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WINGED STALLION
Fighting and Training with the First Airborne
A very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket. The author fought with the British 1st Airborne Division throughout World War II in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and in the…
TARGET TOKYO: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring
…jacket with worn edges and a faint price-sticker shadow, else fine. The best account of the World War II Soviet network in Japan, which warned Stalin of German invasion plans….
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 &…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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)….
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…