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Prisoners Of War:

Nekipelov, Victor . INSTITUTE OF FOOLS NOTES FROM THE SERBSKY
NY 1980 1st Farrar Straus Giroux. Edited and translated from the Russian by M.Carynnyk and M. Horban. 8vo., 292pp., index, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a10400)
$21.00 Berkman, Alexander . PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHIST (signed)
NY 1920 2nd Mother Earth Publishing. Hardcover. Octavo, 512pp., cloth. **Signed by Alexander Berkman. VG Plus, almost no wear; new endpapers, no ownership marks. no DJ. (a7874)
$350.00 Kennan, George . SIBERIA AND THE EXILE SYSTEM 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
New York 1891 1st Century. 2 volumes. Sm.4to., 409pp., 585pp., monochrome illustrations, maps, light green cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplate originally present but carefully removed. Top edges gilt. No ownership marks. VG, light cover wear and light uneven fading of cloth. Nice set. 2 volumes. (a78519)
$173.00 Fehling, Helmut M. . ONE GREAT PRISON THE STORY BEHIND RUSSIA' UNRELEASED POW'S
Boston 1951 1st Beacon. With documents and official announcements concerning German and Japanese War prisoners in the Soviet Union compiled by Charles R. Joy. hardcover. Octavo, 175pp., red cloth. Owner signed. Signed by Fehling. VG plus, no DJ. (a77977)
$45.00 (war crimes) . LES CRIMES DE GUERRE COMMIS SOUS L'OCCUPATION DE LA BELGIQUE, 1940-1945. LE CAMP DE TORTURES DE BREENDONK
Liege 1948 1st Georges Thone. Commission des Crimes de Guerre. In French. Octavo, 86pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Good, a few stains and some small chips on cover, leaves a bit wrinkled. (a77412)
$45.00 Zellers, Larry . IN ENEMY HANDS A PRISONER IN NORTH KOREA
1991 1st University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1747-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 233pp., cloth. Near Fine, some rubbing on edges, in VG plus DJ. (a77345)
$20.00 Levie, Howard S. (editor) . DOCUMENTS ON PRISONERS OF WAR
Newport 1979 1st Naval War College. International Law Studies Volume 60. Hardcover. Octavo, 8535pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Very light Depository Library markings on endpapers and title page, no spine label, no bookplate, no pocket. Near Fine. (a75682)
$72.00 Weber, E P . GEDENKBOEK VNA HET ORANJEHOTEL CELMUREN SPREKEN GEVANGENEN GETUIGEN
Rotterdam 1946 1st Nijgh & Van Ditman. About use of Hotel Orange as a prisoner of war camp during World War II. List of prisoners at end of text. In Dutch. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 345pp., 6 illustrations, pictorial cloth cover of prisoner in his cell. Good, somewhat worn, text toned. (a73520)
$150.00 Michnik, Adam . LETTERS FROM PRISON AND OTHER ESSAYS. ISBN 0-520-05371-0
Berkeley 1985 1st University of California. ISBN 0-520-05371-0. Translated by Maya Latynski, foreword by Czeslaw Milosz, introduction by Jonathan Schell. Octavo, 354pp., hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, a few light spots. (a69401)
$24.00 Richard, Rene de Stalag XVIIB . POEMES EPARS
3 Mars 1945 E. Baudeloot & Cie. Poems written by French prisoner of war in WW2. Copy No. 711 of 1000. Small octavo, 67pp., illustrationss par l'Auteur, index, original printed wraps. Near Fine. Very scarce, (a69015)
$550.00 Spivak, John L . ON THE CHAIN GANG
NY 1932. International Pamphlets No. 32. 12mo., 15pp., two shocking photo illustrations of AfroAmerican prisoners being tortured by their guards, original illustrated wraps (front is photo illustrations of a chain gain at work in full striped prison garb). VG, two faint horizontal creases on cover. (a63190)
$150.00 Gibson, Walter M. . THE PRISON OF WELTEVREDEN; AND A GLANCE AT THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
New York 1855 1st J. C. Riker. Small octavo., 495pp., illustrated from original sketches, original pressed cloth cover hardcover with gilt lettering. Good, corners and spine ends lightly worn, occasional light foxing, spine sunned. (a61594)
$120.00 Petillo, Carol M (editor) . THE ORDEAL OF ELIZABETH VAUGHAN A WARTIME DIARY OF THE PHILIPPINES. ISBN 0-8203-0751-3.
1985 1st University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-0751-3. Very interesting true story of woman and her two babies interned in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War Two. Octavo, 312pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. Worth reading! (a60650)
$17.00 Guest, Captain Freddie . ESCAPE FROM THE BLOODIED SUN
London 1956 Jerrolds. One of the most incredible stories of WW2, the escape covering 1200 miles from Hong Kong to Chungking, of Capt. Guest and a one-legged Chinese Admiral. Octavo, 192pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, spine faded, no DJ. (a59309)
$25.00 Belbenoit, Rene (Prisoner no. 4663) . DRY GUILLOTINE FIFTEEN YEARS AMONG THE LIVING DEAD
NY 1939. Translated by Preston Rambo. Octavo, 345pp., illustrations by a fellow prisoner, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Belbenouit. VG plus in Good DJ, worn with some cellophane tape reinforcement to spine end. (a57127)
$149.00 (turkey) . FILE OF TORTURE DEATHS IN DETENTION PLACES OR PRISONS 12 SEPTEMBER 1980 - 12 SEPTEMBER 1995
Ankara 1996. In English. 8vo., 110pp., wraps. VG. (a45736)
$85.00 Stirban, Marcel . LAGARE SI INCHISORI PE HARTA TARLI (1944-1964) CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND PRISONS ON THE COUNTRY'S MAPS (1944-1964)
1999. In Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Anul XLIV at pp. 125-142. In Rumanian, with a brief summary in English. Whole issue has several articles. Lg.8vo., 212pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a44291b)
$45.00 Holcroft, Thomas . THE LIFE OF BARON FREDERIC TRENCK CONTAINING HIS ADVENTURES ALSO HIS EXCESSIVE SUFFERINGS DURING TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT THE FORTRESS OF MAGDEBURG
Providence 1808 David Heaton. Translated from German to English by Holcroft. Sm.8vo., 108pp., wraps. Good, pages browned, some wear, lacking rear wrap. (a30802)
$74.00 Kalpaschnikoff, Andrew . A PRISONER OF TROTSKY'S (signed)
NY 1920 1st Doubleday. Foreword by David R. Francis. Hardcover. Octavo, 287pp., cloth. ***Signed by Kalpaschnikoff. Good, some wear, portion of rear panel of DJ tipped in front endpaper, light fraying of head of spine. (a25207)
$48.00 Nitti, Francesco Fausto . ESCAPE. THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A POLITICAL PRISONER WHO WAS RESCUED FROM LIPARI, THE FASCIST DEVIL'S ISLAND
NY 1930 1st Putnam. The personal narrative of a political prisoner who was rescued from Lipari, the Fascist Devil's Island. Octavo,m 267pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a13672)
$25.00 Vali, Rose . BLACK NIGHTSHADE THE HUNGARIAN PRISON MEMOIRS OF ROSE VALI
NY 1965 1st Morrow. Narrated in English by T. de Kerpely. Author arrested by Hungarian Communists in 1951. Fine in VG DJ. (a12022)
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