‎Allemagne‎

‎Sweanor, George; Crease, Harry‎

‎It's All Pensionable Time: 25 (Twenty-Five) Years in the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.)‎

‎333 pages including index and glossary. Many black and white illustrations including sketches, maps, and reproductions of photos and documents. The author's Halifax bomber was shot down over Germany in March, 1943 and he was sent to POW camp Stalag Luft III, made famous by the film The Great Escape. Printed upon glossy stock. Small phone number written atop title page, otherwise unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Ellis, Howard Sylvester‎

‎German Monetary Theory 1905-1933: Harvard Economic Studies Volume XLIV‎

‎xv, [1], 462 pages. Index of names. Index of subjects. Bibliography. "The purposes of this book are two: to make available in summary form the content of a large literature from which many students are debarred by the obstacle of language or time, and to present critical comparisons and appraisals of its outcome in the light of monetary science generally." - from viii. Binding intact. Few library markings. Above-average external wear. A sound first edition copy of this informative reference. ALDCROFT & RODGER p.82, PETERSON p.371. Book‎

‎Melady, John‎

‎Escape from Canada!: The Untold Story of German POWs (Prisoners of War) in Canada, 1939-1945 - Macmillan Paperbacks 14‎

‎210 pages. Black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Footnotes. Bibliography. During WWII "25,000 German officers and other ranks were sent to POW camps across Canada to live out the duration of the war behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this little-known Canadian history. Book‎

‎Schacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley; Pyke, Diana (Translator)‎

‎My First Seventy-six Years: The Autobiography of Hjalmar Schacht‎

‎vi, [2], 552 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "One of the most important autobiographies of the post-war period, for there can be few personalities still alive who have been so intimately connected with the march of world events for so many years... His first great triumph was to rescue the German Mark from the inflation of 1921... As the Nazi avalanche swelled, Hitler persuaded him to occupy the Presidential chair at the Reichsbank... but (Schacht) soon saw that the Fuhrer was driving relentlessly towards war. A quarrel resulted and he left the Government, remaining under a cloud until he was arrested towards the close of the regime." - dust jacket. Schact was later aquitted of war crimes at Nuremberg. Average wear to unmarked book. Above-average wear and soiling to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. KEHR & LANGMAID 1217, ALDCROFT & RODGER p.83. Book‎

‎Author Not Stated‎

‎Harz-Braunschweig: Kyffhäuser, Elm-Lappwald, Heilbader, Kurorte, Sommerfrilchen, Fremdenoerkehrsorte (Vintage German Tourism Ephemera)‎

‎Seven-panel two-sided travel brochure. 21cm x 10 cm. Text in German. Includes five maps which indicate local transportation systems and area attractions. Undated but appears to be circa mid-1930s. Small piece missing from bottom edge with minimal loss to text, otherwise unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book‎

‎Hallama, George‎

‎Travel in Germany to Beautiful Silesia (Schlesien)- Visit Breslau, the Beautiful Thousand Year Old Metropolis of Eastern Germany‎

‎24 page English-language tourist booklet illustrated with very attractive colour paintings of local scenes. Includes tourist map of Silesia (Schlesien) inside front cover. Some pages loose but all present. A worthy vintage copy of this charming piece of Silesian ephemera. Book‎

‎Baumann, Dr. Hans (Chefredakteur)‎

‎Deutschland Revue (Journal/Magazine of the German Center For Tourism) Jahrgang 1954, Heft 1‎

‎32 pages. Text in German. Printed on glossy stock. Many black and white photos plus two colour plates. Features: Kunststadt Dusseldorf; Barockkirchen in Oberbayern; Cosmas Damian Asam - St. Nepomuk vom Volke verehrt; Zunft der schwarzen Ehrbarkeit; Fulta - Stadt des Bonifatius; Bergland an der Weser; Die Nymphe mit dem Schaferhund; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine‎

‎Brand, Guido K.‎

‎Picturesque Germany - Fifth (5th) Series‎

‎96 pages. Text in English. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos of picturesque German scenes, apparently with a view to attracting tourists to the country. Undated but appears to be circa 1930s. Average wear. Prior owner's name on title page. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book‎

‎Marlborough Graphics Gallery‎

‎Prints and Drawings From Germany, 1894-1931: Marlborough Catalogue No. 3 - Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Master Prints‎

‎32 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Twenty-eight prints Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features works by Edvard Munch, Kathe Kollwitz, Ernest Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Erich Heckel, Emil Nolde, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Lyonel Feininger, Emil Nolde, Otto Muller, and others. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Price list laid-in. A nice copy. Book‎

‎Lavin, Maud‎

‎Cut With the Kitchen Knife: The Weimar Photomontages of Hannah Hoch‎

‎xviii, 260 pages. Index, bibliography, chronology and footnotes. "Investigates the multilayered social construction of femininity in the mass culture of Weimar Germany, focusing on the intriguing photomontages of the avant-garde artist Hannah Hoch." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy of this fascinating work. Book‎

‎Lindsay, Oliver‎

‎Once A Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards, 1945-1995‎

‎xviii, 414 pages. Index. Glossary. Colour and black and white photographic plates. Black and white maps in text. "Five years in the writing, this comprehensive record includes coverage of training, tactics, the pronounced changes in the armed forces and the views and anecdotes of the Non Commissioned Officers and Guardsmen. A dedicated history of the senior infantry regiment in the British Army and what is probably the most famous Regiment in the world." - dust jacket. Gift bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this excellent history. Book‎

‎Mann, Abby‎

‎Judgement at Nuremberg - A Novel With 12 (Twelve) Scenes From the Movie‎

‎139, 5 [ads] pages. Black and white photos. Critically annotated on many pages by prior owner who applied a masking tape label to the front cover upon which to state his disagreement with the content. Annotation on page 101 suggests prior owner served in the air force of an allied country during WWII. Notes on title page document the development of this person's revisionist view of WWII from 1945 through 1995. Heavy wear. Binding open at page 81. One page of photos loose but present. In short, a poor but intriguing copy. Book‎

‎Stevens, David; Reeve, John‎

‎Sea Power Ashore and In the Air‎

‎320 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Leading historians look back over more than one hundred years to show how navies have often made a critical difference to the fighting ashore and the contest for mastery in the air. Topics treated in detail include: The naval air war over Galipoli, Japan's joint operation in China in 1895, Air defence of naval and amphibious forces in the Falklands, Australian naval pilots and air mobile helicopter operations in Vietnam, German Navy land campaigns of WWII, THe US Navy in the capture of Okinawa, Submarine operations in the Arctic, Naval peacekeeping in Somalia, Maritime blockades in Post-War China, and many others. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. An excellent copy. Book‎

‎Gary Mokotoff; Sallyann Amdur Sack‎

‎Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust‎

‎xxviii, [2], 514 pages. Several black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Documents more than 21,000 towns in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust. An exceptionally clear and easy to use reference work which will save enormous research time and frustration for students of this subject. For all interested in European place names and this period of history, it instantly becomes an invaluable and indispensable standard reference work." - dust jacket. Former library copy with minimal markings and light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Mueller, Wolfgang G.‎

‎A Pre-Liberation Situation Description‎

‎24 pages. A strident essay "Intended to survey some of the lies, idiocies and defamations of Germans in present day Germany, where it is presently impossible to have a reasonable dialogue between the generations born before and those after, say 1939, because the Western Allies after 1945 had made a determined, well organised effort to re-educate the younger generation regarding the historical events since the 1900's." - page 2. Average wear. Considerable ink underlining and marginalia. A worthy reading copy. Book‎

‎White, Arnold; Pinkney, David G.; Powell, Dr. Ellis‎

‎The Hidden Hand‎

‎247 pages. Second printing of the 1917 first edition. "The object of the writer and his friends is to reveal a portion of the working of the 'Hidden Hand.' Before the veil is wholly withdrawn it is to be hoped that the King of England will repudiate personal relations with his Majesty's cousin, the head of the Hohenzollerns, and that for the future, sovereigns of these realms will mate with queens of British or Irish stock." - Preface. Claims to expose a plot to Germanize Britain. "Not only must we extirpate Germanism during the period of the war (WWI), but we must see to it that the evil plant never takes root again." - page 247. Average overall wear. Binding intact. Pencilled name atop front free endpaper. Red-lettered teale dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade mylar. A sound copy of this intriguing work. Book‎

‎Sington, Derrick; Weidenfeld, Arthur‎

‎The Goebbels Experiment: A Study of the Nazi Propaganda Machine‎

‎260 pages. Index. List of main sources. Black and white photographic plates. Organizational chart of the German Broadcasting Company (RRG) in 1942 and its links to the Ministry of Propaganda. Organizational chart of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in 1942. "The first complete account of the gigantic propaganda organization of the Third Reich. Reveals and describes: The inner workings of the Nazi propaganda organization; The network of Party speakers; The German radio's war effort; The Nazi press system; The German stage and screen in 1942; Propaganda for the armed forces; The men in control. Access to unique German documentary material and an intimate knowledge of German wartime broadcasting and of the Nazi press have enabled the authors to paint a full-length picture of Hitler's political warfare machine." - dust jacket. Printed to wartime standard, apparently without a front free endpaper. Unmarked with average wear and soiling to publisher's canary yellow cloth. Average wear and half-inch of loss to decorated orange dust jacket at top of spine. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy of this vital and incisive wartime study. KEHR & LANGMAID 2950. Book‎

‎Copp, Terry; Vogel, Robert‎

‎Maple Leaf Route: Victory‎

‎[5], 6-144 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The fifth and final volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Concentrates on the battles in the Rhineland during February and March 1945. A careful examination of the available documents, Canadian, British, American and German, has produced an account of this period which provides new insights. The Rhine crossing and the battles of April-May 1944 in the Netherlands and Germany are also described in some detail." - dust jacket. Average wear to book which is bound in golden boards. Binding intact. Prior owner's bookplate and tiny erasure upon front free endpaper. Fly specks [?) to right edge of front panel of dust jacket which otherwise shows average wear and is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.237. Book‎

‎Melville, Lieut. Tom (Scotty)‎

‎Barbed Wire Ballads‎

‎62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first leaf. Average wear. Binding sound. A sombre WWII memento. Book‎

‎Davis, Harry; Evans, Trevor; Kilgore, Harley; Peffer, N.; Et al‎

‎The New York Times Magazine, August 12, 1945 - Aerial Cover Photo of Massive Explosion on Honshu‎

‎48 pages. Features: Rheingold lager beer ad features color photos of Jean Welch, Jill Darnley, Maggie Long, Helen Riickert, Dorothy Hart and Rita Daigle, the Miss Rheingold 1946 candidates; Illustrated ad for the Fairchild "Flying Boxcar"; We Enter the Atomic Age - the momentous story of the atom whose energy science has now unleashed; Two pages of fantastic photos illustrating the dramatic story of the atom - from radium to the atomic bomb, including the Curies, Einstein, Niels Bohr, Dr. E.O. Lawrence with a cyclotron, and the great factory at Oak Ridge, TN; Ernest Bevin - a new kind of statesman; When do we abolish (wartime) business controls: Germany is Not Yet Defeated - Senator Harley M. Kilgore argues her industrial power must be destroyed; China - Unless we preserve her full integrity we shall face still another war - Nathaniel Peffer's formula for peace in the Far East; One-page ad for Drene shampoo features three color photos of beautiful Bettina Bolegard, New York fashion model; Veterans storm the academic beachhead; Our music-loving Presidents; Benjamin ('Ben') Victor Cohen is expected to be a bridge from the President to Byrnes and Vinson; Jones & Laughline Steel ad includes sketches of Donald Gortner and Ralph Ardary; Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees looks forward to moving his bulldozers into Japan; Boom in New Yorkers studying foreign languages; Interesting half-page ad for The American Mercury features heading "Can We Do Business With Stalin", with illustration of Stalin; Nice one-page Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna ad; Two pages of photos of ladies in fashionable coats; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Opening to central portion of front cover mended with archival tape. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book‎

‎Wetterle, Abbe E.; Doumic, Rene [Prefatory Letter]; Lees, George Frederic [Translator]‎

‎Behind the Scenes in the Reichstag: Sixteen [16] Years of Parliamentary Life in Germany‎

‎xii, 196 pages. Text in English, translated from the French. Tissue-protected frontis portrait of author, who was Ex-Deputy at the Reichstag and in the Alsace-Lorraine Chamber. Seven additional black and white plates. "The more I reflect on what I observed and heard, both at Berlin and Strassburg, the more I confess to myself that we were, with a few exceptions, stricken with blindness in not seeing the big thunder clouds (of WWI] gathering on the horizon. That is the reason why I have decided to set down whatever events in my political past seem to me to present retrospective interest." - Foreword. Endpapers heavily toned with a few small markings. Binding intact. Above-average wear to publisher's salmon cloth. Dust jacket not included. Light scent of cigarette smoke. A worthy reading copy. Book‎

‎Wilton, Robert; Jordan, John A.; Dickie, Francis J.; Holden, Lieut. J. Railton; McBride, Mrs. Harry A.; Cowie, J.S.; Martin, Stuart; Koppel, Harwood; Dickie, Francis J.; St. Lawrence, Bernard; Semenoff, Mme.; Shepstone, Harold J.‎

‎The Wide World, The Magazine for Everybody, February [Feb.] 1919, Vol. 42, No. 250: Behind the Scenes in Russia‎

‎Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book‎

‎Bauer, Dr. M.; Et al‎

‎German Health Resorts: Official Handbook of the German Health Resorts Association‎

‎97 pages. "Presents for the first time to the medical fraternity at large and would-be visitors from abroad a survey of the facilities for treatment and rehabilitation available at the various German Health Resorts, Spas, and Watering Places." - Foreword. Chapters include: Balneo- and Climatotherapy; The Treatment of Certain Diseases at Spas and Health Resorts; Choosing a Climate to Suit the Individual Patient; The Marine Resorts of Germany; The German Spas and Health Resorts - their local characteristics, geology and travel facilities, The Uses of Bottled Spa Waters; Alphabet of the German Health Resorts - Spa, Seaside, Inland. Average wear. Binding intact. Minimal markings to contents. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A sound copy of this interesting and informative vintage guide from a time when these resorts had recovered from the effects of WWII during which they served as hospitals of various kinds. Book‎

‎Marcus, Jacob R.‎

‎The Rise and Destiny of the German Jew‎

‎xvi, [2], 365 pages. Bibliography. Index. "A concise and stirring picture of Jewish life in Germany against an historical background of more than a thousand years. The author has lived in Germany during the crucial years of the rise and growth of the Nazi party. A thoughtful discussion of the future of the Jews in Germany climaxes this brilliant volume." - dust jacket. "By far the best historical study which has appeared in the English language". - Harry Elmer Barnes. "Presents the history of the German Jew with great clarity and insight. I have learned a great deal from it". - Reinhold Niebuhr. Publisher's black cloth handsomely adorned in red and silver. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating study published just after Hitler had taken power. Weiner Library Cat #3 - 103. Book‎

‎LOUIS LEGER‎

‎LES LUTTES SECULAIRES DES GERMAINS ET DES SLAVES‎

‎français 0 Paris, Librairie des Cinq Parties du Monde, Jean Maisonneuve & Fils, 1916., 1916. In-8 broché SLAVES ALLEMAGNE HISTOIRE‎