Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Non-Fiction Books

A Collection of Non-Fiction Books Focused on World War II History, Cinema and Music - This assortment of non-fiction hardcovers and softcovers covers various historical, biographical, and cultural subjects. Key volumes include Hitler and His Admirals by Anthony Martienssen, published by Secker and Warburg, London, circa 1948, featuring the subtitle Editor of Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs. Also present is The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, published by Secker and Warburg, featuring a swastika motif on the spine. Music reference is represented by The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Volume 3 (Nightclubs to Zwingerberger), second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld and published by Grove. The collection includes several cinema-related titles: Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger, The Films of Dirk Bogarde by Margaret Hinxman and Susan d'Arcy, The International Encyclopedia of Film, and two volumes of F. Maurice Speed's Film Review (1977-1978 and 1979-1980). Biographical works feature James Dean by Timothy Jacobs and Fred Astaire by Roy Pickard, both published by Arlington Press, as well as King Edward VIII by Andre Maurois, published by Cassell, Portrait of a Statesman: The Personal Life Story of Sir Anthony Eden by Dennis Bardens, published by Muller, and Albert and Victoria by David Duff. The set is completed by Lloyd C. Douglas's The Robe. Bindings include cloth and paperboard with varied finishes.