FROM HERE TO SHIMBASHI
by Sack, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good to Near Fine
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Permabooks, 1956. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Permabooks M-3042; a humorous Army 'memoir' along the lines of "No Time For Sergeants," follows the career of Pvt. Sack during 1952-53 from the USA to Korea to Japan and Tokyo's famed Shimbashi district; illustrated by Leo Hershfield with cover art by Bud Hawes. Text is clean, tight, square, age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing only minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002744
- Title
- FROM HERE TO SHIMBASHI
- Author
- Sack, John
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Permabooks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- U.S. ARMY, HUMOR, FIRST EDITION, VINTAGE PAPERBACK, MEMOIR, LEO HERSHFIELD, KOREAN WAR, 1952, JAPAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperback; Humor; Biography/Memoirs;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...