George walton adleman (91 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. 8vo, 336 pgs., illustrated, bound in hard boards and wrapped in dust jacket. Back jacket panel has tear half way up with some creasing, some edge wear and some rubbing on spine.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. WRITTEN TEXT UNMARKED, SPINE TILTED, DUST JACKET WITH EDGE WEAR.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Soiling on book cover. Light foxing on upper edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condizione: Good+. Clean pages and sound. Some moderate cover wear. Writing inside the front cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 302 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: New. . The daring exploits of the first special forces unit of WWII.World War II tale of adventure.Available in paperback for the first timeThe first special service forces of WWII were known as the Devil's Brigade. Ferocious and stealthy combatants, they were handpicked U.S. and Canadian soldiers trained in mountaineering, airborne, and close-combat skills. They numbered more than 2,300 and saw action in the Aleutians, Italy, and the south of France.Co-written by a brigade member and a WWII combat pilot, the book explores the unit's unique characteristics, including the men's exemplary toughness and their ability to fight in any terrain against murderous opposition. It also profiles some of the unforgettable characters that comprised the near-mythical force. …

Unknown. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: New. . The daring exploits of the first special forces unit of WWII.World War II tale of adventure.Available in paperback for the first timeThe first special service forces of WWII were known as the Devil's Brigade. Ferocious and stealthy combatants, they were handpicked U.S. and Canadian soldiers trained in mountaineering, airborne, and close-combat skills. They numbered more than 2,300 and saw action in the Aleutians, Italy, and the south of France.Co-written by a brigade member and a WWII combat pilot, the book explores the unit's unique characteristics, including the men's exemplary toughness and their ability to fight in any terrain against murderous opposition. It also profiles some of the unforgettable characters that comprised the near-mythical force. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good - Cash. General reader wear to the corners, edges, and cover. The covers/corners have some creasing. The cover has a few small tears. The pages show some general reader wear as well. The book is in good condition with some normal reader wear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Paperback. reprint. very good, creases, some writing paperback.

Unknown. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover bound in vivid blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering and a blind-stamped publisher's device on the rear board. In the original, unclipped dust jacket retaining its $7.95 price. Jacket design by Paul Bacon Studio, Inc.; illustrated endpaper maps of the Southern France theater of operations by Samuel H. Bryant. With historical photographs, chapter notes, bibliography, and index. An extensively researched account of the First Airborne Task Force and its participation in the Allied invasion of Southern France on August 15, 1944, during Operation Dragoon. Drawing upon firsthand testimony, military records, and interviews with participants, Adleman and Walton reconstruct the airborne landings, the fighting around Le Muy, the liberation of Cannes and Nice, and the force's advance toward the Franco-Italian frontier. The narrative captures both the operational significance and human experiences of this comparatively overlooked campaign. Especially noteworthy are the detailed cartographic endpapers, wartime photographs, and documented interviews with senior officers, including Major General Robert T. Frederick. Condition: Very Good+ hardcover in Very Good+ dust jacket. The bright blue cloth boards are clean and attractive, with a firm, square binding, well-preserved gilt spine lettering, and light handling wear. The upper page edges exhibit scattered foxing and age-toning; interior pages are clean and unmarked, with no annotations observed. The original dust jacket is exceptionally well preserved overall, retaining strong color and its unclipped price, with modest rubbing and localized edge wear, including small creases and short closed tears near the upper edges. The jacket is housed in a removable protective sleeve; reflections visible in the photographs are from the sleeve and are not defects in the jacket. A handsome first-edition copy with its original photographic jacket and cartographic endpapers intact. The rear flap explicitly credits the jacket design to Paul Bacon Studio, Inc. Bacon (1923-2015) was one of the most influential American book-jacket designers of the twentieth century, celebrated for the distinctive Big Book Look: bold typography paired with a relatively small, memorable illustration. His work included jackets for Catch-22, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Portnoy's Complaint. This book's oversized blue lettering and winged champagne cork are characteristic of that approach. The illustrated endpapers are not merely decorative. Samuel H. Bryant's two-color maps identify Allied and German formations, airborne landing areas, principal roads, and the terrain surrounding the invasion. His signature is visible on the map. Their survival in excellent condition adds both historical research value and visual appeal. The rear jacket also features a portrait of the authors credited to Fabian Bachrach, adding another identifiable photographic contributor to this edition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition (stated). Illustrated. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket. BX43.

Condizione: Good. 1973. First Published in Great Britain. 298 pages. Illustrated jacket over brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Map endpapers. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. …

Mass market paperback. Condizione: Good. [18], 302 pages. Maps, Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Foreword, Acknowledgments, Chapter Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. Chapter 1 covers May 30-31, 1944; Chapter 2 covers December 1941-July 1943; Chapter 3 covers July 10-August 17, 1943; Chapter 4 covers September 1943; Chapter 5 covers October 1-December 20, 1943; Chapter 6 covers December 25, 1943-January 25, 1944; Chapter 7 covers February - May 1944; Chapter 8 covers May 1944; Chapter 9 covers June 5 and Beyond. Robert H. Adleman (May 7, 1919 - November 16, 1995) was an American novelist and historian. Adleman was a photographer and tail gunner in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he became a businessman and a historian, and began a collaboration with U.S. Army Colonel George Walton to write books about World War II, the most successful of which was 1966's The Devil's Brigade. A story about the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade". Colonel George Walton was a lawyer and retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He served with the Devil's Brigade in Italy. Derived from a Kirkus review: An energetic, highly readable account of the Allied military campaign in Italy which led to the occupation of Rome in 1944, with controversies revived, personalities rounded out, and great and terrible, frustrating, events reviewed. By the use of interviews, contemporary written material, and the authors' own commonsense perspective, both high level decisions and the situation of the harassed G.I. are investigated. Mark Clark, target of criticism for his "arrogance," his brashness, nonetheless in retrospect, is declared "unsophisticated. . . avid for publicity, (but) a commander who did everything that could have been done under the circumstances." The Goat of Anzio, General Lucas, under heavy attack since for his holding, rather than pursuing, tactic on the beachhead, performed reliably without contradicting directives. Lucas was not a Patton, and should not have been expected to wage that kind of campaign. The authors also soberly assess the rumors concerning Vatican politics, and accept the calmer view of Pope Pius as dedicated to the preservation of the Vatican, hardly favoring the Germans but realistically appraising the limitations of papal influence. A lively account of a remarkable collection of human beings under fire. A first rate reconstruction. Presumed first Bantam Edition, first printing. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. F/G, used, hc, green boards with black cloth along spine, gilt text on spine, map end papers, 336 pages. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight edge wear to dj, small tear at head of spine and a small tear at the top edge of the lower near center, small scuff to top fore corner of the upper.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. 298 pages. Light shelf wear, pages yellowed; a sound binding; very good otherwise. The jacket is scuffed, some wear and tear to the edges. "The spectacular airborne invasion that turned the tide of battle in southern France in 1944." Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 215068.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Very good condition hard cover, with good condition jacket, internally clean and tidy with unmarked pages, in a very good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. A Very Good+ Copy in a Very Good + Dust-jacket,price clipped,with strong laminated cover over dust-jacket.The book specifically deals with the Battle for Italy,a controversial campaign which has led to much debate.With illustrations.8vo 336pp First Edition.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A couple two-inch tears to jacket. Price-clipped. Owner name.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xiv,298pp, illustrated, slight browning, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Fair dustwrapper. wrapper has selloatape applied to edges, now browned. ISBN: 0856320587.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Devil's Brigade by Robert H. Adleman and George Walton. Published by Chilton Books, Philadelphia & New York, 1966 — Stated First Edition. Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition: Book: Very Good + to Near Fine -; Brown cloth boards with dark brown spine lettering clean and well preserved. Binding tight and square. Very light bumping at upper corners and faint handling wear. Corners sharp. Interior pages clean and well preserved with light, even toning typical of mid-1960s paper stock. No ownership inscriptions, underlining, or markings observed. Dust Jacket: None (see photos) The Devil's Brigade recounts the remarkable story of the First Special Service Force, a joint American-Canadian commando unit that fought in some of the toughest campaigns of World War II. Written by journalist Robert H. Adleman with Colonel George Walton, the book documents the unit's specialized mountain warfare training and daring operations in Italy and southern France. The unit's exploits later inspired the 1968 film adaptation of the same name.…

(Subject: World War II - Italy) An account of the Italian Campaign, from Salerno to the liberation of Rome on June 4th , 1944. By Winter, 1943 the whole of southern Italy was in Allied hands, and the Allied armies stood facing the Volturno Line, the first of a series of prepared defensive lines running across Italy. It took until mid-January 1944 to fight through the Volturno, Barbara and Bernhardt lines to reach the Gustav Line, the backbone of the Winter Line defenses, setting the scene for the four battles of Monte Cassino which took place between January and May 1944. (Published: 1969) (Publisher: Leslie Frewin) (ISBN: 0090983505) (Pagination: 336pp, 16 photos, notes, bibliography, index) (Condition: vg in rubbed and edge-worn dw. ) UL-XXXXXX.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good -. First Edition. (1969), 298pp, illus., maps to eps, blue cloth, light shelfwear to cover, light soiling to pg edges, some rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.

Condizione: fair to good. pocket paperbk, 239, wraps, illus., index, text has darkened, some staining to fore-edge, covers and spine soiled and some edge wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd ed. 259p. Maps & Photos. 1st Special Service Force: US & Canadian commandos in Italy & Southern France. Brown cloth. Spine lettering rubbed. Very Good copy.

Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly worn at spine tips and corners and is lightly rubbed at some edges and surfaces with a minor scuff at top of spine. 336 pages with index plus 22 illustrations.