December 1941 (26 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket, 4th Edition. In Hebrew. (6), 316 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. First half of book has water stains in margins. Damage to foot of spine. Ex library. Blank front pastedown has the rubber stamp impression of the renowned Rabbi Asher Wolk, (1913 Poland - November 16, 1991 New York City) was born in Poland, graduated from the Hebrew Seminary in Vilnius, Lithuania, immigrated to the United States in 1933 to join his father, Rabbi Paul Wolk of the Bronx, and attended Yeshiva University in New York. In 1960 he founded, with the support of David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel, the Olam Hadash, a monthly children's magazine, written in Hebrew and published in New York. Wolk was its editor in chief. Wolk was in charge of Jewish press relations for the World Zionist Organization for 35 years. In 1986, he published a book in Israel on his travels entitled "It's the Whale I'm Looking For." He also wrote political articles for the Jewish Forward and Algemeiner-Journal.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 108 pages. Interview with Retired U.S. Army General L L Lemnitzer / Dr Djoko Slijepcevic "Concerning The Albanianisation Of The Serbs" / Bogdan Raditsa "Luois Adamic: An Unmeltable American" / M Deroc "Sources For Draza Mihailovic's Biography" / Dr Ljubo Sirc "Among The Liberators (III) / Lev Detela "The Novelty Of Nova Revija (II)" / Documents: Resistance Movement In Slovenia 1941-1943 / Patrick Moore "The Balkan Political Scene: December 1982 - February 1983" (SL#37).

8vo. stiff wraps with title paste on; an auction catalogue of paintings and tapestries; 24 pages followed by 20 pages of black and white illustrations; German text; prices realized sheet laid in; edgechipped and sunned covers with chipped spine ends else a very good clean tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 4th Edition. In Yiddish. Translated from the Russian. Boards buckled, pages yellowed and brittle. (8), 304, (1) pages. 23 x 17 cm. 4th edition of 1,500 copies. Hinges exposed.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 4th Edition. In Yiddish. Translated from the Russian. Pages yellowed and brittle. (8), 556, (2) pages. 23 x 17 cm. 4th edition of 1,500 copies. Detached in binding.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. In Hebrew. (4), 504 pages. 14 x 12 cm. Detached original boards, lacks spine, book block has separated into several sections. First (title page) and last leaf are yellowed because of contact with acidic endpapers. All the other leaves are NOT yellowed.

Condition: Very Good. Fourth edition hard back binding in publisher's original stone grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains 143 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the tips, not price clipped, 6s. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEOLOGY & RELIGION.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket, In Hebrew. 232 x 180 x 240 mm. (6.25" x 9". The set is 9 inches thick). 11 books in Ten Volumes. Complete. Weight: 14 pounds. Minor wear and damage to the spine of a few volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. In Yiddish. Translated from the Russian. (8), 427, (3) pages. 247 x 175 mm. Edition of 1,000 copies. Original wrappers bound in. Front wrapper detached.

Condition: Fine. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Published to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the well-known but ill-fated raid on German merchant shipping in Bordeaux. Includes much original content unavailable when Lucas Phillips compiled the first account in 1956. Printer's code 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contains (xxvii), 420 pp with archive monochrome and colour photographs throughout, 4 maps. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'To Richard - Best wishes | Paddy Ashdown' + loosely inserted invitation card talking about the book and signed by him 'Paddy'. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

Octavo, single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. Fiction by Anthony Boucher, Theodore Sturgeon, Eric Frank Russell, Jane Rice and others. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699]. Mild edge rubs, some darkening of spine panel, a nearly fine copy. (27327).

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. In the beginning this was not really a detective magazine but a hero-adventure magazine featuring Jim Anthony of Irish and American Indian lineage. Basically a Doc Savage imitation. With this issue and story "I.O.U. Murder" the series moved into a detective series with the adventure trappings and the Anthony character started wearing business suits. The stories were written by John Grange, a house pseudonym for Robert Leslie Bellem and W. T. Ballard. The Anthony character was phased out in 1943. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 543-545]. Light edge wear with a closed tear to right front edge, short tear to lower left corner at spine, reading crease, a very good to nearly fine copy. (25224).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In Hebrew. (4), 504 pages. 14 x 12 cm. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hebrew text. 278 x 220 mm. [2], ix, [3], 744, [2], 54, 12 pages, Very large, heavy volume. Shipping it out of the United States would be very costly. Blank front endpaper has illegible signature of previous owner (see sixth image).

Octavo, single issue, cover by Rafael DeSoto, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Crime Laboratory" with Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." The character was established to be a direct competitor to Street and Smith's Shadow magazine. After Doc Savage and The Shadow this was the most popular hero character. The Spider character was considered one of the most brutal and violent of the pulp era. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 521-527. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 602-604]. Tanning to text paper, light edge wear with tiny tears and a bit of overhang loss, small chip to upper right edge, a very good copy. (34811).

Original wraps. Condition: Very good. From the private collection of Roosevelt bibliographer Fred B. Adams, the first edition of The War Messages of Franklin D. Roosevelt: December 8, 1941, To October 12, 1942. (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto [2], 76pp, [1]. Publisher's blue printed wraps, title printed in gold on front cover. Bound at spine, with light sunning edges, chip at head of spine. (Halter T-755) Unique inscription from John Valentine to Adams: "For F.D. Adams, Jr. - This is supposedly a "hush-hush" publication by the Library of Congress, for distribution abroad only, propaganda-like." John Valentine / Jan. 1944." From Halter: Probably published in November 1942, by the Office of War Information, strictly for foreign distribution. Also issued in several other languages. A supplement was published by the OWI in 1943 and final edition in 1945, each with additional material. Includes the first printed examples of Fireside Chats from April 28, 1942, September 3, 1942 and October 12, 1942. As well as the Flag Day Address of June 14, 1942. Provenance: From the private collection of Frederick B. Adams, bibliographer of President Roosevelt and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. His collection was sold by Sotheby's in 2001. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter Persian blue buckram over gold straw textured cloth, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed, bevelled edges. Folio. 12ĵ'' x 9ĵ''. Hand written number 41 of 50 Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the artist 'Ronald Balfour.' Printed on Japanese vellum paper with an additional colour illustration. Contains [ii, blank], [viii], 152 unnumbered pages with 6 tipped-in full colour plates, 1 additional full-page colour illustration (opposite the title-page) heightened in gilt and water-colour with original tissue-guard, 14 tipped-in two colour plates, 18 tipped-in black and white plates, and numerous black and white text illustrations throughout. House illustrated bookplate belonging to 'Willougby Statham Smyth - Benchams, Devon' to the front paste down. [Willoughby Statham Smith (c1861-1946) of Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd., was a long established electrical instruments company which played an early role in the development of computers in the United Kingdom]. Benchams was built by Willoughby Statham Smith, a successful businessman, when he moved to the area in 1906. The cottage was originally built as an engine house which generated electricity for Southerton and was completely destroyed by fire in 2017. Minor rubbing to the corners and in Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Card wrappers. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. In Hebrew, vowelized (with nikud). (2), map in color, 124, (2) pages. 220 x 145 mm. Yellowed and fragile. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. In Yiddish. Ten large volume set. close to 5000 pages. Very heavy and so costly to mail outside the United States.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. In Russian. XII, 227, (1) pages. Re-backed, in leather. 218 x 160 mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. In Russian. Volume I: 323, (1) pages. Volume II: viii, 474, (1) pages.