The Young Lions
by Shaw, Irwin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very good
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good. Stated first printing. Great novel of one German and two American soldiers in World War II & basis for movie. Bound in red and black cloth, with a few light rubs on the rear board. Top edges red. Dust jacket is bright and has $3.95 price intact on flap. Edgewear at top and bottom of jacket spine with a couple of tiny chips and a half-inch tear. Comes in a fine black and orange custom slipcase.
Synopsis
The Young Lions a 1958 film based upon the 1949 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw, and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15676
- Title
- The Young Lions
- Author
- Shaw, Irwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- World War II, military, soldiers, box
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction & Literature;
Terms of Sale
Old Algonquin Books
Books are sent in the U.S. via media mail unless requested otherwise. We accept returns in same condition within three weeks for any reason (please email first) and the price of the book will be refunded. If we have misdescribed the book, postage both ways will also be refunded.
About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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