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NY: RANDOM HOUSE. CLEAN, UNMARKED COPY! . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1988.

Random House, 1989-03-03. hardcover. New. 9x6x0. * NEW Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. (E-mail for more info./pics)

New York: Random House, 1988. Book. Fine. Hard. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. First American Edition (stated).. Dismissed as just another war time atrocity, the massacre of innocents at Oradour was another story in World War II journals. In the early 80's, while doing a favor for a colleague, the author discovers, to his detriment that the massacre was more than another atrocity by the Germans; that It included partisans and other players along with a fortune in gold. After being stopped by French Customs, his story truly began. Imprisoned for 21 months when he refused to disclose the names of his colleagues; he undergoes interrogations that leave him forever changed. He then begins to research the players [past and present] in this horrific event and uncovers a great number of duplicitous individuals. A real-life murder mystery stretching from World War II to the 1980s. Book is in Fine condition with tight binding and crisp, clean pages; 165 pages; former owner's signature on… Read More

Random House. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394570022 . Black cloth covered spine on red boards, pristine, sharp and square, As New. Protected, price unclipped, dust jacket clean and bright, tape repair by spine end. Very Good+. Book is firm in binding, b&w historic photographs and illustrations, 165 pages include Index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photos & Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages .

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1989. First American Edition Stated . Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6" x 9 1/2. Yi Kang - Dust Jacket Art. 165 Pages Indexed. Illustrated with maps and a center section of black and white photographs. Second Printing. Red boards with black quarter spine and gold spine lettering. Front cover decorated with embossed author's initials. Dust jacket price 17.95 is unclipped. In 1982, Robin Mackness lost his job, his fortune, and his freedom when he discovered the truth behind the Oradour massacre. This is his story and that of the 642 French civilians who were savagely murdered on June 10, 1944. In Massacre at Oradour, a bizarre mystery of World War II is unraveled in a gripping drama of international high finance and treachery. On June 10, 1944, four days after the invasion of Normandy, an SS company rounded up all the men, women, and children of Oradour, a remote village in southwestern France, and brutally murdered all but a handful of its almost… Read More

Random House, New York - first American edition 1988 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket On June 10, 1944, four days after the invasion of Normandy, an SS company rounded up all the men, women and children of Oradour (a remote village in southwestern France), and brutally murdered all but a handful of its seven hundred inhabitants. Why Oradour had been singled out for destruction by the Nazi was never adequately explained and remained a mystery for forty-four years until a quirk of fate led Robin Mackness on an extraordinary search to uncover the facts.

New York: Random House, 1989. First US Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. x,166pp, index, maps, photos. Why were 642 French civilians murdered in June 1944? Size: 8vo

London,, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very slight wear to edges of dust jacket, otherwise very good indeed.. 8vo. pp. viii, 166. 8pp. Illustrations. Maps. Original publisher's crimson cloth lettered gilt on spine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Presentation copy: 'Chris, a small token of my gratitude for your patience. Robin Mackness March 1988'. Pencil notes throughout the text by writer and reviewer Chris Peachment. Loosely inserted publisher's advertising flyer on which he has written notes in pen. The story of how the massacre at Oradour was not primarily in revenge for Resistance activity, but a search for gold captured by the SS which had fallen into a single individual's hands almost by accident. In the 1980s that individual attempted to cash in some of the gold via a Swiss bank, aided by Mackness; while doing so the author was caught by French customs officers and spent some time in prison. Very slight wear to edges of dust jacket, otherwise very good. ISBN 0747500827

Random House, 1989-03-03. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!