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  • STRANGER AT THE GATES. by Anthony, Evelyn (Evelyn Bridget Patricia Stephens, 1928 - 2018)
    Anthony, Evelyn (Evelyn Bridget Patricia Stephens, 1928 - 2018)
    STRANGER AT THE GATES.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1973). First edition - On a tranquil tree-lined street in Paris, a woman exits a taxi. She has come from Bonn, Germany, on a mission of desperation and revenge. And in a house on the Rue de Varenne, a wife and mother is about to relive the past she thought shed left far behind. In 1944, in Nazi-occupied France, circumstances forced Jean de Bernard and his wife to put up a German officer at their isolated chateau in St. Blaize. A novel which looks at the complexities of loyalty and accomodation during war time, ending in post-war Germany where an SS officer is being tried for wartime atrocities. 332 pp.

    Condition: Good in printed orange wrappers (some wear to the covers) An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 88128
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  • THE MITFORD AFFAIR. by Benedict, Marie.
    Benedict, Marie.
    THE MITFORD AFFAIR.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Naperville: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2023). First edition - Novel based on the lives of the six Mitford sisters in the years between the World Wars - each more beautiful, eccentric and brilliant than the next - but when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader, and Unity follows her to Munich, novelist Nancy Mitford must choose between family and country. Includes a novelist's note and reading group guide. 337 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88528
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  • BANKING ON BAGHDAD: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict. by Black, Edwin.
    Black, Edwin.
    BANKING ON BAGHDAD: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New Jersey: John Wiley, 2004. First edition - This book 'chronicles the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce and conflict. Tracing the involvement of Western governments and militaries, as well as oil, banking, and other corporate interests in Iraq, Black reveals that today, just as throughout modern history, the world needs Iraq's resources-and remains committed to acquiring and protecting them. .. Black does not shy away from the uncomfortable truth that foreign governments, including our own, have playe a role in the Iraq we know today. He documents a long record of war profiteering...' As he comments at the end of the book 'the policymakers knew that what was at stake was…

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    New Jersey: John Wiley, 2004. First edition - This book 'chronicles the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce and conflict. Tracing the involvement of Western governments and militaries, as well as oil, banking, and other corporate interests in Iraq, Black reveals that today, just as throughout modern history, the world needs Iraq's resources-and remains committed to acquiring and protecting them. .. Black does not shy away from the uncomfortable truth that foreign governments, including our own, have playe a role in the Iraq we know today. He documents a long record of war profiteering...' As he comments at the end of the book 'the policymakers knew that what was at stake was more the freedom of a few million people in Iraq; it was the prize beneath their feet.' An important and very timely book, well-documented with very extensive notes and references (almost 75 pages). 449 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 32146
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  • THE VILDE AFFAIR: Beginnings of the French Resistance. by Blumenson, Martin.
    Blumenson, Martin.
    THE VILDE AFFAIR: Beginnings of the French Resistance.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Boris Vilde and the beginnings of the French Resistance in Paris, after the fall of France to the Nazis in June 1940, by this noted World War II historian. Based on access to documents not previously accessible, and interviews with the survivors and families of those who were executed. Illustrated with photographs. Author's note, index. xiv, 287 pp. ISBN: 0-395253500.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 88205
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  • ARLI. by Burke, James Wakefield .
    Burke, James Wakefield .
    ARLI.

    Edition: First printing.

    Ottawa, Illinois & Thornwood, New York: Caroline House Publishing, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1945 Berlin, this is a "novel of love and death amidst the rubble of the Third Reich." Based on an actual diary, this is a story of horror in the final days of the Reich as seen through the eyes of one woman - and also of heroism, as she struggles to save the lives of two young Jewish girls. Author's epilogue on Hitler's death. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-916054802.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70567
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  • THE PEARL HARBOR MURDERS. by Collins, Max Allan.
    Collins, Max Allan.
    THE PEARL HARBOR MURDERS.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    New York: Berkley, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The third novel in Collins's series of disaster mysteries, issued as paperback originals. Each centers around a famous historical disaster and has a different famous mystery writer involved who solves the murder - in this book, it is Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan books and his son. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp plus ads. ISBN: 0-425174093.

    Condition: Very near fine (usual light toning to pages)

    Book ID: 78902
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  • THE HINDENBURG MURDERS. by Collins, Max Allan.
    Collins, Max Allan.
    THE HINDENBURG MURDERS.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    New York: Berkley, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The second novel in Collins's series of disaster mysteries, issued as paperback originals. Each centers around a famous historical disaster and has a different famous mystery writer involved who solves the murder - in this book, it is Leslie Charteris, author of "The Saint" mystery novels. SIGNED on the title page. 257 pp plus ads. ISBN: 0-425174093.

    Condition: Very near fine (usual light toning to pages)

    Book ID: 78517
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  • Doblin, Alfred
    DESTINY'S JOURNEY, Flight from the Nazis.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Paragon House, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated by Edna McCown; introduction by Peter Demetz. ISBN: 1-55778-2652.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 26416
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  • TAKING PARIS: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights. by Dugard, Martin.
    Dugard, Martin.
    TAKING PARIS: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton / Caliber, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the French Resistance in Paris, and of the Allied liberation of Paris from the Nazis during World War II. Photographs, maps, notes, index. xi, 385 pp. ISBN: 978-0593183090.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 85860
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  • TURNCOAT. by Elkins, Aaron.
    Elkins, Aaron.
    TURNCOAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of international suspense as a man finds his all-American life turned upside down. Set in 1963, in the days following Kennedy's assassination, and with its roots in Nazi Germany. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0197708.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59698
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  • TURNCOAT. by Elkins, Aaron.
    Elkins, Aaron.
    TURNCOAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of international suspense as a man finds his all-American life turned upside down. Set in 1963, in the days following Kennedy's assassination, and with its roots in Nazi Germany. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0197708.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 65928
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  • LOOT. by Elkins, Aaron.
    Elkins, Aaron.
    LOOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifty years after the end of World War II, a painting from a missing truckload of looted artwork which the Nazis had stored in the salt mines of Altaussee turns up in a pawnshop in Boston. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-688-159273.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59699
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  • THE DEVIL IN AMBER: A "Shocker." by Gatiss, Mark.
    Gatiss, Mark.
    THE DEVIL IN AMBER: A "Shocker."

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    London: Simon & Schuster, (2006.). Second mystery featuring Lucifer Box, his Majesty's (King Bertie) most daring - and dissolute - secret agent. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-57103.

    Condition: Very good+ (usual light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 50552
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  • WAFFEN-SS: Hitler's Army at War. by Gilbert, Adrian.
    Gilbert, Adrian.
    WAFFEN-SS: Hitler's Army at War.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Da Capo Press, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive history of Hitler's infamous personal army, the military wing of Himmler's SS, which acquired a reputation for military excellence and also for atrocities against soldiers and civilians alike. Photographs, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography and index x, 496 pp. ISBN: 978-0306824654.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85795
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  • AN HONOURABLE DEFEAT: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945. by Gill, Anton.
    Gill, Anton.
    AN HONOURABLE DEFEAT: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945.

    Edition: Full size book club edition.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - Based on interviews with the few survivors and their families, this is a comprehensive look at those who resisted the power of Hitler and the Nazis from inside Germany. "The numbers are small. Scattered across the landscape that was Nazi Germany, the Resistance looks puny: too little, too late. And yet, in the context of a police state, it assumes larger proportions. For those who have never known life under such a regime, it is hard to grasp the daily terror that makes an act of political graffiti a capital offense, that labels resistance 'treason.' " Illustrated with maps and photographs, with a chart of resistance groups. Includes chronology, a 'who's who', notes, bibliography and index. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-805035141.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 39530
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  • PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION. by Houghteling, Sara.
    Houghteling, Sara.
    PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - Set in a Paris just after World War II it tells the story of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted by the Nazis during the occupation. When Paris falls to the Nazis, the Berenzons survive in hiding. They return in 1944 to find that their priceless collection has vanished; driven to recover his father's paintings, Max navigates a city of corrupt art dealers, black marketers, Resistants, and collaborators. This novel draws on the actual stories of France's art-dealing familes and the forgotten biography of the only French woman (Rose Valland) to work as a double agent inside the Nazis' stronghold of looted art. Author's note. 243 pp. ISBN: 978-0307266859.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot)

    Book ID: 65024
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  • Lanzmann, Claude (preface by Simone de Beauvoir.)
    SHOAH: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST: The Conplete Text of the Film

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Pantheon, 1985 dj. Hardcover first edition - transcription of English subtitles to the 1985 French film. Photographs. 200 pages. ISBN: 0-394-551427.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 17659
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  • Leffland, Ella
    THE KNIGHT, DEATH AND THE DEVIL

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of a life corrupted by evil - this is a massive fictionalized autobiography of Goring, based on years of research. (718 pp.) Laid in are newspaper clippings of reviews of this book (by Anne Tyler and Patricia Holt) and an interview with Leffland about writing the book. ISBN: 0-688-058361.

    Condition: INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 25077
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  • MAELSTROM. by Llewellyn, Sam
    Llewellyn, Sam
    MAELSTROM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring retired environmental activist Fred Hope - when he receives word that his colorful Uncle Ernie has died - a dedicated pacifist who has been accused of gun-running for the IRA - Fred is "drawn into a maelstrom of revenge, deception, and lust for power involving Nazis, the IRA, and a beautiful widow." 402 pp. ISBN: 0-671789953.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 87908
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  • THE SECRET OF SPANDAU. by Lovesey, Peter.
    Lovesey, Peter.
    THE SECRET OF SPANDAU.

    Edition: First thus.

    London: Severn House, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller based on actual events beginning in 1941 - the prison at Spandau has only one inmate, the closely guarded Nazi Rudolf Hess. Originally published in 1986 under the pseudonym Peter Lear. SIGNED by Lovesey on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-727856590.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77704
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  • NUMBER THE STARS. by Lowry, Lois.
    Lowry, Lois.
    NUMBER THE STARS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: A Yearling Book / Bantam Doubleday Dell, (1999). SIGNED - A story of the Danish Resistance during World War II and how the Danes helped over 7000 Jewish people escape the Nazis in 1943, told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl. INSCRIBED on the title page. Newbery award winner. Author's afterword. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-395-510600.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 86810
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  • NUMBER THE STARS. by Lowry, Lois.
    Lowry, Lois.
    NUMBER THE STARS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A story of the Danish Resistance during World War II and how the Danes helped over 7000 Jewish people escape the Nazis in 1943, told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. Newbery award winner. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-395-510600.

    Condition: Near fine in the original black cloth in a very good dust jacket, with minor edgewear, price of 12.95 still present. Gold Newbery award sticker.

    Book ID: 86887
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  • NUMBER THE STARS. by Lowry, Lois.
    Lowry, Lois.
    NUMBER THE STARS.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A story of the Danish Resistance during World War II and how the Danes helped over 7000 Jewish people escape the Nazis in 1943, told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Newbery award winner. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-395-510600.

    Condition: Good in fair only dust jacket (inscription and 2 butterfly stickers on dedication page, but contents otherwise clean, some spotting to edges of textblock, overall edgewear to dj, price of 12.95 still present. Gold Newbery award sticker)

    Book ID: 87133
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  • ORDER OF BATTLE. by Melchior, Ib. (1917-2014)
    Melchior, Ib. (1917-2014)
    ORDER OF BATTLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1972) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first full-length novel by this Danish born writer, director and television and movie producer of mostly science fiction films. While this book, set in the final days of the World War II Allied drive into Nazi Germany is fiction, it is based on the author's own experiences and files of the US Counter Intelligence Corps; the story deals with ferreting out and destroying the Nazi Werewolf organization. SIGNED on the title page (not on a bookplate). Bibliography. 304 pp. Dust jacket design by Muriel Nasser. ISBN: 0-06-0129379.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a hint of spine slant)

    Book ID: 62799
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  • PROMISES TO KEEP: One Man's Journey Against Incredible Odds. by Michel, Ernest W.; foreword by Leon Uris.
    Michel, Ernest W.; foreword by Leon Uris.
    PROMISES TO KEEP: One Man's Journey Against Incredible Odds.

    Edition: 4th printing.

    New York: Barricade Books, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - At 15, Michel was taken to Auschwitz, where his parents and grandmother died and where he witnessed unbearable atrocities, including the conducting of medical experiments on girls and women by Joseph Mengele. Late in the afternoon of April 15, 1945, the author and two friends escaped and he went on to became a successful speaker and fund-raiser for the United Jewish Appeal in America, leading a group to Auschwitz, and participating in the World Gathering of Survivors in Israel and more. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper with the exhortation to "Remember! Never forget." xvii, 298 pp. ISBN: 0-962303240.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bottom edge of front board bumped)

    Book ID: 88405
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  • ROMMEL'S DESERT WAR: The Life and Death of The Afrika Korps. by Mitcham, Samuel, W. Jr.
    Mitcham, Samuel, W. Jr.
    ROMMEL'S DESERT WAR: The Life and Death of The Afrika Korps.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Stein & Day, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of this decisive World War II campaign, waged in North Africa in 1941-1942, based on Rommel's letters and papers and accounts of his subordinates. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 219 pp. ISBN: 0-8128-27848.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some edgewear to dj, sunning to spine).

    Book ID: 43273
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  • AWAKE IN THE DARK: Stories. by Nayman, Shira.
    Nayman, Shira.
    AWAKE IN THE DARK: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of three short stories and one novella in which the children of Holocaust victims and participants try to come to terms with family secrets and their past history. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 290 pp. ISBN: 978-0743292689.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 85103
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  • THE ICE QUEEN. by Neuhaus, Nele.
    Neuhaus, Nele.
    THE ICE QUEEN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, a story of revenge, power, and long-forgotten and covered up secrets from the end of World War II. "The body of 92-year-old Jossi Goldberg, Holocaust survivor and American citizen, is found shot to death execution style in his house near Frankfurt. The autopsy reveals an old tattoo on the corpse's arm - a blood type marker once used by Hitler's SS. Two more, similar murders happen: one of a wheelchair-bound old lady in a nursing home, and one of a man with a cellar filled with Nazi paraphernalia - and slowly the connections between the victims becomes evident."…

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    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, a story of revenge, power, and long-forgotten and covered up secrets from the end of World War II. "The body of 92-year-old Jossi Goldberg, Holocaust survivor and American citizen, is found shot to death execution style in his house near Frankfurt. The autopsy reveals an old tattoo on the corpse's arm - a blood type marker once used by Hitler's SS. Two more, similar murders happen: one of a wheelchair-bound old lady in a nursing home, and one of a man with a cellar filled with Nazi paraphernalia - and slowly the connections between the victims becomes evident." Translated from the German by Steven T. Murray. 329 pp. ISBN: 978-0312604264.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 87912
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  • Reiss, Tom.
    THE ORIENTALIST: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, 1905. First edition - Described as part biography, part history, part detective story, this is the story of Lev Nussimbaum's short life - born in Baku on the Caspian Sea in 1905 to a wealthy Jewish family, he escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. Writing under the names of Essad Bey and Kurban Said (including the classic star-crossed love story "Ali and Nino"), he became a best-selling author in fascist Europe, married an international heiress, was invited to be Mussolini's official biographer - but sacrificed opportunities to save himself. Based on recently discovered diaries by Nussimbaum and over 300 private letters, this is the story of how Reiss tracked down the identity of…

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    New York: Random House, 1905. First edition - Described as part biography, part history, part detective story, this is the story of Lev Nussimbaum's short life - born in Baku on the Caspian Sea in 1905 to a wealthy Jewish family, he escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. Writing under the names of Essad Bey and Kurban Said (including the classic star-crossed love story "Ali and Nino"), he became a best-selling author in fascist Europe, married an international heiress, was invited to be Mussolini's official biographer - but sacrificed opportunities to save himself. Based on recently discovered diaries by Nussimbaum and over 300 private letters, this is the story of how Reiss tracked down the identity of the author of Ali and Nino, and became fascinated by the paradoxes in the life and personality of that author. Notes. 409 pp.

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    Condition: Fine (as new) in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 29612
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  • DESTINY EXPRESS. by Rodman, Howard.
    Rodman, Howard.
    DESTINY EXPRESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, (1990). Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in Berlin, in early 1933 as the Nazi regime is gaining power, and Jews, radicals, and other undesirables are leaving the city. Based on film director Fritz Lang and his wife Thea. Praise from Thomas Pychon, among others, who called it "daringly imagined and darkly romantic - a moral thriller." Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-689120907.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86041
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