French text. Préface de Madame Leclerc de Hauteclocque. Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque was a Free-French general during the Second World War. He became Marshal of France posthumously in 1952, and is known in France simply as le maréchal Leclerc or just Leclerc. Card covers browning and marked. Creasing on corners and slight damage to top and bottom of spine.

1949, Editions Alsatia Paris, , ,< J-01>,361pp maps, photos, , Fr.text, CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 38056-01..............................£8.00

Prague has been one of the most significant towns of European Judaism for many centuries. Apart from the Old-New Synagogue, the Pinkas Synagogue, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Jewish Town Hall there are stories of the old mysterious ghetto. Wise Rabbi Loew, the Golem and wealthy Mordecai Maisel allow us to visualize the long lost world of the Jewish Prague

2006, Vitalis Verlag, , 8072530411,< J-01>,63pp illustrations, very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 23922-01..............................£6.00

Reviewing some of the great leaders of History and identifying the main facets of leadership. With many examples and studies including Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Horatio Nelson and Captain Scott.

1989, Talbot Adair Press, , 0951183575,< J-01>,312pp illustrations, Very good in blue boards, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 7255-01..............................£10.00

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. Wellington was Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Duke of Vittoria, Duke of Brunoy, Field Marshal of the British Army, and Marshal in the Armies of Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Russia, Austria and Prussia.

1946, Heinemann, , ,< J-01>,viii + 378pp, illustrations, map, index, black cloth, good, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 745-01..............................£8.00

Hedley Shafto Johnstone Vicars (1826-1855) was an English captain who who fought and died for his country, whilst retaining Christian Ideals and Morals. He worked for the moral and religious welfare of his troops. His family settled in Ireland early in the sixteenth century, the family estate being Levalley, in Queen's County. He was killed in action in the trenches at Sebastapol in the Crimean War Presented in red cloth with gilt title. Cloth on spine disintegrating. Previous owner's signature.

1856, James Nisbet & Co, , ,< J-01>,315pp, portrait, Poor. Cloth on spine disintegrating, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 21045-02..............................£8.00

The life of Admiral Cornwallis compiled by Robert H. Anstruther, Captain of HMS Cornwallis in 1910, as a subject of interest to the Officers and men. At the back of the book is the poem Billy Blue, Cornwallis's nickname.

1910, , , ,< J-01>,43pp, Blue boards, worn at edges., ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 34256-01..............................£20.00

International affairs in the 1930s by Anthony Eden, one of the leading participants in the pre-war years. These include the rise of Hitler and the experiences of the author in dealing with Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini, the war in Abyssinia and Japanese aggression in the Far East.

1962, Cassell, , ,< J-01>,xviii + 659pp, appendices, index, Good in a worn dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 12101-01..............................£8.00

The author was among a group of British explorers who in the 1930's explored the deserts of North Africa using Model T Fords. This book describes his journeys into the region known as the Western Desert of Egypt or the Libyan Sahara. He is a central character in the group of explorers who would be later fictionalized in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. Libyan Sands is an exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the Second World War.

1987, Michael Haag, , 0902743600,< J-01>,, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 10667-01..............................£10.00

A well illustrated biography of England's most outstanding soldier. The narrative examines his character and personality presenting him as his contemporaries and intimates knew him in his roles of commander, diplomat, colleague, husband and father.

1974, Eyre Methuen, , 0413295400,< J-01>,288pp, 32 col plates, 120 b/w illustrations, bibliography, index, larger format, Good in rubbed d/w, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 14615-01..............................£8.00

A well illustrated biography of England's most outstanding soldier. The narrative examines his character and personality presenting him as his contemporaries and intimates knew him in his roles of commander, diplomat, colleague, husband and father.

1974, Eyre Methuen, , 0413295400,< J-01>,288pp ills, Slight fade on spine. Very Good in dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 14615-03..............................£8.00