Johnny Got His Gun - Early Printing
by Trumbo, Dalton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $3.95, crossed out w/ old discount price ""89"" inked in above); VG/ Good condition. First Edition, stated 9th printing on DJ; author intro. dated 1959. DJ w/ red & black abstract dessign is Good; bright w/ light rubbing & soil; edge wear (sm. closed tears, chips & fray); 1"" x 1.5"" irreg. piece missing top left front cover (not affecting any printing): 1.5"" clean tear along flap fold bottom front panel. Scattered foxing INside DJ. DJ still displays well in new mylar protective cover. Book is VG. Red cloth binding is tight, bright, square & clean w/ lightest use- trace of rubbing. NO bumps, fray, scuffs or spine discolor. All black spine lettering crisp & intact. V. light foxed areas to free endpapers where DJ flaps made contact (now mitigated w/ mylar DJ cover). Text is tight, bright, clean & UNmarked. NO hinge splits, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Nice copy.
Synopsis
Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 (published 1939) by American novelist and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156
- Title
- Johnny Got His Gun - Early Printing
- Author
- Trumbo, Dalton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lyle Stuart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.