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World War II List
Last updated January 1 4, 2008
1. 10th Mountain Division. NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, INC.: 2004 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER. [n.p.],
Nat'l Assoc. 10th Mtn. Div.: 2004. Some shelf wear. Large spiral-bound softcover.
$20.00
2. Army Times. HEROES
OF THE RESISTANCE: ADVENTURES OF UNDERGROUND FIGHTERS IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR
II. New York, Dodd, Mead: 1967. . Slight shelf
wear, else VG in edge-worn else near VG dust jacket. $2.75
3. Bereton, J.M. RUSSIAN
T34 / 76. PROFILE 47: AFV WEAPONS. England,
Profile Publications: 1972. Some shelf wear to covers. Softbound. $15.00
4. Birdsall, Steve. CLAIMS
TO FAME: THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS. London, Arms
and Armour Press: 1994. $6.95
5. Birdsall, Steve. B-17
IN ACTION: AIRCRAFT NO. 12. Michigan,
Squadron/Signal Publications: 1973. 50 pages. Some shelf wear to covers. Oblong
softbound. $9.75
6. Boehme, Manfred. JG7:
THE WORLD'S FIRST JET FIGHTER UNIT, 1944/1945. Atglen,
PA, Schiffer Military/Aviation History: 1992. 230 pages. $22.00
7. Bradford, Ernle. THE
MIGHTY HOOD. London, Hodder & Soughton: 1959.
224 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges.
$20.00
8. Chaplin, W.W. SEVENTY
THOUSAND MILES OF WAR: BEING ONE MAN'S ODYSSEY ON MANY FRONTS. New
York, D. Appleton: 1943. Slight shelf wear, else near VG in edge-worn else near
VG dust jacket. $5.50
9. Conselman, William and Deirdre. KEEDLE.
With drawings by Fred L. Fox. New York,
Hillman-Curl, Inc.: 1940. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Paper
over board covers. Chipping to paper at spine edges, with some paper chipped
away. Some soiling to covers. A caricature satire of the rise of Adolph Hitler
in Germany in the years preceding World War II. The book views him as a buffoon
and a minor nuisance on the world stage. At that time, it wold have been
difficult to predict or understand Hitler's capacity for evil and atrocity. $80.00
10. Dirkmaat, Peter H. THE
DUTCH NAPOLEON: Episode of the Struggle Between the Forces of the Dutch
Resistance and the German Occupation of the Netherlands During the Years
1944-1945 of World War II. Salt Lake, Publishers
Press: 1988. 193 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Scarce.
Softcover edition. $30.00
11. Glines, Carroll V. FOUR
CAME HOME: THE GRIPPING STORY OF THE SURVIVORS OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE'S TWO LOST
CREWS. Missoula, Montana, Pictoral Histories
Publishing Company, Inc.: 1995. 171 pages. Slight shelf wear to corners. Glossy
softcover edition. Signed by Chase J. Nielsen, one of the Doolittle Raiders and
one of the four who came home, as per the book title, after years in captivity.
Mr. Nielsen lived in Brigham City, Utah for many years until his death in March
of 2007. I was acquainted with him and was in his home on several occasions.
$125.00
12. Government Printing Office. THE
MOTORCYCLE. War Department Technical Manual #TM 10-515. September 25, 1942. Washington,
DC, Government Printing Office: 1942. 144 pages. Some shelf wear. Browning to
cover edges. A few small stains to the covers. Pages clean. This rare World War
II technical manual was to train the user in the fundamentals of riding a
motorcycle. The manual is oriented toward military use. Includes Indian and
Harley Davidson motorcycle models. A rare and desirable publication in a variety
of topics. $150.00
13. Harman, Phillip. HELLIONS
OF HIROHITO. Foreword by General Russell Hearn. Los
Angeles, DeVorss & Co.: 1944. . Signed by the author. Some wear and rubbing
to spine and corners. Dust jacket has chipping and wear to edges, else Good+.
Scarce in jacket. $10.00
14. Huey, Charles H. PROCEEDINGS:
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION SOCIETY OF THE 28TH DIVISION. (A.E.F.) Erie,
Pennsylvania, Privately Printed: 1977. Some shelf wear, else VG. $14.95
15. Jackson, Robert. DUNKIRK:
THE BRITISH EVACUATION, 1940. New York, St.
Martins Press: 1976. Shelf wear, else VG in dust jacket with slight chipping to
edges. $10.00
16. Just, Gunther. STUKA-PILOT
HANS-ULRICH RUDEL: HIS LIFE STORY IN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. Atglen,
PA, Schiffer Military History: 1990. 277 pages. VG in lightly worn dust jacket.
$35.00
17. Kris, Ernst & Hans Speier. GERMAN
RADIO PROPAGANDA: REPORT ON HOME BROADCASTS DURING THE WAR. New
York, Oxford University Press: 1944. 529 pages. Shelf wear to edges of binding.
Dust jacket has slight soiling on the spine and slight wear to the edges.
Overall the dust jacket is near very good. Very scarce in jacket. Rare $75.00
18. Lee, Asher. GOERING,
AIR LEADER. New York, Hippocrene: 1972. Slight
shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $4.25
19. Lichtenberger, Henri. THE
THIRD REICH. New York, Greystone Press: 1937. 392
pages. Some shelf wear and a few small stained spots to back cover and binding.
Binding is tight. First Edition. $7.50
20. McDowell, Ernest R. NORTH
AMERICAN P-51B/C MUSTANG IN USAAF SERVICE. England,
Osprey Publications Limited: Some shelf wear to covers. Softbound. $8.95
21. Military Intelligence Division. SALERNO:
AMERICAN OPERATIONS FROM THE BEACHES TO THE VOLTURO (9 SEPTEMBER-6 OCTOBER
1943). Washington, DC, Military Intelligence
Division: 1944. Softbound covers. Some tape repair to covers. Includes maps. $6.00
22. Military Intelligence Division. TO
BIZERTE WITH THE II CORPS, 23 APRIL 1943-13 MAY 1943. Washington,
DC, Military Intelligence Divisi: 1943. Some wear and rubbing to spine and
corners. Softbound covers. Some tape repair on front cover. $8.00
23. Moltke, Helmuth James von. A
GERMAN OF THE RESISTANCE: THE LAST LETTERS OF COUNT HELMUTH JAMES VON MOLTKE. Berlin,
C.H.u.K. von Moltke: 1964. Small flexible card covers. Light wear. $15.00
24. Mussolini, Benito. THE
FALL OF MUSSONLINI: HIS OWN STORY BY BENITO MUSSOLINI. New
York, Farrar, Straus and Company: 1948. 212 pages. Shelf wear to binding. Dust
jacket has large chips to the edges and some tape repair. Dust jacket flaps are
taped to boards. 1948 edition. $12.50
25. Norris, Geoffrey. PROFILE
142: THE SHORT STIRLING. England, Profile
Publications: 1966. 15 pages. Some shelf wear to covers. Softcover. $11.50
26. Price, Alfred. THE
LAST YEAR OF THE LUFTWAFFE, MAY 1944 TO MAY 1945. Osceola,
Wisconsin, Motorbooks International: 1991. 191 pages. $12.50
27. Quarrie, Bruce. WAFFEN
SS IN RUSSIA: A SELECTION OF GERMAN WARTIME PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE BUNDESARCHIV,
KOBLENZ. Cambridge, Patrick Stephens: 1978. 95
pages. Some shelf wear and soiling to the covers. Softcover. $10.00
28. Raven, Alan. ENSIGN
1: KING GEORGE THE FIFTH CLASS BATTLESHIPS. London,
Colibri Press: 1972. Some shelf wear to covers. Softbound. $50.00
29. Raven, Alan. MAN
O' WAR 1: COUNTY CLASS CRUISERS. Brooklyn, New
York , RSV Publications: 1978. 54 pages. Some shelf wear to covers. Softbound.
$65.00
30. Robertson, Bruce. SPITFIRE-THE
STORY OF A FAMOUS FIGHTER. Fallbrook, California,
Aero Publishers: 1961. 216 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has
some wear to the edges. $35.00
31. Shores, Christopher F. ACES
HIGH, A TRIBUTE TO THE MOST NOTABLE FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE BRITISH AND
COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN WWII. London, Grub Street:
1994. 663 pages. Book and dust jacket in VG condition. $45.00
32. Shores, Christopher F. HAWKER
HURRICANE MK.I/IV IN ROYAL AIR FORCE AND FOREIGN SERVICE. New
York, Arco Publishing Company: 1971. Some shelf wear to covers. Softbound.
$11.50
33. Silgailis, Arthur. LATVIAN
LEGION. San Jose, California, R. James Bender:
1986. 256 pages. $65.00
34. Sill, Van Rensselaer. AMERICAN
MIRACLE: THE STORY OF WAR CONTRUCTION AROUND THE WAR. New
york, Odyssey Press: 1947. 301 pages. Slight wear to binding. Dust jacket has
chips missing from the top and bottom of the spine and some small tears and
chips to the edges of the front and back panels.k $10.00
35. Silvesri, Ennio. THE
LONG ROAD TO ROME. Italy, Privately Printed: 1994.
Slight shelf wear. Softbound covers. Written by the author in English (not
his native language), which makes for some adventursome grammar & sentence
structure, but a very good WWII history. $30.00
36. Sivaram, M. THE
ROAD TO DELHI. Rutland, Vermont, Charles E.
Tuttle: 1966. . Slight shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has
slight edge-wear. $15.00
37. Smith, Judson MacIvor. THE
STORY OF A REGIMENT. The Twenty-First United States Infantry. Honolulu,
Hawaii, Advertiser Publishing Co.: 1940. Some wear and rubbing to spine and
corners, else G+. Some paint stain spots on covers. A couple of pages have a
crease down the edge from being bent and folded over. Very scarce history of the
U.S. 121st Infantry. This book recounts their long history from the early
1800's, through the Civil War and through World War I. It ends with photographs
and a description of their base of operations on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. An
interesting publication, as the book was printed in 1940, just a year before
Pearl Harbor was attacked. One line in the book says that Pearl Harbor will be
safe for the American battle fleet "so long as Pearl Harbor is protected,
and no longer". $110.00
38. Speilberger, Walter J. STURMARTALLERIE:
FROM ASSAULT GUNS TO HUNTING PANTHER. Fallbrook,
California, Aero Publishers: 1967. Some shelf wear to covers. Softbound. $7.00
39. Taylor, Desmond. THE
NOVELS OF WORLD WAR II: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume I. New
York, Garland Publishing: 1993. 391 pages. Ex-library labels on spine and front
cover, and library marks internally. Very little wear. Clean and bright, inside
and out. $75.00
40. Third Reich. DEUTSCHLAND
ERWACHT. WERDEN, KAMPF UND SIEG DER NSDAP. Hamburg,
Germany, Cigaretten Bilderdienst: 1933. 150 pages. 1933 first edition. Slight
wear to binding. Dust jacket has some tears to the folds and small chips to the
edges. All of the cards and photographic inserts are present. A very nice copy
of this Adolf Hitler propaganda book. Comes with the original publisher's box.
Very scarce in this beautiful condition. $100.00
41. Tunbridge, Stephen. CENTURION
IN ACTION: ARMOR NO. 13. Michigan, Squadron/Signal
Publications: 1976. 49 pages. Some shelf wear to covers. Oblong softbound.
$24.00
42. U.S. War Department. HANDBOOK
OF MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS. RADIO COMPASSES. Types MN-26A, MN-26C... Washington,
DC, Government Printing Office: 1944. Bound in loosefleaf folder with holes
punched in pages. Title page is loose within the book. Includes diagrams and
fold-out charts. This appears to have been a manual used by a radioman in World
War II. $30.00
43. Ward, Richard. MESSERSCHMITT
BF 109B,C,D,E,F,G IN LUFTWAFFE AND FINNISH SERVICE. England,
Osprey Publishing Limited: 1973. Some shelf wear to covers. Softcover. $13.00
44. Whiting, Charles. `44
IN COMBAT FROM NORMANDY TO THE ARDENNES. New York,
Military Heritage Press: 1984. VG in VG dust jacket. $1.75
45. Young, Stephen Bower. TRAPPED
AT PEARL HARBOR: ESCAPE FROM BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA. Annapolis,
Maryland, Naval Institute Press: 1991. Slight Shelf wear, else VG in lightly
worn. $3.35