The Enemy Within, The Inside Story of German Sabotage in America by Captain Henry Landau - 1937

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Orange cloth, black titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed grey, x, 323 pp, 10 ff b & w plates, index. From the John Custer Kittleson Memorial Collection of books relating to World War 2 in the Minneapolis Public Library, whence it was de-accessioned. Moderate soil to edges of boards, spine ends beginning to fray, library bookplate on recto of ffep, "Withdrawn" stamps on verso of rfep, a few other library markings in pencil. DJ has a large chip at top of spine (with loss of "The"), somewhat soiled & faded, other small chips & tears, corners trimmed, library mylar taped to DJ, boards & paste-downs. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . VG-/VG-. 23 X 16½ cm.

[New York]: G.P. Putnam’s sons, 1937. Tall 8vo. x, 323, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo illusts. Red cloth, black lettering (minor shelfwear, light offset toning at gutter margin from binders glue), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art lettering & design by Politzer (light shelfwear), NF/NF copy. First edition, stated, of this informative and well-illustrated work outlining the acts of sabotage, such as the Black Tom Island explosion July 30, 1916, which blew up 100’s of tons of muniotions, and then the Jan. 11, 1917 fire at the shell assembly plant of the Canadian Car & Foundry Co. near Kingsland, NJ.