Commandos by Arnold Elliott (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. sixth printing june 1942 is stated on the copyright page, $2.50 Publishers Dust Jacket Price, chips nicks and short tears to the dust jacket edges.

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. First Edition By This Publisher. 304 pgs "The ideal commando was a man whose mother, wife & children had been killed by the same Nazi Bomb!" >> Reading copy! Cover creasing Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Collins White Circle 225, 1946, Reprint Edition, later White Circle printing. Originally published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce in 1942. WWII Norwegian underground thriller. 191 pages. Condition: Good: The spine is cocked and shows some rubbing. The front cover shows a one inch closed tear on the top edge, some edge wear and some rubbing. The back cover shows an edge chip, a mark and some rubbing. The pages are slightly toned, more so at the edges but are supple and unmarked. The red-tinted page edges show some rubbing and fading. The book is tightly bound. This book will be placed in a new archival bag and shipped after receipt of payment in a reinforced padded mailer or a new box with a USPS tracking number.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Dust jacket has a few tears, and a little soiling/rubbing; Very Good condition. Cover a little bumped. Erase marks on front end page. Very Good + condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Movie Edition. Dust jacket has some tears and soiling, in mylar; Good condition. Some pencil scribbling on cover and Page 26. Pages browning. Good condition.

Condition: Good. 1942. Ninth printing. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips. Clean, no writing, no marks.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor wear, no dj. Bookplate of former owner in the prelims. Pages lightly tanned.

Paperback. Condition: Good- Very Good. 2nd Printing. Solid with a spine lean and some creases on the covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE COMMANDOS A NOVEL BY ELLIOTT ARNOLD 1942 FIGHTING THE NAZIS IN NORWAY. Please find a copy of an engaging book which is about fighting the Nazis in Norway; it is titled: The Commandos A Novel, by Elliott Arnold. This small hard cover book (6 x 8 ¼ inches, 300 pages) was published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce of New York, dated June 1942 and the fifth printing of the First Edition. The book is bound in oatmeal colored buckram boards with dark blue titles on the spine. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The cloth of the buckram seems to attract soiling or darkening but overall, it is not too bad. The spine is a bit darkened from handling. Inside, the news is much better. There is a former owner s name on the front endpaper but that is the only mark in the book. The interior pages are clean and bright throughout, without toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Slightly smaller book, fine blue cloth with dark black horizontal stripes on top half of front and spine, gray background for title on spine middle, 300 browned but supple pages. DJ has photo of Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne from the film with scene of sky and water on front and spine, list of titles on back with illustrations of three dust jackets. DJ has slight surface wear to tips and spine edges, white back very slightly soiled, front slightly rubbed. Fair DJ/Near Very Good book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. At Words Matter Booksellers we provide at least 3 photos of all our items in lieu of detailed, but ultimately subjective, text descriptions. These include front, side and back photos and the copyright page. We will also provide high level text information for the standard, measurable book 'dimensions' as well as any exceptions or specific items that cannot be referenced in a photo. If you have questions about any of our listings, we will be happy to answer them or provide additional information and photos. Note also that our inventory is online only. Titles are not available in a public setting. Since receipt of all items, titles were only handled 1 time for digital photographs and a condition review by this bookseller. They have been stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled home/office library and will only be handled by the bookseller to mail to the buyer (or to provide additional information or photos for the buyer). ***Has Markings on Front End Boards - otherwise VG Words Matter Booksellers donates 10% of profits to The Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth (MCCY). The Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth (MCCY) was founded to address gaps in services for kids who have been abused or neglected. Through personalized services, advocacy and education--including efforts to increase literacy--the organization works to inspire multi-generational change in children and families. MCCY is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation (EIN #45-3068553).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Some wear to dust jacket. No cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (World War 2, Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (World War 2, Norway, Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photoplay Edition. 300p. A hardcover book in good condition with a like dustjacket. The jacket has been taped to the book itself and is lightly worn. The pages of the book are deeply tanned with age, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Photoplay edition of THE COMMANDOS, published under the title of the movie adaptation. The dustjacket advertises the 1943 Columbia film starring Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne and directed by Dorothy Arzner.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good Hardcover with dustjacket, pages fragile.

2nd Printing. Very Good condition. Price to the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Full tan cloth. 300 pp. Very slight tanning to cloth at spine. Light age toning to edges of pages. Dust jacket is chipped at spine ends, lightly worn and rubbed at extremities, spot of wear to spine, a few short tears and one long tear to upper edge of rear flap. The Commandos is a love story of the war. Nicole Larsen, a Norwegian woman who is the head of the underground in a Norwegian town, and Alan Lowell, American leader of the Commando group, are central figures.

Reprint ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition, pages toned, rear cover jacket little marked & foxed (few chips, edgewear), scuff mark free flyleaf (sticker mark), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). 300 pp. Elliott Arnold writes a novel about commandos in action in Norway during WW2 from both the Allied and Nazi side. Every single large incident is entirely authentic. The Commandos are British, Americans, Free French, escaped Norwegians, and Poles. The author has travelled a lot in Europe and had the unusual opportunity to get material about the Commandos and the Underground. The novel has factual background, excitement, suspense, quick stabbing action, and a deep, passionate love affair. The photo on the cover of the jacket is from the movie "First Comes Courageâ.