From Here to Eternity
by James Jones
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Nice condition vintage copy of "From Here to Eternity" by James Jones with its original dust jacket. 1962 (presumed, based on the "AC-4.62[H]" code on the copyright page); Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original $5.95 price intact on the front flap. "In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair...in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no other the honor and savagery of men."
Condition:
Clean covers and spine; sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. There is a 1" cloth tear at the bottom edge of the back cover. The text pages are clean and white and appear unread with no issues found. A name written in pen has been crossed out in black marker on the front end paper. Light tanning along the inner edge of the front pastedown from the jacket flap. Overall the book is in Very Good condition. The dust jacket is unclipped with the original $5.95 price intact on the front flap; clean front cover and spine; the back cover has some smudges and some small foxing spots near the bottom-left corner; small tears along the perimeter...overall the jacket is in Good condition.
Synopsis
James Ramon Jones was an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. His novel, From Here to Eternity, won the Nation Book Award in 1952. This action-drama novel is set in the 1930’s in Hawaii, and culminates in the assault on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Although the book may appear to be solely a war novel, it has been touted as the best account of life in the peacetime army ever written. With brilliantly descriptive scenes and richly detailed characters, the author captures and holds the readers interest.
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- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7146
- Title
- From Here to Eternity
- Author
- James Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- james jones, from here to eternity, whistle, ice cream headache, world war II, wwII, the pistol, thin red line, merry month may, some came running, viet journal, touch of danger
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction; War / Military;
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