Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Vol. 3. Albania, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary & Yugoslavia. by Littlejohn, David M.A., A.L.A - 1985

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.

R. James Bender Publishing, Mountain View, Calif. @ 1971 stated First edition. This is a collector's volume #323 of the first 500 and signed by author, see picture. Hard cover with tight binding and pages. Some rubbing on the front and back cover and slight bumping at corners. Top edge of pages are slightly curling and stained up to about page 26, see pictures. Some browning on the edges and soiling to boards, spine and first free page, see pictures.Many black & white photos, some color photos and drawing.
No writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT a library copy. I have gone through this book and it is a good reading copy. Page 265/266 has a corner fold, pic #6.
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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

Osnabrueck; (1981): Munin-Verlag. First Edition. Octavo. 368p. 28 plates; maps on lining papers. Bibliographic references, appendices; and many detailed maps. German text. A very important study of the 6th SS Army Corps.Bound in green cloth lettered in silver, endpapers are maps. A fine copy in very good dust jacekt with a few tiny edge tears along upper edge of rear panel.

Genève: Éditions Du Crémille, 1971. Complete 4 volume set. First editions. Hard covers. Published Genève: Éditions Du Crémille., 1971, first printing. 12mo., 255; 255; 253; 253pp. Text in French. Illustrated with plates, pictorial endpapers, red ribbon markers. Black leatherette with red and silver design, silver titles. a near fine set.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo.

R. James Bender Publishing, Mountain View, Calif. @ 1971 stated First edition. This is a collector's volume #323 of the first 500 and signed by author, see picture. Hard cover with tight binding and pages. Some rubbing on the front and back cover and slight bumping at corners. Top edge of pages are slightly curling and stained up to about page 26, see pictures. Some browning on the edges and soiling to boards, spine and first free page, see pictures.Many black & white photos, some color photos and drawing.
No writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT a library copy. I have gone through this book and it is a good reading copy. Page 265/266 has a corner fold, pic #6.
I ship all books securely packaged in boxes for safe delivery.

Canada: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Copyright 2005 & no further date. Firmly bound and seems unread. The book is in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated with photos in b/w plus a little colour artwork. Large & heavy book with pictorial glazed hardcover without a jacket.

Very little has been said about "The Volunteers", a band of british people from every walk of life who volunteered to fight the Russians following their invasion of Finland. This book is a captivating read that goes into detail with soldiers, airmen, ambulance personnel and firemen, and with the tragi-comi incidents which followed their demobilization after the end of the Winter War in March 1940 and which only ended when the last one was repatriated late in 1942. Much of the information given has been obtained by special permission from official Finnish and Swedish archives and is now in print for the first time. Book includes copies of photographs taken during this time (1939 - 1941). Condition: This book has never been read and stored for many years. The book has a small area front bottom right corner that is dented and the dust cover at that area has a very small tear. Please see photos.