World War II
SCRAPBOOKS OF A WAR HERO WHO BECAME A HOLLYWOOD PUBLICIST
A collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, ephemera, and memoirs written by Edwin Duden “Ted” Ashton (1914–2009), an American war hero and publicist for the film industry. Following his graduation from Princeton University, the New Jersey..... More
THE "LAST" NAZI: The Life and Times of Dr. Joseph Mengele
New York: Donald I. Fine, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 305 p. Textual photographs. An investigative account of Auschwitz camp doctor Joseph Mengele, the SS physician who sent thousands of Jews to their deaths in the..... More
THE BATTLE OF THE ALEUTIANS: A Graphic History, 1942-1943
Adak, Alaska: Intelligence Section, Field Force Headquarters, 1944. First Edition. Wraps. Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett co-wrote this pamphlet for the U.S. military while stationed in the Aleutian Islands off the Alaska Peninsula during World War..... More
SPEAKING OUT FOR PERSONAL JUSTICE: Site Summaries of Testimonies and Witnesses Registry from the U.S. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Hearings, 1981
Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, 2011. First Edition. Wraps. Inscribed by the editors on the title page, with a flyer from the book signing event laid in..... More
LOST AND FOUND: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006. First Edition. Wraps. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Moving account of curating the Japanese American National Museum's exhibition "Remembering the Japanese American Experience" (1994)..... More
EYE-DEEP IN HELL: A Memoir of the Liberation of the Philippines, 1944-45
Dallas, Texas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Novelist and former Columbia University professor William A. Owens (1905-90) was a 40-year-old sergeant in the Counter-Intelligence..... More
IF JAPAN AND AMERICA FIGHT
Tokyo: Meguro Bunten, 1921. Hardcover. This scarce works offer a Japanese perspective on the escalating tensions that would culminate in the attack on Pearl Harbor 20 years later and the outbreak of World War II..... More
THROUGH INNOCENT EYES: Writings and Art from the Japanese American Internment by Poston I Schoolchildren
Los Angeles: Keiro Services Press and The Generations Fund, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally compiled in 1943 as Out of the Desert by Ray Franchi and Paul Takeda with the assistance of teachers and students..... More
IMMORTAL IMAGES: A Personal History of Two Photographers and the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Thomey on the front flyleaf. A member of the 28th Marines regiment that fought at Iwo Jima and raised the flags on Mt. Suribachi..... More
SURVIVING MINIDOKA: The Legacy of WWII Japanese American Incarceration
Boise, Idaho: Boise State University in partnership with College of Southern Idaho, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed by Hatsuko Mary Higuchi, who was incarcerated at Minidoka, Heart Mountain, Tule Lake, Amache, and..... More
SPREADING GERMS OF HATE, with a Foreword by Colonel Edward M. House
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Born in Munich, Viereck (1884-1962) was a minor poet who achieved notoriety in the United States as a pro-German propaganist, and eventually as an agent operating on..... More
SPREADING GERMS OF HATE, with a Foreword by Colonel Edward M. House
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by George Sylvester Viereck. Born in Munich, Viereck (1884-1962) was a minor poet who achieved notoriety in..... More
INFORMATION PROGRAM ON THE 6TH WAR LOAN DRIVE: For the use of media, advertisers, advertising agencies, copy writers, script writers, artists and media specialists informing the public of the most difficult War Loan Drive in history.
Washington, D.C. War Finance Division, Treasury Department and Domestic Branch, Office of War Information in cooperation with War Advertising Council, 1944. Wraps. With slogans like "Let's Finish the Job" and "Here We go to Tokyo"..... More
LETTERS OF A U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT DEPLOYED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER
Small group of letters written by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Orville Hockett "Bud" Read (1910-91) to his wife, Ruth LeMay "Mimi" Read (nee DeVault, 1917-2002), during his deployment in the waning months of World War II..... More
WORKIN' ON THOSE AIRDROMES: An Overseas Report from the 923rd Engineer Aviation Regiment: 827th Engineer Battalion, 829th Engineer Battalion, 847th Engineer Battalion, 859th Engineer Battalion
923rd Engineer Aviation Regiment IX Engineer Command, 1945. Wraps. The 923rd Engineer (Aviation) Regiment was a segregated African American unit activated August 1, 1942, at Eglin Field, Florida, under the command of Colonel I.D. Brent..... More
COMMENDATION FOR A WOMAN WHO ASSISTED THE FRENCH RESISTANCE
An undated letter from a leader in the French Resistance commending a French woman for her role assisting the opposition group during World War II. The typed text is in French, and the translation reads..... More
WARTIME CANNING
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University, Extension Division, April 1943. Second revision. Printed on both sides of off-white card stock with a hole punch along the top edge for hanging in a kitchen. The piece..... More
WAVES NEWS LETTER: May 1945
Washington, D.C. [United States Navy], 1945. Standard magazine size (8" x 10 7/8"): [8] pp. including the staple-bound wrappers, with photographic illustrations and a map of the Pacific Offensive. Faint toning along the extremities, with..... More
THE STORY OF SOJURO NAKAMURA
Glendale, California: Self-Published, 2001. First Edition. Spiral bound. Family history of Sojuro Nakamura (1882-1970), who arrived in the United States in 1903 with his brother, Mantsuchi, and settled in Reedley, California, where they operated a...... More