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.
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.
ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY
(1942)
True UK first edition, first printing of this World War II-era spy novel, written by a master of the espionage thriller.
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.
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.
ANIMAL FARM
1946
Beautifully bound copy of the US edition of Orwell's biting political allegory.
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.
HALF-PAST YESTERDAY
(1945)
First edition of this WWII-themed, largely autobiographical novel by the Army Signal Corps Lieutenant.
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.
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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