The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, April, 1945 by Kessler, Leo - 1989

Leo Cooper, 1989-11-01. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Slight edge wear to the dust jacket. Name inside

Scarborough House, 1989. Very Good. Kessler, Leo. The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, April 1945.. Chelsea, MI: Scarborough House, 1989. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges..

Chelsea, MI: Scarborough House, 1989. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj by Max Schindler. 1935 shelf. Gold-stamped black spine w/ dark blue bds. No names, clean text. Near-perfect dust jacket. B/w photos, index. Solid.

Scarborough House, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Octavo. Dust jacket worn on top rear outside corner..

London: Leo Cooper. As New in As New dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0850528860 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. (Not a book-club issue. ) Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Historic photos throughout. 8vo. 224 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. .

London: Leo Cooper, (1989).. First edition. Copy of Peter van Breevoort with his ink stamp on the front free endpaper. Hardcover. Fine in near Fine dust jacket. A tight, clean and otherwise unmarked copy. 224pp., illustrations, maps. Peter van Breevoort was a member of the Dutc h resistance during the Second World War. As a teenager he was arrested for bringing food to hiding Jews but released due to the influence of his father. He then went into hiding and was later arrrested but escaped. During O p e r a t i o n M a r k e t G a r d e n h e assisted downed allied airmen notably glider pilots to escape..

Chelsea, MI: Scarborough House Publishers. Hardcover. 1990. 1st Edition. 8vo 224pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs .

Leo Cooper,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Leo Cooper, 1989. 9780850528862. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (lightly bumped and a little faded at head of spine, top edge lightly dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (a little rumpled at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 224, illus with b&w plates and map (no inscriptions).

UK: Leo Cooper, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 224pp, with black and white illustrations. Indexed. In blue cloth-covered boards (Boards strong, clean, sharp, and square, just lightly rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Very slightly dusty along top text block edge. In its original, near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in an archival-quality mylar sleeve which is not adhered to the volume or the jacket. Leo Kessler was one of the pen names of second world war veteran and historian, Charles Whiting, who also wrote under the names Ian Harding, John Kerrigan and others. Almost always writing on a war or military theme, whether fact or fiction, by the time of his death in 2007, Whiting was known as a phenomena of the publishing industry, with more than 350 titles to his (several) names, most associated with accurately researched and well-written… Read More