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Howley | Frank

Berlin Command

First Edition | First Printing

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Description

Signed first edition of Berlin Command by Brigadier General Frank Howley, U.S. Army.

Octavo, 276pp. Black cloth, title stamped in silver on spine. No additional printings on copyright page. Withdrawn stamp on rear endpaper, no evidence of being ex-library. Light soiling to cloth, bumped lower corner. Offsetting to front endpaper. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $3.50 on front flap, faint sunning to spine, bright illustrations on both covers. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Herman C. Mergenthaler, Esquire, with great respect and appreciative of his contributions to the United States of America. Frank L. Howley.”

Brigadier General Frank L. Howley (1903-1993) served as American sector commander of Berlin after World War II. His nickname of “Howlin” Howley was due to his hard-line interactions with the Soviets, also occupying Berlin. Upon his retirement, he was an administrator at New York University and the author of numerous first-person accounts of World War II.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Edition

First Edition, First Printing

Date Published

1950

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Very Good

Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Author

Howley | Frank