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ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR: Volume V: The War-Time Organizations of Illinois
Legislation, finance, industry, labor, relief, etc. A very good ex-library copy: library markings on spine, front end paper & title page, library book plate on front paste-down, pocket on front…
ACHIEVING VICTORY- WORLD WAR II
A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket. “A narrative of national strategic planning and its trials and tribulations in the mid- war period of World War II.”…
WORLD WAR I VINTAGE POSTCARD relating to Winston Churchill
“Going ‘NAP.”
Blue and grey-colored World War I vintage drawing of five playing cards depicting “WC” (Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty), “JJ” (John Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet), “K of…
NATIONAL IN THE WORLD WAR
April 6, 1917- November 11, 1918
An encyclopedic compendium of military service records, including technical and research achievements, war relief and educational efforts, war funding (liberty loans, war chests, etc.), and various types of war employment;…
FRAMED TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL TO JOHN “JOCK” COLVILLE
-Initial Signed: "Yours sincerely, W"-
…the Official Biography, “and as an eyewitness, Jock Colville was angered by Michael Foot’s review of Churchill’s Third Volume [of his Second World War Memoirs]. Foot wrote, of the events…
SECOND IN COMMAND: The Uncensored Account of the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
Written by the Executive Officer of the Pueblo, a U.S. intelligence ship captured by North Korea in January, 1968. Second In Command provides an account that differs greatly from from…
WORLD WAR II ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Mr. Churchill Returns to London"
…numerals along lower right edge. It is ink-stamped on verso: “Copyright Planet News, London” and overstamped: “Reviewed and passed U.S. Army Press Censor, War Department,” as well as “Wide World…
DEAR BART: Washington Views of World War II
-Signed First Edition-
A N.Y. Sun correspondent writes to his editor, Edmond P. Bartnett, during World War II. This is a virtually mint copy of the First American edition, without dust jacket, as…
SECRET SESSION SPEECHES
-Signed Presentation First English Edition Inscribed to Churchill's Personal Secretary-
…with a smattering of light, scattered foxing to the prelims and fore-edges only. LETTICE MARSTON (1919-1988) was one of the central Churchill secretaries who took down his war memoirs as…
WORLD WAR II ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Churchill Visits Normandy Front"
…to France in a destroyer.” [General Montgomery is to Churchill’s right.] Photograph is in very good condition, lightly creased at one corner, and ink-stamped on the verso: “Wide World Photo.”…
WORLD WAR II ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Churchill and Doolitle Study Photo"
…official British Air Ministry photograph was received in New York June 15 by mail.” Photograph is in very good condition, lightly creased at corners, ink-stamped on verso: “Wide World Photos.”…
WORLD WAR II ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Mr. Churchill's Ration Books"
…shirt, too, if he choices. “The canceled page under the clothes coupons is for tea rations.” The photograph is in very good condition. The verso is ink-stamped: “Wide World Photos.”…