World War II in Europe

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Overview

By Marguerite Duras. 1986, Pantheon, 183pp. Written in 1944, not published until 1985, this is 1st US, recounts emotional turmoil of Nazi occupation of France, . (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in Good DJ in mylar wraps. DJ has protectd tear on front/bottom)

By Louis L. Snyder. 1960 (1962), Julian Messner, 579pp. (Library discard with usual markings. Fair in Fair DJ. )

By Unstated. 1944, William H Wise Company, 2559pp. Volumes 1-5, covering the entire war in B+W news photos. A massive and valuable resource. Around 4000 photos covering every aspect of the war, mostly from major news services. First volume published 1944 and last published 1946. (Volume 5 is advertized as the "final" one in the series, although others eventually followed.) (Overall Good-. No DJ, as issued. Binding is worn, with weak hinges and peeling cloth at ends of spine, but contents are VG. Page blocks are securely sewn, with no missing or damaged pages)

By Keith Eubank. 1975, D C Heath & Co, 226pp. (Good-. Highlighting through-out, cover is worn)

By Life Magazine and Eleanor Graves (editor). 1977, Time-Life/Simon & Schuster, 303pp. (VG)

By Tom Spain (editor). 1999, Delacorte, 210pp. "Poignant, touching, heartwarming vignettes from letters, interviews, journals, etc.. An absolutely wonderful book for anyone who was in the war or had loved ones in it or just lived during it. It touched us all, one way or another." (VG in VG DJ)

By Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1948, Doubleday, 559pp. The Supreme Commander describes the war in Europe. (VG, no DJ)

By Cornelius Ryan. 1977, Popular, 603pp, 7x4". Study of World War 2 battle to capture Dutch bridges from German forces, resulting in tactical defeat for Allies. Authentic WWII Photographs. (Good, spine bowed)

By David Low (cartoonist) and Quincy Howe (text). 1946, Simon and Schuster, 200?pp. A chronology of World War II, as seen through the editorial cartoons of David Low of the London Evening Standard newspaper. (Good+, no DJ. Prev. owner's name and address on FEP. Some fraying to upper and lower edge of spine, but solidly bound. Pages browned along edges)

By William L. Shirer. 1984, Little Brown, 654pp. The second volume on Shirer's autobiography, covering his years as an American journalist in Europe in the years leading to WWII. (VG in Good- DJ. DJ lightly foxed)

By Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. 1965 (1966), Pocket, 398pp, 7x4". Why Paris was never burned in spite of Hitler's orders. (Good)

By Janusz Piekalkiewicz. 1981, Presidio, 287pp, 11x8". Illustrated throughout. An account of Germany's disasterous attempt to capture Moscow in 1941, reconstructed from news accounts and military sources. (VG in VG DJ. Prev. owner's name blacked out inside front cover; three 1/4in. tear in edge of DJ; otherwise Fine)

By Viktor Leonov. 1993 (1994), Ivy Books, 287pp, 7x4". Photo insert. By a "twice decorated hero of the Soviet Union... From the Arctic Circle to the shores of Japan, Russia's most famous naval scout describes his deadly missions in the Soviet Navy's World War II version of the U.S. Navy's SEALs." (Fine. Unread)

By Samuel Eliot Morison. 1963, Atlantic Monthly/Little Brown, 611pp. (Fair, no DJ)

By Carlo D'este. 1983, Harper, 555pp. "The post D-Day operations were the brainchild of Montgomery. The author tells how the campaign went wrong, and how it was eventually won". (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ protective Permabound version of pb)

By Thomas M. Coffey. 1977, David MaKay Company, 340pp. "Describes moment by moment the Aug. 17, 1943 Schweinfurt ball-bearing plants raid by American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers as well as the second Schweinfurt mission of Oct. 14, 1943 - the two most savage battles in the histoy of air warfare". (Library discard with usual markings. Fair in Good DJ in mylar wraps. Spine cocked, First 13 pages taped in. Good reading copy)

By Gerald Astor. 1997 (1998), Dell, 544pp, 7x4". Testimony from the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners who flew for the Eighth Air Force in Europe during WWII. (Near Fine)

By David Mondey. 1984, Temple Press (UK), 256pp, 9.5x6.5". Subtitle: "An Illustrated Handbook to the Warplanes of Germany, Italy and Japan During World War II". Includes history, specifications and photo of each aircraft. (VG+. No marks)

By Captain Harry C. Butcher. 1946, Simon & Schuster, 912pp. Memoirs of an Eisenhower aide. (VG, no DJ)

By Joseph P. Lash. 1976, Norton, 528pp. (Near Fine in Fine DJ. Prev. owner's name inside, else Fine)

By Donald Porter Geddes (editor) and Various. 1945, Pocket Books Of Canada, 249pp. A memorial to FDR published in April 1945, just after his death. Includes articles, a few B+W photos and excerpts from his speeches. (Good-. Brittle binding)

By Pinkley, Virgil and James F. Scheer. 1979, Fleming H Revell Co , 400pp. "Pinkley, a close friend of Eisenhower, compiled infomation from his research and from interviews with 600 people who knew the General, as well as drawing on his own personal observations from his 40 year relationship with Ike. This book gives insights on Eisenhower's contemporaries as well, including Patton, Churchill, Montgomery and Truman." . (Near Fine in VG+ DJ. )

By Relman Morin. 1969, Simon & Schuster, 256pp, 11x8.5". Illustrated bio of Eisenhower. B+W photos on every page. (VG in poor DJ.DJ is ragged along edges, but its text is complete)

By Ronald Lewin. 1971, Stein and Day, 371pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in Good DJ in mylar wraps)

By David Fraser. 1993, Harper Collins, 601pp. Biography of German general in WWII. (Fine in Near Fine)

By Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1948 (1990), Doubleday, 559pp. "Eisenhower's personal account of WWII, revealing the man, his methods, and his views." (Library discard with usual markings. Good. Slightly cocked spine)

By W. Averell Harriman and Elie Abel. 1976, Hutchinson, 595pp. A diplomat's account of secret decisions affecting the outcome of WWII. "He was privy to many of the major strategic decisions of World War II, and the "Big Three" meetings at Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam. These landmark conferences between the U.S., Britain, and Russia, whose decisions contributed to winning the war." (VG, no DJ)

By John Costello. 1991, William Morrow, 600pp. (VG in Good DJ)

By Winston Churchill. 1948, Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin, 784pp. First volume in series, covering 1919 to May 1940. (Library discard with discreet markings. Good+, no DJ)

By Winston Churchill. 1949, Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin, 751pp. Second volume in series. The fall of France and the period before the US entry into the war. (Library discard with discreet markings. Good+, no DJ)

By Winston Churchill. 1950, Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin, 1000pp. Fourth volume in series. War in the Pacific and Africa. (Library discard with discreet markings. Good+, no DJ)

(1/8/00) - Also listed on British History.

By Jack Le Vien and Jack LeVien and John Lord. 1962, Avon, 320pp. "The new dramatic narrative of the Second WOrld War as seen through the eyes of the great Prime Minister". (Fair)

For books by Churchill on English history.

By William M. Tuttle, Jr.. 1993, Oxford University Press, 365pp. "Exploration of wartime America and one generation's odyssey from childhood to middle age. Includes excerpts from 2,500 letters the author solicited from men and women across the country who are now in their fifties and sixties.. . (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)

By Edwin P. Hoyt. 1988, Mcgraw-Hill, 620pp. An oral history of the war in Europe through the eyes of common soldiers. (Near Fine in Fine DJ in Brodart wraps)

By James Purvis. 1977, Manor Books, 223pp, 7x4". "A documented account based on the diary of bernard lipman." (Fair)

By Neil Orpen. 1984, University of Oklahoma Press, 184pp. The failed attempt by the Allies to arm and supply the Warsaw Nationalists in their 1944 uprising. (Fine in VG DJ)

By Kati David. 1989, Four Walls Eight Windows, 210pp. Eyewitness accounts of the war in Europe by fifteen children who lived through it. (Library discard with usual markings. Good in VG DJ in mylar wraps. FEP removed)

By Willard Richards. 1993, Willard Richards, 203pp, 11x8.5". "An Air Corp gunner recalls his experiences." (VG. AUTOGRAPHED on FEP)

By Reynolds Packard and Eleanor Packard. 1942, Oxford Univerity Press, 380pp. Published during the war. (G+, no DJ.)

By Richard Collier. 1971, Viking Press, 447pp. (VG in Good+ DJ. No marks. Price clipped from DJ)

By David Hapgood. 1984 (1986), Berkley, 286pp, 7x4". On the 1943 battle for the Abbey of Monte Cassino on the road to Rome. (Good+)

By Lawrence Cortesi. 1984, Zebra Books, 264pp, 7x4". "Rommel had outsmarted the Allies once too often -- Now his final bid to take North Africa had to be smashed." (Good)

By H. W. Schmidt. 1951 (1968), Ballantine, 256pp, 7x4". Photo insert. "In this book by Rommel's aide de camp, you will live by the side of the leader of the Afrika Corps as he plans and fights that most dazzling tank battles of World War II." (VG+)

By Roland Rieul. 1986 (1989), Avon, 211pp, 7x4". Autobiographical account of french soldier who escaped three times from German POW camps and lead a spy ring in Paris. (Good)

By Studs Terkel. 1984 (1985), Ballantine, 590pp. (G+)

A photographic review of the 1940s. (1/13/00) - Also listed on American History - General.

By David Brinkley. 1988, Alfred A Knopf, 287pp. The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation. (VG+ in VG DJ)

By David Brinkley. 1988 (1989), Ballantine, 287pp, 7x4". "The extraodinary story of the transformation of a city and a nation". (Good)

(1/26/00) - Also listed on World History.

By Ladislas Farago. 1981 (1982), Berkley, 301pp, 7x4". Recounts Patton's activities in the closing days of the war unitl his death shortly after. (VG)

(6/28/00) - Also listed on Show Business History & Culture.

By Marge Piercy. 1987, Ballantine, 775pp, 7x4". "They were men and women fighting for the future- of thier lives, their greatest dreams..". (VG, corners slightly foxed)

By Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen and Albert S. Hanser. 1995 (1996), Baen/Simon & Schuster, 382pp, 7x4". Fiction. Novel describes what would have had happened if Nazi Germany had prevailed in Europe. Co-written by former speaker of U.S. House of Representatives. (VG)

By Alistair Maclean. 1956 (1984), Fawcett Crest, 288pp, 7x4". (Near Fine. Unread)

By Harry Turtledove. 1995 (1996), Del Rey/Ballantine, 597pp, 7x4". Fiction. An alternate history of World War II. "While Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Tog worked out their strategy, the war against an even greater enemy continues." (Good+. Prev. owner's initials on bottom of page block)

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