Search Results: War from Zoar Books & Gallery

New York: Hillman-Curl, 1939. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 520 pages. Review slip laid in. A significant chronicle of the author's times. The biography of a generation.Some light edge wear on dust jacket with one small tear on tail of spine.

New York: John Day, 1942. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 378 pages. Tells about the rape of Nanking by the Japanese during WWII. Book spine ends bumped. Dust Jacket chipped on spine ends with two small tears on bottom front edge. Spine faded.

New York: Bantam, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2." 561 pages. Author's first book. From the mysteriously beautiful, richly hued landscape of the Saharan mountains to the sumtuous splendor of 19th century Paris, Empires of Sand is a novel that takes us on an extraordinary, powerfully emotional journey. In a clash between two civilizations, two men of common blood discover that in war, love, and even family, they are both destined to be outsiders. Spine ends and corners bumped. Tiny tear on bottom front of dust jacket.

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 6" X 9 1/4." 176 pages. Examines the tumultuous history of Europe from the end of World War II through the present. Covers the Cold War, decolonization, and major developments in the arts and sciences, as well as Euope's reaction to the events of 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and such episodes of terrorism as the Madrid bombings of 2004.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Trade Paperback. Good. 8" X 5.25." 719 pages. As told by the people who were there on the battlefields. Wraps are soiled. Shelf wear. Good reading copy.

New York: Dell, 1986. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Crease on spine, small indention on top edge

Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1959. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. G.W. Heumann. 7.5" X 10." 154 pages. Brodart protected. Price-Clipped but the word price is visible. Spine ends bumped. Dust jacket has pieces missing on spine ends, corners and edges.

London: Buchan & Enright, 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/4" X 8 1/2", 330 pages. Part of the 'Echoes of War' series. Professor Lehmann's is still the most dramatic and authoritive work on an imperial war that altered the entire course of South African history, and whose effects may still be seen. Price sticker on rear wrap. Possible remainder mark on top edge.

New York, NY: Bantam, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 9.25" X 6.25". 376 pages. The story of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Slight bumping to spine tail. Light shelf wear to jacket.

New York, NY: Back Bay Books, 2003. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4", 404 pages. James Bradley's acclaimed bestseller brilliantly illuminates a hidden piece of World War II history as it tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down in the Pacific. One of them, George H. W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. The fate of the others--a closely guarded sixty-year-old secret--is revealed for the first time in Flyboys.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1883. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 886 pages. The Carleton Library. A history of the Civil War written for younger readers. Red boards with back and gilt lettering and design. Some spotting to boards. Minor corner and edgewear. Hinges cracked. Two small worm holes in upper right corner. Owners signatures on ffep.

Keith Chase, 1993. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 10 1/2" X 7." 442 pages. The inscription reads: "To Mr. LaPierre & family with most kind regards, Keith Chase, Aug 25th, 1997." This heavily researched personal and, sometimes, philosophical, story details life on a garrison, problems with drugs, racial conflicts and often poor unit morale, due to manpower and equipment shortages. This book is about the Third Marine Division in the Far East during 1979. Bottom front edge lightly soiled and worn. Creasing and curling on corners. One small tear on spine tail.

New York, NY: Simon, Schuster, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 6" X 9." 325 pages. Wert analyzes and re-creates one of the South's last desperate struggles to win the bloodiest war in American History. Readers can examine both sides of the conflict and evaluate the key decisions.

Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4." 352 pages. Drawing on the writings of Robert E. Lee, the author condenses Lee's management brilliance into 260 concise, essential strategies for communicating new initiatives and goals, reacting to changing priorities, sustaining peek performance against great odds, and turning failure into new opportunities.

Akron, Ohio: The Werner Company, 1897. First Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 403 pages. The life and history of Otto Bismarck. Illustrated. Gilt medallion with picture of Bismarck on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt edges. Edgewear and corner wear to boards. Some spine pieces missing. Spine head worn more than tail. Hinge broken between pages 64-5, 80-1, 160-61, 192-93, 240-41. All pictures and text are excellent.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crease on back cover

Hebron, ME: Troubadour Interactive, 2010. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" X 9", 210 pages. Leaving Ireland in the devastating aftermath of the Famine, Anya Macgregor finds refuge in an island realm far from the violence of the Civil War, only to discover that she cannot escape its dark undercurrents. For Jonathon Douglas, a Confederate spy, the islands provide temporary sanctuary but soon become as dangerous as the battle front. Irresistibly drawn to each other, they are pulled into a web of espionage that threatens to detroy them both. Historical fiction at its best.

Northfield, Illinois: DBI Books, Inc., 1982. Soft cover. Good. 8 1/4" X 10 3/4." 256 pages. A fond, in-depth look at the venerable "wheelgun" from its earliest days through today's latest developments. Shelf wear and browning of edges. Some water staining on fore-edge. Spine ends and corners worn.

Fort Bragg, NC: U.S. Army Institute for Military Assistance, 1980. Printed Wraps. Very Good. 10.75" X 8.25." 120 pages. Techniques of defence and attack to keep yourself alive. Light shelf wear.

Denver, CO: Outskirts Press, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. 5" X 8", 165 pages. Larry Nelson enlisted in the Army Air Corps the summer of 1942. He was called to active duty in January, 1943. Larry became an aviation cadet and completed the Army Air Corps navigator training program. After he was assigned to the newly created B-29 program, he few to Saipan in October, 1944. Hell for Honshu tells the story of Larry's crew as they few thirty five combat missions from Saipan to Japan. He doesn't spare the dangers and tragedies of the war, but also reveals some lighter, and even fun, moments. One small crease on front cover.