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Munich 1923: The Story of Hitler's First Grab For Power
Dornberg, John New York, New York, U.S.A. Harper & Row Publishers 1982 006038025X / 9780060380250 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
; 385 pages with index; First Edition/First Printing; Black & white photographs; Textblock is tight with no names/no highlighting or underlining and gently tanned pages (light wear to edges); Boards are charcoal grey with a wine-cloth spine and title in gold; Cream and grey dust-jacket with shelf and edge wear including some rubbing/small close tears/nicks; No original price on dust-jacket flap; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable clear mylar cover; . (This is a fast-moving blow by blow re-enactment of the thirty hours of Hitler's 1923 Munich beerhall putsch, based on newspaper reports, police documents, trial records and the personal recollections of participants and eyewitnesses. In the fall of 1923, nearly five years after the defeat of the Kaiser's war machine, the German Republic in general and the state of Bavaria in particular were at a point of crisis, and the putsch was intended to topple the teetering Weimar Republic.)
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4.19 USD
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Invasion 1940: An Account of the German Preparations and the British Counter-Measures
Fleming, Peter Pleasantville, New York Akadine Press 2000 1585790141 / 9781585790142 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
; Wraps, 323 pages with bibliograpy, index; Akadine Press paperback printing by arrangement with Simon and Schuster Inc.; Black & white illustrations, map; Preface by John Lukacs; Textblock is tight and unmarked; Pictorial cover with no tears and modest shelf & edge wear; ......(Peter Fleming's 'Invasion 1940' tells the fascinating story of that extraordinary summer when England was cheerfully defiant as they readied to face Hitler's onslaught from across the English channel. This is an account of the German preparations as well as the British counter-measures, including a good many things which combined to make history in the summer of 1940.)
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5.29 USD
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Black May
Gannon, Michael New York City, New York HarperCollins Publishers 1998 0060178191 / 9780060178192 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Tom Lau (Jacket Design)
; 492 pages with index; First Edition/First Printing; Black & white photographs, map; Book block is secure with some numbers bottom-right of frontfree endpaper; No additional marginalia, has marks on approx nine pages/wear top-bottom of textblock; Fore-edge rough trimmed as published; Boards are black with grey spine, title in black on spine {light & dark scattered marks outside of boards, some spine-roll, book priced accordingly}; Unfaded pictorial dust-jacket with modest shelf & edge wear including some small nicks, light creasing; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; .....(In May 1943, Allied sea and air forces won a stunning, dramatic and vital victory over the largest and most powerful submarine force that was ever sent to sea, sinking forty-one German U-boats, while damaging thirty-seven others. Given the strategic importance of these events in May 1943, 'Black May' provides an important work of history as well as a great sea story. It explains how black May happened and why, as well as who or what was responsible. Draws on original documents in German, British, U.S. and Canadian archives, and throughout, the author tells the 'Black May' story from both the German and the Allied perspectives, often using the actual words of captains and crews.)
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4.95 USD
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The Berlin Wall: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and a Showdown in the Heart of Europe
Gelb, Norman Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A. Touchstone Books 1988 0671657879 / 9780671657871 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
; Wraps; 321 pages with index; First paperback printing; Black & white photographs; Tight textblock with clean pages; A small light mark on one page/feint mark on fore-edge; Unfaded pictorial cover with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; . (Here is the entire story of the Berlin Wall from its genesis in the Allied Armies' race for Berlin during World War II to the U.S.-Soviet confrontation that brought the world to the edge of war. Veteran journalist Norman Gelb was an eyewitness to these epoch-making events, and he weaves this compelling narrative of history involving power politics, a divided city, familes separated, all bringing this era vividly to life.)
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4.54 USD
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A History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Kohlrausch, Frederick; Haas, James D. New York, New York D. Appleton and Company 1889 Hardcover Good No Dust Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
; 487 pages with index; American edition copyright 1889; Tranlated by James D. Haas; Textblock is tight with no marginalia save for former owners name neatly written to second front-free endpaper; Occasional light marks on approx 25 pages (including wear to edges of endpapers, back paste-down endpaper is split at inside edge, some wear at edges); Brown cloth-covered boards with title in gilt to spine - shelf wear includes rubbing/some scrape marks, & is priced accordingly; Sun-fade to spine with title clearly seen - Nonetheless a sturdy, solid book; .....(Forty, detailed chapters in this book covers German history from ancient Germany up to the banishment of Napoleon at the island of Elba, and the peace treaty signed at Paris.)
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9.73 USD
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Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural and Social Life in the Third Reich
Mosse, George L. New York, New York Universal Library (Grosset & Dunlap) 1968 044800187X / 9780448001876 Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
; Wraps; 386 pages; 1972 printing; Black & white photographs; Tight textblock though front-free endpaper was gently removed; Tanned pages with former owners small label on half-title page, and as a neat working copy the text has highlighting with occasional check marks; Red pictorial cover has shelf-rubbing and nicks, but no tears; A good solid copy; . (This is a startling, astonishing story of Nazi culture, and explains what it was like to live as a Nazi. Disclosed by special research, official German documents and revealing photographs, it sheds light on individual aspects of their life, such as being a parent, morals, the family, as a worker or student, attitudes towards art, music, drama, science, religion and more.)
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4.95 USD
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Of German Ways
Rippley, Lavern New York, New York Gramercy Publishing Company 1986 0517605295 / 9780517605295 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Henning B. Jensen
; 301 pages; First Gramercy Edition/First Printing (published by arrangement with Dillon Press); Black & white illustrations; Textblock is tight with no internal markings/only feint wear at edges; Blue boards with title/author/publisher in gold on spine; Pictorial dust-jacket with modest shelf wear including some nicks, feint sun-fade to spine; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; .....(History, art, music, literature and customs of German life at home, and in America. So this book, 'Of German Ways' is an informative and entertaining book that's ideal for adults who are interested in their ethnic backgrounds, for any traveler who wants to learn more about the character of the country of Germany, or for a good overall education. Chapter titles are: The Land, Why They Came and Why They Left, The Great Minds, Patriotism and Its Symbols, The Language-High German/Low German/Dialects of German, Artistic Achievement, Life's Milestones, Education and Learning, Legend Folklore Folk Wisdom, Christmas and other Holidays, Sports, The Sweetness of Work, German Food, About Drink, Music Theater Song, Conclusion, About the Author.)
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5.63 USD
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The Two Germanies since 1945 : East and West
Turner, Henry A., Jr. New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A. Yale University Press 1989 0300044151 / 9780300044157 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
; Wraps; 228 pages with index; Black & white photographs, maps; Tight textblock with no marginalia; Bright pictorial cover with no creasing to spine, no tears and modest shelf & edge wear; . (A good piece on German history and politics from the end of World War II from the surrender in 1945 to the Bundestag elections of 1987. Written by a prominent historian he provides a comprehensive overview of East and West Germany, further demonstrating how important it was for the two states, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic to continue being interwined, arguing that this would be best in fact for all humanity. Well organized and clearly written.)
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4.60 USD
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