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THEY NEVER SURRENDERED
A True Story of Resistance in World War II
Aa near fine copy of a very scarce first-hand account of the fierce Philippine resistance against the Japanese in World War II, in a dust jacket with faint wear to…
POWER AND INFLUENCE
…which became the basis for Britain’s post-World War II welfare state under the Labour government elected in 1945. An authority on unemployment insurance from early in his career, Beveridge served…
WINSTON CHURCHILL
-First English Edition-
An excellent pre-World War II account of Churchill’s life story. This is a good First English edition copy, without dust jacket. There is a lengthy ink gift inscription on the…
OUR SUPREME TASK
How Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Defined the Cold War Alliance
…words of what we now know as the “Iron Curtain Speech” affected people from every sector of the population, from world leaders and policymakers to businesspeople and homemakers. White provides…
CODE-NAME MARIANNE: An Autobiography
A very good copy, in an unclipped, lightly shelfworn worn dust jacket. One of the Deuxieme Bureau’s (French Intelligence) most daring World War II agents, 1938-1942. This Czech woman photographed…
SAVROLA
-"Sevenpenny Library" Edition-
This is a very good copy of the so-called “Cheap Edition,” a rather small and fragile clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era. The cloth remains a deep red and…
BRISTLES AND BRUSHES
A FOOTNOTE TO tHE STORY oF AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION
A history of brush production during World War II. A very good copy, without dust jacket. Tipped onto the front pastedown is a special presentation sheet from the paintbrush company…
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….
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…
CHURCHILL STYLE
The Art of Being Winston Churchill
…is a unique, full-length Churchill biography about the world that Winston Churchill created for himself away from politics. Written by Barry Singer, the founder and longtime proprietor of Chartwell Booksellers,…
CHURCHILL: The Prophetic Statesman
Churchill’s uncanny prescience about world events is the subject of Humes’s latest study. New, in dust jacket….
WARS AND RUMOURS OF WARS: A Memoir
1887-1985: Haig’s staff in World War I, in charge of Western Command 1941-42, then worked with SOE and MI6, later President of the Royal Geographical Society. A very good copy,…