Lot of 2 novels by James Wakefield Burke.  Burke was a test pilot in World War II and later a reporter for Esquire.

Check out Wikipedia for more information about Burke.

The Big Rape

Friedrich Rudl, Publisher, 1951, 1st edition, 263 pages

Inscribed by Burke on first free endpaper.  Dated Berlin 9-10-51 and designated copy #1

Red cloth hardcover with edgewear with some loss of color and cloth.

Gold print on front cover and spine. Spine faded.  Small tear at bottom of spine.

Interior toned, but pages clean, flexible and unmarked.

Illustrated with a few line drawings.

Solid binding with all pages attached.

Blurb on dustjacket of Three Days Pass to Kill describes Big Rape as the Stars and Stripes all time best seller.

Probably best characterized as historical fiction focusing on the Soviet takeover of Berlin at the end of the war.  

World Wide Productions, Sixth Printing, July, 1954, 263 pages

Inscribed by Burke on first free endpaper.

Hardcover with dustjacket

Dustjacket fair to poor with soiling and pieces missing but still has nice front and back cover panels.

Interesting reverse of jacket.

Red cloth hard cover in good condition with gold print on front cover and spine.  Light edgewear.

Foxing inside front and back cover.

Pages browned...poor quality paper but still flexible with no writing or tears.