Search Results: World War II from Texas Star Books

Hickam AFB, Hawaii: Pacific Air Forces Office of History, 1991. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 214 pp. Oversize trade paperback, 8-1/2"W X 11"H. Bright, crisp and clean. Very light corner and spine end wear.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Press, 1990. Reprint Ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with light spine end bumping. Dust jacket is also crisp and clean with minor edgewear and rubbing which shows on dark background.

Washington, D.C.: Center for Air Force History, 1992. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 50th anniversary reprint. 60 pp. Trade paperback with stapled binding. Very light wear on corners and spine ends. Very nice copy.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "A Belgian Saboteur in World War II". Clean, crisp and bright copy, as is dust jacket. Appears unread.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. '111 Stories from the Official Service Journal of the USAAF, Selected and Edited by James H. Straubel, Colonel, Air Force Reserve'. 492 pp. Navy blue cloth boards show light edge wear and some light spotting. Bright gilt print on spine. Front free end paper has heavy black marking blocking out previous owner's name. Clean interior - small faint smudge on forward page edge. Price-clipped dust jacket's front panel is separated from spine and rear panel, and top of spine area is missing 3/4" and onto front hinge area. Bottom of spine has some chipping loss. Some creasing on edges, significant rubbing and tearing. Now in protective cover.

Washington, D.C.: Center for Air Force History, 1992. No Stated Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 50 pp. Trade paperback with stapled binding - tight with minor wear to wraps. Clean interior.

Harrisburg, PA: Historical Times/Blandford Press, 1985. 1st Am. Ed., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 436 pp. Large format, 7 1/2"W X 10 1/2"H. Tight and clean copy with light bumping on corners and spine ends. Very minor rubbing. Dust jacket is bright with a little creasing and very minor edgewear. Nice copy.

Washington, D.C.: Center for Air Force History, 1992. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 50th anniversary reprint. 57 pp. Trade paperback with stapled binding. Very light wear on corners and spine ends. A few very small spots on front wrap. Very nice copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Stein and Day, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book club copy is tight and bright with very slight right lean. A little edgewear - corner and spine end bumping. Dust jacket has light chipping on corners and spine ends with a little tearing at top spine end and on top front edge.

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1996. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Frank memoir of a young southern boy entering the Navy as an ensign, the effect the war had on him up to his becoming a Pulitzer prize-winning historian. "An intimate look at how the United States Navy made sailors out of land-lubbers and sent them into battle, written with sensitivity and humor.." Historian Stephen Ambrose. Book is crisp and clean with no visible flaws. Dust jacket has slight creasing on back.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Excellent copy of historian, Eisenhower's look at the Allies of World War II. Book is tight and crisp with minimal shelfwear. Slight fading on blue cloth on bottom of front board, less than 1/4". Jacket shows slight rubbing and a little yellowing.

New York, NY: NAL Caliber, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Wukovits with the inscription, "Enjoy the story of brave men!", on the half-title page. 337 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with front corner of front board bumped. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp, with a little creasing/bumping on edges. Very nice signed copy - appears unread.

Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's amazing story of his experiences with Merrill's Marauders and the OSS Detachment 101 and freeing his father from a Japanese POW camp. Book is bright, tight, crisp and clean. Rear top board edge has chip in cloth. Dust jacket has price intact and is bright and clean with very light edge wear.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Pepys Press, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Personal narratives of 24 servicemen from WWII, those who served on land, on the sea, in the air and as POW's. This copy is signed & inscribed, "To ___ with God's blessings and best wishes", on half title page by one of those POW's whose story is told, Mike Harkovich. Bright orange boards with bright gilt title on spine. Slight bumping on corners and spine ends. Small ink mark on Contents page - else clean interior. No dust jacket.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 328 pp. Book has slight right lean and opens to signatures occasionally. Light edgewear and clean interior. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Darking on flap folds.

London, United Kingdom: Caxton Editions, 2001. 1st Ed., Thus . Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pp. Crisp, bright, clean and colorful with pictorial boards depicting the fight for Arnhem. Front pasted down paper has presentation bookplate from Republican women. No dust jacket.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "Roosevelt, Churchill, de Gaulle, and the Murder of Admiral Darlan". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 302 pp. Crisp, clean and bright copy with very minor wear and previous owner's embossed stamp on front free end paper. Remainder mark on bottom page edge. Dust jacket is bright and clean with very slight wear.

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texan Weissinger writes of his experiences as a crew member of the U.S.S. Houston and as prisoner of the Japanese during WWII. From the collection of a fellow Texan and WWII Navy vet, who stamped his name and address on the front free page. Book is tight, bright, crisp with clean interior. Dust jacket is also bright, crisp and clean.

San Francisco: Mercury House, Inc., 1989. No Stated Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A look at England for the month before Hitler invaded Poland, Sept. 3, 1939. Tight and crisp and clean copy that appears unread. Has very slight discoloration, perhaps yellowing. of page ends.Dust jacket has ver minor shelfwear.

United Kingdom: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215 pp. Bright and clean copy with very slight right lean. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp with slight edge creasing and wear.