Bombs Away
by STEINBECK, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good -
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Viking, 1942. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in black and white in matching dust jacket. This is the first edition/first state (ref.: G&P A-18a) in the dust jacket that does not have a later printing listed. The book shows a private library stamp to ffep. and two lines of writing and an envelope on the front pastedown. Otherwise, the book and the textblock is bright, tight and clean. The dust jacket shows chipping and a tape repair to top of spine and top of rear panel. Despite these flaws -- the book is still collectible (hard to find this dust jacket in fine condition). 185 pp. Photo Ilustrated. . First Ediiton. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -.
Synopsis
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America?s great twentieth-century writers On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath ?and at the height of the American war effort?John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away , a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck?s introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew?the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as ?the greatest team in the world.?
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5005016
- Title
- Bombs Away
- Author
- STEINBECK, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Edition
- First Ediiton
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- War; Air Force
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War II;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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