Don't Let Him Down!
by [WW2] BEALL, Lester
Washington DC: Division of Information / Office For Emergency Management, 1942. Lithographed poster in colors, 101cm x 76.5cm (ca 39-3/4" x 30"). A fine example, professionally mounted on archival canvas. One of the most striking homefront posters of the Second World War. Lester Beall (1903-1969) was a pioneer in the use of photomontage in American graphic design,... Read More
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Ginger Lacey; Fighter Pilot
by [WW2] BICKERS, Richard Townshend
London: Robert Hale, 1962. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's grey cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 189pp. Light wear to corners, a little bumping to the cloth at the spine ends, strong and solid; internally clean, bookplate to front pastedown, note on titlepage in orange ink records the date of Lacey's death, a little dusty to the... Read More
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...and WE talk about sacrifice - Buy War Bonds.
by [WW2] COUILLARD, R[oger] (artist)
[Washington DC]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Original illustrated poster, lithographed in colors and measuring 51.5cm x 71cm (20.25" x 28"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; some expert, pinpoint retouching to a few spots along lower edge, else Fine. Treasury Department-issued War Bonds poster, featuring an illustration of a Russian peasant woman weeping in... Read More
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The Mariner Hath His Will
by [WW2] DIX, James
N.p., n.d. [Buda, IL: Privately Printed, 1946]. Octavo. Original leeather-grained cloth, titled in gilt on cover; 101pp; 6 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Amateur binding has cracked at front joint; moderate wear and soil; complete and Good. Ex-libris Angus MacLean Thuerner, the noted CIA official and long-time resident of Middleburg, Virginia, with his inscription inside front cover: "Presented... Read More
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The Holocaust Chronicle; A History in Words and Pictures
by [WW2] [ED: ARETHA, David] KUNTZ, Dieter; MICHAEL, Robert Ashley et al.
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 2003. First American Edition. Quarto. 28cm. Publisher's glossy paper covered boards. Dustjacket. 768pp. Very light wear and bumping to extremities, clean and tight; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout, bookplate to front pastedown; in a clean, strong and sharp dustjacket. A near fine copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and... Read More
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![Bataille Secrète en France. 167 dessins de l'auteur [TOGETHER WITH] Original pencil and ink cover maquette and one additional pencil and ink illustration, the latter signed](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/279/151/853151279.0.m.jpg)
Bataille Secrète en France. 167 dessins de l'auteur [TOGETHER WITH] Original pencil and ink cover maquette and one additional pencil and ink illustration, the latter signed
by [WW2 - FRENCH RESISTANCE] GIRARD, André
New York: Brentano's, [1944]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cream pictorial wrappers printed in red and black depicting a signed illustration by Girard of a fallen soldier; 292pp.; illus. by the author throughout, including many full-paged. Spine a bit darkened, top textblock edge stained with very shallow bleeding onto leaves. A Very Good and tight copy. Text entirely in... Read More
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Squadron 303; The Polish Fighter Squadron with the R.A.F.
by [WW2] FIEDLER, Arkady
London: Peter Davies, 1942. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's royal blue cloth titled in white to spine. Dustjacket. 116pp.; 2pp. ads to rear. Very light bumping and discoloration to spine ends, bright and strong; internally clean, bookplate to front pastedown, lightly toned paper mainly due to wartime economy standard stock; in a clean photographic dustjacket with shallow chipping... Read More
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![War Pictures by British Artists. First and Second Series [Complete in Eight Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/657/154/1694154657.0.m.jpg)
War Pictures by British Artists. First and Second Series [Complete in Eight Volumes]
by [WW2 - GREAT BRITAIN] SPENDER, Stephen; H.E. Bates, Cecil Beaton, Laura Knight (et al, text); Various Artists
London: Oxford University Press, 1942-43. First Edition. First printing. Eight uniform 12mo volumes; First Series in plain, heavy card wrappers with affixed printed jackets; Second Series in printed card wrappers as issued; each volume 64pp; chiefly illus. A few stray swirls of binder's glue to endpapers, as is common to these pamphlets, else a uniformly Near Fine set, with... Read More
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The Unseen and Silent; Adventures from the Underground Movement Narrated by Paratroops of The Polish Home Army
by [WW2] IRANEK-OSMECKI, George
London and New York: Sheed and Ward, 1954. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's original deep maroon cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. [xv]; 350pp. Light bumping to spine ends and a little incidental wear to the corners, bright and strong; internally clean; in a strong, handsome dustjacket with some toning and shallow chipping to the spine panel,... Read More
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The Flying Camels; The History of No. 45 Sqn, R.A.F.
by [WW2] JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G.
High Wycombe, UK: For the Author, 1995. First U.K. Edition. Folio. 30cm. Publisher's blue cloth decorated in gilt to front board. Dustjacket. [5]; 536pp. Light cosmetic wear to corners and spine ends, handsome and strong; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, inscribed by author to front flyleaf, printed errata pages laid in at the front; in a... Read More
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Full Circle; The Story of Air Fighting
by [WW2] JOHNSON, Air Vice Marshall J.E. "Johnnie
London: Chatto and Windus, 1964. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xi]; 290pp. Light wear to extremtiies and spine ends, tight and strong; internally clean, blue topstain, inscribed by the author to the title page, illustrated throughout; in a clean, bright example of the dustjacket with two closed tears at the... Read More
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Home Run"; The newspaper of the USS Lejeune. Three issues; November 7th, November 8th, and November 11th 1945
by [WW2][JOURNALISM]
On Board USS Lejeune, 1945. 27cm. Typewritten and mimeo'd on beige newsprint, with a hand-drawn banner for each issue. Staple bound to upper left corner. 4pp. per issue, with the 11th Nov. "Souvenir Edition" running to 6pp. Very light edgewear and a little soiling, all issues very good. Apparently produced on board ship for the journey home... Read More
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Skyscrapers" The Newsletter of US Naval Air Station, Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY; Three Issues: June 1 1945; August 9 1945; August 16 1945
by [WW2][JOURNALISM]
New York: By and For The Personnel. Three issues, newsletter format on glossy paper. 30cm. 6pp per issue, with the central leaf laid in rather than stapled or bound. Some light toning or soiling to margins, otherwise all issues very good. Produced in house at Bennett Field, but also publishing syndicated Camp Newspaper Service material circulated by the... Read More
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Daily War News; Orientation Center, Fort Sheridan Illinois
by [WW2][JOURNALISM]
Illinois: On Base via United Press, 22nd February 1944. 33cm. Single typewritten mimeo'd sheet of newsprint, printed in red and black. 2pp. Light soiling to front page, otherwise a very good example of an extremely ephemeral object. The stenciled headline reads "9 Jap Ships Sunk, Eniwetok Isle Captured, Bomb Paramushiro" and makes note of Admiral Nimitz's heightened... Read More
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One of The Few
by [WW2] KENT, Group Captain J.A.
London: William Kimber, 1971. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 255pp. Strong and tight, very light wear t edges and extremities; internally clean, bookplate to front pastedown; in a bright clean dustjacket with some very light marginal wear and light sunning to the spine panel. A very good copy. ... Read More
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Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter; The Past Within Me
by [WW2] "KAZIK" [Pseud: ROTEM, Simha]
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 180pp. Very slight wear to spine ends; internally clean, from the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator and literary figure, with his bookplate; in a clean bright dustjacket. A near fine copy. An eyewitness account... Read More
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The Dragon's Wings; The China National Aviation Corporation and the Development of Commercial Aviation in China
by [WW2] LEARY, William M.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1976. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 279pp. Light bumping to head of spine, a little very light wear to corners, tight and strong; internally clean, from the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and bibliophile, with his bookplate... Read More
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Squadrons Up! Being an Account of the Exploits in France of the R.A.F.
by [WW2] MONKS, Noel
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1940. Third Impression. Ocatvo. 22cm. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 253pp. Bumped to spine ends, scuffing and wear to extremities, slight dulling of the cheap gilt, strong and solid; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout, light spotting to page edges; in a clean, bright dustjacket with shallow loss and chipping... Read More
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Squadrons Up! A Firsthand Story of the R.A.F.
by [WW2] MONKS, Noel
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dark red topstain; dustjacket; x,[2],3-260,[2]pp, with portrait frontispiece of the author. Pictorial bookplate of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted on front pastedown. Spine ends very gently nudged, else a clean, Near Fine. In the... Read More
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Glasgow's Fighter Squadron
by [WW2] NANCARROW, F.G.
London: Collins, 1942. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's green cloth titled an decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Lacking dustjacket. 96pp. A little bumping to the corners and spine ends, tight and strong, gilt bright, some thumbing and discoloration of the cloth in places; internally clean, bookplate to front flyleaf. A very good copy, produced to... Read More
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Barrancas Breeze. Volume 2, no. 44 (April 23, 1943)
by [WW2] [POST NEWSPAPERS] KEYS, Jay (ed)
Fort Barrancas, FL, 1943. Quarto (28cm). Side-stapled, illustrated paper wraps; 10pp. Printed by mimeograph. Clean, complete, and sound - a Very Good or better copy. Single issue of this uncommon post newspaper, published by and for enlisted men at Fort Barrancas, Florida during the Second World War. Features a terrific cover illustration by Cpl. Frank Carrano, of... Read More
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The Jungleers: a History of the 41st Infantry Division
by [WW2 - REGIMENTAL HISTORIES] McCARTNEY, William F.
Washington DC: Infantry Journal Press, (1948). First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Blue cloth hardcover, xii,208pp; illus. A straight, clean copy, Near Fine, lacking the presumed dustwrapper. A well-illustrated history of the 41st Infantry, with detailed accounts of actions in the South Pacific theatre including in New Guinea, the Southern Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago, etc. A particularly fresh copy. ... Read More
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I'll carry mine too! Trucks and Tires Must Last Till Victory
by [WW2] SARRA, [Valentino] (artist)
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Original photo-illustrated poster, lithographed in colors and measuring 56.5cm x 71cm (22 1/8" x 28"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; some expert, pinpoint retouching to a few small spots at lower fold (center), and at the intersection of several points along center fold; Near Fine. A-. OWI Poster No.28... Read More
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AMERICA is the loser, too - when avoidable accidents stop production / The U.S. Army says - "Make Haste Safely.
by [WW2] SCHLAIKJER, [Jes Wilhelm] (artist)
[Washington DC]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Original illustrated poster, lithographed in colors and measuring 72.25cm x 102.5cm (28 3/8" x 40.25"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; expert infilling and retouching to a few pinpoint areas at the intersection of upper-center folds; very Near Fine. A-. Superb example of this War Department poster created by J.W.... Read More
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Marshal of the Soviet Union: Reminiscences and Reflections (2 vols)
by [WW2 - SOVIET UNION] ZHUKOV, G. [Gyorgy]; Vic Schneierson, transl
Moscow: Progress Publishers, (1985). First English Language Edition. First printing in English. Two octavo volumes (20cm). Green cloth hardcovers; dustjackets; 454+486pp; illus. Fine, apparently unread set in crisp, unworn dustwrappers – near to new. Private memoirs of Gyorgy Zhukov, the Soviet Union's top general in WW2 and later Minister of Defense under Krushchev.
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