New York: Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012. Paperback. World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” Over four long years, nations around the globe were sucked into the tempest, and millions of men died on the battlefields. To this day, the war stands as..... More
London: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores..... More
London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009. Paperback. An epic account of the entire war in North Africa from 1940-1943 from peerless war correspondent Alan Moorehead CBE, published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battles for El Alamein in July and October 1942. Moorehead's classic trilogy on the North Africa..... More
London: Folio Society, 2005. Jonathan Sumption (introduction). First Folio Society Edition, No. 1279. Hardcover with slipcase. Extra handling fee for heavy item (applicable to local delivery only). First published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1955 & 1956 as two separate volumes, "The Crecy War, A military history of the Hundred..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition (presumed). First Printing. Hardcover. In this innovative book, Alfred W. McCoy takes a new approach to the military and political history of the Philippines. Comparing two generations of graduates from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)—the classes of 1940 and 1971—McCoy uncovers fundamental..... More
New York: PublicAffairs, 2000. First Printing. Trade Paperback. With a foreword by Tom Brokaw My War is a blunt, funny, idiosyncratic account of Andy Rooney’s World War II. As a young, naïve correspondent for The Stars and Stripes, Rooney flew bomber missions, arrived in France during the D-Day invasion..... More
New York: Scribner, 2003. First Edition. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a searing, unforgettable narrative. When the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to..... More
New York: Pantheon Graphic Library, 1993. Paperback with slipcase. Stock photo. he paperback boxed set of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel in its original two-volume format, re-released to include a sixteen-page booklet designed by the artist. Acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall..... More
London: Vintage Books, 1998. James Jones (book design). Trade Paperback. The daring and controversial novel that took the world by storm–a story of politics, selfhood, survival, and war. Heart-wrenching, fragmented, raw, former North Vietnamese solder Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War provides a strikingly honest look at how the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Gun Larson (jacket design). First Edition (stated), Second Printing. Hardcover. From Kirkus (7 Sept 1990): A collection of 12 essays on ""the background, origins, character, and legacy"" of the American Revolution, filled with the grace and insight that has made Bailyn (Adams University..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2017. Reprint. Paperback. A classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism from one of the best Czech writers For twenty-two-year-old Milos, bumbling apprentice at a sleepy Czech railway station, life is full of worries: his burdensome virginity, his love for the..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II - Weapons Book No 19. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Second Printing. Softcover. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, battle book, No 9. More
Perth: Mannwest Pty Ltd / Hesperian Press, 2002. First Edition (presumed). Paperback. From the publisher: Written to commemorate WG Manners & Co’s 100 years in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields, this book is a grand sweep of Australiana and life in Australia’s outback. It charts the Manners’ family history from 1895..... More
London: Pan Macmillan Ltd, 2008. Paperback. In Absolute War, acclaimed historian and journalist Chris Bellamy crafts the first full account since the fall of the Soviet Union of World War II’s battle on the Eastern Front, one of the deadliest conflicts in history. The conflict on the Eastern Front..... More
London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, battle book, No 17. More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007. Trade Paperback. With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Translated by Andrew X. Pham Brutally honest and rich in detail, this posthumously published diary of a twenty-seven-year-old Vietcong woman doctor, saved from destruction by an American soldier, gives us fresh insight into the..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Presss, 1981. Paperback. The nineteenth century was transformed by two revolutions : the growing industrial technology of the West and Europe's domination of Africa and Asia. This unique study - based on archival research and recent scholarship - traces the connection between the two, not just through..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center, 2005. Jeff Cosloy (jacket design). First Edition (presumed), Fifth Printing. Hardcover. The British opium trade along China’s seacoast has come to symbolize China’s century-long descent into political and social chaos. In the standard historical narrative, opium is the primary medium through which China encountered..... More
New York: Stein and Day, 1982. Sam Salant (jacket design). Book Club Edition. Hardcover. The full story of the year Hitler's guided missiles fell on London. Only five minutes from launch to impact--not even enough time to sound an air raid alert. They could not be tracked and they traveled..... More
Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Paperback. Immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the Battle of Kursk witnessed (at Prokhorovka) one of the largest tank engagements in world history and led to staggering losses—including nearly 200,000 Soviet and 50,000 German casualties—within the first ten days of..... More
London: William Collins, 1944. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
New York: Award Books, 1967. First Printing. Paperback. Award Books no. A 226 X K. More
London: Putnam & Co, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. More
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