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Zustand: As New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. Roedel, Heidi (illustrator). In.

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJohn Capone s book Forgotten Peacekeepers was inspired by his experience as a member of the teaching staff at the U. S. Constabulary School in Sonthofen, Germany from March, 1946 to October, 1947. A member of Special.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The United States Constabulary was created specifically to assist the American military government to restore law and order to a war torn country and provide for the security of the German population. In the words of then Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, 'It is the view of the American government that the German peope.be given the primary responsibility.to manage their own internal affairs in a democratic way, with genuine respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and win their way back to an honorable place among the free and peace loving nations of the world.' In its newfound role as an occupying force, the United States Constabulary brought stability and security to the American Zone of Occupation and enabled Germany to emerge as a democracy. They helped to win the peace. They were the Forgotten Peacekeepers. 'Forgotten Peacekeepers' contains numerous first-hand accounts and photographs of the constabulary's post-war activities.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThe United States Constabulary was created specifically to assist the American military government to restore law and order to a war torn country and provide for the security of the German population. In the words of then Secretar.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The United States Constabulary was created specifically to assist the American military government to restore law and order to a war torn country and provide for the security of the German population. In the words of then Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, 'It is the view of the American government that the German people . be given the primary responsibility . to manage their own internal affairs in a democratic way, with genuine respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and win their way back to an honorable place among the free and peace loving nations of the world'. In its newfound role as an occupying force, the United States Constabulary brought stability and security to the American Zone of Occupation and enabled Germany to emerge as a democracy. They helped to win the peace. They were the Forgotten Peacekeepers.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Very good. Circa [1945]., [1945]. Very good. - sc 12mo [4-3/4 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide], bookplate. A dramatic black-and-white engraving, within a 1-inch margin, of a man hanging on a gibbet with a towering cloud over sharply peaked roofs in the background & an upturned face in the foreground. The image is headed "Borrower Beware" with "From the Crime Library of John Kobler" printed below. The signature "CS" appears in the plate. The margins of the bookplate are somewhat soiled, else very good. John Kobler worked for various news organizations as a reporter before editing the crime reportage of PM, a 1940s New York tabloid. In World War II he was a civilian intelligence officer posted to North Africa, Italy and France. He returned to freelance for The New Yorker, Colliers, Vanity Fair and The Saturday Evening Post. His first book, published in 1938, was "The Trial of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray" about a notorious 1927 murder case. "Some Like It Gory" [1940] and "Afternoon in the Attic" [1950] were collections of essays about bizarre crimes and creepy characters. His best-known book was "Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone", a biography published in 1971 and reissued in 1992.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Zustand: Excelente. Edición Especial. SAINT JOHN PERSE-ELOGIO - PARA CELEBRAR UNA INFANCIA ( manuscrito)Contiene siete (7) grabados originales de J. B. Allen,E. Roberts ; W.H Capone, J. Templeton, J Cousen. Fisher Son y Co.Publisher. Edicion manuscrita CON GRABADOS ORIGINALES DEL S.XIX. HECHAS a mano, cosidas con tècnica japonesa es ûnico ejemplar, no se ha impreso. Originales,Escritos sobre papel de calco en tinta china negra. Impolutos ilustrado en las cubiertas por Ana van Raap quien ha realizado la transcripcion manuscrita del texto y las ilustraciones, como la costura japonesa. Es una joya, ùnico e irrepetible como toda obra de arte.Con el plus de grabados preciosos de reconocidos grabadores , impresos por FISHER SON & Cº. LONDON (ver fotos) Caj. art 4.