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TOBACCO CARD: “Maj. W.L.S. Churchill, MP”
Exceedingly rare World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 25 manufactured for Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada’s “”Notabilities” series. Issued in 1917, well after Churchill’s resignation as First Lord…
Collier’s: “The Man Who Saved Paris”
-Magazine Article-
The third in a series of six Churchill articles about the First World War, conceived originally under the rubric: “Crucial Crises in the War.” This was the first appearance for…
ACHIEVING VICTORY
World War II
“A narrative of national strategic planning and its trials and tribulations in the mid- war period of World War II. A good copy in chipped and stained dust jacket (191…
FIGHTER ACES
“The dramatic saga of pilots who became aces, with five or more aerial victories in fighter-type aircraft, from World War 1 throught the korean war. A very good copy, in…
THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW
An Intimate History of the First World War
Focused on 20 people – from a 12-year-old German girl to a French civil servant and an American woman married to a Polish aristocrat – Englund’s account of World War…
THE POLTAVA AFFAIR
A Russian Warning, an American Tragedy
“A minute-by-minute account of the secret World War II operation that foreshadowed the Cold War.” A very good copy, spine and corners slightly bumped, dust jacket faded with slightly worn…
I ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR
…World War II in English are few, and this important source is quite rare in any condition. This is a very good copy, without dust jacket, covers slightly soiled, corners…
MELLON VS. CHURCHILL
The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
A fascinating reexamination of a little-known corner of Churchill’s vast career, his post-World War I duel with the great American tycoon, Andrew Mellon, over British war debt. New in dust…
GENERAL A.P. HILL
The Story of a Confederate Warrior
This is a very good copy of the Second Printing in an unclipped dust jacket. Hill was one of the least known Confederate generals yet one of the most important…
SIR HARRY VANE
His Life and Times (1613-1662)
Emissary of Charles I, second Governor of Massachusetts, joined Cromwell as a leading figure in the English Civil War, executed in 1662 by Charles II. A very good copy, corners…
SELECTED WORKS OF MAO TSE-TUNG
Volume I
English translation, covering the First and Second Revolutionary Wars and the Japanese War. A very good copy, covers a bit soiled & worn, 2 price tags removed from front cover….
SELECTIVE SERVICE IN WARTIME
Second Report of the Director of Selective Service: 1941-42
Second of four reports for WWII; includes sections on War Production, Conscientious Objectors, Enforcement, Great Britain, among others. A very good copy, pages slightly browned, contents otherwise fine, light shelf…