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From Here To Eternity
by Jones, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First Edition, Presentation Edition. Very near fine in black cloth covered boards with rubbed and worn gilt text stamping on the spine. There is a prior owner's address label on the limitation page. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with very heavy wear and rubbing to the folds to the flaps, very shallow chipping across the upper edge of the spine area, a 2 inch closed tear from the upper edge of the spine area running down the fold to the front panel and the rear panel is heavily tanned. A presentation edition signed by the author on the limitation page and with this copy identified as number 954. The author's first book and the winner of the National Book Award. The book was made into a motion picture in 1953 and it won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32467
- Title
- From Here To Eternity
- Author
- Jones, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition, Presentation Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Flap(s)
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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