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Price: $10.00
Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 1994
Edition: 8th Printing
Seller ID: 19674
ISBN: 068480137x
Condition: Very Good-
The preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentierth century reveals how the original plans for invasion were abandoned, and how ordinary soldiers and officers acted on their own initiative. Above all it is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their existence, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Front cover creased, rear cover has small closed tear along foredge, remainder mark. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 655 pages; 19674 View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 1997
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 27372
ISBN: 0684815257
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
The inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U. S. Army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day (June 7, 1944) until the end of the bitterest days of the war (almost a year later). ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 512 pages; 27372 View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2001
Seller ID: 28239
ISBN: 074322454x
Condition: Very Good+
The story of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150% casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. The HBO miniseries event produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg based on this story. New foreword by the author. Very slight edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 336 pages; 28239 View more info
By: Ballard, Robert D. & Rick Archbold
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Warner Books Inc: 1993
Seller ID: 24057
ISBN: 0446516368
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket
Re-creates the whole story of the campaign that changed the course of the Pacific war. For all the fame of its air and land batttles, Guadalcanal is also a compelling story of sailors and warships. Minor crinkling of top edge of DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 227 pages; 24057 View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press: 1986
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 26396
ISBN: 0231059523
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
Covers the history of World War II combat films for the 4 decades following the war. Filmography, bibliography and index. Review of the film "Anzio" (featuring Darby's Rangers in 1968) on page 325. One very small closed tear on upper edge of DJ. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 373 pages; 26396 View more info
By: Beasant, John
Price: $30.00
Publisher: NY, St Martins Press: 1999
Edition: 1st Revised Edition
Seller ID: 28286
ISBN: 0312205902
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
John Beasant recreates the USS John Barry's fateful voyage and death-defying salvage. With help from the mission's survivors, Beasant resolves a 50-year-old mystery: where was the merchant ship taking its precious cargo? Stalin's Silver is as much a sensational account of politics and intrigue between governments during World War II as it is the story of the world's most valuable and mysterious sunken treasure, and the men who recovered it. ; B&W and color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 216 pages; 28286 View more info
By: Benford, Gregory, & Martin H. Greenberg (Ed. 's)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Garland Publishing: 1986
Seller ID: 16886
ISBN: 0824086589
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket
Contents: 'imagining the abyss'; 'two dooms'; 'the fall of frenchy steiner'; 'through road no whither'; 'weihnachtsabend'; 'do ye hear the children weeping? ' and more. Closed tear at upper edge of DJ rear panel, near a rubbed area at edge. ; Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 624 Series; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 276 pages; 16886 View more info
By: Bennett, Ivan L. (Ed. ) , Army and Navy
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Washington, D. C., United States Government Printing Office: 1942
Seller ID: 30110
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
This is a service book containing selected hymns and musical scores approved by the chaplains of the army and navy. With catholic and protestant sections. ; 30110 View more info
By: Breger, David
Price: $23.00
Publisher: Random house: 1944
Seller ID: 30876
Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket
Private Breger was a cartoonist in the war. This is a collection of his cartoons. Light soil, some spotting and edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; 30876 View more info
By: Brinkley, Douglas (General editor)
Price: $21.00
Publisher: NY, Times Books, Henry Holt and Company: 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 30858
ISBN: 0805072462
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
We have long relied on historians to sift through the debris of history and piece together narratives to shape our understanding of events. But it is in the letters, diaries, speeches, song lyrics, newspaper articles, and government papers that history comes alive. The New York Times Living History books reinvigorate history by presenting the actual documents and images of the day. ; The New York Times Living History Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 349 pages; 30858 View more info
By: British Information Services
Price: $13.00
Publisher: NY, British Information Services: 1945
Seller ID: 27012
Condition: Good+
Edgeworn, tanned; tear at heel of spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 127 pages; 27012 View more info
By: Caidin, Martin
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NY, Hawthorn Books, Inc.: 1974
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 24621
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket
The Greatest Single Land-And-Air Combat Engagement in Military History. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 243 pages; 24621 View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Motorbooks Intl: 1994
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31384
ISBN: 0879388455
Condition: Near Fine
Previous owner's cataloging dots taped to lower spine edge. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 168 pages; 31384 View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Blakiston Company, Distributed By E. P. Dutton: 1943
Edition: 24th Printing
Seller ID: 21730
Condition: Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket
The Amazing Revelation of How Axis Agents & Other Enemies Within Are Now Plotting to Destroy the United States. Worn, rubbed, chipped DJ in mylar. Top edge freckled, small bump lower rear board ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 544 pages; 21730 View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press: 2002
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 24370
ISBN: 0253341426
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
A firsthand account of jungle warfare in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. In the enormous literature of the Second World War, there are surprisingly few accounts of fighting in the southwest Pacific, fewer still by common infantrymen. This memoir, written with a simple and direct honesty that is rare indeed, follows a foot soldier’s career from basic training to mustering out. It takes the reader into the jungles and caves of New Guinea and the Philippines during the long campaign to win the war against Japan. From basic training at Camp Roberts through combat, occupation,... View more info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1951
Edition: BOMC
Seller ID: 31231
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
This fifth volume of Churchill's history of WWII carries us from the beginning of the summer of 1943 to the evening of june 5, 1944, with the great armada converging on the rendezvous south of the the Isle of Wight, poised for the historic landing on June 6 and Mussolini was brought down. Hearts are kindled by the names of Salerno, Taranto, Anzio, and the monastery on the Cassino massif. Corners bumped, DJ chipped and rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages; 31231 View more info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1951
Edition: BOMC
Seller ID: 31232
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
This book brings Churchill's panoramic history of the Second World War to a close. Previous owner's bookplate, DJ chipped, torn and rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages; 31232 View more info
By: Collins, Larry, and Dominique Lapierre
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1965
Seller ID: 21418
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Map endpapers. How Paris miraculously escaped Adolf Hitler's sentence of death in August 1944. DJ chipped at extremities. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages; 21418 View more info
By: Cross, Robin
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Michael O' Mara Books: 1995
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 24623
ISBN: 1854797360
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket
A view of the closing months of World War II in Europe through to the early days of the Cold War which succeeded it. The year 1945 opens with fighting in Holland and the Lower Rhine. In the East, on 12 January, the greatest offensive of the war begins in fog and snow as the Soviets break through German lines on the Vistula, 125 miles south of Warsaw. From privates to presidents, "Fallen Eagle" brings to life the personal, political and military dramas which altered the map of Europe for half a century. Previous owner's cataloging label neatly taped to spine. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8&#... View more info
By: Curie, Eve
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NY, Doubleday, Doran and Co.: 1943
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 28528
Condition: Very Good in Good Dust Jacket
In the unfolding chaos of WWII, it is little short of amazing that any reporter is capable of traversing the globe and acquiring access to all the leading military and political leaders to learn of their plans and visions for the war itself and their hope for the aftermath, and witness their actual efforts and those of their followers. Edgeworn and chipped DJ in new mylar. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 501 pages; 28528 View more info
