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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…
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)….
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….
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….
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…
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 &…
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…
STORY OF A SECRET STATE
A very good copy, without dust jacket of the Book-of-the-Month-Club edition, bound in red cloth. Virtually mint. The book that told the world about the Holocaust, by a Polish underground…
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….
“THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A NEW PARLIAMENT”
Speech by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill at the 21st Annual Conference of the Central Women’s Advisory Committee, at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Wednesday, 21st April, 1948
““There can be no hope for the world unless the peoples of Europe unite together to preserve their freedom, their culture and their civilisation… I have always tried to keep…
“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…