Search Results: History - World War 2 from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Harper & Row, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, dark blue spine with gilt titles, endpaper maps, x, 516 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Light soil to edges, long gift inscription on half-title. DJ has 2 cm tear with creasing, 1 cm tear, light edge wear. We have this shelved with World War 2, which occupies much of the book, but Klingaman's goal is to show us 1941 as it happened--the good as well as the bad: "This is the year when Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games, and Whirlaway became a legend by running away with the Triple Crown. Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Seventh Symphony in a besieged Leningrad. Ernest Hemingway, riding high on the royalties from his bestselling For Whom the Bell Tolls, traveled through China. George Raft turned down the lead in Casablanca while Orson Welles fumed at the disappointing public reaction to Citizen Kane." Shipping weight 3 lbs.… Read More

New York: Thomas Dunne Book (St. Martin's Press), 2003 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, red foil titles on spine, xi, 274 pp. One corner lightly bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Original sales slip laid in. In 1944, Hitler gave the author the assignment of sabotaging the Manhattan Project, thereby preventing or delaying America's development of the atomic bomb. He was captured in January 1945, convicted of espionage, and sentenced to hang, although he was pardoned before this sentence was executed. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles, xvi, 487 pp, bibliography, index. A ring and a white stain, possibly paint or milk, on front board, else very good with light edge wear and slight soiling to top edge. Study of the society and forms of government in Germany, Italy, Japan, (Vichy) France, the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States, written in the waning days of World War 2. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG-/No dj. 22 X 15 cm.

Conshohocken, PA: Combined Publishing, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Series title: Great Campaigns. Dark blue leather-textured boards, gilt titles & device on spine, 408 pp, photos & maps throughout, glossary of RAF slang, bibliography, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Due to United States neutrality early in the war, the full extent of American involvement in the Royal Air Force was concealed at the time, a cover-up that has continued by inertia up to the present day. After a long and careful search of U. S. service and burial records, the author reveals the true origin of many of the 'Canadian' pilots in the RAF...." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . As New/As New. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1942 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine, endpaper maps, xi, 427 pp, footnotes, index. Black felt-tip mark resembling a remainder mark on bottom edge, but probably more recent. Cloth has spots where sizing has been lost, otherwise VG, paper browning and a few small spots on edges. DJ has large tears (to about 8 cm) with creasing on front panel, smaller chips and tears, corners of flaps trimmed; in Brodart archival cover. Hall spent many years in China in government posts, during which time Japan invaded Manchuria. Some of his dispatches to the China Weekly Review were sent with the note "Up Close" to indicate, vaguely, his whereabouts, but this was quickly modified to become a pseudonym. After returning to the United States, he wrote the first edition of this book, which was published under the title "Challenge: Behind the Face of Japan" in 1935. In it, he… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth with titles stamped in silver, top edges dyed red, viii, 605 pp, xxi (index), colophon. VG: corners bumped, boards very lightly soiled, endpapers browned, bottom corners of a few leaves inadvertently folded. DJ chipped and rubbed--largest chip, on front panel at top near joint, 1½ X 2½ cm, others very small. Jacket in Brodart protector. Gift inscription on recto ffep: "C. Elmer from Enid and Bill." Very nice early printing of CBS correspondent's personal observations of Nazi Germany, published in June 1941 as Hitler dominated Europe before the U. S. entered the war. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG+/VG-. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Random House, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gold titles on black background, gold facsimile signature on front board, [vii], 428 pp, index. Corners bumped, owner's signature on front free endpaper. Price-clipped DJ is tattered at corners & spine ends but without loss of text; in Brodart archival cover. Not common in DJ. Sheean travelled and lived in Europe and the Far East as a correspondent from 1938 to 1941, and witnessed personally much of the buildup to and opening phases of World War Two, which he reports upon in this book. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG/G. 23 X 15 cm.

Norwich: JAC Publications, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gilt titles on spine, 104 pp, index. Corners lightly bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Numerous b & w photos. Rather than another history of the overall battle, Vasco decided it would be interesting to look in detail at the action seen by a single unit which, although flying standard Messerschmitt 109 and 110 fighters, acted as a "low-level precision fighter-bomber unit." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 30½ X 21½ cm.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, black titles & endpapers, [vi], 262 pp. DJ lightly rubbed, two 1-cm tears, browning; in Brodart archival cover. First-hand account by one of seven Jews who survived the end of the 1944 Warsaw uprising holed up in a bunker "carved out of the debris" of a ruined building. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . Fine/VG+. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, black titles, frontis., 295 , [1] pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, 2-page map. Spine slightly sunned, top edge dusty, owner's name on ffep. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG/No dj. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Random House, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White cloth with 2 red stamped horizontal stripes on front board, top edge dyed grey, maps on endpapers, xv, 427, [5] pp, 8 ff plates, notes, index. Spine ends rolled, a small smudge near bottom edge of front board and two small smudges on front joint, a small brown stain, possibly from a piece of tape, on title page with a rubbed spot on the 'B'. DJ slightly faded, edge wear, a closed tears (to 1 cm) and some creasing to ends of spine. Toland interviewed 800 people in order to write this book. In the six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan conquered much of southeast Asia and many of the Indian Ocean and Pacific islands including Indonesia and the Philippines. The book describes events in the Pacific, including accounts from many participants, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor through the Battle of Midway. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near… Read More

Washington, D. C: United States Government Printing Office, 1940 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stiff beige wraps, side stapled gatherings, iv, 224 pp, index, numerous tables, charts, and illustrations included in pagination. Slightly worn at corners and along joints, front cover slightly creased through title and near spine. Contents: organization of units; duties of staff officers; characteristics of weapons; control of fire; aerial targets; tactical empoyment in rear areas, forward areas, and coastal frontier defense; signal communication; antiaircraft artillery intelligence service and liason; reconnaissance, selection, and occupation of position; security and protection; marches of units; supply and evacuation; estimates, plans, and orders; and antiaircraft defense plans. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG/No dj, as issued. 17½ X 11½ cm.

Minneapolis: T. S. Denison & Company, Inc, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine, 279 pp, 14 ff b&w photo plates, bibliography. Spine ends turned in, a few faint smudges on front board. DJ lightly rubbed at extremities, with a few 5 mm closed tears and a 2 cm tear to rear panel near base of fore-edge; in Brodart archival cover. Biography of the nephew of King Gustavus V of Sweden, who served in the Dragoons (later the Cavalry); as Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross during WW2, in which capacity he negotiated the German release of Scandinavian prisoners of war; and as United Nations Mediator in Palestine in 1948. He was assassinated in Palestine on September 17, 1948. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: T. S. Denison & Company, Inc, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine, 279 pp, 14 ff b&w photo plates, bibliography. A few faint spots to boards, gift inscription on ffep, notes on page 266. Biography of the nephew of King Gustavus V of Sweden, who served in the Dragoons (later the Cavalry); as Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross during WW2, in which capacity he negotiated the German release of Scandinavian prisoners of war; and as United Nations Mediator in Palestine in 1948. He was assassinated in Jerusalem on September 17, 1948. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First US Edition. . VG+/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board, pictorial endpapers, 512 pp, notes, bibliography, index. Small repaired tear (or perhaps cut) to cloth on top edge of front board, bookplate on ffep, else fine. DJ lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Presumed first edition based on no additional printings listed, use of SBN rather than ISBN, lack of reviews on DJ. Later reprints are fairly common, but this edition is scarce. From the DJ: "...this gifted young historian re-creates the social, political, and economic texture of those times. Those days of sadness and years of triumph ... witnessed a silent social revolution--the most profound and enduring alteration since the War for Independence in the fabric and direction of American life." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . 23½ X 16 cm.

Westport, CT & London: Praeger Publishers, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, xiii, 297, [1] pp, 13 b & w photos, 7 maps, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The invasion of Peleliu, a tiny coral island off the Philippines, in 1944, cost the lives of 1,500 American soldiers and nearly wiped out the Japanese garrison of 10,000 men. Hallas bases his account of this costly battle on interviews with American veterans as well as official sources. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, 223 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates. Extremities rubbed, just beginning to expose corner of one board, gift inscription dated Nov. 1952 and previous owner's address label on half-title. Eight true stories of escapes by RAF airmen are presented by the author of The Great Escape. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . G+/No dj. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Dial Press, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, goldenrod titles, endpaper maps, 343 pp. Spine sunned, extremities rubbed. Polemical book calling for the resettlement of European Jews in Palestine. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: The Viking Press, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter red cloth with blue cloth boards, front board has blind-stamped American eagle, xxiv, 581 pp, 6 ff plates, index. Corners lightly bumped, slightly musty, else fine in slightly chipped and rubbed photo dj. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Diaries cover 1944-1949, when Forrestal was Secretary of the Navy and then the first Secretary of Defense. Covers end of World War II and beginning of Cold War. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 22 X 15 cm.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter red cloth, tan paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, xli,494 pp, footnotes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Alison Owings interviewed and here records the words of twenty-nine German women who were there: Working for the Resistance. Joining the Nazi Party. Outsmarting the Gestapo. Disliking a Jewish neighbor. Hiding a Jewish friend. Witnessing 'Kristallnacht.' Witnessing the firebombing of Dresden. Shooting at Allied planes. Welcoming Allied troops. Being a prisoner. And being a guard. The women recall their own and others' enthusiasm, doubt, fear, fury, cowardice, guilt, and anguish." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.