WAR
by Renn, Ludwig [pseud. of Arnold F. V. von Golssenau]
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker, 1929.. Tan linen stamped in grey. Endsheets and edges a bit foxed, spine slightly cocked, but a very good copy in moderately rubbed dust jacket. First British edition of KRIEG (1929), translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. "It is to the classic tradition that this book belongs ... it is one of the comparatively few War books which are important from the purely literary point of view" - Falls. From the library of Siegfried Sassoon, with the monogram label of the posthumous sale. FALLS, p.294. BLUNDEN, et al, p.9.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- WAR
- Author
- Renn, Ludwig [pseud. of Arnold F. V. von Golssenau]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Martin Secker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929.
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....