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AIRLIFT 1870
The Balloon and Pigeon Post in the Siege of Paris
A rare account of a particularly bizarre aspect of 19th century warfare. During the siege of Paris by Prussian forces from 1870 to 1871, what was a hobby became the…
BREAKING WITH MOSCOW
…workings of the Kremlin, of his own conflicted life as a diplomat, and of the frightening world of espionage into which he was drawn.”A very good copy, in dust jacket….
THE WEAPONS MERCHANTS
A true account of illegal traffic in death-dealing arms by individuals and governments
…fine. Translated from the German edition. A journalistic expose of the men and women behind the weapons trafficking that supplies a large part of the world’s military forces with arms….
F-86 SABRE
The Operational Record
…guardian and after, when it became the fighter workhorse of many Third World nations.” A very good copy, in dust jacket. (154 pages, 99 illustrations, specs., F-86 combat wings, index)….
TOBACCO CARD: “Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP.”
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd.’s “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the…
THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS
…who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II and went on to build modern America.” A fine copy in like dust jacket (237 pages, illustrations, index…
THE HIGH ROAD TO TOKYO BAY
The AAF in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
One of the “U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II” commemerative series. A very good copy (34p., 17 illus., 4 maps, biblio)….
MEDAL OF HONOR
Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present
Provides the biographies of eleven recipients, from all branches of the military, in the Civil War, both World Wars, Korea and Vietnam. A very good copy, spine head & tail…
CHASING CHURCHILL: The Travels of Winston Churchill
-First American Edition-
Engrossing travelogue in the footsteps of Churchill the world traveler, written by his granddaughter, who also recounts her own personal travel experiences in his company. This is a mint copy…
THE PATH TO VICTORY
The Mediterranean Theater in World War II
…of Churchill, FDR, Rommel and Mussolini, this is an original, accessible,and compelling account of the importance of the Mediterranean in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe during World War II….
SUBMARINE UPHOLDER
Commanded by Malcolm David Wanklyn, the most highly decorated Royal Navy submarine officer of World War II, lost off Tripoli in 1942. A very good copy, spine head & Tail…
DE MALTE A SUEZ
Compte-Rendu du Ministre de la Marine sur la guerre navele en Mediterranee Orientale de septembre 1939 a mars 1941
The french language version of “East of Malta, West of the Suez,” the Admiralty account of World War II in the eastern Mediterranean, September, 1939 to March, 1941. Published simultaneously…