War I. This book explores the development of the airship, the efforts to defend Britain against the attacks, and…
SABOTAGE AT BLACK TOM: Imperial Germany’s Secret War in America 1914-1917
A little known campaign of sabotage throughout World War I comprised of over 200 actions aimed at stopping the flow of American arms to France and Britain, including blowing up…
POST-WAR ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RELATING TO WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Churchill's Slippers"
…scrollwork in gold wire and with his initials in 2 1/4 gold letters on the toes. They cost $14 a pair. The first pair were ordered during the war, and…
THE PACIFIC WAR REMEMBERED
An Oral History Collection
A fine copy, in an unclipped dust jacket. First hand accounts of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps actions (sea, air and amphibious) in World War II by 30 participants….
A DIFFERENT VALOR
The Story of Joseph E. Johnston C.S.A.
Otherwise identical to the 1956 First Edition, these were printed for the Civil War Book Club and signed by both authors on a second half-title page. One of the South’s…
WINSTON CHURCHILL AND EMERY REVES CORRESPONDENCE, 1937-1964
-First American Edition-
…Cooperation and his favorite writer/client. Emery Reves forcefully placed Churchill’s pro-democracy articles in newspapers around the world during the years leading up to World War II, then acted as his…
WINSTON CHURCHILL AND EMERY REVES CORRESPONDENCE, 1937-1964
-Signed by the Editor, Sir Martin Gilbert-
…Churchill’s pro-democracy articles in newspapers around the world during the years leading up to World War II, then acted as his agent following the war negotiating the publication of Churchill’s…
GERMANY PREPARES FOR WAR
A Nazi Theory of "National Defense"
…in fact, published in 1941. The author was a German professor of military science who here lays out his blueprint for Germany conquering the world militarily (including the Untied States)….
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…