WWII from Anglophile Books

NY: Harper Trophy. Good. c1981, 1986. Softcover; Trade PB. Top corner of front cover torn away, covers creased and edgeworn with a closed tear, pages and inside covers pale brown (seen before in this edition) the first few pages have a tiny tear as if a staple at one time pressed on the pages. Previous bookstore label… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, England: Viking Kestrel. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1985. First British Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends lightly bumped, some faint soil marks on textblock edges, a few pages very lightly creased. Unclipped dust wrapper (£7.95) has faint edgewear. A very nice copy. ; <b>By the author of 'Good Night Mr. Tom', for ages 10… Read more about this item

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers. Very Good+. c1981, 1997. Second Printing. Softcover. A new copy received with light edgewear.; <B>In 1941, as Nazi hordes swept east into the Soviet Union, a desperte call went out for women to join the Russian air force. The result--three entire regiments of women pilots and bombers--was a phenomenon unmatched in World II.… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1950, 2004. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. <b>Afterword by Max Arthur. One of the great deceptions of World War II took place in April 1943 when a body wearing a Royal Marines uniform was found off the coast of Fascist Spain. With him was a courier's briefcase… Read more about this item

NY: St Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends bumped, pages pale tan; no binding problems, pages clean. White dust wrapper flaps pale tan, dw edgeworn and lightly creased. ; <b>A moving and powerful autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, one of… Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good. c1994, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Softcover; Trade PB. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear and rubbing, a few smudges to page edges.; <b>'Misogynist, anti-Semite, misanthrope--Roald Dahl was reputed to be these as well as war hero, devoted father, and philanthropist.' This unauthorized biography is "an honest yet… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Greyladies. New. c1940, 2014. First Edition Thus. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book. All copies received from printer with very light edgewear and faint horizontal ripples on spines. ; <b>This novel was written in 1940, near the beginning of World War II. It is set in England before, and just after, the start of World… Read more about this item

Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell. As New. c1945, 2001. Reprint; Second Printing. Softcover; Trade PB. A lovely unread copy.; <b>One of the World War II Barsetshire novels.</b>; 'While "the war had mingled all races and creeds, it had not as yet mingled Old Town and New," winks the author in this Barsetshire chronicle from 1945. Under the tutelage… Read more about this item

NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2012. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 705 pages. Spine ends lightly bumped, green ink line on bottom edge, remnant of a sticker blacked out with ink on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn.; <b>'Can love and honor conquer all? Mark Helprin’s enchanting… Read more about this item

NY: The Dial Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2008. Second Printing. Hardcover. <b><i>“ I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” </i>January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer… Read more about this item

NY: E. P. Dutton. Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper. 1979. First US Edition. Hardcover. 268 pages. About a dozen pages have passages underlined in red ink, previous owner wrote page numbers and comments on rear pastedown also in red ink. Boards faintly soiled, page edges yellowed and faintly soiled, several page corners creased. Unclipped… Read more about this item

Toronto: Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2001. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 372 pages. Spine ends bumped, faint smudges to bottom page edges (not remainder marks), some deckled edges faintly creased. Unclipped dust wrapper has faintest edgewear. A very nice copy. ; <b>First Canadian edition published simultaneously with first British edition. … Read more about this item

NY: Arcade Publishing. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. 458 pages. Bumped spine ends, just revealing board at top edge, a few pages creased, some faint smudges to page edges. Unclipped dustwrapper has light edgewear.; <b>'This book eloquently demonstrates the role female war correspondents played in bringing the war to… Read more about this item

London: Coronet Books. Very Good. c1969, 1973. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Spine lightly curved and creased, white covers lightly soiled and edgeworn, first advert page and some page edges foxed, pages pale tan but not brittle; interior pages clean, none loose. ; <b>This second volume of "The Avenue" saga, set in London, follows Jim Carver… Read more about this item

Central Point, OR: Hellgate Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 462 pages. Spine ends faintly bumped, page edges faintly smudged. Dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A very nice copy indeed. ; <b>'The history of naval aviation from Kittyhawk to the Gulf War with a mainly American focus. The author describes the… Read more about this item

NY: Ballentine Books. Very Good-. c1950,1981. Softcover; Mass Market PB. 277 pages. Light spine and cover creases, covers edgeworn, tiny hole on back cover, pages age browned but clean; none loose.; <B>Basis for the 1981 television mini-series.</b> .

London: Mitchell Beazley. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2000. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages. A new book with a faintly edgeworn dust wrapper.; <b>Published in association with the Imperial War Museum using many previously unseen photographs and other archive material. This 'is the story of the everyday heroes and heroines… Read more about this item

Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press. Very Good+. 1985. Softcover; Trade PB. 278 pages. Signed by Author; Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. No spine creases, very light edgewear; book and pages clean and bright. A very nice copy.; <b>Introduction by 'Pappy' Boyington. Author's 'life as a Marine combat fighter pilot, from his earliest days as… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. Very Good+. 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. No dust wrapper, as issued. A very nice copy indeed.; <b>'Produced in cooperation with the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, this book uses multicolored text, illustrations, and photographs to… Read more about this item

New York: Free Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1998. First US Edition. Hardcover. Bumped spine ends and corners, tiny smudge on front free endpaper; no remainder mark. Price clipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. A nice copy.; <B>The author's memories of working in the SOE are interspersed with anecdotes (many humorous) of his… Read more about this item