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London, UK: Pan, 1971. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, yellowed pages, faint curl. Rubbed edges and corners, tiny corner bump, a few bubbles in spine lamination and crease on back cover. "From September 1941, to January 1944, the people of Leningrad defied three German armies and their allies 'Generals Hunger, Cold and Terror', losing almost half their numbers from bombs and shells, in hand-to-hand fighting, from starvation and disease..." 760 indexed pages with photo inserts, 7.75x5" (19x13cm). ISBN: 0330027557.

Chicago, IL: Columbia Educational Books, 1942. Special Edition. Hardbound. FINE. As new except for faint age yellowing to end papers and faint corner crease to first few pages. Blue with gilt and red. By the "American Theatre Wing War Service, Inc." "As background for understanding how and why we went to war and what we are fighting for" No DJ as issued.

NY: Popular Library (#SP300), c1943. (3rd printing). Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, slight tilt. Rubbing to back cover. "A few square miles of godforsaken sand and rock: a spot on the map called El Guettar. The Troops - Men who a year before had been civilians…The Enemy - The cream of the Fascist Army and behind them the heretofore invincible Panzers of Rommel's Afrika Korps..." 186 pages.

Boblingen, Germany: City of Boblingen, 1976. Hardbound. GOOD-. Tight, bright, clean, slight tilt and flare to covers. Dust jacket has clean, clear surface but peeling laminate and a few tiny rips along edges. Boblingen, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, was founded in 1253. During WWII the town had a Luftwaffe airbase and military barracks, the home station for the I/JG 52 (1st Group of the Jagdgeschwader 52) flying the Bf109 E-1 fighter aircraft. On the night of October 7, 1943 during World War II, Allied air forces dropped 408 incendiary bombs and 35 high explosive bombs and 70 percent of the old town was destroyed. The photos and narrative in this book preserve the town as it was before the bombing, as well as showing the aftermath. Text in German.156 pages.

Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, 1999. (9th printing). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, clean & square. Slight edgewear to cover, small crease on cover corner, 1 folded page corner. "the classic infantry memoir of World War II - from the Battle of the Bulge to the crossing of the Rhine…" ISBN: 1580800386.

Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing, 2000. (1st thus). Oversize Hardbound. FINE/Very Good. As new. DJ- as new except for rip on back, top corner at hinge. 256 pages with over 250 color and b&w action photos. "Detailed accounts of all the battles and campaigns in Europe and North Africa between 1939 and 1943." ISBN: 0760308454.

W.W.Norton & Company, c1944. Hardbound. VERY GOOD / Poor dj. Tight, faintest age tanning of pages, clean, square.Slight softening and wear of spine ends and owner's name inside cover. Dust jacket is present but clipped, age soiled, worn at hinges and missing chunks at top and bottom edges. Chapters on: Gamelin, de Gaulle, Wavell, Rommel, Montgomery, Hitler, Churchill, Timoshenko, MacArthur, Chiang Kai-Shek and Eisenhower. "A WARTIME BOOK" notice printed on back of title page. 320 indexed pages including Bibliography, 40 contemporary black and white photos, and 12 maps and charts (Western Front, Battle of Flanders and Battle of France, Libyan Campaign, Ethopian Campaign,Tobruk[2], El Alamein, Wareth and Wadi Akarit, Moscow, SW Pacific, North Africa[2]).

Stroud, UK: Sutton, 1997. (1st UK edition). Oversize Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Very Good. As new except for slight softening of spine ends. DJ has creasing and small rips along top edge and light shelfwear on other edges. "the real story of the SS...is so complex as to almost defy belief: it is a tale of intrigue and nepotism, of archaeology and Teutonism, of art and symbolism...led by a man motivated by the belief that he was the spiritual reincarnation of the Saxon King Heinrich I, founder of the German Reich..." ISBN: 0750913967.

Brunswick, West Germany: Georg Westermann (printer), 1945. (1st edition). Hardcover. GOOD-. Tight except for loosening of quire with foldout maps, interior is bright and clean, exterior is age soiled and stained, square. 1 page is crumpled and folded. Cloth on spine shows wear in 3 places on hinge. No dust jacket. Cream colored paper over board with cloth spine, black type and full color regimental symbols. 407 pages plus black and white photos, fold out campaign maps and a full roster of members of the 67th from November 1942 to May 1945 including awards received. Map endpapers showing regiment's transit from 1942 to 1945 3.6

London, UK: Chartwell Books, 1998. Oversize Hardbound. FINE/Very Good. As new with glossy pictorial cover. DJ has small rips on spine ends and bottom back edge. Grouped in 18 sections with campaign maps and photos (most black and white but some color) with descriptions. 256 pages, 12x9.5" )33x23.5cm).Oversize and heavy, may require additional postage for Priority or International shipping. ISBN: 0785810161.

Branford, CT: Iwo Jima Survivors Association, 2014. Oversize Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean interior, light soil to covers and crease with tiny rip from corner bump. A wonderful collection of articles, photos, and letters. 72 pages, 8.5x11"

NY: Ballantine (#01868-0), 1970. (1st printing). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, slight yellowing, clean interior, faint age soil to exterior, slight tilt. Creasing and edgewear to exterior. Small corner bump. 160 pages full of black and white photos with thorough narrative and including a Bibliography and Appendices on Formation or Officer/Rank of Commander; Equivalent Commissioned Ranks (with US & UK); The organization and nomenclature of Luftwaffe Units.

Oest-France, 1989. (1st edition). Trade paperback. FINE. Then and now in descriptions & photos. Includes "What is there to see today?" Text in French.

Oest-France, 1990. (1st edition). Trade paperback. FINE. Then and now in descriptions & photos. Includes "What is there to see today?" Text in English. 32-page staple-bound, illustrated with maps and photos. 0.6

Oest-France, 1992. (1st edition). Trade paperback. FINE. Then and now in descriptions & photos. Includes "What is there to see today?" Text in French.

Oest-France, 1989. (1st edition). Trade paperback. FINE. Then and now in descriptions & photos. Includes "What is there to see today?" Text in French. Staple-bound. 0.6

Lawrence,KS: University of Kansas Press, 2002. (1st paperback). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality. First paperback printing with new preface by author. "A concise and engaging history of the last five months of World War II, when the world changed forever." 1.9

NY: Capricorn Books, 1965. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean, faint curl. Faded spine and rubbed cover edges. "correspondence between the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Presidents of the U.S.A. And Prime Ministers of Great Britain during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" from the "Commission for the Publication of Diplomatic Documents under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR" "full text of all documents available in the Soviet Union ...during the period in question."

Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith Company, 1967. Hardbound. FAIR. Reading copy. Ex-library with all expected markings of a "withdrawn" book. Tight binding. No dust jacket. Red cloth cover edges worn through to boards in a few spots. Softened spine ends. Soiled exterior page edges. Occasional fingerprints on text edges. Ugly but solid. The story of the Danish Resistance against the German occupation in WWII, whose efforts "According to Field Marshall Montgomery 'was worth ten divisions' ". 143 pages with black and white period photos.

NY: Ballantine (#U6084), 1968. (2nd American edition). Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint age tanning. "the story of the daring R.A.F. pilots who flew low-level attacks against German battleships in World War II." 285 indexed pages with black & white photo insert section.