Search Results: Fiction, War from Bytown Bookery

Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385512775 . Tan / black hard covers with gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is unlcipped, in Fine condition. Stated First Edition, First Printing, number line. "George Tilson is an eighteen-year-old Iowan farm boy who enlists in the army during World War II and is sent to Normandy shortly after D-Day. Nicknamed “Heck” because of his reluctance to curse, he is a typical soldier, willing to do his duty without fuss or much musing about grand goals. The night before he is trucked into the combat zone, Heck meets a young French refugee and her family, an encounter that unsettles him greatly." ; 7.70 X 5.20 X 0.70 inches; 178 pages .

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Paperback. 1557507597 . Trade Paperback. A very good++ copy with light scuffing and edgewear. A crease on the spine end, spine hinge. Clean & bright interior with a solid binding. " A gripping adventure story of a maverick naval captain who rescues a hijacked Russian cruise ship from Malayan terrorists." ; Bluejacket Books; 1.18 x 8.91 x 6.05 Inches .

Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297840525 . A very nice ex-library book, blue hard boards with silver lettering on the spine. Pocket at the back of the book and one library stamp. The interior is clean & bright with a solid binding. The DJ is unclipped and in fine condition, protected by a clear plastic covering. "McCutchan uses the Battle of the Atlantic (1940-44) as the setting for his latest Donald Cameron adventure. Along with a small crew of enlisted men, Commander Cameron takes passage on the escort carrier HMS Charger , which is sailing from Belfast to Norfolk, Virginia, for an overhaul. "; Donald Cameron; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages .

London, England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297840517 . This is a nice ex-library book with blue hard boards / white lettering on spine. A First Edition. Includes the pocket and two library stamps, interior is clean & bright with a solid binding. The DJ is unclipped and protected with a clear plastic covering. " McCutchan continues his WW II convoy saga with a sixth adventure for Commodore Kemp (Convoy of Fear, etc. ). John Mason Kemp is the senior captain of a steamship line who, in peacetime, commanded UK-to-Australia cruises; but now he's been made a convoy commodore, the officer in charge of non-naval ships bringing troops and supplies to a besieged Great Britain. ; Commodore John Mason; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages .

St Martins Pr. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1996. Trade paperback. 0312142994 . A very nice Trade Paperback with light scuffing and clean & bright. "The latest volume in the popular high-seas adventure series set during World War II, by the author of The Second Mate. Kemp faces danger at sea and in the murky waters of international politics, as he leads a group of ships from Australia to the U. S. "; Convoy Series; 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 Inches; 187 pages .

Crest D622. Very Good. 1963. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Very good+ condition. Pages are tight and unmarked with tanning. "An unmistakable classic of World War II has caputured the complete essence of war with a vividnes and impact that almost defies duplication, the reader is stuck time and again by the poetry of his images. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 288 pages .

London, England: Star Books. Very Good. 1960. Mass Market. 0352398892 . Mass Market paperback in Very Good condition. Squared, tightly bound, unmarked with light tanning to the interior page edges. Light edgewear and scuffing. From the cover: Intricate exploration of a state of mind, written with immense skill. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 157 pages .

Markham, Ontario: Paperjacks. Good+. 1980. Mass Market. 0770101461 . Mass Market Paperback, Good+, tightly bound with an unmarked text. Spine creasing with cover scuffing and edgewear. ; 0.7 x 6.9 x 4.2 Inches; 256 pages .

Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Balck hardcovers with green spine and gilt titles to the spine. A Very Good++ book with a solid binding and a clean, unmarked interior. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped, in Very Good condition, spine browning with a small piece missing of off the top of the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 499 pages .

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0747500622 . Blue hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine and gilt stars to the front cover. First Edition. Tightly bound with a bright, unmarked text, blue ribbon marker and light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped with oversive flaps, light cover scuffing and edgwear. "A Colt revolver and a faded manuscript left by General Garrard to his grandson revealing the most closely guarded secrets of the First World War act as the starting point of this novel. The manuscript tells of a particular madness bred from a greater insanity; of how soldiers of opposing races and creeds chose to exist like groups of half-crazed animals in caverns far beneath the scarred earth rather than continue to slaughter one another on the battlefields above. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 173 pages .

Plume. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2004. Paperback. 0452285143 . Trade Paperback in very good++ condition. Tightly bound, unmarked with a small sticker scar to the end of the bottom spine end. "When the surviving members of the 133rd Infantry Battalion come together for a reunion in the village of Saint-Vith, Belgium, their commemoration of the anniversary of the 1944 Battle of the Bulge finds the effects of war still linger. When the surviving members of the 133rd Infantry Battalion come together for a reunion in the village of Saint-Vith, Belgium, their commemoration of the anniversary of the 1944 Battle of the Bulge finds the effects of war still linger. "; 0.78 x 8.08 x 5.36 Inches; 353 pages .

Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1982. Mass Market Paperback. 0345291980 . Mass Markt Paperback in Very Good condition, squared, tightly bound with an unmarked text. Cover edgewear and spine creasing. " In 1939, in a changing sea surrounded by dictatorships, Gibraltar was home base for the Royal Navy and a safe and guarded outpost of the British empire." ; Ballantine War Fiction; 6.80 X 4.10 X 0.90 inches; 412 pages .

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0671683039 . Black hard boards / red cloth spine covering / gilt lettering on spine. Some bumping to the spine with a black remainder mark to the bottom text block. This book is nice and clean with a solid binding. The DJ is unclipped with some edgewear and rubbing on covers. " Drawing on his own experiences as a marine lieutenant in Vietnam, Peterson creates an emotionally involving, riveting novel of love, hope, dreams, and fears in an exotic, mysterious and dangerous country. From deadly combat in the steamy jungles to political intrigue in Saigon, A Time of War re-creates an era in our recent past that few will forget. " ; Remainder; 1.8 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 580 pages; .