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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER RETROSPECTIVE
As-new, in dust jacket. Opulent volume presenting works from large museums and private collections throughout the world….
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….
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…
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…
LLOYD GEORGE
War Leader
The fourth volume of Grigg’s definitive biography, covering Lloyd George’s World War I Prime Ministership. This is a very good copy of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust…
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…
CHURCHILL: THE END OF GLORY
A Political Biography
As-new, in dust jacket. First headline-making revisionist history by a very good writer whose opinions about Churchill and World War II were notoriously muddled. (See also: “CHURCHILL’S GRAND ALLIANCE” #2693)…
FILM GODDESSES
RARE MOVIE POSTERS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE ARTS GALLERY
It was a treat to exhibit some of the rarest film posters in the world, courtesy of The Motion Picture Arts Galley in 1990. If only we had thought to…
“IF THE INVADER COMES” & “BEATING THE INVADER”
-Rare Pair of British Wartime Government Leaflets-
Two British World War II leaflets were distributed to the citizenry of the British Isles in anticipation of a Nazi invasion; IF THE INVASION COMES in June 1940 and BEATING…
WINSTON CHURCHILL’S FRAMED CALLING CARD
-With "Chartwell" Inked-In As His New Address-
…(10×15 inches overall) and linen-matted with a vintage black & white postcard-size print (3 3/8 x 5 inches) of James Guthrie’s exquisite post-World War I portrait painting of Winston Churchill….
DISASTER IN KOREA
The Chinese Confront MacArthur
On November 24th, 1950 General MacArthur ordered an attack on the Yalu River running between China and North Korea with the intention of ending the Korean War. This volume, the…
CHURCHILL WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
-First American Paperback Edition-
Winston Churchill’s granddaughter effectively reconstructs her grandfather’s seminal experiences as a war correspondent during the Boer War, including his famous escape from a Boer prison. This is a very good…