War
ONDERGRONDSCHE BORRELINGSKES.
N.p. Kraft Durch Schadenfreude, N.V., 1945. Small octavo, pp. 36, pictorial wrappers. The title translates to: UNDERGROUND BUBBLES/IDEAS. Karel Links did the drawings, text by Cornelis Veth. The idea behind the title and the book, from the Resistance ideas "bubble up" on how to 'handle' the German occupiers. From the colophon in the rear: "...the result [book] is entirely for the benefit of the victims of the current tyranny, whose end is in sight now..."
TOM AND DICK WITH THE PARACHUTES.
NP, nd, [c. 1940s]. Small octavo, pp. [1-12], pictorial self wrappers. Five illustrations with text. For young boys about what parachutes and paratroopers do.
WORK AND PLAY IN AN ARMY CAMP.
NP, nd, [c. 1940s]. Small octavo, pp. [1-12], pictorial self wrappers. Five illustrations with text. Group of boys visit and Army camp. Seems like a booklet prepared for juveniles to let them see that an Army camp is not a scary thing.
KING RAT.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1962]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Author's first book.
PETER PT.
[Philadelphia]: David McKay Company, Publisher, 1944]. Octavo, pictures by Annette Byrne, pictorial boards. First edition. Illustrations by Annette Byrne. The story of Peter, the Patrol Torpedo Boat.
TRUE TALES OF THE D.C.I.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1925]. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 13-343 [344-352: blank], original brown cloth, front and spine stamped in yellow. First edition. The author was an infantry Captain with the A.E.F. and the commanding officer of the Division of Criminal Investigation. From the jacket copy: "Desertions and crimes fill the pages; fascinating horrors tinge the stories. Women and liquor, petty thefts and big burglaries, murder suffered and inflicted, disguises, evil ingenuity, these are the forces encountered. Criminals with shoulder straps and without do their stuff and the Division of Criminal Investigation goes them one better."
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Headless Staffel." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1936. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Vultures of the Purple Death." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Bloody Wings of the Vampire." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1942. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Sqadron of Death Flies High." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Skeletons of the Black Cross" Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1944. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Devil's Sky Trap." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Patrol of the Purple Clan." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1944. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Wings of the Death Tigers." The final issue. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Patrol of the Phantom." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Wings of Satan." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Flight of the Dragon." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Flames of Hell." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1940. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Green Scourge of the Sky Raiders." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1936. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Skies of Yellow Death." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Condor Rides With Death." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1943. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Bombs From the Murder Wolves." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255.
BOULOGNE. A BASE IN FRANCE. BEING THIRTY-TWO DRAWINGS FROM THE SKETCH BOOK OF CAPT. MARTIN HARDIE.
London: A. & C. Black Limited, [1918]. Octavo, pp. [1-64], original white boards, title with illustration pasted to front cover. First edition. Reproduces 32 illustrations from the originals, 8 in color of various scenes from Boulogne. After the war Captain Hardie worked in the South Kensington Museum (later Victoria and Albert Museum) where he was involved in creating a exhibition of posters from the War in 1920. He later headed departments of painting, engraving, illustration, and design where he helped build a world class graphics collection.
WIJ WAREN GETUIGEN.
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Vrij Nederland, 1946. Large octavo, pp. [1-72], illustrations by Piet Klaasse, cloth backed boards. First edition. Title translates as WE WERE WITNESSES. Illustrations by Piet Klaasse, poetry text by Van Theun De Vries. Introduction by Jan H. De Groot. 30 dramatic illustrations by Klaasse with poetry by De Vries on the facing page. Klasse's illustrations reflect the War in Holland 1940-45.
TURN THE TIGERS LOOSE.
New York: Ballantine, 1956. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. War novel written by Walter Lasly with the anonymous collaboration of Fred Pohl. An uncommon book.