Women in Battle Dress
New York: The Fine Editions Press, 1942. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22.5 cm, 198, illus., boards somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure and scuff mark on front endpaper. More
New York: The Fine Editions Press, 1942. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22.5 cm, 198, illus., boards somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure and scuff mark on front endpaper. More
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1961. First Printing. 400, illus., appendices, index, slight foxing to fore-edge, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. More
London: H. Hamilton, [1965]. 25 cm, 626, illus., rear board weak, DJ worn with small tears. More
Washington, DC [?]: Jacqueline Mendels Birn, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 213, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Selected Filmography. Inscribed by the author on the photograph page. Inscription reads February 2014 To Harry, With all my hopes for a better future for humanity. Jacqueline Birn. Jacqueline was born on April 23, 1935 in Paris, France. Jacqueline had a normal childhood before the outbreak of the war in 1939, but everything changed in May 1940 when Germany invaded France. In the early days of the invasion the bombardments often forced the family to don gas masks and seek shelter in the cellar of their apartment building. Shortly after the invasion they fled to Deux-Sèvres, but returned to Paris after the armistice was signed and Jacqueline and Manuela were able to attend the local public school that September. In July 1941, the Vichy government instituted a program of “Aryanization” and although her father was forced to sell his share of the business to his non-Jewish partner, he continued to work and would hide in a back room if someone came in. In June 1942 French Jews were ordered to wear the yellow Star of David and the following month 13,000 Jews were rounded up and sent to the Drancy transit camp where most were deported to Auschwitz. Most of the roundups took place in areas of Paris with a high concentration of foreign Jews, but the Mendels lived in a primarily Catholic, French neighborhood where they were one of only a few Jewish families and the authorities did not come for them. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1942. 53, wraps, illus., maps, bibliography, covers soiled & small tear at spine, pages have darkened. More
London, England: Amber Books Ltd., 2008. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. Some sticker residue on rear dust jacket. Includes chapters on The Panzerwaffe of the German Army; Polish Campaign: 1939; France and the Low Countries: 1940; The Balkans and Crete: 1941--45; Panzers in North Africa: 1941-43; The Eastern Front: 1941-45; Sicily and Italy: 1943-45; Normandy, France and the Low Countries: 1944; and Defense of the Reich: 1945. Illustrated endpapers. Also Includes Appendices and Index. Profusely illustrated in black and white; also includes many full-page color maps. Chris Bishop was a prolific military historian who wrote and contributed to numerous military publications during a career spanning over 25 years. His books include SS: Hitler's Foreign Divisions, Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions and Panzergrenadier Divisions. He died in 2008. More
South Brunswick, NJ: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 222, profusely illus. (many in color), appendix, index, bookplate inside front board, slight soiling to DJ. More
New York: Ballantine Books Inc., 1971. First Printing. 160, wraps, profusely illus., maps, bibliography, edges of covers & spine worn, covers scuffed and small stains. More
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1969. 162, illus., appendices, index, small stain inside rear board, DJ creased and worn along edges: several tears. More
[New York]: Ballantine Books, 1968. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., bookplate. Introduction by Barrie Pitt. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. Book Club Edition. 633, bibliography, index, DJ soiled and worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. First Printing. 690, bibliography, index, some wear and small chips to top & bottom DJ edges. More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Third Printing. 800, maps, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Soho Press, Inc., 2016. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [6], 328, [2] pages. Minor soiling to endpapers. DJ has some wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To Marilyn, Encore a Paris! Cora Black. This is an Aimée Leduc Investigation. Cara Black (born November 14, 1951) is a best-selling American mystery writer. She is best known for her Aimée Leduc mystery novels featuring a female Paris-based private investigator. Black is included in the Great Women Mystery Writers by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd edition. Her first novel Murder in the Marais was nominated for an Anthony Award for best first novel and the third novel in the series, Murder in the Sentier, was Anthony-nominated for Best Novel. Black earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in education from San Francisco State University. Cara has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the Paris City Medal, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to international culture—and invitations to be the Guest of Honor at conferences such as the Paris Polar Crime Festival and Left Coast Crime. The Aimée Leduc series has been translated into German, Norwegian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew. More
Philadelphia, PA: Am Academy of Pol & Soc Sci, 1943. Hardcover. 24 cm, 279 pages. Tables, diagrams, index, boards somewhat worn, faded, and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper, ink notation ins fr bd. More
New York: Quill, [1987], c1985. 1st Quill Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 588, wraps, illus., footnotes, bookplate residue on front endpaper, crease in rear cover Story of Matthew Ridgway, the development of airborne warfare, and his command of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in World War II. The emphasis is on the battlefield, including Salerno, Naples, Anzio, Normandy,Market-Garden, Ardennes, and the crossing of the Rhine. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition. 588, illus., maps, sources, appendix, notes, index, DJ worn and somewhat soiled: edge tears/chips, front DJ flap price clipped. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Book Club Edition. 1055 total, 2 vols., illus., maps, appendices, sources, index, bd corners worn, DJ spines spotted & discolored: sm tears, sm pcs missing. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First/Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. 1072, boxed book, illus., maps, appendices, sources, index, p. 1035 quite wrinkled, a few pages creased, box edges worn. Bookplate inside front board. Clay Blair Jr. (May 1, 1925 – December 16, 1998) was an American journalist and author, best known for his books on military history. He served on the fleet submarine Guardfish (SS-217) in World War II and later became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post. He assisted General Omar Bradley in the writing of his autobiography, A General's Life. Blair wrote two dozen history books and hundreds of magazine articles. His last book was Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942–1945, which followed Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939–1942. Blair's history of the Korean War The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953 is considered one of the definitive historical works on the war. Blair wrote Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, considered the definitive work on the Pacific submarine war. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 1072 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Sources. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Clay Blair Jr. (May 1, 1925 – December 16, 1998) was an American journalist and author, best known for his books on military history. He served on the fleet submarine Guardfish (SS-217) in World War II and later became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post. He assisted General Omar Bradley in the writing of his autobiography, A General's Life. Blair wrote two dozen history books and hundreds of magazine articles. His last book was Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942–1945, which followed Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939–1942. Blair's history of the Korean War The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953 is considered one of the definitive historical works on the war. Blair wrote Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, considered the definitive work on the Pacific submarine war. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. 338, illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, marker inside front flyleaf, weakness to front board repaired poorly with tape. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 338, illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat soiled: small edge chips/creases. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 318, [2] pages. Illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, DJ somewhat soiled and has tear. Return From the River Kwai tells the harrowing tale of about 2200 of those soldiers who were selected because they were healthier than the others to be sent to Japan for work in the factories there. While en route the ships they sailed on, the Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru, were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines who weren't aware that they carried human cargo. The men who survived spent as much as a week floating in the ocean before being rescued by those same submarines. This book tells the firsthand accounts of their experiences and the hardships they endured, from the terrible conditions in POW camps and the difficulties of staying afloat and sane in a vast ocean, to the joys of being rescued and returned to society. The Blairs have done a terrific job of putting together the individual accounts and historical documents that form one of the extraordinary stories of surviving the brutal conditions of war. Unpleasant details are not left out either, although they are told with a sense of dignity. Intertwined with the record of the survivors is the story told by the men on the submarines, who played such an important role in rescuing the stranded men. More
Champaign, IL: Garrard Pub. Company, [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 112, illus. (some color), color map, index, pencil marks & erasure residue inside front board, review slip pasted to front endpaper. More
New York: Random House, 1994. 50th Anniv. Edition. First Printing. 140, illus., endpaper maps, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled. More