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A SAILOR’S ODYSSEY
At Peace and at War 1935-1945
The author served on cargo ships before World War II. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy and eventually rose to command the destroyer…
THE PINEAPPLE AIR FORCE
Pearl Harbor to Tokyo
…a prolific historian of World War II aviation. As new, published without dust jacket. (214p., profuse black & white photos, 26 color photos, 8 color side-views of aircraft, color plate…
FROM FIJI THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE THIRTEENTH AIR FORCE
The marvelous pictorial and history of “The Jungle Air Force” in World War II, in combat from January, 1943 to the end. A good copy, covers somewhat soiled, corners frayed,…
ONE DAMNED ISLAND AFTER ANOTHER
The Saga of the Seventh Air Force in World War II
The history of the U.S. Seventh Air Force in the Pacific in World War II, in combat from start to finish. Uncommon and excellent, despite the unfortunate condition. A good…
TOBACCO CARD: “Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for Scissors Cigarettes’ “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty, the card…
TOBACCO CARD: “The Right Hon. Winston Churchill”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 3 of 50 manufactured in Australia for W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd.s’ “Britain’s Defenders” series. The bust-length photograph is credited to “Bassano.” Issued in…
INTO THE RISING SUN
In Their Own Words, World War II’s Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat
This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. In their own words, World War II’s Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat.
BLENHEIM
-Excerpted From MARLBOROUGH-
…wartime paperback; the first excerpted edition taken from Churchill’s MALBOROUGH biography, reprinting text that covers the Battle of Blenheim, appropriately, in the darkest days of World War II. Rare thus….
THE LIDDELL HART MEMOIRS: Volume I: 1895-1938
-First American Edition-
Probably the most famous military historian and theorist of the modern age. This volume (the first of two) covers his experiences on the Western Front during World War I, the…
CAMP DEVENS DESCRIBED AND PHOTOGRAPHED
The history of a significant World War I training center in Massachusetts (76th & 12th Divs.) A good copy, boards & spine soiled & stained, corners worn, inkstain in right…
TREASON IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
An analysis of the meaning of treason in the midst of twentieth century social upheaval, focusing largely on its manifestations during World War II A very good copy, in faded…
THE TANGLED WEB
…allied information. One of the greatest German successes of World War II, and an incredible failure on the part of the Allies, Lauwers attempts to inform the British of his…