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Milton (Ontario) Remembers World War II 1939-1945
LAMB, KEN · 1995 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$129.95 (€117.90 | £98.36 | ¥20,751)
Milton, Ontario: Milton Historical Society, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0969562926. 140 pages. Oblong 8.5 x 11". Numerous reproductions of archival black and white photos. "More than 500 men and women joined the services from the extended Milton area. More than 30 were…
Record of Service in the Great War 1914-18
London County Council · 1922 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, London County Council, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this record of service during the First World War dedicated in memory. First edition of Record of Service in the Great War 1914-18 in the original publisher's cloth binding. Published and pres…
The Merchant Seamen's War
LANE, TONY · 1990 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.50 | ¥23,945)
UK: The Bluecoat Press, 1990. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1872568092. 287 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "This provocative and wide-ranging book runs directly against the grain of received wisdom on (British) civilian life during World W…
With the First Canadian Contingent
AUTHOR NOT STATED · 1915 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$129.95 (€117.90 | £98.36 | ¥20,751)
Toronto/London: Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 119 pages. "Intended as a slight record of the 1st Canadian Contingent who endured the hard winter at Salisbury with such courage, cheerfulness and patience, and who fought so gallantly and determinedly at Ypres." - from i…
A Miniature History of the War : Down to the Liberation of Paris
ENSOR, R. C. K. · 1944 · Godley Books
£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)
London, Oxford University Press. 1944, First Edition. Soft Cover with Oversize Cover, 7.5 x 4.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing only to oversize parts of covers. Very clean very tight pages with unmarked boards, sunning to board edges and spine. 88pp. An accoun…
The Twilight Struggle : Tales of the Cold War
ATTWOOD, WILLIAM · 1987 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.81 | ¥7,976)
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060390689. 433 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Author has covered the world since 1946; his career has thus spanned four decades of the cold war. As an American Ambassador in two countr…
The Capture of Attu: tales of World War II in Alaska as told by the men who fought there.
Lt. Robert J. Mitchell, Lt. John W. Edrington et al, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)
Anchorage, AK, Alaska Northwest Pub Co, (1984). VG lg sz PB. Many have forgotten there was a bloody campaign on American soil in WWII. Half a million service men served in the Aleutians. First hand accounts of The Capture of Attu first published in 1944 by the Infantry Journal. …
Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings About Kaiser Wilhelm II and World War One
Various · 1895 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Various, Various, 1895-1925. Hardback. A unique scrapbook, containing clippings relating to the life and reign of Wilhelm II, a fascinating insight into international politics before, during, and after the First World War. A unique and very scarce scrapbook, containing a wealth …
Canada's Army in World War II (Two) - Badges and Histories of the Corps and Regiments (Cap Badges)
TRIPP, F. R · 1983 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.81 | ¥7,976)
Canada: Unitrade Press, The, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0919801110. 100 pages. Generously illustrated with images of the various awards. A reference for Canadian Army cap badges from the second world war. Prior owner's ink stamp atop title page, otherwise clean and un…
The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 - Volume II (2): Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
NICHOLSON, LT.-COL. G[ERALD] W.L.; STACEY, C.P. [FOREWORD] · 1957 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)
Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Minister of National Defence, 1957. Second Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bond, Captain C.C.J.. pp. xv, 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the …
Through Egypt in War-Time
Martin S. Briggs · 1918 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a personal account from a soldier of Egypt during the First World War, including sketches and photographs by the author. The scarce first edition of Egypt Through War-Time, written by British histor…
Infantry Training (4 - Company Organization) 1914 40 War Office 2052
GENERAL STAFF WAR OFFICE · 1914 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)
London, U.K.: HMSO, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. "The object to be aimed at in the training of the infantry soldier is to make him, mentally and physically, a better man than his adversary on the field of battle." - p. 1. xviii, 265 pages. Index. Occasional black and white il…
The Cruiser Uganda: One War - Many Conflicts
GENEJA, STEPHEN CONRAD [SIGNED]; LANDYMORE, REAR-ADMIRAL W.M.[FOREWORD] · 1994 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)
Canada: Tyendinaga Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0969875401. Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon title page. "The first documented and eyewitness account of Canada's only cruiser in World War Two and her part in the Pacific War." - subtitle.…
Dear Mum - the Story of Victor Edward "Candy" Syrett, a Canadian in the Royal Air Force During World War Two
STOFER, KEN H. (SIGNED) · 1991 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.50 | ¥23,945)
Victoria, B.C.: Kenlyn Publishing, 1991. First Edition. Mass_Market. ISBN: 0969542402. Illustrated by Simmonds, "Taff" O.H.. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. Nineteen year-old Victor Syrett of Sooke on Vancouver Island sailed to England to join the R.A.F. in 1940.…
The Official History of the Second Regiment of Engineers and Second Engineer Train United States Army in the World War
REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS / SECOND ENGINEERS (COMPILED BY) / WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MILLER · 1920 · S. Howlett-West Books
$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)
United States: San Antonio Printing Company, 1920. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with illustrated cardstock covers and a Glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket…
Post-War Speeches the Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; in the Balance; Stemming the Tide; the Unwritten Alliance
Winston Churchill · 1948 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)
London, Cassell and Company, 1948-1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition set of Winston Churchill's post-war speeches. All volumes retaining their original dustwrappers. A complete set of Churchill's post-war speeches. Published between 1948 and 1961. Comp…
The Great Conspiracy: The Secret War Against Soviet Russia
SAYERS, MICHAEL; KAHN, ALBERT E. · 1946 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$795.00 (€721.30 | £601.75 | ¥126,951)
Boston: Little, Brown & Company/New York Graphic Society, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 431 pages. Index. Bibliographical Notes. Enables readers to view world events from a Soviet perspective from the time of the Russian Revolution and moving forward. "The authors, who take th…
Rockefeller "Internationalist": The Man Who Misrules the World
JOSEPHSON, EMANUEL M. · 1952 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)
New York: Chedney Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 448 pages. Index. "... Rockefeller's Institute of Pacific Relations controlled the spy ring that instigated the attack on Pearl Harbor... they knew in advance, to the very day, when it would occur and involve us in the war…
Chemicals in War
Augustin M. Prentiss · 1937 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second impression of this early treatise on modern chemical warfare, written by Augustin Prentiss, a Lieut-Col in the chemical warfare division of the US Army. First edition, seco…
The Desert War: Then and Now
Jean Paul Pallud · 2022 · Winkles Books
£37.50 (€44.95 | $49.54 | ¥7,911)
Book New New After the Battle Barnsley 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Following Mussolini's declaration of war in June 1940, initially Italy faced only those British troops based in the Middle East but as the armed confrontation in the Western Desert of North Africa escalated, other …