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SOLDIERS AND STATESMEN 1914-1918
-Slipcased First American Edition in Dust Jackets-
War memoirs by the first British Army soldier to rise from private to field marshal; COS to Haig,1915-1916; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1917-191 This is an astonishingly beautiful…
MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES
…and revisits his early adventures following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather as a war correspondent. This is a very good First American edition copy, in dust jacket….
GENERALISSIMO CHURCHILL
Thompson’s third critique expands his analysis from Montgomery to all the generals, saying Churchill should have left war plans to the brass. A very good copy, in a price-clipped dust…
TURMOIL AND TRADITION
A Study of the Life and TImes of Henry L. Stimson
The story of an American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of State. A very good copy, owner’s name in ink on front…
COMMON DESTINY
Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
A very good copy, without dust jacket. Compares the structure and dynamics in the two countries. Also has a fair amount on the Italian Army at war, 1940-43….
TRUXTUN OF THE CONSTELLATION
The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy 1755-1822
The first full length biography pf Truxtun, who was privateersman in the Revolution and fought in the Quasi-War with France. Facsimile reprint of the 1956 first edition. A near fine…
ISLAND IN TIME
A Memoir of Childhood
Carlisle’s girlhood on the island of Oleron, off the west coast of France, occupied by the Germans through the end of the war. A very good copy, in dust jacket…
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL’S OWN RIFLES: A Regimental History of the Forty-Third Regiment, Active Militia of Canada
-Signed and Inscribed Presentation Copy-
…a faint damp-spot on front cover. Contents fine and include period advertisements from Ottawa-area businesses. The Forty-Third Regiment served in the Fenian Raids, the Northwest Rebellion and the Boer War….
GARBO
The Spy who Save D-Day
…dust jacket. An account of the wartime activities of the first major double agent in the history of espionage, Juan Pujol, with an introduction on British intelligence during the war….
A ROYAL CAVALIER
The Romance of Rupert, Prince Palatine
An impressive career Rupert (1619-1689) fought very capably for Charles I during the English Civil War, and again for Charles II as an admiral in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He was…
THE GREAT REBELLION: VOL. I
The King's Peace, 1637-1641
The years immediately preceding the English Civil War, including two wars against Scottish Covenanters, and the usual Irish struggles. A very good copy, spine a bit faded, corners bumped, without…
SPYING FOR AMERICA
The Hidden History of U.S. Intelligence
A history of intelligence from the Revolutionary War to date. A very good copy, in dust jacket with faded spine and light edge wear….