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GUNS OFF CAPE ANN
The story of the Shannon and the Chesapeake
British and American frigates battle during the War of 1812. A very good copy, light shelf wear, spine tail slightly frayed, in dust jacket with heavy edge wear and tear…
DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Personal Experiences of the Late War
By the son of Zachary, brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and the last Confederate commander east of the Mississippi to surrender. A classic Civil War memoir, originally published in 1879. A…
TRIUMPH DER KRIEGSKUNST
Das Kriegsjahr 1940 in der Darstellung des Volkischen Beobachters
High ranking accounts of Norway and the Fall of France; contributors include Kesselring, Todt, Prentzel, Lutzow and others. A good ex-U.S. War Dept. Library copy, without dust jacket. Library label…
LETTERS FROM THE FRONTIERS
McCall served in the Seminole and Mexican-American Wars, and, though this memoir does not cover it, in the Civil War. A facsimile reprint of the 1868 first edition. A good…
VICTORS AND VANQUISHED
The German Influence on Army and Church in France after 1870
The formation of the French Republic in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war, including universal military conscription, compulsory education, etc. A very good copy, in dust jacket….
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…
CHILDREN OF GRACE
The Nez Perce War of 1877
…eventually resulting in the war of 1877. Led by Chief Joseph, Looking Glass and White Bird against the might of the American Calvary and found themselves fleeing over 1,200 miles…
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…
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…
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….
SOLDIERS OF THE OLD ARMY
A memoir of the author’s service at Ft. Sam Houston in the 9th Inf. Regt., Co. A from 1934 to the eve of war in 1940. A fine copy in…
LET ME BE FREE
The Nez Perce Tragedy
An account of the conflict between the US Calvary and Chief Joseph’s Ned Perce Indians following the American Civil war in 1877. As new, in dust jacket with very slight…