When Johnny Comes Marching Home (A Life-in-America Prize Book)
by Dixon Wecter (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$98.82A$69.17
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Miflin Company, 1944 Houghton Miflin Company, Boston, MA. c1944. Hardcover. Later Printing. Inscribed by the author to Miles Hart on Hart's stationery which is affixed to the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for the F/O name and address on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and board bottom edges; light dust soiling to textblock top; small tear to head and top of front board. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); missing small pieces along top edge of DJ, tips and head. Red cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 588 pp 8vo. This book is about the solder as he recrosses the bridge from war to peace. It is based on our three great wars- the Revolution, The Civil War, and the First World War- mainly as set down by the soldier himself in letters and diaries. These wars brought jubilation to the soldier, then demobilization, and finally forgotten in a wave of pacifism. The WWII soldiers are coming home soon and it is time to begin thinking about how they will be treated and remembered on their repatriation. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016904
- Title
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home (A Life-in-America Prize Book)
- Author
- Dixon Wecter (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Miflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- wars, soldiers, homecoming of soldiers, demobilization, victory parades, pacifism, normalcy, forgotten soldier, mental health, PTSD,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
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- Price Clipped
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