Author: James Jones
Title: From Here to Eternity
Description: London, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second state of this popular debut novel by James Jones, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, with the first issue dust wrapper with the author's portrait to the rear wrap. Second state without Scribner's 'A' to the copyright page, matching first issue point in the black cloth binding with gilt to the spine. James Jones' famous debut novel, focusing on some members of the US Army infantry company in Hawaii before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, loosely based on the author's experiences in the Company E of the Hawaiian Division's 27th Infantry in the pre-World War II. Winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the best one hundred novels of the twentieth century by the Modern library Board. Later made into the award-winning film starring Burt Lancaster. With the unclipped dust wrapper. Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and sound, with some chipping to the head and tail of the spine and minor sunning to the spine. A touch of soiling tot he rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: first editions james jones eternity james jones None
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Title: From Here to Eternity
Description: London, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second state of this popular debut novel by James Jones, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, with the first issue dust wrapper with the author's portrait to the rear wrap. Second state without Scribner's 'A' to the copyright page, matching first issue point in the black cloth binding with gilt to the spine. James Jones' famous debut novel, focusing on some members of the US Army infantry company in Hawaii before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, loosely based on the author's experiences in the Company E of the Hawaiian Division's 27th Infantry in the pre-World War II. Winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the best one hundred novels of the twentieth century by the Modern library Board. Later made into the award-winning film starring Burt Lancaster. With the unclipped dust wrapper. Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and sound, with some chipping to the head and tail of the spine and minor sunning to the spine. A touch of soiling tot he rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: first editions james jones eternity james jones None
Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 791A66
- Book number: 791A66
See more books from our catalog: Modern Fiction