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Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Description: [24]pp., illustrations, oblong wraps. 5.25 x 7.75 in. About good. General soiling, scuffs and closed tears to covers. Describes the campaign to prevent Japanese forces from gaining a foothold on the Alaskan island chain during WWII. "In honor and memory of the men of the North Pacific Theater who died so that a continent might be free." Colodny fought with the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, became a historian and was active for his entire life in social justice movements. Hammett wrote detective novels.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong 8vo in stapled wraps. 24pp. Illustrated with maps and drawings. Slight wear to edges otherwise very good throughout.
Seller: Abacus Books, ABAA/ILAB, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 25 leaves : illustrations ; 21.6 cm. One of the last most most rare writings of the famous mystery authors. Only the slightest bit of wear.
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 6 full-page maps and illustrations throughout by Sergeant Harry Fletcher, printed in blue and black, a few leaves with faint waterstain to bottom corner, pp. [24], oblong 8vo, original stapled wrappers, touch of rubbing to spine, staples slightly rusted, faint waterstain to leading edge, very good. An interesting piece of wartime work from the detective fiction author, whose background of Communism and tuberculosis had made enlisting problematic.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Wraps (softcover). 1944. First Printing. Staple holes in upper left corner and light wear, else Very Good condition. ; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 24 pages
Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Adak, AK: Intelligence Section, Field Force Headquarters. 1944. [23 pp]. Wrps. No Dust Jacket. An illustrated account of Hammett's service in the army during WWII. Illustrated by Sgt. Harry Fletcher; first edition; VG+
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: [24] pp. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, publisher's wrappers. First edition. Layman A10. A fine copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.27 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original stapled card covers. An excellent near fine clean and bright copy showing only minor rubbing to the extremities. Without inscriptions or stamps. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. "In Honor and Memory of the Men of the North Pacific Theater Who Died so that a Continent Might Be Free." Hammett, who was stationed in the Aleutians Islands was assigned to help compile an accounting of the Aleutian Campaign under supervision of the Intelligence Section. Text by Hammett and captions by Colodny; illustrations, maps and layout by Harry Fletcher. Few small scrapes and light stains to rear cover, edges lightly rubbed, otherwise very good or better in oblong, stapled blue paperwraps. WWII TEXT BY HAMMET
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong 12mo (5 1/2" x 8"), unpaginated; original blue wrappers, printed in black and white. Illustrations and maps designed by Sgt. Harry Fletcher. Reproduced by detachment 29th engineers stationed with headquarters Western defense command. A slight wrinkle or two, very good.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$162.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 24p. Illustrations. maps. Blue Wraps. Fine Copy
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Oblong 12mo (5 1/2" x 8"), unpaginated; original blue wrappers, printed in black and white. Illustrations and maps designed by Sgt. Harry Fletcher. Reproduced by detachment 29th engineers stationed with headquarters Western defense command. A fine copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, DASHIELL.. THE BATTLE OF THE ALEUTIANS.. Field Force Hdqtrs, [1944]., Adak, Alaska, 1944.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original blue, black, and white printed wrappers, np (24pp.), illustrations, maps, chronology. Light rubbing to spine and light creasing to bottom corner of front flap else a very good copy. Text by Cpl. Dashiell Hammett and captions by Cpl. Robert Colodny. Hammett was sent to the Aleutians in August, 1943, and in September of that year he was sent to Adak, where he was assigned to help compile a two-year history of the Aleutian Campaign. This campaign was under the supervision of the Intelligence Section on Adak. The Aleutian Islands were strategic property during World War II, and the U.S. was very concerned with Japan in this regard. A Hammett "A" item. Scarce.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.