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These items are in excellent condition unless noted.  Dimensions may be rounded to the nearest inch.  Please ignore the bracketed [  ] notations.

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bw – black & white,  ca. - about, dj - dust jacket,  gd - good condition, hb - hard bound, illus. - illustrated, ow - otherwise, p - pages, pb - paper back, sb - spiral bound, sc - slip case, vg – very good. 

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Ajecta Musee Vivant du Chemin de Fer.  A booklet in French about a steam powered railroad.  Ca. 1975, pb, 26 p, illus., 6” x 9”.  [bca]

$2.50

Basic German by Paul Curts.  A brief introduction to the German language consisting of 25 lessons illustrating grammatical forms.  1946, hb, 128 p, 5” x 7-1/2”, good condition.  [bcc]

$1.00

Das edle Blut.  (Translation:  Nobel Lineage).   On of the best of Ernst von Wildenbruch’s short stories; in German.  1898, hb, 90 p, 4-1/2” x 6-1/2”, excellent condition.

$2.00

Der Große Durden by Hail & Grebe.  Volume 4 (in German) of a series instructing the reader in grammar and sentence construction.  1959, hb, dj (minor wear), 699 p, 5” x 7-1/2”, excellent condition.  [bcd]

$5.00

Der Sprach-Brockhaus.  A Bildwörterbuck (picture dictionary.  1944, hb, 762 p, 5-1/2” x 8”, ex.  [bcc]

$5.00

Die soldatische Tat.  (Translation:  The Military Action).  A pre-World War II book about the German military; in German with forward by Generalfeldmarschall von Brauchitsch.  1941, hb, 295 p, illus., 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, shows its age, but still in good condition.  [bcd]

$22.50

Elementarbuch der Deutchen Sprache by Arnold Apanhoofd.  (Translation:  Elementary Book on the German Language.)  A textbook designed to meet the needs of a beginning student in the German Language.  1912, hb, 287 p, 5” x 7”, good condition with pencil markings from a prior owner.  [bcc]

$1.75

German Composition by Charles Harris.  A textbook in composition of the German language to aid in translation from English to German.  1897, bb, 143 p, 5” x 7”, very good condition.  [bcd]

$2.00

The German Empire Between Two Wars by Robert Fife.  A study of the political & social development of the nation between 1871 & 1914.  1916, hb, 400 p, 5-1/2” x 8”, gd.  Ex-library with markings.  [bcc]

$7.50

German-English Science Dictionary by Louis DeFries.  A German-English dictionary with emphasis on technical and scientific vocabulary.  1946, hb, 558 p, 5” x 7”, very good condition.  [bcc]

$5.00

Germans in Texas by Glen Lich.  A pamphlet describing the Germans who settled in Texas.  1986, pb, 35 p, 6” x 8”, excellent condition.

$1.00

Hitler’s 12 Apostles by Oswald Dutch.  While the Third Reich is personified by Adolph Hitler, totalitarian Germany could not have been created by Hitler alone.  This is the story (in English) of others involved – Frick, Funk, Goebbels, Goering, Hess, Himmler, Ley, Rosenberg, Streicher, von Brauchitsch von Rippentrop, and von Schirch.  1940, hb, dj (poor), 249 p, illus., 6-1/2” x 9-1/2”, very good cond.  [bcc]

$25.00

Huttens letzte Tage.  Poetry by Conrad F. Meyer (in German).  1917, pb, 94 p, 5” x 7”, Gd.  [bcc]

$1.00

Last Days of the Third Reich by James Lucas.  A compelling account (in English) capturing the tension, turmoil and tragedy of the last days of the Third Reich.  1986, hb, dj, 241 p, illus., 6” x 9”, ex.  [bcn]

$2.50

Lessing’s ausgewählte Werke.  (Translation:  Lessing’s Selected Works).  The 3rd book of a 6-volume set – in German – of G. E. Lessing’s works.  Undated; ca. 1900, hb, 194 p, 4-1/2” x 6”, ex.  [bcd]

$2.00

McKay’s Modern German-English, English-German Dictionary.  1952, hb, 513 p, 5” x 7”, vg.  [bcc]

$4.50

Paths to German Poetry by Foltin & Heinen.  Written to teach the reading and interpretation of German poetry (in English & German).  1973, pb, 248 p, 5” x 8”, good condition.  [bcc]

$2.50

Roots in Rhineland by Christine Totten.  Describes America’s German heritage in 300 years of immigration – 1683 – 1983.  1983, pb, 80 p, 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, mint condition.  [bcc]

$2.00

Schiller by Eugen Kühnemann.  A compilation (in German) of Schiller’s works.  1904, hb, 614 p, 6” x 8”, good condition.  [bcc]

$3.00

Tracing your German Roots by Maralyn Wellauer.  A guide to tracing & identifying German ancestors identifying a variety of resources.  1986, sb, 88 p, 8-1/2” x 11”, excellent condition.  [bcc]

$3.00

Viertes Lesebuch.  (Translation:  Fourth Reader)  A text book in German.  1887, hb, 272 p, 5” x 7-1/2”, shows its age but still in good condition.  [bcd]

$2.00

Wörtchen furs Örtchen.  A week-by-week calendar, 52 pages in all, with appropriate advice for those situations when you are on the “throne.”  The calendar is 1989, but the advice is timeless.  z.b. “Ist die Rolle leer, zu Ende?  Nimm das Hemd, niemals die Hände!”  8” x 12”, Excellent condition.  [bcb]

$10.00

 

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