Search Results: World Wars I and II from Washburn Books

Newark, Nottinghamshire: Quill Press Ltd, 2006 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Story of a young Polish boy whose family was killed by the Nazis. 158pp illustrated with black and white photographs and a map. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1917 Book. Illus. by M Watson-Williams. Good. Quarter Bound in Brown Cloth. 5th Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Diary of daily life during the First World War, with entries from July 1914 to December 1915, written in the style of the diarist Samuel Pepys. 316pp, illustrated with 16 black and white drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Edges dusty, lower and fore edges untrimmed, darkened panels and owner's stamps to endpapers, otherwise cood copy..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Phoenix Library edition. Book of essays on the effects of the First World War by the English journalist and novelist Charles Edward Montague (1867-1928), first published in 1922. 228pp. Gilt lettering and design to spine. Minor bumping to spine and corners, spine a little faded and former owner's name in tiny writing to pastedown, otherwise very good copy..

Hull: Bradley Publications & Co, 1983 Book. Illus. by Paul Graham. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Personal account of the author's experiences under Japanese occupation in the Dutch East Indies during the Second World War. 92pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good copy. Signed by the author to the endpaper 'All good wishes L Edna Dekker-Lewis'. .

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1968 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of the events which led to the Frist World War. 127pp illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight fading to spine and edge of front panel and some marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Brassey's, 2001 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated record of the war on the Eastern Front in World War II, drawing on previously unpublished photographs from a former Soviet archive. 224pp with index, illustrated profusely throughout in black and white. Grey endpapers. Minor bumping to top edges, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some fingermarking, otherwise near fine. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be required for Air Mail shipping..

Gallimard, 1996 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Text in French. 444pp. Some creasing to spine and former owner's stamps to endpapers, otherwise good copy..

New York and London: The Free Press, 2003 Book. Good. Quarter Bound Brown Cloth. First Thus, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stories of a pivotal period of the Second World War, told through the personal experiences of men and women. 368pp with index, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs. Bound with brown cloth spine with gilt lettering over brown paper covered boards. Slight bumping to spine, two small dents to lower board and light foxing to top edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. .

London: Michael Joseph, 1954 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. 18th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Memoir of a WWII Commander of Bomber Command, written completely from the author's memory. Introduction by Sir Arthur Harris. 302pp. White lettering to spine. Rubbing and bumping to corners, spine rubbed and slanted, hinges weakened, marking to boards, darkening to endpapers and owner's label to front endpaper, otherwise quite good copy..

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1943 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. True story of a dangerous journey of ten thousand miles across Oran, the Sahara, French Sudan and the West African jungle, by two men who wanted to join General de Gaulle's Free French Forces. Translated from the French. Foreword by General Charles de Gaulle. Map to frontis in black and white. Flyleaf has advert for the BBC World Service's broadcasts to the occupied countries of Europe. Dedication in pencil on endpaper, written in French. Slight bumping to spine and corners, otherwise good copy. DJ has several tears and is missing a small piece at the base of the spine, but is all in one piece..

Actes Sud, 1998 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Semi-autobiographical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian writer Imre Kertesz (1929-2016), first published in 1975 in Hungarian with the title Sorstalasag (Fatelessness), about a Hungarian boy who survives internment in two concentration camps. Text in French, translated from the Hungarian by Natalia and Charles Zaremba. 291pp. Slight creasing to spine and former owner's name and stamp to endpaper, otherwise very good copy..

London: Feature Books Ltd Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The story of the underground press in France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia and Norway. Undated volume, published during World War II. 127pp. Cover somewhat grubby and rubbed to spine, page edges and endpapers soiled and darkened, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

New York: Popular Library, 1961 Book. Illus. by James MacDonald. Fair. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First hand account of D-Day and the Normany invasion. 301pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Edges tinted. Spine curled and creased, rubbing and creasing to corners, early pages starting to loosen from glued binding and slight mustiness to volume, otherwise fair reading copy with no inscriptions..

Worcester: Osborne Heritage, 1997 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 7.25" Tall x 6.5" wide. Tribute to Geoffrey Ankerell Studdert Kennedy, the diminutive but legendary World War I chaplain and poet. 96pp illustrated with black and white photographs. This copy presented to Dr Ingrid Roscoe, the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, on the occasion of her opening the Woodbine Willie Exhibition in Leeds on 23rd May 2010. tiny spot to top edges, otherwise very good plus copy..

London: Allen Lane, 2004 Book. Very Good. Burgundy Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the war in Asia, with vivid stories of ordinary men and women who experienced it. 554pp with index, illustrated with 34 black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine, burgundy endpapers. Creasing to lower page corners and slight bumping to base of spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with slight edgewear, otherwise very good .

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Remarkable World War II memoir based on hidden diaries. 253pp illustrated with 4 pages of black and white photographs. Silver lettering to spine, coloured endpapers. Minimal marking to top edges, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Bantam Books, 2003 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Monumental account of the tragic Gallipoli campaign in World War I. 746pp with index, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs and 14 maps, all in black and white. Minimal creasing to spine and corners, a few tiny turned page corners and light stain to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2013 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. World War II memoir by a French Resistance worker, recruited at 16 and awarded the Croix de Guerre and the American Medal of Freedom. 431pp, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs, plus two maps. Silver lettering to spine. some marking and sunning to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price clipped, with slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Little Brown and Company (UK), 1999 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the heroic actions of a solitary German who refused to leave the Chinese capital as the Japanese army advanced, recorded in the diary he wrote nightly. English translation by John E Woods. 294pp with notes, illustrated with black and white photographs to the text. Maps to endpapers, gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine, minor marking to top edges and tiny nick to one fore-edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Cassell & Co, 2000 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cassell Military Paperbacks edition of the book first published in 1951. The original story of the mass prisoner of war breakout, made famous by the Hollywood film. 264pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Edges slightly sunned and cover a little curled, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..