Invasion by Whitman Chambers (18 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. 128 pages. Publisher # 13. Color is scraped from 3/4's of the spine, along most edges of the outside of the cover, and on 3 corners of the inside of the cover; damage is probably from an insect. The inside of the back cover and the last 2 dz. pages have water stain on the bottom corner and bottom margin; the previous 2 dz. pages have light water stain on the bottom end of the front margin. The top corners of the cover and the last 3 pages have crease lines. Photos e-mailed upon request.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Facsimile dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (war fiction, imaginary wars and battles, literature of prejudice).

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1943. First Edition/Printing green cloth Hardcover with red printing, no DJ, 320pp. Novel of imaginary invasion of California by the Japanese during WW2. Interesting propaganda written during the scary days when anti-Japanese fears were at their height (or depth) in US. Stamp on ffep says this is "property of American Lending Library, Inc." Person's name & book label and couple other names on front endpapers. Back endpapers clean. Interior is fine except for very last page which has 4 long tears which were repaired with browning transparent tape. Spine a bit toned. Book covers & spine have minor wear at corners.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 128 pp. Some rubbing, edgewear on wraps; two large creases on front. Pages darkened, mostly on edges; light foxing on edges and pages just inside covers. Otherwise pages clean, unmarked. Binding coming loose at p. 64; also wraps coming loose from spine at top; otherwise binding sound. . Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4 in - 7 3/4 in tall. Year: 1943.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition, 1943. A wartime novel features an imagined invasion of Hollywood by Japanese forces. --- Former private library property, with rubberstamping to front free endpaper and tape adhesive remnants on covers and paste-downs. Lacks a dust jacket. In full green cloth-covered boards; publisher's red topstain. --- Overall, a firm copy but with minor wear to edges; and the damages mentioned from the private library. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Reprint of Dutton, 1943 first edition. No date, likely 1944. No statement of an abridgment, but likely. Book Condition: Very Good: The front cover shows a corner crease, a pinch mid-spine, slight scratching and edge rubbing. The back cover shows an opening crease and some edge rubbing. The spine is rolled with slight creasing and some rubbing on the ends. The pages are securely bound and moderately toned, but are still supple and unmarked. The page edges show some darkening and slight rubbing. This book will be placed in a new archival bag and shipped after receipt of payment in a reinforced padded mailer with a USPS tracking number.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd. shelf wear on the boards. mild foxing a few ownership notations and a small sticker. sound binding. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "Second Printing . May 1943." (The first was April.) It's sort of like "War of the Worlds," see. Except the invaders who have bombed the crap out of Southern California aren't aliens, exactly. They're more like . . . Japs! Squinty-eyed Japs! On dust jacket front panel, scantily clad blonde starlets attempt to escape the grasp of Japanese soldiers, who appear to be leading the survivors of Los Angeles on some kind of Bataan Death March -- like, maybe to Malibu. Hey, it was 1943 -- dark days. From the author of the pulp classics "In Savage Surrender" and (who could forget?) "Manhandled," who later reportedly wrote a few episodes of TV's "Surfside Six" and "77 Sunset Strip." Not price clipped; original $2.50 price showing. Some modest chipping to top and bottom of jacket spine. 320 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Green cloth cover is toned on spine with wear to corners and spine caps but clean and overall in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. "This book belongs to. Raymond Gawel" stamped on front end sheet. Pages are clean and in very good condition. .; 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.3 inches.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. First Printing thus. Very small black ink X on the top right corner of the first page in, Otherwise a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good plus condition. Scarce Trade Paperback, with classic Yellow Peril Propaganda cover of a grinning uniformed Japanese soldier grabbing a screaming woman by her hair. Thriller Novel Classic #13. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd edition . 2nd edition 1943. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks, small creases, chipped and uncut edge. A small piece of the spine panel missing. Bright red top page. There is a tear along side the front flap. The text within the book is clear and bright. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Top corners bumped, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. A wartime propaganda novel about an imagined Japanese conquest of California centered around the invasion of Santa Monica and Los Angeles.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very solid copy of the 1943 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (small former owner signature at the front free endpaper) in an especially bright, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine example of the stated "2nd printing" dustjacket. Crisp and very presentable, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, wonderful fictionalized account of the post-War Japanese capture of Santa Monica and Los Angeles.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Edition. Fine copy in like jacket.Second Edition.Rare in this Condition.Japanese take over Santa Monica, California.Beautiful Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A trifle soiled at the spine ends, near fine in a very attractive, very good plus dustwrapper with small nicks at the spine ends. A wartime propaganda novel about an imagined Japanese conquest of California centered around the invasion of Santa Monica and Los Angeles. The dustwrapper belongs in the jacket art Hall of Fame, with leering Japanese soldiers capturing besuited studio executives and brassiere-clad blonde starlets at the Los Angeles City limits. Very scarce, especially in nice condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Unclipped dust jacket is somewhat edgeworn, faint stain on front flap; spine is slightly faded; overall it clean and intact. Red-stamped green cloth; softening to spine ends; top corners slightly bumped; pages clean and free from marking binding tight. A very nice copy of the scarce First Edition. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

cloth. First edition. Japan invades the U.S. during World War II. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (great "yellow peril" illustration on front and spine panels depicting victorious Japanese soldiers seizing partially clothed blonde woman) with edge wear, mostly along top edges, slight loss to head of spine panel, large chip from right corner of lower rear panel. (#126754).