Johnny Got His Gun
by Trumbo, Dalton
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1939. First edition. First edition, first printing. 309 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering. Very Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, a little offsetting to endsheets, in a Very Good dust jacket with worn extremities, chip to back panel bottom corner; significant dulling to orange, especially on spine panel; a few minor spots to back panel, two tiny tears to front panel, price-clipped.
One of the most famous American antiwar novels (later the inspiration for a film) in a serviceable copy of its uncommon full paper jacket.
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
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944528
- Title
- Johnny Got His Gun
- Author
- Trumbo, Dalton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- WWI, world war one, antiwar, anti-war
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....