Search Results: World War II from The Brooklyn Bookman

BRADFORD, George: German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles. Mechanicsburg, PA., Stackpole Books, 2007. FIRST EDITION. Softcover, 95 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Armored Vehicles, Military-Germany / Tanks (Military Science)-Germany / Second World War. Condition: Very Good. Evident creasing adjacent to the spine. Former owner's sticker and inscription found on the front endpaper. Small portion of spine slightly crooked. All-in-all a decent copy, with clean pages and profusely illustrated. An important contribution to the study of scale drawings and plans of German armored fighting vehicles of the Second World War. ISBN: 9780811733410

GILDEA, Robert: Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation. New York, Metropolitan Books, 2003. Stated First American Edition 2003. Originally published in the UK in 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 507 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History / World War Two, 1939-1945-France / France-History-German Occupation. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Light wear and rubbing to jacket extremities. Pages unmarked and clean. A near-first rate copy in a near-fine dust wrapper. "A startling and original view of the occupation of the French heartland, based on a new investigation of everyday life under Nazi rule." Scholarly but vivid account of one of the most devastating periods of 20th century French history. Recommended reading for all history enthusiasts. ISBN: 0805071687

LEEMING, John F.: The Natives are Friendly. New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, 1952. First American Edition. Ex-Library copy. Hardcover with dust jacket, 222 pp. (Originally published in England under the title "Always to-morrow.") Subject: Nonfiction / Second World War – Autobiography and Memoir / Humor. Book and jacket condition: Very Good/Good-Fair. Some wear to the book tips. Extensive wear to the dust jacket with chipping to the extremities but still intact. Otherwise a copy in about first-rate condition (all pages clean and unmarked.) The humorous true-life experiences of the noted British aviator and entrepreneur in Italy during the Second World War.

HILLENBRAND, Laura: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. New York, Random House, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket, 473 pp. 8vo. Subject: Non-fiction / History / Second World War / War Prisoners-Pacific Theater - World War II / Long distance runners-biography. Book and jacket condition: very good + (VG+). Slight weakness at book's hinge at the half-title page, but fully intact. No other notable defects-book is complete, pages unmarked, and the text is clear and readable in a fine dust-wrapper. Exterior boards black with gold lettering on the spine. An exciting and stirring account of an Olympic long distance runner, turned airman who had undergone an harrowing odyssey of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. A must for all aficionados of World War II history and narratives of survival under extreme circumstances. ISBN: 9781400064168

LUDEKE, Alexander: Weapons of World War II: Infantry Vehicles · Armored Vehicles · Artillery · Special Weapons · Aircraft · Ships. Bath,UK, Parragon, 2012. Originally published in Germany in 2007. Translated by Richard Elliot, John Kelly & James Taylor. Softcover, 320 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Weaponry-History-Second World War, 1939-1945. Condition: Very Good. Light creasing to the extremities of the cover (both front and back). Otherwise a copy in near-top condition with illustrations covering the history of World War 2 weaponry from tanks, guns, vehicles, etc. An important survey of Second World War technology. ISBN: 9781445469225