Military Studies/War from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1944. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. True account by U. S. Army Captain & pilot who participated in the 1942 Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, Japan, in WWII, crashed over the Chinese coast, lost a leg, & was saved during a daring rescue. In 221 pages with 16 pages of black-and-white… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1947. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. VG-/No DJ. Well-researched & thoroughly documented portrait of Adolf Hitler's downfall, capturing his inner & outer turmoil in the days leading up to his suicide in his Berlin bunker in April 1945. In 254 pages with Index, Notes, Appendix, map endpapers, illustrations of bunker… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, England: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Jullian, Philippe. Reflections on a memorable year in an unchanging rural England,'' based on the author's personal diary that she kept from Autumn 1939-Autumn 1940, impacted by the war, but steeped in the quiet resilience of the countryside. 85 pp. Orig. published in the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1966. First Paperback . Soft cover. Good. Exposes the "tactics of terror'' used by the Viet Cong in the "Other War" against the Vietnamese people, including beheadings, bombings, & other crimes against innocent civilians. Orig. published in hardcover in 1966, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, Inc., 1967. First English Language Edition 3rd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. VG-/G+. A primer for Marxist insurrection in Latin America,'' the author, a young French professor, was sentenced to 30 years in a Bolivian prison for his allege activities with Che Guevara & his guerrillas. Translated from the original French &… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-/G+. Winner of both the Nobel & Pulitzer prizes, this "crowning achievement" of the author's career was 9 years in the writing. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, in the first state DJ ($4.75 price, 8/54 at bottom front flap), this hardcover 8vo has… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Published in 1970 in the midst of the ongoing Vietnam War, this booklet is a photo essay of the US Marines in action, highlighting combat operations, civil action programs, & aviation. Black & white photos on every page. Softcover 8vo (11" x 8.5")… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. VG-. The other half of the infamous activist priest pair of brothers who were pursued by the FBI for their anti-war actions. This book represents his writings & journal entries that he made while incarcerated in Lewisburg Penitentiary & other jails. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. A complete pattern for the genius of evil" is contained within this book, which provides a startling, intimate view of the inner world & schemes of Adolf Hitler's right-hand man as they plotted the "Final Solution" & beyond in the… Saber más sobre este artículo

George Braziller, 1991. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. True story of the conflict between Polish Catholics & Jews around the world that arose when a group of Carmelite nuns sought to create a convent in one of the abandoned buildings that surrounded the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. In 169 pages with Notes & Index. Part… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1947. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. In the wake of the devastation caused by the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan, to end WWII, this report was commissioned & prepared under the direction of the Committee on Social and Economic Aspects of Atomic Energy of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Riveting true story of Etta Shiber, the widow of an American newspaperman who was living quietly in Paris when the Nazis invaded, & who organized & operated the "underground railway" by which British soldiers were able to escape. Together with her friend,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Biltmore Publishing Co. Inc. , 1943. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Offers a physical & psychoanalytical examination of Adolf Hitler, with revealing insights, based on his treatment of Adolf Hitler beginning in 1919. Written from his new home in New York City following his escape from Germany as he watched with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1943. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. Meixner, Hedwig Jo. One in a series of books published by Whitman during World War II designed to show young girl readers how women could serve their country & fulfill their desire to be patriotic, as well as have a career & maybe find… Saber más sobre este artículo

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1931. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/VG-. Vallely, Henry E.. One in a series of books published by Whitman during World War II designed to show young girl readers how women could serve their country & fulfill their desire to be patriotic, as well as have a career & maybe find romance,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1943. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Darwin, Erwin L.. One in a series of books for boys & girls published by Whitman during World War II, this one unusual in that it was "gender-neutral,'' designed to appeal to both sexes, tapping into their desire to be patriotic & imagine… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Funk & Wagnells Company, 1956. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. The trued story of an American's single-handed attempt to introduce a new way of life into a remote Central Asian kingdom'' known as Hunza. The events transpired while the author, a reconnaissance engineer on the staff of General Joseph Stillwell… Saber más sobre este artículo

HarperCollins, 2007. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. White, Stefano. Award-winning activist & writer offers a poem for children & sensitive beings of all ages that personifies the stupidity, power & "wanton destruction" of war, with her words brought to life via the "compelling" & though-provoking full-color paintings of artist Stefano White. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Book of the Month Club, Inc., 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Slipcased. Fine/Fine. Now a classic, & still as compelling as ever, this book contains the complete on-the-scene record of WWII as it unfolded in Europe, from the pen of CBS' leading journalist at that time, who first broadcast it live over the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brooklyn, New York: Solson Publications, Inc., 1987. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Buckler, Richard. Issue #3 (& the final issue) of what started out as a bimonthly comic book produced during the second administration of US President Ronald Reagan. In this story, two American champions--"Rhombo" & "Schwartenheimer" are captured as they try to rescue… Saber más sobre este artículo