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STORY OF A SECRET STATE
…contents are clean and unfoxed, with an intrusive vintage bookplate on the front pastedown. Else fine. The book that told the world about the Holocaust, by a Polish underground fighter…
BRISTLES AND BRUSHES
A FOOTNOTE TO tHE STORY oF AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION
A history of brush production during World War II. A very good copy, without dust jacket. Tipped onto the front pastedown is a special presentation sheet from the paintbrush company…
CHURCHILL, CHAMBERLAIN AND APPEASEMENT
Yet another expert analysis of an endlessly explosive topic. Could Churchill have prevented World War II with his anti-appeasement policy against Hitler? New, in dust jacket….
DECISION BY DEFAULT
Peacetime Conscription and British Defense 1919-39
An examination of Britain’s ambivalence towards peace time conscription and the resultant complications in military planning as World War Two approached. A very good copy, in dust jacket (243 pages,…
CHURCHILL STYLE: The Art of Being Winston Churchill
-First American Edition Signed by the Author and by Michael Korda-
…is a unique, full-length Churchill biography about the world that Winston Churchill created for himself away from politics. Written by Barry Singer, the founder and longtime proprietor of Chartwell Booksellers,…
SAVROLA
-"Sevenpenny Library" Edition in the Rare Dust Jacket-
A clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era, this small and rather fragile “Cheap” edition did not age well and its striking dust jacket rarely survived and is virtually never…
LLOYD GEORGE
War Leader
The fourth volume of Grigg’s definitive biography, covering Lloyd George’s World War I Prime Ministership. This is a very good copy of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust…
A FOWL ALPHABET
-The Deluxe Cheloniidae Press Edition-
…of “OUR LIVING WORLD: A Natural History,” by Rev. J.G. Wood, Volume II Birds 1885. Illustrated with 26 Wood Engravings by Alan James Robinson and a Newly Designed Alphabet by…
SAVROLA
["Sevenpenny Library" Edition]
This is a very good copy of the so-called “Cheap Edition,” a rather small and fragile clothbound paperback-equivalent of the World War I-era. The cloth remains a deep red and…
RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES
The Czarist Period 1784 to 1917
Vintage photographs and drawings illustrate this history of the Russian motor vehicle industry prior to World War I.
THE RASH ADVENTURER
The Rise and Fall of Charles Edward Stuart
Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender, was crushed at the Battle of Culloden, and subsequently slipped off the world stage. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped, spine head &…
BOSWORTH FIELD: From Medieval to Tudor England
The final, decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, 1485. From The Crossroads of World History Series. A near fine copy, spine head & tail lightly worn, in slightly…