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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….
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…
FROM PRESIDENT TO PRISON
A Polish novelist, journalist, explorer and professor, Ossendowski was a chemist cooperating with the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War. After the 1905 revolution he was briefly president of the…
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….
THE FUSING OF THE PLOUGHSHARE
From East Anglia to Alamein: The Story of a Yeoman at War
A very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket. Signed by THE author on the front end paper. The author volunteered for a Territorial Yeomanry Regt. before the war and…
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…
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…
KENTUCKY CAVALIERS IN DIXIE
The Reminiscences of a Confederate Cavalryman
Engaging, alternately serious and humorous memoir of the 4th Kentucky Cavalry. Reprint of the 1895 edition; a scarce special edition for the Civil War Book Club, signed by the editor…