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THE RASH ADVENTURER
The Rise and Fall of Charles Edward Stuart
Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender, was crushed at the Battle of Culloden, and subsequently slipped off the world stage. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped, spine head &…
AIRLIFT 1870
The Balloon and Pigeon Post in the Siege of Paris
A rare account of a particularly bizarre aspect of 19th century warfare. During the siege of Paris by Prussian forces from 1870 to 1871, what was a hobby became the…
BREAKING WITH MOSCOW
…workings of the Kremlin, of his own conflicted life as a diplomat, and of the frightening world of espionage into which he was drawn.”A very good copy, in dust jacket….
THE WEAPONS MERCHANTS
A true account of illegal traffic in death-dealing arms by individuals and governments
…fine. Translated from the German edition. A journalistic expose of the men and women behind the weapons trafficking that supplies a large part of the world’s military forces with arms….
F-86 SABRE
The Operational Record
…guardian and after, when it became the fighter workhorse of many Third World nations.” A very good copy, in dust jacket. (154 pages, 99 illustrations, specs., F-86 combat wings, index)….
WINGS OF GOLD
The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II
…military historian Geral d Astor comes the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II….
MASTERS OF CHAOS
The Secret History of the Special Forces
U.S. News & World Report correspondent Linda Robinson tells the exciting story of the special forces in action from their notoriety in the post-Vietnam era to the crucial role they…
IN MEMORIAM
Sir Winston Churchill
…January 1965.” Collected tributes by world leaders and diplomats, apparently only sold by the U.N. directly, and today quite rare. This copy exhbits some very light shelf wear, else fine….
CHASING CHURCHILL
The Travels of Winston Churchill
Engrossing travelogue in the footsteps of Churchill the world traveler, written by his granddaughter, who also recounts her own personal travel experiences in his company. This is a virtually mint…
LORD ROBERTS
-Bound Volume of The Windsor Magazine-
This Churchill essay profiling “Great Britain’s Foremost Soldier” was first published in the U.S. in World’s Work magazine in January 1901, before being published in Great Britain in the July…
LAWRENCE & OPPENHEIMER
…blue pen on the front free endpaper; contents fine. An advertisement for the book clipped from the Washington Post Book World, Oct. 27, 1968, is laid in at the back….
VOLVO 1800
The Complete Story
…in Italy and manufactured in the U.K. This book examines the global appeal of these sports cars and their role as a catalyst for Volvo’s emergence on the world scene….