Search Results: World War II from Charlie's Books

"40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWii's Bloodiest Battles"- a hardcover book by Joseph Tachovsky with Cynthia Kraack. Second printing 2020 by Regnery History of Washington, DC. 316 pages and pictures. Fine hardcover with Fine dust jacket.

Signed by the author on the title page of "72 Hours That Changed The World" by Ken Wiley. Published 2016 by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, Inc., College Station, Texas. Pictures. 250pp. Fine hardcover with Fine dust jacket. "Learn all about Japanese secret weapons and their 'Special Attack' program combined with known facts that help verify the importance of the timing of the atomic bomb."

"Abandon Ship! The Saga of the U.S.S. Indiamapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster" by Richard F. Newcomb with an Introduction and Afterword by Peter Maas. First Edition 2000 published by HarperCollinsPublisher. Glossary. Survivors. Index. 326pp. Very Good hardcover book with Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover book - this 1993 edition published by Pacifica Military History. Maps and dust jacket by Carol Moody. Cover painting by Jim Laurier. Blue boards with gilt letters on the spine. Near Fine hardcover with apparent initials on the front free end-paper with a Good+ dust jacket with crease to the front flap.

Soft-cover 1999 edition. Pictures. 197pp. Fine copy.

Soft-cover book published in 1995 by Anchor Books. Inscribed by the author, thus - "To ____, I'm so glad to share this difficult journey with you. Erna F. Rubinstein" (Signed). 186pp. Fine condition. "The war is over! You are free!" the GIs told us. Free? To do what?"

Airborne Museum Foundation, 1983 Softcover - 8 1/4" x 5 3/4". Pictures. 16pp. Near Fine..

An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton with Ken Girl in their soft-cover book "All the Gallant Men: The First Memoir by a USS Arizona Survivor." First Harperluxe Edition 2016. Very Good+ condition. "In this extraordinary, never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack - the first memoir ever published by a survivor of the USS Arizona - ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight."

Hardcover book 2017 edition published by Liveright Publishing Corporation. First edition. Illustrations. With Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Deckled fore-edge. Fine copy although most likely a Remainder with a small dark dot on the bottom-edge; Fine dust jacket. "Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War Two and the great events that led to Dunkirk."

Fine 2003 soft-cover book by Captain William W. Putney, D.V.M., U.S.M.C. (Ret.) and published as a first edition by Brassey's, Inc. Pictures. 224pp. Fine condition.

"Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945" by Max Hastings. First American Edition 2004 published by Alfred A. Knopf of New York. Includes bibliographical references and index. Photographs and Maps. 584pp. Very Good hardcover book with a Good dust jacket with short edge tears.

Penguin Books 1984 edition. Very Good+ large soft-cover with moderate tanned edges and pages, mostly margins. Tightly bound and unmarked.

First ECCO Edition 2005 of "Auschwitz: A History" by Sybille Steinbacher. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. Maps and Illustrations. Remainder copy with mark on the bottom-edge although a Fine hardcover book with a Very Good dust jacket with some light rubbing and short at the front bottom of the fore-edge. "For anyone wanting a brief and reliable explanation of how Auschwitz evolved into the epicenter of Nazi mass-killing, this superb, concise book is essential." --- Ian Kershaw.

"Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account" by Dr. Miklos Nyiszli. Translated by Tibere Kremer and Richard Seaver. Foreword by Bruno Bettelheim. NY: Arcade Publishing, 1993. Sixth Printing. Eplogue. 222pp. "This is the best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available." --- New York Review of Books. Soft-Cover book in Fine condition.

Soft-cover book edited by Ian L. Hawkins and published by Potomac Books, Inc. with the cooperation of the 95th Bomb Group (H) Association. First Memories of War Edition 2005. Pictures. Very Good condition - corner creases to two pages. "This is the true story of the European bomber war, as told by the combatants themselves - and by the sometimes bemused English villagers who came to love 'their Yanks,' B-27s Over Berlin focuses on the 95th Bomb Group (H), the first American unit to strike Berlin in a daylight raid and winner of three Presidential Distinguished Unit citations."

Mass Market Paperback 14th printing March 1981. Some rubbing at the cover extremities, tanned edges, and stamped bookstore and address on the first page, else, Good condition. 374pp. "Here in his own earthy prose is the astounding true story of America's wildest, most unconventional war hero, Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the boozing, brawling, Japanese-taunting, hell-for-leather Marine flying ace - who took a bunch of screwballs and molded them into the terror of the Pacific - the Black Sheep squadron of World War II."

First Edition, published June 20, 1941 by Alfred A. Knopf of New York. Top-Edge tinted red. Foxing/Tanning to the end-papers mostly at the hinge area and a bit of a wiggle at the front hinge - else, a clean and unbound hardcover book in Good+ condition with a Good- dust jacket with edge chips and tears. Nice copy.

First edition, 1945. Illustrations - Cartoons & Pictures. Upper part of red boards faded, hinges a bit wiggly, some rubbing at the extremities, and edges tanned - so, a Good used hardcover book.

"Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945" by Leo Marks. Second printing 1999 by The Free Press of New York. Illustrations. Epilogue, Appendix 1-2 and Index. 614pp. Remainder mark on the bottom edge, else, a Fine hardcover with a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of wrinkles on the top-edge.

Fourth Printing 1995 by Royal Fireworks Press, Unionville, New York, of "Beyond the Yellow Star To America" by Inge Auerbacher. "With photographs from the author's collection. 200pp. Near Fine paperback. "Not A.R." printed on the title page ot this Troll Special Edition.