WORLD WAR II Rare Books and First Editions at Bauman Rare Books

return to authors search >

WORLD WAR II

Found 23 books(s). Showing results 1 thru 23.

sort by

THE CREATION OF WEST GERMANY, 1945: UNIQUE HAND-COLORED AND ANNOTATED MAP OUTLINING THE DIVISION OF GERMANY ACCORDING TO THE BERLIN DECLARATION, PRODUCED BY THE MILITARY JUST AFTER GERMANY'S SURRENDER

(WORLD WAR II) KEYES, Geoffrey, Lt. Gen. Archive: Hand-colored map of the division of Germany; 25 V-Mail letters. Waiblingen-bei-Stuttgart, Germany, June 1945.

Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes' unique hand-colored and annotated map outlining the division of Germany per the Berlin Declaration, produced just after Germany's unconditional surrender, along with 25 contemporary letters by Keyes to his wife discussing the dramatic events of these historic times. $12,000.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

THE U.S. AIR RAID ON WAKE ISLAND, OCTOBER 1943—RARE ARCHIVE OF RELATED MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS USED IN PREPARING FOR AND DOCUMENTING THE RESULTS OF THE RAID

(WORLD WAR II). Archive: Wake Island Raid. Near Wake Island, October 5-6, 1943.

Superb archive of rarely seen map and photographs used in planning and documenting the October 5, 1943 raid on Wake Island, which was taken by the Japanese only weeks after the Pearl Harbor attack. $9500.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

AN EARLY MILITARY NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER

(WORLD WAR II). Mimeographed typescript of the USS Salamaua News. No place, September 3, 1945.

Original mimeographed USS Salamaua News newsletter containing detailed news of Japanese surrender, preliminary reports on POWs in Japan and their treatment by the Japanese, Japanese reactions to the surrender, brief news from around the world, and baseball standings, accompanied by a black-and-white photograph of the newsletter's owner, Lt. Commander Fred R. Salisbury II of the Salamaua. $9500.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

"TARGET LOCATION MAP KWAJALEIN ATOLL," "RESTRICTED"—IMPORTANT ARCHIVE OF MAPS USED BY A TORPEDO BOMBER SQUADRON ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER U.S.S. YORKTOWN DURING PACIFIC THEATRE OPERATIONS, 1943-45, INCLUDING MAPS USED IN PLANNING THE DARING RAIDS ON TRUK AND KWAJALEIN

(WORLD WAR II) (U.S.S. YORKTOWN). Archive: World War II-era Pacific Maps. Pacific Ocean, 1943-45.

Important archive of contemporary maps, including a hand-drawn map of Okinawa during World War II, some of which were used in planning the daring U.S. raid on the main Japanese naval base in the Pacific at Truk Atoll. This superb collection of 16 maps, together with related documents, mostly date between 1943 and 1945 and were used by members of a torpedo squadron based aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown. $6000.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

FRAGMENT FROM A JAPANESE WORLD WAR II KAMIKAZE AIRPLANE THAT SUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED THE USS SALAMAUA DURING THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN

(WORLD WAR II). Airplane fragment. Japan/Philippines, 1945.

Original fragment of a Japanese World War II airplane used in the successful kamikaze attack on the USS Salamaua in the Lingayan Gulf on January 13, 1945, with its identification scratched into the paint by its owner, Lt. Commander Fred R. Salisbury II of the Salamaua. $4500.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

HANDSOME LITHOGRAPHIC POSTER OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER, THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AGREED UPON BY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND WINSTON CHURCHILL DURING WORLD WAR II

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: The Atlantic Charter. Washington, 1943.

Lithographic poster of the 1941 Atlantic Charter, a joint statement of democratic principles agreed upon by Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill while the United States was still neutral, printed as propaganda by the Office of War Information at the height of World War II in 1943. $4200.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

“LEND TO DEFEND THE RIGHT TO BE FREE”

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Lend to Defend the Right to Be Free. London, circa 1940.

Powerful original World War II poster depicting a woman factory worker with the shadow of a Red Cross nurse behind her, accompanied by the words: "Lend to Defend the Right to Be Free. Buy Defence Bonds." $4000.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

“COUGHS AND SNEEZES SPREAD DISEASES”

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases. London, circa 1941.

Humorous original World War II poster depicting a World War II munitions factory worker sneezing and her fellow factory workers recoiling in horror, accompanied by the words: "Coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Trap the germs by using your handkerchief. Help to keep the Nation Fighting Fit." $4000.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

"U.S. CADET NURSE CORPS"

(WORLD WAR II) Ross, Alexander. Poster: A Lifetime Education Free. Washington, 1945.

Lovely original World War II poster soliciting high school graduates to become U.S. Cadet Nurses, illustrated with a nurse smartly dressed in the official uniform and two teenage schoolgirls holding books—future cadet nurses. $3200.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

WORLD WAR II PACIFIC THEATER REPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE U.S.S. YORKTOWN, FROM ITS MISSIONS TO SUPPORT THE INVASION OF TARAWA AND THE DARING ATTACK ON THE MAIN JAPANESE NAVAL BASE AT TRUK

(WORLD WAR II) (U.S.S. YORKTOWN). Archive: World War II-era reports, photographs, and medals. Pacific Ocean, November 1943-February 1944.

Archive of contemporary documents, photographs, and service medals from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, chronicling the carrier's cruise to the Gilbert Islands in November 1943 to support the Allied invasion of the island of Tarawa, as well as the attack on the main Japanese anchorage at Truk Atoll in February 1944. The archive also includes a series of World War II service medals including American Defense, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, and World War II, as well as the Air Medal (with one star) and a Navy aviator's badge. The archive includes 13 contemporary mimeographed battle reports submitted by various pilots of Torpedo Squadron Five (VT-5) aboard the Yorktown during Operation Hailstone, a major U.S. raid on the main Pacific Japanese naval base at Truk staged in February, 1944. $3000.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

"RATIONING MEANS A FAIR SHARE FOR ALL OF US"

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us. Washington, 1943.

Original World War II poster with two illustrations depicting life with and without rationing and declaring "Rationing means a fair share for all of us." $2800.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

“SAN DEMETRIO GETS HOME”

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: San Demetrio Gets Home. London, circa 1941.

Original World War II poster depicting the German-attacked oil tanker, the San Demetrio, which was saved and sailed home by 16 brave sailors, accompanied by the words: "San Demetrio Gets Home… The Oil Tanker 'San Demetrio,' a vessel of the Jervis Bay convoy was set on fire by the German raider. She had to be abandoned but eventually 16 of her crew reboarded her, extinguished the fires and brought her to port. 'Help S.O.S.' was painted on bridge and hull as all signalling apparatus had gone. They serve for you. You save for them. Post Office. Savings Bank." $2500.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

RARE AND FASCINATING DOUBLE-SIDED U.S ARMY MAP OF OKINAWA ISLAND BEFORE THE BATTLE, DATED FEBRUARY 1945

(WORLD WAR II). Pre-battle map of Okinawa Island. Washington, 1945.

Official doubled-sided U.S. Army map of Okinawa Island before the Battle of Okinawa, labeled "SECRET." $2500.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

“LEADERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE”

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Leaders of the Royal Air Force. London, circa 1941.

Handsome original World War II poster showcasing R.A.F.'s Air Chief Marshals and Air Marshals, accompanied by the words: "Leaders of the Royal Air Force." $2500.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

"WORK ON A FARM… THIS SUMMER"

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Work on a farm… this Summer. Washington, 1943.

Lovely original World War II poster depicting two farmers, a man holding a fork hoe and a woman holding a basket of vegetables, looking out at the viewer to promote joining the U.S. Crop Corps. $2200.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

"DELIVER MORE NOW"

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Deliver More Now. No place, circa 1942.

Original World War II poster published by the National Association of Waste Material Dealers, depicting a factory with planes flying overhead and a tank and an M3 scout car driving down a road in front, urging people to deliver more scrap and waste materials, because "defense production depends on you." $2200.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

"RATIONING IS SHARING"

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Rationing Is Sharing. Washington, 1943.

Original World War II poster with the words "Rationing Is Sharing with Our Fighters and Neighbors" in a bold font on a red, white, and blue background. $2200.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

SIGNED BY THE PILOT, NAVIGATOR, AND BOMBARDIER OF THE ENOLA GAY

(TIBBETS, Paul W.). Photograph signed. No place, image circa February 1946; signed at a later date.

Photographic print of "Enola Gay" Pilot Paul Tibbets, Bombardier Tom Ferebee, and Navigator Theodore Van Kirk, signed by each on his image. $1100.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

SIGNED BY THE PILOT, NAVIGATOR, AND BOMBARDIER OF THE ENOLA GAY

(TIBBETS, Paul W.). Photograph signed. No place, image circa February 1946; signed at a later date.

Photographic print of "Enola Gay" Pilot Paul Tibbets, Bombardier Tom Ferebee, and Navigator Theodore Van Kirk, signed by each on his image. $1100.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

“WALK SHORT DISTANCES”

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Walk Short Distances. London, circa 1940.

Original World War II poster depicting a pony wearing a shoe like a horse blanket, accompanied by the words: "Go by Shanks' Pony. Walk Short Distances and leave room for those who have longer journeys." $950.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

FIGHTER, INSCRIBED BY LEN DEIGHTON

(WORLD WAR II) DEIGHTON, Len. Fighter. London, 1977.

First edition of Deighton's "brilliant" first major non-fiction work, inscribed on the title page by him, "To R—A—best wishes, Len Deighton." $800.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

FIGHTER, INSCRIBED BY LEN DEIGHTON

(WORLD WAR II) DEIGHTON, Len. Fighter. London, 1977.

First edition of Deighton's "brilliant" first major non-fiction work, inscribed on the title page in the month of publication by him, "To J— with all my best wishes and thanks, Len Deighton Sept. 1977." $800.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

RARE AND FASCINATING KEEPSAKE BOOK CELEBRATING THE WORLD WAR II EXPERIENCES OF THE BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE 321ST ORDNANCE AMMUNITION COMPANY

(WORLD WAR II). 321… The Story. Washington, circa 1945.

Commemorative book issued by and for the soldiers of the 321st Ordnance Ammunition Company, an all-Black company that fought in both the Western and Pacific Theatres from 1944 to 1945. $650.

add to my wishlist Add To My Shopping Bag

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process; aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however.
Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.
Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.
Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book.
Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.
Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).
Calf Binding material made from cowhide—versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain. Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”). Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used.
Chromolithograph Lithograph printed in colors, typically three or more.
Collation Process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents and/or plate list, and reference works. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book’s composition by its leaves and signatures, rather than its pages. A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages.
Colophon Printed note at the end of a text containing information about the printing of the book.
Doublure Pastedowns made not of paper but of leather, for decorative purposes.
Duodecimo (12MO) Smaller than an octavo, typically less than six inches tall; smaller formats, such as 24mo and 32mo, are uncommon.
Edition Print-run from a single setting of type without substantial change. Depending on demand, any number of printings can be made from a setting of type For example, a first printing might consist of 1000 copies, followed by a second printing of 2500 copies; in which case the book would have a first edition, first printing of 1000 copies, and a first edition, second printing of 2500 copies.
Endpapers Extra leaves—plain, colored or decorated—with which a bookbinder covers the insides of the book’s boards, therefore not part of the actual text block. The part of the leaf pasted to the inside of the front board is the front “pastedown,” while the other part of the leaf that forms the first page of the book is the “front free endpaper”; the same applies to the rear pastedown and rear free endpaper.
Engraving Illustration produced by carving lines into a metal plate. This is an intaglio process, in which ink is poured over the plate, then wiped from the surface, leaving ink only in the recesses made by the engraver’s tools. The image is then transferred by pressing thick dampened paper against the metal plate with great force—requiring engravings to be printed on a separate stock and separate press from any text.
Errata List of mistakes and corrections noted after printing, often compiled on a separate sheet or slip and inserted into the text block.
Flyleaves Additional blank leaves following or preceding the endpapers.
Folio Book composed of sheets that are folded once and printed on both sides, making two leaves and four pages. Typically above 14 inches tall. Oblong folios are produced the same way but bound at the short edge, producing a book typically more than 14 inches deep.
Fore-Edge Edge of the book furthest from the spine. Occasionally the text of a book will be put into a specialized book press and painted, often with a scene from the book or a landscape, so that the painting is invisible when the book is closed but visible when somebody bends the text and fans the pages—known as a fore-edge painting.
Foxing Light brown spots that naturally appear on some papers due to oxidation as they age.
Frontispiece An illustration facing the title page of a book.
Gathering Single sheet of paper that has been printed and folded to form the pages required by the book’s format. A single gathering of a quarto book, then, would be a sheet folded twice, containing four leaves, eight pages of text.. Gatherings are identified by a letter, symbol or number in the lower margin of the first page (the “signature”) to make it easy for the printer to stack them in proper order for sewing.
Gilt Edges The three exposed edges of a book have been smoothed and gilded.
Half Title Leaf preceding the title page that bears the book’s title, originally used to identify the unbound text block. The book’s binder would often remove and discard the half title at the time of binding. Remaining half-titles are therefore of interest to collectors.
Illuminated Decorated by hand. Typically early printed books and especially manuscripts.
Imprint Satement of place, publisher and date of publication on a book’s title page.
Incunable From the cradle of printing, i.e., any book printed before 1501.
Issue A group of books issued by the publisher as a discrete unit. At times, issue refers to timing, such as the “first issue” being offered to the public at an earlier date than the “second issue.” At other times, it refers to specially planned different batches, such as the “trade issue” (widely available) in opposition to a “signed limited issue” (limited to a small amount of copies differing somehow from the trade issue and not widely available).
Japanese Vellum Expensive handmade paper often used in deluxe editions.
Lithograph Illustration produced by transferring an image drawn on a carefully prepared stone to paper. The process allowed illustrations to more closely resemble the original drawings, paintings or sketches, as it gave the lithographer a freedom of line impossible to achieve in earlier intaglio and relief processes. It does not require the same sort of pressure as an engraving to transfer the image, but still has to be printed on separate stock from the text
Marginalia Handwritten notes made in the margins by a previous owner.
Mispaginated Printer’s error in pagination, typically skipping, transposing or repeating page numbers. Not uncommon in older, larger books, it is not considered a defect, so long as all integral leaves are present.
Modern Recently accomplished, when used to describe a book’s binding that is not the original casing. Some books bound recently are bound using techniques, tools and styles of the period of the book’s original issue; when done well this is called a period-style binding, a term that implies “modern” as well.
Morocco Binding material made from goatskin—versatile, durable, with a distinctive pebbled texture and visible grain. Readily stretched (“straight-grain”), crushed (flattened smooth), tooled in gilt or blind, inlaid with leathers of different colors. So-called because much of the raw material originally came from the tanneries of North Africa (other types of goatskin bindings denoting regions of origin include levant, turkey, niger).
Offset The unintended transfer of ink from one printed page to an adjacent page.
Period-Style binding executed with materials, tools and techniques to approximate the look of a contemporary binding from the period of the book’s publication. The term implies that the binding is modern, or recent, unless otherwise specified.
Plate Full-page illustration printed separately from but bound with the text.
Point Variation in text, illustration, design or format that allows a bibliographer to distinguish between different editions and different printings of the same edition, or between different states or issues of the same printing.
Presentation Copy Book given as a gift by its author, illustrator or publisher. Sometimes refers to a volume given by a notable donor.
Provenance History of a particular copy of a book.
Raised Bands Horizontal protruding strips found on the spine of a book.
Reback To supply a worn binding with a new spine, usually made of the same material as the rest of the binding and decorated to match. When feasible the binder may preserve the original spine and affix it to the new material, described as “rebacked with the original spine laid down.”
Recase To reattach a text block to its binding when it has become loose from its covers.
Recto The front side of a leaf. The back side is known as the “verso.”
Trade Edition Printing or printings of a book made available for purchase by the general public on publication day (as opposed to a limited edition, often available only by subscription).
Uncut When the edges of the text block (most apparent at the fore and lower edges) have not been trimmed to a uniform size, and are therefore characterized by a ragged or deckle edge. A book may be uncut but opened—i.e., with a paper-knife—but all unopened books (see below) are by nature uncut as well.
Unopened When the folds of the sheets of paper making up the text block have not been trimmed away or opened with a paper-knife. While this makes it impossible to read all of the pages, it also indicates a probability that the text block has not been altered since leaving the printer.
Vellum Binding material made from specially treated calfskin—durable, with a distinctive ivory color and smooth appearance. Can be tooled in gilt or blind. So-called Japan vellum (or Japon) is a type of thick paper that has been polished smooth and given a glossy finish to resemble vellum.
Verso The back or reverse side of a leaf or page. (See “recto.”)
Woodcut Illustration or textual decoration made by cutting away from the surface of a block of wood until the reverse of the image is left in relief; this is then inked and pressed to the paper to leave the image. The woodblock, or multiple blocks, can be fit into the page along with the type, allowing text and illustrations to be printed in the same print run and share the same page (not possible with engravings, which require thicker, damp paper and much more force; nor with lithographs, which require a different printing process altogether). Woodcuts preceded moveable type and are the earliest known printing technology.
Wood-Engraving Engraving made with the graver or burin on the cross-section of a piece of boxwood; the harder wood and finer tools allow for more delicate, finely detailed images, while the block can still be set in the page alongside text and printed on the same stock as the text. While much older, wood engravings enjoyed an important renaissance in the late eighteenth century through Thomas Bewick and continued in popularity thorugh the nineteenth century.
Wormhole Tiny pinhole-sized trails left by bookworms as they eat through a text block. Much more common in older books printed on handmade papers with a high rag content than in books printed on manufactured papers made from wood pulp with a higher acidic content.
Wrappers Paper coverings—plain, marbled or printed—attached by stitches, staples or glue to a text block to identify it and afford it some protection (though much more fragile than a binding in plain, cloth or leather-covered boards). More typical of slim and/or inexpensive volumes such as pamphlets. “Self wrappers” are leaves, blank or printed, that are integral to the text block, conjugate with other leaves and from the same stock. “Original wrappers,” those attached at the time of issue, are scarce and extremely desirable to most collectors.