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SOLITARY STAR
A Biography of Sam Houston
A celebratory biography of Sam Houston, “potential squaw man, soldier in the War of 1812, impoverished school teacher, frontier lawyer, United States Congressman, [and] Governor of Texas … before he…
ABOVE THE BATTLE
War-Making in America From Appomattox to Versailles
A well-regarded work on American soldiers’ and civilians’ perceptions of war from 1865-1918. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in somewhat soiled dust jacket with light edge wear (260…
WITH THE BULGARIAN STAFF
By a British M.P., Balkan Committee, at the front in the First Balkan War against the Turks, 1912-13. A prime source. A very good copy, discreet library stamp on front…
A ROYAL CAVALIER
The Romance of Rupert, Prince Palatine
An impressive career Rupert (1619-1689) fought very capably for Charles I during the English Civil War, and again for Charles II as an admiral in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He was…
FROM THE VOLTURNO TO THE WINTER LINE (6 OCTOBER-15 NOVEMBER 1943)
This is a very good copy, with the edges of the paperback cover worn and the rear hinge weak. The interior pages are lightly browned, a former owner’s stamp appears…
MEMOIR OF THE BOBOTES
By the novelist and Red Cross stretcher bearer in the Balkan War, 1912-13. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in dust jacket with light wear to corners….
ISLAND IN TIME
A Memoir of Childhood
Carlisle’s girlhood on the island of Oleron, off the west coast of France, occupied by the Germans through the end of the war. A very good copy, in dust jacket…
TRIUMPH DER KRIEGSKUNST
Das Kriegsjahr 1940 in der Darstellung des Volkischen Beobachters
High ranking accounts of Norway and the Fall of France; contributors include Kesselring, Todt, Prentzel, Lutzow and others. A good ex-U.S. War Dept. Library copy, without dust jacket. Library label…
THE FUSING OF THE PLOUGHSHARE
From East Anglia to Alamein: The Story of a Yeoman at War
A very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket. Signed by THE author on the front end paper. The author volunteered for a Territorial Yeomanry Regt. before the war and…
THE NIGHTINGALE’S SONG
Tracing the political careers of Vietnam veterans John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane & John Poindexter, Timberg reveals the impact of unresolved conflicts over the war on the…
STARS IN BLUE
Movie Actors in America's Sea Services
This volume covers the period from WWI through the Vietnam War and features more than 50 actors, comedians and entertainers.
HUNTING LIEUTENANT CHADBOURNE
The author’s search for information on 2nd Lt. Theodore Chadbourne, U.S. Army, who was killed in the Mexican-American War at Resaca de la Palma, May 1846. As new, in like…