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SAVROLA
["Sevenpenny Library" Edition]
This is a very good copy of the so-called “Cheap Edition,” a rather small and fragile clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era. The cloth remains a deep red and…
THE PALADIN
A Novel
“The greatest untold story of World War II – the extraordinary adventures of the schoolboy who becomes Winston Churchill’s personal agent and assassin.” This is a very good copy of…
SAVROLA
-"Sevenpenny Library" Edition in the Rare Dust Jacket-
A clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era, this small and rather fragile “Cheap” edition did not age well and its striking dust jacket rarely survived and is virtually never…
BOSWORTH FIELD: From Medieval to Tudor England
The final, decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, 1485. From The Crossroads of World History Series. A near fine copy, spine head & tail lightly worn, in slightly…
LLOYD GEORGE
War Leader
The fourth volume of Grigg’s definitive biography, covering Lloyd George’s World War I Prime Ministership. This is a very good copy of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust…
CHURCHILL WARRIOR
How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours
…sea, and air, and how he used that knowledge to effectively lead as both Minster of Defense and Prime Minster during World War II, in the face of staggering odds….
THEODORE ROOSEVELT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
-Signed First American Edition-
…of my ‘America and World War’ and charge to me. T. Roosevelt.” There is a spot of tape shadow on the verso of the letter and on the half-title as…
LITERARY TREASURES OF 1926
…Winston Churchill’s essay about the French World War I Generals Foch and Cemenceau (pages 225-227), first published earlier that year in Cosmopolitan Magazine. A very good copy, worn along the…
THE EPIC OF JUTLAND
-From the Library of Sir Winston Churchill-
…have been MY EARLY LIFE, then just-published. Obviously Aunt Leonie reciprocated almost immediately with this copy of her son’s latest work about the epic naval battle of World War I….
CHURCHILL: THE END OF GLORY
A Political Biography
An antagonistic revisionist history, headline-making in it’s day, authored by a very good writer with very muddled ideas about Winston Churchill and World War II. This is a very good…
FILM GODDESSES
RARE MOVIE POSTERS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE ARTS GALLERY
It was a treat to exhibit some of the rarest film posters in the world, courtesy of The Motion Picture Arts Galley in 1990. If only we had thought to…
“Q” BOAT ADVENTURES
The Exploits of the Famous Mystery Ships by a “Q” Boat Commander
Exploits of the U-Boat-hunting “Q Ships” of World War I. These well-disguised, commonplace boats of every description were packed with hidden deadly weapons and dispatched to hunt German U-Boats. This…