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Three Soldiers
by Dos Passos, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company [1921], 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], 9-433, [9] pp. Black cloth with orange lettering on the front board and spine; orange topstain. Price of $2.00 net on the spine panel. Potter 2. The second state of the first printing in the third state of the dust jacket. A haunting, vivid story of the First World War. The boards very slightly bowed, rubbing to the extremities, minor foxing to the preliminaries; jacket is quite sunned on its folds and spine panel.
Synopsis
Part of the generation that produced Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos wrote one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. Three Soldiers portrays the lives of a trio of army privates: Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farm boy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted Harvard graduate from New York. Hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication in 1921, Three Soldiers is a gripping exploration of fear and ambition, conformity and rebellion, desertion and violence, and the brutal and dehumanizing effects of a regimented war machine on ordinary soldiers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000012362
- Title
- Three Soldiers
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company [1921]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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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