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Guard of Honor -Pulitzer Prize 1949
by Cozzens, James Gould
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Library. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octovo in fine leather binding, tight, crisp pages, hubbed spine, covers illustrated in gilt, all edges gilted like mirrors, silk place ribbon, silk end papers, faint toning of edges of endpapers, as usual, else a very FINE copy, looks unread and like new. Illustrated by Charles McVickers. Well-crafted WWII novel that won the Pulizer...; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
for the ceremonial guard see Guard of honour Guard of Honor is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by James Gould Cozzens published in 1948. The novel is set during World War II, with most of the action occurring on or near a fictional Army Air Forces base in central Florida. The action occurs over a period of approximately 48 hours. The novel is chapterless in form, using three progressively longer parts entitled "Thursday", "Friday" and "Saturday".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28699
- Title
- Guard of Honor -Pulitzer Prize 1949
- Author
- Cozzens, James Gould
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Military Fiction; Award Winner
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
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About the Seller
Mossback Books
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Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
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