Bergee Lee (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 250 pages, maps, Very good hardcover First Edition. A hard-hitting book about the defense of the Philippines, Bataan, Corregidor, the Death March, life in prison camps and hellships. It also asks the question: why did so many things go wrong? The subject of this story was a POW for 1,226 days and was a witness at the War Crimes Trials after the war. The author served in the Philippines in WWII and served in Korea later and is a member of the "CHOSIN FEW." Contains bookplate of Marine Corps General Austin Shofner - also a POW in WWII who led a dramatic prison escape. GREAT ASSOCIATION ITEM!

1st edition. 8vo. 250pp. Maps. Original boards. Faded pictorial white d/w. with red and black lettering to spine, slightly rubbed. Signed by the author. US$15.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. Signed by Bergee and Promnitz on ffep. boards slightly worn but clean, tight binding, interior text clean. DJ covers lightly worn but clean, no tears, not price-clipped, in mylar cover. Signed by author and book subject.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 250 pages, maps, Like New Hardcover in Dust Jacket. SIGNED by both the author and inscribed by the subject of the story - Frank Promnitz USMC. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ] Hardback, octavo, appx 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 250 pages, Very Near Fine in VG+ dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book itself very close to being flawless with only a couple of reading smudges late in the book (one fore-edge thumb smudge & one very light top corner smudge). DJ clean and bright, one tiny edge split bottom edge front panel + one very short closed edge tear top edge back panel o/w not much for general wear showing at all. Front free endpaper SIGNED neatly and boldly by both the author Lee Bergee and the subject of the book Frank O. Promnitz. RWR5 World War Two WWII Military POW Prisoner-of-War Philippines Bataan Corregidor War Crimes Trial Signed. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 1987 , Hardcover in the dust jacket, 250 page book , two maps.Inscribed and signed by Lee K. Bergee and Frank O. Promnitz on the front free endpaper. Bound in red paper over boards, spine stamped in gilt. Condition : Fine , Spine very slightly cocked, Inked ownership stamp on the front paste-down , blind ownership stamp to the half - title and rear flyleaf. Dust jacket rubbed and very lightly edgeworn with some very light soiling to the rear DJ panel . Very scarce with both signatures . Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Guest of the Emperor, signed by the author, Lee K. Bergee and Frank O. Promnitz. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 250pp. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine. Clean text. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, price clipped, touch of shelf wear, but with bright illustrations. Signed on the front free endpaper: "'May it never happen again.' Best Wishes! L K Berg --- Frank O. Promnitz." United States Marine, Frank O. Promnitz, fought in the battles of Bataan and Corregidor, but was captured by the Japanese. He survived the Bataan Death March in 1942. He spent three years in various Japanese POW camps. He was liberated in Hitachi, Japan and returned to the United States. The author, Lee K. Bergee, also served in the Marines. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The true story of the defense of the Philippines. It depicts the despair and pain suffered in prison camps and hell ships. The personal story of ex-POW Frank O. Promnitz, who was held prisoner for 1,226 days and lived to testify at the War Crime Trials after the war. The dust cover is clean and bright with very little shelf and edge wear. The book is in as new condition. It is signed by the author and Frank Promnitz. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Signed by the author and by Frank O. Promnitz on front fly leaf. Dust jacket has a two inch slit on back panel and is lightly bumped along top edges. 250 pages. Signed by Author(s).