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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1942

August 1942

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Week of August 3, 1942

1942
AND NOW TOMORROW
Rachel Field
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Hardcover Fiction

AND NOW TOMORROW

Rachel Field

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1942
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
Elliot Paul
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Hardcover Nonfiction

THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS

Elliot Paul

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Week of August 10, 1942

1942
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Franz Werfel
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Franz Werfel

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1942
WASHINGTON IS LIKE THAT
W. M. Kiplinger
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Hardcover Nonfiction

WASHINGTON IS LIKE THAT

W. M. Kiplinger

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Week of August 17, 1942

1942
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Franz Werfel
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Franz Werfel

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1942
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
Elliot Paul
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THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS

Elliot Paul

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Week of August 24, 1942

1942
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Franz Werfel
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Franz Werfel

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1942
VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER
A. P. de Seversky

Hardcover Nonfiction

VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER

A. P. de Seversky

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Week of August 31, 1942

1942
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Franz Werfel
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Franz Werfel

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1942
SEE HERE, PRIVATE HARGROVE
Marion Hargrove
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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Marion Hargrove

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