THREE SOLDIERS
by DOS Passos, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
-
PASADENA, California, United States
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About This Item
DORAN Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. First edition of Dos Passos' first novel, inscribed by Dos Passos to a friend and fellow author A. Hamilton Gibbs on the second blank: "For A. Hamilton Gibbs/Who had so much/to do with getting people/to read this/John Dos Passos". The text is in the second state with the corrected text on page . Publisher's full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in orange. In the original third state dust jacket. Jacket spine toned, some edgewear, mild chipping and a few tears to jacket, cloth spine a bit sunned, some rubbing and minor soiling to binding, some foxing to endleaves. Still, a near fine copy. Housed in chemise and slipcase..
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
- VAGABOND BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HER 4/13-14
- Title
- THREE SOLDIERS
- Author
- DOS Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- FIRST
- Publisher
- DORAN
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
VAGABOND BOOKS
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PASADENA, California
About VAGABOND BOOKS
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- 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....
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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