CRAZY IN BERLIN
(1958)
First edition, first printing of Berger's first book, set in postwar Allied-occupied Germany.
WWII
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CRAZY IN BERLIN
(1958)
First edition, first printing of Thomas Berger's first novel, the start of a series focused on US army medic Carlo Reinhart in the aftermath of World War II.
THE END OF THE AFFAIR
(1951)
First edition of this Catholic novel set during the London Blitz, partly based on Graham Greene's own affair – adapted into two films and an opera.
CATCH-22
1961
Beautifully inscribed first edition of this dark satire on the patriotic narrative of American triumph in World War II, with a brief accompanying letter from Heller.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1951
First edition of the National Book Award-winning novel of intersecting lives in Hawaii in the months before the attack on Pearl Harbour – adapted into a star-studded, Oscar-winning film.
A SEPARATE PEACE
1960
Review copy of the first printing of the first American edition, in the scarce first-issue dust jacket.
THE 'CAINE' MUTINY
(1972)
First edition thus, an illustrated version of Wouk's 1951 novel of ethics and authority on board a WWII ship, with appropriately imposing art by Errol Le Cain.
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
1957
First edition of this World War II tale of action and adventure, as three soldiers work to sabotage the guns wreaking havoc on their comrades; adapted into an Oscar-winning film.
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
1947
Inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Pacific campaign of WWII, adapted into a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and a film.
THE DIRTY DOZEN
(1965)
First edition, first printing of this grim story of 12 convicts on a WWII suicide mission, a bestseller that also found success as a film.
FROM THE TERRACE
(1958)
First printing of the "most ambitious of John O'Hara's novels" (front flap), the basis for the 1960 film starring Paul Newman.
THE MOON IS DOWN
1942
Signed first edition of this tale of resistance written in the early days of America's participation in World War II, adapted into a play and a film.
WILLOW RUN
1943
First edition of this patriotic reflection on the young men and women who worked to assemble B-24 bomber aircraft during WWII, Glendon Swarthout's first book.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN
1972
Inscribed first printing of this speculative fiction novel about a wounded Black soldier in the Vietnam War who hallucinates about fighting in major American battles across history.
THE CAINE MUTINY
1951
First edition, in first state jacket, of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of conflict and mistrust aboard a destroyer, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Humphrey Bogart.
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