Second World Volume Set: First Edition (38 results)

Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Veronica's Books, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.Veronica's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 2 volume set, petite oblong hardcovers in mylar protected dust jacket. Volume 2 has a 1.5" tear. Owner blindseal on title page. Fully illustrated.
Language: English
Published by BANTAM 1973
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Elaine Woodford, Bookseller, durham, NC, U.S.A.Elaine Woodford, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1ST ED, LATER PRT- 1973. Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE. All six paperback books appear to be unread. Slipcase is good+ with considerable rubbing to edges. Scarce in original issue cardboard book sleeve. Attractive complete set for any WW II history buff. SCANS AVAILABLE.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1950 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Reed's Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller1st U.S. edition (not a bookclub edition) Very good/very good minus (the dj, which is not price-clipped, has substantial edgewear, especially at the spine extemities).

Language: English
Published by Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1972
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good+ Dust Jacket. First Edition. Two-volume set, complete. 1972 Doubleday & Company, Inc. 150pp in Volume 1, 152pp for Volume 2. Text, photos and illustrations are unmarked and clean. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square. Dust jackets have general rubbing and minor edgewear. Very good hardcove…rs with good+ dust jackets, from a private home collection. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Published by The Minister of National Defense 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Boomer's Books, Weare, NH, U.S.A.Boomer's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover set. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine. Dust jacket heavily rubbed and showing heavy edge and corner wear.
Published by Time Incorporated - New York 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.Barberry Lane Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Two volumes of the 2 volume set - conditions the same unless noted: Blue faux leather quarter-bound to spine over black faux leather. Front has gilt title box and lettering to black, small repeating icons in gilt to blue and gilt lettering to spine. Vol. 2 blue is replaced with green…, all else same. Books are large, folio sized and tight and square. Sharp-cornered too. Near Fine with some minor wear and dusting. Interiors spotless and filled with photos. Missing the slipcase and the phonograph record. First Edition, Second Printing. Extra shipping charges likely.
Published by Caxton Editions 1997
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.COLLINS BOOKS
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HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st edition. 362pp+312pp, quarto hardcover volumes in djs. boards clean, tight bindings, interiors clean. DJ covers clean, closed tear bottom spine v1, both in mylar covers.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Kisselburg Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First. very nice two-volume set; larger-format.

Famous Bombers of the Second World War First & Second Series / Famous Fighters of the Second World War First & Second Series - 4 Volume Hardback Set
Green, Willliam; Heumann, G. W. (illustrations); Castle, Peter Endsleigh (illustrations)
Language: English
Published by Macdonald & Co. Publishers Ltd., London, UK 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, United KingdomCURIO
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Famous Bomber of the Second World War - First Edition / First Print, 1959. Famous Bomber of the Second World War: Second Series - First Edition / First Print, 1960. Famous Fighters of the Second World War - First Edition / Second Print, 1957 (first p…ublished same year). Famous Fighters of the Second World War: Second Series - First Edition / First Print, 1962. All hardback copies in cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp lettering to front boards. Unclipped dustjackets in new removable protective clear sleeves. 134pp; 136pp; 127pp; 132pp. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout. Not library copies, no inscriptions, some wear and small tears to dustjacket edges, small marks to title page of 'Famous Bombers', old tape marks to inside dustjacket of 'Famous Fighters', foxing to top of title page of 'Famous Fighters - Series Two'. (66/1). Heumann, G. W. (illustrator).
Published by Kantosha, Tokyo 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Kisselburg Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First. very nice set in very good slipcase.

Language: English
Published by The Folio Society 2012
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United KingdomKerr & Sons Booksellers ABA
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Printing unknown, circa 2012. In original shrink-wrap. Unread. Two Volumes. Large Octavo's. 972pp. Illustrated. Publisher's blue cloth, blocked with a design. Bindings square and tight. Housed in the card slipcase. An 'As New' set.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Boomer's Books, Weare, NH, U.S.A.Boomer's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A Two (2) Volume Set of large hefty tomes requiring additional carriage. Both volumes are clean bright and tight showing slight shelf wear only. Volume 1: 0764314475; Volume 2: 0764314483.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Thera and the Aegean World 1978-1980, London 1978
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United KingdomTarrington Books
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Creasing and rubbing, tear to upper edge of Volume II. Preserved in removable jacket protectors. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Complete two volume set for the 1978 second congress. Volume I: Red buckram binding with bumping to ends of spi…nes and corners of boards. Light browning and a couple of small marks to page edges, very clean text throughout. Volume II: Beige cloth binding, light browning to page edges, very clean text throughout. Complete with the two large fold-out maps in separate envelope. Overall book condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a very heavy item. Postage prices are based on tracked airmail with Royal Mail, however if we are able to source a courier at a lower price we will refund any excess charges. Size: 8.75 x 11.5 inches (22 x 29 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 822; 427.
Language: English
Published by Cassell & Co., London 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.Manchester By The Book
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. All six volumes are first edition, first printings. Published from 1948 to 1954. Some rubbing and staining to covers. No dust jackets. Black cloth covers.

HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST. [Set of Nine Volumes:] Volume I. The Early Successes Against Italy (to May 1941). Volume II. The Germans Come to the Help of their Ally (1941). Volume III. British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb (September 1941 to September 1942). Volume IV. The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. Volume V. The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy, 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944. (In Two Volumes). Volume VI. Victory in the Mediterranean. Part I. 1st April to 4th June 1944. Part II. June to October 1944. Part III. November 1944 to May 1945.
PLAYFAIR, Major-General I.S.O. With: STITT, Commander G.M.S.; MOLONY, Brigadier C.J.C.; TOOMER, Air Vice-Marshall S.E. JACKSON, General Sir William. With: GLEAVE, Group Captain T.P. DAVIES, Major-General H.L.
Language: English
Published by Uckfield: The Naval and Military Press, 2004. 2016
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, , United KingdomMinster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970)
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Condition: Near Fine. Complete set of six volumes in nine, 8vo., pp.xxv,506;xiv,392;xviii,482;xviii,556;xix,581; 583-921;xi,520;xiv,537;xii,492, paperback, b/w maps and illustrations; slight marking to top edges of Volume VI (three volumes), a fresh and otherwise fine set.

- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Boomer's Books, Weare, NH, U.S.A.Boomer's Books
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A RARE 2 VOLUME SET both softcover volumes show light shelf and edge/corner wear, are clean and bright, being tightly bound. Volume 1 ISBN: 0112904602 and Volume 2 ISBN: 011290534X (Published in 1993). Volume One (1) has a bookplate signed by the author, for the se…ller. ; Signed by Author.

Language: English
Published by Hamlyn, London 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bawnmore Fine and Rare Books, Rugby, , United KingdomBawnmore Fine and Rare Books
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US$ 1,970.50
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition:First Printing:Book Condition:A Fine set, bound in the original publishers dark red pebble grained leather with black title panels on the spines, with raised bands and large script initials WSC on the spine and front board, extensive gold tooling on front and arou…nd insides of boards, all edges gilt, satin moire end papers, place marker, tipped in frontis portrait of Churchill, all internally very clean and bright, tight bindings.Overall a 25 volume First Edition Book set in Fine condition.This is a very heavy book set and will require extra postage.
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printings. Six volume set, comprising: The Gathering Storm (Vol 1); Their Finest Hour (Vol 2); The Grand Alliance (Vol 3); The Hinge of Fate (Vol 4); Closing the Ring (Vol 5); Triumph and Tragedy (Vol 6) (1948-54). Original cloth, original clip…ped dust jackets. Books remarkably fine, except that they all have prior owner bookplates and an ownership stamp on the ffeps.Clipped DJs in archival covers, edge wear. Additional shipping required for this set.
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printings. Six volume set, comprising: The Gathering Storm (Vol 1); Their Finest Hour (Vol 2); The Grand Alliance (Vol 3); The Hinge of Fate (Vol 4); Closing the Ring (Vol 5); Triumph and Tragedy (Vol 6) (1948-54). Original cloth, original unclipped… dust jackets. Books remarkably fine, with spine gilt extremely bright.Unclipped DJs in archival covers. Adidtional shipping required for this set.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: booksforcomfort, Comfort, TX, U.S.A.booksforcomfort
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. The Second World War, 2 Volume Set published by Time Inc, New York, NY, 1960. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Slipcase. Folio (up to 15'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good- Slipcase. Some wear to slipcase, books in excellent condition, record appears to never have been played. 615 Pgs. LCCN 59-1465…. By Winston S Churchill and The Editors of Life. A history combining new selections from the greatest chronicler of the war and the most memorable illustrations by the men who took part in it. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs, full color drawings and illustrations and maps. Includes a 33-1/3 RPM Record with 12 War Speeches of Winston S Churchill. Description text copyright 2008 BooksForComfort. Item ID 17220. book.
Published by Cassell & Co Ltd, London 1964
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Broadleaf Books, Abergavenny, , United KingdomBroadleaf Books
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Softback. Condition: Good. First in This Edition. Here is a twelve volume paperback set. All have spines faded. Therr is slight foxing or tanning to some volumes to inside front and back cover. Outer page edge blocks are tanned. Some have very slight edgewear or slight wear to corners. Volume 1 has slight wear to bottom front ed…ge. The titles are: The Gathering Storm. The Twilight War; The Fall of France; The Commonwealth Alone; Germany Drives East; War Comes to America; The Onslaught of Japan; Victory in Africa; The Invasion of Italy; Assault From The Air; The Tide of Victory; Triumph and Tragedy. This set weighs slightly over 2kg and postage inland and slightly extra will be requested. POSTAGE OVERSEAS is by AIR and extra will be requested. Broadleaf Books is a second hand independent bookshop in Abergavenny, South Wales. Enquiries and visits are very welcome. war or disp. B/w Photographs, Maps (illustrator).

Published by Historical Publications Branch, Dept. of Internal 1984
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Kisselburg Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice set; complete; just a couple of scuffs to the dust jackets.
Published by The Folio Society, London, United Kingdom 2000
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.Granada Bookstore, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Thus. No Edition Or Printing Stated (First Thus). This Set Contains Volumes One, Two And Three. Each Volume Contains A Small Ownership Sticker And An Embossed Ownership Seal, Else Fine. The Books Are Bond In Three-Quarter Brown Buckram And Printed Cloth. T…he Slip Case Is Separated At The Upper Right Corner. Light Rubbing To The Bottom.
Published by Folio Society,, London: 2008
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Complete in two volumes. First edition thus. Both volumes are fine and housed in a fine slipcase. ; 1030 pages.
Published by HMSO, London 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: WORLD WAR BOOKS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United KingdomWORLD WAR BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition Second Impression. Important Official history set providing a detailed Order of Battle for British and Colonial formations during WWII. Volume 1. 1st Edition second impression. 404pp., folding chart . Near fine, maroon boards in near fine unclipped dustwrapper.… Volume II, 1st Edition Second Impression 1968. 224pp., folding chart, near fine maroon boards in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Two volumes complete set. The nicest set we have seen. Very heavy, additional postage outside UK.
More imagesPublished by Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United KingdomHALCYON BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Six Volume set, First edition, Some light spotting to pages, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped, Some small tears to dust jackets. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON…MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1970
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: WORLD WAR BOOKS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United KingdomWORLD WAR BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Important full set of this British Foreign Policy Official history. 1st Editions from 1970 to 1975. c.700pp., in all. All volumes in very good condition in very good dustwrapper. So an excellent set with only minor blemishes. Heavy, for shi…pment outside mainland UK please contact us for a postage cost. Very realistically priced.

The Curse of Ignorance | A History of Mankind From Primitive Times to the End of the Second World War | In Two Volumes (2 Volume Set Complete)
Findlay, Arthur [Arthur Findlay (May 16, 1883 - July 24, 1964) writer, accountant, stockbroker and Essex magistrate, as well as a significant figure in the history of the religion of Spiritualism, being a partial founder of the newspaper Psychic News and also a founder of the International Institute for Psychical Research]
Published by Published by The Psychic Press Ltd., 144 High Holborn, London First Edition . 1947. 1947
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Uniform matching first edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt backs. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains portrait frontispiece, (xix), 1166, (mclxviii-mclxviii), pp; (x), 1169 pp including index for both volumes. Erratum note tipped to the title leaf of volume I. Simple bookpl…ate inside belonging to one 'C. A. F. Berry' to each free front end paper, other bookplate to each front paste down, spine to volume I is sun faded, no dust wrappers. Extremely scarce first edition matching set from 1947. Heavy volume pair weighing 2.3 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILOSOPHY.
Published by Cassell & Co. London. 1948-1954. All volumes are first editions. 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United KingdomMuch Ado Books
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Black and White maps. Very Good in Very Good to Very Good (-) Dust Jackets (some DJs who light wear to extermities; the DJ to Volume 6 shows more wear and some insect damage). Not price-clipped. DJs protected by high-grade removable clear covers. Oversize; Postage & Packing may cost extra.
Published by London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1954-62. 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, , United KingdomMinster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970)
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Three volume set in four parts, Vol. I Fifth impression, Vol. II third impression, Vol. III first edition, 8vo., pp.xxii,664; xvi,523; xv,423; xvi,502, green cloth with title-bands in black, lettering gilt, b/w frontispieces, b/w maps (some which are foldout), b/w plates; very light fading/rubbing to boards, else a near fine set… in vg+ price-clipped dust-jackets which are slightly toned and very lightly rubbed to extremities, with very slight surface soiling, particularly to rear top left corner of jacket to Volume II. Now in protective covers.