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War Department: Technical Manual: Mess Management and Training July 6, 1942 TM 10-205 (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washingrton, D. C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1942

Seller ID: 023698

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet, 46pp., with a 2-page chart, small stain on front cover, Full refund if not satisfied.
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Salerno: American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno (9 September-6 October 1943) First Edition

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1944

Seller ID: 023751

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good +

Paperback, illustrated covers, 95pp., folding color maps, illustrated, no writing in the book, front cover torn 60% at hinge, Full refund if not satisfied.
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The German Army From Within by a British Officer Who Has Served In It

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Company: 1914

Seller ID: 037311

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Light blue denim cloth with white lettering and design on spine and front cover. Previous owner's return address label on front free end-paper. 192pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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A. J. Liebling: World War II Writings (Library of America #181)

By: A. J. Liebling; Pete Hamill [Editor]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Library of America: 2008

Seller ID: 061911

ISBN: 1598530186

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

From the popular Library of America series. This is the edition with a black dust jacket, NOT the version with a slip case. Features Smyth-sewn binding, woven rayon cloth boards, and a ribbon marker. Burgundy boards titled in gold, blocked in brown, on spine. Decorated end sheets with repeated Library of America logo. LOA postcard laid in. 1090 pp., including Chronology, Notes, Maps, and Index. Pictorial dust jacket, titled in white. List of additional LOA volumes printed inside dust jacket. Includes: : The Road Back to Paris / Mollie and Other War Pieces / Uncollected War Journalism...
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The Second World War and Its Aftermath

By: A. J. P. Taylor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2009

Seller ID: 059333

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

First printed as part of a set 1998, reissued as a single volume 2008, reprinted 2009. Covers 1939-1948. Introduction by Chris Wrigley. Full black cloth with design in red and gold. Red end sheets with maps. Illustrated with photographs throughout, including frontispiece. 363 pp, including index. Red slip case. Book and slip case in like new condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Memoirs Ten Years and Twenty Days By Admiral Doenitz

By: Admiral Doenitz (Translated by R H Stevens)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson: 1959

Seller ID: 034822

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

About the man who became Hitler's successor in the last crumbling days of the Third Reich. Green cloth with black spine lettering. Good clean copy. ix, 500pp., index. Dust jacket is price clipped. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Notre guerre : Souvenirs de Résistance, Paris 1940-41 - Le Bagne - Occupation en Allemagne

By: Agnès Humbert

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, Tallandier: 2004

Seller ID: 059284

ISBN: 2847341811

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial cover. 392 pp including introduction and index of names. Little to no cornerwear on covers. Binding is tight and book is without annotation. Last few pages and back cover have a cut that does not reach to the edges. Overall solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Falange: The Axis Secret Army in the Americas (Signed)

By: Allan Chase

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1943

Seller ID: 037421

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Journalist Allan Chase [born 1913] came to fame in part by calling for the United States to break with Spain in his 1943 book FALANGE: THE AXIS SECRET ARMY IN THE AMERICAS. He believed the Falangists were at work in several Latin American countries, as well as in the zoot suit riots in Los Angeles. Sand cloth with black spine label. Inscribed by the author to Lt. S.(Seymour) Meyerson. There is no other writing in the book. Illustrated. x, 278pp., index.
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Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism

By: Birdwell, Michael E.

Price: $29.99

Publisher: New York / London, NYU Press: 1999

Seller ID: 020029

ISBN: 0814713386

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very minimal foxing to book edges and front of dust jacket. Otherwise like new. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Campaigns of World War II Day by Day

By: Bishop, Chris; Mcnab, Chris

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Amber Books: 2006

Seller ID: 036671

ISBN: 1905704089

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Comprehensive coverage of all the main action in World War II. Illustrated with action photographs and detailed color maps throughout. Paperback. Pictorial cover. Illustrated. 256pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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We Were Ski Soldiers of World War II; Men of the 10th Mountain Division; Our Story in Verse

By: C. K. (Charlie) Morse.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Seattle, self published: 1986

Seller ID: 010173

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Men of the 10th Mountain Division. Their story in verse. Pictorial cover. 23pp. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied. Scarce.
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Casabianca : the Secret Missions of a Famous Submarine (First Edition)

By: Captain Jean L'Herminier

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Muller, LTD: 1953

Seller ID: 034849

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The thrilling exploits of the French submarine, Casabianca from April 1942 to September 1943 following the surrender of Italy. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Illustrated. Frontispiece. xii, 243pp. Mylar cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The War in the Mediterranean : A WW II Pictorial History (United States Army in World War II)

By: Center of Military History; Hatlem, John C. [Editor]; Hunter, Kenneth E. [Editor]; Tackley, Margaret E. [Editor];

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington and London, Brassey's Inc: 1998

Seller ID: 033219

ISBN: 1574881302

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Following the Allies through their fierce battles for North Africa, the Middle East, Italy and Southern France, this volume - along with "The War Against Japan" and "The War Against Germany" - constitutes the US Army's official pictorial record of World War II. This is the story of the joint invasion of North Africa, the American disaster at the Kasserine Pass, Montgomery's and Patton's conquest of Sicily, the controversial Anglo-American landing at Anzio, the rugged mountain battles of Northern Italy and Operation Anvil in Southern France. Brown cloth with gold spine letterin...
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Record Flights (Book I) Give 'Em Hell! (Book II) Signed

By: Colonel Clarence D. Chamberlain

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Beechwood Press: 1942

Seller ID: 042574

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Inscribed by the author inside front cover. Red cloth. Spine slightly faded. Illustrated. Frontispiece. 328pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Long Journey (First Edition)

By: Craig M. Kirkpatrick

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Self-published: 1995

Seller ID: 031915

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Autobiography of Craig M. Kirkpatrick, the central part of which is his WWII Navy service in the Pacific. Paperback. As new condition. 122pp. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Curtis-Wright Corporation

By: Curtis-Wright Corporation

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Robertson, MO, Curtis-Wright Corporation: 1945

Seller ID: 033755

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Curtis Wright binder with sections describing and including photos of C-46 Stabilizers, Nose Sections, Center Panels, Lower Aft, Nacelles, Fin Sections, Tail Sections, Lower Forward Sections, Rudder Sections, Elevators, Outer Wing Panels, and Center Panel Nose. Some of the photos are stamped, "RESTRICTED". Some indicate "Mfg. by U.S. Aeroplane Carriers, Inc." In addition to the bound in photos in each section, there are also 12 additional loose photos. Most of the photos are dated during 1944. The Preface indicates that this material was presented by F. C. Hickey, General ...
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Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl : The Definitive Edition

By: Daphne du Maurier

Price: $80.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2006

Seller ID: 059536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Very nice copy. Single volume in a slip case. Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler. Translated by Susan Massotty. Introduction by Eva Hoffman. Preface by Elie Wiesel, translated by Euan Cameron. Quarter red cloth, cloth boards with a red-and-brown check pattern reproduced from one of the original diaries. End sheets printed with photographs and extracts from the diaries. 14 pages of photographic plates. Dark blue slip case with a black-and-white photo of Frank. 294 pp. Book and slip case in like new condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Oxford Companion to World War II

By: Dear, I. C. B. [Editor]; Foot, M. R. D. [Editor];

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press: 1995

Seller ID: 034156

ISBN: 0198662254

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

More than 1,750 entries ranging from brief identifications to in-depth articles. More than 140 leading international experts have contributed, including David Kennedy, Martin Gilbert, Robert Dallek, Yogi Akashi, Ben-Ami Shillony, Heinz-Dietrich Lowe, Norman Davies, Wilhelm Diest, and many more. Massively illustrated with more than 100 evocative photographs and supplemented by 100 maps, thirty diagrams, and over 170 tables, charts and graphs. Articles on every aspect of the war. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. There is no other...
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Inside the Nazi Ring: Naval Attache in Sweden, 1940-45 (First Edition)

By: Denham, H. M.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, John Murray Publishers Ltd: 1984

Seller ID: 034732

ISBN: 0719541603

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New copy in mylar jacket. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. xvi, 174pp., index. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

By: Denise Kiernan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Simon & Schuster: 2013

Seller ID: 061374

ISBN: 1451617526

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Racing against the clock to save their country, these young women would change the war-and the world-forever (from description on back of book). Two-toned paper hardcover, grey and light purple. Titled in silver on spine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Indexed, 371 pp. Pictorial dust jacket titled in white and red. Light foxing on page edges, else like new. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The "Magic" Background of Pearl Harbor (8 volume set)

By: Department of Defense

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1977

Seller ID: 034793

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 8-volume set (complete). Consists of Volumes 1 through 5, plus the 3-volume appendix. Navy cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front covers. Illustrated end papers. No writing in the books. A nice, clean set. Full refund if not satisfied. Due to this book's size and/or weight, additional shipping may be needed.
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Crusade in Europe (First Edition) From the Library of Morton H. Smith

By: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co: 1948

Seller ID: 042639

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. Oatmeal cloth. Black spine label. 559pp., index. Illustrated. Full refund if not satisfied.This book comes from the personal library of Morton H. Smith but does not have his personal library marking. This from Wikipedia: Morton Howison Smith (December 11, 1923 to November 12, 2017) was an American Presbyterian minister. He was the first Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, serving from 1973 to 1988, and also served as its Moderator in 2000. Smith had degrees from the University of Michigan, Columbia Theological Seminary and the Free University of Amsterdam. ...
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Aviation Cadet Regulations

By: Editor-Colonel W. A. Robertson

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Santa Ana, CA, Santa Ana Army Air Base: 1943

Seller ID: 013518

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good -

Pamphlet has hole punched at top corner with green string attached. "C flight, Sq. 46" written on front cover. No writing in the text. Lower corner of cover and text creased. Covers rubbed with stain on front cover and book fore edge. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Oxford Companion to World War II

By: Editor-I. C. B. Dear; Editor-M. R. D. Foot

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1995

Seller ID: 015534

ISBN: 0198662254

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Interior like new. Dust jacket lightly rubbed/creased. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Voices from the Holocaust (Uncorrected Proofs)

By: Editor-Sylvia Rothchild; Forward-Elie Wiesel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New American Library; William E. Weiner Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee: 1981

Seller ID: 014106

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

464 pages, trim size: 6" x 9". No writing in the book. Clean white pages. Edges lightly soiled. Covers show light edgewear, spine faded. Binding tight and square. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Greatest Aces (Signed)

By: Edward H. Sims

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1976

Seller ID: 031124

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Minute by minute replays of the great aces most thrilling missions. The fighter forces of the R.A.F., Luftwaffe, and U.S.A.A.F. in World War 2. Paperback. Illustrated with photos. Inscribed to "John" (John Schell, World War 2 ace). x, 307pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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American Country Editors Abroad

By: Edward Lindsay

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Huston-Patterson Corp.: 1946

Seller ID: 015166

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Author's inscription inside front cover reads, "To Fred, The first person for whom I have autographed anything." Cover foxed and faded. Map frontispiece. 138pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Winter War: Russia's Invasion of Finland, 1939-40 (First Edition)

By: Edwards, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Pegasus Books: 2008

Seller ID: 033709

ISBN: 1933648503

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union's Red Army invaded the young nation-state of Finland, in the full expectation of routing the small, ill-equipped Finnish army and annexing the former Russian territory by the end of the year. But Finland held out for 105 bitterly cold, fiercely combative days, until March 15, 1940, when a peace agreement ended the short, savage Winter War. At the stirring center of the story lie the resourcefulness and resolve of the Finnish people, who against all military oddsin want of ammunition, food, sleep, and troopsfought a blundering, ineptly commanded Red Arm...
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Bombers of WWII

By: Ethell, Jeffrey L

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI, Lowe & B. Hould: 2001

Seller ID: 033442

ISBN: 068160722X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

Recounts the most dangerous place to have been in the World War II European and Mediterranean theatres (especially over Germany) - in the Air Force's Bomber Command. Paperback. Pictorial cover. Illustrated. 180pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Wings of War: Fighting WW II in the Air (First Printing)

By: Ethell, Jeffrey L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press: 1994

Seller ID: 033217

ISBN: 1557502498

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

This is the first book ever to present the complete story of World War II U.S. aviation in full color. A rare collection of 181 rare photos. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. No writing in the book. 136pp. First Printing. Full refund if not satisfied.
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War Crimes Discreetly Veiled

By: F. J. P. Veale

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Devin-Adair Co: 1959

Seller ID: 034842

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

By the author of Advance to Barbarism. with a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Hankey. Sand cloth. Black spine lettering. xiv, 15-240pp., index. Illustrated. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. Full refund if not satisfied.
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What Papa Told Me

By: Felice Cohen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: USA, Dividends: 2010

Seller ID: 058369

ISBN: 0615372880

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

This book is the story about a boy whose courage and sheer will to live helped him survive eight labor and concentration camps in the Holocaust, start a new life in America, and keep his family together after his wife committed suicide.This book is in great condition.This book is signed by the author.Full refund if not satisfied.
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Berlin Command (Inscribed by author)

By: Frank Howley

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1950

Seller ID: 059347

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed by author in pen in front end-page, and contains book review from NY Times glued into front end-page. Black cloth cover with silver gilt outlined lettering on front and spine. Frontispiece image of General Frank Howley (author) on glossy paper. 276 pp. Normal shelf wear to the covers and spine. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Newspaper article attachment fully intact. End-pages lightly aged. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. No foxing in this copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Suppression of Radio Noises (War Department Technical Manual TM 11-483, November 1944 (First Edition)

By: G. C. Marshall

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., United States Government Printing Office: 1944

Seller ID: 036024

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. Stapled booklet. Original paper wraps. Cover also reads: "T.O. 16-1-125" Illustrated. No writing in the book. vi, 44pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Military Intelligence: Identification of German Aircraft FM 30-35 (From the Library of Morton H. Smith)

By: G. C. Marshall, Chief of Staff

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, United States Government Printing Office: 1942

Seller ID: 041659

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. Original paper wraps. Illustrated. 140pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Wedemeyer Reports

By: General Albert C. Wedemeyer

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Devin-Adair Company: 1958

Seller ID: 012112

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed to George and Suzanne. George is George Olmsted Jr son of the Major General of WWII fame. See Wikipedia.
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The Red Orchestra (Witnesses to War)

By: Gilles Perrault (Translated by Peter Wiles)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Schocken Books: 1989

Seller ID: 060144

ISBN: 0805209522

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The Red Orchestra was one of the most successful spy networks during World War II operating until late 1943. Detailed feats of espionage and intrigue are told in this real-life spy story. Burgundy cloth cover, gold gilt print on cover and spine; binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. 496 pp., bibliography and note on sources included. Text is clean; two satin ribbon bookmarks. Good copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Fleet Street Blitzkrieg Diary (First Edition)

By: Gordon Robbins

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Ernest Benn Limited: 1944

Seller ID: 035274

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Mustard cloth with black spine lettering. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 64pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History

By: Griggs, William E.; Merrill, Philip J. [Editor]; Brinkley, Douglas [Introduction];

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Jackson, MS, University Press of Mississippi: 2002

Seller ID: 033164

ISBN: 1578065046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

With this book William E. Griggs, the official photographer for the battalion, amends the long-neglected history. Documenting the record of its service, he took almost a thousand photographs as the 97th traveled from Fort Elgin, Florida, to Seattle and then to Port Valdez and into the interior of Alaska. Published here for the first time are more than a hundred of Griggs's black-and-white photographic images, along with captions he has written to explain the official work of the 97th. Showing members in social and camp life and in road construction and arranged in chronological sequence, the p...
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Hitler's Reich: The First Phase

By: Hamilton Fish Armstrong

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC: 2010

Seller ID: 060755

ISBN: 1161644512

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

A Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint. Blue and white hard cover titled in black. 73 pp. In like new condition. Very nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Pacific Warriors: The U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial Tribute (First Edition)

By: Hammel, Eric

Price: $40.00

Publisher: St. Paul, MN, Zenith Press: 2005

Seller ID: 033437

ISBN: 0760320977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Pacific Warriors covers all of the legendary Marine battles of the Pacific War in a tribute to the men who led the way against Japan. It also provides the reader with a look at the prewar Marine Corps and its remarkable base force to a full six divisions along with a modern Marine Corps air force. The rise and development of modern amphibious doctrine and training going back to the end of the nineteenth century are an important part of the story and receive detailed coverage. Combined with nearly three hundred photographs many never before published and detailed captions, plus seventeen maps ...
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July 20, 1944: The German Opposition to Hitler as viewed by Foreign Historians: An Anthology (First Edition)

By: Hans-Adolf Jacobsen

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Bonn, Germany, Press and Information Office of the Federal Government: 1969

Seller ID: 033042

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The story of Colonel Count von Stauffenberg's daring attempt to dispose of Adolf Hitler in order to restore Germany's honor and reputation among the community of nations. Burgundy cloth. Ex-library. 338pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Military Aircraft of WWII (Story of Flight)

By: Hansen, Ole Steen

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company: 2003-03-01

Seller ID: 028505

ISBN: 0778712192

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine, slight shelf wear. Gift worthy. This book would make a great gift.
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A Walk in the Sun (Signed)

By: Harry Brown

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1949

Seller ID: 031182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Brown tells a gripping and realistic tale of the randomness and impersonal nature of combat. In the Allied landings at Salerno on the Italian peninsula during World War II, a fictional platoon loses its lieutenant and senior sergeant to enemy fire, regroups inland to decide what to do, and soon loses its next-senior NCO to battle fatigue. This short but intense novel follows the remaining members of the platoon as they attempt to ascertain their mission and carry it out based on the only guide they have, a map found on the lieutenant?s body. A gripping tale of the realities and uncertainties...
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The Dark Side of the Moon (First Edition)

By: Helena Sikorska

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1947

Seller ID: 038533

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth. Rear board lightly soiled. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. Some pencil marginalia on pages at rear of book. xvii, 299pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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World War Two: Classic, Rare and Unseen Photographs from the Daily Mail (World at War) FIRST EDITION

By: Hill, Duncan [Editor]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: England, Transatlantic Press: 2011

Seller ID: 027773

ISBN: 1566490820

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Pictorial cloth with matching dust-jacket. Profusely illustrated. Nice copy. 128pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Four Thousand Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home (Signed)

By: Holmes, Linda Goetz; Williams, J. M. [Foreword]

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Australia, Allen & Unwin: 1993

Seller ID: 034757

ISBN: 1863735798

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

This work tells how one prisoner of war prepared himself, mentally and physically, for his journey home after three and a half years of brutal captivity in Java, Burma and Thailand during World War II. Staff Sergeant Cecil Dickson was a member of the 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion, which was forced to surrender to the Japanese in March 1942. His engineering unit bore the heaviest work in constructing the Burma-Thailand railway. The author draws on Dickson's letters home to his wife, and on research and interviews with many surviving Pioneers, to paint a dramatic picture of prisoner-of-war li...
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The War Against Japan (United States Army in World War II) First Paperback Edition

By: Hunter, Kenneth E.; Center of Military History; Tackley, Margaret E.; Center of Military History [Corporate Author]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, Brassey's Inc: 1998

Seller ID: 033220

ISBN: 1574881027

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

This volume contains dramatic pictures taken during World War II in Asia and the Pacific. Specially selected to show important terrain features, types of equipment and weapons, living and weather conditions, military operations, and details of life in the front lines, they reveal every aspect of the US serviceman's unforgettable experience. This book depicts: training in Hawaii, Australia and New Caledonia; defeat in the Philippines; the campaigns in the Solomons, New Guinea, New Britain, the Admiralties, the Aleutians, the Gilberts, the Marshalls and the Marianas; the return to the Philippine...
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Post Haste: The story of the Post Office in Peace and War (Signed)

By: Ivan Halstead

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Lindsay Drummond, Ltd: 1944

Seller ID: 035273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Author's signature on half title page. Red illustrated cloth. Spine a bit faded. Illustrated. vii, 156pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Nine Wartime Lives: Mass Observation and the Making of the Modern Self

By: James Hinton

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 2011

Seller ID: 061308

ISBN: 0199605157

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

"Re-evaluates the social history of the Second World War, looking at the diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain..." - from back cover. Pictorial cover. Illustrated with a few B&W photographs. 258 pp., including 52 pp. Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Category: World War II