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SIGNED OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY COMPANION VOLUME VI “The Churchill War Papers” Part 3 (“The Ever-Widening War” 1941)
'Signed First American Edition-
A virtually mint copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket, signed on the title page in ink: “Martin Gilbert.”…
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…
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…
MALTA AIRMEN
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…
HET VERGETEN SQUADRON
Het verhaal de Nederlandse vliegers, die tegen Japan hun vergeten strijd vochten.
The memoirs of a Dutch bomber squadron commander in the Pacific in World War II; Dutch participation in the Pacific theater has been largely forgotten. Uncommon in Europe, rare on…
TEN SECONDS FROM NOW
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….
POWER AND INFLUENCE
…which became the basis for Britain’s post-World War II welfare state under the Labour government elected in 1945. An authority on unemployment insurance from early in his career, Beveridge served…
THE TIME FOR DECISION
-First English Edition-
FDR’s wartime Special Envoy to Europe analyzes the causes of World War II in the midst of World War II, placing the blame squarely on the failures of U.S. policy…
SEA LANES IN WAR TIME: The American Experience, 1775-1942
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…
U.S. ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR
Truce Tent and Fighting Front
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…
CHURCHILL AT WAR
His "Finest Hour" in Photographs 1940-1945
…the Imperial War Museum, with text and captions by Churchill’s esteemed official biographer. This is a very good copy of the English edition, second printing, in an unclipped dust jacket….
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….