The Second World War
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The Second World War
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Lithographic broadside, "D-Day Prayer"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Limited edition of this rare broadside of the “D-Day Prayer,” one of very few—believed to be only 50—exquisitely printed copies issued by President Roosevelt for his close friends, handsomely printed in gothic type with red- blue- and gold ink textual embellishments. $18,000. | More...
The Second World War
Winston Churchill
First English editions of Churchill’s WWII masterpiece, part history and part memoir, written after he lost reelection as Prime Minister, handsomely bound. $3500. | More...
Photograph of Chester Nimitz
signing the documents of surrender on board the U.S.S. Missouri

Inscribed by Chester Nimitz
Large photographic print of Chester Nimitz signing the documents of surrender on board the U.S.S. Missouri at the end of World War II, inscribed by him below the image: "To Sgt. Maj. Palmer H. Darrow, USMC—with best wishes C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, US Navy." Additionally signed by him within the image: "C.W. Nimitz, U.S. Representative." $5500. | More...
"War Orphans"
Signed by Arthur Szyk
Extraordinary signed original watercolor and gouache painting of two young Jewish refugees, huddled together, by anti-Nazi caricaturist Arthur Szyk, whose wartime portrayals of brutality, heroism and suffering strongly influenced American attitudes toward the war effort. $18,500. | More...

Reminiscences
Signed by Douglas MacArthur

Signed limited first edition of MacArthur's autobiography, number 563 of 1750 copies signed by him, in original slipcase. $2000. | More...
A Paris sous la botte des Nazis
Jean Eparvier

First trade edition, published only three months after the Liberation of Paris, with over 225 black-and-white photogravures, many secretly documenting the Nazi-occupation of Paris from June 1940 to August 1944, this unique copy with a laid-in typed letter dated “22 March 1945” and written regarding this copy’s distinctive tipped-in English translations of the French text, notifying the recipient that “your book” is being hand carried from France to Washington, D.C. by Colonel Knowles, then serving with the Under Secretary of War. $2800. | More...
Hiroshima
Signed by John Hersey, Robert Penn Warren & Jacob Lawrence

Limited edition of this “quietest and best” account of Hiroshima, number 868 of only 1500 copies signed by John Hersey, Robert Penn Warren, and Jacob Lawrence, and illustrated with eight color serigraphs by Lawrence. $2300. | More...
The Winds of War
Inscribed by Herman Wouk
First edition of the first novel in Wouk's epic WWII series, inscribed on the half title by him within weeks of publication, "Inscribed for R— V— D— by the author. Best wishes, Herman Wouk, 12 Dec. 71." $950. | More...
War and Remembrance
Signed by Herman Wouk
First trade edition, "one of a reserve selection drawn from the first edition for the friends of the author," signed by Wouk on the publisher's tipped-in leaf, a fine copy in the original slipcase. $550. | More...
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