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THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS
-First English Hardcover Edition-
…and that they are extremely scarce.” The book did not generally age especially well but this is a first-rate example of the Second State, with the numeral on page 71…
THE PARSIFAL PURSUIT
A Winston Churchill Thriller
The second title in the McMenamins’ series of thrillers featuring Winston Churchill. Churchill is in a power struggle between reactionary industrialists supporting Kaiser Wilhelm II and racist radicals identifying Hitler…
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
-First Colonial Library Hardcover Edition-
…dropped on all Second Edition covers.) The binding is tight and square, with sharp corners. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with a vintage Indian library ink-stamp on the title…
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
-First Colonial Library Hardcover Edition-
…very strong color, including Churchill’s name, rendered here for the only time as “L. W. Spencer Churchill.” (The “L” [for Leonard] was dropped on all Second Edition covers.) The binding…
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First English Edition-
…dents. There is toning to the free endpapers, front and rear, and an ink gift inscription on the second front free endpaper, dated “1908.” The contents are fine and unfoxed….
THE TREASURER’S REPORT & Other Aspects of Community Singing
-Signed First Edition Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks-
…star Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate is affixed to the second front free endpaper, opposite the title page. Save for some light fraying to the cloth at the spine head…
INDIA
-Second Printing of the First English Softcover Edition in Slipcase-
A very good copy of the Second Printing of the First English edition, published in the same month as the First Printing but in green wrappers rather than orange. The…
MARLBOROUGH: His Life and Times
-English "Presentation" Edition-
…I, which was reprinted expressly for this edition. Volume II is bound from the second printing of 1934; Volumes III and IV from original First edition sheets. The dust jackets…
TOBACCO CARD: “Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for Scissors Cigarettes’ “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty, the card…
POLITISCHE DOKUMENTE VON A. VON TIRPITZ: Der Aufbau der Deutschen Weltmacht
Political documents of the architect of German naval power in World War I. A very good copy, corners a bit frayed, hinges split, brief inscription on front free endpaper, stamp…
A SAILOR’S ODYSSEY
At Peace and at War 1935-1945
The author served on cargo ships before World War II. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy and eventually rose to command the destroyer…
HISTORY OF THE RICHARDSON LIGHT GUARD OF WAKE FIELD, MASS.
Covering the third quarter-century period 1901-1926
Largely World War I, with the 26th Division. Published for the unit’s 75th anniversary. A near fine copy, corners lightly worn, issued without dust jacket….