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THE GREAT BETRAYAL: The Definitive Story of Blunt, Philby, Burgess, and Maclean
A concise account of the “Cambridge” spies, 1930s-63. Collectively they perjured the British intelligence service in the most notorious Cold War case of all time. A very good copy, in…
SLIPSTREAM: The Story of Anthony Duke
The biography of a double agent in Germany who posed as a renegade Brit, written by his sister, herself a post-war British agent. A very good copy, corners slightly frayed,…
THE FUSING OF THE PLOWSHARE
From East Anglia to Alamein. The Story of a Yeoman at War
The author volunteered for a Territorial Yeomanry Regt. before the war and served as a Gunner in the 7th Armored throughout the North African campaign, surviving the siege of Tobruk…
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
The Northern Hurricane
King of Sweden, 1611-32. Brilliant general and Protestant champion in the Thirty Years War. By a noted British military history writer. A very good copy, front cover & spine lightly…
THE HAND OF MORDECHAI
1948 War of Independence; kibbutz members held off the Egyptian Army for six days, saving Tel Aviv. A very good copy, except for heavily spotted spine, with light shelf wear,…
THE SANDSTORM
The Arab-Israeli War of June 1967: Prelude and Aftermath
Military and political aspects of the Six Day War. A very good copy, in torn dust jacket….
THE EIGHTH ARMY
September 1941 to January 1943
“The Army at War” series. The North Africa campaign: Sidi Rezegh, Torbuk, El Alamein, etc. A somewhat delicate copy, cover torn at staples, contents fine (102p., circa 100 illus. &…
A DAMNED UN-ENGLISH WEAPON. THE STORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 1914-1918
“NY. ed.:””The Underwater War.””” The book is in very good condition , the dust jacket has a little worn and the price clipped….
THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Originally the trade route with Mexico, this trail connecting Santa Fe with Missouri also served as the 1846 invasion route during the Mexican-American War, and then again as the major…
ADMIRAL RICHARD WAINWRIGHT AND THE UNITED STATES FLEET
Official Naval History Division biography. Wainwright served 1868-1911, fought in the Spanish-American War and was a central figure in revitalizing the fleet and the Naval Academy. A fine copy, issued…
BRASSHAT
A Biography of Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson 1864-1922
Boer War; Commandant, Camberley, senior WWI staff positions & Chief Imperial Gen. Staff, 2/18/18 to 1922. A very good copy, in dust jacket. Discreet bookshop sticker on front pastedown.
THE GREAT AND CLOSE SIEGE OF YORK, 1644
A detailed study of the siege, which directly caused the Battle of Marston Moor, which in turn lost King Charles I the north, and thus the English Civil War. A…