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Second printing. 12mo; printed card wrappers; 24pp. Quarter-sized splash-stain to front wrapper, else Very Good. Argues that the Cold War rearmament of Germany would threaten post-war peace, calls instead for "effective measures for decartelization and elimination of Nazi influence from points of vantage in public life.".

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 of the purging of the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis.

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 to the spine ends and corners, reinforced to verso with tape. A good solid copy that has seen some use. Monks was a Daily Mail journalist embedded in France with the RAF in the early days prceding the Battle of Britain, and was close friends with a number of the men who fought the seemingly inexhaustible waves of Luftwaffe seeking to subjugate Europe under fascism. His admiration is clear, and there is the necessary degree of bluff, military propaganda, but his technical understanding of air fighting came straight from the mouths of the men who were up there developing it. His central point is one that is often overlooked in stirring accounts of Spitfires and Hurricanes scrambling across the skies of Europe; no man had, previous to the early days of WW2, fought another man at 30,000 feet in an "orange crate" made out of aluminium and canvas, screaming across the sky at 350mph, firing 9600 rounds per minute. Everything we now know about being a fighter pilot had to be developed from the ground up by these men; additionally it had to be conceived by men whose average age was 22, and upon whose barely-of-age shoulders rested the security and future of their society and way of life.

First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; red publisher's top-stain; 482pp. Tight, Near Fine copy, with top-stain clean and unfaded. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00 on front flap), crisp, clean and unfaded with a trace of rubbing and a single brief, closed tear to front panel; Near Fine. Quite nice copy of this late-career novel by Aldanov, set within the Soviet foreign service at the outbreak of WW2. Aldanov (1886-1957) published most of his literary work after emigrating from the Soviet Union in 1919. Most of his career was spent in France; from 1941-46 he lived in New York. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize (without ever winning) thirteen tmes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This is a Second World War album containing a collection of 162 medal ribbons, and also housing a collection of photographs of serving soldiers with the Royal Artillery (82nd Searchlight Regiment). The album measures 13.5 × 22cm, it is strong-bound and every page has been filled. The handwritten title page reads "Orders, Decorations and Medals, British and Foreign, collected by Gnr A S Abrams, RA, 3rd September 1939. Mounted and Set Out by Capt D W Warren. Sick Leave Aug-Nov 1940". This is followed by 30 pages of medal ribbons and details, with the ribbons being recto and the text (in white ink) verso. The ribbons are all about 3 to 3.5cm long, and numbered. This is followed by 37 black and white photographs featuring Gunner Abrams and Captain Warren, and of members of the 82nd Searchlight Reg, RA, ranging in date from 1940 (a group shot of officers, all with rank and surname), and several shots of the NCOs and men in a fairly relaxed manner and, towards the end of the war, even larking about in events such as the Regimental Sports, Spring 1945, and the Demobilisation Race, with some photographs dedicated to Alan (Alan S Abrams). A rare collection. Condition: This album is in very good condition for age. There is some mottling to the covers but it remains well-bound, and the pages and photographs are clean. The medal ribbons are in very good order, mostly very clean, with some of the older ones showing a little age-related dulling but nevertheless remaining bright. The handwriting remains clear and crisp, and no ribbons are loose. **PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR A FULL LIST OF RIBBONS**.

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 wartime economy standards, with some mild cosmetic wear. From the library of nathaniel tarn, noted poet, translator and wartime aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate. An account of the actions, victories, and losses of 602 Squadron, also known as the City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron, who by 1942 had accounted for more than 200 Nazi aircraft, and were responsible for some of the earliest wins against the Luftwaffe, including the downing of the first Nazi bomber to be shot down over British soil.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 224pp. Light wear and bumping to corners and spine ends, with a heavier bump to the tail of the spine; internally clean with bookplate to front pastedown; in a bright, sharp example of the dustjacket, priceclipped, with some light wear to edges and extremities. A very good, clean, copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and bibliophile, with his bookplate. Baumbach's account of the actions and ultimate defeat of the Luftwaffe in the skies over Europe had been a key text in post-war German military studies but wasn't afforded an English translation until this one, the copyright date for the translation work, on the verso of the title page is an overstamp, added after the volume was printed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 120 pages; Pictorial company history of AEC who amongst other vehicles, made tanks and trucks for WW2.

First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's heavy grain grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt and dark brown to spine. Dustjacket. [xxi]; 305pp. Very light edgewear and scuffing to the cloth, tight and strong, a little dulling of the cheap gilt; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown; in a strong, clean dustjacket with some shallow creasing and wear to the upper edge, and some shelfwear to the predominantly black front panel. A very good copy. An engrossing and informed account of how the US obtained secret documentary evidence of Italian fascist activity, written by a former OSS officer involved in their retrieval. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and anthropologist, bearing his bookplate.

Couverture souple. Zustand: Satisfaisant. Miniature, broché, couverture illustrée, 112 pp. Couverture tachée, surcharges manuscrite en seconde couverture, un cahier délié. En l'état. Manuel de conversation à l'usage des troupes alliées. in-32°.

No statement of edition or printing. Tall quarto (35cm); staple-bound, pictorial paper wrappers; 30pp; illus. Small nick to front cover, faint foxing visible on lighter portions; Very Good or better. Photos credited to SOVFOTO. Pictorial pro-Soviet propaganda sheet issued for the American home front, shortly after the U.S.-Soviet Alliance in 1941. Heavily illustrated with photographs showing off the Soviet war machine as well as Russian home front culture, all chosen to fit the premise "The Country Behind the Red Army Resembles the United States in its Vast Resources and Industrial Power" (quoting the title of one of the book's sections). Published by Friday, a short-lived large-format pictorial magazine that ran for just a few issues from 1940-41. A nicely-preserved copy of a somewhat fragile wartime publication.

First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Proof Copy. Publisher's orange card wraps titled in black to front wrap with details of publication. 704pp. Some light soiling to the bright orange card, a little light wear to the spine ends, some minor softening and wear to the corners, strong and tight; internally clean, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, with folding chart. A very good, solid example of the proof copy, with some light wear.

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 page edges; in a bright, solid Val Biro illustrated dustjacket with some shallow chipping and wear at the spine ends, and some old tape reinforcement to the verso of the head of the spine panel. A very good copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, anthropologist, and military aviation enthusiast.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's sky blue buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xiv]; 709pp. Light scuffing to corners, bumping to spine ends, clean and bright; internally clean and fresh, bookplate and old booksellers label (Sotherans) to front pastedown, illustrated throughout with full page black and white photographs; in a bright, strong dustjacket with some sunning and soiling to the spine panel, shallow chipping to the head of spine, and a little soiling of the white portions. A very good, handsome, copy. A weighty WW2 memoir from the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, giving an elevated perspective on the startegies and tactical decisions made during the 1939-1945 air war. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and military aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate.

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 original pictorial dustjacket, designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; unclipped (priced $2.50), edgeworn, gently spine-sunned and a bit dust-soiled, with several nicks, tears, and attendant creases, and eight small clear tape mends on verso; Very Good. Monks was a Daily Mail journalist embedded in France with the RAF in the early days prceding the Battle of Britain, and was close friends with a number of the men who fought the seemingly inexhaustible waves of Luftwaffe seeking to subjugate Europe under fascism. His central point is one that is often overlooked in stirring accounts of Spitfires and Hurricanes scrambling across the skies of Europe; no man had, previous to the early days of WW2, fought another man at 30,000 feet in an "orange crate" made out of aluminium and canvas, screaming across the sky at 350mph, firing 9600 rounds per minute. Everything we now know about being a fighter pilot had to be developed from the ground up by these men; additionally it had to be conceived by men whose average age was 22, and upon whose barely-of-age shoulders rested the security and future of their society and way of life. 87731.

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 anthropologist, with his bookplate. A large and completist history of the Holocaust, in pictures, with descriptive essays and articles from numerous qualified contributors.

First American Edition, Second Printing. Quarto. 31cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 254pp. Very light wear to spine ends and corners, strong and tight; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, lavishly illustrated throughout; in a strong, clean dustjacket with some very light edgewear in places. A bright, near fine copy. Published to coincide with a two year exhibition at the USHMM, gathering together a moving and informative assemblage of photographs, physical evidence, journals, diaries, and spoken memorials to the Jewish peoples who suffered through the Nazi eradication of the Lithuanian Jewish population during WW2. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and anthropologist, with his bookplate.

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. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator and bibliophile (with a deep interest in military aviation), with his bookplate. An account of the RAF's air war against Nazi Germany, from the commander of the celebrated 303 Squadron; Kent himself was Canadian, and a significant number of his pilots were exiled Poles who spoke little English none of which stood in the way of 303 becoming one of the most effective, aggressive and lauded fighter squadrons of WW2.

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.

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 agression against Japanese occupation of the Kuriles. Page 2 records that Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano, and General Sugiyama of the Imperial Japanese Forces had both been dismissed from their posts, and "will commit Hara Kiri as the result, probably by Hirohito's order." An extremely ephemeral piece of "Home Base" printed journalism aimed at keeping military men in training approsed of the war efforts they would shortly be joining. Only one record for this publication in OCLC, at the Wisconsin Veteran's Museum.

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 to me by my college roommate, Jim Dix, after World War II / Angus McLean Thuerner." Privately-printed memoir of service as an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve during WW2. The majority of Dix's active duty was spent as an anti-submarine gunnery officer on merchant vessels. Portions of this memoir previously appeared in the Navy magazine "All Hands" in 1944. After the war, Dix went on to a long career as a columnist for various Illinois newspapers, mostly the Moline Daily Dispatch. Apparently rare; presumably distributed only to friends and family, as OCLC notes no institutionally-held copies, and no copies have been recorded in commerce.

First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 56pp; illus. Tight, square copy, Very Good or better. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 7'/6 at base of front flap), lightly rubbed and edgeworn, Verty Good. An attractive copy. Extracts from the field diary of Donald Friend, written while he was a gunner with the Australian Imperial Forces in the south Pacific. Friend went on to become a highly-regarded artist whose late career was sullied by his own admissions of sexual predation of young boys.

Verschiedene Auflagen und Verlage, 1970-1978. Insgesamt 270 S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, kartonierte Einbände/Pappband mit Schutzumschlag, teils quart/teils quer, (teils geringe Gebrauchsspuren)---- sonst gute Exemplare / good condition / Enthalten: Militärfahrzeuge. German Softskinned Vehicles of WW2; Walter J. Spielberger and Uwe Feist, (Armor Series, Vol. 10) / AFV/Weapons Profiles, October 1973: Elefant and Maus (+E-100); Walter J. Spielberger and John Milsom, (Edited by Duncan Crow) / Wehrmacht Markings - World War Two; W. J. K. Davies / No. 1 Germany - North Africa; Kenneth M. Jones / Panzerkampfwagen IV - The Workhorse of the German Panzertruppe; Walter J. Spielberger und Uwe Feist / No. 3 Germany - Eastern Front; Kenneth M. Jones / AFV/Weapons Profiles 48: Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. H (E) and Tiger Ausf. B; Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis / German Order of Battle 1944. The regiments, formations and units of the German ground forces; Introduction by Ian V. Hogg. Photographic section by Brian L. Davis / Text englisch - 1580 Gramm.

Hardcover book. Zustand: Very good overall. Three items pertaining to investigations into assets and business interests of the Nazi party at the end of World War II, including: I. FIRST ITEM: A PRIVATE BINDER of confidential reports and memoranda submitted by Alexander Sacks pertaining to 5 different topics: 1. A cover memorandum addressed to J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (dated March 21, 1946) and a Department of Justice Antitrust Division, confidential memorandum on the subject of an investigation into the fixing of interest rates by the 'National Sales Finance Plan', which was a syndicate of US commercial banks organized to engage in installment financing of consumer goods (carbon copy), 60pp; with an apparently unrelated memorandum prepared by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, marked 'Restricted", titled 'France, Money and Banking, Addendum I -- September 1944, with a subtitle "Nazi Economic Exploitation of France", 21pp. 2. A Department of Justice War Division Economic Warfare Section report "On the Organization and Activities of the Quebracho Industry", dated September 10, 1943; quebracho extract is a leather tanning agent which was essential during the war for the tanning of leather goods for the armed forces; 32pp 3. A confidential report from the Economic Warfare Section titled "Report on "Voici" - a U. S. - French Publication, dated May 25, 1943; Voici was a French publication serving "as a rallying point in the United States for persons of pro-Vichy sentiment"; 11pp 4. A confidential memorandum titled "The Proposed Dutch Government Loan", dated September 28, 1944, concerning a one million dollar line of credit to be made available for the purchase of commodities and machinery needed for post war reconstruction of Holland; 5pp. 5. Office Memorandum by Oliver Sacks titled "Some Aspects of the German Problem", dated October 7, 1946. Sacks discusses ongoing efforts to assure that Germany cannot reemerge as an aggressor, provides a list of "protective measures", discusses significant obstacles to the success of the endeavor, and concludes with the concern that we may "find that we have not won a victory but have been lured into a truce with an enemy which may again try to take our measure"; 10pp. The other two items in this collection are: a volume titled "Elimination of German Resources for War, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy Ninth Congress, First Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 107 (78th Congress) and S. Res. 146 (79th Congress) Authorizing a Study of War Mobilization Problems, Parts 1 through 11; and a volume in paper wraps titled 'Military Government Guide, Dissolution of the Nazi Party and its Affiliated Organizations, De-Nazification of Important Business Concerns in Germany, War Department, March 1945 (War Dept Pamphlet No 31-110A). First item: Private binder repaired with black tape at front board; internally, very good. II. SECOND ITEM: 'Elimination of German Resources.' 8vo, 1627pp. Plum cloth with leather label at spine "Alexander Sacks"; covers slt rubbed, internally newspaper articles loosely inserted. III. THIRD ITEM: 'The War Department Pamphlet No. 31-110A': Slim 8vo, 193pp. Off white paper wraps, title in black at front cover, no title at green cloth spine. Covers slt dusty, ruffled, signs of tape repair to green spine; internally very good.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, front end paper map. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. First volume by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 'The Corona Library' series of books about the British Colonial territories. Contains (xii), 307 + i pp with 40 black and white and colour plates on loaded paper, 6 text drawings, and 7 maps. Rear pocket holds very large folded map of Hong Kong and the New Territories (40'' x 28¾'' (G. S. G. S. 3961, 3rd edition, North Sheet, Grid Correction 1946, printed 1949) and a large folded colour map of New Territories and of Victoria & Kowloon Street Plan and Densities of Population (25¼'' x 18½''), spare gatherings made by the binder to allow to the book to close neatly with the maps in situ. In very near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. HONG KONG.

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.

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 to the spine ends, some light soiling and general minor wear to the extremities, there is also a small pencil note to the inside front flap. A very good copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and military aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate. An account of the men and missions of Squadron 303, made up almost entirely of Polish exiles fighting alongside the RAF from British airbases. The inclusion of trained and highly commited and motivated pilotsd in exile from occupied nations was a tremendous contributor to the RAF's victory in the Battle of Britain and the continued fight for air supremacy against the Nazis.

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 bright, strong example of the dustjacket with a little light wear and creasing to corners and spine ends. A near fine copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and military aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate. Inscribed by Wing Commander Jefford: "Best Wishes, Jeff Jefford" A highly detailed regimental history of Squadron 45, one of the longest standing and most distinguished active combat squadrons in the Royal Air Force.

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 to the front pastedown. Signed by the author to the title page; in a clean priceclipped dustjacket with some scuffing and rubbing to the rear panel and some light marginal wear. A very good, signed copy. A history of the CNAC, including its role in "Flying the Hump" or being part of the resupply and shipment starategy that involced traversing the perilous Himalayan route from Assam in India, to China to ensure smooth movement of tropps and equipment required to fight the Japanese.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's burgundy buckram titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 636pp. Clean, bright and strong with only the lightest wear to the cloth; internally clean and fresh, from the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator and bibliophile, bearing his bookplate to the verso of the front flyleaf; in a clean, strong dustjacket with some light wear and scuffing to the extremities. A very good, handsome copy indeed. A dense and expansive single volume sourcebook for all aspects of German aerial aggression against Great Britain during both World Wars, culminating in the Allied victory over the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Exhaustive detail of units, planes, and actions performing during the extended air war. This copy clearly printed in the UK for the US market with an Alban Books distribution label placed over the New York distributor's imprint.