JOHN W. WHEELER-BENNETT

Brest-Litovsk the Forgotten Peace March 1918

London, Macmillan. 1966, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, xx 478pp hardback, burgundy cloth gilt in price-clipped wrapper, small price-label to flap of wrapper. Very Good/Very Good.

Salsus BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 060251

Keywords: history

WHEELER-BENNETT, JOHN W.

Brest-Litovsk : The Forgotten Peace : March 1918

London, Macmillan. 1966. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to front and no bumping to corners. 478pp. This is the story of the first peace treaty of the 1914-18 War which was a milestone in history. The author describes the drama of the negotiations and the struggle for final ratification by Russia. Near Fine.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 028536

Catalogue: History

Keywords: First World War, Peace Treaty, Military

Sir John W.Wheeler Bennett

Le drame de l'armée allemande - Collection l'air du temps.

Gallimard, 1955. 1955. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 589 pages - couverture contrepliée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 943-Allemagne, Autriche, Hongrie. .

Le-livre.comProfessional seller

Book number: R320123051

Catalogue: GEOGRAPHIE, HISTOIRE, SCIENCES AUXILIAIRES DE L'HISTOIRE

John W Wheeler-Bennett

King George VI His Life and Reign

London, Macmillan and Co, 1958. First edition. Fine Binding. A sumptuously bound copy of this biography regarding King George VI of England. In a fine binding by renowned firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe as a Christmas gift from Stanley Bray to socialite and close friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this biography on King George VI. In a fine binding by renowned firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe as a Christmas gift from Stanley Bray, who worked at the firm for over 60 years. He was a close friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie and bound several books for her as gifts. Binder's stamp to the front pastedown reads 'Xmas S B 1967&apos.  Binder's ink stamp to the verso of front endpaper, 'Sangorski and Sutcliffe&apos. Bookplate of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie to the front endpaper. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (Audrey Evelyn James Coats, and Audrey Evelyn James Field) at Julian"s Park. Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire. It was rumoured that she was the illegitimate granddaughter of Edward VII. She bought Julians Park in 1940 following her third marriage to the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was a patron of the arts and it is believed that she bound several books herself, as many books from her library were stamped with her name and she owned a group of bookbinding tools. Illustrated throughout with photographs and paintings of George VI's life and reign. Collated, complete.A fine example of this biography regarding one of the United Kingdom's two 20th century monarchs. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally, fine. Minor fading to the spine as is common with this colour. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 793L2

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: George VI Monarchy Pleydell-Bouverie Audrey Coats Monarchy Various

John W. Wheeler-Bennett

Munich: Prologue to Tragedy

New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. First American Edition. Hardcover. 507p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight; the only flaw is an area on the spine where part of the jacket faded onto the cloth. The jacket is rubbed along the edges and both stained and tanned on the spine, but otherwise intact. An account of the Munich crisis of 1938. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 172933

Catalogue: World War Two

WHEELER-BENNETT, JOHN W.

The Nemesis of Power - the German Army in Politics 1918-1945

plum, Macmillan and Co. 1961. Hardcover. Condition good, one page a cast coated image is loose, rest of the book is tight. ref ZKVQ. Used: Acceptable.

Lady Lisa's BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 32887

John Wheeler-Bennett

Special Relationships

Macmillan 1975 Hardback, 220pp. America in peace and war. DJ, ex-lib book stamped 'Library MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, Wellington, NZ'. Foxing. (ISBN: 9780333184011). Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1485350

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Biography, War9780333184011 9780333184011

WHEELER BENNETT JOHN W. - COLLIN LEMERCIER JEANNE

Le drame de l'armee allemande - Collection L'air du temps (the nemesis of power)

GALLIMARD NRF, 1955. 1955. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Quelques rousseurs. 589 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne. .

Le-livre.comProfessional seller

Book number: RO20273422

Catalogue: LETTRES

WHEELER-BENNETT JOHN W. (SIR)

LE DRAME DE L'ARMEE ALLEMANDE / COLLECTION L'ARI DU TEMPS / 3e EDITION.

GALLIMARD, 1955. 1955. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 589 pages - couverture défraichie et contrepliée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 943-Allemagne, Autriche, Hongrie. .

Le-livre.comProfessional seller

Book number: R320039484

Catalogue: GEOGRAPHIE, HISTOIRE, SCIENCES AUXILIAIRES DE L'HISTOIRE

WHEELER-BENNETT John W.

King George VI His Life and Reign

Macmillan & Co. 1958. 1st edn 2nd printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon buckram cloth, top edge red (boards a little discoloured and top edge spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiv + 891, illus with b&w plates and folding table (no inscriptions). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 181225

Catalogue: Biography

WHEELER-BENNETT John W.

Munich Prologue to Tragedy

Macmillan & Co. 1948. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiii + 507, illus with b&w plates and 3 folding maps (front and rear endpaper tanned; previous owner's neat 1948 inscription on front endpaper). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 188999

Catalogue: Modern History

WHEELER-BENNETT, SIR JOHN.

Friends, Enemies and Sovereigns. The Final Volume of His Autobiography.

8vo; pp. xii, 176; index; original cloth, faded dustjacket, othewise a very good copy. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1976.

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 92135

Keywords: Biography English Politics history

WHEELER-BENNETT, JOHN W.; LATIMER, HUGH; ADDIS, SIR CHARLES (FOREWORD)

Information on the Reparation Settlement - Being the Background and History of the Young Plan and the Hague Agreements, 1929-1930

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1930. First Edition. Unknown_Binding. "In this book will be found a clear, concise, and comprehensive description of The Hague Agreements of 1929 and 1930, which should be welcome to the general reader who is interested in the question of Reparations, as well as to the student of political science. The text of the relevant documents is given in full, with an interesting summary of the transactions which led up to them." - Foreword. 253, [3 ads] pp. Index. Bibliography. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Unmarked with average wear to publisher's black cloth. Binding intact. A sound copy.; Information Series No. 6; 8vo. Good .

RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional seller

Book number: 736j0807

Keywords: Wwi Owen D. German Politics

Wheeler-Bennett, John Wheeler

John Anderson,Viscount Waverley

Macmillan;St.Martin's P. Hardcover , Condition: Good.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000287745

WHEELER-BENNETT John W.

John Anderson, Viscount Waverley. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR

Macmillan,, 1962. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Bright, crisp copy of the standard biography of one of the leading civil servants of his generation. Following an already extensive diplomatic career, Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), rose to greater promnence during WWII, serving successively as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He played an important role in the establishment of the home front, initiating the development of the well-known Anderson shelters, and gaining the nickname 'the Home Front Prime Minister'. Later in the war he headed the UK's efforts to build an atomic bomb (the 'Tube Alloys' project) and worked in close liaison with the US Manhattan Project. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902-1975) was a leading conservative historian of German and diplomatic history, and official biographer of George VI. A SPLENDID PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR AND HIS WIFE RUTH RISHER.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49816

Catalogue: Political Economy0

Keywords: political economy, politics, john anderson, waverley, viscount waverley, wheeler-bennett, john wheeler-bennett, ww2, wwii, home front