Army and Navy Journal; United States at War, December 7, 1943 - December 7, 1944 by Leroy Whitman, Editor - 1944

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995, hardcover, x-260 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light scratches, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning author of Freedom's Children helps recount the stories of a number of young Japanese Americans whose lives and families were changed forever when the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted FDR to sign an executive order forcing their evacuation and imprisonment. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Appended: Glossary, Chronology, Acronyms, Camp Sites, Who's Who, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780399226380

London, MacMillan, 2013, hardcover, xiv-304 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket Signed by the Author on the title page with the brief inscription "To Van Best Wishes". Clean and firmly bound, slight lean to spine, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light corner nicks, stubborn sticker remnant to bottom of rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The wartime memoirs of a member of the British Secret Operations Executive F Section who spent 1943 till the end of the war aiding the French Resistance by meeting with agents returning from behind enemy lines, acting as a decoy, passing messages in tea rooms, and picking up codes in crossword puzzles, as part of Churchill's 'secret army'. Appended: SOE Organization, Roll of Honour, SOE F Section circuits in France. Foreword by Paddy Ashdown.

1945. Privately Published. Oblong 8vo. Softcover. Unpaginated. Near Fine condition. The book is intact and tight .Ernest Craige, MD, 89, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died on 24 January 2008 at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Dr. Craige served as Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the UNC School of Medicine for 26 years and was an internationally renowned expert in echocardiography. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1939 but did not take up residence in England because of the outbreak of World War II. Instead, he attended Harvard Medical School and graduated with an MD degree in the spring of 1943. After an internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Army training at Camp Barkley in Texas, Dr. Craige participated in the northern European campaign with the Fifth Auxiliary Surgery Group in 1944 and 1945. He published a cartoon history of his wartime experiences, When Our Hearts Were Young with Gay.

1970 McGraw Hill first edition. Uncommon as a true first.The author was born in 1930, and tells the story of Japan in World War Two from a child's perspective. The book includes an account of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, which injured the author, and killed her mother.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The top edge of the text block shows some light soil.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

These two books are from Elgin, IL where William Stafford completed his camp experience for being a conscientious objector during World War II. The Oregon Encyclopedia states that the author worked as a secretary for the Church of the Brethren in Elgin, IL which ended in 1946. The previous owner's name is written on both FFEP. He served in the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin as the literary editor and book editor 1939 - 1959 per the Brethren Historical Libraries & Archives. There is a note that was paper clipped inside The Rescued Year which talks about how he knew Bill and what "Grandpa", the previous owner, thought of these two "lightweight books". The paperclip left two marks on the FFEP next to Ora's name. There were also several newspaper articles laid in which discolored the first four pages. The dust jacket on is worn at the top and bottom edges along with the corners. There are some small pieces missing and a piece of tape inside. See photos. This book states First Edition.… Read More

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995, hardcover, x-260 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light scratches, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning author of Freedom's Children helps recount the stories of a number of young Japanese Americans whose lives and families were changed forever when the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted FDR to sign an executive order forcing their evacuation and imprisonment. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Appended: Glossary, Chronology, Acronyms, Camp Sites, Who's Who, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780399226380

London, MacMillan, 2013, hardcover, xiv-304 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket Signed by the Author on the title page with the brief inscription "To Van Best Wishes". Clean and firmly bound, slight lean to spine, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light corner nicks, stubborn sticker remnant to bottom of rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The wartime memoirs of a member of the British Secret Operations Executive F Section who spent 1943 till the end of the war aiding the French Resistance by meeting with agents returning from behind enemy lines, acting as a decoy, passing messages in tea rooms, and picking up codes in crossword puzzles, as part of Churchill's 'secret army'. Appended: SOE Organization, Roll of Honour, SOE F Section circuits in France. Foreword by Paddy Ashdown.

1945. Privately Published. Oblong 8vo. Softcover. Unpaginated. Near Fine condition. The book is intact and tight .Ernest Craige, MD, 89, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died on 24 January 2008 at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Dr. Craige served as Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the UNC School of Medicine for 26 years and was an internationally renowned expert in echocardiography. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1939 but did not take up residence in England because of the outbreak of World War II. Instead, he attended Harvard Medical School and graduated with an MD degree in the spring of 1943. After an internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Army training at Camp Barkley in Texas, Dr. Craige participated in the northern European campaign with the Fifth Auxiliary Surgery Group in 1944 and 1945. He published a cartoon history of his wartime experiences, When Our Hearts Were Young with Gay.

1970 McGraw Hill first edition. Uncommon as a true first.The author was born in 1930, and tells the story of Japan in World War Two from a child's perspective. The book includes an account of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, which injured the author, and killed her mother.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The top edge of the text block shows some light soil.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

These two books are from Elgin, IL where William Stafford completed his camp experience for being a conscientious objector during World War II. The Oregon Encyclopedia states that the author worked as a secretary for the Church of the Brethren in Elgin, IL which ended in 1946. The previous owner's name is written on both FFEP. He served in the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin as the literary editor and book editor 1939 - 1959 per the Brethren Historical Libraries & Archives. There is a note that was paper clipped inside The Rescued Year which talks about how he knew Bill and what "Grandpa", the previous owner, thought of these two "lightweight books". The paperclip left two marks on the FFEP next to Ora's name. There were also several newspaper articles laid in which discolored the first four pages. The dust jacket on is worn at the top and bottom edges along with the corners. There are some small pieces missing and a piece of tape inside. See photos. This book states First Edition.… Read More