DEATH OF A HERO
by Richard Aldington
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: London: Chatto and Windus, 1930. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. xi, 440, plus adverts. Lapis blue cloth boards with blind-stamped phoenix on cover, gilt lettering and floral decorations on spine. First edition as a Phoenix book. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wear or bumping to corners, covers divinely perfect, spine just ever so slightly sunned. Binding is tight, text perfect. Professor Victor Lange's bookplate on front and his name in black ink on ffep. A gorgeous copy. Fiction. RGR
Synopsis
One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero , finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6175
- Title
- DEATH OF A HERO
- Author
- Richard Aldington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- London: Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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