1940 – 1949 vintage books War editions, First, Western

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TALE OF THE PROMETHEA MOTH BOOK, HENRY B. KANE, YEAR: COPYRIGHT DATE LISTED AT 1942, CONDITION: EX LIBRARY WITH EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS, BINDING INTACT, NO DUSTJACKET 

The R.C.A.F. Overseas The First 4 Years 1944 C.G. Power 

GOOD BYE MR. CHIPS BOOK JAMES HILTON, YEAR: 1940 The classic story of English school life, by the celebrated popular novelist. Mr. Chipping (alias Chips) is a shy and somewhat reclusive scholar who takes a post as classics master at Brookfield, a small boarding school in the English countryside NO RIPS, NO TEARS, PENCILLED NOTATIONS INSIDE FRONT COVER, BINDING IS INTACT, ALONG THE TOP EDGE FRONT AND BACK IS HEAVILY SUN FADED (SEE PHOTO) 

MADMAN’S MEMORY BOOK… ROGER VERCEL 1947… GIFT INSCRIPTION IN QUILL PEN INSIDE FRONT COVER DATED 1947 ALONG WITH PREVIOUS OWNER BOOK PLATE, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING INTACT,.. 

The Moon is Down John Steinbeck book, 1942 Viking Press, 188 pages, gorgeous copy with silver embossed print on the spine, 1 stain on the bottom edge of pages, dustjacket is included but both flaps are separated and edges are chipped & worn 

Ernie Pyle Here is your War book Story of G I Joe, 1st book by the author, first edition, 6th printing, The world publishing company, 1945, 6th printing May 1945, hardcover with dustjacket, b/w illustrations 

A wonderful and enduring tribute to American troops in the Second World War, Here Is Your War is Ernie Pyle’s story of the soldiers’ first campaign against the enemy in North Africa. With unequaled humanity and insight, Pyle tells how people from a cross-section of America–ranches, inner cities, small mountain farms, and college towns–learned to fight a war. The Allied campaign and ultimate victory in North Africa was built on blood, brave deeds, sacrifice and needless loss, exotic vistas, endurance, homesickness, and an unmistakable American sense of humor. It’s all here–the suspenseful landing at Oran; the risks taken daily by fighter and bomber pilots; grim, unrelenting combat in the desert and mountains of Tunisia; a ferocious tank battle that ended in defeat for the inexperienced Americans; and the final victory at Tunis. Pyle’s keen observations relate the full story of ordinary G.I.s caught up in extraordinary times. 

dustjacket is unclipped, has a covering that seems to have protected it, binding is intact with no loose pages, there is no writing, Please consider photos as part of the description 

Country School Ma’am Della T. Lutes 1941 book, Grey cloth, red diamond pattern, b/w pictorial endpapers, Little, Brown and company, 327 pages, stated first edition, previous owner name on inside front cover, some foxing, binding is solid with no loose pages, 

Once in the Saddle Clem Colt 1946 book, 256 pages, Arcadia House, covers are stained, with crease, solid reading copy with no loose pages, ex library with expected interior attachments, Please consider photos as part of the description 

The Book of Ariel A novel Anonymous 1942 Stated First edition, 299 pages, 

gold gilt lettering on blue cloth spine, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing, couple of white dot spots on front cover, dust jacket is in ragged condition but is still intact, Please consider photos as part of the description 

The Undefeated 1941 George Wolfenden book 

Blue cloth board covers, silver lettering front and spine, corners bumped and show wear, binding is intact with no loose pages, parts of the dustjacket have been affixed to the inside of the cover and the first free endpaper, no writing,  

Diseases of Cattle revised edition 1942 book, black and white drawing plates, 507 pages, indexed, United States department of agriculture, no dustjacket, no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,  

Der Feuhrer Book, Heiden Konrad, 1944, first edition translation by Ralph Manheim, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 788 pages 

“Konrad Heiden has supplemented his first-hand observations with a file of early Hitler material, most of it never before translated. His is the only book to give the whole story of Hitler’s rise to power from the very beginning to the day when the blood purge eliminated the last opposition and left him absolute dictator of Germany. ‘Der Fuehrer’ is not only a profound and revealing narrative, but a great historic document essential for an understanding of the history that is being created before our eyes.” 

Edges shows some scuffing and wrinkling in the spine, there is a paste down personal nameplate inside the front cover, no writing, no dog ears, pages are starting to show age yellowing, title page has a small nick and chip along the bottom edge, 

Paris Underground book Etta Shiber 1943, 392 pages a first hand account of the resistance movement in nazi occupied europe; by etta shiber in collaboration with anne and paul dupre; the author was an exchange prisoner for a nazi spy located in the united states. The author was an American who operated an “underground railway” through which nearly 200 British soldiers escaped from occupied France. 

Condition , No writing, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING is intact with no loose pages, shows shelf wear and bumps to the corners, dustjacket is very ragged and ripped – it was found inside the book folded and is included, cover is stained.  

Pictures of the Gold Rush California, Quaife, Milo Milton, Christmas 1949, 383 pages, Lakeside classics, Chapters include: To California via Cape Horn; To California via Panama; To California via Mexico; California in 1848; San Francisco in 1849; the News Comes to Monterey; Three Weeks in a Mining Camp; How the Gold Was Mined; Chinese, Mexicans and Indians; Amusements of the Miners; and Argonaut Agreements and Mining Laws. Included is a Historical Introduction by renowned historian Milo Quaife, an appendix, and an index. 

Condition: some of the gold gilt on front cover is worn off, couple of stains front and back, interior clean and all pages intact, no rips, no tears, no writing 

War Department Education Manual EM726 Business Typewriting USAFI 1944 

A self teaching course, 79 page stapled booklet, in folder including the entire set of preprinted letterhead and business forms for the completion of the course. Letterheads include Western Union telegrams. The booklet and letterheads are in excellent condition, the folder shows some corner and edge wear 

Cluny Brown book, Margery Sharp 1944, 270 pages, ‘Story of an unpredictable girl who throws an old’county’house in Devon into turmoil. 

Back of the dustjacket features the full page ad “Buy War Bonds”, publisher note for reduced bulk of the book due to paper restrictions for the war effort. BINDING is intact with no loose pages, previous owner name inside front cover, bumps to the corners, dustjacket is ragged around the edges 

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde book, Robert Louis Stevenson, 162 pages, Illustrations by W. A. Dwiggins First Trade Edition Published in Canada 1945, Facsimile sheet of author’s manuscript inserted. 

Condition , book shows as unread, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING is intact with no loose pages, no writing, book slipcase is poor but intact, being split along the top edge, and age stained, 

Mrs Mike Book, The Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan, Benedict and Nancy Freedman, 1947, 312 pages 

A novel, but it is based on the life of a real woman, a girl who went to Canada many years ago for her health and found her happiness by marrying a Canadian Mountie. 

NO WRITING, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, pages are all intact but the binding has started to separate at the title page, shows SHELF WEAR, the gold gilt lettering has worn off the spine and the front cover as shown in the photo, pages are starting to show age discolouring. 

The Seemingly Impossible book, 1940, Mackay, James, Minister New St James Presbyterian Church London Ontario, Published by The Thorn Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 184 pages, Obituary leaflet insert by John Howie,

navy blue boards with silver lettering, previous owner name on first free endpaper, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, dustjacket is ragged around the edges