Search Results: World War 2 from River House Books

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket is smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters -- from Dutch… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. Remainder stripe on bottom edge. BOMC dot on back cover. Book has musty odor. An unclipped dust jacket, protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. A few bumped corners. BOMC dot on back cover. An unclipped dust jacket is smooth, clean and brilliant but faded on spine. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a… Read More

Hardcover Cloth Vol 5 published 1951 749 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Nice clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Unclipped dust jacket with the usual fading, scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to write it. As with so much of what Churchill wrote, The Second World War is not "history" in… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 132 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Zenger Reprint edition 1980. Attractive dark blue boards with red embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing and spotting. Pages are lightly toned. An unclipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"Dick Bong: Ace of Aces" offers a gripping portrayal of the remarkable life and wartime exploits of Richard Bong, America's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War II. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Kenney brings to life Bong's unparalleled courage, skill, and leadership, showcasing his extraordinary journey from a small-town upbringing to becoming a legendary ace credited with downing 40 enemy aircraft.
George Churchill Kenney was a… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 508 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Presumed First edition 1953. Worn grey boards and black embossing on this Clean, tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature stamped on front endsheet. Shelf wear, stains to spine. Topstain faded. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with minor signs of wear and/or age. An unclipped dust jacket is fragile with age with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
This comprehensive history traces the Prussian and later German General Staff from its earliest beginnings in the Thirty Years' War to the German unconditional surrender in 1945. During the first decades of its existence, the Staff was led by idealists with constructive political conceptions. The emergence later of anonymous technicians, whose political convictions were either nonexistent or based on ambition, only aggravated a militaristic national… Read More

The Grand Alliance (The Second World War #3)
by Winston S. Churchill
Hardcover Cloth Vol 3 published 1950 903 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Beautiful clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Clipped dust jacket hard to find in this nice condition with the usual scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular… Read More

Hardcover Cloth Vol 4 published 1950 1000 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Beautiful clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Unclipped dust jacket with the usual fading, scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. Are you collecting Churchill? Then check the UK first edition copy of this set in my store. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to… Read More

History of the United States Naval Operations in World War 2 (15 Volume Set)
by Samuel Eliot Morison
Fifteen Volumes Hardcover Cloth. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Mixed set of reprint editions see below for dates. Handsome blue boards and gilt embossing on this tight and sound set with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Faded blue topstains. Previous owner's address stamp on title pages. Books Well kept with Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with signs of wear and/or age. Some bumped corners, stains on boards and stains to edges. Some endpaper pages have stains - possibly paste marks. Books have a musty odor. Dust jackets are discolored with age and have the usual shelf wear - tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Some dust jackets mended on back side with tape or have tape stains. Some dust jackets clipped (Volumes 3 & 10). Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.
A good… Read More

Hardcover cloth 756 pages. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stated First Edition First Printing 1988 with matching number line and MV. Worn black cloth binding with gold print and red title box on spine. Red endpapers; front and rear are chronology. Previous owner's signature front endpapers. Tight and sound with the usual shelf wear. No marks, highlights or bookplates. A good reading copy of this terriffic book. An unclipped dust jacket clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a tears, scratches, wrinkles and chips.
Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940 is the second volume of the outstanding three volume The Last Lion, the ultimate Churchill biography from the award-winning historian, William Manchester.
In this triumphant biography, William Manchester, contends that Churchill's lonely battle against appeasement, even more than his leadership in war, was the Last Lion's finest hour. Politically isolated in Parliament, sometimes jeered at and scorned when he warned of the… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 350 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. First edition Ninth printing 1959. Handsome waxed black boards and silver embossing shows off this Beautiful Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition with slight shelf wear. Brilliant multicolor maps on endpapers clean and unmarked. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Previous owner treated this book with microcrystalline wax giving it a shiny, smooth coating that covers the fabric boards all the way to the inside paste downs.
The unparalleled work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II. This is the classic story of the invasion of Normandy, and a book that endures as a masterpiece of living history. A compelling tale of courage and heroism, glow and tragedy, The Longest Day painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would… Read More

Dearest Bert : A Collection of Letters from World War II Hero Alvin Mueller, Jr
by Roxolin Bose Krüger
Trade Paperback 204 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2004. Lovely illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. A few wrinkled pages where previous owner used paperclip bookmark. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Author inscribed on title page.
Roxolin Bose Krueger attended the wedding of her aunt, Roberta Posey of New Braunfels, and uncle, Alvin J. Mueller Jr. of Seguin, as a very young girl in 1934. Alvin J. Mueller, Jr. joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and eventually became a decorated B-17 bomber pilot in the war in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA). In 1942, 31 year old Alvin J. Mueller wrote letters home from the war. He described his day to day life and his role in the USAAC. His loving wife Roberta Mueller kept Alvin's letters.… Read More

Trade Paperback with glued binding 174 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition Second printing 2002. Attractive illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Inscribed and dated by the author on inside coverFrom the diary of a decorated Sergeant in the US Army. Arthur Joseph Jr. tells the story of a group of people largely ignored in American history - the black soldiers who served in WW2. Sgt. Joseph and his platoon came to be known as "Commando Drivers" - soldiers who drove with bright lights on even in enemy territory. Soldiers of his platoon were awarded five Bronze Stars, one Silver Star and the Honorable Unit Citation.

Hardcover Cloth 6 volumes: Vol 1 published 1948 784 pages, Vol 2 published 1949 751 pages, Vol 3 published 1950 903 pages, Vol 4 published 1950 1000 pages, Vol 5 published 1951 749 pages, Vol 6 published 1953 800 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jackets.
First edition BOMC printings from The Riverside Press. Attractive tight and sound set with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spines and boards are sunned and stained. Some spotting on edges. Some bumped corners. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Volume 3, 4 & 5 previous owners signature on front endpapers. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. Multivolume set; S&H will be adjusted.A great reading copy of this Nobel-prize winning set.
'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. This is one of the best sets I've seen. I will gladly provide more details of each volume - please… Read More

Seven Days in January: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND by Wolf T. Zoepf Trade Paperback with glued binding 299 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition. Beautiful illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Dirty mark on back cover. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Wolf Zoepf writes an extremely detailed account, part-memoir, part-combat narrative, covering the actions of 6th SS Mountain Division 'Nord' during the battles fought in Operation Nordwind, Alsace, 1945. Against the background of his division's three (plus) years of combat against the Soviets in northern Karelia, this book provides a detailed description of 6th SS Division's actions against elements of the US Seventh Army in the Low Vosges Mountains during the first seven days of 1945.
Beyond a simple account of the course of the… Read More

Paperback with stapled binding 364 pages. Condition Good NO Dust Jacket War Department December 22, 1942 printing. Nice, tight, square copy with a small tear to the top cover and some stains on covers. Previous owner's signature on cover and title page. The usual yellowing with minor signs of wear and/or age.The M3 Stuart, officially Light Tank, M3, was an American light tank of World War II. The Light Tank M5A1 was the ultimate development of the Stuart tank family. Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat.
This manual has two sections: Operating Instructions and Organization Instructions. First section is a detailed users manual describing how to operate the controls and armament of the M5A1 Stuart. Preventative maintenance, tools and equipment are described.
Section two contains detailed instructions for the repair of each system of the vehicle. Engine, electrical, transmission, tracks, suspension, hull and turret are covered.… Read More

Hardcover Cloth Vol 2 published 1949 751 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Nice clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Unclipped dust jacket with the usual fading, scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to write it. As with so much of what Churchill wrote, The Second World War is not "history" in the… Read More

United States Destroyer Operations in World War 2
by Theodore Roscoe
Hardcover Cloth 581 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition third printing 1960. Striking cream buckram boards with blue blocking and blue embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing and a few marks. An unclipped dust jacket smooth and clean with shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Oversized edition is heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.
A detailed account of the operations of U.S. destroyers in the Second World War, prepared from personal narratives and official records.
Theodore Roscoe (1906–1992) was an American biographer and writer of adventure, fantasy novels and stories. Roscoe's stories appeared in pulp magazines including Argosy, Wings, Flying… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 228 pages. Book Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition Second printing 1945. Nice tan colored boards with green embossing shows off the Willie and Joe characters on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Previous owner's name written on inside endpaper. Book has Slight shelf wear with the usual yellowing to edges and pages. Remains of the original dust jacket included in a plastic bag. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.Classic book by the 23-year-old Maudlin of WWII cartoons that meant so much to GIs. Mauldin won a Pulitzer Prize for his wartime body of work. The first civilian compilation of his work, Up Front, a collection of his cartoons interwoven with his observations of war, topped the best-seller list in 1945.
During World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin. Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors,… Read More

Winter Storm : War in Northern Alsace November 1944 March 1945 By Lise M Pommois Laminated Hardcover 415 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated Limited edition Second printing 1994. Attractive illustrated boards show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Slight shelf wear. Laminated hard covers with the usual shelf wear - a few scratches and scuffs. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Pommois presents a chronology of battles with small units identifed. Introduces the major participants; infantrymen, artillerymen, tankers, engineers and medics who fought and froze during that final struggle for victory and survival.