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HAPPY DISPATCHES: Journalistic pieces from Banjo Paterson’s days as a war correspondent
The beloved Australian writer, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Boer War, China, London, World War I, British generals, Churchill, Kipling, etc. Fine writing. Originally published in 1934….
TOBACCO CARD: “Winston L.S. Churchill, War Correspondent”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s highest paid war reporter of his time. Manufactured in 1901 for Ogden’s Tab Cigarettes, the card measures 2 1/4 x…
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A Broadcaster's Story
The memoirs of a BBC broadcaster, including World War II. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with slightly chipped corners….
RECORD OF PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898
This is a very good copy of the Second Edition without dust jacket. The book has been professionally rebound in red cloth with the original title section affixed to the…
LIVING-ROOM WAR
Writings about Television
A very good copy of the Second Printing of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. A previous owner’s name is written in black ink on the front…
POST-WAR ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RELATING TO WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Winnie's Pooch"
…scrollwork in gold wire and with his initials in 2 1/4 gold letters on the toes. They cost $14 a pair. The first pair were ordered during the war, and…
MIDDLE EAST WAR PROJECTS
OF JOHNSON, DRAKE & PIPER, INC. FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 1942-1943
Privately printed by Johnson, Drake & Piper documenting their engineering and construction projects in the Middle East for the U.S. Army during World War II, including Egypt, the Sudan, the…
FORGOTTEN WAR, FORGIVEN GUILT
The U.S. 13th Air Force in the Pacific in World War II, by a flying boat pilot, including accounts a Japanese atrocities. A fine copy, miniscule wear to corners, in…
POST-WAR ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RELATING TO WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Churchill's Slippers"
…scrollwork in gold wire and with his initials in 2 1/4 gold letters on the toes. They cost $14 a pair. The first pair were ordered during the war, and…
SABOTAGE AT BLACK TOM: Imperial Germany’s Secret War in America 1914-1917
A little known campaign of sabotage throughout World War I comprised of over 200 actions aimed at stopping the flow of American arms to France and Britain, including blowing up…
TELEPHONE MEN & WOMEN IN WAR
Employees of the company who served in World War II; all services, all theaters. A very good copy, spine head & tail frayed, spine faded, published without dust jacket. (213p.,…
CHURCHILL’S WAR AGAINST THE ZEPPELIN 1914-18
Men, Machines and Tactics
…thousand were wounded by Zeppelin bombing during the course of World War I. This book explores the development of the airship, the efforts to defend Britain against the attacks, and…