Lost Victories by Manstein, First Edition (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. first edition; one inch chip from dust jacket; bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1958, with 574 pages. Very sturdy cloth-bound hardcover book WITH DUSTJACKET. Neither book or dustjacket have any significant flaws, but do show brief, occasional, minor signs of use. The book is quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, very firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, folded, creased, or missing. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain free, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings anywhere in the book. The dustjacket is clean and stain-free, complete and basically intact, with occasional edgewear. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B46.

Condition: very good. 574, wraps, illus., maps, appendices, glossary, index, slight wear to cover edges, front flyleaf creased, ink # inside rear cover. Foreword by H. H. Liddell Hart. Introduction by Martin Blumenson. Reprint Edition. First Paperbk? Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st ed. 574p. Maps. Grey cloth, Black band on spine rubbed. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First US Edition. First US edition, hardcover, has a light skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends with rippling to the spine panel, some foxing and mild soiling to the edges of the text block with slight smudging to the edges of a few pages, and a previous owner's return label to the upper corner of the first free end page. Otherwise, this is a solid, Near Very Good copy in a like dust jacket, which has bumps with slight creasing to the spine ends and corners, rippling to the spine, and light rubbing with some foxing and smudging to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st. 1st ed. 572p. Maps. Grey cloth with gold title band. Jacket roughtly repaired with packing tape on the inside. Near Fine/Poor copy. Book.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers As New 8vo. 574pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., index, War Memoirs of Hitler's most brilliant General. Foreword by Basil Liddell Hart.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st ed. First Edition. 574p. Maps. Black title band. Heavy. Bookplate. Near Fine Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. very nice copy of the first edition in nice dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing of First American Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 574, [2] pages. Foreword by B. H. Liddle Hart. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Glossary of military terms. Index. Stamp inside front flyleaf. DJ somewhat soiled/small tears, DJ spine faded/wrinkled. The author was the most independent minded of the German Generals in World War II. He has much to say on the subject of Hitler as a military leader and on some of Hitler's disastrous decisions. Verlorene Siege (English: Lost Victories is the personal narrative of Erich von Manstein, a German field marshal during World War II. The book was first published in West Germany in 1955, and its English translation was published in 1958 for distribution in the UK and the US. Manstein presents his own experiences, ideas and decisions as they appeared to him during the 1930s and 1940s. He wrote as one who played an active part in the story he was relating. Discussing the 1939 invasion of Poland, Manstein alleged Poland's lack of military leadership. Manstein, who commanded the south German sector forces in 1943, complained that Operation Citadel (the offensive against Kursk) was delayed too long for the German force to break through. He also wrote that Hitler halted the attack prematurely, a decision he called "tantamount to throwing away a victory". According to Manstein, Hitler (whom he praises and criticizes,) did not allow the detailed planning of large-scale military operations. Manstein wrote that in 1943, a draw could have been achieved on the Eastern Front by bleeding the Red Army dry if the generals had been allowed to operate properly. Erich von Manstein (24 November 1887 - 9 June 1973) was a German commander of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during the Second World War. He attained the rank of field marshal. Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service, Manstein joined the army at a young age and saw service on both the Western and Eastern Front during the First World War (1914-18). He rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war and was active in the inter-war period helping Germany rebuild her armed forces. In September 1939, during the invasion of Poland at the beginning of the Second World War, he was serving as Chief of Staff to Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South. Adolf Hitler chose Manstein's strategy for the invasion of France of May 1940, a plan later refined by Franz Halder and other members of the OKH. Anticipating a firm Allied reaction should the main thrust of the invasion take place through the Netherlands, Manstein devised an innovative operationâ"later known as the Sichelschnitt ("sickle cut")â"that called for an attack through the woods of the Ardennes and a rapid drive to the English Channel, thus cutting off the French and Allied armies in Belgium and Flanders. Attaining the rank of general at the end of the campaign, he was active in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and the Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942), and was promoted to field marshal on 1 July 1942. He also participated in the Siege of Leningrad. Manstein's counteroffensive in the Third Battle of Kharkov (February-March 1943) regained substantial territory and resulted in the destruction of three Soviet armies and the retreat of three others. He was one of the primary commanders at the Battle of Kursk (July-August 1943), one of the largest tank battles in history. His ongoing disagreements with Hitler over the conduct of the war led to his dismissal in March 1944. He was taken prisoner by the British in August 1945, several months after Germany's defeat. Manstein gave testimony at the main Nuremberg trials of war criminals in August 1946, and prepared a paper that, along with his later memoirs, helped cultivate the myth of a "clean Wehrmacht"â"the myth that the German armed forces were not culpable for the atrocities of the Holocaust. In 1949 he was tried in Hamburg for war crimes and was convicted on nine of seventeen counts, including the poor treatment of prisoners of war and failing to protect civilian lives in his sphere of operations. He served only four years before being released in 1953. As a military advisor to the West German government in the mid-1950s, he helped reestablish the armed forces. His memoir, Verlorene Siege (1955), translated into English as Lost Victories, was highly critical of Hitler's leadership, and only dealt with the military aspects of the war, ignoring its political and ethical contexts.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. "Lost Victories" by Erich von Manstein 1958 First American Edition Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8 1/2" x 6" 572 Pages The jacket is in fair condition with edge rips, nicks and overall wear. The jacket is now protected with a Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tears, bends, stains, and writing. There are several black and white illustrations, maps and a few black and white photos. There is minor spots on the page edges. The boards are in good minus condition with light wear and a corner bump. The binding is tight and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. DJ in archival cover, chip, edge wear. Prior owner signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover.

8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Manstein's long-awaited memoir was first published in 1955, and in English in 1958. This much-needed reissue is now scarce in its own right. Enser, p.135.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good or better. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good or better. First American edition. 8vo. [6], 7-574, [2] pp. Grey cloth with silver lettering blocked in brown on the spine. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with in-text and full-page maps. Edited and translated into English by Anthony G. Powell. With a foreword by Captain B.H. Liddell Hart. The first American edition of the Nazi general's memoir. A name and address on the free front endpaper, a push to the top textblock; jacket with edge wear and light rubbing.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Owner bookplate on FEP.

First edition in English of this memoir of a German field marshal during World War II. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. In fine condition. Edited and translated by Anthony G. Powell. Foreword by Captain B.H. Liddell Hart. Lost Victories (Verlorene Siege), the memoir of German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, offers a detailed and controversial account of German military operations during World War II from the perspective of one of the Wehrmachtâs most prominent strategists. First published in 1955, the book is notable for its emphasis on operational history, particularly Mansteinâs role in campaigns such as the invasions of France and the Soviet Union, while largely omitting the broader political and moral context of the Nazi regime. Manstein presents himself as an apolitical professional soldier, distancing the Wehrmacht from the crimes of the Third Reichâ"a portrayal that has sparked significant debate among historians.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy 8vo. 574pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., index, War Memoirs of Hitler's most brilliant General. Foreword by Basil Liddell Hart. No dust jacket o/w a nice copy.