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SPY ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
1955 Himalayan climbers covertly working for Indian intelligence, captured by China. A very good copy, in dust jacket….
THE WORLD OF MADELEINE CASTAING
-First American Edition-
As-new, still in publisher’s original shrink-wrap….
NO POEMS, Or Around The World Backwards And Sideways
-From the Library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.-
This very good copy of the Third Edition, without dust jacket, has movie star Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate affixed to the pastedown and Fairbanks name penciled on the front…
A VANISHED WORLD
-First American Edition-
A virtually mint copy of the First American Edition in an unclipped dust jacket.
A WORLD OF SECRETS: The Uses and Limits of Intelligence
A survey and assessment of US intelligence activities dating from the end of WW II to the date of publication. A fine copy, in like dust jacket….
THE WORLD OF DEPARTMENT STORES
-First American Edition-
A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint.
JAPAN’S WAR
The Great Pacific Conflict, 1853-1952
Japan’s forced emergence from isolation, its industrialization, the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, World War II and its aftermath. A very good copy, upper edge of front cover dented, in…
WAR AND ADMINISTRATION: The Significance of the Crimean War for the British Army
Reforms in the aftermath of one of the worst managed wars in history. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket. (174p., 2 maps, 2 Tables of Organization, notes,…
THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE AT WAR: WAR ECONOMY
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
A virtually mint copy copy, in a shelfworn but altogether intact dust jacket.
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
-Second Colonial Library Edition-
This is a beautiful copy of the Second Colonial Library edition, bound in a vivid blue-green cloth, fascinatingly different from the standard Colonial Library gray-green cloth. The Second Colonial Library…
IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH
-First English Edition (Second Printing)-
A very good copy of the Second Printing of the First English edition, which the publisher designated as a “Second Edition” but which bibliographer Ronald Cohen argues is really more…