World War II

Text is clean & tight & unmarked. Mild to moderate shelf wear with two-inch crease to lateral edge of back cover & slight bumping of corners.

RARE - COLLECTIBLE. A good+ copy with minor faults. With interesting ex library stamps. Front cover end papers "U.S. CENSORSHIP EXAMINED by 421" & "WAR PRISONERS AID WORLD'S COMMITTEE - YMCA - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND". On title page "PW CAMP - CAMP CARSON, COLO - CENSORED" & EICENTRUM der BÜCHEREI - PROPERTY of the LIBRARY - PoW CAMP, CAMP CARSON - No, B/216". Back cover end papers the property stamp a DATE DUE paper glued & the card with the BORROWERS NAMES (13 names) next to the DATE DUE (beginning from 15.5.45). Also in BOOKSTALLblog more books from War Time Libraries

A handsome hand bound in cloth first printing of the first edition in fine condition in a red slip cover box. This copy is number 170 of 1500 total copies printed. The boards and slipcase are as new. This edition is in both German and English, and is the speech given by Helmut Kohl to Harvard University in June 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany

Game Book Marketing Co, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Madeja, W. Victor : The Russo-German War, Summer 1944/Destruction of the Eastern Front. Allentown (PA) : Valor Publishing PB, 1987. First edition. Demy quarto (4to) size, 10 7/8"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy stock wrappers glued to textblock; front cover features color reprod of (undated) German situation map for Army Group Center, approx August 1944. [iv] pp prelim material, 77 numbered pp, plus one - thus total number of leaves/sheets is 41. 22 separate orders of battle for German army groups during the period in question, along with 11 tables/charts, 29 b&w maps, and a table of abbreviations. Condition notes: 16 pages show fairly discreet yellow highlighting of specific unit names; else clean, binding sound. sound. Light wear to cover. An extremely data-rich and interesting volume for those interested in the Russo-German War of 1941-45 (the "Eastern Front" of the European Theater of WWII). Russian units/strengths are treated on maps,… Read More

Poster WWII Can All You Can. It's a Real War Job
Washington, D.C.: Office of War Information, 1943, Poster Collection, Special Collections, Original Poster WWII OWI .C362 E4-O, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Purchased in 1980s Local condition: fragile
Fragile condition
22 height X 15.5 width

London: I.N.G. Publications, 1944. First English Language Edition. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 183 x 122 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover).Diary of Erich Weinert, president of the Free Germany National Committee in Moscow. Weinert (1890-1953) was a German Communist poet who spent the war in the Soviet Union and kept a diary during the battle of Stalingrad. The present volume is a translation of an article that first appeared in German in "Internationale Literatur," a magazine published in Moscow. Illustrations on the cover and title page by John Heartfield. Foreword by Major J. Dugdale, M.P. Scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Soiling and mild foxing to wrappers along with a few nicks to the edges. Internally clean and umarked. A Very Good copy.

London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is fine in orange cloth, with no marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ is near fine, with just slight edge wear at spine ends [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is near fine in green cloth, with just very slight bumping at spine ends and extremely slight fading at top spine end Unclipped DJ is very good, with slight chipping at spine ends, and slight darkening on rear [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends Cipped DJ is very good, with… Read More

Belgium: American Battle Monuments Commission, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Contents and portfolio. Fine. 70 pages. 29.5 x 21 cm. Limited edition, one of 300 signed by Christina Kermaire. A listing of every American soldier killed during the Battle of The Bulge during WW II. An alphabetical list noting Name, Rank, Unit, Date of Death and Serial Number buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial Henri Chapelle, Belgium. 7080 American soldiers are buried here. Text in English, French and Flemish. Also contains a CD rom, and three glossy photographs. An unusual production, cloth bow beneath a laminated plastic back cover lettered in three languages with green cloth front cover held firm with a black cloth vertical tie.

London: William Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1985. First UK Edition, SIGNED by Mulisch (1927-2010) in blue ink on title page. Translated from the original Dutch De Aanslag by Claire Nicolas White. Adapted into a film which won the 1986 Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Adapted into a graphic novel by Milan Hulsing in 2015. "A brilliant novel, overflowing with dramatic tension."-La Croix; "A beautiful and powerful work [that] takes its place among the finest European fiction of our time."-Elizabeth Hardwick. 8½ x 5½". 9780002710114. Original black cloth boards, gilt letters to spine. 204 pp. Very slight toning to top & bottom edges, dust jacket has small creases and toning to edges. A scarce SIGNED Near Fine copy in Near Fine Dust Jacket.

Canada: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Copyright 2005 & no further date. Firmly bound and seems unread. The book is in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated with photos in b/w plus a little colour artwork. Large & heavy book with pictorial glazed hardcover without a jacket.

Buckeye Aviation Book Company, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. ***Signed by the Author*** A very good softcover in printed wraps. 8vo Signed by Paul Tibbets pilot of the Enola Gay on an endpaper with a group photo. Inscription says "In memory of John Elden Findley 9-7-1991."Text is clean and free of marks or underling. Includes b&w photos and an index. 316 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. First hand account from pilot of the bomber Enola Gay and dropping the Atom Bomb.. The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction. Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance… Read More

Portland, OR: Binfort & Mort Publishing, 1998. First Edition, stated. Paperback. Fine / As New. Old price sticker on back cover. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books. A "day-to-day account of combat in World War II Italy from the viewpoint of an infantryman."

Rare combination of two Books of Anne Frank.
First book: 'Weet je nog? Verhalen en Sprookjes'. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Text in Dutch 1949; Contact Amsterdam. Octavo. Original pictoral boards and spine. With the original dust jacket. Drawings (4 pages) and illustrations by Kees Kelfkens. No inscriptions.Second book: 'Contes d'Anne Frank'. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Text in French 1959; Calman-Lévy Paris. Translation from Dutch into French by Nelly Weinstein. Tall octavo. Original white wrappers, Ilustrations and six plates made by Dominique Rolin. Pages slihtly tanned. No inscriptions.Anne Frank has written this book 'Weet je nog?/Contes' of 8 short stories during her time of hiding in 'Het Achterhuis / The Secret Annex' with her family in Amsterdam from 1943. This book was published two years after the publication of her diary 'Het Achterhuis' in 1947. SHIPPING BY REGISTERED POST WITH TRACKING NUMBER WORLDWIDE. Inventory number: #/ AF.01.02.15.(1)./16.(2)
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Amsterdam: Uitgeveij Contact, 25 juni 1947. Anne.Frank; 'Het Achterhuis, Dagboekbrieven van 14 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944'. Hard cover, pp 253. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINT, no dust jacket. First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch language. Small Octavo. One of 3000 booklets printed 75 YEARS AGO ON JUNE 25th 1947. Original white and red paper-covered boards. Illustration with 3 photo's of the hiding place ('Het Achterhuis'), 1 groundfloor-plan and 2 examples (facsimile) of the handwriting of Anne Frank. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Title on the front board and the spine. A 'good - 'copy; Some foxing of the boards. The book has had a professional restoration. The incomplete spine has been re-attached to the renewed binding. Pages are slightly tanned after 75 years. No inscriptions.Anne began her diary on her 13th birthday, 12 June 1942 during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The diary was found in the hiding place by Miep Gies, after Anne Frank, her Jewish family… Read More

HET ACHTERHUIS, Het dagboek van Anne Frank; Diary of Anne Frank.Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam, Februari 1948. Text in Dutch. FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINT. ('Derde druk', see photo of title page). Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Condition: Very Good. Original spine and boards. Pp x, 253. The pages of cheap paper are a bit tanned after ALMOST 75 YEARS. With 3 photo's (1 of Anne Frank, 2 of the secret annexe), a groundplan of 'Het Achterhuis' and an example of Anne's handwriting. Binding is very good. Presentation inscription on first page: date: " 6 -3- '48" (see photo).Inventory number: AF.03.01.15.(4)
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