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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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  • WHEN HELL STRUCK TWELVE: A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery. by Benn, James R.
    Benn, James R.
    WHEN HELL STRUCK TWELVE: A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: SOHO Press, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 14th novel in the highly praised Billy Boyle series, featuring a young Irish-American cop from Boston (or, as the NY Times review put it "a brash kid from Southie"), who had just made detective when the US joined World War II, and he is selected by Eisenhower to be his personal investigator. Set in the chaotic days before the liberation of Paris. Author's note. 341 pp. ISBN: 978-1616959630.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 87514
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  • TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY. by Byrd, Max.
    Byrd, Max.
    TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of international political intrigue, deception and suspense: a murder in 1980s California turns out to have roots in the Resistance in occupied France. 279 pp. ISBN: 0-553-052950.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 5523
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  • TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY. by Byrd, Max.
    Byrd, Max.
    TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of international political intrigue, deception and suspense: a murder in 1980s California turns out to have roots in the Resistance in occupied France. SIGNED by the author, 279 pp. ISBN: 0-553-052950.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (name in book.)

    Book ID: 61482
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  • THE WORLD AT NIGHT. by Furst, Alan.
    Furst, Alan.
    THE WORLD AT NIGHT.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Random House, (2002.). SIGNED - Historical espionage novel set in Paris in 1940 during World War II, featuring a filmmaker named Jean Casson. INSCRIBED on the title page. Includes a reader's guide. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-375-758585.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82990
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  • HAMMER ON THE SEA. by Vrettos, Theodore.
    Vrettos, Theodore.
    HAMMER ON THE SEA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - an historical novel that "provides an authentic and vivid portrait of Greece during World War II." Occupied by the Nazis, there was also resistance from guerrilla fighters, which in turn led to reprisal killings by the Germans. 182 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in tan boards in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and minor wear (bookplate on front pastedown)

    Book ID: 88206
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