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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….
THE DREAM
-Deluxe Limited Edition-
…him in 1947. The son reviews for his father all that has happened to the world since Randolph died in 1895 — never revealing the role that he himself played…
SLEEP IN PEACE TONIGHT: A Novel
-Signed First American Edition-
A crackling historical novel of World War II that tracks President Roosevelt’s trusted emissary, Harry Hopkins, as he arrives in London to meet and assess the new British Prime Minister,…
“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…
RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES
The Czarist Period 1784 to 1917
Vintage photographs and drawings illustrate this history of the Russian motor vehicle industry prior to World War I.
MEMOIRS OF BASE HOSPITAL NO. 35
A very significant World War I momento, the memoirs of Base Hospital No. 35 in France from 1917-1919. Bound in original card wraps, which have chipped and frayed but are…
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….
UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1861
Illustrated with contemporary official war department photographs. A very good copy, cover slightly faded (61 pages)….
QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS IN HISTORY: CHURCHILL
…answers at the end of each chapter. The author was head of Corporate Education at the Imperial War Museum and taught at the Cabinet War rooms. As new, in wraps….
TOBACCO CARD: “Maj. Gen. Ian Hamilton”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring a bust-length portrait photograph of Churchill’s favorite Boer War colleague. The verso is blank. The card is in very good condition.
THE COMPLETE NEW ZEALAND DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
All 528 recipients to date, Boer War through Korean War. The 1978 first edition was a limited private edition. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped, very limited occassional faint…
CHURCHILL WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
Winston Churchill’s granddaughter brilliantly reconstructs Churchill’s experiences as a war correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa, including his infamous escape from a Boer prison, an escape that received…