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World War II Books

World War II was the war that changed all wars. The Holocaust. The atomic bomb. Radar. Jet engines. Mass-produced penicillin. Computers. War was never the same and we were never the same. It showed humanity at its cruelest and at its best, at its most limited and at its most inventive. Building a World War II collection could take a lifetime, but here are some books to get you started.
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Anna Seghers's The Seventh Cross (1942) in original dust jacket
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The Seventh Cross (1942)
$100.00
Rare first edition of Brock's Nor Any Victory (1942)
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Nor Any Victory (1942)
$350.00
first edition of Hill's Silent Enemies (1942)
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Silent Enemies (1942)
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first edition of Gunther's D Day (1944)
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D Day (1944)
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first edition of Harrison's Grey & Scarlet (1944)
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Grey and Scarlet (1944)
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first edition of Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down (1942)
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The Moon Is Down (1942)
$450.00
first edition of Bemelmans's Blue Danube (1945)
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Blue Danube (1945)
$105.00
Brown's Many a Watchful Night
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Many a Watchful Night (1944)
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Roth's Dilemma in Japan (1945)
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Dilemma in Japan (1945)
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Huss's The Foe We Face (1942)
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The Foe We Face (1942)
$160.00
Maule's A Book of War Letters (1943)
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A Book of War Letters (1943)
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Do You Want to Be a Nurse? (1942)
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Do You Want to Be a Nurse? (1942)
$300.00
Earle's Blackout (1939)
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Blackout (1939)
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Third edition of Cato's Guilty Men, (1940)
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Guilty Men (1940)
$250.00
First edition of Stefan Szende's The Promise Hitler Kept (1945)
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The Promise Hitler Kept (1945)
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Patriotic flag-themed cover of 500 War-Time Saving Secrets featuring a 1940s woman putting a coin in a piggy bank
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500 War-Time Saving Secrets (1943)
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First edition of Leonard Stein's The Persecution of the Jews in Germany: Supplementary Bulletin No. 2 (1933)
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The Persecution of the Jews in Germany: Supplementary Bulletin No. 2 (1933)
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First edition of Konrad Heiden's The New Inquisition (1939)
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The New Inquisition (1939)
$350.00
First edition of Popular Science's The War-Time Guide Book (1942)
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The War-Time Guide Book (1942)
$110.00
Wartime edition of John Gunther's Inside Asia (1942)
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Inside Asia (1942)
$275.00
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Owned by a 20-year veteran of the rare book trade, Opal Rare Books is dedicated to offering interesting, eye-catching, and reasonably priced books from the first half of the 20th century. We specialize in World War I and II Books, Pop-Up Books, Children's Books, Travel Books, and Holiday Books. Because the best collection is one you actually want to read.

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