ABOU SELIM

Bechir Gemayel

Paris, France: Editions Anthropos, 1984. Paperback. ISBN: 2715710852. French text. A Trade Paperback in Fine condition. A sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good+, glossy with cover edgewear and rubbing. Black & white photo section, maps, chronologie. " Through this book, the whole political evolution of Bechir Gemayel, elected President of the Lebanese Republic on August 23 and assassinated on September 14, 1982, is presented by the Jesuit Father Selim Abou. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 461 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26787

Catalogue: French, Biography, History, Lebanon CIVIL War

Keywords: 2715710852 French > Biographie Lebanon CIVIL War History Presidents Biography History War French Books

ADDERSON, CAROLINE

History of Forgetting a Novel

Patrick Crean Editions, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1894433017. A Fine+ Trade Paperback, clean & tightly bond pages and an uncreased spine. "Malcolm, an ageing hairdresser whose love for his Alzheimers-victim lover is fading fast, is too oppressed by his domestic life to notice the world outside. Alison, his colleague, is blithely innocent; she believes that hairdressing brings happiness, and doesn't understand pain. Both are in their own way blind, until a colleague's neo-fascist murder unites them on an emotional journey - to the Auschwitz Museum, where they are forced to confront the suffering of others, and to face the possibility of life." ; 5.25 X 1.2 X 8.25 inches; 359 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26874

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, War, Gay/Lesbian, Jewsih

Keywords: 1894433017 Historical Fiction Gay & Lesbian Holocaust Jewish Historical Fiction Gay and Lesbian Judaism / Jewish Holocaust

ANSON, ROBERT SAM

War News a Young Reporter in Indochina

Simon & Schuster, 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671665715. First Edition, First Printing, number line. Gray Hardcovers with red cloth spine covering, gilt titles to the spine. A sound binding, except for the capital A on the title page, all the pages are bright & unmarked. Light spine end bumping. A small red mark to the bottom edge. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good! Condition. "Recounts the experiences of the press corps in Vietnam and the author's difficulty in reporting the true story, detailing his experiences in My Lai and Cambodia and his stint as a prisoner of war. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 317 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26791

Catalogue: History, Memoir, War, Journalism

Keywords: 0671665715 History > War Vietnam Memoir Journalism Biography Journalism History War Vietnam

BARNETT CORRELLI

Battle of el Alamein: Decision in the Desert

MacMillan, 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, stated First Printing. A Near Fine pictorial Hardcover with a solid binding, bright, unmarked pages. Light corner bumping. A matching DJ in Very Good condition. Numerous photographs and maps through the book. ": An account of the famous North African desert battle, between the German forces led by Rommel, the Desert Fox, and the British Eighth Army, which was pivotal to possession of important oil reserves." ; Macmillan Battle Books; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 90 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27328

Catalogue: Egypt, History, World War, 1939-1945

Keywords: World War, 1939-1945 Egypt > History el Alamein History War Asia

BERNADAC PAUL

L'Holocauste Oublie le Massacre Des Tsiganes, Tome 1

France: Editions Famot, 1975. Hard Cover. Red cover / black and gilt lettering / embossed with black and gilt decoration of Nazi eagle. Black leather backstrip. Black ribbon book mark. Clean & tight copy. Written in French. Black & white full page photographs through the book. ; Vol. 1; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 326 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 2184

Catalogue: Holocaust, World War 1939-1845

Keywords: Nazis, Germany Holocaust Wolrd War, 1939-1945

BERNADAC PAUL

L'Holocauste Oublie le Massacre Des Tsiganes, Tome 2

France: Editions Famot, 1975. Hard Cover. Red cover / black and gilt lettering / embossed with black and gilt decoration of Nazi eagle. Black leather backstrip. Black ribbon book mark. Clean & tight copy. Written in French. ; Vol. 2; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 259 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 2185

Catalogue: World War, 1939-1945

Keywords: Nazis, Germany Holocuast War Germany & German Language

BERNADAC PAUL

Les Mannequins Nus le Camp Des Femmes, Ravensbrück

France: Editions Famot, 1975. Hard Cover. French text. Red cover / black and gilt lettering / embossed with black and gilt decoration of Nazi eagle. Black leather backstrip. Black ribbon book mark. Black and white full page photographs through the book. Clean & tight copy. Written in French. ; Vol. 2; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 293 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 2182

Catalogue: War, the Holocaust, Ravensbruck

Keywords: Nazis, Germany the Holocaust Ravensbruck

BIRDSELL, SANDRA

Russlander, the

McClelland & Stewart, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771014503. First Edition. Grey Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "Katherine (Katya) Vogt is now an old woman living in Winnipeg, but the story of how she and her family came to Canada begins in Russia in 1910, on a wealthy Mennonite estate. Here they lived in a world bounded by the prosperity of their landlords and by the poverty and disgruntlement of the Russian workers who toil on the estate. But in the wake of the First World War, the tensions engulfing the country begin to intrude on the community, leading to an unspeakable act of violence. "; 9.3 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 360 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26375

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical, World War 1

Keywords: 0771014503 Ficiton > Canada Historical Ficiton World War , 1914 - 1918 1900-1918

BIRDSELL, SANDRA

Russlander, the

McClelland & Stewart, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771014503. First Edition. Grey Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "Katherine (Katya) Vogt is now an old woman living in Winnipeg, but the story of how she and her family came to Canada begins in Russia in 1910, on a wealthy Mennonite estate. Here they lived in a world bounded by the prosperity of their landlords and by the poverty and disgruntlement of the Russian workers who toil on the estate. But in the wake of the First World War, the tensions engulfing the country begin to intrude on the community, leading to an unspeakable act of violence. "; 9.3 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 360 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26375

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical, World War 1

Keywords: 0771014503 Ficiton > Canada Historical Ficiton World War , 1914 - 1918 1900-1918

BOGARDE, DIRK (1921-1999)

A Gentle Occupation

London : Chatto & Windus, 1980. Goo. Hardcover. ISBN: 0701125055. Blue Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. A Very Good++ book with bright, unmarked pages and a sound binding. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. "Bogarde's debut novel, set in 1945, concerns the period after the war as the British Army attempts to carry out a caretaking operation on an island seething with revolt following the Japanese occupation." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26681

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Asia, War, Japan

Keywords: 0701125055 Fiction Historical Fiction War Asia Japan

BOWMAN MARTIN

Spirits in the Sky: Classic Aircraft of World War II

Prospero Books, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552679810. Illustrated by Bunce Patrick. Large pictorial cover book, over 11 inches. DJ is glossy with small tear on back cover near spine. Minor edgewear and rubbing. "Although thousands of aircraft were produced during World War II, only a handful remain. This is a tribute to 24 bombers and fighter planes built in the U. S, Britain and Germany during that time. These beautifully preserved aircraft rekindle the memories of air battles won and lost with. Over 150 full-color photographs. " ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 2047

Catalogue: World War 11, Classic Aircraft

Keywords: 1552679810

BRESLIN, HOWARD & COVER ART

A Hundred Hills - a Novel About the Siege of Vicksburg

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1960. Hardcover. Blue Hardcover, yellow titles to the spine. Book Club Edition. Very Good, tightly bound, clean & unmarked. Spine end and corner bumping. The DJ is in Very Good condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26577

Catalogue: Fiction, CIVIL War

Keywords: Fiction War

BREUER, WILLIAM B.

Bizarre Tales from World War II

Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2005. Hardcover. ISBN: 0785819924. Nice blue hard covers with gilt letterring on spine, minor bumping to the spine ends, a great copy. The DJ is glossy with very minor edgewear on it. "Ernest Hemingway stalks U-Boats. A Belgian woman halts the Panzers. Adolf Hitler plays Santa Claus. Breuer brings you more than 140 of the most bizzare, curious, and downright stange incidents from World War II. "; B&W Photographs; 1.18 x 9.21 x 6.22 Inches; 220 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 2397

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 0785819924 World War II History Military War

BROADFOOT BARRY

Six War Years 1939-1945: Memories of Canadians at Home and Abroad

Paper Jacks / General Publishing, 1974. Paperback. ISBN: 077377114X. A Very Good Trade Paperback with a solid binding, clean, unmarked pages with age tanning. Spine browning and a crease to the front cover. Cover edge wear. "Ordinary Canadian women & men from the war and home fronts tell their experience of 1939-1945, often the most exciting and terrifying of their lives." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 417 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27177

Catalogue: Canada, World War 1939-1945, War Stories

Keywords: 077377114x Canada World War, 1939-1945 War Stories

BROKAW TOM

Greatest Generation, the

New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2001. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0385334621. Trade Paperback. In Near Fine condition. Clean, tight copy, 100 written on upper right hand corner of first page. Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News in 1966. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 412 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1358

Catalogue: History, World War II

Keywords: 0385334621 Personal Narratives 20th Century World War I, World War II History Military War United States