Unexplained Mysteries of World War II
New York: J. Wiley, c1997. First Printing. 24 cm, 238, illus., maps. More
New York: J. Wiley, c1997. First Printing. 24 cm, 238, illus., maps. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, [1951]. Fourth Printing. 22 cm, 269, illus., index, two ink notations on front flyleaf, DJ worn and soiled: tears, pieces missing. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1953. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm. 269, [3] pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight darkening and foxing to text, some wear to boards, spine discolored, some wear to board corners. Small edge tear to front flyleaf Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder, G.C.B. Early in 1943, 617 Squadron was formed for just one special job, to smash the Moehne and Eder Dams. After the end of World War II, the head of the Air Historical Branch of the British Air Ministry identified the need for a history of 617 Squadron. John Pudney, an editor at News Review suggested that Brickhill be considered. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters. Following the success of The Dam Busters, Robert Clark the head of production at Associated British Picture Corporation approached Brickhill about acquiring the screen rights to the book. He requested that Brickhill provide a condensed film treatment. Brickhill decided to concentrate the film treatment on Operation Chastise, and ignore the later raids. The subsequent film was released in 1954 as The Dam Busters. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. Fourth Printing. 223, illus., stains on fore-edge, some foxing inside boards, some wear to edges of boards and spine. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. First Printing. 223, illus., some foxing inside boards & to edges, some wear to board/spine edges, boards scuffed. More
London: Collins, 1955. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 384, illus., small stains inside rear hinge, foxing to fore-edge, board corners somewhat bent, spine lettering faded. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1978. First Paperbk Edition. Mass market paperback. pocket paperbk, 338, wraps, illus., fold-out color frontis illus., text somewhat darkened, covers somewhat soiled and edges worn. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1967. 1st Ballantine Printing. Mass market paperback. Pocket paperbk, 336, wraps, illus., text slightly darkened, covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
New York: McKay, 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 306, damp stains on DJ, erasure residue on front endpaper. Foreword by Christian Herter. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1944. First Edition. 340, index, stamp inside front board and on front DJ, DJ worn and small tears. More
New York: A. A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. 25 cm, 273, illus. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: A. A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. 25 cm, 273, illus., address sticker inside front board, ink notation inside front flyleaf. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. 286, illus., note on sources, slight wear to top and bottom edges of DJ spine. More
New York: A.A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 286, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, gift inscription (not from author) on flyleaf. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 286, illus., note on sources, some soiling to DJ, some creasing to top DJ edge. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Second Pre-Pub Printing. 286, illus., note on sources, slight wear to top and bottom edges of DJ spine. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 286, illus., note on sources, some soiling to DJ. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 286, illus., note on sources, usual library markings, ink name inside front board, DJ somewhat worn and wrinkled. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. 1st Ballantine Edition. pocket paperbk, 287, wraps, illus., note on sources, text has darkened. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Second Printing before Publication [stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 286, [2] pages. Illustrations. Note on sources, DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the Sunday This Week program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News. Over his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He wrote three books, including the 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital. This social history was largely based on his own observations as a young reporter in the city. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 286, [2] pages. Illustrations. Note on sources, DJ has some wear and soiling. Some cover wear noted. David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the Sunday This Week program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News. Over his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He wrote three books, including the 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital. This social history was largely based on his own observations as a young reporter in the city. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. First Ballantine Books Edition, Presumed First Printing. Mass market paperback. xiv, 287, [3] pages. Illustrations. Some cover wear and some page discoloration. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, Prologue, and a Note on Sources. Chapters include Waiting; The Battle for Washington; Bureaucracies a War; "Locked in Deadly Struggle..."; Boom Town; "Parties for a Purpose": Press Lords and Reporters; Congressional Blues; The Strains of the New; and Endings and Beginnings. Also includes A Note on Sources. The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation. David Brinkley has written an impressionist history, comparable to a pointillist painting composed of small points of color that, seen whole, comprise a remarkably truthful record of reality. Though it is today the hub of international affairs and government, Washington, D.C. was once little more than a small Southern town that happened to host our nationally elected officials. Award-winning journalist David Brinkley remembers what it was like--how Washington awoke from its slumber and found itself with a war on its hands. Washington had to print the paper, alphabetize the bureaucracies, host the parties, pitch the propaganda, write the laws, launch the drives, draft the boys, hire the "government girls," and engage in an often hilarious administrative war of words, wit, and even wisdom. David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. More
Notre Dame, IN: Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1966. 446, notes, bibliography, DJ scuffed and soiled: small tears along top and bottom edges. More
New York, N.Y. British Information Services, 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 20 pages, including covers. Front edge curved a bit. Cover and pages show some wear and soiling. Illustrations. Includes articles on R.A.F. bombs dropped on Germany and Occupied Territory; The scale of Britain's striking power; Germany's striking bases against Russia bombed and blasted into impotence; 1130 British Bombers in a single night over Cologne. There can be but one end...the complete disruption of the German war machine. It may well become increasingly difficult for the Nazis to replace the finished products or the factories "rubbed out" by the growing British bombing offensive. Utterly weary, the German people may well slow down their efforts. Surely the Germans must begin to ponder the wisdom of their leaders who taught them to gloat over the bombing of their fellow men in other lands. Combined with offensive action of every kind, the bombing of Germany will have done its work. Original illustrated wraps with black lettering on covers. Content printed on inside covers. Covers with striking artwork of the bombing of London during The Blitz. An impressive collection of b/w photographs, photomontages and drawings depicting the German air strikes on London, Rotterdam and Warsaw as well as British air strikes on Germany from July 1940 through June 1942. Pamphlet with graphic depiction of raids with detailed information on volume of bombs dropped by each side. The last chapter's headline: There can be but one end... ...the complete disruption of the German war machine." Some light wear and creasing of wraps. More
London,; New York: J. Lane Company, 1917. 20 cm, 142, illus., tear at top of spine, boards soiled, bookplate, front board weak. More