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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."
GOLD FROM CRETE: TEN STORIES.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects ten stories of WW II fiction, all written during that time and never collected in book form.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
London: Michael Joseph, [1955]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The story of a convoy during the Battle of the Atlantic during WW II. Filmed starring Tom Hanks, slated for release in 2020.
HUNTING THE BISMARCK.
London: Michael Joseph, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First U. K. edition. Historically accurate depiction of the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck during WW II. Basis for the film "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960), in which Forester did much research of Admiralty records and interviews of participants in preparation for working on this book and the film.
THE MAN IN THE YELLOW RAFT
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1969]. boards. First U. S. edition. Collects eight stories about men in the U. S. Navy during WW II.
THE NIGHTMARE.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story collection based on events and aftermath of Nazi Germany. The final story, "The Wandering Gentile," is a fantasy about Hitler and his lover Eva Braun hitchhiking in California, doomed to wander the Earth forever. "The nightmare set in motion by Germany must not be forgotten. It is this Forester seems to be seeing in a collection of stories that might have happened, tales based on facts elicited from the Nuremberg and Belsen trials. They have their sense of authenticity, as they unfold the horrors of unfettered power. It happened less than a decade ago. People like these people did things that- read in cold blood- seem debased, or horrifying, or so inhuman as to be incredible. There is what might have been the story of the men framed for the Polish attack on the radio station; there are stories of fear at all levels; stories of base betrayal; there is vivid capturing of the uncertainties reflected through the period when the army plotted Hitler's death and overthrow; there are the horrors of the camps- of the refugees- of the gas chambers. One senses the disillusionment in some, the hatred and fear in others- and the unbroken arrogance and blindness in still more. The final story alone seems wholly imaginary, as the author finds himself driving a madman named Adolf, and a tender woman named Eva, up the highway towards San Francisco. A born tale spinner uses novel material." - Kirkus Reviews, 14 July, 1954.
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.