Address of the President at the Opening of the
Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty
Inscribed by Harry Truman
Special limited first edition, number 33 of only 60 copies with the text from Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Conference, printed for President Truman at Christmas 1951, an exceptional presentation/association copy warmly inscribed the month of publication to Truman’s Secretary of the Air Force, “To Hon. Stuart Symington, with best wishes for a Merry Christmas, Harry Truman, Dec. 25, 1951.” $12,500. | More...
Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen & Unconditional Surrender
Signed by Evelyn Waugh
First editions of the three classic volumes in Waugh's fictionalized account, by turns keenly satirical and deeply moving, of his experiences in World War II, widely praised as some of the finest literature to emerge from the war—this set signed by Waugh on the title page of Unconditional Surrender. $5500. | More...
The Skin
Curzio Malaparte
First edition in English of "one of the greatest and still-searing literary products of WWII," Italian novelist Malaparte's striking vision of the Allies' liberation of war-torn Naples, a brilliant "fiction about fictions" where lies "actually point to deeper truths," in the original dust jacket. $950. | 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...
MacArthur: His Rendezvous with History
Signed by Douglas MacArthur & Courtney Whitney
First edition of this important contemporary history of the career of General Douglas MacArthur, authored by his senior aide and good friend, Major General Courtney Whitney, signed by both General Douglas MacArthur and author Major General Courtney Whitney. $2200. | More...
Mimeographed Typescript of the USS Salamaua News
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. | More...
The Good Shepherd
Inscribed by C. S. Forester
First edition of Forester's widely praised 1955 WWII novel whose account of a fictional U.S. Naval Commander features "stalking danger that haunts page" (New York Times), inscribed of the half title by him, "To S— V— with best wishes from C.S. Forester," basis for the 2020 film starring Tom Hanks from his faithful screenplay adaptation of the novel. $3200. | 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...
War Speeches
Winston Churchill
First editions of Churchill’s separately published World War II speeches. $4000. | More...
The Eagle's Roar!
Signed by seven of the squadron's pilots
Later edition of this account of this famous hard-hitting interceptor squadron, “the first all-American combat unit to see action in the second World War,” signed on a tipped-in leaf by seven of the pilots: Edwin Taylor, Spiros Pisanos, Carroll McColpin, James Goodson, Robert Wehrman, Robert Priser, and William Slade. $1250. | More...