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…
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…
New Zealanders in the defense of Malta, World War II, including Malta’s Air Officer Commanding. From the New Zealand in the Second World War Official History series. A very good…
The second of five volumes to be published on the United States and the Korean War, Truce and Tent Fighting covers the seemingly unending negotiations during the last two years…
Excellent analysis by noted author; may still be the best on the subject. The first half is chronological through the Civil War; second half is topical through the summer of…
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….
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…
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…
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…
…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…
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…
…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…