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COMPANY K
by William March
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/n/a
- Seller
-
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Very Good +. Hardcover, clean, tight, no chips or edgewear, slight toning to spine. A very nice copy in collectible condition. No dust jacket. ~~~ First Edition, Third Printing (Feb 1933). ~~~ Praised by Grahme Greene, Christopher Morley and Ernest Hemingway as one of the most significant novels of the First World War. ~~~ Innovative in form, it is told through the eyes of 113 different participants, all US Marines. Notable for its irony and bitter realism. ~~~ William March was an enlisted Marine serving with the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 4th Brigade of Marines, 2d Division, A.E.F. Despite being seriously wounded in the shoulder and head at Belleau Wood, he recovered and returned to active duty, serving out the rest of the war. He was twice promoted. At Blanc Mont he was wounded a second time while carrying in wounded under fire. For this he was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm and Distinguished Service Cross.
Synopsis
Company K is a 1933 novel by William March, first serialised in parts in the New York magazine Forum from 1930 to 1932, and published in its entirety by Smith and Haas on 19 January 19, 1933, in New York. The book's title was taken from the Marine company that March served in during World War I. It is has been regarded as one of the most significant works of literature to come out of the American World War I experience and the most reprinted of all March's work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monongahela Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27
- Title
- COMPANY K
- Author
- William March
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Harrison Smith & Robert Haas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Pages
- 260
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War I, Belleau Wood, Blanc Mont, US Marine Corps, USMC, WWI literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I; Marines; American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Monongahela Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Monongahela Books
Biblio member since 2024
Morgantown, West Virginia
About Monongahela Books
Bookseller and publisher specializing in American military and cultural history since 1997.
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