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SICILY-SALERNO-ANZIO
January 1943-June 1944
Volume IX of Morison’s monumental “History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.” A very good copy, covers a bit scuffed and slightly scraped, light wear to corners,…
AEROLOGY: Navy Training Courses, Edition of 1944
World War II U.S. Navy training for the Aerologist’s Mate; what is today called meteorology. A very good set, covers a bit rubbed, some edge wear, volume 2 spine mostly…
WATERHOUSE-FROST
The Making of a Military Man
The autobiography of Raymond F. Frost, who allegedly joined the army in response to the question “How’d you like free vacation?” and served as an MP officer in World War…
EVERY OTHER DAY
Letters From the Pacific
Aboard the U.S.S. Tern, a Minesweeper converted to ocean tug, in World War II. The author changed all names except his and his wife’s. A very good copy, spine slightly…
THE SERBS
The Guardians of the Gate
A good historical review from the Russo-Turkish Wars through World War I, originally published in 1918. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket.
THE HISTORY OF THE CHAPLAIN CORPS
VOL. 2: 1939-1949
…up to and during World War II. A very good ex-libris copy with bookplate on front paste down, spine and corners bumped, gilt lettering slightly faded on spine, contents fine….
TOBACCO CARD: “Mr. Winston Churchill”
A very early Boer War-era tobacco card featuring Great Britain’s Boer War hero, manufactured for The American Tobacco Co.’s “Boer War Series B” of 1901. The card measures 2 1/4…
THEODORE ROOSEVELT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
-Signed First American Edition-
…of my ‘America and World War’ and charge to me. T. Roosevelt.” There is a spot of tape shadow on the verso of the letter and on the half-title as…
CHURCHILL WARRIOR
How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours
…sea, and air, and how he used that knowledge to effectively lead as both Minster of Defense and Prime Minster during World War II, in the face of staggering odds….
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER RETROSPECTIVE
As-new, in dust jacket. Opulent volume presenting works from large museums and private collections throughout the world….
LITERARY TREASURES OF 1926
…Winston Churchill’s essay about the French World War I Generals Foch and Cemenceau (pages 225-227), first published earlier that year in Cosmopolitan Magazine. A very good copy, worn along the…
THE EPIC OF JUTLAND
-From the Library of Sir Winston Churchill-
…have been MY EARLY LIFE, then just-published. Obviously Aunt Leonie reciprocated almost immediately with this copy of her son’s latest work about the epic naval battle of World War I….