Search Results: World War II from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

2004 softcover as pictured. Stapled binding is firm. Covers show slight shelf wear. Text is clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1970 classic hardcover as pictured. This is a documentary novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov about the Nazi occupation of Kyiv and the two-day murder of 33,771 Jews in September 1941 at Babi Yar, a Kyiv ravine. Translated by David Floyd. First published in 1966 in censored form in the USSR, the book was published in the West in 1970 under a pseudonym, A. Anatoli. In this edition, the edited Soviet version is printed in regular type, the content cut by Soviet editors in heavier type, and newly added material in brackets. Binding is firm. Maroon cloth boards with gold stamping are clean and show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has several small chips and tears which have been repaired with clear tape. Condition would be as very good except for wear to DJ. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3

2011 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Boards show light shelf wear with slight damage to lower edge of spine. Inscription on FFEP. Text is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

2006 softcover as pictured. This is the remarkable story of Courtney Hodges, the only American to rise from the rank of private to full general of the US Army. Serving in the Philippines, Mexico, Europe and Japan, he is said to have captured more ground than any other American. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are rubbed and creased with curling corners. Owner's name on FFEP. One page with underlining, text appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1997 hardcover as pictured. A very nice history of the 1st Fighter Group and the P-38 Lightning in WWII. Binding is tight. Blue cloth boards are clean with minimal edge wear. Text clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is complete and shows minimal shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1958 hardcover as pictured. A very nice copy of the life of Winston Churchill in graphic/comic book style from the Eagle Press, a newspaper aimed at boys. Illustrations by Frank Bellamy. Includes photographs of Churchill focusing mainly on the war years. Binding is firm. Pictorial boards are bright. Some wear at head and tail of spine with a small nick at front fore edge. Text is lightly tanned. Drawings retain vivid coloration. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOF-top

1997 hardcover as pictured. A history of the 348th fighter group in the Pacific during World War II. Nicely done in large, glossy format, the book includes many photographs, several appendices and an index. Despite the title, the group also flew P-51 Mustangs, photos of which are included. Binding is firm. Gray cloth boards are clean and show little wear. Faux marbled endpapers. Unfortunately the dust jacket taped to the front and rear endpapers. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has been sliced top to bottom and, as noted above, taped to boards. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

2008 softcover as pictured. Signed copy of a WWII memoir of life in England. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show light shelf wear. Signed on title page. Text is clean and unmarked. your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1943 hardcover as pictured. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards with gold and gree stamping are rubbed and soiled with fraying at spine and corners. Spine is partially split at rear hinge. Half title page has been torn out. Owner's name on rear fixed endpaper. Text is age tanned but otherwise unmarked except for a notation on one page. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Undated but ca late 1940s hardcover as pictured. A pictorial history of the Fifth Air Force Fighter Command in the Pacific theater of operations during World War II. This copy has seen considerable use and is in less than optimal condition but remains quite readable and is a unique historical document. Blue cloth boards with dark blue stamping show edge wear and bumped corners. Text block has detached from spine at front hinge. First several pages are loose and nearly detached from binding. Page 13/14 is torn at bottom and detached. Page 15/16 is missing. Text with some underling and notations. Includes many b&w photgraphs of personnel, planes and the various island bases used by the fighter command as well as photos of R and R locations in Australia. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB3

Taking Flight follows Nadine Ramsey as she becomes one of 1,102 women to join the Women's Airforce Service Pilots. Published 2020, jacketed hardback, jacket as shown with this listing. Would be listed as new but for minor shelf wear. Your purchase helps our small village library. pi (AR)

1949 and 1951 hardcovers as pictured. Offered here are volumes two (Their Finest Hour) and five (Closing The Ring) of the highly acclaimed history of World War II by Winston Churchill in the original Riverside Press edition. Bindings are firm. Red cloth boards with black and gold stamping show light edge wear. The spine of Their Finest Hour is faded. Edge of text blocks are lightly mottled. Endpapers are lightly tanned. Texts appear clean and unremarked. No dust jackets. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1961 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Grey cloth boards with gold stamping show light edge wear. Pencil notation on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed with multiple small tears and chips at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR