POUR L'EUROPE: THE FRENCH VOLUNTEERS OF THE WAFFEN-SS by Robert Forbes - 2000-01-01

Paris: Musee de l'Ordre de la Liberation [2-9505191-0-5] 1990. (4to) 607pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ribbon marker, illustrations, photographs, maps, diagrams, bibliography. The corners are lightly bumped, the dust jacket has minor edgewear and tears including a narrow inch-long chip from the top edge of the front panel. Text in French Language. Locale: ; Musee de l'Ordre de la Liberation. (World War 2, Exhibition Catalog--France, Exhibition Catalog--Musee De l'Ordre de la Liberation, French Resistance, Resistance Movement--France, World War 2).

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.

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.

Interformat, Manila, Philippines, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Commemorative Edition. Includes a paste-in 3 page foldout on the front endpaper which says "Stingray Foundation Legacy - We the undersigned signatories are proud and honored to contribute to the legacy of this historical tome - and to authenticate by our participation with the Bolomen of Mayraira Point - in aiding them with recapture and restoration of ancestral lands to their peoples. Many names are listed from the USS Stingray SS 186. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 227 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Light creasing in the upper right corner of several pages. Ex-library with minimal markings. DJ is now protected in mylar cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: History; History::World War II; ISBN: 9719247010. ISBN/EAN: 9789719247012. Pictures of this item not already… Read More

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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London, The Bodley Head, 1968, hardcover, 204 pp, True First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Laid-in is a typed signed letter on the author's personal letterhead and dated 1986, referencing her 1985 collection of stories A Glimpse of Sion's Glory, and mentioning her current project that would become Deceits of Time (1988), the original Air Mail envelope is also included. To be clear, the book itself is not signed, the laid-in letter is. Straight, tight, and clean with no markings, slight corner and spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, rubs, short closed edge tears, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author's first book in the Orlando Trilogy followed by Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, and Agatha. A modern classic. ISBN 9780370006529

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.