William Brinkley - Don&Apos;T Go Near the Water

New York, Random House, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comedic war novel by William Brinkley in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, seventh impression of this work. Parody of wartime US Navy, particularly of Navy public relations, propaganda, war correspondents, and Naval Intelligence. Set in 1945 just after the invasion of Iwo Jima to the end of the war. By William Brinkley, American writer and journalist. This is his best known novel.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor bumping to head and tail of spine, back strip gently faded. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent, lightly sunned to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge, otherwise pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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