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Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. October 2001-September 2005. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. First Edition. Hardcover First edition with a dust jacket in an archival protective cover. Jacket has a few small tears and a bit of chipping along the edges. Top edge is lightly soiled. Internally, Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Prompt shipping.

Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt lettering, viii, 270 pp. Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Form dust jacket: At a top-security red-brick fortress in West Berlin, originally planned to house six hundred inmates, exists the strangest penal arrangement in the world: nearly two hundred men rotated from four different countries have the sole task of guarding one prisoner, an eighty-year-old man who has lived in virtual solitary confinement for more than a quarter-century. The jail is Spandau Prison. The inmate is Rudolph Hess. Once the number-two man in Hitler's Third Reich, he startled the world on May 10, 1941, when he borrowed a leather flying-suit and a Messerschmidt plane and flew alone to England to announce he was ready to negotiate peace terms with the British Prime Minister. Four years later, with the war finally at an end, he was taken to Nuremberg to stand trial with his fellow Nazis. It was expected that there the inside story of Hess's incomprehensible flight would come out. Had he been on a secret mission for the Fuhrer to whom he was so blindly devoted, or had he taken it upon himself to end a war he felt no one could win? The answers were not forthcoming. Hess refused to defend himself, giving only a rambling dissertation on "secret forces" and "evil influences" being used to destroy him in prison, and lending credence to the rumors that he was mad. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Originally he had six fellow prisoners at Sapndau, all top Nazis, but by 1966 only Hess remained. For this book, Rudolph Hess has given, for the first time, his own account of his time in history to Eugene K. Bird, the former American director of Spandau and the only living person Hess has taken into his confidence since 1941. Bird asked, "If you were released, Hess, would you write your memoirs? Do you think it is your responsibility to history to write them?" Hess nodded. "Yes, I suppose it is," he said. "I was the one who tried to get freedom for the world." Prisoner #7 is the result of their "strange association" at Spandau. Together they review Hess's record from his days as a Nazi minister to his life as the German prisoner of Russia, England, France, and the United States. Military History, POW, Nazi Germany, Military Leadership, Political Science, World War II, WWII, Second World War bslic.

Magazine. Zustand: Good. Hugh, Bernhard; Brock, H.M.; Brightwell, L.R.; Whitwell, T.M.R.; Wright, Frank; E.H. Thomas; Peddie, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. Contains The Pace-Makers by Cleaver, How They Played Rugger in America, When the Zoo Laughs written and illustrated by Brightwell, A Dog's Chance by Green, The Skywaymen by Leverage, Lofe in the Canadian Mounted Police by Perry, Chats on Stamp Collecting by Perry, Hooligan Hall by Bird, The Field of Play by Sewell, How to Make a Model Lighthouse by Hopcroft, Buccaneers of the Desert by Reeves, The Laugher Shop and an Editorial by The Old Fag. The spine has some surface wear, a one inch closed tear at the top and a two inch closed tear at the bottom. The covers have some browning, a few light stains and light surface and edge wear Browning to the insides of the covers and the pages with light rusty stains around the staples but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Bernhard Hugh. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Half Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Ameican Edition. First American edition, Published in England under the title "The Lonliest Man in the World". Half black cloth and black boards with blue and gilt spine printing. No marks. Dust jacket is clipped at the top with an English price sticker at the bottom of front flap. Edgewear all along top edge including a horizontal scratch about 1/4" below this edge, a small chip on top front panel spine fold and a closed tear of about 1/4" next to this, with two rectangles of tape residue beneath. Written by the former U.S. Commandant of Spandau Prison, and based on personal interviews with prisoner Rudolf Hess. 270 pp. Biography, Hess, WWII, Spandau, Prisons, War Criminals, Nazis, History.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st. 1st ed. 399p. Photos. Maps. Heavy/Oversize Large wraps. back cover repaired in center. Very Good Copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pp.; xi, 270. silver & blue titles to sp. Illust. w/ plates: b/w photographs. Black cloth bds. P/o penned, title-pg. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Rudolf Hess, a top Nazi official, spent the latter part of his life in Spandau prison as a war criminal and died taking personal secrets with him. Interesting. A clean copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair.

Zustand: Fair. Octavo: 111pp., 15 maps in pocket at back. Neat marginal annotations. Quite worn, a fair copy.

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8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper laminated to boards. Published in the UK under the title 'The Loneliest Man in the World'. Bird was US Commandant of Spandau prison. See Enser, pp.114, 209 (recording the UK edition).

2 VOLUME SET (BOOK & MAP VOLUME), imperial octavo, royal blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt sheep motif & blind rule to front boards, marbled eps, frontispiece, xiv + 308pp, illus, folding maps enc. to vol 2, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to spine & boards, light bruising to board corners, 1cm indentation to edge of rear board, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, boxed vol of maps in same condition as book, some light closed tears to some corners of some maps).

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Carruthers, G.P.; Gillett, F.; Somerfield, T.; Soper, G.; Bird, L. Pern; Gillett, F.; Lane, Harry; Wightman, W.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Terrorists - High-powered motor cars confront U.S. authorities with a new problem of desperadoes racing about the countryside, robbing and murdering almost with impunity - a report from Iowa and Kansas; Murchison's Mine - A lost mine is re-discovered beneath the noses of claim-jumpers at Chillagoe in North Queensland - with photos; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part II of a wonderful expedition across the Sahara from Sollum to El Obeid through much unexplored territory - with many interesting photos; A "Cant. Mag." On Trek - a humorous tale; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part II of G.M. Dyott's adventure in the upper Amazon after he was abandoned by his guide; "On Safari" - F. Ratcliffe Holmes describes the joys and sorrows of life on the march in the heart of Africa - with nice photos; The Passing of the Texas Rangers - A brief account of some of the activities of the Rangers by Alistair Paterson, a man who knew them well; Kruger's Millions - A tale about hidden treasure; The Hut in the Jungle - Chinese detective Ning Wo solves the mystery of a series of apparently purposeless murders on the Malay Peninsula; Revolution A La Mode - An amusing description of a comic opera revolution in a South American Republic; Photo of two Roitscheggen, or "Smoke Men" of the Lotschenthal Valley in Switzerland; Thompson's "Tapu" - A cunning Maori seeks revenge on a white debt collector; Big Game Fishing in New Zealand - Nicely photo-illustrated article on the fighting giants caught in the beautiful Bay of Islands off the New Zealand coast. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

Soft cover. Zustand: Poor. Original colour illustrated wraps 28 x 43cm. 138pp with many b/w photos and adverts + 34pp b/w photo sections paginated as follows: A1-5, B1, C1, D1-4, E1-3, F1-2, G1-4, H1-2, I1-2, J1, K1-2, L1-2, M1-2, N1, O1-2 + additional adverts on glossy paper. Covers fair with loss to spine and previous owner's name to front. Interiors tanned with minor loss to some corners (not affecting text), and 3 photo leaves have been partially excised to remove photos (A3/4, G1/2, O1/2). It is not clear how many Annuals were produced, but the Editorial states this is not the first (p27). It is however extremely rare. Worldcat records an undated "Christmas Number" (University of Michigan). The Iraq Times did publish other special issues, such as for Development Week 1957, referred here (Exeter University), and a Special Number on the British Trade Fair 1954 (BL, UCLA). The Iraq Times ran daily except for Sundays, during 1914-64 (LoC), and is now considered "a vital English-language primary source for research on this volatile era in Iraq's history" (Center for Research Libraries Global Resources Network). The most popular English language newspaper in Iraq, it was forcibly closed by the authorities. It was replaced by the Baghdad News, which was subject to greater government scrutiny, and itself forced to close in 1967. Published at Xmas, it would have been the last to appear before the overthrow of the Hashemite Monarchy (June 1958) which features prominently here. The (unnamed) editor is here emphasising the importance of not losing sight of the Iraqi people amidst discussions about Development Week and economic growth. This is reflected in the cover illustration, and in the articles which address rural areas, water, industry, education, social welfare, 25 years of the Red Crescent, as well as economics. There are also several Xmas themed pieces. Photo sections cover The Royal Year (including King Saud's visit), diplomatic changes, Iraqis abroad, distinguished visitors (including Frank Lloyd Wright to discuss his designs for the unrealised plans for the opera house and post office), putting life in the desert, oil, Iraqi Airways, navigation, horse racing, sport, neighbours (India, Pakistan etc). The adverts are mainly for major companies active in Iraq, including petroleum and support industries, construction, shipping, airlines (BOAC, Middle East Airlines), with space for smaller local services.

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