Search Results: World War II from Granny Goose Books

London: Walker Books, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. There is a former owner's name on the front free end paper, and the paper has darkened, but these are the only flaws. The blue covers are fresh, with just a bit of wear visible at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is in excellent condition -- no rips, tears, or other damage. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "The year is 1941. ..Young Private Rick Weston has only been in the army a few months when he receives a summons to the War Office in London. There he learns of the top secret work of the SOE (Special Operations Executive) ... News has reached London of the existence of an anti-Fascist group in Sant'Arpino, central Italy, an area well known to Rick from the many pre-war holidays he spent there with his father. This knowledge, along with his fluent Italian, makes Rick the ideal man for SOE's Aripino Assignment.

1956. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is Chapter 4 (pages 71 to 140) of a larger work called "Tactics of the Soviet Army. It has a paper cover, is staple bound, and has three punched holes so that it can be inserted in a binder. It is in very good condition with slightly darkened paper and a little wear to the edges of the paper covers. It has a "Restricted" notice at the top of the cover page. Synopsis: "This chapter deals with the part played by Soviet rifle, mechanised and tank regiments and their supporting arms in the various stages of a divisional or larger scale deliberate attack. It is based on what is believed to have been current Soviet doctrine up to 1953. There have been changes since then, some of which are mentioned in the text. The chapter ends with a series of appendices on Soviet formations, combat order, anti-tank tactics, etc. An unusual Cold War document.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a former owner's name label on the front fixed end paper, but no other marks or wear. The bright blue covers are fresh, with just a bit of wear at tips and corners. The silver gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with light edgewear and a narrow tape reinforcement on the top and bottom edges. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover and looks very attractive.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1944. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 10 ¼ x 12. The interior of the book is clean and complete, showing a bit of light wear, but no marks or damage. The paper covering the front hinge has cracked, but the binding remains firm. The illustrated covers show handling and wear and rubs on all edges, but no marks or serious damage. The attached scan give an idea of condition. Sadly, there is no dust jacket. Synopsis: This is an oblong picture book (10 ¼ x 12 inches, 26 pages) showing full-colour portraits of famous US, British, Russian and German aircraft, with informative captions below. Pictures and text are by Harold H. Booth, identified on the cover as a Squadron Leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Contents: TBF-1 (Avenger), torpedo bomber; -- SBD (Dauntless), scout bomber; -- S6F1 (Hellcat), naval fighter; -- S)3C (Seagull) navy scout observation seaplane; -- P 47 (Thunderbolt), fighter; -- P-51 (Mustang), fighter; -- P-61 (Black… Read More

London: White Lion, 1962. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 x 5.25. First published ... under the pseudonym "Sea King" by John Long, 1962". The interior of the book are clean and crisp, with slightly tanned pages. The yellow cloth covers are clean and fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. There is a small green dot on the front edge of the text block, but no other marks. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition with edgewear at the top and bottom of the spine. Synopsis: "Rule One of criminology, gentlemen: there is no murder without motive." This was the dictum of Colonel Sibthorpe, Director of the Police College and a former Chief Constable, in his lecture to his students. To illustrate the point, he told them the story of Admiral Cory-Straker -- a distinguished naval officer who fought at Jutland -- after his wife had died so tragically in a rail accident. A wrong done many years before was the motive in an extraordinary… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. This is an ex-library copy, but clean and relatively unmarked. The interior is crisp. The front free end paper is missing, and there is a "withdrawn" stamp on the half title page and a small ownership stamp on the last page of text, but no other marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with light wear at tips and corners, but no marks or damage. The gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in very good condition, with no library attachments, little wear, and no damage. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: The story is set in the summer of 1940. The H.M.S. Painted Lady is the pride and joy of the Sea Cadets, a pre-1914 paddle steamer now moored in Darnley Mills. The story follows two friends, Andy Birch and his friend Archie. They are still Sea Cadets, but both are finishing school and will be called up very soon. Meanwhile, they spend a great… Read More

New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. Occasional words in the text have been blacked out, but since a number of ABE copies share the same flaw this was probably done by official censors, rather than by a previous owner. The illustrated covers and blue backstrip, which have been protected by the dust jacket, are in excellent conditon, with just a few signs of wear. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, with unfaded colour and light wear, but no chips or missing paper. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. A very nice copy. The attached scan of the jacket gives a better idea of condition. Contents: 1. Fighter history. -- 2. British fighters. -- 3. American fighter design. -- 4. Enemy planes. -- 5. Twin engine design. -- 6. America's best. Full-page colour illustrations: Spitfire, Hurricane, Warhawk, Vought-Sikorsky, Lockheed Lightning, Thunderbolt.

London: Constable, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The paper has darkened slightly, but this is the only flaw. The black covers are fresh, again with no wear. The silver gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and has next to no edgewear. However, the jacket has a 4 inch cut parallel to the front gutter. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "The Ritz Hotel in occupied Paris is rocked by an explosion on 17 January 1943. Millions of francs worth of diamonds destined for the Third Reich are missing. The international safe-cracker Gypsy has surfaced and is about to hold the city and its Occupier to ransom. The unlikely team of Jean-Lous St.-Cyr of the Surete and Hermann Kohler of the Gestapo are joined by Herr Max of the Internationalen Krminalpolizei in this, their ninth investigation. By why, really,… Read More

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, and the paper covers are bright and unworn, This is a collection of scholarly papers examining indients of insubordination and military mutiny in 20th century. Contents: -- 1. Good men pushed too far? the First Canadian Parachute Battalion hunger strike, 20-23 October 1944, by Bernd Horn. -- 2. The revolt of the Canadian generals, 1944: the case for the Prosecution, by Richard J. Walker. -- 3. Leadership and lack of moral fibre in Bomber Command, 1939-1945: lessons for today and tomorrow. by Allan English. -- 4. Errant aircrew: a case for "grey" insubordination in No. 6 Group (Royal Canadian Air Force), Bomber Command in 1943, by David Bercuson. -- 5. Murder by Spitfire? probing for mutiny and indiscipline in Canada's Second World War Air Force, by Dean C. Black. -- 6. After the emergency: demobilization strikes, political statements, and the moral economy in… Read More

Toronto & Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a gift inscription to a former owner on the half title page, but no other marks or signs of use. The green cloth covers are bright, with just a hint of wear at edges and corners. The silver gilt spine lettering is still shiny. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is in excellent condition, with minimal wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Contents: - 1. Early film propaganda: a Canadian flair and a British movement. -- 2. Political cockfights and the wartime National Film Board. -- 3. Image of wartime Canada: publicity, information or propaganda? -- 4. Grierson and Legg: an ideological approach to film propaganda and a carte blanche. -- 5. Non-theatrical film propaganda and rural circuits. -- 6. Focusing on world events and the destiny of nations: The World in Action. -- 7. Down the greased pole: practical politics… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Th dust jacket states that this novel received the publisher's Literary Award for 1951, so this is a later printing of the first edition. The interior of the book is clean and fresh, showing just a few signs of previous use. The yellow covers are clean, with light wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is in slighly better than Good condition, with moderate edgewear, handling, and darkening of the white portions of the paper. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: When Lieut. Taylor joins an Indian air Supply company operating a supply lift into besieged Imphal from a small town in Bengal, in 1944, he finds himself apppointed second-in-command of Trhee Section. Three Section belongs to Johnnie Brown, and the Major tells him, "You're lucky to be with Johnny." .. soon, in Taylor's eyes, Johnnie personifies the mood and atmosphere surrounding this group of men who work so hard,… Read More

Toronto: Viking, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a first printing of the first edition, with a complete number line. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, without even the name of a former owner. The blue covers are fresh, again with next to no wear. The dust jacket is not clipped, and shows only minor wear -- no rips or chips. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. A bright, new-looking book. Synopsis: For five years Gavin and his sister have lived in Canada as "war guests". But now, as 1945 approaches, the war is finally ending and Gavin and Norah will soon be going back to England. Norah, who's fifteen, is eager to see her family again, but ten-year old Gavin barely remembers them. He doesn't want to leave his Canadian family, his two best friends, and his dog. Then something happens that forces Gavin to make the most difficult decision of his life.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1942. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5 x 4.5. First Canadian edition" stated on the verso of the title page. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, without even the name of a former owner. The light blue covers are fresh, with light wear at edges and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped and is also in very good condition, with light edgewear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First published in 1941, this is the 1973 American reprint. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or previous use. The blue cloth covers are fresh, with a bit of light wear and rubbing to edges and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with light wear at the top and bottom of the spine. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. A very nice copy. Synopsis: Set in England in 1940. Stevenson continues the diary that Hester Christie is writing for her husband Tim who is fighting in the Low Countries during the months just before and after Dunkirk. On the surface this is an amusing record of a woman's round as housekeeper, mother, and hostess, but the simple life is complicated by the evidences of a country at war and there is the resolution to carry on sanely in an insane world

London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a first printing of the first edition, with the "First Published 1946" statement on the verso of the title page. The interior of the book is clean and complete. The paper has darkened slightly, and there is a neat gift inscription to a former owner on the front free end paper. The blue cloth covers are bright, with light wear and handling. The silver gilt spine lettering and cover illustration are still bright. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, with visible edge wear, including several chips and short tears. The attached scan should give a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: set just after the end of WW II. Jane, Andy and Colin Atherly arrived to the South of France to join their pony-mad cousins in a vacation house which had until recently been occupied by the Germans. They arrived in holiday mood fresh from war-time England. On arrival they… Read More

London: Collins, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 x 5.5. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with a gift inscription dated 1961 on the front free end paper. The page edges are dusted. he dark blue covers are also in very good condition with just minor wear at tips and corners. The gold spine lettering has dulled. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and has very light edgewear overall, with light soiling and one chip to the back panel. A nice copy of this novel set in New Guinea during W.W. II.

London: Michael Joseph, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with no marks and just a few signs of previous use. The paper is slightly tanned. The red cloth covers have light wear, and one patch of fading at the bottom of the spine, where the dust jacket is nicked. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, but is only in fair conditon, with paper missing from the top and bottom of the spine, and two more nicks on the back panel. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition, and additional scans are available on request. Synopsis: This is Allingham's account of the first part of World War II, as she and her neighbours experienced it in rural England.

London: Hutchinson, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The black covers are fresh, with light bumps to the top and bottom of the spine, but no other wear. The gilt lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition. It has been priced-clipped, and shows very light edgewear overall, with the worst fault being a small (under 1/8 ") chip from the bottom of the spine area. The attached scan should give a better idea of condition. The dust jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Set in occupied France in May of 1944, this is the story of an Allied agent who finds himself faced by the appalling consequences of his mission to secure the success of the D-Day landings. In war, individuals may be sacrificed for the common good, but what if the price of success had to be the lives of innocent children?

London and New York: Wingate, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interest in this book lies mainly in the handwritten gift inscription from Louis St. Laurent on the half title page: "For the edification of Jack Pickersgill, London, January 4th, 1951." It was a very personal gift from the St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, to Jack Pickersgill, one of his close associates who had a personal interest in German intelligence during WW II. Frank Pickersgill, his brother, had been parachuted into France by the SOE,where he was arrested by the Germans, interrogated, tortured, and finally executed at Buchenwald. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with slightly darkened pages, but no wear or damage. The orange cloth covers are fresh, with light edgewear. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, with light edgewear and a bit of chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a… Read More

Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This book looks new -- a clean, unmarked interior and paper covers showing no wear. A lovely copy. Contents: Part I. Race, Empire and war. -- 1. Prologue to war: migration, race, and empire. -- 2. China and the clash of empires. -- 3. December 1941 and world wa. -- 4. Hiroshima and war's end . -- 5. Shades of liberation. -- 6. Boundaries of race and democracy. -- 7. Elusive justice: Canada and the Tokyo Tribunal. Part II. Pax Americana: Race, Anti-Communism and Asia. -- 8. Mr. McKennan comes to Ottawa. -- 9. Canada, Asia and "Pax Americana". -- 10 America's prestige, Korea's war. -- 11. The San Francisco Peace Treaty and re-militarization of the transpacific. -- 12. Racism, war crimes, and the Korean War. -- 13. Vietnam: departures in Canadian foreign policy.