Translated by Robert Kee (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Fourth Edition. 254 pages. "The power of the German military machine is broken at last and the allies are pouring into the country. 'Lumpface' Lushke is anxious to avoid loss of life and orders his units to disband and go home. But there are still fanatical Nazi officers who order hopeless resistance to American tanks in order to ensure their own escapes. Gunner Asch, now a lieutenant, and his companions are hunting such a Nazi fanatic when they reach the little provincial town in which old Asch has his cafe. It's a scene of indescribable confusion as the Americans advance, the Nazis go underground, the opportunistscash in on profitable and ingenious rackets and Sergeant-Major Schulz, now a Captain, misinterprets every order he is given. But Herbert Asch remains cheerful, wily and resourceful amidst the chaos around him. And he watches the collapse of the Army he has served for so long evident relish as he looks forward to his own escape from the trials of military life." >> rubbing to covers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. Second Edition. 254 pages. "The power of the German military machine is broken at last and the allies are pouring into the country. 'Lumpface' Lushke is anxious to avoid loss of life and orders his units to disband and go home. But there are still fanatical Nazi officers who order hopeless resistance to American tanks in order to ensure their own escapes. Gunner Asch, now a lieutenant, and his companions are hunting such a Nazi fanatic when they reach the little provincial town in which old Asch has his cafe. It's a scene of indescribable confusion as the Americans advance, the Nazis go underground, the opportunistscash in on profitable and ingenious rackets and Sergeant-Major Schulz, now a Captain, misinterprets every order he is given. But Herbert Asch remains cheerful, wily and resourceful amidst the chaos around him. And he watches the collapse of the Army he has served for so long evident relish as he looks forward to his own escape from the trials of military life." >> Slight spine slant. Creasing to Covers; Moderate water staining on top edge on book. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition by Publisher. 254 pages. "The power of the German military machine is broken at last and the allies are pouring into the country. 'Lumpface' Lushke is anxious to avoid loss of life and orders his units to disband and go home. But there are still fanatical Nazi officers who order hopeless resistance to American tanks in order to ensure their own escapes. Gunner Asch, now a lieutenant, and his companions are hunting such a Nazi fanatic when they reach the little provincial town in which old Asch has his cafe. It's a scene of indescribable confusion as the Americans advance, the Nazis go underground, the opportunistscash in on profitable and ingenious rackets and Sergeant-Major Schulz, now a Captain, misinterprets every order he is given. But Herbert Asch remains cheerful, wily and resourceful amidst the chaos around him. And he watches the collapse of the Army he has served for so long evident relish as he looks forward to his own escape from the trials of military life." >>> Store stamp on inside front cover; Book is slightly warped. Minor cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Near Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First US Edition. New York: Coward, McCann, Inc, 1959. Near Fine condition in Near Very Good (3 short closed tears) Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($3.75). Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "First American Edition, 1959" is so stated on the copyright page. The author's first novel. Exciting tale of undermanned and undersupplied German soldiers who are ordered to hold a bridge against the inexorable advance of Russian tanks. Compared by some to ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Original black boards. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Hawkins, Arthur (dust jacket design). 8vo. 240pp. Hawkins, Arthur (dust jacket design) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Thriller series of a German officer thwarting the Nazi war machine, with this installment dealing with finishing the job at the end of the war. Paperback edition following two prior printings, Pyramid X-1063 with cover art by Darrell Greene and 60 original price point. Minor edgewear in places, some sunning, and a small horizontal crack towards bottom of spine exterior. Clean and tight copy on the whole. Gold dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Copyright, ©, 1955, by Little, Brown and. 311 + pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear and some minor cuts and tears. Some cuts have been taped with adhesive tape. David Soshensky (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pyramid Edition Published August 1964. 286 pp. Tightly bound copy with clean text and crisp pages. Small sticker on front cover. Faded color on spine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Good +. 1st edition. 1st edition. A Very Good copy in Good + dust jacket. 8vo. Black cloth in grey dust jacket. The dust jacket is edge worn with light soiling to the panels. End papers toning. The dj is now protected ijn a mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. 264 pp brown cloth with gilt title to spine. EX Library in library binding, usual stamps, tear to half title, solid reading copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Seventh Impression 1968. Creased cover.POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK ONLY) . Please email for further details. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Not Illustrated (illustrator). Not Inscribed or Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First impression 1955. Some foxing and tanning to the closed page edges and the jacket has repaired tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition: X-1052 (60c). Mass market paperback. Text tanned, as usual, spine has some fading, minor ripple to the first page, mild rubbing to the laminated covers, else a very good plus, tight copy in color illustrated wraps. "All quiet on the Russian front until. the Lieutenant fell in love with a beautiful spy. the Corporal organized a thriving black-market empire. the enemy smashed at the tottering Wehrmacht. the Captain commandeered a truckload of showgirls. and Gunner Asch had to pick up the pieces!"--rear cover blurb.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hatdback, edges browned, otherwise clean and sound, black cloth, Good / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition. Ex-library book with a few stamps, ffep removed. Otherwise clean, strong binding, some chipping and wear to the unclipped dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13cm, 263pp. Joseph Scholmer was a German medical doctor and anti-Nazi dissident who was imprisoned by the Gestapo during World War II. After the war, while working in East Berlin, he was arrested by Soviet intelligence in 1949 under false accusations of espionage. Sentenced to 25 years of hard labour, he was sent to Vorkutlag, a vast complex of forced-labour coal mines in the Arctic tundra of Russia. The book provides one of the earliest and most detailed eyewitness accounts of the Soviet Gulag system published in the West, specifically detailing the major 1953 Vorkuta Uprising. Condition: A good copy. The book itself is in good condition but with some dusting to the page edges. The dustwrapper is rubbed to the edges with slight loss to the top corners and head of the spine, and with general overall grubbiness.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.VG HARDBACK IN VG DUSTWRAPPER.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. GD+ Joseph Scholmer took part in the historic Vorkuta slave rising in 1953. Here he gives not only a terrifying eye-witness account of the brutal and hopeless revolt, but a penetrating and absorbing insight into life in a Soviet slave-camp.

1st English Edition. Hardback. Fair in fair, edge worn, browned and plastic protected, d/w. Spine cocked, faded and bumped; boards warped, mottled and discoloured; pages browned; spotting to edge of pages. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK Edition. Firmly bound maroon cloth boards with light foxing on the end papers and closed page edges, no writing inside. Jacket not price clipped with a little light wear on the corners and the top and base of the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sixth Printing By This Publisher. 288 pages. "The corporal organised a thriving black-market empire. The Lieutenant fell in love with a beautiful spy. The Captain commandeered a truckload of showgirls. and Gunner Asch picked up the pices! Still fighting it out with the pompous brass and Nazi fanatics of the Wehrmacht, the hero of The Revolt of Gunner Asch carries on his struggle to say sane and human in the hightmare of war." Translated from the German by Robert Kee >> Minor front cover creasing; Slight wear on spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Open copy. Wrapped in dust jacket protector. DJ is worn but intact a few minor tears, Some toning on pages, otherwise a nice copy for age.